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Thursday, July 20
Other inductees -- career highlights


Sparky Anderson
Won 2,194 games, third all-time behind Connie Mack and John McGraw, and had a .545 winning percentage in 25 seasons as a manager with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. During Anderson's managerial tenure, he won three World Series titles -- two with the Reds (in 1975 and '76) and one with the Tigers (1984) -- and is the only manager in history to win championships in both the NL and AL. In his nine years with the Reds (1970-'78) won 863 games, four National League pennants, and won more than 90 games seven times. He followed that up by managing the Tigers for 17 seasons (1979-'95) and had a winning record in 12 of those years, including the first 10. Anderson played one year in the major leagues with Philadelphia in 1959.

Turkey Stearns
One of the most feared hitters in Negro Leagues history, Stearns hit more home runs than almost any other player in the recorded history books of the Negro Leagues. Stearns played for the Detroit Stars from 1923-31 in the Negro National League and is documented to have hit at least 140 home runs in 585 league games. The Negro National League folded after the 1931 season and in 1932, Stearns joined the Chicago American Giants in the newly reconstituted Negro National League. He went on to lead the Giants to league championships in his first two years with the club. He retired in 1945 as one of the three leading home run hitters in Negro Leagues history (Mule Suttles and Josh Gibson were the others).

Bid McPhee
Considered by many to be the greatest second baseman of the 19th century, McPhee incredibly played the infield without a glove for 14 seasons. Named "Biddy" and later "Bid" for his diminutive size, McPhee won the second base job with the old Cincinnati Reds of the American Association in his rookie season and that year was a part of the Reds' pennant winning team in 1882. He scored 100 runs 10 times in his 18-year career, all with the Reds.
 




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