Al Lopez
From 1949-64 the Yankees won the AL pennant every year but two. Al Lopez managed both of those teams, the ’54 Indians and the ’59 White Sox.
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From 1949-64 the Yankees won the AL pennant every year but two. Al Lopez managed both of those teams, the ’54 Indians and the ’59 White Sox.
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Wee Willie Keeler stood only 5’4″ tall but packed a wallop as tallied 2,932 hits and a lifetime batting average of .341 in his 19-year career.
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Joe Kelley started his big league career in style with a base hit in his first at bat off of future Hall of Famer Mickey Welch on July 27, 1891.
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George Kelly is one of the worst players in the Hall. Teammate Frankie Frisch was chairman of the Vets’ Committee when Kelly was voted in.
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Known as “The Man of Steal”, Rickey Henderson holds the MLB career records for stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff homers.
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Billy Herman reached the All Star game 10 consecutive seasons from 1934-43, eight times for the Chicago Cubs and twice for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Waite Hoyt is the only member of the Baseball Hall of Fame to play in both the American and National Leagues before he was old enough to vote.
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After banning the spitter in 1920, MLB grandfathered in 17 men allowed to throw it until retirement. Burleigh Grimes was the last legal spitballer.
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As a manager, Ned Hanlon was credited with pioneering the hit & run, the squeeze play, the sacrifice bunt, the double steal & the Baltimore chop.
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KiKi Cuyler hit .320 or better in seven seasons and finished with a lifetime .321 average; four times he led the league in stolen bases.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954