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Nellie Fox

Born: Dec. 25, 1927
Baseball 2B

batted .306 in 1959 to win the AL MVP award with the pennant-winning Chicago White Sox; led the league in fielding percentage six times, hits four times and triples once; ended his 19-year career with 2,663 hits, 1,279 runs and .288 average.

Died: Dec. 1, 1975

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