Charles Combs
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7,319 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 17 Aug
Charles Combs’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Won the uh World Series title in fifty seven.
Two time batting title.
three time gold glove and until
Baron Bond superseded him and many people put that with a asterisk.
I don't.
I'll explain that more later.
Seven hundred and fifty five homers, three oh five batting average lifetime.
nearly twenty three hundred RBIs, which is getting it done, twenty two hundred and ninety-seven to be exact.
Then also you got to you got to remember in them early days, Hank could Hank Hank could fly a little bit in them early days, you know, 240 stolen bases.
Then he also had nearly 4,000 hits, which is a testament to his talent, a testament to his um longevity, a testament to his durability, um, you know, with 3,000.
Seven hundred seventy one hits.
And right um then he was also
An ambassador.
for the game, you know, you know, like his quest to break Babe Ruth's record.
It kind of um in a way kind of um defied
some social norms at the time.
Yes.
You know, in in terms of, you know, in terms of segregation and terms of seg segregation of fandom.
You know, ca like many times, you know, down there in the deep south, you know, white whites and blacks have different interests.
But then
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