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364:. The Braves traded Thornton to the
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904:Baseball Reference (Minors)
776:Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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1204:E. MartĂnez
1188:E. MartĂnez
1156:E. MartĂnez
1140:E. MartĂnez
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687:November 5,
662:November 5,
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604:November 5,
551:Mike Garcia
545:along with
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354:Joe Hoerner
328:Early years
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3241:Early Wynn
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756:Retrosheet
736:Retrosheet
582:References
511:ASW Global
62:1949-08-13
3294:John Hart
3213:Jim Thome
3101:Bob Lemon
3059:Jim Hegan
3052:John Hart
2851:D. Gordon
2811:A. Gordon
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2071:Sutcliffe
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1839:Moustakas
1703:F. Thomas
1663:Wakefield
1639:Sutcliffe
1583:G. Thomas
1519:Soderholm
1447:Harrelson
900:Fangraphs
531:Fund and
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