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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: June 26, 2005 at 07:36 PM (#1432037)"Dixie's brother, Harry Walker, was the 1947 NL batting champ. Their father, Ewart "Dixie" Walker, pitched for the 1909-12 Senators, and their uncle, Ernie Walker, played for the 1913-15 Browns."
Great nickname -- "The People's Cherce"
I knew about "Harry the Hat," but not about the others. Nice info, David.
Ralph Kiner, who still broadcasts Mets games, always had funny stories about the Hat back then. You'll hear a lot more about Kiner and his Kiner-isms as he reaches the ballot soon.
Not a bad ball player, but one heck of a black mark for a borderline candidate. I don't think he would be top 100 either way but certainly not if you believe he wasn't always (in 1947) solely focused on winning ball games.
You definitely will from me. :-)
Baseballlibrary is a little more flattering to Dixie:
"When Jackie Robinson broke the color line with Brooklyn in 1947, Walker, a native of Georgia, initially resisted the idea. But he was soon defending Robinson and giving him pointers. Following that pennant-winning season, in what turned out to be one of the best trades in Brooklyn history, Walker was sent to the Pirates in a six-player deal for pitcher Preacher Roe and third baseman Billy Cox."
... whatever the reason, the trade falls into Rickey's philosophy that its better to get rid of a player a year too early than a year too late.
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