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Originally Posted by infieldfly
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Thank you very much for the enhanced Ray Pierce image.
Attached is a 1924 image of left handed hitting, right handed throwing outfielder Walton Cruise from his final Major League season with the Boston Braves.
Cruise made his debut with the 1914 St. Louis Cardinals. He appeared in 95 games split between centre and left field. Cruise reappeared in 1916 playing in just 3 games. In 1917 he established himself as the Cardinals starting centre fielder appearing in a career high 153 games with 590 plate appearances, 187 more than his career second highest. However he returned as a back-up outfielder in 1918 before being purchased by the Boston Braves in 1919 after appearing just 7 times with the Cardinals that season. Cruise became the Braves starting left fielder in 1919 and clean up hitter in 1920 starting in right field. 1921 was clearly his best season moving back to left and setting career highs in average, on base, slugging and OPS, posting impressive figures of .346, .429, .503 and .932. In 1922 he moved up a place in the batting order hitting 3rd mainly back in right field. In 1923 his productivity diminished significantly appearing just 21 times before his final 1924 season with 9 games played.