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1221:Buttó
1141:Pérez
1133:Pérez
1125:Stark
1101:Bowie
1037:Ready
973:Carty
909:Davis
885:Drake
877:Noble
853:Brown
821:Mayor
415:cycle
386:, he
384:games
194:Teams
128:Right
122:Right
102:Died:
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1029:Rijo
1005:Díaz
989:Page
925:Mota
901:Cash
845:Fine
837:Olmo
711:ISBN
531:1952
523:1955
492:runs
465:1949
306:2004
228:1951
224:1950
214:1949
210:1945
206:1943
165:.281
46:Olmo
997:Law
933:May
748:MLB
529:in
396:RBI
185:272
40:is
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614:^
246:NL
212:,
175:29
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783:v
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