lostnames.net

Featuring the stars who shone the brightest when baseball was young

Now pitching : Mordecai 'Three Fingers' Brown
ABOUT
Some of the greatest names you never knew
Baseball is married to its history. And while the different eras have come to define the game more and more, the players who came before the modern era offered us a peek into the rich traditions of baseball, from the very beginning. This website and podcast celebrates those, the ones who aren't household names - yet, who just the same, deserve recognition as the best, of the best.
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Mordecai 'Three Fingers' Brown 1903 - 1916
Napoleon Lajoie Career Highlights
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Began his major league career in 1903
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Won 239 games
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Six consecutive years with over 20 wins
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Won 29 games in 1908
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Selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1949
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Won first ever National League playoff game against Christy Mathewson
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Napoleon Lajoie
Career Highlights
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Began his major league career in 1896
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Lifetime batting average .337
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Won 1910 batting championship beating Ty Cobb
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Was barred from playing in Philadelphia one year
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Rated number 29 in 100 best ballplayers of the first 100 years by Sporting News
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Selected to the second class of theBaseball Hall of Fame 1937

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