Mr. McNamara also played for Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby when he managed the Memphis Red Sox in 1940. Some call Hornsby the greatest right-handed hitter of all time, with a lifetime BA of .358.

In his first major league at bat, Mr. McNamara hit a single off Lefty Gomez, another Hall of Famer, 

A teammate on that Padres team was Ox Miller, who later played for the St. Louis Browns and the Washington Senators. 

From Gause, Texas, Ox was a right-handed pitcher who could bring it.

Another Padres teammate of Mr. McNamara was Butch Wensloff, a right handed pitcher from Sausalito, CA. Butch went on to pitch for the Yankees and the Cleavlane Indians.