In a seven-year major league career, Buddy Hassett posted
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In a seven-year major league career, Buddy Hassett posted
Nick Etten was a decent hitting
Sam 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.
John 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.
Nels Potter, also nicknamed “Clint” and “Popcorn” played part of 12 seasons in the majors, mostly for pretty weak teams.
Born 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.
Rollie 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.
John Rucker‘s career spanned six seasons. While it wasn’t a particularly
Nicknamed “Snooker,” Morris Arnovich was a line drive hitting outfielder for the Reds, Phillies and Giants.