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Old 02-16-2008, 07:11 AM   #16
Jamee999
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Originally Posted by Big Six View Post
I just discovered this thread...I should stop by this forum more often, I guess.

Tillie Shafer was a superstar in my Pat O'Farrell dynasty, too. He played 15 years for the Giants, before being traded to the Athletics in 1926. An eleven-time All-Star, he won four batting titles (1914, 1915, 1921, 1922), hitting between .375 and .396 each time. Tillie won the NL MOB in 1915 and 1921.

He regularly led the National League in runs scored and OBP, and stole between 80 and 100 bases a year in his prime. In other words, for a while he was the National League version of Pat O'Farrell.

Tillie retired in 1928 with a lifetime average of .327, over 2800 hits, over 1100 steals, and over 1500 runs scored. He is fourth all-time in walks, trailing Gehrig, Ruth, and O'Farrell; fifth in runs scored, behind O'Farrell, Gehrig, Ruth, and Cobb; and third in stolen bases, after O'Farrell and Cobb. Shafer was a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Knew I recognised his name from somewhere
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