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Originally Posted by K-Nole
After doing a little research on a player I bought a card of and not knowing much about it, I found that, Frederick "Cy" Williams, should be in the HOF IMO.
The Williams Shift, in which defensive players moved to the right side of the playing field, is often associated with Ted Williams, but it was actually first employed against Cy Williams during the 1920s.
He was a 4X NL Home Run Champion.
He was the first NL player to break the 200 HR mark.
He was one of only 3 players, born before 1900 to hit more than 200HRs, with the other two being Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby.
Just my opinion, but I think he should have been voted in years ago.
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I just looked it up to satisfy my own curiosity:
Right Field Wall was 280 feet from home ; the 'power' alley in right-center was only 300 feet.
And, yes, Cy Williams was left-handed
So this was the 1920's version of a left-handed slugger in Yankee Stadium (310 feet- in right or 20 feet short of the norm)