JAN2012:   THE  107th  ARTICLE FOR BASEBALL GURU

THERE   WERE MANY MORE   THAN YOU THINK THERE WERE

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THE OTHER BABES

   There was only one Babe but there were plenty of Babes. none of them came close to the Bambino but then nobody could..........or has!

   Here are some of the others:

DANIEL "BABE" SHERMAN: PITCHER: O-I: 1914-1955

CHARLES "BABE" ADAMS: PITCHER: 194-140: 1882-1968

WERNER "BABE" BIRRER: PITCHER: 4-3: 1929-

JAY KING "BABE" TOWNE: CATCHER: BA.278: 1880-1938

FLOYD CAVE "BABE" HERMAN: RIGHTFIEDER: BA.326:

1903-1987.

HERBERT SPENCER "BABE" ELLISON: EVERY POSITION EXCEPT PITCHER AND CATCHER. BA.216: 1896- 1955

ELSWORTH "BABE" DAHLGREN: 1B: BA.261: 1912-1996

HERBERT PAUL "BABE" BARNA: LF: BA.232: 1915-1972

WILLIAM BAKER "BABE" BORTON: 1B: BA.270: 1888-1954

HAROLD P. "BABE" DANZIG: 1B: BA.154: 1887-1931

FOSTER PIRIE "BABE" GANZEL: OF:  BA.311:  1901-1978

BORIS MICHAEL "BABE" MARTIN: LF, 1B, CATCHER:  BA.214

1920-

ERNEST GORDON "BABE" PHELPS: CATCHER: BA.310:  1908-1992

RALPH ARTHUR "BABE" PINELLI: 3B, SS: BA.276: 1895-1984

NORMAN ROBERT "BABE" YOUNG: 1B, CF: BA.273: 1915-1983

CLARENCE "BABE" TWOMBLY: OF: BA.304: 1896-1974

CHARLES "BABE" BLACKBURN: PITCHER: 0-1: 1895-1984

OLLIE "BABE" KLEE: CF: BA.000 (ONE AT BAT): 1899-1977

WOODROW "BABE" DAVIS: PITCHER: 0-0: (1 GAME): 1913-1999

RUSSELL "BABE" MEERS: PITCHER: 3-3: 1918-1994

DELBERT "BABE" WILBER: CATCHER: BA.242: 1919-2002

BESIDES THE "BABE", THERE ARE 100 "REDS" AND 50 "DOCS".

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Also Read: Baseball Names and How They Got That Way! (Parts I - V) by Harvey Frommer