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Dream In The Wilderness, by Doris Price Averitt-Mathews.
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2447:Kevin Tapani
2412:Dick Ruthven
2402:Charlie Root
2377:Tiny Osborne
2292:Terry Larkin
2262:Frank Hiller
2237:Danny Friend
2232:Larry French
2197:Larry Cheney
2192:Don Cardwell
2137:Jake Arrieta
2132:Bob Anderson
2122:Vic Aldridge
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2105:Chicago Cubs
1949:Preacher Roe
1942:Todd Ritchie
1914:Ă“liver PĂ©rez
1879:Joe Musgrove
1774:Frank Killen
1767:Mitch Keller
1753:Elmer Jacobs
1704:Larry French
1697:Earl Francis
1634:Pete Daniels
1501:Mark Baldwin
1494:Vic Aldridge
1493:
1379:Glenn Wright
1309:Johnny Gooch
1274:Vic Aldridge
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487:Goose Goslin
483:Bucky Harris
467:pea soup fog
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342:Miami County
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282:schoolmaster
266:Chicago Cubs
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174:Chicago Cubs
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2532:1973 deaths
2527:1893 births
2477:Jake Weimer
2472:Lon Warneke
2452:Jack Taylor
2392:Ed Reulbach
2357:Mike Morgan
2352:Paul Minner
2332:Greg Maddux
2267:Glen Hobbie
2177:Clay Bryant
2172:Jim Brosnan
2162:Hank Borowy
2157:Bill Bonham
2026:Paul Wagner
2019:Ron Villone
1984:Max Surkont
1935:Rick Rhoden
1928:Jerry Reuss
1858:Heine Meine
1837:Paul Maholm
1788:Bob Klinger
1739:Pink Hawley
1648:Doug Drabek
1606:Gerrit Cole
1599:Bob Chesnes
1571:Max Butcher
1557:Jim Bunning
1550:JT Brubaker
1536:Steve Blass
1515:Kris Benson
1508:Érik Bédard
1372:Pie Traynor
1344:Eddie Moore
1337:Lee Meadows
1302:Kiki Cuyler
1200:Vigo County
618:Post career
571:John McGraw
518:Late career
2521:Categories
2482:Kerry Wood
2372:Joe Niekro
2347:Russ Meyer
2317:Jon Lieber
2312:Jon Lester
2252:Ad Gumbert
2187:Ray Burris
2054:Vic Willis
1991:Bill Swift
1970:Zane Smith
1963:Rip Sewell
1851:Doc Medich
1823:Jon Lieber
1816:Sam Leever
1809:Jack Leary
1795:Ray Kremer
1746:Waite Hoyt
1718:Pud Galvin
1711:Bob Friend
1676:Dock Ellis
1669:Mike Dunne
1529:Cy Blanton
1487:Babe Adams
1365:Earl Smith
1358:Red Oldham
1323:Ray Kremer
1267:Babe Adams
1151:, or
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641:References
533:Lou Gehrig
499:Joe Harris
495:wild pitch
421:Al Niehaus
233:Champion (
153:Strikeouts
58:1893-10-25
2487:Hank Wyse
2207:King Cole
2147:Doug Bird
2047:Kip Wells
2012:Bob Veale
1977:Ian Snell
1886:Iván Nova
1865:Ed Morris
1802:Chad Kuhl
1781:Ron Kline
1725:Hal Gregg
1662:Zach Duke
1522:Jim Bibby
1295:Max Carey
1256:champions
1149:Fangraphs
646:Footnotes
604:home runs
596:screwball
529:Babe Ruth
503:Joe Judge
290:completed
278:curveball
107:MLB debut
2407:Bob Rush
2322:Pat Luby
2302:Bill Lee
2061:Emil Yde
2040:Bob Walk
1690:John Fox
1386:Emil Yde
794:June 28,
628:Democrat
606:with 60
535:led the
493:after a
479:Sam Rice
437:fastball
383:and two
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973:May 25,
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548:⁄
471:drizzle
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358:starter
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252:Hoosier
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