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Brave Slugger
Glancing Back, and Remembering Eddie Mathews For more than a decade, Eddie Mathews was the slugger’s slugger. From 1953 through 1960, he averaged 39 home runs per season, leading the National League...
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Mathews Reaches 500
This Week in 1960s Baseball (July 14, 1967) At Candlestick Park, batting against San Francisco Giants ace Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews hit home run number 500 as the Houston Astros beat the Giants...
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Taking a Healthy Cut
Homer Happy Mack Jones In the mid 1960s, the Milwaukee Braves fielded one of the most potent power lineups in the National League. Spearheaded by Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews, the...
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The Power in Polo
Homer Happy: Frank Thomas From their inaugural season of 1962 until 1975, the New York Mets’ single-season record for home runs belonged to a right-handed hitting outfielder who played for the Mets...
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Slugging from the Shadows
Homer Happy – Joe Adcock There was never any controversy about Joe Adcock being only the third most dangerous slugger in the Milwaukee Braves’ lineup. With future Hall of Famers like Henry Aaron...
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Warren and Christy … Together at Last
This Week in 1960s Baseball (September 8, 1963) Pitching a nine-hit complete game, Warren Spahn raised his season record to 20-5 as the Milwaukee Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 at Connie...
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The Wallop Wonder
Homer Happy: Eddie Mathews Eddie Mathews’ 17-year major league career was full of home runs – 512 to be exact. And while the bulk of his career-long power display took place during the 1950s, Mathews...
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Graceful Glider
Glancing Back, and Remembering Ed Charles Ed Charles was a graceful, even acrobatic, third baseman who hit with some sting in his bat. Charles paid his dues with nine years in the minor leagues, and...
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What’s the Catch?
The Glove Club: Del Crandall If you were going to “build” the catcher you needed in the 1950s, you couldn’t have worked from a better prototype than Del Crandall. His defense was superb. He was...
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Soxy Swinger
Glancing Back, and Remembering Dave Nicholson Dave Nicholson was a hard-swinging outfielder who was long on power but short on contact. He blasted 35 home runs in the minor leagues in 1959 and...
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