Ernest Follette "Kid" Mohler (December 13, 1870 – November 4, 1961) was an American

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player and coach. He played in

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(MLB) for three games with the Washington Senators of the

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in 1894. His minor league career stretched from 1890 through 1914, mostly in the

Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Bas ...

(PCL), where he played 1,600 games and notched over 1,400 hits. Mohler served as the head baseball coach at the

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from 1929 to 1932, compiling a record of 36–25–1. He was elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame as part of the 2012 class. Mohler's son,

Orville Mohler Orville Ernest Mohler (May 29, 1909 – November 26, 1949), sometimes referred to as Orv Mohler, was an American football and baseball player. He grew up in Alhambra, California, and attended the University of Southern California (USC). His ...

, starred in college football and

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at the

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(USC) and briefly played professional baseball in PCL. The younger Mohler was killed in a military plane crash in 1949. Mohler died on November 4, 1961, in

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. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in

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