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1. Babe Ruth had a well-documented and storied career from his days with the Red Sox, to being sold to the Yankees, to his arguments with manager Miller Huggins. At any rate, Ruth was one of the greatest players of all-time. He was the first to hit 25 home runs in a season in baseball history, the first to hit 50 in a season, and the first to hit 500 career home runs. He was also the first player in history to hit four home runs in a World Series. The Babe died in 1948.
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2. The Chicago Cubs franchise have had their share of ups and downs throughout their history. The franchise began in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings of the NL. They were the first team to go to three consecutive World Series, and the first team to ever win two consecutive World Series. They have had many Hall of Fame greats including Cap Anson, Al Spalding, Frank Chance, Hack Wilson, all the way to Ernie Banks. The franchise was also named the Colts and the Blues before taking on the Cubs name in 1903. The franchise went about 100 years without a World Series crown.
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3. Jackie Robinson not only broke the MLB color barrier, but also broke many Major League records. Among them was being the first black player in history to hit a home in his first Major League at-bat. He was the first African-American to win a Rookie of the Year award, and the first black player to appear in a World Series. Robinson retired in 1956, then the Hall of Fame took him in 1962.
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4. Carl Yastrzemski played his entire career as a Boston Red Sox player for 23 seasons. He was the last player to bat for the Triple Crown in the 20th century. His Triple Crown in 1967 earned him the AL MVP also. In 1968, Carl was the only American Leaguer to bat over .300 in the season. 1980 and 1981 topped off his career with his second and third AL MVP. He was a Hall of Fame inductee in 1989.
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5. Bo Jackson began his sports career at Auburn, playing NCAA football. Opting for baseball, he signed with the Kansas City Royals in 1986. 1987 found him playing two sports. The Royals of baseball had him, and also the Raiders of the NFL. As a Royal in 1987, Bo batted .235 with 22 home runs. As a Raider, Bo had a 91-yard run and four touchdowns in the season. A major hip injury during his football side ended his rushing career, then he found himself in a one-sport career with the Royals in 1991. Bo hit 141 career home runs over eight seasons, and was the first Heisman winner to play Major League baseball.
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6. The great Ted Williams was a career Bostonian for 19 seasons from 1939-1960. Amongst all his accomplishments, he was noted for his discontent with the media and other writers. He batted for two Triple Crowns, but didn't win the MVP in either season. He did win two MVPs and was the runner-up another four times, this blamed on his relations with the press. He retired with 521 home runs which equaled the Giants' Willie McCovey. Ted was also the first player to hit over 1400 extra-base hits in his career. He was inducted into the hall in 1966.
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7. Pete Rose set many records for the Reds from 1963-1978. His career started off right with a Rookie of the Year award. He won the NL MVP in 1973, and the World Series MVP in 1975. Pete led the league three times in batting, then from 1979-1983 played with the Phillies. In 1984, he played with the Expos before being traded back to the Reds for the latter portion of the season. In 1986, he stepped down as a Cincinnati Red after a 24-season career. He finished his career number one in singles, plate appearances, at-bats, hits, times on base, and a variety of other records. Rose seemed to do it all. He also managed the Reds and Phillies.
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8. Jose Canseco was a power to reckoned with when he won the American League Rookie of the Year in 1986, and the AL MVP with the Oakland Athletics in 1988. Jose had a brother in the Major Leagues who played for three seasons. In one of the those seasons, his brother Ozzie joined him as DH and outfielder with the Rangers. After coming forward about steriod use in baseball, Jose was pretty much black-balled. In his final eight seasons, he played for seven different teams.
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9. Slugging great Sammy Sosa split his first season in baseball with the Rangers and White Sox in 1989 in limited duty. His first full season was in 1990 with the White Sox, winning the Rookie of the Year award. It was not until 1993, in his second season with the Cubs, that Sammy started to come around. He went from eight home runs in 1992 to 33 in 1993. In 1998, Sammy hit 66 but took a backseat to Mark McGwire's 70 in the season. Sosa would still win the MVP in that season. In five seasons from 1998-2002, Sammy would hit a total of 292 home runs, averaging 58.4 per season. After hitting 545 home runs as a Cub, Sosa was traded to the Orioles in 2005.
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10. With the arrival of Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920, things were going to change. In 1921, they found themselves in their first World Series, but lost to the New York Giants. 1922 saw the same results. 1923 was different this time. The team had a rookie named Lou Gehrig and he hit three doubles in the series. The Yankees won the World Series against the Giants, four games to two, winning their first series crown. Six times in the 1920s, the Yankees would appear in the World Series, winning three.
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