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Old 01-23-2015, 02:08 PM   #24157
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In today's Topps Vault dump is Manly Johnston, a long-time White Sox minor leaguer who managed 20 homers in '62 and 20 wins as a pitcher in '64. What the record books say about him is intriguing enough, but Johnston is also one of those unfortunate guys who were brought up by big league clubs but who never got into a major league game. Johnston's turn was at the end of that 20-win season in 1964, and he even makes a few cameos in images taken of Chicago's futile bid for the pennant that September:
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