Thread: Greatest Five Year Stretch in a Career
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Old 08-25-2012, 08:47 AM
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OK, not quite in the pantheon of stars with these other guys, but I always thought that Ted Kluszewski's 1952-1956 stretch merited mention. The BA, HRs, and RBIs are eright up there with any combo of average and power, but then check out the strike out totals, which are miniscule.

In addition, you gotta give it up for the guns.

I have to write about Big Klu today(his trade from the Pirates happened on this date) so I'm going to start my story by saying "According to baseball historian Kenny Cohen, Ted's five year stretch..." and then I'll end it with the quote at the end "You gotta give it up for the guns"
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Last edited by z28jd; 08-25-2012 at 10:02 AM. Reason: Because it's exactly four months until Christmas!
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