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1911-1914 |
Ornery, rambunctious, and immensely talented, Les Nunamaker became one of
baseball’s stoutest hitting and best throwing catchers during the last decade of
the Deadball Era—and one of the game’s colorful personalities. Equipped with a
magnificent right arm, he once threw out three baserunners in an inning, tying a
major-league record. His bat could be equally formidable: Twice he led American
League catchers in hitting and might have done so again had he not been
seriously injured in an automobile accident while still in his prime ...
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