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Marv Rickert, born in 1921 in a small town of 600 residents in the Olympic Peninsula, was signed right out of high school and played first base for the Class B Tacoma Tigers in 1938. However, he broke his foot and missed most of the season. The following year Rickert, 6-foot-2 and 195-pounds, played at Boise in the Class C Pioneer League and moved from first base to outfield. He batted .354 and hit 14 homers and drove in 75 runs in 100 games. In 1940, he played the entire season with the Tacoma Tigers and hit .288. The following season he was traded to the Chicago Cubs and in 1942 he joined the Coast Guard and served three years in World War II. After the war from 1946 to 1950, he played in the major leagues for five teams, playing for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago White Sox. In the 1946 season while with the Braves, Rickert and teammate Eddie Waitkus hit back-to-back, inside-the-park home runs. It was the only time that's happened happened in the major leagues until 1977. It's now happened twice. In 1948, Rickert was an emergency fill in for an injured player and returned to Boston and played in the World Series. He started four of the six games of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, who won the series 4-2.Lexicon
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