Vince Shupe
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Vincent William Shupe was an American professional baseball first baseman who played for the 1945 Boston Braves of Major League Baseball. Listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 180 pounds, he batted and threw
Shupe with the Boston Braves, c. 1945
Suspended game
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A suspended game in baseball occurs when a game has to be stopped before it can be completed, and the game is meant to be finished at a later time or date. Suspended games are used in Major League Bas
Vince Shupe
…been on July 4. Baseball records list Shupe as appearing in a game earlier in the season, against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 17; however, that was a suspended game, and he only played in the completion of the game, when it was resumed on August 4. Shupe played in 78 major league games, registering a .269 batting…
A rain delay in the sixth inning of Game 5 of the 2008 World Series led to the game being suspended; it was completed two days later.
Ken Griffey Jr. is credited with reaching base for two different teams in games played on April 28, 2008.
In 2009, Joel Hanrahan had to wait until July 9 to earn the win in a game that he had pitched in on May 5.
Danny Jansen catching, with Daulton Varsho batting, at Fenway Park during the August 26 resumption of the suspended game of June 26, 2024