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1930s

This dimension places an athlete in the years they were actually competing. Wikipedia notes Pele "began playing for the Brazilian club Santos at age 15" and continued until "after retiring in 1977," a career spanning more than two decades. Browsing by active era sets an athlete alongside the rivals who were competing during the same period.

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Typically, action starts when the fielding or defending team delivers a ball toward a dedicated player of the batting or attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points). 1
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1. Wikipedia: Bat-and-ball game
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Typically, action starts when the fielding or defending team delivers a ball toward a dedicated player of the batting or attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points).
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Which athletes are grouped under Bat-and-Ball Sports?

Batters, pitchers, bowlers and all-rounders of baseball or cricket.

This subcategory groups athletes who competed in baseball or cricket, the team sports built on a bowler or pitcher delivering to a batter who scores runs, including batters, pitchers, bowlers and all-rounders of either sport. Stick-and-ball or goal-scoring team sport athletes are grouped instead under Hockey Codes or Football Codes.