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7735 career PA's and 1639 were batting 4th, according to B-R.
When I was a kid there were two great sport related magazines: Sports Illustrated, of course and Sport (long since dead).
I hve since then remembered an article (I think it was a cover story) titled, "The Yankees have a cleanup hitter who bats cleanup." I would have sworn the artice was in SI, but when I do a search of that title I find that it was in Sport. Here's and article on White that mentions that story.
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b0667516
All the same, I remember him as a quality MLB hitter, dangerous and a tough out. If Ackley were only him.
PS...I think the story's title actually began with "Psssssst..."

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