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Old 03-08-2015, 08:15 PM   #640
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Wes and Rick are easy but George is another matter. Played from 1926 until 1945 in the minors so you'd think he would have a mug shot somewhere. Maybe he just did not want the camera to steal his soul?

Hit .321 for his career and averaged approx. 117 rbi's per 160 games. Played OF and 3B so he must have had an arm. He wasn't fast and was mediocre as an LF so maybe that held him back?
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Here is one, from the 16-Dec-1928 Greensboro (NC) Daily News.
...and here's one more, in uniform, for good measure. As pictured in the 30-Jan-1936 Richmond (VA) Times dispatch.
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