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Paul Hines
Paul Hines was a 19th-century all-around star who played in the…
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Heavy Johnson
Oscar “Heavy” Johnson was briefly one of the premier power…
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Tip O’Neill
James Edward O’Neill, the original “Tip,” was one of the…
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Oscar Charleston
“Charleston not only has the speed of a Carey, the arm of a…
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Mule Suttles
George “Mule” Suttles emerged from Alabama coal mines to…
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Lennie Pearson
Lennie Pearson was one of the mainstays of the Newark Eagles…
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Josh Gibson
"There is a catcher that any big league club would like to buy…
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Ted Strong
Ted Strong Jr. thrilled baseball fans with a hard-hitting swing…
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Mickey Mantle
Even before he was born into this world, Mickey Mantle was being…
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Heinie Zimmerman
A versatile fielder who could play second, third, or short, Heinie…
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Jimmie Foxx
As he had done many times in recent years, Jimmie Foxx chose…
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Lou Gehrig
On July 4, 1939, between games of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium,…
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Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson would not want to be remembered as a racial…
Rogers Hornsby
Any conversation about the greatest hitter in baseball history…
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Nap Lajoie
The first superstar in American League history, Napoleon Lajoie…
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Carl Yastrzemski
Saddled with the burden of replacing one of baseball's legendary…
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Joe Medwick
Ten times he was named to the National League All-Star team;…
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Chuck Klein
Charles Herbert Klein was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October…
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Ty Cobb
Perhaps the most competitive and complex personality ever to…
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Ted Williams
Any argument as to the greatest hitter of all time always involves…