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Official feed of SABR's BioProject by co-director Gregory H. Wolf. Join the Society for American Baseball Research and become active in the BioProject.
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Joined October 2013
MLB should retire number 21! The Great One, Roberto Clemente 🇵🇷was born #OTD 1934. Died tragically at age 38 in a plane crash while on humanitarian mission to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Here's Clemente's @sabr bio https://t.co/YxOkqSdJo6
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Happy 84th to Boog Powell! The 1970 AL MVP is 1 of most popular players in @Orioles history. The slugger helped the Birds to WS titles in '66 & '70; pennant in '69 & '71. Hit 339 HRs, 134 OPS+, .822 OPS career. Also knows his BBQ! His @sabr bio https://t.co/mexhW0xMSN
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Happy 84th to Boog Powell! The 1970 AL MVP is 1 of most popular players in @Orioles history. The slugger helped the Birds to WS titles in '66 & '70; pennant in '69 & '71. Hit 339 HRs, 134 OPS+, .822 OPS career. Also knows his BBQ! His @sabr bio https://t.co/mexhW0xMSN
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Hall of Famer Dave Parker, a 14th round pick in 1970, debuted w @Pirates as a 22-yr-old in '73 batting .288 in 54 games. Two yrs later he led the NL w .541 slug %, establishing himself as a star. @sabr
https://t.co/evmRMLgxpp
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The Big Dog! Tony Pérez 🇨🇺 was a model of consistency, avg. 26 HR & 103 RBI for @Reds over 10-yr stretch (1967-76) & helping Big Red Machine to 4 pennants & 2 WS titles. Here's his excellent @sabr bio https://t.co/cjCOyCZQPq
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Hall of Famer Dave Parker, a 14th round pick in 1970, debuted w @Pirates as a 22-yr-old in '73 batting .288 in 54 games. Two yrs later he led the NL w .541 slug %, establishing himself as a star. @sabr
https://t.co/evmRMLgxpp
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The Big Dog! Tony Pérez 🇨🇺 was a model of consistency, avg. 26 HR & 103 RBI for @Reds over 10-yr stretch (1967-76) & helping Big Red Machine to 4 pennants & 2 WS titles. Here's his excellent @sabr bio https://t.co/cjCOyCZQPq
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After a late-season call-up in 1967, a 20-year-old Johnny Bench took over catching duties full-time for @Reds in 1968. He caught a career-best 154 games, whacked 40 2Bs, won GG & was named NL RoY.
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Hall of Fame Highlight: Willie Stargell led the @Pirates to WS titles in 1971 & '79, was a 7X AS, the '79 NL MVP & led the NL in HRs 2X. More than anything, he was an exceptional, compassionate man. Here's his @sabr bio https://t.co/cLTrD4zube
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After a late-season call-up in 1967, a 20-year-old Johnny Bench took over catching duties full-time for @Reds in 1968. He caught a career-best 154 games, whacked 40 2Bs, won GG & was named NL RoY.
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Today's third @SABRBioProject birthday bio remembers pitcher David Wells, born #OTD in 1963. Wells won 239 games, including a perfect game with the @Yankees in 1997. He would play for nine teams in his 21-year career. Norm King tells Wells' tale. https://t.co/K72APM0QMP
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Your reactions? Pete Rose was removed from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list and is apparently eligible to be elected to the Hall of Fame. More in @sabr BioProject https://t.co/1YFRZiWXhQ
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Your reactions? Pete Rose was removed from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list and is apparently eligible to be elected to the Hall of Fame. More in @sabr BioProject https://t.co/1YFRZiWXhQ
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One of the most popular players in @Cubs history, Ron Santo, was born #OTD. The Hall of Famer, 9X AS & 5X GG 3B debuted in 1960 & played 14 yrs on the North Side of #Chicago. He was later the longtime radio voice of the team. His @SABRbioproject @sabr bio https://t.co/HiVgeqwbTB
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Tom Seaver fanned 200+ in 9 straight seasons (1968-76) w @Mets while winning 3 Cy Young awards & averaging 18 wins and a 2.44 ERA (143 ERA+). More on Tom Terrific in @sabr BioProject https://t.co/fN6ZusyAHr
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Josh Gibson was a legendary teenage slugger in semipro circuits before starring in the Negro Leagues with #Pittsburgh Crawfords as a 21-yr-old in 1933 and later with the Homestead Grays. Read more about this baseball icon in his @sabr bio https://t.co/gmHvD4ViVT
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Anyone see a game at Three Rivers Stadium in #Pittsburgh? It replaced Forbes Field in mid-1970 and was the @Pirates (& @steelers) home field until they moved into PNC Park in 2001. Here's the @sabr history of the park https://t.co/jwaaWcCNgE
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Happy 91st to pioneering trailblazer, Bill White! A baseball lifer, he was an 8X AS, became the first Black play-by-play broadcaster for a major-league team and the first Black president in NL/AL history. His extraordinary story in @sabr BioProject https://t.co/TrkeNMq1ge
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Happy 91st to pioneering trailblazer, Bill White! A baseball lifer, he was an 8X AS, became the first Black play-by-play broadcaster for a major-league team and the first Black president in NL/AL history. His extraordinary story in @sabr BioProject https://t.co/TrkeNMq1ge
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The sweet swing of @RodCarew_29 🇵🇦! The Hall of Famer w @Twins @Angels led the AL in batting 7X was the '77 MVP, '67 AL RoY & 18X AS. Retired with a .328 lifetime BA & 3053 hits. His @sabr bio https://t.co/g3YpDUyW2R
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