Harry Danning

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Red Munson

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Craig Anderson

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This Week in SABR: April 13, 2018

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August 25, 1987: Paul Molitor’s hitting streak reaches 39 games

When an injury (or a sullen attitude) forced Robin Yount out…

May 14, 1983: Good things come in threes for Brewers’ Ben Oglivie

The magic number was 3 at County Stadium in Milwaukee on Saturday,…

October 17, 1982: Robin Yount’s four hits lead Brewers to win in Game Five

Throughout the three World Series games in Milwaukee in 1982,…

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The St. Louis Cardinals (85-72) were 10 games back of the Cincinnati…

June 15, 1925: Athletics overcome 12-run deficit to knock off Cleveland

From 1910 through 1914, Philadelphia won four of five pennants…

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Mike Piazza had come a long way since 1988 when the Dodgers drafted…

Hughie Critz

When The Sporting News profiled baseball’s greatest second…

Lefty Mellix

“I had a slow ball, a slow fastball, a fast fastball, and a…

Bill Lee (“Big Bill”)

He wasn’t flamboyant like his contemporary Dizzy Dean and didn’t…

Bill Phillips

Bill Phillips’s professional baseball career spanned a quarter…

Don Kessinger

Although he was overshadowed by four future Hall of Famers on…
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