The Athletics acquired Don from the Yankees in a big trade before the 1954 season. Considered a great prospect. In 1952 with the Yankees' Kansas City farm team he hit .325, had 27 doubles, 14 triples and 23 home runs. He was voted the American Association's Most Valuable Player as a result. Played sandlot and Legion ball before he broke into baseball by attending a Cardinal try-out camp. With the Cards in spring training in 1951, then sent to Kansas City.
1954 Bowman Set (Baseball) (1954)
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Fast ball pitcher. Came to the Athletics from the Portland Club of the Pacific Coast League, where, in 1929, he won 21 games and lost 25 for a sixth place club, and pitched in 370 innings, more than any other twirler in the league. Mahaffey began his professional career with Columbia in the South...
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Bobby made his Big League debut late in 2003 after a strong year for Sacramento (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. For Sacramento, he had 60 extra-base hits (the 3rd-highest total in the League), and his .308 batting average was the best of anyone in the Athletics farm system. As a collegian, he ...
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A former Santa Clara football star, Bill was traded to the A's by the Yankees in December of 1953. The Yanks brought him up from Kansas City after he hit .295, 28 Homers and had a .581 Slugging mark in 1952. His first year in pro ball was 1949 at Twin Falls, where he batted .385. In '51 Bill wall...
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2015 Topps Allen & Ginter Set (Baseball)
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2006 Upper Deck Set (Baseball)
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2002 Topps T206 Set (Baseball)
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1982 Fleer Set (Baseball)
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2005 Bowman Heritage Set (Baseball)
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1992 Bowman Set (Baseball)
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1989 Score Set (Baseball)
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2016 Topps Holiday Set (Baseball)
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2020 Topps Gallery Set (Baseball)
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2016 Bowman Set (Baseball)
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2021 Panini Diamond Kings Set (Baseball)
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1998 Bowman Set (Baseball)
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2016 Topps Bunt Set (Baseball)
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1986 Topps Set (Baseball)
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2002 Bowman's Best Set (Baseball)
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Wally Moses
Wally ended a long playing career in 1951 with the Athletics, then spent the 1952 season as a coach for them. His career began in 1931. It was 1935 when he first hit the major leagues, and it was with the Athletics, the team with which he finished his career. He remained with them through the 1941 season, when he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox sold him to the Boston Red Sox in July 1946. He later signed with the A's. Batted over .300 for his first seven major league seasons.
