Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente had 12 Gold Gloves and exactly 3,000 hits; his humanitarian efforts go far beyond his considerable baseball accomplishments.
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Roberto Clemente had 12 Gold Gloves and exactly 3,000 hits; his humanitarian efforts go far beyond his considerable baseball accomplishments.
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Fred Clarke, HoF class of ’45, had 2,672 career hits & won 1,422 games, 4 pennants and a World Series championship as a manager.
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Jack Chesbro won 41 games in 1904. Since 1901 when the AL and NL became major leagues, no pitcher has won more in a single season.
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Max Carey led the National League in stolen bases ten times during his 20-year career. He held the NL career mark until Lou Brock broke it in 1974.
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A prolific prankster, Bert Blyleven was a master at the “hot foot”. He could pitch a little too as evidenced by his 287 wins and 3,701 career K’s.
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Jake Beckley set a record by playing in 2,380 games at first base from 1888-1907. The record stood until Eddie Murray broke the record in 1994.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954