Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was an American professional baseball left fielder.
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29 Facts About Goose Goslin
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Goose Goslin played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators, St Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from 1921 until 1938.
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Goose Goslin led the AL in assists five times, putouts four times and his 4,141 putouts and 181 assists as a left fielder are both 5th all time.
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Goose Goslin hit three home runs in the game, and Griffith decided to take a chance on him.
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However, one year during spring training, Goose Goslin wandered to an adjacent field where a track and field team was working out.
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Goose Goslin tried the shot put, and his throwing arm was never the same afterward.
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Goose Goslin played 93 games in 1922 and became a fixture for the Senators in left field until 1930.
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At age 23, Goose Goslin hit for the cycle and was among the league leaders with 17 triples, 299 total bases and 199 hits.
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Goose Goslin set a World Series record in 1924 with six consecutive hits, spread across three games.
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Goose Goslin contributed another strong performance to the 1925 Senators, batting.
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Goose Goslin was leading Manush when his turn came to bat in the ninth inning.
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Goose Goslin decided to sit and take the batting crown, but his teammates goaded him that he would appear yellow if he didn't bat.
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Goose Goslin was persuaded to bat and promptly took two strikes.
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At that point, Goose Goslin recalled that he unsuccessfully tried to get ejected from the game, as the at bat would then disappear.
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Goose Goslin began berating the home plate umpire about the strike calls, only to have the umpire tell him that he was not going to get ejected, and wasn't going to get a walk, so he better step back up and swing.
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Goose Goslin ended up with what he called a "lucky hit" to beat Manush by a fraction of a point.
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Goose Goslin had another solid year for the Browns in 1931, batting.
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The Senators played in only three World Series in their history, and Goose Goslin played for the Senators in every game of those Series.
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Goose Goslin later recounted that owner Clark Griffith told him that he simply couldn't afford to pay him.
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The Tigers won the 1935 World Series on Goose Goslin's game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6.
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Goose Goslin singled to right, driving in Cochrane for the winning run.
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Goose Goslin is one of only three players to be the last hitter of two World Series, having struck out to end the 1925 World Series and won the 1935 World Series with his walk-off RBI single.
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Goose Goslin played two more seasons with the Tigers in 1936 and 1937, batting.
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On July 28,1936, Goose Goslin hit one of the most unusual home runs in baseball history.
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In 1939, Goose Goslin became a player-manager for the Trenton Senators of the Interstate League before retiring as a player.
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Goose Goslin had 11 seasons with at least 100 RBI, and his league leadership in RBI in 1924 deprived Babe Ruth of the triple crown.
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Goose Goslin holds the record for career home runs at Yankee Stadium by a visiting player, with 32.
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Goose Goslin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968, along with Kiki Cuyler, by the Veterans Committee.
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Goose Goslin died in Bridgeton, New Jersey, aged 70, and is buried in the Baptist Cemetery, Salem, New Jersey.
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