Washington Senators

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Tommy Byrne Baseball 31-Dec-1919 20-Dec-2007 MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest

Joe Cronin Baseball 12-Oct-1906 7-Sep-1984 Shortstop on 7 All-Star teams

Curt Flood Baseball 18-Jan-1938 20-Jan-1997 Tried to topple MLB's antitrust

Lefty Gomez Baseball 26-Nov-1908 17-Feb-1989 El Goofy

Goose Goslin Baseball 16-Oct-1900 15-May-1971 MLB Hall of Famer

Whitey Herzog Baseball 9-Nov-1931 The White Rat

Gil Hodges Baseball 4-Apr-1924 2-Apr-1972 Eight-time All-Star

Jackie Jensen Baseball 9-Mar-1927 14-Jul-1982 American League MVP, 1958

Walter Johnson Baseball 6-Nov-1887 10-Dec-1946 American League MVP in 1913 and 1924

Harmon Killebrew Baseball 29-Jun-1936 Minnesota Twins

Heinie Manush Baseball 20-Jul-1901 12-May-1971 MLB Hall of Famer

Denny McLain Baseball 29-Mar-1944 Cy Young Award winner, embezzler

Jimmy Piersall Baseball 14-Nov-1929 Crazy center fielder

Sam Rice Baseball 20-Feb-1890 13-Oct-1974 Washington Senators Hall-of-Famer

Al Simmons Baseball 22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334

George Sisler Baseball 24-Mar-1893 26-Mar-1973 Batted .420 in 1921

Ted Williams Baseball 30-Aug-1918 5-Jul-2002 Cryonically preserved .400 hitter

Early Wynn Baseball 6-Jan-1920 4-Apr-1999 MLB Hall of Famer

Don Zimmer Baseball 17-Jan-1931 Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager

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