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Peter Edward Rose
Sr.
"Charlie Hustle"
1963-1986 (Cincinnati NL, Philadelphia
NL,
Montreal NL)
Proof that even someone with a
'used car dealer'
personality can bang out 4,256 hits.
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Henry
Louis Aaron
"Hammerin' Hank"
1954 - 1976 (Milwaukee NL, Atlanta NL,
Milwaukee AL)
How many players have 2,100+ R,
700+ HR,
& 2,200+ RBI? Only Hank & the Babe.
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Reginald Martinez
Jackson
"Mr. October"
1967 - 1987 (Kansas City AL, Oakland AL,
Baltimore AL, New York AL, California AL)
563 regular season career HRs -
280 Home &
283 Road. Lifetime W.S. SLG%: .755.
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Frank Robinson
"Robby" "The Judge"
1956 - 1976 (Cincinnati NL, Baltimore AL,
Los Angeles NL, California AL, Cleveland AL)
Nice resume: Rookie of the
Year,
MVP in both leagues, 1st Black Manager.
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Joe Leonard
Morgan
1963 - 1984 (Houston NL, Cincinnati NL,
San Francisco NL, Philadelphia NL, Oakland AL)
Best all-around 2B ever?
Easier to argue "yes" than "no."
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Louis Clark
Brock
1961 - 1979 (Chicago NL, St. Louis NL)
One of only two players in the history
of the
game with 3,000+ hits & 900+ SBs.
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Willie Lee "Stretch" McCovey
1959 - 1980 (San Francisco NL, San Diego NL,
Oakland AL)
Pop? Led the NL in Isolated
Power
(SLG% less BA) in the 1960's.
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Harmon Clayton "Killer"
Killebrew
1954 - 1975 (Washington AL, Minnesota AL,
Kansas City AL)
No one hit more homeruns during
the 1960's.
Hit 40+ HRs 8 times in total.
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Pack Robert Gibson
1959 - 1975 (St. Louis NL)
No one struck out more batters in
the 1960's.
An Ace: 251 Wins & 255 CGs.
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James Alvin
Palmer
1965 - 1984 (Baltimore AL)
No one won more games or had
a lower ERA in the 1970's.
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George
Thomas Seaver
"Tom Terrific"
1967 - 1986 (New York NL, Cincinnati NL,
Chicago AL, Boston AL)
Pitched for 20 years. Won
311 with 3,640 K's.
Only 3,971 hits allowed in 4,782 IP.
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Steven Norman "Lefty"
Carlton
1965 - 1988 (St. Louis NL, Philadelphia NL,
San Francisco NL, Chicago AL, Cleveland AL,
Minnesota AL)
No LHP has more K's (4,136).
4 Cy Young
Awards. 329 Wins. 55 shutouts.
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Johnny Lee
Bench
1967 - 1983 (Cincinnati NL)
Rookie of the Year. 2 time
MVP. 10 Gold
Gloves. 389 HRs. The yardstick for
catchers.
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Ferguson
Arthur Jenkins
"Fergie"
1965 - 1983 (Philadelphia NL, Chicago NL,
Texas AL, Boston AL)
7-time 20 game winner - including
6
years in a row. Won 284 and had
3,192 K's in career. Very tough to
reach base against.
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Juan Antonio Marichal
"The Dominican Dandy"
1960 - 1975 (San Francisco NL, Boston AL,
Los Angeles NL)
No pitcher in the 1960's had more
wins, shutouts or CG. 9-time All-Star.
Lifetime 709 BB/2,303 K ratio.
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Carl
Michael
Yastrzemski "Yaz"
1961 - 1983 (Boston AL)
Most games played (3,308) in AL
history.
Durable - played in 148 or more games
in 15 years.
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Billy Leo
Williams
1959 - 1976 (Chicago NL, Oakland AL)
Had a consecutive games played
streak of 1,117. One of the best hitters
of the 1960's.
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James
Paul David Bunning
1955 - 1971 (Detroit AL, Philadelphia NL,
Pittsburgh NL, Los Angeles NL)
No pitcher had more starts in the
1960's. Only Bob Gibson had
more K's in the sixties.
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Gaylord
Jackson Perry
1962 - 1983 (San Francisco NL, Cleveland
AL,
Texas AL, San Diego NL, New York AL,
Atlanta NL, Seattle AL, Kansas City AL)
Spitballer. Won Cy Young in
AL (1972)
& NL (1978). 314 wins & 3,534 K's
in 22 year career.
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Philip
Henry Niekro "Knucksie"
1964 - 1987 (Milwaukee NL, Atlanta NL,
New York AL, Cleveland AL, Toronto AL)
Knuckleballer. Pitched in
864 games.
318 wins & 3,342 K's in career.
His ball danced - lots of WP, PB & HB.
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Rodney Cline
Carew
1967 - 1985 (Minnesota AL, California AL)
Lifetime .328 BA & 3,053 hits.
Played
2B (9 years at 2B) & 1B (10 years).
Had stealing home down to a science.
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Roberto
"Arriba" Clemente
1955 - 1972 (Pittsburgh NL)
12 time All-Star. 3,000
career hits.
12 straight Gold Gloves. A cannon for
an arm in RF.
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Wilver
Dornel "Pops" Stargell
1962 - 1982 (Pittsburgh NL)
475 lifetime HR. 30+
HR in
a season
6 times. 25+ HR a year 10 times.
Had 90+ RBI in 9 seasons.
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Albert
William Kaline
1953
- 1974 (Detroit AL)
3,007 career hits -
nearly a third of them
(972) for extra base hits. 10 Gold
Gloves.
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