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Meet Levi Meyerle

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LEVI MEYERLE "Long Levi" Positions : Third Baseman, Second Baseman, and Rightfielder Full Name : Levi Samuel Meyerle Bats : Right -  Throws : Right Born : 1849, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: November 4, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Organizations : Philadelphia White Stockings (2), Philadelphia Athletics (NA, 2), Philadelphia Athletics (NL, 1), Chicago White Stockings (1), Cincinnati Reds (1), Philadelphia Keystones (1) LEVI MEYERLE'S WALL OF GLORY BATTING Batting Average:  2 (1871, 1874) HR Leader: 1 (1871) On-Base% Leader: 2 (1871, 1874) Slugging Leader: 1 (1871) On-Base Plus Slugging: 2 (1871, 1874) WHO? "Long Levi" was an American baseball player who played 8 seasons in different organized professional leagues: the National Association, the National League, and the Union Association. Levi Meyerle began his professional career with Philadelphia Athletics of the National Associati

Baseball Heroes: Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews

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Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, and Eddie Mathews - Hank Aaron:  HOF, 25x All- Star, 3.771 hits, 755 HR, All-Time RBI leader (2.297) - Warren Spahn: HOF, 17x All-Star, 363 Wins, CY Young, 8x Wins Leader, 3x ERA Leader, 4x SO Leader - Eddie Mathews: HOF, 12x All-Star, 512 HR, 2x HR Leader, 5x BB Leader

Baseball Heroes: Ray Boone, Bob Boone and Bret Boone

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Ray Boone, Bob Boone and Bret Boone - Ray Boone: 2x All-Star, RBI Leader - Bob Boone: 4X All-Star, 7x GG, several defensive leaderships  - Bret Boone: 3x All-Star, 4x GG, 2x SS, RBI Leader

Baseball Heroes: Steve Garvey, Sandy Koufax, Don Newcombe and Rick Monday

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Steve Garvey, Sandy Koufax, Don Newcombe and Rick Monday - Steve Garvey: 10x All-Star, 4x GG, MVP, 2x NLCS MVP, WS MVP, 6x leader in Games, 3x Hits Leader, NL record of 1207 consecutive games played. - Sandy Koufax: HOF, 7x All-Star, MVP, 3x Cy Young, 3x Triple Crown, 2x WS MVP, 5x ERA Title, 3x Wins Leader, 2x CG Leader, 3x SHO Leader, 4x SO Leader, 4x No-Hit No-Run - Don Newcombe: 4x All-Star, MVP, Cy Young, ROY, Wins Leader, SO Leader - Rick Monday: 2x All-Star

Meet Bill Madlock

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BILL MADLOCK "Mad Dog" Positions : Third Baseman and Second Baseman Full Name : Bill Madlock Jr. Bats : Right -  Throws : Right Born : January 12, 1951, in Memphis, Tennessee Organizations : Pittsburgh Pirates (7), Chicago Cubs (3), San Francisco Giants (3), Los Angeles Dodgers (3), Detroit Tigers (1), Texas Rangers (1) BILL MADLOCK'S WALL OF GLORY HONORS AND AWARDS All-Star: 3 (1975, 1981, 1983) All-Star Game MVP:  1 (1975) World Series Rings:  1 (1979 ) BATTING Batting Average:  4 (1975, 1976, 1981, 1983) WHO? "The Mad Dog" is an American former professional baseball player, who played mainly as third baseman from 1973 to 1987. Madlock is notable for winning the National League batting title four times. Since 1970 only Tony Gwynn has won more NL batting crowns (8). He held the record of 4 batting titles by a third baseman until it was eclipsed by Wade Boggs (1988) Bill Madlock debuted at t

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