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859:Steve Pegues
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781:Kevin Appier
775:Dan Opperman
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1443:, Robnett,
1430:Quintanilla
1409:, McCurdy,
1015:: Bickerton
820:Brad DuVall
807:Bill Spiers
793:Lee Tinsley
770:Chris Myers
750:Mike Harkey
618:January 12,
586:January 12,
429:Gregg Olson
426:Baltimore's
343:Medford A's
28:Lee Tinsley
1698:Categories
1638:Soderstrom
1460:Pennington
1392:Rheinecker
1268:, Rossiter
1251:Van Poppel
934:Bob Zupcic
887:John Orton
672:2006–2008
650:Retrosheet
648:, or
644:, or
640:, or
566:References
433:Steve Farr
419:left field
298:outfielder
64:1969-03-04
51:Outfielder
1546:Robertson
1483:Doolittle
1388:Bonderman
1276:: Grigsby
1161:Pyznarski
1142:Stenhouse
1086:: Johnson
1056:: Daniels
1036:Stanhouse
504:with the
463:) to the
178:As player
149:Home runs
113:MLB debut
1627:Davidson
1561:McKinney
1487:C. Brown
1415:J. Brown
1344:, Wagner
1178:: Hilton
1138:Bustabad
1113:: Harris
1096:Robinson
1077:Scarbery
461:Ken Ryan
238:As coach
1572:Chapman
1542:Russell
1407:Blanton
1403:Swisher
1221:Tinsley
1188:McGwire
1025:Broberg
1006:Jackson
530:Angels'
526:Arizona
435:of the
409:in the
385:of the
361:of the
353:of the
345:of the
333:out of
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1671:Wilson
1616:Murray
1583:Martin
1520:Choice
1470:2006:
1449:Street
1445:Putnam
1441:Powell
1419:Teahen
1384:Crosby
1371:2000:
1354:Mulder
1342:Haynes
1338:DuBose
1334:Enochs
1323:Chavez
1312:Prieto
1301:Grieve
1286:Wasdin
1238:1989:
1210:Hemond
1167:1982:
1151:: King
1127:Conroy
1123:Morgan
995:Monday
104:Threw:
100:Switch
90:, U.S.
73:, U.S.
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1660:Susac
1649:Muncy
1550:Olson
1509:Green
1498:Weeks
1411:Fritz
1290:Adams
1266:Gates
1232:Royer
1199:Weiss
1066:Lemon
172:Teams
106:Right
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59:Born:
1678:2024
1667:2023
1656:2022
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1634:2020
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1531:Gray
1527:2011
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1472:None
1464:Buck
1456:2005
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1373:None
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1282:1993
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1247:1990
1240:None
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1169:None
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1092:1975
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1073:1973
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1054:1971
1047:Ford
1043:1970
1032:1969
1021:1968
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991:1965
620:2023
588:2023
496:and
459:and
377:for
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