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Originally Posted by trdcrdkid
Mike Donlin took three entire years off from playing for the Giants at the height of his career (1907, 1909, 1910) to perform in vaudeville and on Broadway with his wife Mabel Hite, because it paid more than baseball.
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Considering the argument is that an overwhelming plethora of players have left baseball or pursued other careers due to a lack of compensation...
yet Turkey and Lange - players from a past century - are the only examples?