Roy Lee Hawes (July 5, 1926 – October 9, 2017) was an American

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who had a 14-year

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career. A

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, he appeared in three

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for the Washington Senators in ."Roy Hawes Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-15. The

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, native threw and batted

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and was listed as tall and . Hawes' MLB service came at the tail end of the 1951 campaign. In his debut, at

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on September 23, he was sent to the plate in the third inning as a

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for

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and singled off Bob Hooper of the

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. He was then erased on a

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. Washington trailed 6–0 at the time, and lost the contest, 12–4. He appeared in two more games, including one start at first base on September 30, and went hitless in his next five

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. Hawes played over 1,700 games during his minor-league career, which included six full seasons for the Double-A

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. He retired after the 1960 season. Hawes died at the age of 91 on October 9, 2017, in

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.Roy Hawes' obituary
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