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Appendix 3: Retrosheet box scores for Tigers-Athletics games on 20 June 1937

Appendix 3 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg. …

Appendix 4: RBIs given in newspaper box scores for games played between the Tigers and Athletics in Philadelphia during the 1937 season

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Seen here in 1913, he made four trips to North America.

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Appendix 5: Analysis of newspaper box scores for the second game of the double header between the Tigers and Athletics on June 20, 1937

Appendix 5 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg. Editor's…

Appendix 6: Retrosheet Box score for Tigers-Athletics Second Game on 20 June 1937

Appendix 6 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg. Editor's…

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Presented with flowers before a game during the 1934 baseball tour of Japan.

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Expos Get First Franchise No-Hitter Right Out of the Gate

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Official Statistical Categories Added Since the Start of the SABR Era in 1971.

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