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 Autograph Analysis and Signing Habits of Hall of Fame Outfielder Leon ''Goose'' Goslin
His nickname "Goose" derived from when he flapped his arms chasing flyballs, however when interviewed later in life, he pointed out that the alliteration was a natural, a gosling being a small goose.
On December 10, 1940, Goslin married Marion Wallace and resided on a 66-acre plot at Bayside in Bridgeton, NJ.
Goose, as he would refer to himself, was a cordial signer in person and through the mail either at the ballpark or at home.
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 goose_01
Three years later I was pitching for then manager Goose Goslin for Trenton in the Class B Inter State League.
Leon " Goose" Goslin was very cavalier off the baseball field as well as on the field.
Goose Goslin, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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 American Heroes
Leon 'Goose' Goslin, a 'Hall of Fame' member, was one of the best hitters in major league baseball history.
Goslin helped the Senators win their first-ever pennant in 1924 when he led the league with 125 RBIs.
Goose Goslin hit over.300 nine times in his career, three times hit over.297 and once.288.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=59   (1419 words)

  
 'Goose' Goslin to leave KDKA Radio - PittsburghLIVE.com
Marvin "Goose" Goslin, 54, KDKA (1020 AM) sportscaster, will part company with the station on Dec. 31, according to Goslin and station management.
Goslin, who writes a Sunday sports column for the Tribune-Review, anchors the morning sportscasts from 5:15 to 8:45 a.m.
The decision to leave was mutual, according to Goslin and Hansen.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_170725.html   (220 words)

  
 Goslin to leave KDKA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Marvin Goslin, better known by that nickname, announced yesterday on his 20th anniversary at KDKA-AM that he will be leaving the station effective New Year's Eve.
Goslin, who had to give up his seven-year job as an IUP football announcer to take over KDKA's Saturday night sports show in June 2002, could have a radio reunion with his alma mater, among additional possibilities.
Jeff Hathhorn, who started working Goslin's Monday-morning shifts after the longtime broadcaster's schedule was switched to include Saturdays, will fill in for Goslin's other mornings and Saturdays until station officials decide on a permanent move.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/03353/253035.stm   (247 words)

  
 Goose Goslin Was A Huge Hit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
With passion for the game spurring his march to glory, Goslin played 18 seasons in the major leagues, posting a.316 lifetime batting average,.500 career slugging average, 2,735 hits, and secured a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
With the craft of pitching no longer a concern, Goslin was free to focus on his hitting, and he excelled.
"Goslin was really associated with the glory years of the Washington Senators," said Brad Snyder, author of "Beyond the Shadow of the Senators." "If you say the name Goose Goslin, Senators fans know that was the heyday of their team.
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 Goose Goslin Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Goose Goslin was born on Tuesday, October 16, 1900, in Salem, New Jersey.
Goslin was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1921, with the Washington Senators.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Goose Goslin baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=gosligo01   (295 words)

  
 Goose Goslin sings his way into retirement - PittsburghLIVE.com
Marvin L. "Goose" Goslin, 54, KDKA (1020 AM) sportscaster and Tribune-Review sports columnist, will sing his final sports report as though it were an opera.
Goslin, the weekday morning sports anchor and Saturday sports talk show host, will be leaving the station on New Year's Eve.
Goslin took her to games by the time she was age 2.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/tv/s_170971.html   (942 words)

  
 1924 AL Stargell Award
This was Goslin's first big season, and he was a big reason why the Senators won the pennant.
Goslin was a graceful left-handed line-drive hitter; he played for 18 years, and his career numbers include 2735 hits, 500 doubles, 248 home runs, 1609 RBI, and a career.316 batting average.
Goslin was not the most popular player on his teams, and in fact was generally disliked; he also had an atrocious defensive reputation.
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 Goose Goslin | BaseballLibrary.com
Although the sweet-hitting Goslin played for the usually mediocre Senators (in three separate tours) and Browns for much of his career, he managed to squeeze his way into five World Series, making the most of each appearance.
Goslin was also responsible for the first fine levied against an umpire.
In the 1935 fall classic, Goslin got into a heated discussion with Hall of Fame arbiter Bill Klem, during which Klem lost his temper and used what Goslin later described as "overripe language." Commissioner Landis then fined Klem, not Goslin.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Goslin_Goose.stm   (1722 words)

  
 1924 AL MVP AWARD
Eleven times Goslin drove in over 100 runs in a season; he also twice led the AL in triples.
As a hitter, Goslin was similar to Rafael Palmeiro, with perhaps not quite as much power (though like Palmeiro, he developed more home run power as he aged).
Goslin was not the most popular player on his teams, and in fact was generally disliked, but he had no problem gaining entrance to the Hall Of Fame.
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 TigerBlog | 1935 Championship Diary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Goose Goslin and Jo Jo White both homered and drove in two runs while Charlie Gehringer had two hits and two runs.
Goose Goslin was the MVP of the doubleheader as he had another great game.
Goose Goslin had the big bat for the Tigers as he went four for four with a run and an RBI.
www.tigerblog.net /35diary.php   (11849 words)

  
 Mark Gauvreau Judge | Damn Senators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1928, the Senators slugger Goose Goslin was leading the league in hitting.
The Browns were in town for the last game, and when it came time for Goose's final turn at bat, Manush was at.378 and he was at.379.
Goslin batted, and after trying unsuccessfully to get thrown out of the game by arguing a pitch call, he got a hit and won the 1928 batting title fair and square.
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 Minnesota Twins Team Page
Goslin played for the pennant winning Washington teams of 1924-1925 and stayed with the team until traded in 1930.
After the 1932 season, Goslin reminded owner Clark Griffith that the team had never won a pennant without him on the roster.
Griffith traded for Goslin in December 1932, and the team went on to win the pennant the next season.
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 PhilaPhans :: Dan's Alphabetical All-Stars: The G-Strings
In 18 seasons, Goslin had a career batting average of.316 and a career OPS of 887.
I was never really a huge fan of Goose’s, mostly because I was a big Sparky Lyle fan and Gossage was the one who took away his closer job with the Yankees (the year after Lyle won the Cy Young, no less).
Goose was a dominant closer in an era in which closers were expected to pitch two, sometimes three innings.
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 OOTP V2 REPORT
Goose Goslin crushes 2 homers againts St. Louis.
Goose Goslin sets a new season Team-Record for Homeruns with 14 !!!
Goose Goslin sets a new season Team-Record for Homeruns with 15 !!!
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 The Big Picture: Avocation to vocation music to Goslin's ears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He is an accomplished singer, something that dates to his youth at the Old Brimstone Church that used to be at Smithfield and Seventh, an avocation he plans to renew with voice lessons he resumed Monday.
Wednesday morning, in his Goose Adieu, he sang over the air: For behold, darkness hath covered the Steelers, and gross darkness the Penguins, but maybe the Bucs will arise, and maybe the light will shine upon them.
But Goslin wouldn't mind if he and his investors got lucky with a few more properties.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04008/259179.stm   (833 words)

  
 Detroit, the City of Champions
Goose Goslin, center, drove in Mickey Cochrane, left, with the winning run on a bloop single.
Tiger owner Frank Navin acquired veteran outfielder Goose Goslin from the Washington Senators and watched him play a major role in capturing the '34 and '35 pennants.
But other players picked up the slack and on October 7, 1935, Goose Goslin singled into right field, driving home Mickey Cochrane with the winning run, giving the Tigers a 4-3 victory in the sixth game and the World Series.
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 OOTP V3 REPORT
Goose Goslin crushes 2 homers against St. Louis.
Goose Goslin sets a new season Team-Record for Runs with 122!!!
Goose Goslin sets a new season Team-Record for Runs with 130!!!
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 Baseball Between the Wars / Bill Hageman | BaseballLibrary.com
Detroit Tigers outfielder Goose Goslin rips a single against the White Sox in 1935.
Goslin had more than 2,700 hits and one batting title (.379 in 1928) in an 18-year career.
In the 1935 World Series, his RBI single in Game 6 beat the Cubs and made the Tigers world champions.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/excerpts/baseball_between_the_wars13.stm   (95 words)

  
 Goslin Drives in Four at Nats Knot Up Series (washingtonpost.com)
Leon Goslin (4-4 with two runs scored) -- 'come on Goose' Goslin -- by the savage power that he put behind his bat today, alone accounted for as many runs as the entire Giants team was able to drive across the plate.
It was to this music, as the youthful shout grew into barbaric manhood and frantic old age, that Goslin, 'come on Goose' Goslin, pirouetted around the bases, elevated by his mighty effort to the security of the series slugger."
Goose Goslin who figured most conspicuously in the current World Series which resulted in a 7-to-4 victory for the Nationals and the utter confusion of the mastermind which directs the troop movement of the Giants.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A16368-2004Oct7.html   (1078 words)

  
 Newark Star Ledger Thread - SimCentral.NET Forums
"Goose was a fine ball player, he's bound to be in the Hall of Fame sooner or later for the numbers he put up.
They are also dead last in homeruns and runs scored, maybe a testament to manager Goose Goslin not really tinkering too much before the first week or GM Frank Lane not really grabbing enough lefty sluggers, considering the ballpark's dimensions.
Manager Goose Goslin said today that he was "happy with the way the pitchers have started to come around" and that he "can't wait to see Hank Aaron really break out and put up the numbers he's going to be capable of soon." Aaron is just 21 years old.
forums.simcentral.net /showthread.php?t=53080   (3951 words)

  
 Goose Goslin | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Burly and strong-armed, Leon "Goose" Goslin swung the bat with Ruthian effort and forged a reputation as a powerful clutch hitter.
It didn't make any difference if the pitcher was left or right-handed or threw a fast ball or a changeup.
Tell someone about Goose Goslin by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/goslin_goose.htm   (279 words)

  
 The Bull Pen - Fantasy Baseball TV?
Goose Goslin was always on it along with two other guys.
I have seen the fantasy baseball show...however, it is not goose 'GOOSLIN'....it is goose Gossage...the former yankee closer.
I forget the name of the show, but it was on one of the Fox Sports stations in the evenings.
www.rotojunkie.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4474   (454 words)

  
 Ruth Homers Twice, But Nats Rally into First Place (washingtonpost.com)
It was Goose Goslin (4 for 5;.332), Sam Rice (5 for 6 with two runs scored;.328) and about seven others who were the heroes, despite the fact that Ruth had taken the occasion to manufacture homers numbers 41 and 42.
Six, or over half of the Washington runs were propelled over the counting block by Goose's big stick, while Rice's five safeties, including a pair of doubles, did not hurt the Capital City cause any, either (though they stranded 12 men on base).
The Goose's blow cleaned the sacks, which were crowded at the time.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A40064-2004Aug27.html   (1540 words)

  
 TigerBlog | News, Notes, Observations on the Detroit Tigers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the top of the ninth, the Tigers shaved the lead to a single run, and with a runner on third base and two outs, Browns centerfielder Sammy West made a circus catch out of Goose Goslin's apparant game tying hit to end the game.
Goose Goslin was two for three with two RBIs and a run.
Hank Greenberg hit his 34th homer of the season and he drove in five runs as the Tigers ran up the score on the the last place St. Louis Browns.
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 The 2005 Baseball Hal of Fame Ballot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I’ll take Goose Goslin as an example because he is largely considered
Goslin must be better, just look at those differences.
Goose Goslin’s rookie year of 1922, yields an at-bats total of 602, and a runs scored total of
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 1934 Tigers
Another key acquisition was outfielder Goose Goslin, picked up in a trade with Washington.
The 1934 Tigers surprised the experts by not only landing in the first division, they won the pennant.
The arrivals of Cochrane and Goslin helped but that wasn't all.
pages.prodigy.net /macknife13/34det.htm   (319 words)

  
 Washington Senators (Nationals) 1901-1960
The Nats would bounce back to tie the series at 2 games apiece in Game 4 thanks to Goose Goslin's 4-hit game that was highlighted by a 3-run Homer.
1928: Nationals OF Goose Goslin injured his arm while horsing around in a non-baseball contest.
While this injury didn't prevent him from winning the American League batting championship that year, his throwing ability was permanently impaired, as the Nats struggled to finish in 4th Place with a 75-79 record.
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 1925 AL Stargell Award
I'll give a slight edge to Simmons, who at age 23 had a remarkable sophomore season.
After those two, the best candidates are Speaker and Cobb, and Goose Goslin.
Though the two older players had significantly better numbers, Goslin was very good, was in the lineup more often, and helped the Senators win the pennant.
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