Eddie Collins


Eddie Collins is 13th all time in career Wins Above Replacement and 10th among positions players. The 1914 MVP finished with 3,315 hits.

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Jimmy Collins


Jimmy Collins

Jimmy Collins was a premier third baseman from 1895-1908. He held the record for putouts at his position until Brooks Robinson surpassed it.

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Stan Coveleski


Stan Coveleski

Stan Coveleski threw a complete game and got the win the day Carl Mays hit Ray Chapman resulting in baseball’s only death by pitch.

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Lou Boudreau


Lou Boudreau

The last time the Cleveland Indians won the World Series was in 1948; Lou Boudreau was their player-manager and the AL’s Most Valuable Player.

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Orlando Cepeda


Orlando Cepeda

Orlando Cepeda became the first player from Puerto Rico to start an All Star game in 1959; appeared in seven Mid Summer Classics. 

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Cap Anson


Cap Anson autograph

Adrian “Cap” Anson was the 1st in baseball history to record 3,000 hits. As one of the game’s first superstars, he was elected to the Hall in 1939.

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Frank Home Run Baker


Frank Home Run Baker

The American League homer leader for four consecutive years from 1911-1914, Frank Baker was a three-time World Champion with the Athletics.  

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Chief Bender


Chief Bender

Born into the Ojibwe tribe, Charles “Chief” Bender has 212 career wins, a career winning percentage of .625, and a lifetime 2.46 ERA.

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"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"

~Jacques Barzun, 1954