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Found January 18, 2012 on Lions Blog:
PLAYERS: Vladimir Guerrero,  Derrek Lee
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles,  Pittsburgh Pirates

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Vladimir Guerrero will turn 37 next month. In a full season with Baltimore last year, he hit only 13 home runs and drove in 63 runs. In 2010, he had 29 homers and 115 RBIs for Texas -- his 10th season of at least 100 RBIs. Derrek Lee is 36. He had 59 RBIs last year, but the year before that he had 80 -- the eighth time he had at least that many.
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