“What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?”/“Shortstop.”

A leprechaun riddle is:
   
Q: What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?
A: Shortstop.
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2001.
 
     
Kidsjokes.co.uk (June 23, 2001)
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What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?
Shortstop!
   
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Q. What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?
A. Shortstop!
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Q.  What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?
A.  Shortstop!
10:34 AM - 17 Mar 2009
 
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Q.  What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?
A.  Shortstop!
11:58 AM - 17 Mar 2010
 
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What baseball position do leprechauns usually play?
Shortstop!