Remember in the wonderful 1989 Kevin Costner baseball flick Field of Dreams where he crosses paths with an Archie "Moonlight" Graham? In the film, he was a young baseball player whose single at-bat marked both the beginning and the end of his major league career.
As it turns out, that character was based on a real person, Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham (November 10 1879 – August 25 1965). However, unlike the movie portrayal, the real Moonlight never even got the one at-bat. Read more about the very small major league career of the real Archibald "Moonlight" Graham.
Speaking of don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it baseball careers, there's also Larry Yount, who is credited with one official game pitched in the majors despite never throwing a pitch (he was injured while warming up).
Having nothing to do with baseball and everything to do with one-strike-and-you're-out, meet Anne Sellors, actress, and subject of perhaps the World's Saddest IMDb page.
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Thanks for this article, pretty helpful piece of writing.
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