BOSTON - 1912. Pre game activity in Boston in new Fenway Park in 1912 is depicted on this color postcard from that year.. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
The Boston Red Sox have had many nobodies play a short time, but one of them became a somebody. George Whiteman the unlikely glue for the 1918 season.
Baseball history has many unsung heroes that surface and suddenly enjoy the spotlight even if briefly. Far too many quickly burn out and return to oblivion such as Bob Hazle who hit .403 for the Braves in 1957 in just 41 games to help spark the Braves to a pennant.