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Bob Meusel was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played eleven seasons between the years 1920 to 1930, all but one for the New York Yankees. He was best known as a member of the "Murderers' Row" of the New York Yankees championship teams of the 1920s. Meusel, a left fielder noted for his strong throwing arm, batted fifth behind Baseball Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. He led the American League in home runs (33), runs batted in (138) and extra-base hits (79) in 1925. Nicknamed "Long Bob" because of his height, Meusel hit a .309 career batting average while making 368 doubles, 94 triples, 156 home runs, and driving in 1,067 runs in his career. Meusel played his entire career with the Yankees, with the exception of the 1930 season in which he played for the Cincinnati Reds. He drove in 100 runs five times and hit .300 seven times. He hit for the cycle a record-tying three times. His brother, Irish, was a star outfielder in the National League. He had a comparable career batting average (.310) but, unlike Meusel, he had a weak throwing arm which prevented him from being a great outfielder. (more...)

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