Sisler's career was badly hampered by a sinus infection after the 1922 season that affected his vision and hindered his ability. He missed all of 1923, on the heels of a .420 season with 257 hits, which cost him membership in the 3000 hit club. Check out his numbers seasons 1-8 compared to those thereafter.
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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.- Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US President.
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