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Champ Osteen 1903
James Champlin Osteen began his baseball career in a South Carolina textile league, and then played in organized baseball's minor leagues until September 1903, when he played ten games at shortstop for the Washington Senators. In 1904, he played third base, shortstop, and first base in 28 games for the New York Highlanders (pictured below). Champ was then back in the minors until his last major league stop with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1908 and early 1909 at a third baseman-shortstop. His career major-league batting average was .197.
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