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Which baseball player is portrayed in Sam Woodâs film The Stratton Story?
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(Foreground, from left to right) Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in A Night at the Opera (1935), directed by Sam Wood.
The baseball player portrayed in Sam Woodâs 1949 film The Stratton Story is Monty Stratton.1
The film is a biographical drama that depicts the life of the Major League Baseball pitcher, focusing on his career and his resilience in overcoming the loss of one of his legs.21