Article 626B8 Hack Wilson: the hard-living Chicago Cubs star whose epic 1930 endures

Hack Wilson: the hard-living Chicago Cubs star whose epic 1930 endures

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Tom Dart
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The mercurial Cubs outfielder was one of the most prolific sluggers in National League history and still holds one of baseball's most impregnable single-season records

With more than 40 home runs, nearly a hundred runs batted in and over a third of the season still to play, Aaron Judge is poised to complete the best season of his mighty career.

Still, the New York Yankees slugger will have to pick up the pace to match Hack Wilson, one of the greatest and most rambunctious hitters in the history of Major League Baseball and the holder of one of the sport's most impregnable records.

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