The Baseball Encyclopedia : The Complete and Official Record of Major League Baseball Book

I only mention this, the finest baseball stats collection to be found, to remind all of you to look up my relative Ossie Orwoll, "The Iowa Ghost," who's a very minor footnote in Philadelphia A's history:

Oswald Christian Orwoll (Born November 17, 1900 in Portland, Oregon, Died May 8, 1967 in Decorah, Iowa) is a former pitcher & first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics who has a career 6-7 record in 39 games pitched (8 starts) and a .294 batting average in 94 games. He was part of Connie Mack's 1929 World Series team, but did not appear in any games. On November 29, 1930 he was traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Homer Summa to the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League for Herb Lahti, who never appeared in a major league game.

Ossie's Philadelphia teammates included Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove. He also played halfback for the Milwaukee Badgers of the NFL.

Ossie has a baseball field named for him in Decorah, Iowa. Cool, huh?