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25. Rico Petrocelli

Rico Petrocelli played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, which began as a late-season call-up in 1963.  The Sox kept him in Triple A for 1964, and he was anointed the starting Shortstop in Boston for 1965.  Named to the All-Star team in both 1967 & 1969, Petrocelli finished in the top six in Defensive bWAR each year from 1966 to 1969, and in 1969, he was first among all Position Players with a 10.0 bWAR.  As you can deduce, this was his best offensive season, where he was seventh in Batting Average (.297), fifth in On Base Percentage (.403), and fourth in Home Runs (40).  Petrocelli would finish seventh in MVP voting.

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