List Of Major League Baseball Players With 4,000 Total Bases
In baseball statistics, total bases refers to the number of bases a player has gained with hits, i.e., the sum of his hits weighted by 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run. Only bases attained from hits count toward this total.
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Went down the list of the dead.
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The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
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to remember and a list
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