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36:verification
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1790:2010s–2020s
1679:1990s–2000s
1568:1970s–1980s
1457:1950s–1960s
1376:1930s–1940s
1197:Billy North
1129:(left) and
1032:Steve Stone
1011:Jerry Grote
949:Bobby Bonds
921:Wilbur Wood
784:Vada Pinson
537:Maury Wills
425:Roger Maris
368:Jim Bunning
1912:Categories
1298:October 9,
1286:"Williams"
1269:October 9,
1242:References
1217:Mike Tyson
1185:Tom Hutton
1181:John Ellis
1177:Duffy Dyer
1173:Dick Drago
867:Don Larsen
757:Curt Flood
730:Dick Allen
453:Tony Oliva
69:newspapers
1232:Jack Lang
1189:Pat Kelly
1165:Ken Brett
990:Sal Bando
812:Joe Torre
702:Ron Santo
564:Ken Boyer
1193:Mike Lum
674:Roy Face
285:Percent
288:Change
279:Player
260:italics
83:scholar
1143:
323:11.6%
282:Votes
213:. The
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912:1.4%
888:14th
885:0.5%
861:14th
858:1.3%
847:10.7
831:2.7%
820:11.4
802:1.5%
791:11.6
775:1.5%
764:12.1
748:3.7%
737:13.3
721:3.8%
710:18.9
695:12th
692:1.5%
681:18.9
665:1.0%
654:19.9
636:0.1%
625:20.3
612:15th
609:0.6%
598:23.2
582:0.8%
571:23.2
558:10th
555:1.8%
544:27.4
531:10th
528:6.8%
517:30.3
502:11th
499:1.0%
488:34.9
472:2.5%
461:38.7
446:14th
443:1.0%
432:42.6
416:7.8%
405:43.3
390:11th
387:4.4%
376:70.0
358:8.3%
291:Year
137:BBWAA
90:JSTOR
76:books
1873:2025
1867:2024
1862:2023
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1842:2019
1837:2018
1832:2017
1827:2016
1822:2015
1817:2014
1812:2013
1807:2012
1802:2011
1797:2010
1781:2009
1776:2008
1771:2007
1766:2006
1761:2005
1756:2004
1751:2003
1746:2002
1741:2001
1736:2000
1731:1999
1726:1998
1721:1997
1716:1996
1711:1995
1706:1994
1701:1993
1696:1992
1691:1991
1686:1990
1670:1989
1665:1988
1660:1987
1655:1986
1650:1985
1645:1984
1640:1983
1635:1982
1630:1981
1625:1980
1620:1979
1615:1978
1610:1977
1605:1976
1600:1975
1595:1974
1590:1973
1585:1972
1580:1971
1575:1970
1559:1969
1554:1968
1549:1967
1544:1966
1539:1965
1534:1964
1529:1963
1524:1962
1519:1961
1514:1960
1509:1959
1504:1958
1499:1957
1494:1956
1489:1955
1484:1954
1479:1953
1474:1952
1469:1951
1464:1950
1448:1949
1443:1948
1438:1947
1433:1946
1428:1945
1423:1944
1418:1943
1413:1942
1408:1941
1403:1940
1398:1939
1393:1938
1388:1937
1383:1936
1300:2019
1271:2019
1219:and
1046:1st
1040:0.0
1025:1st
1019:0.0
1004:1st
998:0.7
983:1st
977:1.5
962:1st
956:5.8
942:4th
928:6.3
915:7th
901:6.8
874:7.3
834:5th
805:6th
778:6th
751:5th
724:4th
668:3rd
639:3rd
585:8th
541:113
514:125
485:144
475:6th
458:160
429:176
419:8th
402:179
373:289
361:3rd
346:76.3
326:6th
311:85.7
209:and
198:1987
196:for
181:1988
176:1986
135:via
62:news
1157:not
953:24
925:26
898:28
871:30
844:44
817:47
788:48
761:50
734:55
707:78
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341:315
306:354
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