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Zack Wheat (1888 - 1972)

Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat (May 23, 1888 – March 11, 1972), nicknamed "Buck", was an American Major League Baseball left fielder. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959. A c...

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Hank Greenberg (1911 - 1986)

Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg, nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one...

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Ted Lyons (1900 - 1986)

Theodore Amar Lyons (December 28, 1900 - July 25, 1986) was an American professional baseball starting pitcher, manager and coach. He played 21 big-league seasons, all with the Chicago White Sox, and...

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Bill Terry (1898 - 1989)

William Harold Terry (October 30, 1898 – January 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Terry was inducted into the Baseba...

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Rabbit Maranville (1891 - 1954)

Walter James Vincent Maranville (November 11, 1891 – January 5, 1954), better known as Rabbit Maranville due to his speed and small stature (5'5", 155 pounds), was a Major League Baseball shortstop. ...

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Daffy Dean (1912 - 1981)

) Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean (August 14, 1912 – March 17, 1981) was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Born in Lucas, Arkansas, he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1934–1939), the...

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Dizzy Dean (1910 - 1974)

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the...

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Lloyd Waner ("Little Poison") (1906 - 1982)

Lloyd James Waner (March 16, 1906 - July 22, 1982), nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. His small stature at 5'9" and 132 lb (68 kg) made him one of the smallest pl...

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Paul Waner ("Big Poison") (1903 - 1965)

Paul Glee Waner (April 16, 1903 - August 29, 1965), nicknamed "Big Poison", was a German-American Major League Baseball right fielder. Career Pittsburgh Pirates He, along with his brother Lloyd...

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Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown (1876 - 1948)

Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a fa...

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Herb Pennock (1894 - 1948)

Herbert Jefferis Pennock (February 10, 1894 — January 30, 1948) was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his time spent with the star-studded New York Yankee teams of the mid to...

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Lefty Grove (1900 - 1975)

Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove (March 6, 1900 – May 22, 1975) was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Ba...

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Rube Waddell (1876 - 1918)

George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 – April 1, 1914) was an American southpaw pitcher in Major League Baseball. In his thirteen-year career he played for the Louisville Colonels (1897, 1899), Pit...

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Joe Tinker (1880 - 1948)

Joseph Bert Tinker (July 27, 1880 – July 27, 1948) was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He is best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs dynasty which won four pennants between 1906 an...

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Jack Chesbro (1874 - 1931)

John Dwight Chesbro (June 5, 1874 – November 6, 1931) was a Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. He was the last major league pitcher to win 40 games or more in a single sea...

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Frank Chance (1876 - 1924)

Frank Leroy Chance (September 9, 1876 – September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Performing the roles of first baseman and manager, Chance led the Chica...

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Wilbert Robinson (1863 - 1934)

Wilbert Robinson (June 29, 1863 – August 8, 1934), nicknamed "Uncle Robbie", was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 194...

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Jim O'Rourke (1850 - 1919)

) James Henry O'Rourke (September 1, 1850 - January 8, 1919), nicknamed "Orator Jim", was an American professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball who played pri...

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Fred Clarke (1872 - 1960)

Fred Clifford Clarke (October 3, 1872 – August 14, 1960) was a Major League Baseball player from 1894 to 1915 and manager from 1897 to 1915. A Hall of Famer, Clarke played for and managed both the Lo...

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Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (1896 - 1963)

Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American Major League Baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals (1...

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George Sisler (1893 - 1973)

George Harold Sisler (March 24, 1893 - March 26, 1973), nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman wit...

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Candy Cummings (1848 - 1924)

William Arthur "Candy" Cummings (October 18, 1848 – May 16, 1924) was a professional baseball pitcher in the National Association and National League who was credited with inventing the curveball. He...

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Charles Comiskey (1859 - 1931)

Charles Albert "The Old Roman" Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931) was a Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League an...

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Eddie Collins (1887 - 1951)

Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. (May 2, 1887 – March 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cocky", was an American Major League Baseball second baseman, manager and executive. He played from 1906 to 1930 for the Phil...

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Cap Anson (1852 - 1922)

Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was a National Association and Major League Baseball first baseman. He played a record 27 consec...

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Tris Speaker (1888 - 1958)

Tristram E. Speaker (April 4, 1888 - December 8, 1958), nicknamed "Spoke" and "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in ...

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Walter Johnson ("The Big Train") (1887 - 1946)

Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for...

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Cy Young MP (1867 - 1955)

Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career (1890-1911), he pitched for five different teams. Young wa...

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Steve Garvey MP

Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948), nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and c...

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Albert Spalding (Pitcher, Founder Spalding Sporting Goods Co) MP (1850 - 1915)

Albert Goodwill Spalding (Byron, Illinois September 2, 1850 – September 9, 1915 in Point Loma, San Diego, California) was a professional baseball player, manager and co-founder of A.G. Spalding sportin...

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Anthony

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Tony Gwynn, Sr. (Baseball Hall of Fame) MP

Former MLB right fielder and Baseball Hall of Famer. Spent his whole professional career with the San Diego Padres from 1982-2001. Gwynn is currently the head baseball coach at San Diego State Universi...

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Vincent "Vince" DiMaggio (1912 - 1986)

Vincent Paul "Vince" DiMaggio (September 6, 1912 - October 3, 1986) was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He was the older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio. Baseball career During a 10-year ba...

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Christy Matthewson (1880 - 1925)

Mathewson, Christopher (“Christy,” “Matty,” and “Big Six”) Born: August 12, 1880, in Factoryville, Pennsylvania Died: October 7, 1925, in Saranac Lake, New York Vocations: Professional Baseball P...

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Honus Wagner (1874 - 1955)

One of five men who were the original inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936, Honus Wagner was a stocky, clumsy-looking athlete who had surprising agility and unsurpassed baseball ac...

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Morris "Moe" Berg (1902 - 1972)

Morris "Moe" Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Althoug...

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Stephen Carlton Clark, Sr. DSM (founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame) (1882 - 1960)

. Stephen Carlton Clark, Sr. DSM, (August 29, 1882 – September 17, 1960) was an American art collector, newspaper publisher, benefactor and founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New Yo...

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David Justice MP

An underrated slugger who had an uncanny knack for boosting his clubs into the playoffs, David Christopher Justice is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball. In 14 seasons J...

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Steve Cooke (1970 - d.)

Steven Cooke (born 1970) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992–1994 and 1996-1998. He was named as the LHP in the Topps All-Star Rookie Team in 1993. L...

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Dominic DiMaggio (1917 - 2009)

Had Dominic Paul DiMaggio (nicknamed “ The Little Professor ”) been born into a different family he may have gained much more notoriety, but being the younger brother of Joe DiMaggio, Dominic was often...

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Carl Hubbell (1903 - 1988)

Carl Owen Hubbell (June 22, 1903 – November 21, 1988) was an American baseball player. He was a member of the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943. Hubbell was inducted into the...

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Tommie Aaron (1939 - 1984)

Major League baseball player Tommie Lee Aaron played first baseman and left fielder. He was the younger brother of Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. They were the first siblings to appear together in a League ...

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Henry

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Richard

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Lou Gehrig (1903 - 1941)

Baseball Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig, nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New Yor...

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Babe Ruth MP (1895 - 1948)

Major League baseball player Babe Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture. Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), setting the season recor...

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Bill Veeck (1914 - 1986)

WILLIAM LOUIS VEECK, JR. Born 2/9/14, Chicago, Illinois Died 1/2/86, Chicago, Illinois A self-proclaimed "hustler," Bill Veeck, Jr. was the greatest public relations man and promotional genius ...

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Anthony Conigliaro (1945 - 1990)

SSN: 017-34-9391 Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Bo...

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Karl Spooner (1931 - 1984)

Karl Benjamin Spooner was born in Oriskany Falls, a village in Central New York, about 20 minutes south of Utica. It is surrounded by dairy farms, much as it was on Spooner’s birth date, June 23, 1931....

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Joan Whitney Payson (co-founder, majority owner baseball's New York Mets) (1903 - 1975)

Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. Sh...

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Robert Edward "Ted" Turner MP

American media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner, as a businessman, is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, wh...

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Charles Taft, I (1843 - 1929)

Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 - December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the powerful Taft family, whose members had been in politics since at lea...

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Tug McGraw MP (1944 - 2004)

Major League Baseball relief pitcher Tug McGraw best remembered for recording the final out, via a strikeout of the Kansas City Royals' Willie Wilson, in the 1980 World Series, bringing the Philadelphi...

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Mickey Mantle (1931 - 1995)

Baseball player. Born Mickey Charles Mantle on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. Named by his baseball-loving father after Detroit Tigers catcher Mickey Cochrane, Mickey Mantle was trained from a...

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Carlton

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Catfish Hunter (1946 - 1999)

Master hurler Catfish Hunter’s presence on the mound struck fear in his opponents. During his 15-year baseball career in the Major League, Hunter took part in eight All-Star Games, won 20 or more games...

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Ty Cobb (1886 - 1961)

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American outfielder in baseball born in Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tig...

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Jackie Robinson MP (1919 - 1972)

Jackie Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black ma...

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Joe DiMaggio MP (1914 - 1999)

"I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee ." from: Joe DiMaggio (1914 - 1999) by Kevin Fitzpatrick In American pop culture, there is one 20th Century icon who stands above all others ...

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