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Lou was considered to be one of the greatest players of all time in baseball. Despite his parents contradiction with him pursuing the sport, he still pushed for it and ended up with a baseball scholarship. In 1923, he began playing for the New York Yankees.

He was recognized to be the American League Most Valuable Player which gave him the nickname the “Iron Horse”. He was able to play for a total of 14 years without missing any single game. He played for 2,000 games – a record which no one was able to break for five decades.

He quit baseball when he found out he had a spinal disorder called ALS.

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Early Wynn Jr. was a popular right-hand baseball  pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, the Cleveland Indians, and the Washington Senators. He was introduced and became a part of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

During the entirety of his career, he established a presence of a hard-nosed pitcher who always gives blazing fastballs making him so intimidating all the batters feared him. Wynn was born in Hartford, Alabama and was introduced to the world of big leagues when he was just 19 when he started out with the Washington Senators.

With his retirement coming in 1963, he was the last major leaguer who still get to play regardless if he started in the 1930s. He also became the pitching coach of Sa, McDowell, Luis Tiant, Steve Hargan and Sonny Siebert.

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Ashburn was the one who took over Harry ‘The Hat’ Walker’s position as the center fielder in 1948. He was known for his speed as he batted .333 and stolen bases with 32 and an amazing leadoff man. He may not have extreme power at all times, but he has a very keen eye which made him earn a lot of walks. He was traded to Chicago Cubs in the 1959 season and in 1962 became the original member of New York Mets.

It was in 1962 when he turned out to become a broadcaster for the Phillies and was a sports columnist for the Philadelphia newspaper from 1974 to 1991. He passed away due to a heart attack in New York.

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Adrian Constantine Anson or more popularly known as Cap Anson was a professional player of baseball in both the Major League and the National Association. He was able to play for a total of 27 seasons and was hailed to be one of the greatest baseball players of his time.

He managed the New York Giants after his retirement as a player and left the Colts. He ran a few businesses in Chicago which included a billiards hall which ran a semi-professional baseball team called as Anson’s Colts. A lot of his business plans failed though which led him to bankruptcy.

He was included in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

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Known to be the legendary baseball manager, Sparky is one of the most popular managers in the entire baseball history. He started with the Cincinnati Reds and ended up with Detroit Tigers, all these from 1970 to 1995. Regardless of how tough the going was, he was able to lead these two teams to heights of success.

He was the only baseball manage to have won the World Series in the American League and the National League. He was also the first to win a hundred games in one season for both leagues. He is the ambassador for baseball and also a world renowned speaker.

Sparky is a philanthropist and the founder of CATCH, a charitable institution for underprivileged kids in Detroit. He started this in 1987.

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Alston was just a boy when he discovered he was a pitcher and the nickname Smokey was what he earned for all his fastballs. He grew up very fond of basketball and baseball all throughout his educational years from gradeschool to college.

It was in 1954 when Smokey was promoted to become manager of the Dodgers. The Dodgers under Smokey’s management won the International League twice and finished in second place for the following year. From then on, success made up Alston’s trademark. He was voted manager of the year in years 1955, 1959 and 1963.

He died in Oxford, Ohio on October 1, 1984.

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