Word: mize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Seaman Johnny Mize is minding first base for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station...
...Lakewood, N. J. Giants Manager Mel Ott perked up when he heard that Selective Service doctors were hesitating about inducting First Baseman Johnny Mize. Observing that Mize had always bruised easily, Otto told newsmen: "He has a form of hemophilia-you know, excessive bleeding." But Mize passed, was sent to the Navy...
From Columbus comes Infielder Ray Sanders, leading run-maker in the American Association last year, who is being groomed to take the place of First Baseman Johnny Mize, recently sold to the New York Giants for $50,000. From Rochester comes Outfielder Stanley Musial, a 21-year-old southpaw whom sportswriters have already tabbed "rookie-of-the-year." Musial, who started his baseball career as a pitcher, played in three different leagues last year, outhit the ultimate batting champion in each league. Brought to St. Louis for a trial at the tail end of last season, Musial...
...season prognostications, experts figured the Cardinals would finish third, as they did last year. The team relied on a mighty slugger named Slaughter and two other outfielders who hit over .300. They had First Baseman Johnny Mize, No. 1 home-run hitter of 1940. But their pitching was questionable, their fielding unreliable. To replace Outfielder Joe Medwick, Pitcher Curt Davis and Catcher Mickey Owen, three Old Reliables recently sold to the rival Brooklyn Dodgers, Manager Southworth had brought up a batch of green rookies from the Cardinals' far-flung farms...