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Who Will Fill Baseball's Gaps In The Future
Grantland Rice recalls eras past and weighs future stars to fill gaps left by Wagner Cobb Ruth and others. He cites Ted Williams Musial Feller Newhouser Keller and Berra as pivotal, naming Dark Torgeson Kiner Raschi Porterfield Berra Zernial and others as possible next headliners and gap-fillers in 1954 1955 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Wagner
Christy Mathewson
Nap Lajoie
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Gehrig
Matty
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Bob Feller
DiMaggios
Ted Williams
Bill Dickey
Hal Newhouser
Lou Boudreau
Stan , Musial
eOothers
Cobb
Wagner
Gen. Abner Doubleday
Mickey Cochrane
Williams
Musial
Joe DiMaggio
Ewell Blackwell
Charley Keller
Whitey Kurowski
Marty Marion
Newhouser
Blackwell
Charlie Keller
No-Man’s Land
Feller
DiMaggio
Marion
Boudreau
al Dark
Earl Torgeson
Braves
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Zernial
White Sox
Jerry Coleman
al Raschi
Bob Porterfield
Yankees
Larry Yogi Berra
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Ralph Branca
Sid Gordon
Giants
Eddie Kazak
Cardinals
Richie Ashburn
Phillies
Carl Furillo
Dodgers
Bob Chesnes
Pittsburgh
Johnny Groth
Detroit
Roy Campanella
Tommy Henrich
Ut Tommy
Tommy
Lloyd Merriman
Reds
Dick Kryhoski
George Kell
Tigers
Enos Slaughter
Pee Wee Reese
Ferris Fain
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia
Johnny Antonelli
Curtis Simmons
Robin Roberts
Yogi Berra
Berra
Dickey
Raschi
Porterfield
Gus Zernial