Oracle of Baseball - Least Linked Players

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Player	Avg. Distance
Ed Duffy	6.8404
Tom Foley	6.8404
Ed Pinkham	6.8404
Dick Hurley	6.5795
Val Robinson	6.5795
Eland	6.5744
Bill French	6.5744
Mike Hooper	6.5744
Tommy Johns	6.5744
Joe Kernan	6.5744
McDoolan	6.5744
George Popplein	6.5744
John Sheppard	6.5744
Marty Simpson	6.5744
Bill Smith	6.5744
Ed Stratton	6.5744
Frank Barrows	6.5660
Fred Cone	6.5660
Henry Austin	6.5200
Hugh Campbell	6.5200
Michael Campbell	6.5200
Ben Laughlin	6.5200
Al Nevin	6.5200
Favel Wordsworth	6.5200
Frank Abercrombie	6.5194
Ned Connor	6.5194
Clipper Flynn	6.5131
Len Lovett	6.5086
Robert Armstrong	6.5002
Charles Bierman	6.5002
Jim Foran	6.5002
Bill Kelly	6.5002
Gavern	6.4943
Mike Ledwith	6.4943
Charlie Snow	6.4943
Jim Gilmore	6.4321
John Lowry	6.4321
McCloskey	6.4321
Larry Ressler	6.4321
Robert Stevens	6.4321
Walter Terry	6.4321
Andrew Thompson	6.4321
Charles Witherow	6.4321
Charlie Smith	6.4307
Andy Allison	6.4198
Bill Allison	6.4198
William Bestick	6.4198
George Fletcher	6.4198
Dick Hunt	6.4198
Nat Jewett	6.4198
James Cavanagh	6.4198
David Lenz	6.4198
Martin Malone	6.4198
O'Rourke	6.4198
Jim Snyder	6.4198
Josh Snyder	6.4198
Marty Swandell	6.4171
Jack Farrell	6.4055
Fancy O'Neil	6.4055
James McDermott	6.4016
John Barrett	6.1640
Denny Clare	6.1640
John Galvin	6.1640
Higby	6.1640
John Kenney	6.1640
Charlie Lowe	6.1640
Al Thake	6.1640
Herb Worth	6.1640
Jim Britt	6.1628
Harry Berthrong	6.1608
Frank Norton	6.1608
Sam Jackson	6.1605
Henry Burroughs	6.1588
Josh Bunce	6.1548
Israel Pike	6.1548
Edward Beavens	6.1530
Dory Dean	6.1510
Dave Pierson	6.1510
Dale Williams	6.1510
Charlie Mills	6.1493
Marshall King	6.1490
Bub McAtee	6.1490
Frank McKenna	6.1465
Quinlan	6.1465
Jack McDonald	6.1453
Steve King	6.1398
Bill Barrett	6.1358
Wally Goldsmith	6.1336
Sam Field	6.1323
Charlie Hodes	6.1316
Jim Hall	6.1299
Steve Bellan	6.1272
Leonidas Lee	6.1270
Phonney Martin	6.1270
Patrick McKenna	6.1270
T.E. Newell	6.1270
Nate Berkenstock	6.1086
Tom Berry	6.1086
Tom Pratt	6.1086
Boland	6.0707

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