Verdo Wilson "Ellie" Elmore (December 10, 1899 – August 5, 1969), was an American professional

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, who played in

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(MLB). Elmore played for the

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, in . A curious fact is that all three of Elmore’s big league hits were doubles, which ties him with Earl Hersh and

Dennis Powell Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Powell was undrafted and unrecruited out of Colquitt County High School and, after graduating, got a job on an ice truck to help support his mother ...

for the most hits in an MLB career, where all of the player’s hits were two-baggers.

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* 1899 births 1969 deaths People from Pickens County, Alabama Major League Baseball outfielders St. Louis Browns players 20th-century American sportsmen Muskegon Anglers players Texarkana Twins players Baseball players from Alabama Anniston Nobles players Alabama state senators University of Alabama alumni American military personnel of World War I American athlete-politicians 20th-century members of the Alabama Legislature {{US-baseball-outfielder-1890s-stub