Buddy Myer
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Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1925 through 1941. A two-time All-Star, Myer was notable for bein
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Ben Chapman (baseball)
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William Benjamin Chapman was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1930 to 1946, most prominently as a member of the New York Y
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…games while having 161 hits. In 1933, Myer was involved in what many still consider to be baseball's most violent brawl, between him and the Yankees' Ben Chapman. It is alleged that Chapman – who later gained great infamy for his taunting of Jackie Robinson in 1947, while Chapman was the manager of the Phillies…
Chapman, circa 1946
Chapman depicted on a 1933 Goudey card
Chapman posing in a photograph with Robinson during an attempt of reconciliation in 1947