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    (138) and extra base hits (79). Nicknamed "Long Bob" because of his 6-foot, 3 inch (1.91 m) stature, Meusel batted .313 or better in seven of his first eight...
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  • the 1927 team lineup: Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri. The term, which mimicked the name applied to a section...
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    Series in the early 1920s. He was the brother of major league player Bob Meusel. Meusel was born in Oakland, California, and he attended Manual Arts High...
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  • theologian Bob Meusel (1896 –1977), American baseball left and right fielder Irish Meusel (1893–1963), American baseball left fielder Johann Georg Meusel (1743–1820)...
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    interest by leading a team of barnstormers, including Yankees teammate Bob Meusel, in violation of the rule. According to Cottrell, [T]he two men clashed...
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    bringing up Bob Meusel. Ruth, successful in half of his stolen base attempts in his career, took off for second base on the first pitch. Meusel swung and...
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    led the American League in home runs in 1916 and 1917. With Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Joe Dugan, and Waite Hoyt, the Yankees won three consecutive American...
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    three straight World Series featured the same two clubs. Brothers Bob and Irish Meusel played against each other in each of those three series, making them...
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  • consecutive games played—is prominently cited. Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey play themselves, as does sportscaster Bill...
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    Ron McGovney, original Metallica bassist, spent school years in Downey Bob Meusel, baseball star for New York Yankees who played with Babe Ruth and Lou...
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    football player Felicitas Méndez (1916–1998), civil rights activist. Bob Meusel (1896–1977), baseball player Haing S. Ngor (1940–1996), actor Lupe Ontiveros...
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  • Manager Bob Melvin (born 1961), American Major League Baseball player and manager Bob Meusel (1896–1977), American Major League Baseball player Bob Milacki...
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    centerfielder. Frank Crosetti, former Yankees shortstop and then-coach. Bob Meusel, former Yankees outfielder. Benny Bengough, former Yankees catcher and...
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    Christian Yelich in 2018. Three players — John Olerud, Michael Cuddyer, and Bob Watson — have hit for the cycle in both the National League and American...
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  • first two in a week (September 12 and 19, 1883) for the Cincinnati Reds. Bob Meusel became the second man to complete three cycles, playing for the New York...
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    Yankees George Sisler† 19 1921 Babe Ruth† 59 New York Yankees Ken Williams Bob Meusel 24 1922 Ken Williams 39 St. Louis Browns Tilly Walker 37 1923 Babe Ruth†...
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    1920s (including the 1927 team), along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel. Lazzeri was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He dropped...
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  • Lazzeri Ray Morehart Julie Wera Outfielders Earle Combs Cedric Durst Bob Meusel Ben Paschal Babe Ruth Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Art Fletcher Charley...
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    consulting with coaches Art Fletcher and Bob Shawkey about the future of the team, including how to replace Bob Meusel in left field. However, by August 1929...
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  • 1929, Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough...
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    his first World Series home run. After the Series, Ruth and teammates Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy participated in a barnstorming tour in the Northeast....
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    third time, tying the MLB record for career cycles with John Reilly, Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, and Adrián Beltré. He hit a single in the first inning,...
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    hit .356 and scored 137 runs as the team's leadoff hitter. Left fielder Bob Meusel also drove in over 100 runs, with a .337 average. The team's pitching...
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    Achievements Preceded by Bob Meusel Hitting for the cycle May 16, 1929 Succeeded by Ski Melillo...
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    and Pro Football Hall of Fame; graduated Bellflower High School in 1964 Bob Meusel, an MLB baseball player that played for the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati...
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    above). Pitchers Bob Shawkey and Jesse Barnes went all 10 innings. The Giants scored all three runs in the first on Irish Meusel's three-run home run...
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    1,071 239 Shawn Green 1,070 Lance Parrish 1,070 241 Bid McPhee* 1,067 Bob Meusel 1,067 243 Kiki Cuyler* 1,065 Jorge Posada 1,065 Ken Singleton 1,065 246...
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    pinch-hitter in the final inning of Game 8. Following the Series, Ruth and Bob Meusel did some postseason barnstorming, against the rules for Series participants...
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    won in one category, Film Editing. Former Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey (then still an active player) played themselves...
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    already had future Baseball Hall of Famers Ruth and Earle Combs, and star Bob Meusel, in the outfield. Paschal was considered one of the best bench players...
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