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For eighteen years, Zack Wheat was a fixture
in left field at the famous Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. In his first
year with the Dodgers in 1909, this hard-hitting outfielder batted
.304. This would be the first of 14 seasons with a batting average
over .300. He won the NL batting title with a batting average of .335
in 1918. Wheat compiled all these awards during the now infamous "dead-ball" era.
He also holds the Dodgers all-time club record for most games (2,322),
most at-bats (8,859) and most hits (2,884). This long-time Dodger is
now a Hall of Famer, invited to the land of the legendary in 1959.
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