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Left handers in baseball's greats since 1900
The essay surveys notable left handed pitchers from 1900 to 1950 including Ruth Marquard Gomez and Plank. It lists top left handers and picks five leading names with an alternate, noting Connie Mack's role in developing left handers and comparing to right handed stars of the era.
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Neale Burkehardt
K. R. Burkhardt
Hope Street
Joseph Rainey
J. H .Rainey
Bay View Avenue
Alfred Paiva
el Paiva
Gretchen Grouge
F. Grou
Omven Humer
Shakespeare
Kipling
Keats
New Jersey
Young
Johnson
Alexander
Mathew
Grantland Rice
Toad Ramsay
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Lefty Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
Rube Waddell
Herb Pennock
Athletics
Red Sox
Yankees
Eddie Plank
Doc White
Chicago White Sox
Art Nehf
New York Gilants
Nap Rucker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Howie Pollet
St. Louis Cardinals
Hal Newhouser
Detroit Tigers
Rube Marquard
Babe Ruth
Lefty Gomez
Ruth
Marquard
Gomez
Connie Mack
Mr McGillicuddy
Benders
Jack Coombs
Mr. Mack
Connie
Chief Bender
Grove