John Francis "Red" Waller (June 16, 1883 – February 9, 1915) was a

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who played for one season. He pitched for the

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for one game on April 27 during the 1909 New York Giants season. He pitched one inning, allowing two runs, neither of them earned. An obituary of Waller in the ''

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'' described him as "one of the greatest minor league pitchers that ever hurled a ball" but added that "failure to take care of himself cost him his chance for major league fame." He died at just 31 years old and left behind a wife and 8-year-old son in

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