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Harry William Walker, known to baseball fans of the middle 20th century as "Harry the Hat" (October 22, 1916 – August 8, 1999), was an American baseball player, manager and coach. [1]

67 relations: Atlanta Braves, Ball Four, Baseball, Batting average, Birmingham, Alabama, Boston Red Sox, Center fielder, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Coach (baseball), Danny Murtaugh, Dixie Walker, Dixie Walker (pitcher), Don Wilson (baseball), Doug Rader, Eddie Stanky, Enos Slaughter, Ernie Walker (baseball), Fred Hutchinson, Games played, Grady Hatton, Handedness, History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, History of the Washington Senators (1901–60), Hit (baseball), Home run, Houston Astros, Houston Buffaloes, International League, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, Jim Bouton, Jimmy Wynn, Joe Morgan, Joe Schultz Jr., Johnny Pesky, Leeds, Alabama, Leo Durocher, List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders, List of Major League Baseball batting champions, List of Major League Baseball player-managers, List of second-generation Major League Baseball players, List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Manager (baseball), Maury Wills, National League, National League West, Outfielder, Pascagoula, Mississippi, ..., Philadelphia Phillies, Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rochester Red Wings, Run batted in, San Francisco Giants, Shortstop, Slaughter's Mad Dash, St. Louis Cardinals, Sun Belt Conference, Texas League, Third baseman, UAB Blazers, World Series, 1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1946 World Series, 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Expand index (17 more) »

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Ball Four

Ball Four is a book written by former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton in 1970.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball and softball.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Center fielder

A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball fielding position between left field and right field.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Coach (baseball)

In baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team.

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Danny Murtaugh

Daniel Edward Murtaugh (October 8, 1917 – December 2, 1976) was an American second baseman, manager, front-office executive and coach in Major League Baseball best known for his 29-year association with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he won two World Series as field manager (in and). He also played 416 of his 767 career MLB games during four seasons with the Pirates as a second baseman.

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Dixie Walker

Fred E. "Dixie" Walker (September 24, 1910 – May 17, 1982) was an outfielder, primarily a right fielder, in Major League Baseball, playing for the New York Yankees (1931, 1933–36), Chicago White Sox (1936–37), Detroit Tigers (1938–39), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–47) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1948–49).

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Dixie Walker (pitcher)

Ewart Gladstone "Dixie" Walker (June 1, 1887 – November 14, 1965), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the Washington Senators.

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Don Wilson (baseball)

Donald Edward Wilson, (February 12, 1945 – January 5, 1975) was a professional baseball pitcher.

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Doug Rader

Douglas Lee Rader (born July 30, 1944), nicknamed "The Red Rooster", is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who was known primarily for his defensive ability, winning five straight Gold Glove Awards from 1970 to 1974.

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Eddie Stanky

Edward Raymond Stanky (September 3, 1915 – June 6, 1999) was an American professional baseball second baseman, shortstop and manager.

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Enos Slaughter

Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder.

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Ernie Walker (baseball)

Ernest Robert Walker (September 17, 1890 – April 1, 1965), was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to with the St. Louis Browns.

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Fred Hutchinson

Frederick Charles Hutchinson (August 12, 1919 – November 12, 1964) was an American professional baseball player, a major league pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and the manager for three major league teams.

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Games played

Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.

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Grady Hatton

Grady Edgebert Hatton Jr. (October 7, 1922 April 11, 2013) was an American baseball player, coach, manager and executive.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is a better, faster, or more precise performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand; the less capable or less preferred hand is called the non-dominant hand.

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History of the Brooklyn Dodgers

The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American Major League baseball team, active primarily in the National League from 1884 until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)

The Washington Senators baseball team was one of the American League's eight charter franchises.

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Hit (baseball)

In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice.

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process.

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Houston Astros

The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas.

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Houston Buffaloes

The Houston Buffaloes, Houston Buffalos, or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with a Major League franchise, which was the St. Louis Cardinals.

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International League

The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the eastern United States and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, formerly known as the Jacksonville Suns, are a minor league baseball team based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Jim Bouton

James Alan Bouton (born March 8, 1939) is an American retired professional baseball player.

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Jimmy Wynn

James Sherman Wynn (born March 12, 1942), nicknamed the "Toy Cannon", is a retired American professional baseball player who had a 15-year career with the Houston Colt.45s / Astros and four other teams, primarily as a center fielder.

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Joe Morgan

Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984.

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Joe Schultz Jr.

Joseph Charles Schultz Jr. (August 29, 1918 – January 10, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball catcher, coach, and manager.

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Johnny Pesky

John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich; February 27, 1919 – August 13, 2012), nicknamed "The Needle" and "Mr.

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Leeds, Alabama

Leeds is a tri-county municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby counties in the State of Alabama and is an eastern suburb of Birmingham.

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Leo Durocher

Leo Ernest Durocher (July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed Leo the Lip and Lippy, was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach.

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List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders

In baseball, a triple is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to advance all the way to third base, scoring each runner who was already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play.

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List of Major League Baseball batting champions

In baseball, batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat.

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List of Major League Baseball player-managers

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball.

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List of second-generation Major League Baseball players

The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches

The St. Louis Cardinals, based in St. Louis, Missouri, are a professional baseball franchise that compete in the National League of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.

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Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) contested between the All-Stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL), currently selected by fans for starting fielders, by managers for pitchers, and by managers and players for reserves.

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Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager (commonly referred to as the manager) is the equivalent of a head coach who is responsible for overseeing and making final decisions on all aspects of on-field team strategy, lineup selection, training and instruction.

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Maury Wills

Maurice Morning Wills (born October 2, 1932) is an American former professional baseball player and manager.

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National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest current professional team sports league.

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National League West

The National League West is one of the three divisions of the National League of Major League Baseball in North America (including Canada).

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Outfielder

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter.

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Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.

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Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.

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Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Rochester Red Wings

The Rochester Red Wings are a Minor League Baseball team based in Rochester, New York.

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Run batted in

A run batted in (RBI), plural runs batted in (RBI or RBIs), is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play).

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San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball franchise based in San Francisco, California.

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Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions.

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Slaughter's Mad Dash

The Mad Dash, or Slaughter's Mad Dash, refers to an event in the eighth inning of the seventh game of the 1946 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox.

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St. Louis Cardinals

The St.

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Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976.

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Texas League

The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which operates in the South Central United States.

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Third baseman

A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run.

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UAB Blazers

The UAB Blazers are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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World Series

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team.

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1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 11th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.

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1946 World Series

The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox (representing the American League).

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1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 14th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL) and National League (NL) All-Star teams.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Walker

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