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Baseball 90: Johnny Mize

Baseball 90: Johnny Mize

Oct 27, 2018
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Johnny Mize is the sort of baseball player who doesn't exist anymore -- who perhaps CANNOT exist anymore -- and it drives many baseball fans crazy. Even fans who have never heard of the Big Cat, who don't know a single thing about him, miss him terribly.

In 1947, Johnny Mize hit 51 home runs.

That same year, Mize struck out 42 times.

Nobody else has ever d…

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