Who hasn't had the dream of suiting up for a major league team and stepping into the batter's box for one major league at-bat against a major league pitcher? Extending that fantasy a little farther, who hasn't had the thought of somehow getting a hit during that major league at-bat? Perhaps it is a late swing, an inside-out swing, but you manage to bloop the ball over the second baseman's head. A ducksnort. Then, in the ultimate sign of fantasy, there on first base, you call time, the manager sends in a pinch-runner and you exit the game never to return. Your career batting record is forever listed as 1-for-1. You batted 1.000. According to my brief research, there are around 80 players in major league history that finished their career batting 1.000. Many of them received just one at-bat and made the most of that single opportunity, never to be heard from again. It's not easy finding cards of these guys. Several played before the 1900s. Perhaps if I looked aro...
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