Card 121/122 Buddy Hassett and Eugene Moore

41dp_121-122In a seven-year major league career, Buddy Hassett posted

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Card 123/124 Nick Etten and John Rizzo

41dp_123-124Nick Etten was a decent hitting

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Card 125/126 Sam Chapman/Wally Moses

41dp_125-126Sam Chapman was an All American football player for Cal who was drafted by the Washington Redskins but he chose a baseball career instead. In an 11-season major league career spent mostly with the Athletics, Chapman posted a .266 batting average with 180 home runs, and 773 RBI. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and was named to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame.

Wally Moses was a slash hitting speedster who had a solid career.

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Card 127/128 John Babich and Richard Siebert

41dp_127-128John Babich only won 30 games in a big league career that spanned from 1934 through 1941, but he had some interesting highlights along the way.

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Card 129/130 Nelson Potter and Benny McCoy

41dp_129-130Nels Potter, also nicknamed “Clint” and “Popcorn” played part of 12 seasons in the majors, mostly for pretty weak teams.

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Card 131/132 Clarence Campbell and Lou Boudreau

41dp_131-132Born just up the road from me in Sparta, Virginia, Clarence Campbell was nicknamed “Soup,” just as almost everyone with the surname Campbell has been. He starred in both baseball and football at Hampden-Sydney College.

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Card 133/134 Rollie Hemsley and Mel Harder

41dp_133-134Rollie Hemsley was a good enough catcher to stay on a big league roster but a bad enough drunk to always be plucking on his manager’s last nerve.

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Card 135/136 Gerald Walker and Joe Heving

41dp_135-136Gerald Walker

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Card #137/138 John Rucker and Ace Adams

41dp_137-138John Rucker‘s career spanned six seasons. While it wasn’t a particularly

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Card 139/140 Morris Arnovich and Carl Hubbell

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Nicknamed “Snooker,” Morris Arnovich was a line drive hitting outfielder for the Reds, Phillies and Giants.

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