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1546:1972 births
1487:Alek Thomas
1471:Bo Bichette
1318:Pablo Ozuna
1310:Robert Fick
1235:Greg Vaughn
1227:Luis Medina
1141:1963–1974:
937:David Ortiz
873:Moisés Alou
825:Pedro Feliz
675:January 21,
599:January 31,
531:Doug Melvin
436:in January
430:South Korea
394:Shawn Estes
1540:Categories
1503:Andy Pages
1415:Mike Trout
1395:Ben Revere
1289:Sal Fasano
1239:Todd Zeile
1211:Joey Meyer
1195:Tom Romano
1041:Manny Acta
993:Eude Brito
985:Rob Tejeda
929:Jorge Sosa
857:Juan Brito
833:José Reyes
742:, or
738:, or
734:, or
730:, or
627:January 7,
573:References
524:strikeouts
505:Éric Gagné
481:Matt Capps
458:Sammy Sosa
197:Strikeouts
167:Strikeouts
61:1972-03-11
1203:Curt Ford
1182:Von Hayes
740:Fangraphs
442:Nashville
316:with the
215:As player
1039:Manager
647:ESPN.com
293:As coach
593:MLB.com
450:bullpen
362:⁄
84:Batted:
48:Pitcher
1517:2023:
1509:2022:
1501:2021:
1493:2020:
1485:2019:
1477:2018:
1469:2017:
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1437:2013:
1429:2012:
1421:2011:
1413:2010:
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1401:2009:
1393:2008:
1385:2007:
1377:2006:
1369:2005:
1361:2004:
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1345:2002:
1337:2001:
1329:2000:
1316:1998:
1308:1997:
1300:1996:
1287:1994:
1274:1992:
1266:1991:
1258:1990:
1245:1988:
1237:&
1233:1987:
1225:1986:
1217:1985:
1209:1984:
1201:1983:
1193:1982:
1180:1980:
1162:1977:
1149:1975:
1133:1962:
1105:1957:
1097:1956:
340:Career
332:, and
90:Threw:
353:over
209:Teams
192:20.25
151:44–58
92:Right
86:Right
56:Born:
1495:none
1143:none
1107:none
732:ESPN
710:2008
677:2024
655:2008
629:2007
601:2007
501:2008
477:2007
465:2006
454:2004
446:2003
438:2002
426:2001
406:1997
396:and
351:runs
314:1993
286:2008
276:2007
272:2002
262:2001
252:1997
242:1997
238:1995
228:1995
224:1993
161:4.31
134:KBO:
126:MLB:
113:KBO:
105:MLB:
1023:56
1015:55
1007:53
999:52
991:51
983:47
975:43
967:41
959:40
951:38
943:35
935:34
927:33
919:31
911:29
903:26
895:22
887:20
879:19
871:18
863:15
855:15
847:12
839:10
728:MLB
549:in
517:ERA
424:In
410:ERA
184:0–2
171:540
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823:7
815:5
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