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dyf237
12-31-2007, 11:49 AM
Nick Etten started his career with the Philadelphia Athletics, and ended it with the Phillies....could he possibly be the only guy who ever returned to the city he started in, but with his former franchise not even there anymore? Any others you know of?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Etten
Utter Chaos
12-31-2007, 12:01 PM
Nick Etten started his career with the Philadelphia Athletics, and ended it with the Phillies....could he possibly be the only guy who ever returned to the city he started in, but with his former franchise not even there anymore? Any others you know of?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Etten
Just limiting it to Hall of Famers there's:
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Pud Galvin
Sam Thompson
Harry Wright
Bid McPhee
And some more where the former franchise still exists:
Babe Ruth
Tony Lazzeri
Nap Lajoie
Yogi Berra
Jim Bottomley
Rogers Hornsby
Dizzy Dean
RuthMayBond
12-31-2007, 12:04 PM
Probably some from among these
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/multifranchise.cgi?level=team&t1=BSN-ATL&t2=BOS-BOS&t3=&t4=&submit=Find+Players
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/multifranchise.cgi?level=team&t1=KCA-OAK&t2=KCR-KCR&t3=&t4=&submit=Find+Players
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/multifranchise.cgi?level=team&t1=SLB-BAL&t2=STL-STL&t3=&t4=&submit=Find+Players
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/multifranchise.cgi?level=team&t1=MLN-ATL&t2=MIL-MIL&t3=&t4=&submit=Find+Players
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/multifranchise.cgi?level=team&t1=NYG-SFG&t2=NYM-NYM&t3=&t4=&submit=Find+Players
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/multifranchise.cgi?level=team&t1=NYG-SFG&t2=NYY-NYY&t3=&t4=&submit=Find+Players
dyf237
12-31-2007, 12:37 PM
Never mind, don't know where my brain was as obviously the A's were still in Philly at that time.:noidea