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unusual facts about 1949 in baseball



Clem Hausmann

Clemens Raymond Hausmann (August 17, 1919 – August 29, 1972) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1944 and 1949 for the Boston Red Sox (1944–1945) and Philadelphia Athletics (1949).

Dick Kryhoski

Richard David Kryhoski (March 24, 1925 – April 10, 2007) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1949 and 1955.

Owen Friend

Owen Lacey Friend (March 21, 1927 – October 14, 2007) was a Major League Baseball second baseman for five different teams between 1949 and 1956.

Shano Collins

In 1918, he set a record with three bases-loaded triples in one season, which would stand alone for 31 years until Elmer Valo tied the mark in 1949.

Wid Matthews

Seven years later, he moved with Redbird GM Branch Rickey to the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he served as the Dodgers' director of Midwest scouting through the 1949 season.


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