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	Nap Rucker (1884-1970)
		Largely forgotten today, Nap Rucker was one of the premier left-handed baseball pitchers in the major leagues during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
		George Napoleon Rucker was born to Sarah Hembree and John Rucker, a Confederate veteran, on September 30, 1884, in Crabapple, a small town in Fulton County near Roswell and Alpharetta.
		Rucker was elected unopposed as Roswell's mayor during the Great Depression, and he brought the town its first supply of running water.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/ArticlePrintable.jsp?id=h-2995 (771 words)

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		Nap Rucker was born September 30, 1884, in Crabapple and grew up in the John Rucker home place on Old Rucker Road.
		By 1907, Nap was pitching for Brooklyn of the National League.
		Nap retired as a player after the 1916 season but stayed with Brooklyn as a scout until 1934.
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	Player Profile: Nap Rucker
		Player notes: Nap Rucker was a workhorse lefty for the Brooklyn Superbas in the early years of the 20th Century.
		Handicapped by the anemic Brooklyn offense of his era, he lost as many games as he won (134), but his quality as a pitcher is evident from the fact the he bettered the league average in ERA in all but one season of his career.
		In retirement, Rucker returned to his native Georgia, where he was a successful businessman and also scouted for the Dodgers.
	www.diamondfans.com /profile-ruckern.html (285 words)

	BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
		Rucker was even better in his sophomore season, somehow winning 17 games for a team that lost 101.
		Nap claimed he learned the pitch with Augusta when he accidentally gripped the ball the wrong way, but another story attributes its origin to a 1913 thumb injury that forced him to change his grip.
		Rucker was a segregationist Democrat; as one writer put it, "he could not be anything else politically and still be a Georgian." As mayor during the New Deal, the former pitcher was instrumental in bringing running water to Roswell and later served as the town's water commissioner for several decades.
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	Legends of the Game
		Nap was considered the 'greatest lefty' of his era by no other than the legendary Hall of Fame manager, John J. McGraw.
		Even more remarkable was that Nap's records were made for a second-division team that was always near the bottom in the standings.
		With a remarkable career ERA of 2.42, Nap was considered the greatest Dodger 'Lefty' until the arrival of Hall of Fame pitcher and Dodger great, Sandy Koufax.
	www.deadball.com /ruckerna.htm (132 words)

	Nap Rucker \| BaseballLibrary.com
		However, when the redheaded Nap Rucker took the mound the fans could be sure of a chance to cheer, particularly'Wh)''when he faced the rival New York Giants.
		Rucker will fan 201 batters this year, just four behind Orval Overall, the National League leader.
		The Reds set a major-league record for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times (it'll be topped in the AL and tied twice in the NL this century) and the two teams combine for just 48 at bats, to tie a major-league record set April 22, 1910.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/R/Rucker_Nap.stm (968 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Nap Rucker (1884-1970)
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		Napoleon Rucker was born to Sarah Hembree and John Rucker, a Confederate veteran, on September 30, 1884, in Crabapple, a small town in Fulton County near Roswell and Alpharetta.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/IndividualandTeamSports/Baseball&id=h-2995 (865 words)

	Los Angeles Dodgers : History : Dodgers Timeline
		One of the most exciting stars of the period was pitcher "Nap" Rucker, dubbed "Napoleon" by Grantland Rice.
		5, 1908: Nap Rucker tosses a no-hitter at Boston, fanning 14 without a walk for a 6-0 win in the second game of a doubleheader.
		July 28, 1909: Jim Pastorius is just two outs away from a no-hitter in Philadelphia, but has to settle for a one-hitter and a 4-0 win as Marty Martel comes up with a pinch-hit triple.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/la/history/timeline02.jsp (1306 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Here's the pitch: the all-time best
		-- Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Nap Rucker on Walter Johnson, 1912
		Ninety years later, it's easy to imagine Nap Rucker saying the same superlatives about another Johnson.
		From Walter to Randy, there have been many great pitchers.
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	#27 Nap Rucker, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Baltimore Orioles - Out of the Park Baseball Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1907...
		Traded from Pittsburgh to Minnesota on 7/21/1912 (Going to MIN: P Nap Rucker.
		Traded from Los Angeles to Philadelphia on 7/25/1917 (Going to PHI: P Nap Rucker.
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	Nap Rucker Bibliography \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The Baseball Index contains the following references for further reading material on Nap Rucker (LHP 1907-16 Dodgers):
		Nap Rucker: the Artful Dodger by Grillo, Johnny
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	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/sabr/tbi/R/Rucker_Nap.tbi.stm (1095 words)

	Nap Rucker Baseball Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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		Rucker threw a no-hitter on September 5, 1908 in a 6-0 win over Boston.
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	PhotographsDodgers08 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Below you will find 11 photos of baseball players in conventional and odd poses.
		These photos definitely include 1908 Brooklyn Dodger players -- including star hurler Nap Rucker.
		When a collector shared these photos with the Dodgers organization in the early 1980s, the team responded in a
	www.vintageball.com /PhotographsDodgers08.html (220 words)

	Nap Rucker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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		Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
	www.baseball-reference.com /r/ruckena01.shtml (582 words)

	Baseball Legends - antique baseball cards in a screen saver & Gutterball 2 Game
		These wonderful action portraits make the legends from the early American League and National League live again.
		Players like Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, Hughie Jennings, Nap Lajoie, Willie Keeler, and Sam Crawford are young again in these artistic baseball cards from 1911.
		If you are a true fan of baseball, this is a screen saver you must have.
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	Nap Rucker \| The BASEBALL Page
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