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Baseball Remembers: Sammy Hughes

Baseball Remembers: Sammy Hughes

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Paul White
Oct 05, 2023
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Only twelve players in baseball history have played at least 1,000 career games, 80% of which were at second base, and had a career OPS that was at least 20% better than the leagues in which they played. Six of those twelve are in the Hall of Fame.

  • Eddie Collins

  • Nap Lajoie

  • Joe Morgan

  • Charlie Gehringer

  • Joe Gordon

  • Tony Lazzeri

Two of the remaining six aren’t eli…

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