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Gus Getz
Gustave “Gus” Getz was perhaps the personification of the “good field, no hit” player. Typical of the Deadball Era, Getz relied on his glove, his ability to make contact with the bat, and his speed on the base paths to make it in professional baseball. Though he never achieved outstanding baseball success, he possessed a knack for appearing at the right place at the right time.
In his later years, he yearned for the [Deadball Era] game of his youth and young adulthood. He lamented the clean, lively baseball with all its home runs, the decreased reliance on the stolen base, the lost art of playing for one run, and the lack of pitchers’ complete games. “One thing is certain,” said Getz, “it wasn’t like that years ago.” - SABR bio
Based on the picture of him with the Braves (1909) at age 19 and with Brooklyn (1916) at age 26, one aged quicker back then or it was a rough seven years for Gus. I used the Brooklyn photo and smoothed it out some to make him younger but the more I look at the photo, the more I think this is an old-timer's game photo of him. So, not quite a perfect mid-point between the pull but as I've said, I try to use the photo that will show through as much character as possible...
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