Red Faber
When he retired Red Faber was atop the Chicago White Sox all-time leaderboard for games, starts, wins, complete games and innings pitched.
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When he retired Red Faber was atop the Chicago White Sox all-time leaderboard for games, starts, wins, complete games and innings pitched.
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In 1962 Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson became the first 1st-ballot HoFers since Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, & Walter Johnson.
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Rollie Fingers was a three-time World Series Champion, a 7-time All Star, a four-time Rolaids Relief Man of the Year & 1981’s Cy Young and MVP.
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A ten-time All Star and six-time World Series champ, Whitey Ford was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974, his second year on the writers’ ballot.
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Candy Cummings is in the Hall of Fame largely for his invention of the curveball. Others like hurler Fred Goldsmith claim otherwise.
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Negro League star Leon Day died of a heart attack in March, 1995, just six days after learning of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Dizzy Dean broke his toe in the 1937 All Star game. Compensating for the injury, Dean changed his pitching motion and injured his arm.
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A versatile and athletic performer, Martin Dihigo is the only person inducted into the national Halls of Fame in Cuba, Mexico, and the USA.
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In 1965 Don Drysdale tied his own NL record with 7 homers. He was also the Dodgers’ only .300 hitter and won 23 games for the World Champs.
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Though his greatest success came as a closer, Dennis Eckersley started 361 games, pitched a no-hitter, had a 20-win season, and won 197 contests.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954