Harry Mathews (baseball)

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Harry Mathews
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Born23 July 1867
Newport, KY [1]

Harry Matthews (born July 23, 1876 in Newport, Kentucky) was a baseball coach.

Matthews coached for the Cleveland Indians in 1926 and 1927, and for the New York Yankees in 1929.

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References

  1. "Harry Mathews – Society for American Baseball Research" . Retrieved 2023-04-24.