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Born in Ames, Iowa, Billy Sunday became a professional baseball player with the team we know today as the Chicago Cubs. Shortly after being saved through the outreach of the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago, Sunday turned down a $400-per-month baseball salary (at a time when the average worker made $480 per year) for an $84-per-month ministry position. He advocated a strict morality and campaigned effectively for prohibition. Billy conducted hundreds of revival meetings and reached an estimated 100 million people.
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