Andruw Jones


andruw jones

At age 19 Andruw Jones homered in each of his first two World Series at bats; the CFer earned a Gold Glove every season from 1998 through 2007.

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Lew Fonseca


Lew Fonseca

Career .316 hitter and 1929 batting champ Lew Fonseca retired from the playing field then spent decades as the first AL Director of Promotions.

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Gavvy Cravath


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.

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Kenny Lofton


Kenny Lofton

Six-time All Star and four-time Gold Glover Kenny Lofton has a higher WAR (68.3) than 97 position players already inducted into Cooperstown.

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Babe Pinelli


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The last call for Babe Pinelli as a home plate ump was, “Strike Three!” on the final pitch in Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

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Virgil Trucks


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Two of Virgil Trucks’ 5 wins in 1952 were no-hitters; the two-time All Star won 177 games, led the AL shutouts twice, and was world champ in ’45.

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Monty Stratton


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Jimmy Stewart portrayed Monty Stratton in 1949’s “The Stratton Story” that won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.

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Rocky Colavito


Rocky Colavito

Thanks to 11 straight 20-homer seasons, only 2 AL right-handed batters had more career homers than Rocky Colavito when he retired in 1968.

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Bob Elliott


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MLB’s leading RBI man of the 1940’s, Bob Elliott was the ’47 NL MVP and retired #1 among third baseman in MLB history in HR and slugging %.

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Jeff Nelson


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Jeff Nelson pitched in 798 big league games. With runners in scoring position and two out he held batters to a .191 batting average.

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