Clarence Maddern

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Clarence James Maddern

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

• Debut September 19, 1946
• Final Game September 25, 1951
• Born September 26, 1921 in Lowell, AZ USA
• Died August 9, 1986 in Tucson, AZ USA

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Clarence Maddern played four seasons in the majors, getting most of his major league at-bats with the 1948 Cubs where he played almost as many games in left field as Peanuts Lowrey.

Maddern played minor league ball before the war. During World War II, he was an MP with Patton's Third Army in Europe. He suffered frostbite in his toes during the Battle of the Bulge and had the traumatic experience of having a comrade die in his arms.

At the end of the war he played service ball and then played minor league ball in Tulsa in 1946 before coming to the majors.

One main source: Baseball in Wartime.

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