[tedzan]

Here we have two well-known personalities, approx. 50 years apart, who started in major league BB and
went on to the Hollywood scene. Who knows what their sports careers would have been like....had they
taken them more seriously ?

"Turkey (trot) MIKE" DONLIN......
could have been one of the greatest hitters in BB. The more AB's he had in a given season....the higher
his BA.
Example......1905 he had 606 AB's with 216 Hits for a .356 BA. Donlin's lifetime career BA = .333

However, he preferred to be a dashing and flamboyant figure in the NY Showbiz scene with his actress
wife (Mabel Hite) during the years he was with the Giants. In 1914 he went to Hollywood and appeared
in many silent movies. A heavy drinker, one of Donlin's great friends and drinking buddies was renowned
actor John Barrymore.









KEVIN JOSEPH ALOYSIUS (CHUCK) CONNORS......

An all-sports athlete, Chuck had a taste of MLB (Dodgers and Cubs)....the NBA (Celtics)....the NFL (Bears).
However, he found his calling in Hollywood (when he was playing BB in the PCL); and, the rest is history.

I met Chuck at a BB card show in 1989. We talked BaseBall and Movie stars for about an hour. A really fine
gentleman with a great sense of humor.







So, can you come up with other BB players, who went on to other successful non-sports careers ?

Do tell or show us of them ? ?


TED Z