A look at Garden State-born Major League Baseball Players. Some you will know and some are unknown to us all, but represented Jersey in the show.
Danny O'Connell (Hoboken, NJ)Braves/Giants/Pirates/Senators 1950-1962
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'conda02.shtml
Career Highlight: As a rookie in 1950, became a starting infielder for the Pirates and doubled and drove in Ralph Kiner in his first MLB at-bat.
His .292 avg had him finish 3rd in the NL ROY voting.
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