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Dixie Walker
1931 - 1949 (Right Field)
1905 games, 105 home runs, .306 batting average
This Georgia native became the center of some controversy when Jackie Robinson arrived in the big leagues when he immediately wrote a letter to Branch Rickey asking to be traded. After a while Walker grew to respect Robinson's athletic abilities and the way he handled the continual abuse he received, and he called him called him "as outstanding an athlete as I never saw." |
Red Barber, Vin Scully, Tommy Lasorda, Branch Rickey
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