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Old Hoss Radbourne Wins Historic 1884 Pennant Run
The Providence pitcher Charles Radbourne, star of the 1884 pennant race, won 26 of 27 decisions in a famed stretch, enduring immense arm strain while guiding Providence over Philadelphia and Boston for the National League title. He faced a sad decline after his peak, retiring to Bloomington and later dying in 1897.
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