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Originally Posted by Chris Counts
Travis had a pretty remarkable career. He rarely gets much support for the Hall of Fame, but he has the third highest career average for all shortstops. The HOF voters say he didn't play long enough, but they don't take into consideration the fact that he missed some prime years to WWII. In fact, he suffered severe frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge. I've always been partial to him because my uncle played on a team Travis managed in Germany during the war ...
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That's really cool -- I had never really heard of Cecil Travis before, but after looking into him a bit I think he does deserve more of a shot at the HOF... I mean if Joe Gordon is a Hall of Famer, why not Travis? He led the league with 218 hits in 1941 prior to losing four years to WWII -- the guy was entering the prime of his career. That's a shame
