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Article: Team of the Century.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- July 11, 1999
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A look back at the best ballplayers of the 1900s. Richard Johnson, curator of the Sports Museum of New England, chooses the best baseball team of the century along with two runners-up. He is also co-author with Glenn Stout of "Red Sox Century" to be published by Houghton Mifflin next year.
Right Handed Starter
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WALTER JOHNSON
In a 21-year career spent entirely with the lowly Washington Senators, Walter Johnson won an astounding 416 games, which established the American League record. Of these wins, 10 were shutouts, including his only no-hiiter pitched on May 1, 1920 at Fenway Park. For the first fifteen years of ...