Rusty Yarnall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1902
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 09-Oct-1985
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Rusty Yarnall
- Waldo Ward "Rusty" Yarnall (October 22, 1902 – October 9, 1985) was a professional baseball pitcher.
- He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1926.
- He was a right-handed thrower and batter.
- During his career, he was measured at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) in height and 175 lbs in weight.
- He attended Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont. Yarnall made his professional debut in 1924 with the York White Roses of the New York–Pennsylvania League.
- In 1926, Yarnall was acquired by the Phillies from the Martinsville Blue Sox.
- His only major league appearance came on June 30, 1926, at age 23. Yarnall was brought into a game against the Brooklyn Robins with the Phillies down 5-2 in the 4th inning.
- He pitched a scoreless inning, and in the top of the 5th struck out in what would be his only major league plate appearance.
- During that inning, the Phillies scored four runs to take a 6-5 lead, and Yarnall came out to start the bottom of the 5th.
- When the first two Robins batters reached base, he was relieved by Jack Knight.
- Both runners came around to score, and the Phillies lost the game 11-9, with Yarnall taking the loss.
- He finished the game with one inning pitched, two runs, three hits and one walk allowed, and an earned run average of 18.00. After his one-game major league career, Yarnall returned to minor league baseball with the Jeannette Jays, and continued to play in the minors on and off until 1933.
- He also coached baseball, football and basketball while also teaching economics at the Lowell Textile Institute, which later became the Lowell Technological Institute.
- He became the school's athletic director in 1953, retiring in 1966.
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