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05-22-2012, 12:25 PM
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Frank "Lefty" O'Doul
Frank "Lefty" O'Doul is the greatest eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame. Over 970 games (30 shy of the 1,000 used for official records) from 1919 to 1934, Lefty averaged .349, winning two batting championships and hitting .398 one season, and setting the NL record for most hits in a season, which still stands. Not in any way a "homer", Lefty hit .352 at home and .347 on the road, proving he belongs among the elite hitters in history. After his days in the majors ended, he returned to the Pacific Coast League, where he was the longtime manager of the San Francisco Seals and later the San Diego and Seattle teams. Lefty was instrumental in organizing Japanese baseball, whose premiere team, the Giants, was named in his honor. Lefty is one of only 3 Americans in the Japanese baseball hall of fame. He is also one of the few players to have played for the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants while all 3 were in New York City. Lefty died on December 7, 1969. His epitaph reads "He was here at a good time and had a good time while he was here."   Lefty trying to teach Gary Cooper to bat lefthanded for "Pride of the Yankees": 
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05-22-2012, 02:22 PM
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Adam Lefty's got my vote. That photo of Lefty with Gary Cooper is tremendous. Thanks for sharing it with us.  TED Z
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05-22-2012, 02:44 PM
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Mickey Vernon - adding in the 44 and 45 season, he would have had a minimum of 2800 hits.....
Would that have been enough? I don't know. Last edited by David W; 05-22-2012 at 03:11 PM. Reason: added detail
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05-22-2012, 05:27 PM
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-Pete Browning
-Tony Mullane -and a host of other 19th century guys, especially some of the guys that played the majority of their career in the AA (Jimmy Ryan is definitely also on my short list)
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05-22-2012, 05:40 PM
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Deacon White for the reasons explained in this article. I'm sure Joe G will love seeing this again.
http://www.piratesprospects.com/2011...he-deacon.html
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