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fkwFor everything he did for baseball on and off the field.
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who was involved in baseball in more positive ways than Lefty. 5+ decades of baseball..... PCL, Major League, Japan, Pitcher, Batting Champ (all time single season Hit King for 70+ years), Ambassador, Coach, Manager, and a SF icon.
There is a reason a bridge is named after him in San Francisco. Other than DiMaggio and Mays, O'Doul is the most famous ball player from the city by the bay.
My grandpa (born in SF in 1901) only talked of 2 ball players, Babe Ruth and Lefty O'Doul. When I was a kid, I thought O'Doul and Ruth were the best 2 ball players ever!