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6 unusual facts about 1941 in baseball


Dick Lanahan

Dick Lanahan (September 27, 1911 – March 12, 1975) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators in a four-year career varying from 1935 to 1941.

Doc Prothro

In his three full seasons (1939-40-41) at the helm of the Phils, the club remained locked in the National League "cellar" — losers of 106, 103 and 111 games in successive seasons.

Earl Cook

Earl Davis Cook (December 10, 1908 – November 21, 1996) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Detroit Tigers during the 1941 season.

Eddie Carnett

Edwin Elliott Carnett (born October 21, 1916) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945.

Gene Stack

Late in the year, Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes announced that the promising youngster had been invited to join the White Sox team in 1941 at their Pasadena, California spring training camp.

Pat Mullin

He started the 1941 season in the minor leagues at Buffalo, but was brought back up midseason and made a big impression, batting .345 with a .400 on-base percentage and a .509 slugging percentage.



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