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Johnny Pesky--former Red Sox Great was key to Boston's pennant-contending clubs; during his 10 seasons in the majors, he was one of the top shortstops of his era.
HE'S THE FIRST PLAYER EVER TO lead the league in hits during his first three years in the majors.
He's as much of a Red Sox icon as Phil Rizzuto is to the Yankees.
Yet, Johnny Pesky hasn't been elected to join his famous teammates Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr in the Hall of Fame. Careers and records have been altered by military service, but Pesky's three years in the Navy during World War II have probably cost him a shot at Cooperstown.
Pesky, however, harbors no resentment about what might have been, choosing to dwell instead on his marvelous years in Boston when the Red Sox were perennial contenders in the mid- and late- 1940s.
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