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| | American Heroes |
 | | * Zack Davis Wheat, Brooklyn Dodgers Left Fielder, 1909-1926 - born in Hamilton, Missouri in 1888 not long after the Civil War had ended, and was named after Union General Zachary Taylor and Confederate President Jefferson Davis... |
 | | Giants' manager John McGraw always ordered his pitchers: 'never to threw a curve to Zach.' Wheat carried an 11-year batting average of slightly over.300 into the 1920s, including a league leading.335 in 1918... |
 | | then, Zack Wheat went on a tare: hitting from 1920 on -.328,.320,.335,.375,.375,.359,.290,.324,.317... |
| www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=131 (2023 words) |
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