Paul Waner
With 3,152 hits and a .333 career average, three-time batting champion Paul Waner is an underappreciated member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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With 3,152 hits and a .333 career average, three-time batting champion Paul Waner is an underappreciated member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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John Ward was one of the greatest two-way players in baseball history; his stats include 164 wins, a 2.10 ERA and 2,107 base hits.
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Zack Wheat retired in 1926 yet still holds the Dodger franchise records for games played, hits, doubles, triples, and total bases.
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With 2,342 hits as a player and 2,326 wins as a manager, Joe Torre is the only man in MLB history to tally 2,000+ in each category.
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Dazzy Vance made his Major League debut in 1915 but was not in the big leagues to stay until 1922 when he was 31 years of age.
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In 1935 Arky Vaughan set still-standing Pirates single-season records for average (.385), on-base percentage (.491), and OPS (1.098).
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Lloyd Waner (2,459) and brother Paul (3,152) combined to set the Major League record for most career hits by a brother combination (5,611).
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In 1920, George Sisler hit .407 and set the single-season record with 257 hits. His mark stood until Ichiro Suzuki amassed 262 knocks in 2004.
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An 8-time All Star, Duke Snider helped lead the Dodgers to six World Series appearances and two World Series championships in 1955 and 1959.
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When Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel took over the Yankees, the team reeled off ten AL pennants and seven World Series titles in twelve years.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954