All through that Civil War epic, we thought he was folksy and charming — but as soon as he showed up in the baseball thing, we hated his guts. Maybe it was the beard.

Name
Shelby Foote
Birthday
November 17, 1916
Age
88
Died on
Monday, June 27th, 2005
Famous
Confirmed
Monday, April 27th, 1998
Shelby Foote
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Guess the Stiff!

He pitched 158 complete games, and had 203 wins in his 18-year career. He was voted Most Valuable Player of the 1957 World Series with three complete game victories, two of them shutouts. He had outstanding control, averaging just 1.84 walks per nine innings pitched, and he pitched over 3,000 of them. Anyway, he's dead.

(d) February 6th, 2007