Lewis Miller Flick was former Major League Baseball

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 outfielder and pinch hitter

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. He debuted late in the season, playing right field

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 for the Philadelphia Athletics

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 on September 28. His game was quite impressive, as he got three hit

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s in five at bat

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s (a .600 batting average

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) while scoring two run

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s. The following season, he played in 19 games, but the results were not quite so positive, as he managed just 4 hits in 35 at bats for an abysmal .114 average. He also had one stolen base

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, but did not have any extra base hit

Extra base hit

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Both before and after his major league career, Flick put up big numbers in the minor leagues. He won three minor league batting titles, two in the Appalachian League

Appalachian League

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 before his major league stint, and one in the American Association

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 in . He also led his league in hits six different times. On July 21, , he set a record for most consecuitve hits in a single game, hitting safely nine straight times for the Little Rock Travelers

Little Rock Travelers

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 of the Southern Association

Southern Association

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in a 19-inning contest. He grounded out in his final at bat, finishing the game 9-for-10.

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