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In the wake of what happened last night to David Wright of the Mets and Hiroki Kuroda of the Dodgers, it's kind of odd that today marks the 89th anniversary of the death of Ray Chapman.

According to The Associated Press archive, on Aug. 16, 1920, Chapman batted second in Cleveland's lineup. In his first two at-bats he got two hits – each a double. He also stole two bases, scored two runs, made two put-outs, two assists and two errors. In two unofficial times at bat, he was struck twice by pitches. The second one killed him.

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