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What Cubs second baseman won nine fielding awards?
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Alex started in 21 Contests last season. A ten year veteran with the A's, he posted a fine 3.75 E.R.A. in 1950 and in 1953 had a 3.92 mark. Alex relies on a wide breaking curve to confuse batters.
Tom began his career as an infielder but was taught to catch at Nashville in 1963. In his first game behind the plate, Tom caught a one-hitter. A former infielder with the NCAA baseball team, Tom set a tournament record by cracking 10 basehits in 5 ballgames.
Tom returned to the Yankees in 1954, after losing a season and a half during which he was in the Army. His 32 appearances were just about equally divided between starting roles and relief appearances. Tom won 11 games, and lost 5. His earned run average was 3.34. He began in baseball in 1949 with Ventura. The next season he was with Binghamton and finally, in 1951, he was with Kansas City. After appearing in 4 games for them, the Yanks brought him up. He had a 9-3 record. In 1952 he won 5 and lost 4, for the half season he played ball.
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