finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1933 right 7 january 1971 orangevale , california paso robles , california 1926 october 1 .250 2 192 shortstop chicago white sox batting average home runs runs batted in april 18 30 march 1899 hal rhyne
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hal rhyne

harold j. rhyne -lrb- march 30 , 1899 -- january 7 , 1971 -rrb- was an infielder in major league baseball , playing mainly at shortstop from through for the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1926 -- 1927 -rrb- , boston red sox -lrb- 1929 -- 1932 -rrb- and chicago white sox -lrb- 1933 -rrb- .
he batted and threw right-handed .
in a seven-season career , rhyne was a .250 hitter -lrb- 508-for-2031 -rrb- with two home runs and 192 rbi in 655 games , including 252 runs , 98 doubles , 22 triple , and 13 stolen bases .
his best season statistically was , when he posted career numbers in average -lrb- .273 -rrb- , runs -lrb- 75 -rrb- , rbi -lrb- 51 -rrb- , hits -lrb- 154 -rrb- and on-base percentage -lrb- .341 -rrb- , and also was considered in the american league mvp vote .
rhyne 's minor league career spanned twenty seasons , between and .
after starting his career with the des moines boosters , he joined the san francisco seals of the pacific coast league .
with the exception of the seasons he spent in the majors , he played for the seals until , when he joined the tacoma tigers of the western international league partway through the season .
he played for the tigers through the end of his professional playing career .
rhyne is one of only two major leaguers to have been born in paso robles , ca .
the other is jason botts .
he died at the age of 71 in orangevale , california and is buried in sacramento city cemetery in sacramento , california .
he has a small , plain headstone .
