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			Smartest (baseball IQ at least) player ever -- John McGraw a 3B.    Alternatively, another "Old Oriole" Hugh Jennings whose HBP drives his OBA up. Also most of their actual playing days was during the inflated average 1890's --
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			I was right about turn of the century, this makes sense, has to be McGraw.
		 
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			That's it. I found it amazing that McGraw's OBP was that high. BTW, what got me on this topic was a WSJ article about someone pushing Edgar Martinez for the HOF. Martinez's OBP was a surprisingly high .418.
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