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1949
Don Newcombe
1949—1960
Minnie Minoso
Left Field
1949—1980
HALL OF FAME
Roy Sievers
First Base
1949—1965
Wally Post
Right Field
1949—1964
Monte Irvin
Left Field
1949—1956
Del Crandall
Catcher
1949—1966
Bobby Avila
Second Base
1949—1959
Bobby Shantz
1949—1964
Smoky Burgess
Catcher
1949—1967
Walt Dropo
First Base
1949—1961
Solly Hemus
Shortstop
1949—1959
Gus Zernial
Left Field
1949—1959
The nine most dramatic pennant races in baseball history
Yankees won flag by beating Red Sox on final Sunday of regular season in 1949