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Chris Bando
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Sal's little brother, played 9 seasons as a catcher in the Majors,
mostly for Cleveland
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Jesse Barfield
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Perhaps the best outfield arm of all time. More assists
per game than the great legend Roberto Clemente
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Paul Blair
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The premier defensive centerfielder of his era for the Baltimore
Orioles
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Steve Blass
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Won both his starts in the 1971 World Series for the Pittsburgh
Pirates
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Sid Bream
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Sid was a popular player in all 3 cities in which he played.
He is known for his good work around the bag at first base and strong bat
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Gates Brown
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One of the greatest pinch-hitters of all time with the Detroit
Tigers
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Bill Buckner
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Won the NL batting championship in 1980 and hit over .300 in seven
seasons of his career
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Bert Campaneris
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A leader on the Amazing A's teams which won 3 consecutive World
Series Championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974
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John Candelaria
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The "Candy Man" posted 20 wins against only 5 losses
for an .800 winning percentage to lead the league in that regard
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Bernie Carbo
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Hit a pinch-hit home run in game 6 to tie the game of
the 1975 World Series to allow Carlton Fisk to win the game with his memorable home run
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Dave Cash
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Second baseman was a many time All-Star with the Pirates, Phillies
and Expos who went on to coach in the Majors
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Dave Collins
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A veteran of 16 Major League seasons, Dave was among league leaders
in stolen bases most years. He is now a renowned motivational speaker
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Warren Cromartie
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A member of baseball's best outfield of the era with the Montreal
Expos
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Mike Davis
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Outfielder for the Oakland A's and Los Angeles Dodgers who played
in the 1988 world Series for the Dodgers against the A's
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Tommy Davis
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Two-time National League batting Champion with the Los Angeles
Dodgers
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Mahlon Duckett
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2nd baseman in the Negro Leagues before integration who played
for the Philadelphia Stars & Pittsburgh Crawfords
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Mike Easler
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"The Hit Man" hit over .300 in 4 different seasons and
won the World Series with the 1979 Pirates
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Sidearming pitcher dominated relief pitching in 1986 with a 1.72
ERA
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Jim Essian
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Both a player and a manager in the Major Leagues. He was
a catcher for 5 different clubs in 12 seasons. Became interim manager of the Chicago Cubs when Don Zimmer was fired
and in his only season led the Cubs to a 59-63 record
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Tony Fernandez
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Blue Jays shortstop who won 4 Gold Gloves, 5x All-Star and
World Series Champ in 1993
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Cecil Fielder
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One of the great power hitters of all-time. No player in
the Majors hit more home runs than Cecil Fielder between 1990-1995. Cecil is the father of MLB slugger Prince Fielder.
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Tim Foli
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Tim will always be known as a fiery player, having once held the nickname Crazy Horse. He
finished in the top ten of the League for best strikeout ratio five times in his career and was one of the most difficult
players for pitchers to strike out
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Bill Freehan
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One of the best catchers of his era, Bill won 5 Gold Gloves and
the 1968 World Series with his hometown Tigers
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Tito Fuentes
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Flashy second baseman who could both hit and field
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Oscar Gamble
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Loved by fans in every city in which he played, Oscar was a clutch
player whom teams relied upon for the long ball in critical situations. Oscar usually obliged
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Steve Garvey
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National League MVP , 10-time All-Star, 4-time Gold Glove
winner for the Dodgers and Padres
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Rod Gaspar
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Rod was a switch-hitting outfielder and a member of the 1969 Miracle Mets
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Sean Gibson
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Great Grandson of Legendary slugger Josh Gibson
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Jerry Grote
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The catcher who became a fan favorite in New York and was an integral
part of the 1969 Miracle Mets World Series winning team
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Kelly Gruber
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1990 was his breakthrough year as an All-Star, won the AL Gold
Glove for third basemen and the Silver Slugger Award. That season, he also hit 31 homeruns and knocked in 118 RBI's
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Ed Hearn
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Catcher for the '86 WS Champ Mets, has since overcome a kidney
transplant and cancer
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Ed Herrmann
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As a catcher, Ed had the "privilege" of catching for
3 knuckleballers playing for the Sox (Hoyt Wilhelm, Wilbur Wood and Eddie Fisher). This made him as much a "retriever"
as a "receiver"
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John Hiller
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After suffering a heart attack in 1971, this Tiger reliever returned
to the team and recorded 38 saves in 1973- a major league record until 1983 and a team record until 2000
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Chuck Hinton
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Last Washington Senator ever to hit over .300 in a season.
Chuck was an All-Star in '64
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Willie Horton
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Willie played in the Majors for 18 years, including 15 with
his beloved hometown Detroit Tigers
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Jerry Howarth
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Toronto Blue Jays long-time play-by-play announcer
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Mike Jackson
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Talented reliever who spent 17 seasons in the Majors pitching
in over 1,000 games
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Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
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Mamie
was one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues along with Connie Morgan and Toni Stone. Johnson played
professional baseball for three seasons, from 1953 to 1955, with the Indianapolis Clowns.
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Randy Jones
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A Cy Young Award winning pitcher whose best pitch hi 73 to 75
miles per hour on the radar gun
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Brian
Jordan is only one of three athletes to play in both the NFL and Major League Baseball.
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Jim Kaat
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Jim pitched in the Majors in the decades of the 50's, 60's, 70's
and 80's winning 283 career games
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Don Kessinger
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A slick shortstop who rarely missed a ball. Don was the
shortstop for the Chicago Cubs from 1964 to 1975
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Mike Kingery
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Batted .345 in 1994 for the Colorado Rockies
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Jerry Koosman
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Jerry
Koosman was one of the premier pitchers in Major League Baseball during his 19 seasons in the big leagues for 1967 to
1985
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Gary Lavelle
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A true reliever who started only 3 games in his 745 appearances
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Rick Leach
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A 2-sport phenom as he played Major League baseball as well as
football for the Michigan Wolverines. He was "Bo" before Bo was
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Bill "Spaceman" Lee
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Red Sox pitcher who was one of the game's few counterculture symbols
as he championed environmental causes, practiced yoga, ate health foods, pondered Einstein and Vonnegut, quoted from Mao and
studied Eastern philosophers
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Ron LeFlore
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Detroit Tiger favorite is the only player in history to lead in
both NL & AL in stolen bases. Signed out of prison by the Tigers, this "thief" took his thievery to the
base paths
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Mickey Lolich
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Named MVP of the 1968 World Series for the Detroit Tigers by capturing
three complete game victories over the favored St. Louis Cardinals
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Jim Lonborg
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Hit his stride in 1967 when he went 22-9, won the Cy Young Award,
was named an All-Star and pitched a one-hitter in the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitchers don't come
much better than that!
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Fred Lynn
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In 1975, Fred was the first player in MLB history to win both
the Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Valuable Player Award which he did for the Boston Red Sox
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Tippy Martinez
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Had the rare feat of getting all 3 outs in an inning by picking
runners off first base
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Henry Mason
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Henry pitched in the Negro Leagues for the great Kansas City Monarchs
and also in the Majors with the Phillies
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John Matlack
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Imagine being Jon and winning the 1972 National League Rookie
of the Year Award, but be a pitcher on the same team as Nolan Ryan, Tom Sever and Jerry Koosman. That was Jon's lot
with the New York Mets
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Fred McGriff
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One of baseball's all time leaders in power & run production
stats & a likely future Hall of Famer
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John "Mule" Miles
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John signed with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro Leagues
in 1946, at a time before Jackie Robinson integrated baseball. John played all three outfield positions, had a good
range and a strong arm
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Omar Moreno
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A key member of the "We are Family" Pirates World Championship
team of 1979, Omar was at the top of the league in stolen bases every season
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Lloyd Moseby
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"Shaker" made the All-Star team in 1985 and was considered
with George Bell and Jesse Barfield the best outfield in baseball in the mid to late 1980's. His best year was in 1983
as he led the league with 15 triples and won the Silver Slugger Award
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Bob Motley
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A rare historical figure at best. He is a living legend, the
only living umpire form the historic Negro Baseball Leagues
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Donnell Nixon
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One
of the speedy Nixon brothers, Donell played 4 Major League seasons from 1987 to 1990
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Otis Nixon
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Remembered for an amazing over-the-wall catch in 1992 which made
all the highlight reels. Also remembered for his battles with drugs and with the law from which he has reformed
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Bill North
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Remembered for his 6 seasons with the Oakland A's back when "Charlie
O"'s team ruled the American League in the 1970's. The switch hitter twice led the AL in stolen bases in 1974 and
1976
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Al Oliver
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"Scoop" was named to the All Rookie Team in 1969, won
a World Series Championship in 1971 with the Pittsburgh Pirates an later won the 1982 National League Batting Championship
with the Montreal Expos
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Frank Pastore
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Pitched 7 of his 8 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds with whom
he played from 1979 to 1985
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Hank enjoyed 5 years in the Negro Leagues with the Cleveland Buckeyes
and the Kansas City Monarchs. This former shortstop speaks enthusiastically of his time with the greats of Negro League
baseball
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Terry Puhl
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One of the first Canadians to play MLB. Played 15 seasons
for the Houston Astros and was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995
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Jerry Reuss
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Jerry Pitched in the majors for 22 seasons throwing a no-hitter
for the Dodgers before moving to the broadcast booth as an announcer.
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Jesse Rogers
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Outfielder & catcher for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro
Leagues in 1953-54. Jesse was nicknamed "Mr. Long Ball" for reasons which are apparent
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Jim Rooker
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A member of the 1979 World Series winning Pirates. He pitched
3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in Game 1 of the Series and helped the Pirates win against the Orioles in Game 5 with a
remarkable effort
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Joe Rudi
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The quiet, unnoticed, underrated superstar of the Oakland A's
dynasty of the early 1970's
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Manny Sanguillen
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Catcher on 1971 and 1979 Pirates World Series World Championship
teams. Manny hit .300+ consistently whole hitting balls that bounced in the dirt or were over his head.
There wasn't a pitch that he didn't like
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Joe B. Scott
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The first African-American player to ever play at Wrigley Field
in Chicago
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Pedro Sierra
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Pedro
left his native Cuba at age 16 to come to America to play in the Negro Leagues with the Indianapolis Clowns. It
was with the Clowns in 1954 that Pedro played for Hall of Fame legend Oscar Charleston.
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Reggie Smith
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Reggie Smith was one of the stars of his era and was named to the All-Star
team seven times in his career. His 314 career home runs rank him #4 all-time on the switch hitters list.
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Paul Spolijaric
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A rare Canadian who got to play Major League baseball for his home country
with the Blue Jays, retiring after the 2000 season
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Rennie Stennett
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Collected 7 hits in a single 9-inning game in 1975, the only time in this
century this has been done. Rennie won the World Series with the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Dave Stewart
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Dominated baseball for a 4-year span with the Oakland A's from 1987 to
1990. During this time he won 84 games with a minimum of 20 wins each of those 4 years
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Jim Sundberg
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3 time All-Star who won the World Series with the 1985 Kansas City Royals.
He is now a top motivational speaker
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Frank Tanana
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Frank won 240 career games. In his early career, he was a flame-throwing
wild man while in the later part of his career, he was a crafty, finesse pitcher
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Ron Taylor
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Ron
Taylor is a man who has a lot of saves in his lifetime. He was a key reliever for the New York Mets and
other teams and saved 72 games in his 11-year career. Then, in his second career, Dr. Ron Taylor saved
many lives through his medical practice.
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Ron Teasley
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Ron was an outfielder for the Detroit Cubs, Toledo Cubs, Toledo Crawfords,
Toledo Rays, Detroit Wolves and New York Cubans form 1939 to 1948. He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 and
released that same year. He then signed with the New York Cubans
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Jason Thompson
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Jason had two "career years"- one in each league.
With the Tigers in 1977, he hit 31 home runs to go with 105 RBI's. Then in 1982 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he again
clobbered 31 home runs to go with 101 RBI's
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Andre Thornton
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One of the best-loved Cleveland Indian players in the history
of the team. Fans remember him for his powerful swing along with his tremendous humanitarian compassion
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Luis Tiant
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Luis baffled hitters with a rocking, twisting
windup and an assortment of release points that ranged from over-the-top to nearly underhand.
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Steve Trout
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"Rainbow" Trout pitched in the Major Leagues from 1978
to 1989. Steve is the son of another great pitcher, "Dizzy" Trout who pitched some fantastic seasons for the
Detroit Tigers from 1940 to 1953
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Willie Upshaw
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Blue Jays first baseman, Willie was the first player in franchise
history to knock in 100+ RBI's in a season
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Ellis Valentine
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Speed, power and a cannon for an arm- that is how this Expos and
Mets outfielder has been described
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Ozzie Virgil
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Ozzie is a second generation Major Leaguer. His father,
Ozzie Virgil Sr. played in the Majors from 1956 to 1969 and was the first Black player on the Detroit Tigers roster in 1958
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Duane Ward
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Star closer of the Toronto Blue Jays World Championship teams
of 1992 and 1993
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Jon Warden
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A member of the 1968 World Series winning Detroit Tigers.
Jon played in the Major Leagues for only one season- 1968. A highly sought entertainer on the banquet circuit for his
hysterical baseball stories and comedy
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Bob Watson
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Astros slugging first baseman, General Manager of the Yankees
World Series team & General Manager of Team USA, Vice President of On-Field Operations for MLB- what hasn't Bob done?!?!?
Knowledgeable and articulate
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Milt Wilcox
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An effective 3rd starter in Detroit behind aces Jack Morris and
Dan Petry. Over a 7 year period with the Tigers, Wilcox won 90 games including a career-high 17 in 1984
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Maury Wills
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The first player to pass the century mark in stolen bases in a
single season. Maury was also National League MVP in 1962
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Mookie Wilson
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A hero for the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series, Mookie
was a speedster and leader for the Mets and later for the Blue Jays
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Willie Wilson
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Royals lead-off hitter was the fastest man in baseball during
his time
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Wilbur Wood
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A 20-game winner 4 consecutive seasons, only to lose 20 games
the following season
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Alvis Woods
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Hit a home run on the first Major League pitch he ever faced for
the expansion Toronto Blue Jays in 1977
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Jimmy Wynn
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The first superstar of the Houston Astros.
He combined tremendous power & speed into a diminutive & powerful 5'9", 170lb body thus earning the nickname
"The Toy Cannon"
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Jim Zapp
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Negro League outfielder w/ Baltimore Black Barons
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