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Gene Mauch
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Gene William Mauch was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Mauch was best known for managing four teams from 1960 to 1987. He is by far the winningest manager to have never won a league pennant and he managed the Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, and California Angels. His 1,902 career victories ranked 8th in major league history when he retired and he gained a reputation for playing a distinctive small ball style, which emphasized defense, speed and base-to-base tactics on offense rather than power hitting. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox, in 304 games and 737 at-bats, Mauch hit.239, with 176 hits, five home runs and 62 RBIs, striking out 82 times. He missed part of 1944 and all of the 1945 season while serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In 1953, the Braves named Mauch, then 27 years old and his team finished 84–70, in third place, three games behind the Memphis Chickasaws, and fell in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual league champion Nashville Vols. The combative Mauch was known for frequent skirmishes with the leagues umpires, but seven years later, John J. Quinn, the Braves general manager who hired him for the Crackers job, would give him his first big-league managerial opportunity with the 1960 Phillies. From 1954 to 1957, Mauch was strictly a player, first for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League and his final big-league season,1957 with Boston, was his most productive. He started 65 games as the Bosox second baseman and batted a career-high.270 with 60 hits, but the following season, he began his managerial career in earnest. Mauch declined an offer to interview with Quinn for an opening on the Phillies 1960 coaching staff, Mauch,34 years old at time, became the youngest manager in the Major Leagues. His teams generally played in ballparks that were not friendly to home run hitters, Mauch had frequent fiery exchanges with umpires. Mauch was not shy when arguing an umpiring play and he used his bombastic personality to help his team gain any possible advantage on the baseball diamond. Mauch had a brilliant baseball mind and is credited with starting the double player switch. Mauch gained a reputation for being loyal to his players and became known as the Little General, Mauch came tantalizingly close to the World Series on three occasions. In late September 1964, his Phillies had a record of 90–60, a 6 1⁄2 game lead in the National League with 12 games left to play, and were starting a 7-game home stand. Mauch decided to start his two pitching aces, Jim Bunning and Chris Short, in 7 of the last 10 games,4 of those starts on 2 days rest, the other 2 near-World-Series cases came with the Angels. In 1982, his Angels team won the American Leagues Western Division, the Angels needed only one more victory to advance to their first World Series
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Larry Barnett
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Lawrence Robert Barnett is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1969 to 1999 before becoming the major leagues supervisor of umpires from 2000 to 2001. Barnetts 32 years of AL service surpassed the record held by Tommy Connolly, through the 2005 season, Joe Brinkman has umpired AL games in 33 seasons, although the major league umpiring staffs were merged in 2000. Barnett officiated in 4 World Series,1975,1981,1984 and 1990 and he also umpired in a record 7 American League Championship Series, and in 4 All-Star games, calling balls and strikes for the last contest. He was also the plate umpire for Vida Blues no-hitter on September 21,1970. He wore uniform number 22 starting in 1980 when the AL adopted uniform numbers, in 1999, Barnett ejected Detroit Tigers pitcher Brian Moehler after discovering some sandpaper on Moehlers thumb. Fisk committed an error on the play after colliding with Armbrister. Barnett declined to make a call on Armbrister, despite Bostons pleas. Gowdy had been given the interpretation by NBC Radio Producer Jay Scott. Barnett later claimed he had received threats on account of Gowdys criticism. Major League Baseball continues to this day to maintain that Barnett made the correct call, in fact, the Professional Baseball Umpires Corporation instructs and teaches its umpires to make the same call as Barnett did should the same incident occur in a future game. Barring an intentional action on the part of player, contact in this instance is incidental. Prior to Game 2 of the 1986 World Series, NBC did a feature on replays narrated by Bob Costas. Costas used the feature to condemn the suggested notion of instant replay to settle calls, noting that it was the kind of mentality that adds color to classic movies. The play was ruled a home run by right field umpire Rich Garcia, list of Major League Baseball umpires Retrosheet
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Al Michaels
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Alan Richard Al Michaels is an American television sportscaster. He is also known for famous calls in other sports, including the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Michaels was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, to Jay Leonard Michaels and Lila Roginsky/Ross. He grew up as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, coincidentally, at the time the Dodgers left Brooklyn, Michaelss family also moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Michaels attended Alexander Hamilton High School in L. A. and was a baseball player and he graduated in 1962 and later attended Arizona State University, where he majored in radio and television and minored in journalism. He worked as a writer for ASUs independent student newspaper. He also is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Michaelss first job in television was with Chuck Barris Productions, choosing women to appear on The Dating Game. His first sportscasting job came in 1964, when he was hired to do public relations for the Los Angeles Lakers. Later, he was hired by the team to eight games as a color commentator but fired after the first four. Michaels, who had worked on the media guide, was also considered to be the first color commentator of the Los Angeles Kings. That assignment went to Ed Fitkin instead, Michaels resumed his professional broadcasting career in 1968, calling the games of the Hawaii Islanders baseball team in the Pacific Coast League. He also called play-by-play for the University of Hawaiis football and basketball teams as well as high school football games, in 1970, Michaels appeared as attorney Dave Bronstein in an episode of Hawaii Five-O called Run, Johnny, Run, the episode also featured a young Christopher Walken. In 1971, Michaels moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became the announcer for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. In 1972, the Reds won the National League Championship Series, Michaels helped cover the Fall Classic for NBC Sports, and also was the networks play-by-play man for the hockey coverage at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. In 1973, two days before he was assigned to call the regular-season NFL finale between the Houston Oilers and Cincinnati Bengals, Bill Enis died from an attack at the age of 39. NBC proceeded to bring Michaels in to replace Enis in the booth with Dave Kocourek and he left NBC that year and announced regional NFL games for CBS Sports in 1975. He called the no-hitter by John Candelaria on August 9,1976 and he signed with ABC Sports in January 1977. Michaels initially joined ABC as the announcer on Monday Night Baseball in 1977. The following year, he was promoted to the network on a full-time basis and he became the lead announcer replacing Keith Jackson in 1982
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Jim Palmer
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Palmer was the winning pitcher in 186 games in the 1970s, the most wins in that decade by any MLB pitcher. He also won at least twenty games in each of eight seasons and his 268 career victories are currently an Orioles record. A six-time American League All-Star, he was one of the rare pitchers who never allowed a grand slam in any major league contest. Palmer appeared in the eight times and was a vital member of three World Series Champions, six AL pennant winners and seven Eastern Division titleholders. He is the pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic with a win in each of three decades. He is also the youngest to pitch a shutout in a World Series just nine days short of his 21st birthday in 1966. He was one of the starters on the last rotation to feature four 20-game winners in a season in 1971. He has also been a spokesman, most famously for Jockey International for almost twenty years. He was nicknamed Cakes in the 1960s because of his habit of eating pancakes for breakfast on the days he pitched, Palmer was born in New York City. Shortly after his birth, Palmer was adopted by Moe Wiesen, a garment industry executive, after his adoptive father died in 1955, the nine-year-old Jim, his mother and his sister moved to California, where he began playing in youth-league baseball. In 1956, his mother married actor Max Palmer, from whom Jim Palmer took his last name, showing talent at the amateur level, upon graduating from Arizonas Scottsdale High School in 1963, Palmer signed a minor-league contract at the age of 18. A high-kicking pitcher known for a smooth delivery, Palmer picked up his first major-league win on May 16,1965. He hit the first of his three career home runs, a two-run shot, in the fourth inning of that game off of Yankees starter Jim Bouton. Palmer finished the season with a 5–4 record, in 1966, Palmer joined the starting rotation. Baltimore won the pennant behind Frank Robinsons MVP and Triple Crown season, Palmer won his final game against the Kansas City Athletics to clinch the AL pennant. In Game 2 of that World Series at Dodger Stadium, he became the youngest pitcher to win a complete-game, World Series shutout, defeating the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The underdog Orioles swept the series over a Los Angeles team that featured Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, the shutout was part of a World Series record-setting 33 1⁄3 consecutive shutout innings by Orioles pitchers. The Dodgers last run was against Moe Drabowsky in the third inning of Game 1, Palmer, Wally Bunker and Dave McNally pitched shutouts in the next three games
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Ernie Harwell
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William Earnest Ernie Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons,42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, in January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time. Ernie Harwell grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, working in his youth as a paperboy for the Atlanta Georgian, at sixteen he began working as a regional correspondent for The Sporting News. Harwell attended Emory University, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, after graduating, Harwell worked as a copy editor and sportswriter for the Atlanta Constitution. In 1943, he began announcing games for the Crackers on WSB radio, Harwell broadcast for the Dodgers through 1949, the New York Giants from 1950-53, and the Baltimore Orioles from 1954-59. Early in his career, he also broadcast The Masters golf tournament, as well as pro, Harwell joined the Tigers broadcast crew in 1960, replacing Van Patrick. George Kell, who had begun calling Tigers games with Patrick in 1959, was instrumental in bringing Harwell to Detroit, george called and said, I recommended you and the Tigers asked me to get in touch with you. Harwell shared TV and radio duties with Kell through 1963, then with Bob Scheffing in 1964 and he began working radio exclusively in 1965, teaming with Gene Osborn for two seasons and then with Ray Lane from 1967-72. In 1973, Paul Carey replaced Lane and joined Harwell to form the Tigers best-known and longest-lasting radio team, which lasted until the end of the 1991 season. On December 19,1990, the Tigers and radio station WJR announced that the wanted to go in a new direction. Rick Rizzs was hired away from the Seattle Mariners to replace Harwell in 1992, Harwell worked a part-time schedule for the California Angels in 1992. The following year, the Tigers were purchased by Mike Ilitch, in 1993 Harwell teamed with Rizzs and Rathbun on the WJR broadcasts, calling play-by-play of the middle innings in each game. From 1994-98, Harwell called television broadcasts for the Tigers on PASS Sports, during spring training in 2002, Harwell announced that he would retire at the end of the season, his final broadcast came on September 29,2002. Dan Dickerson, who had joined Harwell and Price in 2000, nationally, Harwell broadcast two All-Star Games and two World Series for NBC Radio, numerous ALCS and ALDS for CBS Radio and ESPN Radio, and the CBS Radio Game of the Week from 1992 to 1997. He also called the 1984 World Series locally for the Tigers, following his retirement, Harwell came back briefly in 2003 to call a Wednesday Night Baseball telecast on ESPN, as part of that networks Living Legends series of guest announcers. In 2005, Harwell guested for an inning on the Fox networks coverage of the All-Star Game, Harwell also called one inning of Game 1 of the 2006 World Series for WXYT. Harwell served as a guest color commentator for two Tiger games on FSN Detroit on May 24 and 25,2007, Harwell worked the telecasts as a substitute for regular analyst Rod Allen, who took the games off to attend his sons high school graduation. He also appeared as a guest on an ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecast in Detroit on July 1,2007, Harwell occasionally did vignettes on the history of baseball for Fox Sports Detroits magazine program Tigers Weekly
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American League Championship Series
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The American League Championship Series is a best-of-seven series played in October in the Major League Baseball postseason that determines the winner of the American League pennant. The winner of the advances to play the winner of the National League Championship Series in the World Series. It started in 1969, when the AL reorganized into two divisions, East and West, the winners of each division played each other in a best-of-five series to determine who would advance to the World Series. In 1985, the changed to best-of-seven. The winners of that round then advanced to the best-of-seven ALCS and this is the system currently in use. The series concludes when one team records its fourth win, since 1998, home field advantage has been given to the team that has the better regular season record, unless that team happens to be the Wild Card team. In that case, the team gets home field advantage. In the event that both teams have identical records in the season, home field advantage goes to the team that has the winning head-to-head record. From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage alternated between the two divisions, and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was determined before the season, every current American League team except for the Houston Astros has played in the ALCS at least once. The Milwaukee Brewers, an American League team between 1969 and 1997, is the franchise to play in the ALCS and NLCS. No franchise has won both the National League and American League Championship Series, the William Harridge Trophy is awarded to the ALCS champion. The trophys namesake comes from the American League president from 1931 to 1959, see, League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award#American League winners The Lee MacPhail Most Valuable Player award is given to the outstanding player in the ALCS. No MVP award is given for Division Series play, although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977, the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award till 1980. The winners are listed below in the section on ALCS results, in the Series MVP column, at League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, click the link on the far left for detailed information on that series. Key List of American League pennant winners American League Division Series List of American League Wild Card winners ALCS Boxscores and Play-by-Play at Baseball-Reference. com
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1986 World Series
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The 1986 World Series pitted the National League champions New York Mets against the American League champions Boston Red Sox. The Mets won the Series in the game, after overcoming a deficit of two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 6 to win and save the Series. This was a game in which the Red Sox were twice one strike away from victory, Game 6 has been cited in the legend of the Curse of the Bambino to explain the major comeback. The New York Mets finished the season with a franchise record 108–54. They then won a tightly contested 1986 National League Championship Series, the talent of the team was colored by controversy during much of the season, with scrappy players both on and off the field. On July 19,1986, Mets infielder Tim Teufel and pitchers Rick Aguilera, Bobby Ojeda, just three days later, they played a game which became a microcosm of their season when two Mets were ejected after a bench-clearing brawl. Despite the adversity, they won the game in the fourteenth inning on a three-run homer by Howard Johnson. Former NL MVP George Foster was released a few days after the game, Boston went 95–66 during the season, winning the American League East division by 5 1⁄2 games over their biggest nemesis, the New York Yankees. The teams defining moment occurred in Game 5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the California Angels, Red Sox closer Calvin Schiraldi walked Darryl Strawberry to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Mets fans visions of a rally. However, Schiraldi got Ray Knight to force Strawberry at second base, with two outs, Danny Heep was called upon to bat for weak-hitting shortstop Rafael Santana. Schiraldi worked him to a 2–2 count, and got Heep to swing at the last pitch for a strikeout, just as they did in the League Championship Series against Houston, the Mets opened the series with a 1–0 defeat. After dropping the first game, the Mets turned to young phenom Dwight Gooden in what figured to be a matchup with Bostons own young pitching sensation Roger Clemens. That duel did not materialize, as neither pitcher went beyond five innings. The Red Sox drew first blood in the top of the inning, when after a leadoff walk to Spike Owen, Keith Hernandez fielded a Clemens bunt. This was costly, as Wade Boggs drove in Owen with a double, Marty Barrett drove in Clemens with a single, the Mets struck back in the bottom half of the inning, putting runners on second and third base for Wally Backman. Backman grounded one up the middle, plating Rafael Santana, and Hernandez grounded out, allowing Gooden to score and bring the Mets within one run. However, Dave Henderson, the hero of the ALCS, drove the second pitch from Gooden in the top of the inning to left-center field for a home run. Dwight Evans followed with a home run in the top of the fifth inning, bringing the score to 6–2
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Fenway Park
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Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox and it is the oldest ballpark in MLB. It is the fourth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, Fenway has hosted the World Series ten times, with the Red Sox winning five of them, and the Boston Braves winning one. The first, in the inaugural season, was the 1912 World Series. April 20,2012, marked Fenway Parks centennial, on March 7 of that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park a shrine and it is a pending Boston Landmark which will regulate further changes to the park. Today, the park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world, the Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Grounds. In 1911, owner John I. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium. However, given that Taylors family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. The General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company, the first game was played April 20,1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders, 7-6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking a few days earlier, Fenway Park has historically drawn low attendance, its lowest occurring late in the 1965 season with two games having paid attendance under 500 spectators. On Wednesday, June 17,2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout, according to WBZ-TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts. The sellout streak ended on April 11,2013, in all the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games, the parks address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, and the parks address is now 4 Yawkey Way. Some of the include, In 1934, a hand-operated scoreboard was added, with what was then considered high-technology lights to indicate balls. The scoreboard is updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League scores were removed in 1976, but restored in 2003, in 1946, upper deck seats were installed, Fenway Park is essentially the first double-tiered ballpark in Boston since the South End Grounds of the 1880s. In 1947, arc lights were installed at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park
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Angel Stadium
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Angel Stadium of Anaheim, originally known as Anaheim Stadium and later Edison International Field of Anaheim, is a modern-style ballpark located in Anaheim, California. The stadium is referred to by its unofficial nickname The Big A. It is the fourth-oldest active Major League Baseball stadium, behind Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and it hosted the 1967,1989, and 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. Located near the boundary of the parking lot is the landmark Big A sign and electronic marquee. The halo located near the top of the 230 tall, 210-ton sign is illuminated following games in which the Angels win, which gives rise to the fan expression, Light up the Halo. The station provides convenient access to the stadium, the nearby Honda Center, and Disneyland from various communities along the route, which links San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, and San Diego. The Anaheim Resort Transit stops at the center along with Orange County Transportation Authority buses. and 2 to 3 AMA Supercross Championship races a year, the stadium also houses the studios and offices of the Angels owned and operated flagship radio station, KLAA. Angel Stadium has been the home of the Angels since their move from Los Angeles, on August 31,1964, ground was broken for Anaheim Stadium and in 1966, the then-California Angels moved into their new home after having spent four seasons renting Dodger Stadium from the Dodgers. The stadium was built on a parcel of about 160 acres of land originally used for agricultural purposes by the Allec, Russell. Consistent with many sports stadiums built in the 1960s, it is located in a suburban area. The field dimensions were derived from a study conducted by the Angels. Based on the air density at normal times, the Angels tried to formulate dimensions that were fairly balanced between pitcher, hitter and average weather conditions. The Angels tinkered with those dimensions several times, expanding or contracting parts of the outfield by a few here and there. One of the no-hitters, on June 1,1975, was his fourth, the Coliseum seated almost 100,000 people, and the Rams had trouble filling it even in their best years. Rosenbloom brokered a deal by which the Rams would move from Los Angeles to an expanded Anaheim Stadium, to add more seats for football games, the mezzanine and upper decks were extended completely around the playing field, resulting in a roughly trapezoidal, completely enclosed stadium. An elevated bank of bleachers was built in right field, and temporary seats were placed underneath, another bank of bleachers was built in left field. As a result, the view of the mountains and State Highway 57 was lost. A black and white scoreboard/instant replay video board was installed above the newly constructed upper deck seats in left field, a triangular metal spire was added to the top of the Jumbotron to evoke the original emplacement of the Big A
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Boston
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Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1,1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles with a population of 667,137 in 2015, making it the largest city in New England. Alternately, as a Combined Statistical Area, this wider commuting region is home to some 8.1 million people, One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. Upon U. S. independence from Great Britain, it continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education, through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year, Bostons many firsts include the United States first public school, Boston Latin School, first subway system, the Tremont Street Subway, and first public park, Boston Common. Bostons economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, the city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States as it has undergone gentrification, though it remains high on world livability rankings. Bostons early European settlers had first called the area Trimountaine but later renamed it Boston after Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the renaming on September 7,1630 was by Puritan colonists from England who had moved over from Charlestown earlier that year in quest of fresh water. Their settlement was limited to the Shawmut Peninsula, at that time surrounded by the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River. The peninsula is thought to have been inhabited as early as 5000 BC, in 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Colonys first governor John Winthrop led the signing of the Cambridge Agreement, a key founding document of the city. Puritan ethics and their focus on education influenced its early history, over the next 130 years, the city participated in four French and Indian Wars, until the British defeated the French and their Indian allies in North America. Boston was the largest town in British America until Philadelphia grew larger in the mid-18th century, Bostons harbor activity was significantly curtailed by the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. Foreign trade returned after these hostilities, but Bostons merchants had found alternatives for their investments in the interim. Manufacturing became an important component of the economy, and the citys industrial manufacturing overtook international trade in economic importance by the mid-19th century. Boston remained one of the nations largest manufacturing centers until the early 20th century, a network of small rivers bordering the city and connecting it to the surrounding region facilitated shipment of goods and led to a proliferation of mills and factories. Later, a network of railroads furthered the regions industry. Boston was a port of the Atlantic triangular slave trade in the New England colonies
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Run (baseball)
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A player may score by hitting a home run or by any combination of plays that puts him safely on base as a runner and subsequently brings him home. The object of the game is for a team to score more runs than its opponent. But if the out is not a force out, but a tag out, then if that other baserunner crosses home plate before that tag out is made. Example 1, With a runner on third and two outs, batter hits a ball to the second baseman. The runner on third races home, the second baseman fields the ball and throws on to the first baseman in time to get the batter on the force out at first for the third out of the inning. Even if the runner on third had touched home plate before that force out was made at first, example 2, With a runner on third and two outs, batter hits a fly ball over centerfielders head. It bounces several times as it rolls to the wall, the runner on third runs safely home and easily scores a run. Meanwhile, the batter reaches first, then tries to advance to second. The centerfielder, having retrieved the ball, throws the ball to the second baseman, since the runner stepped on home plate before the batter was tagged out at second for the third out of the inning, his run will count. In baseball statistics, a player who advances around all the bases to score is credited with a run, while runs scored is considered an important individual batting statistic, it is regarded as less significant than runs batted in. Both individual runs scored and runs batted in are heavily context-dependent, for a more sophisticated assessment of a contribution toward producing runs for his team. If the inning is reconstructed without the error, and if that third batter, instead of reaching on an error, registered an out, thus, the two runs that did score will be classified as unearned, and will not count in the pitchers personal statistics. Be advised though that unearned runs are a statistical animal only, all runs count the same in the score, whether they are earned or unearned. The career record for most runs scored by a player is 2,295. The season record for most runs scored is 198, set by Billy Hamilton of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894, the so-called modern-day record is 177, achieved by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in 1921. The record for most seasons leading one of the leagues in runs scored is 8. The record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored is 18, shared by the Yankees Red Rolfe and the Cleveland Indians Kenny Lofton. The record for most runs scored by a player in a game is 7
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Hit (baseball)
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If a batter reaches first base because of offensive interference by a preceding runner, he is also credited with a hit. A hit for one base is called a single, for two bases a double, and for three bases a triple, a home run is also scored as a hit. Doubles, triples, and home runs are also called extra base hits, an infield hit is a hit where the ball does not leave the infield. Infield hits are uncommon by nature, and most often earned by speedy runners, a no-hitter is a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting a hit. Throwing a no-hitter is rare and considered an accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff. In most cases in the game, no-hitters are accomplished by a single pitcher who throws a complete game. A pitcher who throws a no-hitter could still allow runners to reach safely, by way of walks, errors, hit batsmen. If the pitcher allows no runners to reach base, the no-hitter is a perfect game, in 1887, Major League Baseball counted bases on balls as hits. The result was skyrocketing batting averages, including some near.500, Tip ONeill of the St. Louis Browns batted.485 that season, the experiment was abandoned the following season. There is controversy regarding how the records of 1887 should be interpreted, the number of legitimate walks and at-bats are known for all players that year, so computing averages using the same method as in other years is straightforward. In 1968, Major League Baseball formed a Special Baseball Records Committee to resolve this issues, the Committee ruled that walks in 1887 should not be counted as hits. Most current sources list ONeills 1887 average as.435, as calculated by omitting his walks and he would retain his American Association batting championship. However, the variance between methods results in differing recognition for the 1887 National League batting champion, cap Anson would be recognized, with his.421 average, if walks are included, but Sam Thompson would be the champion at.372 if they are not. The official rulebook of Major League Baseball states in Rule 10, Rule 10.05 Comment, In applying Rule 10.05, the official scorer shall always give the batter the benefit of the doubt. Runner is called out for interference with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball, unless in the scorers judgment the batter-runner would have been safe had the interference not occurred
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Error (baseball)
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The term error can also refer to the play during which an error was committed. In that case, the play will be scored both as a hit and an error. Similarly, a batter does not receive credit for a run batted in when runs score on an error, passed balls and wild pitches are separate statistical categories and are not scored as errors. There is a loophole in the rules on errors for catchers. There is therefore a no fault condition for the attempting to prevent a steal. However, when considering that the majority of stolen base attempts are successful, if the runner takes an additional base due to the wild throw, an error is charged for that advance. However, if the catchers glove is hit by the bat, it is counted as a catchers interference, traditionally, the number of errors was a statistic used to quantify the skill of a fielder. However, fans and analysts have questioned the usefulness and significance of errors as a metric for fielding skill, notably, mental misjudgments, such as failure to cover a base or attempting a force out when such a play is not available, are not considered errors. A more subtle, though more significant objection to the error, in order for a fielder to be charged with an error, he must have done something right by being in the correct place to be able to attempt the play. A poor fielder may avoid many errors simply by being unable to reach batted or thrown balls that a fielder could successfully reach. Thus, it is possible that a poor fielder will have fewer errors than any fielder with higher expectancies, however, this still leaves statistics, such as fielding percentage, that are based on errors as a way to compare the defensive abilities of players. Errors also hold significance in calculating the earned run average of a pitcher, runs scored due to an error are unearned, and do not count toward a pitchers ERA. In Major League Baseball, Herman Long holds the Major League records with 1096 errors in his career between 1889 and 1904, bill Dahlen, Deacon White and Germany Smith are the only other players to make 1,000 errors during their MLB careers. All of these players played at least one season before 1900, the 20th century record is held by Rabbit Maranville with 711 errors. Among active players, Adrián Beltré leads with 275 errors over 2475 career games as of June 14,2015, the major league record for errors by a pitcher in a career is held by Hippo Vaughn, with 64 errors. That also is the National League record, the American career mark is held by Ed Walsh. The most errors made by a pitcher in a season is 28 by Jim Whitney, the American League record of 15 is held by three pitchers, Jack Chesbro, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh. The record for most errors made by a pitcher in one inning is three, first set by Cy Seymour in 1898, the record was tied by Tommy John in 1988, Jaime Navarro in 1996 and Mike Sirotka in 1999
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Roger Clemens
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William Roger Clemens, nicknamed Rocket, is a retired American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball for four teams. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average, and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and hard-throwing pitching style, which he used to intimidate batters. Clemens debuted in the leagues in 1984 with the Boston Red Sox. In 1986, he won the American League Cy Young Award, the AL Most Valuable Player Award, and the All-Star Game MVP Award, after the 1996 season, Clemens left Boston via free agency and joined the Toronto Blue Jays. In each of his two seasons with Toronto, Clemens won a Cy Young Award, as well as the triple crown by leading the league in wins, ERA. Prior to the 1999 season, Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees where he won his two World Series titles, in 2003, he reached his 300th win and 4, 000th strikeout in the same game. Clemens left for the Houston Astros in 2004, where he spent three seasons and won his seventh Cy Young Award and he rejoined the Yankees in 2007 for one last season before retiring. Clemens was alleged by the Mitchell Report to have used steroids during his late career. Clemens firmly denied these allegations under oath before the United States Congress, leading congressional leaders to refer his case to the Justice Department on suspicions of perjury. On August 19,2010, a grand jury at the U. S. District Court in Washington, D. C. indicted Clemens on six felony counts involving perjury, false statements. Clemens pleaded not guilty, but proceedings were complicated by prosecutorial misconduct, the verdict from his second trial came in June 2012. Clemens was found not guilty on all six counts of lying to Congress in 2008, Clemens was born in Dayton, Ohio, the fifth child of Bill and Bess Clemens. He is of German descent, his great-grandfather Joseph Clemens having immigrated in the 1880s, Clemens parents separated when he was an infant. His mother soon married Woody Booher, whom Clemens considers his father, Booher died when Clemens was nine years old, and Clemens has said that the only time he ever felt envious of other players was when he saw them in the clubhouse with their fathers. Clemens lived in Vandalia, Ohio, until 1977, and then spent most of his school years in Houston. At Spring Woods High School, Clemens played baseball for head coach Charles Maiorana. He was scouted by the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins during his senior year and he began his college career pitching for San Jacinto College North in 1981, where he was 9–2
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Run batted in
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A run batted in, plural runs batted in, is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored. For example, if the batter bats a base hit, then another player on a base can go home. Prior to the 1920 Major League Baseball season, runs batted in were not a baseball statistic. Nevertheless, the RBI statistic was tabulated—unofficially—from 1907 through 1919 by baseball writer Ernie Lanigan, common nicknames for an RBI include ribby, rib, and ribeye. The plural of RBI is generally RBIs, although some commentators use RBI as both singular and plural, as it can stand for runs batted in. The official scorers judgment must determine whether a run batted in shall be credited for a run that scores when a fielder holds the ball or throws to a wrong base. The perceived significance of the RBI is displayed by the fact that it is one of the three categories that comprise the triple crown, in addition, career RBIs are often cited in debates over who should be elected to the Hall of Fame. This implies that better offensive teams—and therefore, the teams in which the most players get on base—tend to produce hitters with higher RBI totals than equivalent hitters on lesser-hitting teams, totals are current through October 8,2015
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Complete game
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In baseball, a complete game is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher. A starting pitcher who is replaced by a hitter in the final half inning of a game will still be credited with a complete game. The frequency of complete games has evolved since the days of baseball. The complete game was essentially an expectation in the early 20th century, in the early 20th century, it was common for most good Major League Baseball pitchers to pitch a complete game almost every start, barring injury or ejection. Pitchers were expected to complete games they started, over the course of the 20th century, complete games became less common, to the point where a good modern pitcher typically achieves only 1 or 2 complete games per season. Years earlier, Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies threw 28 consecutive complete games and this change has been brought about by strict adherence to pitch counts as a basis for removing a pitcher, even though he may appear to be pitching well, and new pitching philosophies in general. Many have come to believe that the risk of arm injuries becomes far more prevalent after a pitcher has thrown 100 to 120 pitches in a single game. Though Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan once threw well over 200 pitches in a single game, former pitcher Carl Erskine noted the increase in ex-pitchers on coaching staffs since the 1950s, whom he considered better evaluators of a pitchers ability to pitch late into games. Given this, sabermetricians generally regard Cy Youngs total of 749 complete games as the baseball record most unlikely to ever be broken. Further supporting the belief is only three pitchers even made at least 749 starts in their careers. The last pitcher to throw as many as 15 complete games in a season was Curt Schilling. The last pitcher to throw 20 complete games in a season was Fernando Valenzuela. The last pitcher to throw 25 complete games in a season was Rick Langford, the last pitcher to throw 30 complete games in a season was Catfish Hunter, who did so for the New York Yankees in 1975. Jack Taylor completed 187 consecutive games he started between 1901 and 1906, leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger share the record for the longest complete game, achieved when they pitched against each other in a 26-inning marathon that ended in a 1–1 tie on May 1,1920. Baseball Between the Numbers, Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong, New York, New York, Basic Books. List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable
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Wally Joyner
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Wallace Keith Wally Joyner is a retired Major League Baseball player. He played for four league teams during a 16-year career, most notably for the California Angels. He was a member of the pennant-winning 1998 San Diego Padres, Joyner attended Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. He attended college at Brigham Young University and he credited a stint with the Mayagüez Indians of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League as fundamental in his improvement as a slugger. Then-batting coach José Manuel Morales forced him to do power weight training and he was consequently the top hitter on Puerto Ricos winter league on the 1985–86 season, winning the Triple Crown in 54 games. During his rookie season in MLB with the California Angels, Joyner became a fan favorite, the film National Lampoons Vacation had featured a fictional theme park by that name, and the Angels proximity to Disneyland may also have helped inspire the moniker. Additionally, ESPN announcer Chris Berman famously called him Wally Absorbine Joyner, Joyner was the starting first baseman in the 1986 All-Star Game, becoming the first rookie to be voted into the All-Star Game by the fans. Joyner tied Darryl Strawberry for first place in that years Home Run Derby, when the Angels met the New York Yankees in a game in August 1986, a fan threw a knife at Joyner. Joyner was grazed on the arm by the butt end of the weapon. Joyner broke up two no-hit bids in the ninth during the 1986 season, against the Texas Rangers on June 16, he foiled Charlie Houghs bid with a single with one out in the ninth, scoring Jack Howell to tie the game at 1–1. Joyner, whose hit would be the Angels only one of the game, eventually scored the winning run on Orlando Mercados passed ball for a 2–1 Angels victory. Against the Detroit Tigers on August 20, Joyner broke up Walt Terrells bid for a no-hitter by doubling with two out in the ninth, this would also be the Angels only hit in losing to the Tigers 3–0. Joyner and the Angels advanced to the 1986 American League Championship Series, at the end of the 1986 season, Joyner was the runner-up in the voting for the Rookie of the Year Award, losing to José Canseco. After six years with the Angels, Joyner signed with the Kansas City Royals as a agent for the 1992 season. He played with the Royals for four years, after the 1995 season, Joyner was traded to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts. He played with the Padres for four years, and was the starting first baseman on the 1998 pennant-winning team. After the 1999 season, Joyner was traded to the Atlanta Braves in a deal that also sent Reggie Sanders to the Braves and Bret Boone and he played with the Braves for one year before ending his career where it had begun, with the Anaheim Angels. Joyner announced his retirement on June 16,2001, in a taped message that was played on the Edison Field videoboard after the first inning that day, he thanked the Angels fans for their support and received a standing ovation
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Gary Pettis
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Gary George Pettis is an American former professional baseball center fielder and current coach. He is the base coach with the Houston Astros. Prior to coaching, he played in Major League Baseball for eleven seasons, in 1982, Pettis was promoted to the California Angels, where he played the first six seasons of his career. After the 1987 season, Pettis went on to two seasons with the Detroit Tigers,1988 through the following season of 1989. After two years with Detroit, Pettis joined the Texas Rangers for two seasons 1990-91, Pettis finished his career in the major leagues in 1992. The 1992 season saw Pettis play for two different teams, after leaving the Texas Rangers, Pettis joined the San Diego Padres for the 1992 season but ended that season back in Detroit with the Tigers. During his career, Pettis consistently hit for low averages and was known for striking out often, but he performed extremely well on defense, earning five Gold Glove Awards. He was noted for making many spectacular leaping or diving catches, depriving hitters of home runs or base hits, additionally, he was a prolific base runner and had five seasons where he stole over 40 bases. Pettis held the Angels club record for stolen bases for nearly 20 years, Pettis was tagged as Pac Man Pettis by a local radio station listener call-in contest in 1986, referring to his unusual speed in the outfield and ability to chase down opponents hits. On his 1985 Topps baseball card, the person posing in the picture is not Pettis and his nephew, Austin Pettis, is a former wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers, and is now a free agent. Pettis has four children, Paige, Kyler, Shaye and Dante, Dante plays wide receiver for the University of Washington football team. Kyler stars on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives, list of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference Retrosheet Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
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Bob Boone
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Robert Raymond Boone is an American former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who was a four-time All-Star. All four family members were named All-Stars during their careers, Bob Boone was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth round of the 1969 amateur draft after attending Stanford University, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. He made the National League All-Star team three times in a Phillies uniform, and helped the team win the 1980 World Series. But Boone rebounded by throwing out 21 of the first 34 steal attempts and helping the Angels to the AL West title, on September 30,1984, Boone caught Mike Witts perfect game. Boone stayed with the Angels for seven seasons and was let go in 1988, as a free agent, he signed with the Kansas City Royals, but a broken finger in 1990 led to his retirement at age 42 following his shortened season. Boone was a career.254 hitter with 105 home runs and 826 RBI in 2,264 games and he was selected an All-Star in 1976, 1978–79, and 1983. He was one of the top defensive catchers of his era, Boone caught 2,225 games in a 19-year Major League career, a record which was later broken by Carlton Fisk. He caught 117 shutouts during his career, ranking him 14th all-time among major league catchers and he returned to the Royals in 1995 as the manager of the team, but was let go during the 1997 season after a third straight sub-.500 season. In 2001, he was hired to be the skipper of the Cincinnati Reds, however, after another two and a half sub-.500 seasons, the Reds fired Bob Boone on July 28,2003. In 2005, Boone was inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame and he currently serves as Assistant General Manager and Vice President of Player Development for the Washington Nationals. Besides his baseball family, Bob and his family are descendants of American pioneer Daniel Boone Bob Boone and his wife, two of his sons, Aaron Boone and Bret Boone, were former Major League Baseball players. Bob Boones extended family are considered sportsmen and his mother, Patsy Boone, was a synchronized swimmer who swam with Esther Williams in the movies. His sister Terry Boone was a swimmer, and his brother Rod Boone was a college baseball star who played Triple-A ball in the Astros. Third-generation Major League Baseball families Peter Gammons, Bob Boone, He Helps Keep Pitchers Within Strike Zone. Bob Boone, The Majors Most Durable Catcher, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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Home run
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In modern baseball, the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles without first touching the ground, resulting in an automatic home run. There is also the home run, increasingly rare in modern baseball. When a home run is scored, the batter is credited with a hit and a run scored. Likewise, the pitcher is recorded as having given up a hit, a batted ball is also a home run if it touches either foul pole or its attached screen before touching the ground, as the foul poles are by definition in fair territory. A batted ball that goes over the wall after touching the ground is not a home run. A fielder is allowed to reach over the wall to attempt to catch the ball as long as his feet are on or over the field during the attempt. If the fielder successfully catches the ball while it is in flight the batter is out, however, since the fielder is not part of the field, a ball that bounces off a fielder and over the wall without touching the ground is still a home run. A home run accomplished in any of the above manners is a home run. This stipulation is in Approved Ruling of Rule 7.10, an inside-the-park home run occurs when a batter hits the ball into play and is able to circle the bases before the fielders can put him out. Unlike with a home run, the batter-runner and all preceding runners are liable to be put out by the defensive team at any time while running the bases. This can only happen if the ball does not leave the ballfield, with outfields much less spacious and more uniformly designed than in the games early days, inside-the-park home runs are now a rarity. They are usually the result of a ball being hit by a very fast runner, either way, this sends the ball into open space in the outfield and thereby allows the batter-runner to circle the bases before the defensive team can put him out. The speed of the runner is crucial as even triples are relatively rare in most modern ballparks, all runs scored on such a play, however, still count. An example of an unexpected bounce occurred during the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco on July 10,2007, by the time the ball was relayed, Ichiro had already crossed the plate standing up. This was the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history, Home runs are often characterized by the number of runners on base at the time. A home run hit with the bases empty is seldom called a one-run homer, with one runner on base, two runs are scored and thus the home run is often called a two-run homer or two-run shot. Similarly, a home runs with two runners on base is a three-run homer or three-run shot, the term four-run homer is seldom used, instead, it is nearly always called a grand slam. Hitting a grand slam is the best possible result for the turn at bat
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Jim Rice
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James Edward Rice, nicknamed Jim Ed, is a former Major League Baseball left fielder and designated hitter who played his entire 16-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox. Rice was an eight-time American League All-Star and was named the ALs Most Valuable Player in 1978 after becoming the first major player in 19 years to hit for 400 total bases. He went on to become the player to lead the major leagues in total bases in consecutive seasons. He joined Ty Cobb as one of two players to lead the AL in total three years in a row. He batted.300 seven times, collected 100 runs batted in eight times and 200 hits four times and he also led the league in home runs three times, RBIs and slugging percentage twice each. He ended his career with a, when Rice retired, his 1,503 career games in left field ranked seventh in AL history. Rice was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26,2009, the Red Sox went on to lose the World Series,4 games to 3, to the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. In 1978, Rice won the Most Valuable Player award in a campaign where he hit.315 and led the league in runs, RBI, hits, triples, total bases. His 406 total bases that year were the most in the AL since Joe DiMaggio had 418 in 1937 and this feat wasnt repeated again until 1997, when Larry Walker had 409 in the NL. No AL player has done it since Rice in 1978, and his remains the third highest by an AL right-handed hitter, behind DiMaggio. In 1986, Rice had 200 hits, batted.324, the Red Sox made it to the World Series for the second time during his career. This time, Rice played in all 14 postseason games, where he collected 14 hits and he also scored 14 runs and drove in six. The 14 runs Rice scored is the fifth most recorded by an individual during a single years postseason play. The Red Sox went on to lose the World Series to the New York Mets,4 games to 3, Rice led the AL in home runs three times, in RBI twice, in slugging percentage twice, and in total bases four times. He also picked up Silver Slugger Awards in 1983 and 1984, Rice hit at least 39 home runs in a season four times, had eight 100-RBI seasons and four seasons with 200+ hits, and batted over.300 seven times. He finished his 16-year career with a.298 batting average,382 home runs,1,451 RBIs,1,249 runs scored,2,452 hits and he was an American League All-Star eight times. In addition to winning the American League MVP award in 1978, Rice is the only player in major league history to record over 200 hits while hitting 39 or more HRs for three consecutive years.315 or higher. Among all major league players during time, Rice was the leader in five of these categories
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Wade Boggs
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Wade Anthony Boggs is an American former professional baseball third baseman. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a contender for American League batting titles. He is 33rd on the list of leaders for batting average among Major League Baseball players with a minimum of 1000 plate appearances. Boggs was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004, with 12 straight All-Star appearances, Boggs is third only to Brooks Robinson and George Brett in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman. In 1997, he ranked number 95 on the Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, Boggs, a 1976 graduate of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida, currently resides in the Tampa Palms neighborhood of Tampa. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, the youngest of three sons of Sue and Winfield K. Boggs, Wade had a military upbringing. Winfield and Sue met in 1946 at a base in Georgia. Winfield served with the Marines in World War II and flew for the Air Force in the Korean War while Sue piloted mail planes in World War II, the Boggs family lived in several different places before settling in Tampa, Florida when Wade was 11 years old. He attended Plant High School in Tampa, where he played baseball and was an All-State football player as a senior, Boggs played quarterback until senior year when he switched positions to avoid injury and thereby protect his baseball career. His success as a placekicker and punter earned him a scholarship offer from the University of South Carolina. He graduated from Plant High School in 1976 and was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the round of the 1976 MLB draft on the advice of veteran scout George Digby. He signed with the club for $7,500, Sue Boggs was killed in a car accident during the 1986 season when a cement truck being driven by a prisoner on work detail ran a red light and struck her car. Boggs played in the longest game in baseball history as a member of the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981 against Cal Ripken, Jr. The Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in baseball history. It lasted for 33 innings over eight hours and 25 minutes,32 innings were played from 18 to 19 April 1981 at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. During his last year in the leagues with Pawtucket, he led the league with a.335 batting-average,167 hits. A left-handed hitter, Boggs won five batting titles starting in 1983 and he also batted.349 in his rookie year which would have won the batting title, but was 121 plate appearances short of the required minimum of 502. From 1982 to 1988, Boggs hit below.349 only once, Boggs also had six seasons with 200 or more hits, 100+ runs and 40+ doubles
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Bill Buckner
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William Joseph Buckner is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He appeared in MLB from 1969 through 1990, during his career, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, and Kansas City Royals. Buckner accumulated over 2,700 hits in his career, won a batting title in 1980. Buckner was born in Vallejo, California and grew up in American Canyon and he graduated from Napa High School in 1968 after playing on the schools baseball and football teams. While playing football, he was a two-time All-Statewide receiver Coaches, Buckner was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft. His friend, Bobby Valentine, was the Dodgers first round pick, upon signing with the Dodgers, Buckner was assigned to the Ogden Dodgers of the Pioneer League. After two minor league seasons, in which he batted.323, Buckner made his league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a September call-up in 1969 at the age of 19. He appeared in one game, September 21 against the San Francisco Giants, Buckner began the 1970 season with the Dodgers, but after batting.121 with no home runs and no RBIs, he was returned to Triple-A Spokane. His.335 batting average with the Spokane Indians earned him a second chance and he batted.257 in the months of September and October, with four RBIs and five runs scored. Buckner earned a job with the Dodgers in 1971 as their opening day right fielder. Buckner played a role in a baseball milestone on April 8,1974. Playing left field, Buckner climbed the fence in an attempt to catch Hank Aarons 715th home run, in his Dodger career, Buckner batted.289 with 38 home runs and 277 runs batted in in 773 games. Following the season, Buckner was traded to the Chicago Cubs with Iván DeJesús and Jeff Albert for Rick Monday and Mike Garman. He had suffered an infection in his ankle in 1976, so the Cubs shifted him to first base. During his career in Chicago, he batted over.300 four times, leading the league in 1980 at.324, and was the Cubs sole representative at the 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. On May 17,1979, in a famous slugfest at Wrigley Field that included three homers by Dave Kingman and two by Mike Schmidt, Buckner went four-for-seven with a grand slam and seven RBIs. When manager Herman Franks resigned late in the 1979 season, he made comments about several players. Early in the 1984 season, the Boston Red Sox were in the market for an upgrade at first base, on May 25, they acquired Buckner from the Cubs for Dennis Eckersley and Mike Brumley
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Dwight Evans
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Dwight Michael Dewey Evans is an American former professional baseball right fielder and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball. Evans won eight Gold Glove Awards, in the 1970s and 1980s, Evans played in the outfield with Hall of Famer Jim Rice as well as all-stars Fred Lynn and Tony Armas. Evans was born in Santa Monica, California and he played Pony League and Colt League Baseball in Northridge, California with Doug DeCinces. Dwight attended Granada Hills High School in the grade, but was not happy with the poor treatment he received from the baseball coaches. He then transferred to Chatsworth High School and played alongside Rick Rieger, Evans started his career by winning International League MVP honors, but in his early major league career, he was primarily a defensive standout with a modest bat. In the second half of his career, he became a powerful batter, Evans acquired the nickname Dewey while playing for the Winston-Salem Red Sox during his third year of professional ball in 1971. It was coined by manager Don Lock who had already called Don Newhauser Newie, Evans made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox on September 16,1972 in a game against the Cleveland Indians. The Red Sox won 10–0 behind the pitching of Luis Tiant who threw a 3-hit complete game. Evans pinch ran for Reggie Smith in the 6th but was stranded at 2B, Evans played in 18 games in 1972 for the Red Sox, and had 57 plate appearances. In the historic 6th game of the 1975 World Series, with the score tied 6–6 in the 11th inning and he threw to first base to complete an inning-ending double play. Carlton Fisk hit the walk off home run in the 12th inning to win the game for the Red Sox. Despite the strike-shortened 1981 season, Evans had his best all-around year and he paced the league in total bases, OPS, walks, times on base, and tied Eddie Murray, Tony Armas and Bobby Grich for the home run title with 22. He also ranked second in runs scored and on-base percentage, and he added a.296 batting average with 71 runs batted in. In 1987, at age 35, Evans recorded career highs in batting average, HRs and he signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles on December 6,1990. He batted.270 with six homers and drove in 38 runs in 101 games in his season with the Orioles. Based on his uncertain status, Evans was released by the Orioles in spring training on March 15,1992. Evans was named an Outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star team in 1982,1984 and 1987 and was tabbed as an Outfielder on the AL Silver Slugger Team by The Sporting News in 1981 and 1987. Evans would win the Gold Glove award in 1976,1978,1979,1981,1982,1983,1984, and 1985
