Oracle of Baseball

Link any two major league players by a shortest possible list of teammates. Choose two players to find the shortest chain between them:

Player One
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Player Two
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To find out how connected a given player is - that is, how short the chains are from him to other players - enter his name in the blank below.

How connected is ...
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Choice is: Babe Ruth