1942 – Dodger Pete Reiser, hitless in his last 13 trips and with his batting average down 35 points in six weeks, enters the hospital with a torn thigh ligament.

On August 28, 1942 — 1942 – Dodger Pete Reiser, hitless in his last 13 trips and with his batting average down 35 points in six weeks, enters the hospital with a torn thigh ligament.

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1942 – Dodger Pete Reiser, hitless in his last 13 trips and with his batting average down 35 points in six weeks, enters the hospital with a torn thigh ligament.

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1942 – Dodger Pete Reiser, hitless in his last 13 trips and with his batting average down 35 points in six weeks, enters the hospital with a torn thigh ligament.

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