Arky Vaughan Marquee Hall of Fame 1985

He batted .318 over fourteen seasons with 2,103 hits, 1,173 runs and 926 runs batted in, and was named to nine straight All-Star teams from 1934 through 1942. He led the National League in runs three times, in triples three times and in walks three times. In 1935 he hit .385 on 192 hits in 499 at-bats.

In July 1943 Leo Durocher suspended Bobo Newsom and gave reporters an account Newsom disputed. Vaughan threw his uniform at Durocher's feet in the clubhouse and told him to hand it to Newsom. He finished that season leading the league in stolen bases with 20, then went home to his California ranch and stayed there three years.

He came back to Brooklyn in 1947 as a part-time player and was on the pennant winner, played 65 games in 1948, and stopped. On August 30, 1952, a fishing boat capsized in California and he drowned at forty. The Hall of Fame elected him in 1985, thirty-three years later.