Del Paddock | |
Position: | Third baseman |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | June 8, 1887 |
Birth Place: | Volga, South Dakota |
Death Place: | Remer, Minnesota |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | April 14 |
Debutteam: | Chicago White Sox |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | October 1 |
Finalteam: | New York Highlanders |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .287 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 1 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 14 |
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Delmar Harold Paddock was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played part of the 1912 season in the majors with two different teams, the Chicago White Sox and the New York Highlanders.
Paddock began his professional baseball career as a pitcher with the Vancouver Beavers of the Northwestern League in . After two years with Vancouver, he was converted to an infielder in while playing for the Calgary Bronchos of the Western Canada League. He was purchased by the White Sox from the Dubuque Hustlers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League after the 1911 season.
After the 1912 season, Paddock returned to the minor leagues with the Rochester Hustlers, who purchased him from New York. Starting that season, he spent the rest of his career primarily as an outfielder, although he did pitch briefly for the Mitchell Kernels of the South Dakota League in . He retired after the 1921 season, which he spent with the Sioux City Packers of the Western League.