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Post by nyjyrk on Apr 4, 2007 20:01:07 GMT -5
Dave Sax
Younger brother of All-star secondbaseban Stave Sax. Played a total of 37 games in 5 season as a backup catcher with the Dodgers and Red Sox.
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Post by nyjyrk on Apr 1, 2007 17:33:13 GMT -5
Frank TorreJoe's big brother.
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Post by nyjyrk on Apr 1, 2007 16:48:44 GMT -5
Roy Hobbs the greatest player i never saw ;D ;D ;D Is that another April Fools joke? ;D
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Post by nyjyrk on Apr 1, 2007 13:09:26 GMT -5
Steve RogersAll-Star 1974 1978 1979 1982 1983
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 31, 2007 17:21:41 GMT -5
Max Carey Carey was the best-fielding centerfielder of his era. For 9 of his 17 seasons with Pittsburgh, he topped the league in putouts and total chances, and his career totals are exceeded only by Mays and Speaker for putouts, and by Speaker, Mays, and Cobb for total chances. Four years he led in outfield assists, and his lifetime total of 339 is the modern NL record. Most impressive were the range and speed which took him to the most fielding chances per game seven times, and the best NL career total for double plays (86), again topped only by Speaker and Cobb. He also used his speed on the bases, leading the NL in steals ten times, six times topping 50. In 1922, he stole 51 bases in 53 attempts. His 738 SB put him among the all-time leaders. A switch-hitting leadoff man, Carey scored 42% of the time he reached base by a hit or walk. Playing in cavernous Forbes Field, he had a total of 159 triples. His average rose after the shift to the lively ball, from .273 between 1910 and 1919 to .304 between 1920 and 1926. Carey had turned to baseball when he no longer had the money to continue as a Lutheran divinity student. He joined the Pirates in 1910, played alongside player-manager Fred Clarke for a season, and took over left field when Clarke quit. In 1916, he moved back to centerfield. Carey played vigorously and with flair. He was team captain in 1926 when Clarke returned to the Pirate bench to advise Manager Bill McKechnie. Carey, in a slump, heard that hard-nosed old Fred had urged McKechnie to bench him, saying that the batboy couldn't do worse at the plate. Ruffled, Carey called a team meeting to protest Clarke's harsh judgment. The challenge backfired. There was more support for Clarke's position than Carey expected. In retaliation the front office released two Carey supporters outright and sold Carey himself to Brooklyn for $4,000. He played through 1929, scouted for the Pirates in 1930, and managed the Dodgers to third- and sixth-place finishes in 1932 and 1933. He scouted and managed in the minors off and on through 1956, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1961
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 31, 2007 8:47:51 GMT -5
Ed Walsh Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946. Ed Walsh used a dominating spitball to average 24 victories a season over a seven-year span (1906-‘12) for the Chicago White Sox. The right-hander, who twice hurled over 400 frames in a season, is best remembered for his 1908 campaign, when he finished with a 40-15 record, 42 complete games in 49 starts, 464 innings pitched, 11 shutouts, and 269 strikeouts. "Big Ed" finished his career with a 195-126 record and also coached, managed and umpired. Ed Walsh is credited with the lowest career major league ERA of all time (1.82), but this number is unofficial since ERA was not accepted as a statistic by the AL until 1913. "Great big, strong, good-looking fellow. He threw a spitball -- I think that ball disintegrated on the way to the plate and the catcher put it back together again. I swear, when it went past the plate it was just the spit went by." — Sam Crawford
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 29, 2007 21:17:49 GMT -5
Bobby Doerr Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 28, 2007 19:28:21 GMT -5
Sid Bream
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 27, 2007 20:21:12 GMT -5
Ted Lilly
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 26, 2007 18:40:16 GMT -5
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 24, 2007 7:41:17 GMT -5
Candy Maldonado
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 23, 2007 16:14:42 GMT -5
Frank "Big Hurt" Thomas All-Star 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Awards 1993-ML-Major League Player of the Year 1993-AL-MVP 1994-AL-MVP Silver Sluggers 1991-AL--DH 1993-AL--1B 1994-AL--1B 2000-AL--DH
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 22, 2007 21:51:08 GMT -5
Henry Blanco
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 21, 2007 19:24:45 GMT -5
Larry ParrishNo relation to Lance.
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 17, 2007 22:12:00 GMT -5
Can't stand him as a broadcaster. To continue..... Hubie BrooksStarted out as a thirdbaseman with the Mets, Hubie was traded to the Expos (with Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham, and Floyd Youmans for Gary Carter.) and became thier everyday shortstop. He later moved to the outfield. Pretty good hitter and solid team guy.
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