Lewis W. Whistler (''

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'' Wissler; March 10, 1868 – December 30, 1959) was an American

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player who played the majority of his career as a

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. In his four-season career, he played for the

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(1890–1891),

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(1892),

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(1893) and St. Louis Browns. His major league totals include: 272

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, 1014

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s, and a .244

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. Whistler died in his hometown of

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at the age of 91, and is interred at

Bethany Cemetery Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the Wes ...

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