Oracle of Baseball - Least Linked Players

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Player	Avg. Distance
Ed Duffy	6.8523
Tom Foley	6.8523
Ed Pinkham	6.8523
Dick Hurley	6.5911
Val Robinson	6.5911
Eland	6.5861
Bill French	6.5861
Mike Hooper	6.5861
Tommy Johns	6.5861
Joe Kernan	6.5861
McDoolan	6.5861
George Popplein	6.5861
John Sheppard	6.5861
Marty Simpson	6.5861
Bill Smith	6.5861
Ed Stratton	6.5861
Frank Barrows	6.5776
Fred Cone	6.5776
Henry Austin	6.5318
Hugh Campbell	6.5318
Michael Campbell	6.5318
Ben Laughlin	6.5318
Al Nevin	6.5318
Favel Wordsworth	6.5318
Frank Abercrombie	6.5312
Ned Connor	6.5312
Clipper Flynn	6.5250
Len Lovett	6.5205
Robert Armstrong	6.5121
Charles Bierman	6.5121
Jim Foran	6.5121
Bill Kelly	6.5121
Gavern	6.5062
Mike Ledwith	6.5062
Charlie Snow	6.5062
Jim Gilmore	6.4442
John Lowry	6.4442
McCloskey	6.4442
Larry Ressler	6.4442
Robert Stevens	6.4442
Walter Terry	6.4442
Andrew Thompson	6.4442
Charles Witherow	6.4442
Charlie Smith	6.4428
Andy Allison	6.4320
Bill Allison	6.4320
William Bestick	6.4320
George Fletcher	6.4320
Dick Hunt	6.4320
Nat Jewett	6.4320
James Cavanagh	6.4320
David Lenz	6.4320
Martin Malone	6.4320
O'Rourke	6.4320
Jim Snyder	6.4320
Josh Snyder	6.4320
Marty Swandell	6.4292
Jack Farrell	6.4176
Fancy O'Neil	6.4176
James McDermott	6.4138
John Barrett	6.1748
Denny Clare	6.1748
John Galvin	6.1748
Higby	6.1748
John Kenney	6.1748
Charlie Lowe	6.1748
Al Thake	6.1748
Herb Worth	6.1748
Jim Britt	6.1735
Harry Berthrong	6.1715
Frank Norton	6.1715
Sam Jackson	6.1713
Henry Burroughs	6.1695
Josh Bunce	6.1655
Israel Pike	6.1655
Edward Beavens	6.1638
Dory Dean	6.1618
Dave Pierson	6.1618
Dale Williams	6.1618
Charlie Mills	6.1601
Marshall King	6.1597
Bub McAtee	6.1597
Frank McKenna	6.1572
Quinlan	6.1572
Jack McDonald	6.1561
Steve King	6.1506
Bill Barrett	6.1466
Wally Goldsmith	6.1445
Sam Field	6.1432
Charlie Hodes	6.1424
Jim Hall	6.1407
Steve Bellan	6.1381
Leonidas Lee	6.1378
Phonney Martin	6.1378
Patrick McKenna	6.1378
T.E. Newell	6.1378
Nate Berkenstock	6.1195
Tom Berry	6.1195
Tom Pratt	6.1195
Boland	6.0817

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