Paul Easterling (September 28, 1905 – March 15, 1993) was a major league outfielder for the

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(1928, 1930) and the

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(1938). He batted and threw

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. Easterling debuted in 1928 with the Detroit Tigers, playing in 43 games and hitting .325 with seven doubles and four

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. He took a year off and came back with the Tigers in 1930, this time only playing in 29 games and hitting .203 with 14

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. Then, Easterling took seven years off before being signed by the Philadelphia Athletics on September 10, 1937. He played in 4 games for them in 1938, getting 2 hits in his only seven

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. Easterling was then traded along with Gene Hasson to the

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for

Dick Siebert Richard Walther Siebert (February 19, 1912 – December 9, 1978) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1932, 1936–1945. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, both of the ...

. He would never play again in the major leagues. Easterling died in his birth town of

Reidsville, Georgia Reidsville is a city in, and county seat of, Tattnall County, Georgia, Tattnall County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The population was 2,515 in 2020. The Georgia State Prison is near Reidsville. History Reidsville was founded in about 1828 an ...

in 1993 at the age of 87.

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