Word: manush
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American League the batting leadership has varied between young Jimmy Foxx (see below) and Heine Manush of St. Louis. Player Robert ("Fat") Fothergill of Detroit has a higher average than either, but has not played in all his team's games as he really is too fat to get around very rapidly and is no great fielding asset. Meanwhile nearly all the hitters are swinging from their shoetops and watching the ball describe arching parabolas to not-so-distant fences...