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for the Atlanta Crackers of the Class-A Southern League. He batted .273 with 130 hits, 19 doubles, nine triples, and two home runs in 132 games played that year. Kauffman re-signed with the Crackers in 1921. He did not serve as the team's manager that season. He batted .281 with 128 hits, 19 doubles,
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Kauffman re-joined the Nashville Volunteers in 1917. That season, he batted .281 with 163 hits, 34 doubles, nine triples, and three home runs in 153 games played. He finished second in the league in doubles. During his third season with the Volunteers in 1918, Kauffman batted .290 with 54 hits, 10
468:. Kauffman batted .278 with 145 hits in 140 games played on the season. he returned to the Elmira club in 1914. He batted .329 with 142 hits in 123 games played. He led the league in batting average. After the season, it was reported that Kauffman was being pursued by numerous major league teams. 513:. Immediately after being sold, he signed a contract with the Atlanta club, and appeared in his first game with the team. On the season with the Crackers, he batted .260 with 83 hits, 10 doubles, seven triples, and two home runs in 94 games played. In 1916, Kauffman signed with the 36: 250:
in 1915. After that season, he played exclusively in the minor leagues. He has a career minor league batting average of .279 with 1,239 hits in 1,217 games played. In the minors, he played with the York White Roses (1911–12),
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doubles, and two triples in 50 games played. Kauffman spent his fourth and final season with the Nashville club in 1919. On the season, he batted .269 with 14 doubles, two triples, and five home runs in 64 games played.
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and living with his wife in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He died on April 16, 1948, at the age of 59 in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. He was buried at Lewisburg City Cemetery in Lewisburg.
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in September 1914. He made his major league debut on September 17. Kauffman played seven games with the Browns that season. In those games, he batted .267 with one
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14 triples, and five home runs in 134 games played. It would prove to be his last season in professional baseball.
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was a member of the 1916 Nashville Volunteers, who won the Southern Association Championship that season.
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On January 17, 1913, Kauffman was sold for an undisclosed amount by the York White Roses to the
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On June 19, 1915, Kauffman was sold by the St. Louis Browns to the minor league
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Kauffman played with the St. Louis Browns for two seasons (1914–15).
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player whose career spanned 11 seasons, two of which were spent in
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in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. From 1908 to 1909, Kauffman attended
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against his former school, Bucknell University. Kauffman played
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September 17, 1914, for the St. Louis Browns
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on the Susquehanna's baseball team. In a game against
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June 12, 1915, for the St. Louis Browns
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Index


First baseman
East Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
Batting average
Hits
Runs batted in
St. Louis Browns
1914
1915
professional baseball
Major League Baseball
St. Louis Browns
first baseman
batting average
runs scored
hits
doubles
triples
runs batted in
games played
minor league
York White Roses
called-up
Elmira Colonels
Atlanta Crackers
Nashville Volunteers
East Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Bucknell University
Susquehanna University

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