Lyle Randolph "Al" Bigbee (August 22, 1893 in

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– August 5, 1942 in

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, Oregon) was an outfielder and pitcher for the

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and

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and end for the Milwaukee Badgers in 1922. Bigbee's brother

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spent eleven seasons with the Pirates as an outfielder and second baseman. They were teammates on the 1921 Pirates. Lyle, Carson and their brother Morris were all standout athletes at the University of Oregon. In 1942, Bigbee committed

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by gunshot wound to the head at a Portland rooming house.

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