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Zander hollander is currently considered a single author. The baseball book, a complete atoz encyclopedia of baseball, edited by zander hollander, 1982. Zander hollander has 158 books on goodreads with 545 ratings. Fred lynn appeared in 145 major league games during the 1975 regular season. Hollander zander alexander, died peacefully on april 11th at the jewish home life care nh from alzheimers disease. If we didnt win, none of these awards would mean anything. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Duke snider society for american baseball research. Zander hollander books list of books by author zander hollander.
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