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Doc Ayers
Among the 17 spitball pitchers exempted when the pitch was banned,…
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Joe Azcue
Joe Azcue caught just shy of 1,000 major-league baseball games…
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Charlie Babb
First on the field, then as trade fodder, Charlie Babb played…
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Charlie Babington
He is buried in
Oakland Cemetery
Cranston, R.I.
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Wally Backman
Wally Backman was perhaps the first major-league manager fired…
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