Walter J (Rabbit) Maranville was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1954 along with Bill Dickey and William Terry. Maranville was a SS\2B with 23 seasons MLB experience playing with the Boston Braves (1912-1920, 1929-1933, 1935), Pittsburgh Pirates (1921-1924), Chicago Cubs (1925), Brooklyn Robins (1926) and St Louis Cardinals (1927-1928). For his MLB career he hit .258/.318/.340 with 28 HR, 884 RBI, 1255 R, 291 SB in 2670 games.
I believe his best three seasons were 1922 when he hit .295/.355/.378 with 0 HR, 63 RBI, 115 R, 24 SB in 155 games, 1921 when he hit .294/.347/.379 with 1 HR, 70 RBI, 90 R, 25 SB in 153 games and 1914 when he hit .246/.306/.326 with 4 HR, 78 RBI, 74 R, 28 SB in 156 games.
He was second in NL MVP voting in 1913. Maranville won the World Series Championship with the Braves in 1914.
He was a player\manager with the Cubs in 1925 with a 23-30 record.
Hall of Fame page
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