By David Quinn

Pos Player Birthplace Notes— —————- —————- —————————————————————-

1B Jimmie Foxx Sudlersville, MD PHI-A, BOS-A / .325, 534 HR, HOF

2B Cupid Childs Calvert County, MD CLE-N, STL-N, CHI-N / .306, 20 HR

SS Cal Ripken, Jr. Havre de Grace, MD BAL / .277, 417 HR, ‘82 AL RotY, ‘83 & ‘91 AL MVP

3B Frank Baker Trappe, MD PHI-A, NY-A / .307, 32.9 AB/K, HOF, “Home Run Baker”

LF Al Kaline Baltimore, MD DET / .297, 399 HR, HOF

CF Brady Anderson Silver Spring, MD BOS, BAL / .261, 201 HR, 50 HR in 1996

RF Babe Ruth Baltimore, MD BOS-A, NY-A / .342, 714 HR, 94-46, 2.28 ERA, HOF

C Tom Angley Baltimore, MD CHI-N / .250 (4 hits in 16 at bats)

LHP Lefty Grove Lonaconing, MD PHI-A, BOS-A / 300-141, 3.06 ERA, HOF

LHP Steve Barber Takoma Park, MD BAL / 121-106, 3.36 ERA, 1309 K

RHP Vic Willis Elkton, MD BOS-N, PIT / 247-204, 2.63 ERA, 388 CG

RHP Eddie Rommel Baltimore, MD PHI-A / 171-119, 3.54 ERA, 147 CG 

 

(originally published in Baseball Ink Vol. 1, No. 3 - December 2000)

By J. P. Alexander

Pos Player Birthplace Notes

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1B Johnny Mize Demorest, GA NY-A, STL-N / .312, 359 HR, 3xAll-Star, 5xWS champ

2B Jackie Robinson Cairo, GA BRO / .311, 197 SB, .785 SB%

SS Bucky Dent Savannah, GA NY-A / .247, 1978 WS MVP, 3xAll-Star, FPCT .976

3B Cecil Travis Riverdale, GA WAS-A / .314, 1328 G

LF Moises Alou Atlanta, GA MON / .299, 160 HR

CF Ty Cobb Royston, GA DET / .367, 4191 H, 32 AB/K, .808 SB%

RF Wally Moses Uvalda, GA PHI-A / .291, 2138 H, 1xAll-Star, 1935 AL Rookie of the Year

C Josh Gibson Buena Vista, GA GRY / .347, ~800 HR (.412 in 34 AB in ML)

LHP Sherry Smith Monticello, GA BRO, CLE / 0.89 career World Series ERA

RHP Kevin Brown McIntyree, GA TEX / 167-113, 3.23 ERA, 1857 K

RHP Jim Bagby, Sr. Barnett, GA CLE-A / 127-87, 3.10 ERA, 132 CG

RHP Spud Chandler Commerce, GA NY-A / 109-43 , 2.84 ERA, 3xWS champ

RHP Jim Hearn Atlanta, GA NYG / 109-89, 3.81 ERA, 63 G

PR Sammy Byrd Bremen, GA NY-A / 304 R, nickname “Babe Ruth’s Legs”

MGR Bill Terry Atlanta, GA NY-N / 823-661-12, .555

(originally published in Baseball Ink Vol. 1, No. 2 - September 2000)