Joe McGinnity
Iron Man Joe McGinnity threw 3,441 1/3 innings in his 10-year MLB career; he pitched in the minors until age 54 & won more than 450 pro games.
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Iron Man Joe McGinnity threw 3,441 1/3 innings in his 10-year MLB career; he pitched in the minors until age 54 & won more than 450 pro games.
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With the 1998 enshrinement of his son Lee MacPhail 15 years after his father, Larry is part of the only father-son duo in the Hall of Fame.
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Heinie Manush, Hall of Fame class of 1964, had a 17-year big league career that produced 2,524 hits and a .330 lifetime average.
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Shortstop Rabbit Maranville finished his career with 2,605 hits. His 23 seasons in the NL were the most until Pete Rose eclipsed the mark in 1986.
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Juan Marichal vs. Warren Spahn in the greatest game ever pitched: both went the distance in a 16-inning 1-0 contest on July 2, 1963.
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Over his final five campaigns from 1962-1966, Sandy Koufax won 111 games while leading the National League in earned run average each season.
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Tommy Lasorda guided the Dodgers to 4 National League pennants and 2 World Series championships in his 20-year reign as Los Angeles skipper.
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Tony Lazzeri is one of 14 players to hit for the natural cycle – single, double, triple, homer in sequence. He’s the only one to cap it with a grand slam.
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Fred Lindstrom was only 18 when he collected 10 hits in the 1924 World Series vs. the Senators pitching staff that included Walter Johnson.
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A two-time batting champ with a .306 lifetime average, Ernie Lombardi was the 1938 National League Most Valuable Player and a 8-time All Star.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954