Frank Howard
Frank Howard owns the record for all MLB Washington franchises for most homers (48) and total bases (340) in a single season.
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Dummy Hoy
The most accomplished deaf player in MLB history, Dummy Hoy set records for games played in CF, and outfield putouts and total chances.
Read More >Jimmy Piersall
Two-time All Star center fielder Jimmy Piersall earned a pair of Gold Gloves and tallied 1,604 career hits despite battling bipolar disorder.
Read More >Gavvy Cravath
Gavvy Cravath hit 24 home runs in 1915 – as many as 12 of the other 15 MLB teams; the total established a 20th-century record for homers in a single season.
Read More >Don Zimmer
Every paycheck Don Zimmer ever received was from professional baseball; in 2015 the Tampa Bay Rays retired jersey #66 in his honor.
Read More >Johnny Pesky
The AL hit leader in each of his first 3 seasons, All Star Johnny Pesky received MVP votes in four different campaigns & spent 73 years in the game.
Read More >Burt Shotton
A fine outfielder and later Brooklyn manager for Jackie Robinson’s 1st MLB season, Burt Shotton is the last skipper to wear street clothes in the dugout.
Read More >Harlond Clift
Harlond Clift retired with a higher on-base % than than fellow third basemen Paul Molitor, George Brett, George Kell, Brooks Robinson & Pie Traynor.
Read More >Mickey Vernon
Two-time batting champ Mickey Vernon was a 7-time All Star who held many fielding records more than a half-century after he retired.
Read More >Roy Sievers
The first American League Rookie of the Year, Roy Sievers was a five-time All Star who led the junior circuit in homers, RBI and total bases in 1957.
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