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Neal Ball

Neal Ball (Baseball.  Born, Grand Haven, MI, Apr. 22, 1881; died, Bridgeport, CT, Oct. 15, 1957.)  While the only truly significant accomplishment of his major league career came for Cleveland,...

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John T. Brush

John T. Brush (Baseball.  Born, Clintonville, NY, June 15, 1845; died, St. Charles, MO, Nov. 26, 1912.)  Owner of the New York Giants baseball club for an eventful 10 years, John Tomlinson Brush also...

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Hal Chase

Hal Chase (Baseball.  Born, Los Gatos, CA, Feb. 13, 1883; died, Colusa, CA, May 18, 1947.)  A brilliant defensive first baseman, a solid hitter, and a thoroughly unsavory character, Harold Homer Chase...

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Happy Jack Chesbro

Happy Jack Chesbro (Baseball.  Born, North Adams, MA, June 5, 1874; died, Conway, MA, Nov. 6, 1931.)  The reverberations that followed from the 1904 A.L. pennant race were created almost entirely by...

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Bill Devery

Bill Devery (Executive.  Born, New York, NY, Jan. 9, 1854; died, Far Rockaway, NY, June 20, 1919.)  A notoriously corrupt police official, William S. Devery was also one of the founding owners of the...

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Melbourne Downing

Melbourne Downing (Baseball.  Born, Killorgin, Ireland, Oct. 25, 1869; died, Holyoke, MA, Dec. 31, 1958.)  In a 17-year career encompassing stops with 10 teams in three different major leagues, John...

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Russ Ford

Russ Ford (Baseball.  Born, Brandon, Man., Apr. 25, 1883; died, Rockingham, NC, Jan. 24, 1960.)  While pitching as a semipro, Russell William Ford discovered that a well-scuffed baseball would do...

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Dave Fultz

Dave Fultz (Baseball.  Born, Staunton, VA, May 29, 1875; died, DeLand, FL, Oct. 30, 1959.)  Although earning a footnote in Yankees history as the man who got the team’s first extra-base hit in 1903,...

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John Ganzel

John Ganzel (Baseball.  Born, Kalamazoo, MI, Apr. 7, 1874; died, Orlando, FL, Jan. 14, 1959.)  A journeyman first baseman who saw service with the Giants (1901) and the Highlanders (1903-04), John...

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George Moriarty

George Moriarty (Baseball. Born, Chicago, IL, July 7, 1884; died, Miami, FL, Apr. 8, 1964.) He spent three seasons with the Highlanders (later the Yankees), primarily as a third baseman, but George...

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Wee Willie Keeler

Wee Willie Keeler (Baseball.  Born, Brooklyn, NY, Mar. 3, 1872; died, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 1, 1923.)  “Hit ‘em where they ain’t” was how William Henry Keeler explained his success as a major league...

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Branch Rickey

Branch Rickey (Baseball.  Born, Stockdale, OH, Dec. 20, 1881; died, Columbia, MO, Dec. 9, 1965.)  When Branch Rickey came to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942, he inherited a club that had won the 1941...

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