• Bagwell, a slugging first baseman, was elected in his seventh year of eligibility. (worldbook.com)
  • More disappointing was third baseman Bill Madlock, one of the National League's consistently best hitters, slipping to a stat line of .341 OBP/.399 slugging percentage. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • Octavio Víctor 'Cookie' Rojas Rivas (born March 6, 1939), is a Cuban-American former professional baseball second baseman / outfielder , coach , and manager , who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , St. Louis Cardinals , and Kansas City Royals . (cloudfront.net)
  • Although the Phillies already had an All-Star second baseman in fellow Cuban Tony Taylor , Rojas had seen the last of the minor leagues and would man second in 27 games in 1963. (cloudfront.net)
  • Although he became the regular Phillies second baseman in 1965, [4] Rojas would go on to play at every fielding position, including catcher and pitcher, but would see the bulk of his playing time in the outfield and shortstop in addition to second base. (cloudfront.net)
  • On August 13, 1907, owner Barney Dreyfuss purchased his contract from Washington and it said that McKechnie was among the best third baseman in the league, with one of his highlights being his hitting. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • In November of 2013 Kinsler was traded to Detroit in a deal that brought the Rangers slugging first baseman Prince Fielder. (icersport.com)
  • Under this system, Punto was the 22 nd -best second baseman in baseball. (blogspot.com)
  • He came into his own in 1897 hitting .346 and the following season led the National League in home runs and was considered the best fielding third baseman of his generation thanks to a strong arm and very good range. (fueledbysports.com)
  • Young outfielders Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Lee each hit over .300, and first baseman Paul Konerko slugged 21 homers. (baseball-reference.com)
  • He was still good, posting a .351 on-base percentage and .485 slugging percentage. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • The left-handed-hitting Thaiss led his college team in batting (.375), home runs (10), RBIs (59), slugging (.578) and on-base percentage (.473) that season. (latimes.com)
  • Thaiss has a solid .279 average and .808 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in 404 minor league games, with 45 homers and 241 RBIs, but uneven playing time and mechanical inconsistencies with his stance and swing have prevented him from carrying that success to the big leagues. (latimes.com)
  • He played for the Cardinals for even season and it is likely that 2004 was his best season in baseball.He hit .301 and smacked 42 home runs and drove in 111 runs with a ,643 slugging percentage. (knupsports.com)
  • Hal McRae, the steady designated hitter, posted a stat line of .351 on-base percentage/.466 slugging percentage. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • Kershaw is 3-3 with a 5.24 earned-run average over 34 1/3 innings in his last six starts in which opponents have hit .262 with a .921 on-base-plus-slugging percentage. (latimes.com)
  • Melendez leads all of Division I baseball in batting average, slugging percentage, home runs and total bases. (usabaseball.com)
  • A contender for the Pac-12 triple crown all year, Vaughn entered the final series of the regular season as the conference's leader in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. (usabaseball.com)
  • The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. (wikipedia.org)
  • Known affectionately as "Pudge" (a somewhat chubby reference borrowed from Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk), Rodríguez played 21 seasons with the Rangers, Florida Marlins , Detroit Tigers , Yankees, and Washington Nationals . (worldbook.com)
  • Pitcher Joe Giard was 13-15 for the 1925-1926 Browns before moving over to finish his big league career on the staff of the mighty 1927 Yankees. (baseball-fever.com)
  • Brooklyn became the Dodgers once more, but a trail of losing seasons made the franchise the heel of New York baseball as the crosstown Giants and New York Yankees thrived. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • The Yankees won the 1976 AL East pennant in a romp, squeezed through to win the American League title and were swept by Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" in the World Series. (sportsology.com)
  • McKechnie returned to the majors in 1913, jumping all around the next four years, with stops in Boston (1913 Braves) New York (1913 Yankees), the Federal League (Indianapolis in 1914 and Newark in 1915), then back to New York (1916 Giants), before ending up with the 1916 Cincinnati Reds. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • It was on that path, definitely not a well-traveled one by those seeking a road to the Major Leagues, which Balboni garnered national attention and caught the eye of Yankees scouts, who made him a second-round pick in the 1978 MLB First-Year Player Draft. (ballnine.com)
  • The Yankees sent Balboni to West Haven [Conn.] of the Double-A Eastern League where he would play for future Yankees manager Stump Merrill. (ballnine.com)
  • The Kansas City Royals came into the 1979 major league baseball season as the winners of three straight AL West titles and the losers of three straight gut-wrenching American League Championship Series battles with the New York Yankees. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • He asked Pappas, still just 23 years old and already in his sixth season in the majors, "How do you beat the Yankees? (blogspot.com)
  • When the Angels used the 16th overall pick of the 2016 draft on Virginia catcher Matt Thaiss , they were convinced they were getting one of the top hitters in the country. (latimes.com)
  • Randy Boyd helped ensure the continued operations of the Johnson City Cardinals when Boyd Sports assumed management of the team in 2016 and gave roughly $400,000 in investments to the Cardinals' baseball facilities, including an artificial turf infield, party deck pavilion, locker room upgrades, on-line ticketing system and concessions renovations. (appyleague.com)
  • To be eligible, ballplayers must have spent at least 10 seasons in the majors and been retired for 5 years (exceptions are made in the case of severe injury or sudden death, such as with Roberto Clemente ). (worldbook.com)
  • He was playing with Washington of the Class-D Pennsylvania-Ohio-Michigan League during the 1906-07 seasons and didn't have much success at the plate according to his stats on Baseball-Reference, though there could be mistakes in there. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • When the Federal League ended after two seasons at the Major League level, McKechnie was sold to the New York Giants, where he stayed until late July of 1916. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • He was their everyday catcher for two seasons and then moved over to third base to make room for Ted Simmons behind the plate in 1971. (knupsports.com)
  • Adrian Beltre spent the final eight of his 21 Major League seasons patrolling the hot corner in Texas, and was an emphatic fan favorite during his entire Rangers tenure. (icersport.com)
  • Catcher Jim Sundberg played for the Rangers for a dozen seasons, and aside from Pudge Rodriguez, he's the most distinguished backstop the organization has ever employed. (icersport.com)
  • Through 25 seasons as head baseball coach at NC State, Elliott Avent has molded the Wolfpack into one of the nation's best and most consistent programs. (insidepacksports.com)
  • Despite a slow 4-9 (1-8 ACC) start, the 2021 squad turned in one of the most historic and memorable seasons in NC State baseball history, as it finished the regular season with a 28-15 record, winning 24 of its last 30 games, and close out conference play with a 19-14 record to finish third overall in the ACC. (insidepacksports.com)
  • But if you dig a little deeper, you'll see that Milt was plenty successful in his own right: in a career that spanned 17 big league seasons, he won 209 games and lost 164 with a 3.40 ERA (110 ERA+). (blogspot.com)
  • Ivan Melendez is producing one of the greatest offensive seasons in the history of Texas Longhorns baseball, batting .421 with 28 home runs and 85 RBI. (usabaseball.com)
  • Players must be retired from active roster status from all classifications of professional baseball for a minimum of two full seasons before becoming eligible. (appyleague.com)
  • that the Dodgers had just signed a pitcher to a minor league contract. (truebluela.com)
  • Born out of a borough rich in early baseball activity, the Dodgers started as a minor league outfit and, after winning the Interstate League title in 1883, moved up to the American Association a year later. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • While several top picks from his draft class - Atlanta pitcher Ian Anderson, Seattle outfielder Kyle Lewis and Dodgers catcher Will Smith - have established themselves as big league regulars, Thaiss, 25, is still scrambling for a roster spot. (latimes.com)
  • The first part of the headline is the most important: The Dodgers get Hong-Chih Kuo back after a minor-league rehab appearance Friday ( his third ) in which he allowed no runs or walks and struck out two. (dodgerthoughts.com)
  • The last-place Mets, toiling through extra innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, looked done for after the would-be National League champions took a 7-6 lead in the top of the 11th. (sabr.org)
  • 1958 In front of 60,635 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Dodgers, who beat St. Louis, 5-2, set a National League record for the largest crowd to attend a night game during the regular season. (linkmeister.com)
  • The trio of two-baggers contributes to the Dodgers' 6-5 victory over San Francisco with the right-hander scoring two runs and driving in another en route to his victory. (linkmeister.com)
  • John Schuerholz served as general manager of the Kansas City Royals from 1981 though 1990. (worldbook.com)
  • He was the 1991 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year (an annual award for the best first-year player), and in the strike-shortened 1994 season, Bagwell hit .368 with 39 homers and 116 runs batted in (RBI's) in just 110 games to earn the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. (worldbook.com)
  • In addition to being the Mariners' all-time leader in home runs (417), Griffey ranks sixth in baseball history with 630 homers. (golferswest.com)
  • Moved from catcher to first base after being drafted, Thaiss has played in 61 big league games at third base, first base, second base and left field, hitting .202 with nine homers and 24 RBIs. (latimes.com)
  • Meanwhile, catcher Earl Williams wins the Rookie of the Year by smashing 33 homers. (sportsecyclopedia.com)
  • Hank Aaron would go on to finish the season with 20 homers, before departing at the end of the year for the American League, and a position as the Milwaukee Brewers Designated Hitter. (sportsecyclopedia.com)
  • It all adds up to a fascinating career, one that gained Balboni, who hit 420 combined homers in the Major [181] and Minor Leagues [239], legions of fans and the reputation as a devastating long-ball hitter. (ballnine.com)
  • Raines, an outfielder whose consistency and physique earned him the nickname "Rock," first tasted the majors in 1979 with the Montreal Expos . (worldbook.com)
  • He was bad in his debut season in 1981 at the age of 21, and his next season, injuries limited him to a half season. (vivaelbirdos.com)
  • Rojas would finally go north with the Reds at the beginning of the 1962 season and would make his major league debut on April 10. (cloudfront.net)
  • He converted to first base in the minor leagues and made his MLB debut in 2003. (alchetron.com)
  • He made his major league debut with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves on September 25, 1960. (knupsports.com)
  • 1937 Cliff Melton becomes the first rookie to fan at least 10 batters in his major league debut, finishing with 13 strikeouts in a complete-game loss to the Braves at the Polo Grounds. (linkmeister.com)
  • The 25 year-old southpaw, who loses the 3-1 contest due to the poor defense of the Giants in the ninth inning, will hold the rookie record for K's in his debut until Dodger freshman Karl Spooner whiffs 15 batters in his first major league start in 1954. (linkmeister.com)
  • Just a month later on April 7, 44,649 fans braved snow and freezing temperatures as Major League baseball made a successful debut in Toronto. (bluejaysfans.ca)
  • Feller toed the rubber at Comiskey Park in front of 14,000 fans and navigated around five walks and one error to toss the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in Major League history. (mlb.com)
  • Japan's all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh , retires from professional baseball. (baseball-reference.com)
  • Justin Ernest George Morneau (born May 15, 1981) is a Canadian professional baseball designated hitter who is a free agent. (alchetron.com)
  • In 1998, he was selected the best hitter and catcher of the National Championships playing for Team British Columbia . (alchetron.com)
  • Yastrzemski's Triple Crown win in 1967 was the last time a major league hitter won the Batting Triple Crown until Miguel Cabrera in the 2012 season (conversely, six different pitchers have since won the pitchers' version). (detailedpedia.com)
  • The previous record of most home runs hit in a season, set at 5,064 in 1998, was broken once again as the American League and National League combined to hit 5,528 home runs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Moreover, it was the first season in 49 years to feature a team that scored 1,000 runs in a season, as the Cleveland Indians led the Majors with 1,009 runs scored. (wikipedia.org)
  • Warren Spahn Award (Best left-handed pitcher): Randy Johnson (ARI) 1American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner This was the fourth season under the five-year rights agreements with ESPN, Fox, and NBC. (wikipedia.org)
  • In his first full season in 1981 (the only other MLB season shortened by a player strike), Raines hit .304, paced the NL with 71 stolen bases, and made the first of seven consecutive All-Star teams. (worldbook.com)
  • As a result, more than 100 baseball writers who retired or became non-active following the 2005 season lost their HOF voting status this year. (golferswest.com)
  • It has crossed my mind that for a 60-year period, starting when the BBWAA began voting for the Hall of Fame in 1936, through the 1996 season (the year before interleague play started) many baseball beat writers during that time period never actually saw a game involving teams from the other league. (golferswest.com)
  • lt;p>The 1995 season did not begin in the customary first week of April time period because the 1994 baseball strike didn't come to end until April 2, 1995. (truebluela.com)
  • Which Browns club achieved the lowest slugging average for a single season? (baseball-fever.com)
  • They won their first pennant in their last season in the AA (in 1889) and then another a year later during its maiden National League campaign after making yet another move. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • Playing baseball over the objections of his father, who wanted him to be a doctor, Rojas signed his first professional baseball contract with the Cincinnati Reds as a 17-year-old amateur free agent prior to the start of the 1956 season. (cloudfront.net)
  • A four-time All-Star , Morneau was named the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) during the 2006 season by helping the Twins win their fourth division title in five years. (alchetron.com)
  • He began his big league career with a brief late season trial with the Pirates during the 1907 season. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • The Braves would finish in fifth place with an 85-77 record, in their first season in Dixieland, as Hank Aaron led the National League in home runs and RBI. (sportsecyclopedia.com)
  • After their miserable season, the Braves are awarded the first pick overall in the Major League draft. (sportsecyclopedia.com)
  • Features links to each of the MLB teams, as well as baseball season stats, news, game schedules, video highlights, and online broadcasts. (basports.com)
  • Catcher Darrell Porter had the best season of his 17-year major league career. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • After a shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Avent, who was named ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and USA Baseball College Coach of the Year, guided the Wolfpack back to the College World Series in 2021. (insidepacksports.com)
  • In the 2021 season, Avent saw a league-leading seven players collect All-ACC honors and a program-best five collect All-ACC Academic Team honors, headlined by ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jonny Butler. (insidepacksports.com)
  • Yastrzemski enjoyed his best season in 1967 , when he won the American League Triple Crown with a .326 batting average , 44 home runs (tied with Harmon Killebrew ) and 121 RBIs . (detailedpedia.com)
  • Nineteen sixty-seven was the season of the " Impossible Dream " for the Red Sox (referring to the hit song from the musical Man of La Mancha ), who rebounded from a ninth-place finish a year before to win the American League pennant (their first since 1946 ) on the last day of the season. (detailedpedia.com)
  • In his rookie season, Longoria hits .272 with 27 home runs and 85 RBIs in just 122 games and was named to his first All-Star team and voted the American League Rookie of the Year. (fueledbysports.com)
  • In 1932, his first season in the big leagues Hack hit just .236 and was demoted to Double-A. In 1934, Hack returned to the bigs and became well known for drawing walks and eventually would walk more than 1,000 times during his career and have a career OBP of .394. (fueledbysports.com)
  • From 1974 through the 1981 season, Cey averaged 24 home runs and 85 RBIs per season and earned a trip to the All-Star game six times. (fueledbysports.com)
  • The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner was 12-2 with a 2.63 ERA in his first 21 starts this season, limiting opponents to a .218 average, .615 OPS and 15 home runs. (latimes.com)
  • 1981 The players approved a split-season format necessitated by the seven-week strike. (linkmeister.com)
  • Arkansas redshirt senior reliever Kevin Kopps has emerged as the most dominant pitcher in college baseball during the 2021 season, racking up unfathomable numbers while pitching strictly out of the bullpen. (usabaseball.com)
  • Ranked at or near the top of the national home run list throughout the entire season, Vaughn entered the final week of the regular season tied for the Cal single-season home run record with All-American and major leaguer Xavier Nady. (usabaseball.com)
  • The White Sox led the American League Central by 10 1/2 games at the All-Star break and survived a late season challenge by the Cleveland Indians to win the division. (baseball-reference.com)
  • Entry into the Appalachian League Hall of Fame shall be made available to anyone previously or currently associated with the league regardless of the duration of the association, beginning with the 1957 season. (appyleague.com)
  • Now, we look ahead to the 2023 season with an outlook analyzing the National League and American League candidates for the MLB MVP race. (hestro.wiki)
  • On pace to win the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger, Murphy is having the best season by a catcher since Buster Posey's NL MVP year. (hestro.wiki)
  • The 13-time All-Star, 10-time Gold Glove Award winner and 1997 American League Most Valuable Player could receive upwards of the 97.3 percent of votes that former Mariners teammate Randy Johnson received a year ago. (golferswest.com)
  • He was named the New Westminster High School Athlete of the year and was a member of Canadian national champion baseball teams in 1997 and 1998. (alchetron.com)
  • The Miami Marlins slugger's fifth-inning solo shot in the team's 12-6 loss surpasses the 496-footer hit in 1997 by Dodger catcher Mike Piazza off current Colorado bullpen coach Darren Holmes. (linkmeister.com)
  • Jim Thome came to the Appalachian League in 1990 when he became a member of the Burlington Indians. (appyleague.com)
  • 1891 - Charlie Comiskey , having had enough of St. Louis Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe , signs as the manager and team captain of the National League 's Cincinnati Reds . (baseball-reference.com)
  • Pitcher José Contreras hurls eight innings of 2-hit, 10-K ball in relief for the Cubans, while catcher Charles Johnson hits a two-run home run, and DH Harold Baines drives in the winning run for the Orioles. (wikipedia.org)
  • w Became the first pitcher in major league history to post back-to-back campaigns with a 1.00 ERA or lower (min. (cubshq.com)
  • He would win all 6 games, capping the month with back to back, complete game, 13 strike out shutouts (per Baseball Reference, no other Dodger pitcher has ever had back to back shutouts with 13 or more strikeouts, not Koufax, not Drysdale, not Fernando). (truebluela.com)
  • Pitcher Stan Ferens went 5 and 13 with an ERA of 4.18 for the 1942 and 1946 Browns and then was gone for good from major league baseball. (baseball-fever.com)
  • 1975 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins his second Cy Young Award , after pacing the American League in wins (23), shutouts (10), and ERA (2.09). (baseball-reference.com)
  • Yastrzemski began his major-league career in 1961 and hit his first home run off of former Red Sox pitcher Jerry Casale . (detailedpedia.com)
  • Kopps, the SEC Pitcher of the Year as well as the Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year, leads the nation in numerous categories, including ERA (0.68) and WHIP (0.73), and continues to rewrite the Razorback record book with every outing he makes. (usabaseball.com)
  • His second cousin is former Cubs catcher and two-time All-Star Jody Davis (1981-88 Cubs, 1988-90 Braves). (cubshq.com)
  • 1959 - Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs . (baseball-reference.com)
  • In 1984, Greg Maddux began his professional baseball career in the Appalachian League with the Pikeville Cubs. (appyleague.com)
  • He is the Willie Mays of my era and watching him play on a daily basis from 1989, when he reached the Majors as a 19-year-old, through 1998, the year before he was traded to the Reds, was a treat. (golferswest.com)
  • KC came out of Memorial Day and won series against Baltimore , who ultimately won the American League and Milwaukee (an American League team prior to 1998), who won 95 games. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • The first major league player clearly identifiable as Italian American was Ed Abbaticchio, who enjoyed a successful nine-year career between 1897 and 1910. (wetheitalians.com)
  • He spent only five years as a Yankee in a 21- year Major League career. (sportsology.com)
  • At every stop during his 14-year MLB career, catcher Kurt Suzuki has brought what his new Angels teammates recognize immediately: boundless enthusiasm. (latimes.com)
  • Willie was named National League MVP in 1985 and won two batting titles in his career. (knupsports.com)
  • Hank Aaron hits 47 HR en-route to surpassing the 600 career home run barrier. (sportsecyclopedia.com)
  • Puerto Rican-born backstop Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez is on the short list of greatest catchers in the history of the game, and the vast majority of his illustrious career was spent in Texas. (icersport.com)
  • Balboni made a name for himself early in his career as a dominating minor-league slugger and closed his career in the same fashion, using both acts to bookend the chapters that took place in New York and Kansas City, where he enjoyed his greatest success. (ballnine.com)
  • born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz" , is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). (detailedpedia.com)
  • In 1967 Yastrzemski achieved a peak in his career, leading the Red Sox to the American League pennant for the first time in over two decades and being voted the 1967 American League MVP . (detailedpedia.com)
  • He attended Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship (his career Long Island high school scoring mark at Bridgehampton broke one previously held by Jim Brown ) briefly before embarking on his baseball career. (detailedpedia.com)
  • When Bob Elliott began his major league career he played the outfield with the Pittsburgh Pirates. (fueledbysports.com)
  • David Wright's career is a what could have been due to several injuries he suffered the latter part of his career, but when healthy Wright was considered one of the best in baseball at the hot corner. (fueledbysports.com)
  • Eddie Murray began his baseball career in 1973 in the Appalachian League with the Bluefield Orioles. (appyleague.com)
  • Kirby Puckett began his Hall of Fame career in 1982 in the Appalachian League with the Elizabethton Twins. (appyleague.com)
  • Cal Ripken Jr. began his professional baseball career in the Appalachian League in 1978 with the Bluefield Orioles. (appyleague.com)
  • Nolan Ryan began his baseball career in 1965 in the Appalachian League as a member of the Marion Mets. (appyleague.com)
  • In his Major League career Thome hit more than 600 HRs, made five All-Star appearances, and won a Silver Slugger award. (appyleague.com)
  • Alan Trammell began his professional baseball career in 1976 in the Appalachian League with the Bristol Tigers. (appyleague.com)
  • Using data from 1967-76 from both leagues, presents % of games teams score a given number of runs from 0 to 19+. (sabr.org)
  • By 1967, he was in the big leagues. (sportsology.com)
  • Here is a good spot to note that prior to 1994, both leagues had just two divisions-an East and a West-and the winner of each went directly to the League Championship Series. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • At 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), Morneau was drafted as a catcher by the Twins in 1999. (alchetron.com)
  • Rodriguez was named to the American League all-star team ten times, won ten Gold Glove awards, took home six Silver Sluggers, and most impressively, was named the MVP of the AL in 1999. (icersport.com)
  • Sean Murphy, Atlanta Braves - Not only does Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy lead all of his peers in wRC+, he also ranks second in Defensive Runs Saved (3) and Catcher Framing Runs (4). (hestro.wiki)
  • On March 26, 1976, the American League granted an expansion franchise to a group consisting of Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust Limited and The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. (bluejaysfans.ca)
  • O n March 26, 1976 the American League voted to expand to Toronto, awarding franchise to group consisting of Imperial Trust, Ltd., Labatt's Breweries, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. (bluejaysfans.ca)
  • Rodríguez, earning his way on the first try (a rare honor), was the game's premier catcher during his long tenure in the big leagues. (worldbook.com)
  • I played professional baseball after that," Belfiore said before the game's 10th anniversary. (in.ua)
  • So how did Pittsburgh manage to rank fifth in a 12-team National League in runs scored? (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • Two months later, he was sold to Canton of the Class-C Ohio-Penn League, where he hit .283 with 34 steals and 55 runs scored in 118 games in 1908. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • rookie to be named to the National League All-Star team. (truebluela.com)
  • lt;p>Hideo Nomo would never pitch in another All-Star game but he did go on to be awarded the 1995 National League Rookie of the Year. (truebluela.com)
  • March 28 - The Orioles make the first visit to Cuba by major leaguers since 1959, and defeat a team of Cuban amateurs by a score of 3-2 in 11 innings. (wikipedia.org)
  • Yastrzemski signed with the Red Sox organization, which sent him to the minor-league Raleigh Capitals in 1959 , where he led the league with a .377 batting average. (detailedpedia.com)
  • For close to a decade Ian Kinsler provided the Rangers with one of the most productive and reliable second basemen in the American League. (icersport.com)
  • Jackson also recorded the highest slugging average in a six-game Series (1.250), most total bases in a six-game Series (25), most runs (tied with 10). (sportsology.com)
  • Arizona WBB looks to rebound against UCLA, Candidates for student body president discuss goals in debate Tuesday, Arizona baseball slugs their way to a 9-run win, Campus highlights: The UA offers affordable, eco-friendly bike services, Arizona Baseball goes 1-2 against West Virginia, COMIC: Paleontology 101 #2 Protoceratops. (in.ua)
  • So they settled for sixth in the National League in staff ERA. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • While his first two years were viewed as solid but unspectacular, he emerged as a rising star in 1963 , winning the American League batting championship with a batting average of .321, and also leading the league in doubles and walks, finishing sixth in the Most Valuable Player voting. (detailedpedia.com)
  • Dario Lodigiani, a San Francisco native who would spend six years in the major leagues between 1938 and 1946, told me that his father was initially opposed to his son's wishes. (wetheitalians.com)
  • In 1946, he was named to his third all-star team and voted National League MVP. (fueledbysports.com)
  • View pregame, in-game and post-game details from the Madera (CA) @ Fresno (CA) tournament JV baseball game on Thu, 3/2/2023. (in.ua)
  • The 2023 Baseball Schedule for the Fresno State Bulldogs with line and box scores plus records, streaks, and rankings. (in.ua)
  • WAR uses every aspect of the game- batting, baserunning, and fielding, factors in position and ballpark and determines how many wins better than a league average player an individual player might be. (icersport.com)
  • Honorable mention goes to George Bell, who became the first player in Major League history to hit three home runs on Opening Day in 1988. (mlb.com)
  • Their .274 slugging average was the worst among a lot of bad hitting clubs in Browns history. (baseball-fever.com)
  • Official source for MLB history including player and team baseball stats, awards, records, rookies & research - by Baseball Almanac. (baseball-fever.com)
  • You do need to treat all eras of baseball history fairly. (baseballthinkfactory.org)
  • Beyond DiMaggio is the first extensive history of Italian Americans in baseball. (wetheitalians.com)
  • While doing the research for Beyond DiMaggio I discovered that, in many ways, the history of Italian American involvement in baseball mirrors the experience of Americans of Italian descent. (wetheitalians.com)
  • MacPhail left and was replaced by renowned St. Louis executive Branch Rickey -who made history at the end of 1945 by signing Jackie Robinson as the century's first black player in organized "white" baseball. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Jackson, I really mean that. (sportsology.com)
  • Also uniform history, draft picks and major leaguers. (in.ua)
  • TEXAS IN 1977: The longest winning streaks in college baseball history. (in.ua)
  • Interactive baseball encyclopedia filled with facts, statistics, research, anecdotes, and quotations about the sport and its history. (basports.com)
  • Official site of the Baseball Hall of Fame presents the history of the sport with an online display of baseball artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia. (basports.com)
  • Thanks to its hot start, the Pack was ranked No. 1 in a major poll for the first time in program history as it occupied the top spot in the Collegiate Baseball Rankings for three consecutive weeks (March 18 - April 7). (insidepacksports.com)
  • He edged out (now fellow) Hall of Famers Roberto Alomar and Pedro Martinez as that year's American League MVP. (worldbook.com)
  • Hack played on five All-Star teams and in 1938 was seventh in voting for the National League MVP. (fueledbysports.com)
  • Although he possessed an above-average glove, the Reds were not sure he'd ever hit enough to play regularly in the majors. (cloudfront.net)
  • His .745 OPS was 62 points above league average. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • Robinson was selected to represent the 1940s, and is the second baseball player chosen. (wikipedia.org)
  • The glory of Brooklyn baseball reached its peak early in the decade as the Boys of Summer reigned, with Robinson, Snider and three-time NL MVP Roy Campanella sparking a lively offense at comfy Ebbets Field. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • Lacy's stat line was .394/.511, while Robinson slugged .463. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • If you're anything less than a diehard baseball fan, you probably know Pappas as the chief outgoing player that the O's sent to Cincinnati in the Frank Robinson trade. (blogspot.com)
  • One of the great things about having an intelligent and inquisitive readership here at Baseball Prospectus is that interacting with our readers often yields strong ideas for articles. (baseballprospectus.com)
  • Frank Howard, who was the marquee player when the team was the Washington Senators, celebrated the arrival of baseball in Texas with a first-inning home run. (mlb.com)
  • According to one source, Nomo will receive a signing bonus in excess of $2 million, the largest ever provided to a non-major league player. (truebluela.com)
  • lt;p>Nomo, 26, who is expected to replace Orel Hershiser in the starting rotation, would become the first Japanese player from that nation's major leagues to appear in the U.S. major leagues. (truebluela.com)
  • The Superbas began the century in style with a National League pennant in 1900, but were hit hard by the player raids of the upstart American League , descending the team into a series of subpar (if not worse) finishes. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • [5] In the 1972 All-Star Game in Atlanta, he hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the eighth inning, which was the first time that a non-American-born player had ever homered for the American League in the mid-summer classic. (cloudfront.net)
  • Yastrzemski is an 18-time All-Star , the possessor of seven Gold Gloves , a member of the 3,000 hit club , and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs . (detailedpedia.com)
  • Yastrzemski also played Little League Baseball , and became the first Little League player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . (detailedpedia.com)
  • In 1901, Collins moved to the American League to play for the Boston Americans and took over the helm as player/manager. (fueledbysports.com)
  • Growing up, Morneau was an avid sports fan, whose favourite athletes included hockey players Patrick Roy , fellow BC boy Cam Neely , Ray Bourque and baseball players John Olerud , Ken Griffey Jr, Jack Morris and Larry Walker . (alchetron.com)
  • Fox's coverage included Fox Saturday Baseball broadcasts, Thursday night games on Fox Sports Net, Saturday primetime games on FX, and the All-Star Game. (wikipedia.org)
  • He played "only" 898 games at catcher, in addition to 793 at first base and 515 at third base, and while his hitting (.298 EqA , 578 RARP , 322 RAP ) is above the standard at all three spots, his fielding (-18 FRAA ) falls short. (baseballprospectus.com)
  • Therefore, except for trades between American and National League teams, a baseball writer in Cleveland covered only AL games. (golferswest.com)
  • So the only time highly-regarded baseball scribes like Russell Schneider of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer saw NL players perform was during spring training, All-Star Games, and the World Series. (golferswest.com)
  • According to Christensen, GM Bill Smith said it as a minor procedure in order to get it "cleaned up" and will be ready by the time the Grapefruit League games start. (blogspot.com)
  • In the Pacific Coast League Hack hit .352 in 164 games. (fueledbysports.com)
  • But tonight Adam did something he's never done in 1,253 previous big league games: he drew three walks. (blogspot.com)
  • So the Orioles remain the only team in the American League East with a winning record, and they lead the Red Sox and Blue Jays by 3.5 games each. (blogspot.com)
  • I've been passionate about baseball for as long as I can remember, but there was a time when I couldn't have imagined writing a book about Italian American ballplayers, or even about anything Italian. (wetheitalians.com)
  • At the end of the 19th century, when baseball was dominated by Anglo, German and Irish Americans, Italian American ballplayers were not welcome. (wetheitalians.com)
  • It's interesting to watch the reaction of the baseball community after Mariners' GM Jack Zduriencik does anything. (blogspot.com)
  • However, they were swept in the American League Division Series by the Seattle Mariners . (baseball-reference.com)
  • And for position players and catchers, it would probably be the same. (vivaelbirdos.com)
  • 1889 - After a formal meeting of representatives from all National League chapters, the Brotherhood issues a "Manifesto" in which it claims that "players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens. (baseball-reference.com)
  • This bold statement constitutes a declaration of war between the Brotherhood and major league officials which will soon explode into the formation of the Players League . (baseball-reference.com)
  • By the mid-1920s only 15 players of Italian descent had played in the major leagues, most of those for brief periods, and some had changed their names to hide their ethnic identity. (wetheitalians.com)
  • Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. (basports.com)
  • This shall include but not necessarily be limited to: players, managers, coaches, umpires, and team and league executives. (appyleague.com)
  • minor league system, playing for the Wausau Lumberjacks in the C-level Northern League in 1957, the Savannah Redlegs in the Single A Sally League in 1958, before coming home and playing for the Havana Sugar Kings in the AAA International League . (cloudfront.net)
  • January 5 - Nolan Ryan, George Brett and Robin Yount are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. (wikipedia.org)
  • On Sunday, July 30, Major League Baseball (MLB) greats Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Iván Rodríguez were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown , New York . (worldbook.com)
  • Filling out the baseball Hall of Fame ballot this time was more difficult than usual. (golferswest.com)
  • In 1971, Hafey was selected for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. (knupsports.com)
  • In 2002, he was selected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame . (knupsports.com)
  • He had managed in New England in the well-respected Cape Cod Summer League [he's in the league's Hall of Fame] and was coaching at Eckerd when he made a push to get Balboni. (ballnine.com)
  • The purpose of the Appalachian League Hall of Fame is to recognize individuals for their accomplishments and/or contributions to the League on the field of play or in an executive or an administrative capacity. (appyleague.com)
  • The primary, but not exclusive, consideration for nominating, selecting, or voting individuals to the Appalachian League Hall of Fame shall be their accomplishments and/or contributions to the League. (appyleague.com)
  • Hall of Fame plaques shown here are shared with permission from the National Baseball Hall of Fame. (appyleague.com)
  • He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014. (appyleague.com)
  • Sports, offering live drafts, custom leagues, multiple scoring options, expert analysis and commentary, and real-time stat tracking for your team. (basports.com)
  • Even as Al Cowens had a disappointing year in right field, even as Frank White continued to be good-field/no-hit at second base, even as the Royals had offensive holes at first base and shortstop, they still scored the second-most runs in the American League. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • He's a consistent threat for the Beavers from both sides of the plate, ranking in the top 10 in just about every major offensive category in the Pac-12 and key categories nationally. (usabaseball.com)
  • Even while playing some of the worst defense in all of baseball, Acuna's run production and offensive output aren't matched by anyone in the National League. (hestro.wiki)
  • If the Mets get off to a fast start in 2010, we'll be falling all over ourselves praising The New Togetherness and how Rod Barajas, all head and heart (if not, by the looks of him, wheels), played a major role in eradicating the isolation of 2009, by teaching, by talking and by DVD selection. (faithandfearinflushing.com)
  • He was named to five All-Star teams and helped the Mets reach the 2006 National League Championship Series. (fueledbysports.com)
  • Based on those stats, they probably weren't sad to see him go to the upstart Federal League in 1914 when he signed with Indianapolis. (pittsburghbaseball.com)
  • Rod Barajas is getting the treatment a Wise Veteran Catcher usually gets in Spring Training when he's new on the team. (faithandfearinflushing.com)
  • The personality of the team performed a coast-to-coast transformation, no longer built on slugging power but, instead, on stifling pitching that more than offset a popgun offense. (thisgreatgame.com)
  • [1] [2] Rojas was then assigned to Cincinnati's D-level team, the West Palm Beach Sun Chiefs in the Florida State League . (cloudfront.net)
  • Major league baseball scores, statistics, and team reports. (basports.com)
  • In August, the weather sizzles in Kansas City and during this franchise's halcyon era, the baseball team often did too. (thesportsnotebook.com)
  • Name that Expansion American League Team! (bluejaysfans.ca)
  • The Directors chose the name "Blue Jays" from that list and announced their decision on August 12th, at which time the team officially became the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club. (bluejaysfans.ca)
  • The second one is that the leagues basically doubled in size between 1960 and 2000, going from 16 major league teams to 30. (billjamesonline.com)
  • to a minor-league contract Sunday, and will introduce him and his family today at a downtown news conference. (truebluela.com)
  • The Beavers minor league (AAA) franchise may even leave Portland. (andrewclem.com)
  • Source for news and stats on college baseball and the minor leagues. (basports.com)
  • Morneau is the youngest son of George Morneau, a hitting coach for many softball and baseball teams, childcare worker, and sporting goods store owner. (alchetron.com)
  • This move especially helps the Braves in markets where there are no Major League teams. (sportsecyclopedia.com)
  • Beltre made three all-star teams while with Texas, led the league with 199 hits in 2013, and won three Gold Glove awards as well as three Silver Sluggers. (icersport.com)
  • Raised on his father's potato farm, Carl played on sandlot baseball teams with his father, who, he maintains, was a better athlete than he was. (detailedpedia.com)
  • The Texas Rangers are one of the best teams in baseball this year, with Semien often carrying this lineup. (hestro.wiki)
  • Rodríguez, a native of Puerto Rico , came to the big leagues as a 19-year-old prospect for the Texas Rangers in 1991. (worldbook.com)
  • Under new rules adopted by the HOF Board of Directors, going into effect immediately, nonactive members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) have a 10-year window of voting eligibility instead of a lifetime privilege, which had been in effect for 79 years. (golferswest.com)
  • But when Dario was playing for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League in his first year out of high school and was making more than his dad at $150 a month, his father said: "Boy, you've got a good job. (wetheitalians.com)
  • This year marks the 10th anniversary since Fresno State baseball won the 2008 College World Series, [] All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. (in.ua)
  • Yastrzemski also won the Triple Crown that year, something not accomplished again in the Major Leagues until Miguel Cabrera did so in 2012. (detailedpedia.com)