[qwerty49]

BTW, best throw I ever witnessed personally was by Ellis Valentine. Game at Candlestick.  He raced to catch a foul ball down the RF line right around the bullpen mound, spun and threw an absolute rocket to the plate to nail a Giant runner tagging from third.

LOL I played in a pseudo-serious softball league in the late 70's and one year the guys started calling an outfield assist a "Valentine."  For a few years there the Expos had Warren Cromartie, Andre Dawson and Ellis Valentine patrolling the OF and they didn't get run on very often.  I looked it up and in 1978 Valentine and Cromartie tied for the MLB lead with 24 assists each, while Dawson had 17.

But apparently those stats are even kept by position, and as late as 2014 the all-time assists leader from RF was still Clemente with 260.  Aaron was 2nd with 186.

[qwerty49]

BTW, best throw I ever witnessed personally was by Ellis Valentine. Game at Candlestick.  He raced to catch a foul ball down the RF line right around the bullpen mound, spun and threw an absolute rocket to the plate to nail a Giant runner tagging from third.

LOL I played in a pseudo-serious softball league in the late 70's and one year the guys started calling an outfield assist a "Valentine."  For a few years there the Expos had Warren Cromartie, Andre Dawson and Ellis Valentine patrolling the OF and they didn't get run on very often.  I looked it up and in 1978 Valentine and Cromartie tied for the MLB lead with 24 assists each, while Dawson had 17.

But apparently those stats are even kept by position, and as late as 2014 the all-time assists leader from RF was still Clemente with 260.  Aaron was 2nd with 186.