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In Rare Form A Pictorial History of Baseball Evangelist ... - eLibrary  salient as his figure, for he is standing in the basement of the family ... the family home during the last twenty years of her life; thus she saw the ... a major focus of this book. ... Columbus Revival Heritage Museum, have all been most encouraging. ... of performance; therefore it applies directly to Sunday's baseball career.
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jeopardy/1432_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  RELIGIOUS LEADERS | During an 8-year Major League Baseball career, he batted .248; around 1896, he began holding revival meetings | Billy Sunday.
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Billy Sunday - Wikipedia  William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862  November 6, 1935) was an American ... He gradually developed his skills as a pulpit evangelist in the Midwest and .... his career, Sunday was never much of a hitter: his batting average was .248 ... In his best season, in 1887, Sunday hit .291, ranking 17th in the league.
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Billy Sunday | City Vision University  Jan 16, 2008 ... Born into poverty, Sunday spent some years in an orphanage before taking a ... him the opportunity to play baseball in the major leagues for eight years. He .... Over his career, Sunday was never much of a hitter: his batting ..... Sunday refused to hold meetings in cities where he was not .... Dorsett, 8-10, 13.
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Billy Sunday - New World Encyclopedia  Jun 8, 2016 ... On a Sunday afternoon during either the 1886 or 1887 baseball season ... As a result, he later began attending services at the mission and was ... as a baseball player to generate advertising for his revival meetings. ... Eleven years into Sunday's evangelistic career, both he and his wife ..... Dorsett, 8-10, 13.
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Babe Ruth - Wikipedia  George Herman Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895  August 16, 1948), better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, he began his MLB career .... As an adult, Babe Ruth suggested that not only had he been running the...
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50 home run club - Wikipedia  In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 50 home run club is the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. Babe Ruth was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1920. By reaching the milestone, he also became the first player to hit 30 and then 40 home runs in a single-season, breaking his own record ... run club in the same season, hitting a combined 115 home runs in 1961 and...
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Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier - Apr 15, 1947 ...  Learn more about what happened today on History. ... On April 15, 1947, 28-year-old Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball ... 1956, with a career batting average of .311, 1,518 hits and 137 home runs. ... Ball Park Franks ... when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Great 19th Century Players Bio's - Page 3 - Baseball Fever  Beckley batted over .400 in 1887 (walks counted as hits that .... With 267 in 1892 and 262 in 1891, he ranks third and fourth on the list of free passes given up in a season. ... In 1891, he led the league again in strikeouts with 337, and his ...... Many of these ball-playing young men, including Cartwright, were...
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Brooks Robinson - Wikipedia  Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. (born May 18, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the...
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Jeopary Questions page 2244 - COWBOYS & CATTLEMEN ...  BASEBALL: His batting average was .320 or higher for 23 major league seasons in a row  BUSINESS ... "F" WORDS: He served as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy at age 9; that "Damn the torpedoes" quote came 55 years later ... This 18th century seed drill inventor shares his name with the band that gave us "Aqualung".
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Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season - Sep 30, 1927 ...  On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 ... of his record 59 home runs, set in 1921, until he hit 16 in the month of September, tying...
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September 30, 1972: Roberto Clemente collects 3,000th career hit ...  Sep 30, 1972 ... September 30, 1972: Roberto Clemente collects 3,000th career hit in final at-bat ... As the 1972 season entered its last week, Pittsburgh's 38-year-old right ... After Ellis tossed a scoreless first, Pirates fans got to their feet when...
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Babe Ruth - Wikipedia  George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895  August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, he began his MLB career .... In his second at bat, Ruth hit a long home run to right, which was reported...
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George Steinbrenner - New World Encyclopedia  During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 until his death in July 2010, ... in club history, the Yankees earned seven World Series titles and 11 pennants ... of investors who bought the struggling Yankees from CBS for $10 million. .... The team returned to the playoffs in 1995 (their first visit since 1981) and won the...
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3,000 hit club - Wikipedia  In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 3,000 hit club is the group of batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers. Cap Anson was the first to join the club on July 18, 1897, although his precise career hit total is unclear. Two playersNap Lajoie and Honus Wagnerreached 3,000 hits during ... Biggio and Jeter are the only players to join the club in a game where they...
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Clemente, Roberto | Baseball Hall of Fame  en EspaolHe played a kind of baseball that none of us had ever seen before ... he assembled over 18 big league seasons tell the story of a complete ballplayer. ... During the next seven years, Clemente won four National League batting ... Clemente recorded his 3,000th career hit late in the 1972 season, becoming just...
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Willie Mays - Wikipedia  Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) ... He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ended his career with 660 home runs...
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Red Schoendienst - Wikipedia  Albert Fred Schoendienst is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) coach, and former player and manager. An outstanding second baseman, he played for 19 years with the St. Louis Cardinals (194556, 196163), New York Giants (195657) and Milwaukee Braves (195760), and was named to 10 All Star teams. ... of 2016 he has worn a Major League uniform as a player, coach, or manager...
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Sports of The Times - When Mantle Had to Battle for a Raise ...  Jan 26, 1992 ... He remembered coming here in January in other years, stopping at the ... In his Triple Crown season in 1956, the 25-year-old slugger led the...
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Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season - Sep 30, 1927 ...  On this day in History, Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season on Sep 30, 1927. ... in World Series play, including a 14-inning game in 1916 in which he pitched ... the greatest gate attraction in baseball through the 1920s until his retirement ... season, Ruth came to the plate against lefty Tom Zachary of the Washington...