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An institution in the Pacific Coast League, "Pop" collected 3,216 minor league hits over 21 years. A far-ranging outfielder, his only full ML seasons came in the Federal League, where he led in assists one year and fielding percentage the other. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 30, 1930: Brooklyn, in need of an OF, buys Ike Boone from the San Francisco Missions (PCL) where he was hitting .448 through 83 games. In 1929 Boone compiled an all-time record of 553 total bases while hitting 55 homers and batting .407. Boone wasn't even Brooklyn's first choice; the Robins preferred another PCL batting star, Buzz Arlett, who had his eye injured in a postgame fight with umpire Chet Chadbourne, who slugged the Oakland OF with his mask.