Lyle Bigbee
American baseball player (1893-1942)
Lyle Randolph "Al" Bigbee (August 22, 1893, August 5, 1942) was an American outfielder and pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates and end for the Milwaukee Badgers in 1922.
Bigbee's brother Carson spent eleven seasons with the Pirates as an outfielder and second baseman. They were teammates on the 1921 Pirates. Lyle, Carson and their brother Morris were all standout athletes at the University of Oregon.
In 1942, Bigbee committed suicide by gunshot wound to the head at a Portland rooming house.
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- 1919 Zeenut Lyle Bigbee.jpg by Zeenut, Public domain
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