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Rabbit Maranville

Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (died 1954)

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Born
November 11, 1891
Age in 2026
135
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1891

About Rabbit Maranville

Walter James Vincent "Rabbit" Maranville was an American professional baseball shortstop, second baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1912 and 1934. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which was not broken until 1986 by Pete Rose. Maranville finished third in the MVP voting in his first full season, playing for the Boston Braves as a 21-year-old in 1913 even though his batting average was just.247 in 143 games with two homers. As a shortstop, he finished his career with a positional record 5,139 putouts.

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Rabbit Maranville timeline

  1. Maranville finished third in the MVP voting in his first full season, playing for the Boston Braves as a 21-year-old in 1913 even though his batting average was just.247 in 143 games with two homers.
  2. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which was not broken until 1986 by Pete Rose.

The world when Rabbit Maranville was born

Rabbit Maranville was born in 1891. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBasketball invented in Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Top headlineFirst basketball game played (invented by Naismith)
  • Technology milestoneBasketball invented
  • World population~1.51B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population64.0M

1891 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rabbit Maranville's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18912026
Population64.0M341 million

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