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1544:Barry Larkin
1474:Noodles Hahn
1439:Danny Graves
1425:Ival Goodman
1418:Warren Giles
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1369:Pete Donohue
1348:Jake Daubert
1341:Hughie Critz
1334:Sam Crawford
1299:Clay Carroll
1292:Leo Cárdenas
1278:Tom Browning
1271:Dave Bristol
1257:Pedro BorbĂłn
1236:Johnny Bench
1222:Jake Beckley
1044:Billy Rhines
979:Tony Mullane
964:Larry McKeon
924:Bumpus Jones
904:Jimmy Haynes
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1712:Vada Pinson
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1677:Jim O'Toole
1670:Joe Nuxhall
1663:Fred Norman
1649:Billy Myers
1586:Jim Maloney
1579:Jerry Lynch
1488:Tommy Helms
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1094:Frank Smith
1089:John Smiley
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1069:Gene Schott
1009:Tom Parrott
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989:Joe Nuxhall
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959:Jim Maloney
954:Tyler Mahle
899:Pink Hawley
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869:Don Gullett
824:Sammy Ellis
814:Frank Dwyer
774:Jim Brosnan
754:Rube Benton
634:"Bob Ewing"
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493:Minneapolis
426:Fred Clarke
1861:Categories
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1796:Mario Soto
1789:Cy Seymour
1782:Tom Seaver
1775:Chris Sabo
1747:Eppa Rixey
1726:Bob Purkey
1719:Wally Post
1705:Tony PĂ©rez
1684:Ron Oester
1656:Gary Nolan
1635:Joe Morgan
1628:Bid McPhee
1572:Dolf Luque
1537:Larry Kopf
1502:Bob Howsam
1404:Lonny Frey
1355:Eric Davis
1306:Sean Casey
1144:Will White
1119:Fred Toney
1099:Mario Soto
1079:Tom Seaver
1054:Eppa Rixey
1029:Bob Purkey
984:Gary Nolan
949:Dolf Luque
939:Cory Lidle
919:Si Johnson
859:Sonny Gray
849:Art Fromme
839:Art Fowler
739:Fred Beebe
669:, or
586:References
540:Mario Soto
462:Ad Brennan
411:Pittsburgh
407:Vic Willis
269:Early life
164:Strikeouts
69:1873-04-24
56:Outfielder
1768:Edd Roush
1761:Pete Rose
1740:José Rijo
1698:Gabe Paul
1565:Red Lucas
1509:Dummy Hoy
1390:Bob Ewing
1383:Adam Dunn
1049:José Rijo
944:Red Lucas
829:Bob Ewing
819:Red Ehret
744:Joe Beggs
676:Bob Ewing
569:Pete Rose
489:St. Louis
474:Red Dooin
364:Jack Dunn
118:MLB debut
35:Bob Ewing
1523:Joey Jay
1229:Gus Bell
914:Joey Jay
729:Red Ames
392:spitball
1593:Lee May
520:Sheriff
312:in the
251:pitcher
148:124–118
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52:Pitcher
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303:Toledo
261:, and
109:Threw:
95:, U.S.
78:, U.S.
177:Teams
111:Right
105:Right
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64:Born:
605:ISBN
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464:for
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189:1902
158:2.49
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