Woodward William "Red" Gunkel (April 15, 1894 – April 19, 1954) was a

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pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

who appeared in one game for the

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during the 1916 season. He attended the

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