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    Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Though he spent eleven seasons...
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    The Lefty O'Doul Bridge (also known as the Third Street Bridge or China Basin Bridge) is a bascule bridge connecting the China Basin and Mission Bay neighborhoods...
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  • outfielder Lefty Marr (1862–1912) Lefty Mills (1912–1982) Lefty O'Doul (1897–1969), Major League Baseball player and minor league manager Lefty Phillips...
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    1922 to 1945 and twice played on Negro World Series championship teams. Lefty O'Doul first came to the major leagues as a pitcher, but after developing a...
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    end of the cove is bounded by the Lefty O'Doul Bridge, named after San Francisco ballplayer and manager Lefty O'Doul. The name was coined thanks to two...
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    Francisco Seals coach Lefty O'Doul, to help train Japanese baseball teams. From Tokyo, she traveled with Jean O'Doul, Lefty's wife, to Korea, where she...
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    "Tokyo Giants", but that name has not been in use in Japan for decades. (Lefty O'Doul, a former Major League Baseball player, named the team "Tokyo Giants"...
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    living; each is an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame, except for Lefty O'Doul, Pete Browning, and Shoeless Joe Jackson (who is ineligible due to his...
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    Runs". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-13. "Lefty O'Doul Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-08-18...
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    winningest pitcher of the 1960s. The statue is located in front of the "Lefty O'Doul" entrance. The statue was dedicated in 2005 at SBC Park (as it was known...
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    perceived major league standards. He hired former major league player Lefty O'Doul, a native San Franciscan and fan favorite, as manager. Though the Seals...
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  • Shoghi Effendi, Ottoman Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1957) March 4 – Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player, restaurateur (d. 1969) March 5 Set Persson...
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    to the Yankees for Elmer Miller, Chick Fewster, Johnny Mitchell, and Lefty O'Doul. Acquiring Dugan helped the Yankees edge the St. Louis Browns in a tight...
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    .9480 25 Juan Soto .9478 26 Mel Ott* .9471 27 Ralph Kiner* .9459 28 Lefty O'Doul .9451 29 Ty Cobb* .9445 30 Dan Brouthers* .9435 31 Lance Berkman .9429...
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    primary stars during the 1920s and 1930s were outfielders Cy Williams, Lefty O'Doul, and Chuck Klein, who won the Triple Crown in 1933. Baker died in 1930...
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    to be planted before 1906. Hearst family mausoleum Thomas O. Larkin Lefty O'Doul Jennie Roosevelt Pool memorial marked with the Angel of Grief Cypress...
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    player to hit two home runs in his first start for the Phillies (joining Lefty O’Doul (1929), Jeremy Giambi (2002), and Daniel Nava (2017)), the first to hit...
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    (Columbia River) Thames River Bridge (Amtrak) Outer Drive Bridge HX Draw Lefty O'Doul Bridge "Two of San Francisco's best-known landmarks were built by Germans:...
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    Yankees players stayed at the Ansonia, including Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Lefty O'Doul, and Wally Schang. One resident, Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick...
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    Bochy Manager 2007–2019 Managed 2010, 2012, 2014 World Series winners 16 Lefty O'Doul LF 1928 1933–1934 Born in San Francisco 18, 43 Matt Cain P 2005–2017...
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    236. Retired ballplayer Herb Hunter arranged for three players, Berg, Lefty O'Doul, and Ted Lyons, to go to Japan to teach baseball seminars at Japanese...
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    same season. The only other Pacific Coast League hitters to do it were Lefty O'Doul (1927, in 189 games) and Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri (1925, in 197 games)...
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  • neighborhood in San Francisco China Basin Bridge, another name for the Lefty O'Doul Bridge, a drawbridge which connects the China Basin and Mission Bay neighborhoods...
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    Hornsby† .361 1928 Rogers Hornsby† .387 Boston Braves Paul Waner† .370 1929 Lefty O'Doul .398 Philadelphia Phillies Babe Herman .381 1930 Bill Terry† .401 New...
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    Burkett* .4149 29 Todd Helton* .4140 Mel Ott* .4140 31 Roy Thomas .4135 32 Lefty O'Doul .4133 33 Hank Greenberg* .4118 34 Ed Delahanty* .4113 35 Manny Ramirez...
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  • Suzuki 262 Seattle Mariners 2004 George Sisler 257 St. Louis Browns 1920 Lefty O'Doul 254 Philadelphia Phillies 1929 Bill Terry 254 New York Giants 1930 Al...
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    batting average (behind Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty O'Doul, Ed Delahanty and Tris Speaker). His career batting average of .3444...
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  • Brazilian sailor, led the Revolt of the Lash (b. 1880) December 7 – Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and restaurateur (b. 1897) December 8 – Karl...
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  • to the major leagues. In 1954, managed by former major league player Lefty O'Doul, the Padres finished first in the PCL for the first time in their history...
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  • Lefty O'Doul won the first Pacific Coast League MVP Award in 1927....
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