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WolfishMusings
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Now that I give it further thought, the book’s author missed Jimmie Reese, who played with Babe Ruth in the 30s (and who, IIRC, was the last surviving teammate of Ruth’s).

Other pre-1980s players include:

Elliot Maddox, a convert* who played for the Yankees in the 70s.

Ken Holtzman (1970s)

For the record, my favorite Jewish-themed baseball nicknames are:

Mike Epstein (SuperJew)

Moses Solomon (The Rabbi of Swat)

The Wolf

* I have no idea about the halachic validity of Elliott’s geirus. However, I doubt that yitayningwut’s book would have been too worried about that either.