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1237:Tim Koegel
1189:Bill Etter
1149:Tom Schoen
1086:George Izo
1049:John Mazur
892:Chet Grant
884:Joe Brandy
839:Gus Dorais
823:Billy Ryan
706:Joe Cusack
329:References
239:basketball
49:1889-09-27
1499:Drew Pyne
1483:Jack Coan
1295:Tony Rice
961:Bud Bonar
937:Jim Brady
868:Bill Mohn
722:Pat Coady
403:0362-4331
96:MLB debut
1475:Ian Book
714:Ed Coady
594:Archived
547:Archived
517:Archived
487:Archived
432:Archived
366:Archived
235:baseball
231:football
284:at-bats
180:Bergman
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1199:(1971)
1191:(1971)
1183:(1971)
1167:(1966)
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886:(1920)
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849:(1914)
825:(1907)
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788:(1900)
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740:(1894)
732:(1893)
724:(1892)
708:(1888)
700:(1887)
461:
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288:triple
282:in 14
247:Loyola
216:Arthur
165:(1916)
87:Threw:
155:Teams
89:Right
83:Right
63:Died:
44:Born:
628:2014
602:2021
555:2021
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459:ISBN
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253:for
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132:Hits
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