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Tom Ragland

1946–

United States

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Thomas Ragland (born June 16, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player who appeared in 102 games in Major League Baseball, mostly as a second baseman, for the Washington Senators / Texas Rangers from 1971 to 1972, and the Cleveland Indians in 1973. He also played for seven different minor league clubs in parts of nine seasons spanning 1965–1974. Born in Talladega, Alabama, and raised in Detroit, where he graduated from Northern High School, Ragland threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and weighed 155 pounds (70 kg). His professional baseball career began when he was selected by Washington in the 15th round of the first-ever amateur draft. He would not reach the MLB Senators until 1971, when he had early and late season auditions for the team, which was playing its final season in Washington.

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