
chuck owens
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Not enough people talk about HACK Wilson • .307/.395/.545 (.940 OPS), 144 OPS+ • Led NL in homers 4x in 5 seasons • The single-season RBI king (191) • Once led the league in OPS+ • Twice led the league in RBI • Thrice scored 100+ runs • 1930 NL MVP with Chicago • Famously drunk & combative • HOF '79 (Veterans Committee) • Finished top-8 in MVP voting 4x • Had a tremendous 423 TB in 1930 • Had at least 5.0 WAR 5x, 300 TB 4x • Was Chicago's everyday center fielder • Batted .319 over 12 World Series games • An interesting look (5'6" 200, size 5 feet) • @nytimes made first use of "Hack" in 1924 • (Origins of the nickname are still in dispute) • Someone said he was "built like a beer keg..." • "...and not wholly unfamiliar with its contents" • 1 of 3 seasons with 200 H, 50 HR, and 400 TB • (Joined by Babe Ruth 1921 & Jimmie Foxx 1932) • Wilson's single-season record of 191 RBI remains one of the most unbreakable in all of baseball; there have been no serious challenges to it since the 1930s and the most RBI in a season since then were 165 by Manny Ramirez in 1999, the same year that Wilson's record was officially increased from 190 to 191 after an error was discovered in an old box score



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Emmalena and Car Creek county finals. Just another wild night in the mountains
















