Travis had a pretty remarkable career. He rarely gets much support for the Hall of Fame, but he has the third highest career average for all shortstops. The HOF voters say he didn't play long enough, but they don't take into consideration the fact that he missed some prime years to WWII. In fact, he suffered severe frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge. I've always been partial to him because my uncle played on a team Travis managed in Germany during the war ...
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