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Encyclopedia > Charlie Maxwell

Charlie Maxwell was a major league baseball player from 1950 through 1964 for four teams. Maxwell was a left handed hitting outfielder who also played first base. Maxwell made his debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1950 and played for the Red Sox for four seasons. Maxwell's most productive years were with the Detroit Tigers from 1955 through 1962. He then finished his career with the Chicago White Sox.


Maxwell had a lifetime batting average of .264, hit 148 home runs and drove in 532 runs. Maxwell's nicknames included "Paw Paw" for his unusually named hometown of Paw Paw, Michigan and "Sunday Charlie" for his propensity for hitting home runs on Sundays.


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James Clerk Maxwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2367 words)
In 1854, Maxwell graduated with a degree as second wrangler in mathematics from Trinity (scoring second-highest in the mathematics exam) and was declared equal with the senior wrangler of his year in the higher ordeal of the Smith's prize examination.
Maxwell's most important contribution was the extension and mathematical formulation of earlier work on electricity and magnetism by Michael Faraday, André-Marie Ampère, and others into a linked set of differential equations (originally, 20 equations in 20 variables, later re-expressed in quaternion and vector-based notations).
Maxwell was ranked #24 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history and #91 on the BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
Charlie Maxwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (257 words)
Maxwell made the American League All-Star team in 1956 and 1957, and led the league outfielders in fielding average in 1957 and 1960.
In 1959 Maxwell posted career-highs in home runs with 31 (tied for fourth in the AL) and RBI with 95 (fifth in the AL).
Maxwell's nicknames included "Paw Paw", for his unusually named hometown of Paw Paw, Michigan, and "Sunday Charlie", for his propensity for hitting home runs on Sundays.
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