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Posted By: Elliot

Kevin, Since you seem to know so much about Fournier, I'm surprised that you didn't know that his real name was Jean-Francois Fournier (anglicized to John Frank) and he was actually Canadian. He was born in AuSable MI as his parents were visiting from Quebec. AuSable had quite a large Quebecois population, similiar to areas of Louisiana.

Notwithstanding his Canadian link, he certainly was a curious selection to the top 100 batters list, given his run of the mill numbers during a time when most batting statistics were inflated.

Also, I'm surprised by Johnson's comment as Fournier only played 3 real years in the AL, with all of 15 HR's, the last one in 1916, 8 years before Johnson was quoted.