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Dave WilliamsMike Phillips - utility infielder with the Mets and Cardinals in the 70's.
He got the last hit of the year for the Cardinals one year, and for several years after I gave out (to no one but the list on my wall as a kid) THE MIKE PHILLIPS AWARD to whoever got the last hit of the year.
Other MIKE PHILLIPS winners included Jim Lentine and Lou Brock.
I was also collecting Mike Laga cards at one time, he is the only player to hit a ball out of Busch Stadium (albeit a foul ball).
Pre WW2 it would have to be Terry Moore, the great centerfielder for the Cardinals (largely forgotten now, but perhaps not 60 years ago)