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Alex Kellner in a 1953 file photo. Arizona Daily Star file photo

Numbers of Kellner’s epic amateur pitching career –he turned pro at 16, after his final Panther season β€” are unavailable. But the big lefty pitched four no-hitters his senior season and was a MLB All-Star by 1950.Β 


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