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All-Time Baseball Favorites and 1946 Fan Poll Odds
A veteran compiler assesses baseball's broad appeal with estimates of 40 million fans, lists famed players like Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Honus Wagner Pepper Martin Dizzy Dean Carl Hubbell Bob Feller Hank Greenberg and more. It notes regional popularity for Ted Williams Joe DiMaggio Mel Ott and Pee Wee Reese and ends with a page on free flight archery record Curtis Hill 614 yards set in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Babe
Philadelphia
Boston
Babe _ lo
Sosteim Pox
Ruth
Ty Cobb
Honis Wagner
Pepper Martin
Dizzy Dean
Carl Hubbell
Bob Feller
Hank Greenberg
Ted Williams
Dave Ferris
Yankees
Bill Dickey
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Gordon
Phil Rizzuto
Stirnweiss
Terry Moore
Marty Marion
Cardinals
al Newhouser
Tiger Zoo
Giants
Mel] Ott
Johnny Mize
Dodgers
Burnhoim
Dixie Walker
Peepul
Dixie
Peewee Reese
Cleveland
Robert Felter
Cubs
Andy Pafko
Phil Cavarretta
Hank Borowy
Stan Hack
Fanville
Joe Jackson
Tris Speaker
Hans Wagner
Rube Waddell
Christy Mathewson
Pete Alexander
Walter Johnson
Barneys
Hal Chase
Curtis Hill
Dayton
Ohio
Hill
Frank Menke