Lou Piniella
Lou Piniella recorded over 1,700 hits as a player and 1,700 wins as a manager; Joe Torre is the only man with 2,000 in each category.
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Lou Piniella recorded over 1,700 hits as a player and 1,700 wins as a manager; Joe Torre is the only man with 2,000 in each category.
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Vada Pinson had 200+ hits four times, smashed 20+ homers seven times, finished with 2,757 career hits and has a strong case for Cooperstown.
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Manny Ramirez was a nine-time Silver Slugger, and 12-time All Star who holds the Major League record with 29 postseason homers.
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Five times an All Star and six times a World Series champion, Allie Reynolds has appeared on the Veterans Committee ballot multiple times to no avail.
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Riggs Stephenson has a .336 lifetime average is the 4th-highest for a right-hander among players not enshrined at Cooperstown; his career OBP is .407.
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At the time of his retirement, only five players hit more homers than Jim Thome; he finished with 612 homers, 1,699 RBI and a .402 OBP.
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Luis Tiant appeared on the writers’ ballot 15 times, gaining as much as 30.9% of the vote. He was voted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997.
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A six-time 20-game winner, Wes Ferrell hit a Major League record 37 homers as a pitcher. His brother Rick Ferrell is in the Hall of Fame.
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The all-time leader in games played at shortstop, Omar Vizquel won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 1993-2001 and 11 overall.
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The Boston Red Sox had an 86-year World Series Championship drought before hiring Terry Francona in 2004; they won two titles together.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954