| Don Mattingly | ... 1884, the Dodgers have used a total of 30 Managers, the most current being | , who was appointed at the conclusion of the 2010 season as the successor ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... e career records and reached an additional major career milestone. He broke | 's record of 2,062 career walks, Ty Cobb's record of 2,246 career runs, an ... |
| Minnie Miñoso | ... cago White Sox, Venezuelan-born Chico Carrasquel and Cuban-born (and black) | , became the first Hispanic All-Stars |
| Harold Reynolds | ... season due to a nagging hamstring injury, allowing Mariners second baseman | to win the title. Henderson had one more league-leading season after that ... |
| Hughie Jennings | ... he season, Sparky Anderson won his 1,132nd game as a Tiger manager, passing | for the most all-time wins in franchise history. Following the 1992 season ... |
| Reggie Jackson | ... relationships between teammates, who included Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue and | , gave the lie to the need for "chemistry" between players. The National L ... |
| Gene Freese | ... oe Jackson, Jimmy Dygert, Henry "Cotton" Knaupp, Bill Lindsay, Zeke Bonura, | , and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver. ... |
| Christy Mathewson | ... to be low scoring, dominated by such pitchers as Walter Johnson, Cy Young, | , and Grover Cleveland Alexander to the extent that the period 1900–1919 i ... |
| Jackie Robinson | ... century, no Major League Baseball team employed an African American player. | became the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball team ... |
| Omar Vizquel | ... our different decades (Ted Williams and Willie McCovey were the others, and | became the fourth in 2010). Despite the late start, Henderson finished fou ... |
| Roger Maris | ... year engaged in a home run race for the ages. With both rapidly approaching | 's record of 61 home runs (set in 1961), seemingly the entire nation watch ... |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | ... e had success as knuckleballers after their ability to throw hard declined. | , Phil Niekro and Jesse Haines, three pitchers who primarily relied on the ... |
| Dennis Eckersley | ... ve pennants and the 1989 World Series behind Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco and | . In more recent years, the A's have often been playoff contenders but hav ... |
| Trevor Hoffman | ... being thrown masterfully by pitchers such as Tim Lincecum, Pedro Martinez, | , Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander and Cole Hamel ... |
| Eddie Cicotte | ... sberg, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Oscar "Happy" Felsch, | , George "Buck" Weaver, Fred McMullin, and Claude "Lefty" Williams) were i ... |
| Dan Petry | ... arter Mark Thurmond. Though the Padres would pull back even at 3–3, chasing | in the fourth inning in the process, the Tigers retook the lead on a Rusty ... |
| Joe Torre | ... during a regular season game until Jolbert Cabrera wore it in 2003. Manager | wore it during his tenure with the Dodgers |
| Joe Garagiola, Sr. | ... of the campaign was a series of popular television appearances he did with | , a retired baseball star for the St. Louis Cardinals and a well-known ann ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... ear deal with the Boston Red Sox and took the uniform number 3, in honor of | |
| Harry Heilmann | ... y. (The Elias Book of Baseball Records, 2008, p. 88) That year, outfielders | and Ty Cobb finished #1 and #2 in the American League batting race with ba ... |
| Ozzie Virgil | ... eague team to integrate their roster with the addition of Pumpsie Green and | on July 21, 1959. While limited in numbers, the on-field performance of ea ... |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | ... inated by such pitchers as Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and | to the extent that the period 1900–1919 is commonly called the "Dead-ball ... |
| Kenny Lofton | ... itched the fifteenth perfect game in baseball history. He is tied only with | for appearing in the post-season with six different teams. Wells is curren ... |
| Dazzy Vance | ... "Cotton" Knaupp, Bill Lindsay, Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers | , Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver. In Jackson's only season with Ne ... |
| Chico Carrasquel | ... y from the integration era. In 1951, two Chicago White Sox, Venezuelan-born | and Cuban-born (and black) Minnie Miñoso, became the first Hispanic All-St ... |
| Jolbert Cabrera | ... spring training of 2002 and was not worn during a regular season game until | wore it in 2003. Manager Joe Torre wore it during his tenure with the Dodg ... |
| Richie Ashburn | ... m a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder | and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the out ... |
| Hank Greenberg | ... e league's best with "Black Mike" Mickey Cochrane behind the plate, slugger | at first, and consistent Charlie Gehringer, "The Mechanical Man", at secon ... |
| Lance Niekro | ... does so infrequently as compared to pitchers who use it as a primary pitch. | , son of Joe Niekro, attempted to convert from a position player to a knuc ... |
| José Rijo | ... ley for five players: Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, and | . That year he led the league in runs scored (146) and stolen bases (80), ... |
| Mickey Cochrane | ... ms of the 1930s were consistently among the league's best with "Black Mike" | behind the plate, slugger Hank Greenberg at first, and consistent Charlie ... |
| George Kottaras | ... was granted when he was traded back to the Padres for top catching prospect | |
| Willie Horton | ... ate-inning defensive replacement. This allowed Smith to play an outfield of | , Jim Northrup and Al Kaline in every Series game |
| Willie McCovey | ... third player to hit a home run in four different decades (Ted Williams and | were the others, and Omar Vizquel became the fourth in 2010). Despite the ... |
| Woodie Fryman | ... steady self for the Tigers, winning 22 games, while Coleman won 19. Starter | , acquired on August 2, was the final piece of the puzzle as he went 10–3 ... |
| Dante Bichette | ... ed. Steve Garvey's No.6 was not reissued for 19 years until it was given to | in spring training of 2002 and was not worn during a regular season game u ... |
| Joe Sewell | ... pp, Bill Lindsay, Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, | , Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver. In Jackson's only season with New Orleans (1 ... |
| Joe Pepitone | ... e bases, McLain stood on the pitchers mound and applauded. The next batter, | , waved his bat over the plate, as if asking for an easy pitch of his own. ... |
| Edgar Rentería | Going into the 2008 season, the franchise traded for prominent talent in | (from the Atlanta Braves) and Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis (from th ... |
| Jim Northrup | ... he decade, with outfielders Willie Horton (1963), Mickey Stanley (1964) and | (1964) also coming aboard at this time |
| Cy Young | ... mes tended to be low scoring, dominated by such pitchers as Walter Johnson, | , Christy Mathewson, and Grover Cleveland Alexander to the extent that the ... |
| Mark Thurmond | ... inning would be the beginning of another early end for the Padres' starter | . Though the Padres would pull back even at 3–3, chasing Dan Petry in the ... |
| Raúl Mondesí | ... ers and Giants, baseball players such as Pedro Martínez, Jose Offerman, and | have spent time in Great Falls with the team. Since 1988, the team has won ... |
| Greg Maddux | ... sterfully by pitchers such as Tim Lincecum, Pedro Martinez, Trevor Hoffman, | , Tom Glavine, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander and Cole Hamels |
| Ed Abbaticchio | ... be Athletic Association included several of the era's top players, such as: | , Charles Barney, Alf Bull, Jack Gass, Walter Okeson, Harry Ryan, Doggie T ... |
| Orlando Cepeda | ... one win and a 6.04 ERA, the Athletics traded him to the Atlanta Braves for | ; he went only 3–5 for Atlanta, and his overall totals for 1972 were 4–7 w ... |
| Paul Wagner | ... nd Mirtha have sex, a track titled "Little Ditty", written and performed by | , is missing in the soundtrack album |
| George H. W. Bush | ... arty. While running against Reagan for the Presidential nomination in 1980, | had derided Reaganomics as "voodoo economics". Similarly, in 1976, Gerald ... |
| Mike Piazza | ... for 45 years. The ceremony ended with Tom Seaver throwing a final pitch to | , then, as the Beatles "In My Life" played on the stadium speakers the two ... |
| Blue Moon Odom | ... quez's game-tying single that allowed Gene Tenace to score the winning run. | shut down Detroit 5–0 in Game 2. The end of Game 2 was marred by an ugly i ... |
| Pedro Feliciano | ... viano Perez on NBC. In his tenth bout, he met the former WBO world champion | , handling him a ten-round beating. Four more wins followed, and Carbajal ... |
| John Montgomery Ward | ... and Chicago. The tour included future Hall of Famers Adrian "Cap" Anson and | . While the players were on the tour, the National League instituted new r ... |
| Eric Show | ... poor starting pitching throughout the series, never recovered and lost 5–2. | continued the parade of bad outings in Game 4, getting bounced after two a ... |
| Maury Wills | ... record with 96 steals in 1915 that stood until 1962, when it was broken by | . Baseball historian Bill James has ranked the 1915 Tigers outfield as the ... |
| Ray Fosse | ... to Kings game at the same time. On TV, Glen Kuiper covers play-by-play, and | provides color commentary. Fosse also does color commentary on the radio w ... |
| Catfish Hunter | ... division titles. The strained relationships between teammates, who included | , Vida Blue and Reggie Jackson, gave the lie to the need for "chemistry" b ... |
| Roger Maris | ... n both the American and National Leagues. After the record home run year by | in , the major leagues increased the size of the strike zone from the top ... |
| Steve Garvey | ... f Fernando Valenzuela in 1991, although it has not been officially retired. | 's No.6 was not reissued for 19 years until it was given to Dante Bichette ... |
| Zack Wheat | ... 's record of 2,062 career walks, Ty Cobb's record of 2,246 career runs, and | 's record of 2,328 career games in left field, and on the final day of the ... |
| Branch Rickey | ... "minor" – a term that did not come into vogue until St. Louis Cardinals GM | pioneered the farm system in the 1930s. Nevertheless, these financially tr ... |
| Fernando Rodney | ... t in his throwing arm. Other pitchers who were injured included Tim Byrdak, | , Jair Jurrjens and |
| Jim Northrup | ... nsive replacement. This allowed Smith to play an outfield of Willie Horton, | and Al Kaline in every Series game |
| Gene Tenace | ... e charged with an error on Gonzalo Marquez's game-tying single that allowed | to score the winning run. Blue Moon Odom shut down Detroit 5–0 in Game 2. ... |
| Josh Wilson | ... affluent community along the Ohio River about thirty minutes away, as does | , shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers. Frank Cappelli, local legendary chi ... |
| Jair Jurrjens | ... arm. Other pitchers who were injured included Tim Byrdak, Fernando Rodney, | and |
| Carlos Zambrano | ... ome in River Forest due to his wife's family ties, and Chicago Cubs pitcher | once lived in River Forest. Kathryn McGee, a resident of River Forest sinc ... |
| Phil Niekro | Hoyt Wilhelm, | and Jesse Haines, three pitchers who primarily relied on the knuckleball, ... |
| Eric Plunk | ... g with Bert Bradley for five players: Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, | , and José Rijo. That year he led the league in runs scored (146) and stol ... |
| Fernando Valenzuela | The Dodgers have not issued No.34 since the departure of | in 1991, although it has not been officially retired. Steve Garvey's No.6 ... |
| Walter Johnson | ... this time the games tended to be low scoring, dominated by such pitchers as | , Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and Grover Cleveland Alexander to the exten ... |
| José Reyes | ... th hitters and to teach base stealing. Henderson's impact was noticeable on | , the Mets' former leadoff hitter. "I always want to be around the game," ... |
| Frank Robinson | ... rience long-delayed gains in managerial positions within baseball. In 1975, | (who had been the 1956 Rookie of the Year with the Cincinnati Reds) was na ... |
| Barry Bonds | ... rs following the meteoric rise of veteran San Francisco Giants left fielder | in 2001. In 2001 Bonds knocked out 73 home runs, breaking the record set b ... |
| John Elway | ... . The disastrous 1982 season earned the team the right to select Stanford's | , but Elway refused to play for Baltimore, and using leverage as a draftee ... |
| Zeke Bonura | ... ed Shoeless Joe Jackson, Jimmy Dygert, Henry "Cotton" Knaupp, Bill Lindsay, | , Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and ... |
| Bob Welch | ... rs have approached the 30-game milestone (Steve Carlton won 27 games in and | also with 27 victories in . With Major League Baseball moving from the fou ... |
| Jason Donald | ... h inning when first base umpire Jim Joyce made a controversial call, ruling | safe at first. Video replay showed he was out. A tearful Joyce later said ... |
| Tim Lollar | ... ally in the second inning led to four runs and the yanking of Padre starter | after one and two-thirds innings. The Padres, plagued by poor starting pit ... |
| Jim Thorpe | ... sity starter as running back and linebacker in 1912, tackling the legendary | of the Carlisle Indians that year. Eisenhower broke his leg in that, his l ... |
| Kevin Youkilis | ... on during a Red Sox telecast and, upon realizing that Red Sox first baseman | is Jewish, delivered a criticism of Mel Gibson's antisemitic comments. As ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... 006, graduation ceremonies included commencement speakers former Presidents | and Bill Clinton, who commended the students for their desire to return to ... |
| Marcus Giles | ... d States Representative Duncan Hunter. Major League Baseball Second baseman | lives there |
| Bob Gibson | ... n, a sore-armed McLain lost twice to National League Cy Young Award winner, | to help put the Tigers down three games to one. Trailing three games to tw ... |
| Vida Blue | ... The strained relationships between teammates, who included Catfish Hunter, | and Reggie Jackson, gave the lie to the need for "chemistry" between playe ... |
| Jesse Haines | Hoyt Wilhelm, Phil Niekro and | , three pitchers who primarily relied on the knuckleball, have been induct ... |
| Branch Rickey | ... a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It happened mainly due to General Manager | 's efforts. The deeply religious Rickey's motivation appears to have been ... |
| Ty Cobb | ... major career milestone. He broke Babe Ruth's record of 2,062 career walks, | 's record of 2,246 career runs, and Zack Wheat's record of 2,328 career ga ... |
| Eddie Bonine | ... signed with the , debuting on May 29, 2010. Former Detroit Tigers reliever | also throws a knuckleball, though he does so infrequently as compared to p ... |
| Mariano Rivera | ... andfather the use of the number 42 out of the game, New York Yankees closer | still wears the number as he is the only active player who wore the number ... |
| Fred McMullin | ... ss" Joe Jackson, Oscar "Happy" Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, George "Buck" Weaver, | , and Claude "Lefty" Williams) were indicted and tried for conspiracy. The ... |
| Kurt Bevacqua | ... ger starter Dan Petry exited the game after four and one-third innings when | 's three-run homer gave San Diego a 5–3 lead they would hold onto |
| Al Kaline | ... the hero of '68, took the hill and allowed just one run over nine innings. | hit a solo homer to break a 1–1 tie in the 11th inning, only to be charged ... |
| Stan Javier | ... Yankees along with Bert Bradley for five players: Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, | , Eric Plunk, and José Rijo. That year he led the league in runs scored (1 ... |
| Tim Lincecum | ... hangeup has made a resurgence, being thrown masterfully by pitchers such as | , Pedro Martinez, Trevor Hoffman, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Johan Santana, ... |
| Stan Musial | ... ices, with Williams also flying later in the Korean War. During this period | led the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1942, 1944 and 1946 World Series titles ... |
| Joe Niekro | ... ksie" during his career. Other prominent knuckleball pitchers have included | (Phil's brother), Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom ... |
| Victor Martinez | ... league pitching prospects. Notable offseason additions included catcher/DH | , relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit and starting pitcher Brad Penny |
| Edwin Jackson | The Tigers acquired starter | from the 2008 AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays, and called up rookie and former ... |
| Johnny Bench | ... rson's team, which included Pete Rose as well as Hall of Famers Tony Perez, | and Joe Morgan, succeeded the A's run in 1975 |
| Babe Ruth | ... rks for base on balls with 177 (breaking the previous record of 170, set by | in 1923) and slugging percentage with .863 (breaking the mark of .847 set ... |
| Lenny Randle | ... ccurred during the bottom of the sixth inning, with the Mets losing 2-1 and | at bat. Jane Jarvis, Shea's organist (affectionately known as Shea's "Quee ... |
| Jay Howell | ... the New York Yankees along with Bert Bradley for five players: Tim Birtsas, | , Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, and José Rijo. That year he led the league in r ... |
| José Herrera | ... raded Henderson to the playoff-bound Toronto Blue Jays for Steve Karsay and | . He was involved in the final play of the World Series that year, as he a ... |
| Barry Bonds | ... ea sports trainers and athletes, including the trainers of Jason Giambi and | . This revelation lead to a vast criminal investigation into BALCO's conne ... |
| Dick Williams | | – who played for the Dodgers from 1951–54 and again in 1956 – was inducted ... |
| Craig Biggio | ... ; Alfonso Soriano of the Chicago Cubs is tied for the second-most ever with | , with 53. During the 2003 season, Henderson surpassed Babe Ruth for the c ... |
| Carl Yastrzemski | ... and Gibson among others dominated hitters, producing 339 shutouts in 1968. | would be the only American League hitter to finish the season with a batti ... |
| Mark Teixeira | ... and former owner of the Texas Rangers. Other residents include Sean Payton, | , Vernon Wells, professional golfers Choi Kyung-Ju and Ben Crane, Terry Br ... |
| Satchel Paige | ... the majors, including Roy Campanella (teammate to Robinson in Brooklyn) and | (teammate to Doby in Cleveland). Paige, who had pitched more than 2400 inn ... |
| Charlie Hough | ... r prominent knuckleball pitchers have included Joe Niekro (Phil's brother), | , Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve S ... |
| Albert Spalding | Flagler had | design a baseball park in St. Augustine, and the waiters at his hotels, un ... |
| Joe Morgan | ... h included Pete Rose as well as Hall of Famers Tony Perez, Johnny Bench and | , succeeded the A's run in 1975 |
| Darryl Strawberry | ... the home dugout and old locker room of the New York Jets. Former Mets star | , then playing for the Yankees, hit a home run during the game. Stadium op ... |
| Hank Greenberg | With a lineup that featured four future Hall of Famers ( | , Mickey Cochrane, Goose Goslin and Charlie Gehringer), the Tigers eventua ... |
| Dan Petry | ... rds of an inning and giving up three runs on five Tiger hits. Tiger starter | exited the game after four and one-third innings when Kurt Bevacqua's thre ... |
| Tony Gwynn | ... ble off Rockies pitcher John Thomson. That final game was also Padre legend | 's last major league game, and Henderson had originally wanted to sit out ... |
| Steve Carlton | ... win season, only two other pitchers have approached the 30-game milestone ( | won 27 games in and Bob Welch also with 27 victories in . With Major Leagu ... |
| Orel Hershiser | ... were affectionately dubbed "Fernandomania." In 1988, another pitching hero, | , again led them to a World Series victory, aided by one of the most memor ... |
| Tim Birtsas | ... as traded to the New York Yankees along with Bert Bradley for five players: | , Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, and José Rijo. That year he led the ... |
| Mickey Cochrane | With a lineup that featured four future Hall of Famers (Hank Greenberg, | , Goose Goslin and Charlie Gehringer), the Tigers eventually won the World ... |
| Earl Wilson | ... Detroit finished the season at 91–71, a single game behind Boston. Starter | , acquired the previous season from the Red Sox, led the Tigers with 22 wi ... |
| Ed Whitson | ... ew first blood. The Padres evened the series the next night despite pitcher | being chased after pitching two-thirds of an inning and giving up three ru ... |
| Roy Campanella | ... handful of black baseball players made appearances in the majors, including | (teammate to Robinson in Brooklyn) and Satchel Paige (teammate to Doby in ... |
| Doug Mirabelli | ... an oversized knuckleball catcher's mitt, similar to a first baseman's glove | ;, formerly of the Red Sox, actually used a softball catcher's mitt. The B ... |
| Moses Fleetwood Walker | ... e baseball clubs throughout the early days of the organizing amateur sport. | is considered the first African-American to play at the major league level ... |
| Danny Murtaugh | ... 50s, the team was associated with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was managed by | . Other notable Pelican managers included Larry Gilbert and Abner Powell, ... |
| Rube Foster | ... each other independently, without an official league to organize the sport. | , a former ballplayer, founded the Negro National League in 1920. A second ... |
| George Brett | ... batting average with a mark of .325, losing out to the Kansas City Royals' | on the final day of the season. Henderson had a remarkably consistent seas ... |
| Billy Martin | ... let go after a disappointing fourth-place finish in 1970, to be replaced by | . Following his playing career with the New York Yankees, Martin had worke ... |
| Frank Grant | ... Leon Giants. It later became the Cuban Giants, and one of the team members, | , has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Joe DiMaggio | ... .400 – the last time anyone has achieved that feat. During the same season | hit successfully in 56 consecutive games, an accomplishment both unprecede ... |
| Dave Jolly | ... ckleball pitchers have included Joe Niekro (Phil's brother), Charlie Hough, | , Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie ... |
| Miguel Cabrera | ... traded for prominent talent in Edgar Rentería (from the Atlanta Braves) and | and Dontrelle Willis (from the Florida Marlins). However, the Tigers (who ... |
| Charlie Gehringer | ... Cochrane behind the plate, slugger Hank Greenberg at first, and consistent | , "The Mechanical Man", at second. All three players are in the Baseball H ... |
| Honus Wagner | ... pite this, there were also several superstar hitters, the most famous being | , held to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Det ... |
| Don Drysdale | ... rned run average, the lowest in 54 years while, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher | threw a record 58 and two-thirds consecutive scoreless innings during the ... |
| Aurelio Rodríguez | ... ub acquired pitcher Joe Coleman, shortstop Eddie Brinkman and third baseman | , all of whom would play critical roles in 1972 when the Tigers captured t ... |
| Joe Niekro | ... as compared to pitchers who use it as a primary pitch. Lance Niekro, son of | , attempted to convert from a position player to a knuckleball pitcher. He ... |
| Ted Williams | ... ar which saw the premature death of Lou Gehrig, Boston's great left fielder | had a batting average over .400 – the last time anyone has achieved that f ... |
| Larry Herndon | In Game 1, | hit a two-run home run that gave the Tigers a 3–2 lead. Morris pitched a c ... |
| Dontrelle Willis | ... t talent in Edgar Rentería (from the Atlanta Braves) and Miguel Cabrera and | (from the Florida Marlins). However, the Tigers (who now boasted the secon ... |
| Kenny Lofton | ... ingle series. His record for the most postseason stolen bases was broken by | 's 34th career steal during the 2007 ALCS; however, Lofton accomplished hi ... |
| Lou Gehrig | ... y throughout the duration. In 1941, a year which saw the premature death of | , Boston's great left fielder Ted Williams had a batting average over .400 ... |
| Ty Cobb | ... d to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Detroit's | , the "Georgia Peach." Cobb was a mean-spirited man, fiercely competitive ... |
| Bob Lemon | ... dsay, Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, | , and Earl Weaver. In Jackson's only season with New Orleans (1910), he hi ... |
| Pedro Martínez | ... Formerly called the White Sox, Dodgers and Giants, baseball players such as | , Jose Offerman, and Raúl Mondesí have spent time in Great Falls with the ... |
| Johnny Damon | ... oldest player to play center field in major league history when he replaced | for three games in April and another in July. Henderson's arrival was mark ... |
| Pumpsie Green | ... e the last major league team to integrate their roster with the addition of | and Ozzie Virgil on July 21, 1959. While limited in numbers, the on-field ... |
| Willie Mays | ... g his 660th career home run on April 12, 2004, tying him with his godfather | for third place on the all-time career home run list. He hit his 661st hom ... |
| John Thomson | ... ason collected his 3,000th career hit, a leadoff double off Rockies pitcher | . That final game was also Padre legend Tony Gwynn's last major league gam ... |
| Ray Chapman | ... is rule change was enforced all the more stringently following the death of | , who was struck in the temple by a pitched ball from Carl Mays in a game ... |
| Sparky Anderson | ... ue, on the other hand, belonged to the Big Red Machine in Cincinnati, where | 's team, which included Pete Rose as well as Hall of Famers Tony Perez, Jo ... |
| Jerry Casale | ... rock band INXS during summer 2011, and is currently working on a new album. | of Devo created a video for Berlin which was scheduled to debut at a late ... |
| Lou Brock | In 1982, Henderson broke | 's major league single season record by stealing 130 bases, a total which ... |
| Pete Rose | ... the last batter McLain ever faced in the major leagues was none other than | , who would also be ensnared in a gambling scandal years later). The Brave ... |
| Tim Raines | ... uccess rate on the basepaths is among the highest percentages in history. ( | ranks first among players with at least 300 career attempts, at 84%.) On J ... |
| Jake Wood | The 1961 club featured two nonwhite starters, | and Bill Bruton, and later in the 1960s, black players such as Willie Hort ... |
| Ben Flowers | ... chers have included Joe Niekro (Phil's brother), Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, | , Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, Tim ... |
| Darryl Motley | ... ould need. Milt Wilcox outdueled Charlie Leibrandt, and after Hernandez got | to pop out to preserve the 1–0 win, the Tigers were returning to the World ... |
| Joe Coleman | ... with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for | , Eddie Brinkman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodríguez. Kuhn actually had to c ... |
| Marv Owen | ... The game was marred by an ugly incident. After spiking Tiger third baseman | in the sixth inning, the Cardinals' Joe "Ducky" Medwick had to be removed ... |
| Greg Maddux | ... r career at the age of 44. He hit a single and a double off former teammate | |
| Pete Rose | ... Big Red Machine in Cincinnati, where Sparky Anderson's team, which included | as well as Hall of Famers Tony Perez, Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, succeed ... |
| Jason Giambi | ... Francisco Bay Area sports trainers and athletes, including the trainers of | and Barry Bonds. This revelation lead to a vast criminal investigation int ... |
| Kirk Gibson | ... the most memorable home runs of all time, by their injured star outfielder | coming off the bench to pinch hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth ... |
| Jack Lynch | The President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery, and the Taoiseach, | , attended a memorial service for Mountbatten in St. Patrick's Cathedral i ... |
| Willie Horton | ... s, Jake Wood and Bill Bruton, and later in the 1960s, black players such as | , Earl Wilson, and Gates Brown would contribute to Detroit's rise in the s ... |
| Vernon Wells | ... r of the Texas Rangers. Other residents include Sean Payton, Mark Teixeira, | , professional golfers Choi Kyung-Ju and Ben Crane, Terry Bradshaw, the fo ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... at the US policy to remove Saddam Hussein from power started with President | in August 1990. Ritter concludes from public remarks by President George H ... |
| Dave Boswell | ... lationships with his players, which included a legendary fight with pitcher | in an alley behind Detroit's Lindell AC sports bar. He would spend the 197 ... |
| Joe Torre | ... who was appointed at the conclusion of the 2010 season as the successor to | |
| Victor Martinez | ... nd 2009 saw George Kottaras fulfill this role. On August 26, the first time | caught Wakefield, he used a first baseman's glove, instead of a regular ca ... |
| Paul Molitor | ... He was involved in the final play of the World Series that year, as he and | scored on Joe Carter's Series-ending home run. After winning his second Wo ... |
| Jason Varitek | ... rld championship season, with Doug Mirabelli regularly catching in place of | when Tim Wakefield was pitching. The Wakefield tradition of a 'Specialist ... |
| Charlie Leibrandt | ... er's choice would be all the help Detroit would need. Milt Wilcox outdueled | , and after Hernandez got Darryl Motley to pop out to preserve the 1–0 win ... |
| Justin Verlander | ... te-inning rally. The trend caught on, with Jeremy Bonderman, Zach Miner and | all chewing from time to time. The Tigers came back to tie the game, and t ... |
| George Sherrill | ... ading to the increased stability and success of the league in recent years. | , a 2008 MLB All-Star, is a former Evansville Otter |
| Branch Rickey | ... nership of the Dodgers in 1950, when he bought the shares of his co-owners, | and the John L. Smith. Before long he was working to buy new land in Brook ... |
| Chipper Jones | ... er Alejandro Peña also makes his home in Roswell. Current Atlanta Braves 3B | lives in Roswell as well. Former NFL star Jerome Bettis is building a home ... |
| Hiroki Kuroda | ... or league team with five. They included Japanese pitchers Takashi Saito and | ; South Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park; and Taiwanese pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo a ... |
| Tom Candiotti | ... ekro (Phil's brother), Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, | , Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey. ... |
| Wilbur Wood | ... cluded Joe Niekro (Phil's brother), Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, | , Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, Tim Wakefield and ... |
| Cecil Fielder | ... n Brevard is the 50-room mansion in Suntree built in 1991 and once owned by | |
| Joe Moeller | ... r and astronaut Christa McAuliffe, and former major league baseball pitcher | |
| Gary Sheffield | ... f 25 players from their 2006 World Series roster, and traded for outfielder | , who had been a part of the 1997 Marlins World Series team managed by Jim ... |
| Joe Coleman | ... in what would turn out to be a heist for Detroit. The club acquired pitcher | , shortstop Eddie Brinkman and third baseman Aurelio Rodríguez, all of who ... |
| Rollie Fingers | ... h received much media attention. Finishing second to the Milwaukee Brewers' | in the MVP voting, Henderson's fielding that season also earned him his on ... |
| Zach Miner | ... g to spark a late-inning rally. The trend caught on, with Jeremy Bonderman, | and Justin Verlander all chewing from time to time. The Tigers came back t ... |
| Víctor Martínez | ... l (and sports) history. The move came shortly after the Tigers learned that | had torn his anterior cruciate ligament during offseason training in Lakel ... |
| Bob Purkey | ... other), Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, | , Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey. During the 1 ... |
| Tim Wakefield | ... ason, with Doug Mirabelli regularly catching in place of Jason Varitek when | was pitching. The Wakefield tradition of a 'Specialist Catcher' continued ... |
| Rob Deer | ... ted to rebuild using a power-hitting approach, with sluggers Cecil Fielder, | and Mickey Tettleton joining Trammell and Whitaker in the lineup (fitting ... |
| Takashi Saito | ... roster of any major league team with five. They included Japanese pitchers | and Hiroki Kuroda; South Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park; and Taiwanese pitche ... |
| Carl Mays | ... e death of Ray Chapman, who was struck in the temple by a pitched ball from | in a game on August 16, 1920 (he died the next day). Discolored balls, har ... |
| Chick Gandil | ... ossly underpaid for a pitcher of his ability, resisted repeated attempts by | to get him to throw the series until just days before the World Series ope ... |
| Curt Flood | ... inning, only to be promptly picked off first base by Lolich. One out later, | followed with another single, and was also picked off first by Lolich. In ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... au's brother John Patrick Schmitz is the former deputy counsel to President | |
| George H.W. Bush | ... modest lifestyle, Dennis Ross, former Middle East negotiator for Presidents | and Bill Clinton, stated that Arafat's "walking-around money" financed a v ... |
| Virgil Trucks | ... s from the military, the Tigers took the 1945 American League pennant. With | , Hal Newhouser and Dizzy Trout on the mound and Greenberg leading the Tig ... |
| John Olerud | ... for Seattle in 2000, Henderson was said to have commented on first baseman | 's practice of wearing a batting helmet while playing defense, noting that ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... ankees, his favorite team because of a lifelong interest in baseball legend | . He asked for uniform number 3, and was of course denied, as the Babe's n ... |
| Tony Gwynn | ... s about Henderson. A Padres teammate (variously reported as Steve Finley or | ) once offered him a seat anywhere on the bus, saying that Henderson had t ... |
| Goose Goslin | ... that featured four future Hall of Famers (Hank Greenberg, Mickey Cochrane, | and Charlie Gehringer), the Tigers eventually won the World Series the fol ... |
| Jeremy Bonderman | ... o his mouth, hoping to spark a late-inning rally. The trend caught on, with | , Zach Miner and Justin Verlander all chewing from time to time. The Tiger ... |
| Joe Coleman | As the series shifted to Detroit, the Tigers caught their stride. | held the A's scoreless on seven hits in Game 3, a 3–0 Tiger victory. In Ga ... |
| Joe Torre | ... ng an authentic 1934 Babe Ruth hat, which Wells bought for $35,000. Manager | made Wells take it off after the first inning because it didn't conform to ... |
| Brian Tollberg | On June 20, 2000 | debuted with the San Diego Padres, becoming the first player from the Fron ... |
| Billy Martin | ... teals (56). In so doing, he became the emblematic figure of Oakland manager | 's aggressive "Billyball" philosophy, which received much media attention. ... |
| Steve Sparks | ... lie Hough, Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, | , Eddie Rommel, Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey. During the 1945 season, wi ... |
| Mike Shannon | ... han double. Detroit added an insurance run in the ninth. A solo home run by | was all the Cardinals could muster against Lolich as the Tigers took the g ... |
| Cal Ripken, Jr. | On September 6, 1995, Baltimore Orioles shortstop | played his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig's 56-year-old rec ... |
| Sandy Koufax | ... form the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The same year, | and Don Drysdale – both Cy Young Award winners for the Los Angeles Dodgers ... |
| Charles Comiskey | ... if he won 30 games. Legend has it that as the season drew to a close, owner | ordered manager Kid Gleason to bench Cicotte, denying him a chance at a 30 ... |
| Dave Kingman | In 1971, | ---then with the San Francisco Giants; later to play for the Mets on two o ... |
| Lou Gehrig | ... les shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking | 's 56-year-old record. This was the first high-profile moment in baseball ... |
| Bobby Abreu | ... . In the Home Run Derby, Rodriguez finished second, losing to the Phillies' | |
| Jackie Robinson | ... ague baseball, a time when it produced some of its greatest stars. In 1947, | signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier th ... |
| Mike Cuellar | ... 4 games and won a second consecutive Cy Young Award, tying with Baltimore’s | , marking the first time two players had shared the award. It would be the ... |
| Milt Wilcox | ... third-inning RBI fielder's choice would be all the help Detroit would need. | outdueled Charlie Leibrandt, and after Hernandez got Darryl Motley to pop ... |
| Bill Gullickson | ... record in 1991 (84–78). However, the team lacked quality pitching, despite | 's 20 wins in 1991, and its core of key players began to age, setting the ... |
| Eric Davis | ... home runs in the 1985 season. He matched the feat in 1986, as did the Reds' | ; they remain the only players in major league history who are in the "80/ ... |
| Dan Quisenberry | ... ice in the 11th inning when Johnny Grubb doubled off the late Royals closer | en route to a 5–3 victory. The Tigers completed the sweep at Tiger Stadium ... |
| Mickey Tettleton | ... d using a power-hitting approach, with sluggers Cecil Fielder, Rob Deer and | joining Trammell and Whitaker in the lineup (fitting for the team with the ... |
| Steve Finley | ... confirmed stories about Henderson. A Padres teammate (variously reported as | or Tony Gwynn) once offered him a seat anywhere on the bus, saying that He ... |
| Doug Mirabelli | ... id this fairly systematically in their 2004 world championship season, with | regularly catching in place of Jason Varitek when Tim Wakefield was pitchi ... |
| Bob Feller | ... ere cut, and stairs put in. The bunk of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer | is marked for those touring. Feller served on Alabama for several years du ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... of John B. Anderson, and the Reagan camp was split: eventually designating | as his preferred candidate. At the convention, Helms toyed with the idea o ... |
| Charlie Gehringer | ... ur future Hall of Famers (Hank Greenberg, Mickey Cochrane, Goose Goslin and | ), the Tigers eventually won the World Series the following year, defeatin ... |
| Josh Gibson | ... fter his death. Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bill Bensawanger reportedly signed | to a contract in 1943, and the Washington Senators were also said to be in ... |
| Norm Cash | ... p of the seventh, an exhausted Gibson finally cracked, giving up singles to | and Willie Horton. Jim Northrup then struck the decisive blow, lashing a t ... |
| Kid Gleason | ... that as the season drew to a close, owner Charles Comiskey ordered manager | to bench Cicotte, denying him a chance at a 30-win season and the bonus mo ... |
| Don Drysdale | ... eague Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The same year, Sandy Koufax and | – both Cy Young Award winners for the Los Angeles Dodgers – refused to re- ... |
| Dave Hamilton | ... e game before Jim Northrup came through in the clutch again. His single off | scored Gates Brown and evened the series at 2 games apiece |
| Eddie Rommel | ... e Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, | , Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey. During the 1945 season, with talent depl ... |
| Fernando Valenzuela | ... dgers since 1959. The color analyst for some games is former Dodger pitcher | , for whom Jarrin once translated post-game interviews. The Spanish-langua ... |
| Shane Long | ... started the 2011–12 by selling captain Matt Mills and player of the season | . Early results were not favourable and the club sat second-bottom of the ... |
| Takashi Saito | ... different Asian countries, in one game: Park, Hong-Chih Kuo of Taiwan, and | of Japan. In the 2008 season the Dodgers had the most Asian players on its ... |
| Rafael Palmeiro | ... e he (unlike McGwire) emphatically denied using steroids, "period," slugger | became the first major star to be suspended (10 days) on August 1, 2005 fo ... |
| Marty Castillo | ... o a 5–3 victory. The Tigers completed the sweep at Tiger Stadium in Game 3. | 's third-inning RBI fielder's choice would be all the help Detroit would n ... |
| Plácido Polanco | ... Ugueth Urbina and infielder Ramon Martinez to the Philadelphia Phillies for | (and later signed him for 4 years). The Tigers stayed on the fringes of co ... |
| Mayo Smith | ... 2 lead. McLain created more dissension when he clashed with Tigers' manager | over the latter's role in the firing of Johnny Sain as the team's pitching ... |
| Nate Robertson | ... dugout in 2006. In a June game versus the New York Yankees, Tigers pitcher | was featured on FSN Detroit's "Sounds of the Game", in which the TV statio ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... r 1991, while serving as Minister without Portfolio, he called US President | an "anti-Semite." In 1997 he called US Ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk ... |
| Geno Petralli | ... ield, he used a first baseman's glove, instead of a regular catcher's mitt. | set the record for allowing four passed balls in one inning while trying t ... |
| Yutaka Fukumoto | ... le his 1,066th base, surpassing the record established ten years earlier by | for the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Pacific League. In his prime, Henderson h ... |
| Bobby Higginson | ... n of talent, as well, producing only a few everyday players (Travis Fryman, | ) during the 1990s. Adding insult to injury, the Tigers and radio station ... |
| Tim Wakefield | ... lowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, | and R. A. Dickey. During the 1945 season, with talent depleted by call-ups ... |
| Mickey Lolich | ... cord, en route to an easy 4–0 win. However, due in no small part to pitcher | 's victories in Games 2 and 5, the Tigers climbed back into the Series. Ma ... |
| Andy Messersmith | ... The reserve clause survived, but it had been irrevocably weakened. In 1975 | of the Dodgers and Dave McNally of the Montreal Expos played without contr ... |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | Notable Pelicans included | , Jimmy Dygert, Henry "Cotton" Knaupp, Bill Lindsay, Zeke Bonura, Gene Fre ... |
| Ty Cobb | ... eded him). His 100 steals set a new American League (AL) record, surpassing | 's 96 set in 1915. That winter, Henderson played in the Puerto Rican Profe ... |
| Johnny Bench | Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher | grew up in Binger |
| Johnny Grubb | ... uffman Stadium). In Game 2, the Tigers scored twice in the 11th inning when | doubled off the late Royals closer Dan Quisenberry en route to a 5–3 victo ... |
| Carlos Delgado | ... Canadian guest stars, with some exceptions such as athletes Doug Flutie and | |
| Lou Boudreau | ... s future wife, Sharyn Boudreau, the daughter of former major league player, | . McLain was also musically talented, learning to play the organ from his ... |
| Tim Byrdak | ... a blood-clot in his throwing arm. Other pitchers who were injured included | , Fernando Rodney, Jair Jurrjens and |
| Tom Seaver | ... and the stadium the Mets called home for 45 years. The ceremony ended with | throwing a final pitch to Mike Piazza, then, as the Beatles "In My Life" p ... |
| Jim Price | ... XYT-FM (97.1 FM). Dan Dickerson does play-by-play and former Tigers catcher | does color commentary. Games are carried on both stations unless a conflic ... |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | ... ut three Asian pitchers, from different Asian countries, in one game: Park, | of Taiwan, and Takashi Saito of Japan. In the 2008 season the Dodgers had ... |
| Dave McNally | ... had been irrevocably weakened. In 1975 Andy Messersmith of the Dodgers and | of the Montreal Expos played without contracts, and then declared themselv ... |
| Al Kaline | ... ing Detroit's fall in the standings, the decade saw the debut of outfielder | . One of the few Major League players who never played a day in the minor ... |
| Ty Cobb | ... ive, Cicotte played baseball in Georgia in 1905, where he was a teammate of | . Both players were purchased by the Tigers, and Cicotte made his big-leag ... |
| Don Newcombe | ... the help of Robinson, three-time MVP Roy Campanella, Cy Young Award winner | , Jim Gilliam and Joe Black. Robinson would eventually go on to become the ... |
| Willie Mays | ... h not officially retired—had not been regularly worn by a Mets player since | ' retirement in 1973. Nonetheless, Henderson and the Mets were an uneasy f ... |
| Charlie Grant | ... e early 1920s, New York Giants' manager John McGraw slipped a black player, | , into his lineup (reportedly by passing him off to the front office as an ... |
| R. A. Dickey | ... d, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, Tim Wakefield and | . During the 1945 season, with talent depleted by call-ups to fight in Wor ... |
| Chin-Feng Chen | ... tart a Korean player, pitcher Chan Ho Park, and the first Taiwanese player, | . In addition, they were the first team to send out three Asian pitchers, ... |
| Dutch Leonard | ... Senators had a pitching rotation which included four knuckleball pitchers ( | , Johnny Niggeling, Mickey "Itsy Bitsy" Haefner and Roger Wolff) who combi ... |
| Travis Fryman | ... largely barren of talent, as well, producing only a few everyday players ( | , Bobby Higginson) during the 1990s. Adding insult to injury, the Tigers a ... |
| Charlie Hough | ... g four passed balls in one inning while trying to catch knuckleball pitcher | in 1987. Varitek holds the postseason record with three in Game 5 of the 2 ... |
| Morgan Burkhart | ... was a "feel good" human interest story for part of the summer. A week later | made his debut with the Boston Red Sox |
| George H. W. Bush | During the 1988 presidential election: then-Vice President | noted that his opponent Michael Dukakis had described himself as a "card-c ... |
| Dave Winfield | ... to 29% by 2007), other factors have been cited as well. Hall of Fame player | , for instance, has cited the fact that urban America places less emphasis ... |
| C. J. Nitkowski | ... is first All-Star Game appearance, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for | , Mark Lewis, and minor leaguer Dave Tuttle. He finished that season with ... |
| Mark McGwire | ... to be one of the game's greatest seasons. St. Louis Cardinals first baseman | and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa that year engaged in a home run rac ... |
| Roy Campanella | ... on six pennants in those 10 years with the help of Robinson, three-time MVP | , Cy Young Award winner Don Newcombe, Jim Gilliam and Joe Black. Robinson ... |
| Jimmy Dygert | Notable Pelicans included Shoeless Joe Jackson, | , Henry "Cotton" Knaupp, Bill Lindsay, Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall ... |
| Cameron Maybin | ... drafted in 2006 and called up early in the 2007 campaign, and minor-leaguer | , an athletic five-tool outfielder ranked #6 in Baseball America's 2007 To ... |
| Kevin Cash | ... Specialist Catcher' continued into the 2008 season following the signing of | and 2009 saw George Kottaras fulfill this role. On August 26, the first ti ... |
| Larry Herndon | ... fewer games during the season. In Game 1, Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and | went deep to crush the Royals 8–1 at Royals Stadium (now Kauffman Stadium) ... |
| Johnny Evers | ... h at that time was a common, acceptable practice. The Cubs' second baseman, | , noticed this. In the confusion that followed, Evers claimed to have retr ... |
| Lou Brock | ... rn-era player to steal 100 bases in a season (Maury Wills's 104 in 1962 and | 's 118 in 1974 had preceded him). His 100 steals set a new American League ... |
| Chan Ho Park | ... story, pitcher Hideo Nomo, the first team to start a Korean player, pitcher | , and the first Taiwanese player, Chin-Feng Chen. In addition, they were t ... |
| Maury Wills | ... Henderson became the 3rd modern-era player to steal 100 bases in a season ( | 's 104 in 1962 and Lou Brock's 118 in 1974 had preceded him). His 100 stea ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... ates. The Faith Fourth achieved national visibility in 1992, when President | not only made a speech praising small town virtues, but also participated ... |
| Joe Black | ... ime MVP Roy Campanella, Cy Young Award winner Don Newcombe, Jim Gilliam and | . Robinson would eventually go on to become the first African-American ele ... |
| Lou Gehrig | ... 930s all the good teams had their home run hitting "sluggers": the Yankees' | , Jimmie Foxx in Philadelphia, Hank Greenberg in Detroit and Chicago's Hac ... |
| Curt Flood | ... challenge came in 1970. Backed by the MLBPA, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder | took the leagues to court to negate a player trade, citing the 13th Amendm ... |
| Ted Williams | ... hus becoming the third player to hit a home run in four different decades ( | and Willie McCovey were the others, and Omar Vizquel became the fourth in ... |
| Charley Pride | ... ecade. He is also the first African American with a No. 1 country hit since | in 1983 |
| Mike Remlinger | ... include All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner Brad Ausmus and All-Star | . Professional football players include former Miami Dolphins quarterback ... |
| George Kottaras | ... inued into the 2008 season following the signing of Kevin Cash and 2009 saw | fulfill this role. On August 26, the first time Victor Martinez caught Wak ... |
| Augie Ojeda | ... would shout "Augie Augie Augie, Oi Oi Oi" in reference to utility infielder | . (In many dialects of American English, "Augie" and "Oggy" are homophones ... |
| Lance Parrish | ... the Royals won 20 fewer games during the season. In Game 1, Alan Trammell, | and Larry Herndon went deep to crush the Royals 8–1 at Royals Stadium (now ... |
| Hal Newhouser | ... tary, the Tigers took the 1945 American League pennant. With Virgil Trucks, | and Dizzy Trout on the mound and Greenberg leading the Tiger bats, Detroit ... |
| Lou Brock | On May 1, 1991, Henderson stole his 939th base to pass | and become the sport's all-time stolen base leader. Henderson's speech (at ... |
| Leo Durocher | ... rnations is described as a small town outside of Los Angeles, California. ( | , who was then coaching with the Los Angeles Dodgers, guest-starred as him ... |
| Fred Merkle | ... s played a game in the Polo Grounds. Nineteen-year-old rookie first baseman | , later to become one of the best players at his position in the league, w ... |
| Bobby Bonilla | ... 999 NLCS, the New York press made much of a card game between Henderson and | . Both players had been substituted out of the lineup, and they reportedly ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... Clinton and George W. Bush (also representing his father, former President | , who declined to attend), along with Vice President Biden, three former V ... |
| Yogi Berra | Verducci wrote, "Rickey is the modern-day | , only faster." Henderson himself is resigned to his persona: "A lot of st ... |
| "Shoeless" Joe Jackson | ... eball games. Eight players (Charles "Swede" Risberg, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, | , Oscar "Happy" Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, George "Buck" Weaver, Fred McMullin ... |
| Bill Freehan | ... ail Lou Brock (who tried to score from second base standing up), as catcher | blocked the plate with his foot. The Tigers came back with three runs in t ... |
| Henry Aaron | ... ed the German nuclear base in Santiago nearly single handed back in 1953.", | hitting 739 home runs, and the date of April 31 |
| Babe Ruth | ... e a center of activity in the area. Guests, such as Al Capone, Connie Mack, | , and singer Kate Smith were able to utilize the hotel's airfield for arri ... |
| Joel Zumaya | ... itions, Dombrowski developed a productive farm system. Justin Verlander and | , the most notable rookie contributors to the 2006 team, were followed by ... |
| Mike Ditka | and | {VI-player, XX-coach}), as well as the first African-American Head Coach t ... |
| Hideo Nomo | ... were the second team to start a Japanese player in recent history, pitcher | , the first team to start a Korean player, pitcher Chan Ho Park, and the f ... |
| Dizzy Trout | ... ook the 1945 American League pennant. With Virgil Trucks, Hal Newhouser and | on the mound and Greenberg leading the Tiger bats, Detroit responded in a ... |
| Justin Verlander | ... In addition to acquisitions, Dombrowski developed a productive farm system. | and Joel Zumaya, the most notable rookie contributors to the 2006 team, we ... |
| Rogers Hornsby | ... made home run hitting more practical. In addition to Ruth, hitters such as | also took advantage, with Hornsby compiling extraordinary figures for both ... |
| Sammy Sosa | ... St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire and Chicago Cubs outfielder | that year engaged in a home run race for the ages. With both rapidly appro ... |
| Jim Gilliam | ... obinson, three-time MVP Roy Campanella, Cy Young Award winner Don Newcombe, | and Joe Black. Robinson would eventually go on to become the first African ... |
| Chuck Dressen | ... . Early in his career, McLain’s interest in betting on horses was piqued by | , one of his first managers. McLain’s descent into his gambling obsession ... |
| Gary Sheffield | ... y Bonds, Jason Giambi, and Mark McGwire. Other players, such as Canseco and | , have admitted to have either knowingly (in Canseco's case) or not (Sheff ... |
| Rajai Davis | ... ring training camps. In 2010, he worked on base stealing (most notably with | and Coco Crisp) and outfield drills |
| Larry Herndon | ... Tanana went all nine innings for the complete game shutout, and outfielder | gave the Tigers their lone run on a second-inning home run. Detroit finish ... |
| Sparky Anderson | ... offseason. With the deaths of George Kell, Mark Fidrych, Ernie Harwell and | , the slogan has new appreciation, for players and personalities of the te ... |
| Kevin Towers | ... ine it will be like saying I played with Babe Ruth." Padres general manager | said, "I get e-mails daily from fans saying, 'Sign Rickey.' ...I get more ... |
| Bill Bruton | The 1961 club featured two nonwhite starters, Jake Wood and | , and later in the 1960s, black players such as Willie Horton, Earl Wilson ... |
| Gus Zernial | ... Ike" was the nickname of two major league baseball players, Ralph Kiner and | |
| baseball player | The Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre Sports Museum, named after the | of the same name, was dedicated to the honor of Puerto Rico's great sports ... |
| Derek Jeter | ... tstop Jhonny Peralta was later added to the All-Star team when the Yankees' | was unable to play due to injury |
| Denny McLain | ... of just .301, the lowest in history. That same year, Detroit Tigers pitcher | won 31 games – making him the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season. St ... |
| Phil Coke | ... cks; in return they picked up outfield prospect Austin Jackson and pitchers | , Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth. Austin Jackson made the Tigers openin ... |
| Iván Rodríguez | ... traded for several talented but high-risk veterans, such as Fernando Vina, | , Ugueth Urbina, Rondell White and Carlos Guillén, and the gamble paid off ... |
| Lucy van Pelt | ... ream pie, Charlie Brown on the cherry pie, Linus van Pelt on the apple pie, | on the lemon pie, Schroeder on the berry pie, and Frieda on the chocolate ... |
| Mark McGwire | ... y for possibly using steroids. These include Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, and | . Other players, such as Canseco and Gary Sheffield, have admitted to have ... |
| Max Scherzer | ... urn they picked up outfield prospect Austin Jackson and pitchers Phil Coke, | and Daniel Schlereth. Austin Jackson made the Tigers opening day roster, a ... |
| Hack Wilson | ... ehrig, Jimmie Foxx in Philadelphia, Hank Greenberg in Detroit and Chicago's | were the most storied. While the American League championship, and to a le ... |
| Mickey Cochrane | ... at the Tigers' previous home Tiger Stadium, was renamed Cochrane Avenue for | . Cherry Street, which runs behind the left-field stands at Tiger Stadium, ... |
| Davy Force | ... 's best players, even those who were under contract with other teams. After | signed with Chicago, and then breached his contract to play in Boston, Hul ... |
| Lindy McDaniel | ... ketball coach Ted Owens, Major League Baseball players Wilcy Moore, Von and | , University of Oklahoma and professional football player Alton Coppage, m ... |
| J. P. Arencibia | ... ect game against the Toronto Blue Jays into the 8th inning. After a walk to | , Verlander coaxed a double-play grounder and went on to the 9th inning to ... |
| Daniel Schlereth | ... p outfield prospect Austin Jackson and pitchers Phil Coke, Max Scherzer and | . Austin Jackson made the Tigers opening day roster, and was American Leag ... |
| Bill Gullickson | ... erlander defeated the Minnesota Twins, 6-4, to become the first Tiger since | in 1991 to win 20 games in a season. Verlander also became the first major ... |
| Jason Giambi | ... came under scrutiny for possibly using steroids. These include Barry Bonds, | , and Mark McGwire. Other players, such as Canseco and Gary Sheffield, hav ... |
| Ugueth Urbina | ... ral talented but high-risk veterans, such as Fernando Vina, Iván Rodríguez, | , Rondell White and Carlos Guillén, and the gamble paid off. The 2004 Tige ... |
| Dick McAuliffe | ... he retirement of Cochrane's number 3; the number 3 has not been retired for | or Alan Trammell either, although number 3 has only been issued twice sinc ... |
| Mickey Lolich | ... est strikeout total in the American League behind Sam McDowell and teammate | . Although he had a curveball and a changeup, he relied mostly on his fast ... |
| Roger Maris | ... BI, might have earned him MVP honors that season were it not for New York's | bashing a record 61 homers the same year |
| Jackie Robinson | ... him to tolerate the inevitable abuse. Rickey's sights eventually settled on | , a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs. Although likely not the best ... |
| Eddie Cicotte | ... (1906) of the Philadelphia Phillies was credited as its inventor. However, | apparently also came up with the pitch while at Indianapolis, and brought ... |
| Wilcy Moore | ... ty of Kansas Head basketball coach Ted Owens, Major League Baseball players | , Von and Lindy McDaniel, University of Oklahoma and professional football ... |
| Nomar Garciaparra | ... ens Olympics, expressing an interest in starting a family with her husband, | |
| Coco Crisp | ... mps. In 2010, he worked on base stealing (most notably with Rajai Davis and | ) and outfield drills |
| Babe Ruth | ... d with Rickey Henderson, and I imagine it will be like saying I played with | ." Padres general manager Kevin Towers said, "I get e-mails daily from fan ... |
| Elliott Maddox | On October 9, 1970, McLain was traded by the Detroit Tigers with | , Norm McRae and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Joe Coleman, Eddi ... |
| Cecil Fielder | ... ise then attempted to rebuild using a power-hitting approach, with sluggers | , Rob Deer and Mickey Tettleton joining Trammell and Whitaker in the lineu ... |
| Ralph Kiner | "Ozark Ike" was the nickname of two major league baseball players, | and Gus Zernial |
| Jim Northrup | ... crucial Game 6 on just two days' rest, aided by a grand slam home run from | . Teammate Mickey Lolich won three games during the series, including a co ... |
| Carl Yastrzemski | ... ce between pitching and hitting had swung in favor of the pitchers. In 1968 | won the American League batting title with an average of just .301, the lo ... |
| Rondell White | ... t high-risk veterans, such as Fernando Vina, Iván Rodríguez, Ugueth Urbina, | and Carlos Guillén, and the gamble paid off. The 2004 Tigers finished 72–9 ... |
| Roger Wolff | ... pitchers (Dutch Leonard, Johnny Niggeling, Mickey "Itsy Bitsy" Haefner and | ) who combined for 60 complete games and 60 wins, carrying the Senators to ... |
| Tim Wakefield | ... re commonly used today by pitchers who throw the knuckleball, like Boston's | , who has a knuckleball with a lot of movement, current New York Mets pitc ... |
| Alex Avila | The Tigers sent five players to the 2011 All-Star Game. Catcher | was voted in as a starter, while Justin Verlander, Jose Valverde and Migue ... |
| Brad Ausmus | ... aseball, Dartmouth alumni include All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner | and All-Star Mike Remlinger. Professional football players include former ... |
| Norm Cash | ... ailed to reach the postseason despite winning over 100 games. First baseman | had the best batting average in the American League, a remarkably high .36 ... |
| Alan Trammell | ... ochrane's number 3; the number 3 has not been retired for Dick McAuliffe or | either, although number 3 has only been issued twice since Trammell retire ... |
| Ryan Sweeney | ... gston. The area has also produced a number of professional athletes such as | , Trent Green, and Kurt Warner. The city is also the setting for a musical ... |
| Derek Jeter | Kalamazoo is the hometown of New York Yankees all-star shortstop | , Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings, and free agent running ba ... |
| Nolan Ryan | ... nd a homer), while stealing three more bases. On August 22, 1989, he became | 's 5,000th strikeout victim, but Henderson took an odd delight in the occu ... |
| George "Sparky" Anderson | ... rom June 14, 1979 until the end of the 1995 season, the team was managed by | , one of baseball's winningest managers and owner of two World Series ring ... |
| Miguel Cabrera | ... Avila was voted in as a starter, while Justin Verlander, Jose Valverde and | were added as reserves. (Verlander was unavailable to play in the game due ... |
| Jackie Robinson | ... speech caused the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) to seek | 's testimony on the subject. Robinson was reluctant to testify, in part be ... |
| Randy Bass | ... orris, and Elmer Thomas. Other politicians include Democratic State Senator | and former US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Julian Niemczyk |
| Don Drysdale | ... ired after the 1987 season, he was replaced by Hall-of-Fame Dodgers pitcher | , who previously broadcast games for the California Angels. Drysdale died ... |
| Pete Rose | ... in baseball history. Turmoil was, however, just around the corner. In 1986 | retired from playing for the Cincinnati Reds, having broken Ty Cobb's reco ... |
| Carlos Guillén | ... ns, such as Fernando Vina, Iván Rodríguez, Ugueth Urbina, Rondell White and | , and the gamble paid off. The 2004 Tigers finished 72–90, a 29-game impro ... |
| Elio Chacón | ... eason, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop | found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, ... |
| George H. W. Bush | In 1990, President | awarded Atanasoff the United States National Medal of Technology, the high ... |
| Jack Morris | The 1984 team started out at a record 35–5 pace (including | throwing a no-hitter early in the season against Chicago en route to the T ... |
| Jhonny Peralta | ... in the game due to the scheduling of his regular-season starts.) Shortstop | was later added to the All-Star team when the Yankees' Derek Jeter was una ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... s to the irritation of Democrats. During the 101st Congress under President | , fully half of the successful proposals put forward by the Senate Democra ... |
| Ozzie Virgil, Sr. | ... ican-American player. In the Tigers' case, it was an Afro-Caribbean player, | , who integrated the Tigers in 1958. Only the Boston Red Sox trailed the T ... |
| Gary Sheffield | ... ason: to Trammell himself when he managed the Tigers from 2003–2005, and to | (after Trammell approved of it from 2007 until he was released prior to th ... |
| Lip Pike | ... BP investigated Athletic of Philadelphia for paying three players including | , but ultimately took no action against either the club or the players. To ... |
| Frank Tanana | ... to in front of 51,005 fans at Tiger Stadium on Sunday afternoon, October 4. | went all nine innings for the complete game shutout, and outfielder Larry ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, | and George W. Bush. The Republican Party, led by House Republican Minority ... |
| Johnny Niggeling | ... pitching rotation which included four knuckleball pitchers (Dutch Leonard, | , Mickey "Itsy Bitsy" Haefner and Roger Wolff) who combined for 60 complet ... |
| Tony La Russa | ... ers come through San Diego. But there's an aura about him nobody else has." | , Henderson's manager in the late 1980s in Oakland, said, "He rises to the ... |
| Gil Hodges | ... the home of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" -- a team led by former Brooklyn Dodger | that defied 100-1 odds and won the World Series, this after recording seve ... |
| Magglio Ordóñez | ... o the 2005 season, the Tigers spent a large sum for two prized free agents, | and Troy Percival. On June 8, 2005, the Tigers traded pitcher Ugueth Urbin ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... ary 20, 1986, it is called Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Following President | 's 1992 proclamation, the holiday is observed on the third Monday of Janua ... |
| Billy Beane | ... 18, 2007, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Oakland general manager | was considering adding Henderson to the roster for one game in September, ... |
| Don Wert | ... McLain was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae and | to the Washington Senators for Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman, Jim Hannan and ... |
| Rick Monday | ... nnouncement of the death made. He was replaced by former Dodgers outfielder | . Porter's tenure was terminated somewhat controversially after the 2004 s ... |
| Sam McDowell | ... strikeouts, the third highest strikeout total in the American League behind | and teammate Mickey Lolich. Although he had a curveball and a changeup, he ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... aw," and was able to retain his seat in the Senate despite Dukakis' loss to | . The same went for Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut in 2000 after Al ... |
| George Mullin | ... talented team that included Sam Crawford, Hughie Jennings, Bill Donovan and | quickly yielded results, as the Tigers won their first American League pen ... |
| Barry Bonds | ... nent players came under scrutiny for possibly using steroids. These include | , Jason Giambi, and Mark McGwire. Other players, such as Canseco and Gary ... |
| Frank Skaff | ... e both forced to resign their posts because of health problems. Thereafter, | took over the managerial reins until the end of the season. Both Dressen a ... |
| Deacon White | The leading players were Hardy Richardson, Jack Rowe, | , Charlie Getzein and Hall of Famers "Big Sam" Thompson and Dan Brouthers. ... |
| Mark Clark | Kilbourne is the home of one baseball star | . He and his family live right outside of town |
| Ty Cobb | ... 1986 Pete Rose retired from playing for the Cincinnati Reds, having broken | 's record by accumulating 4,256 hits during his career. He continued as Re ... |
| Graig Nettles | ... o the baseball and other eccentricities. During a game against the Yankees, | responded to Fidrych's antics by talking to his bat. After making an out, ... |
| Bob Swift | ... ng a bizarre 1966 season, in which manager Chuck Dressen and acting manager | were both forced to resign their posts because of health problems. Thereaf ... |
| Bernard Gilkey | ... Men in Black, a Mets game at Shea was featured in the film, with outfielder | dropping a flyball after being distracted by an alien spacecraft in the sk ... |
| Roger Clemens | After the season, Wells returned to the Blue Jays as part of a trade for | , along with Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd. He continued to win north of the ... |
| Kevin Towers | ... to Verducci, during one off-season, Henderson called Padres general manager | and left this message: "Kevin, this is Rickey. Calling on behalf of Rickey ... |
| Troy Percival | ... he Tigers spent a large sum for two prized free agents, Magglio Ordóñez and | . On June 8, 2005, the Tigers traded pitcher Ugueth Urbina and infielder R ... |
| Armando Galarraga | ... fielder Johnny Damon and pitcher Jeremy Bonderman. They also traded pitcher | to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor league pitching prospects. Notab ... |
| Mark Fidrych | Tiger fans were provided a glimmer of hope when 21-year old rookie | made his debut in 1976. Fidrych, known as "the Bird", was a colorful chara ... |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | ... and Hiroki Kuroda; South Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park; and Taiwanese pitcher | and infielder Chin-Lung Hu. Furthermore in 2005, the Dodgers' Hee Seop Cho ... |
| Mickey Mantle | ... he 2000 census. The town is best known as the birthplace of baseball player | |
| Jim Hannan | ... ae and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman, | and Aurelio Rodríguez. Kuhn actually had to clear the trade because McLain ... |
| Jack Rowe | The leading players were Hardy Richardson, | , Deacon White, Charlie Getzein and Hall of Famers "Big Sam" Thompson and ... |
| Jason Giambi | ... two hits, the first of which came with two outs in the seventh inning when | fought off an 0-2 count and singled |
| Dave Wickersham | ... ed after entering the game in the first inning to relieve starting pitcher, | . He ended the season with a 16-6 record, a 2.61 earned run average and 19 ... |
| Hank Greenberg | ... n hitting "sluggers": the Yankees' Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx in Philadelphia, | in Detroit and Chicago's Hack Wilson were the most storied. While the Amer ... |
| Aurelio Rodríguez | ... ts that year with the Tigers finishing next to last in the AL East in 1976. | won the Gold Glove Award for 1976 at third base, snapping a 16-season stre ... |
| James Creighton | ... f amateurism. However, even early in its history some star players, such as | of Excelsior, received compensation, either secretly or indirectly. In 186 ... |
| Chuck Dressen | ... managed a third-place finish during a bizarre 1966 season, in which manager | and acting manager Bob Swift were both forced to resign their posts becaus ... |
| Orlando Hernández | ... osing several months' interest. In 2002, following an argument with pitcher | , Henderson stated, "He needs to grow up a little bit. I ain't a kid. When ... |
| George Kell | ... though the team lost many key players in the offseason. With the deaths of | , Mark Fidrych, Ernie Harwell and Sparky Anderson, the slogan has new appr ... |
| Ken Caminiti | In a Sports Illustrated cover story in 2002, a year after his retirement, | admitted that he had used steroids during his National League MVP-winning ... |
| Robin Ventura | Tommie Agee, Lenny Dykstra, Todd Pratt, | , and Benny Agbayani have all hit post-season, game-winning home runs at S ... |
| Jim Joyce | ... d Indians with 2 outs in the top of the ninth inning when first base umpire | made a controversial call, ruling Jason Donald safe at first. Video replay ... |
| Hardy Richardson | The leading players were | , Jack Rowe, Deacon White, Charlie Getzein and Hall of Famers "Big Sam" Th ... |
| Charlie Zink | ... rk Mets is the only knuckleballer in the big leagues, though minor leaguers | of the Lancaster Barnstormers and Charlie Haeger of the Albuquerque Isotop ... |
| Brad Penny | ... cher/DH Victor Martinez, relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit and starting pitcher | |
| Aurelio Rodríguez | ... to the Washington Senators for Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman, Jim Hannan and | . Kuhn actually had to clear the trade because McLain was still under susp ... |
| Phil Niekro | ... ot of movement, current New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey, or Hall of Famer | , who had a very effective knuckler and knucklecurve. However, youngsters ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... s received their $20,000 redress payments, was signed into law by President | , who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government |
| Mark Fidrych | ... eam lost many key players in the offseason. With the deaths of George Kell, | , Ernie Harwell and Sparky Anderson, the slogan has new appreciation, for ... |
| Luis Gonzalez | ... a baseball also has a proud tradition, producing professional stars such as | , Juan Pierre, Jon Lieber, and Adam Lind |
| Al Cicotte | Cicotte's grandnephew | (1929–1982) would later pitch in the major leagues, compiling a lifetime 1 ... |
| John McGraw | ... s" or simply "the Elephants", in reference to then New York Giants' manager | 's calling the team a "white elephant". This was embraced by the team, who ... |
| Benny Agbayani | Tommie Agee, Lenny Dykstra, Todd Pratt, Robin Ventura, and | have all hit post-season, game-winning home runs at Shea |
| George H. W. Bush | ... District Attorney, and ran unopposed in 2005. Although Suffolk voters gave | a victory here in 1992, the county voted for Bill Clinton in 1996 and cont ... |
| Ugueth Urbina | ... gglio Ordóñez and Troy Percival. On June 8, 2005, the Tigers traded pitcher | and infielder Ramon Martinez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Pola ... |
| Lou Brock | ... ost noted records when he stole the 939th base of his career, one more than | 's total compiled from 1963 to 1979, mainly with the St. Louis Cardinals |
| Mickey Stanley | ... ion during the middle of the decade, with outfielders Willie Horton (1963), | (1964) and Jim Northrup (1964) also coming aboard at this time |
| Tommie Agee | ... Braves in the first National League Championship Series to win the pennant. | , Lenny Dykstra, Todd Pratt, Robin Ventura, and Benny Agbayani have all hi ... |
| Gerald Laird | ... m 2010, with four notable departures. The team chose not to re-sign catcher | , outfielder Johnny Damon and pitcher Jeremy Bonderman. They also traded p ... |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | ... runners start stealing their next base. A few knuckleball pitchers, such as | and Tim Wakefield, required their own catchers, specifically assigned to t ... |
| Chan Ho Park | ... ded Japanese pitchers Takashi Saito and Hiroki Kuroda; South Korean pitcher | ; and Taiwanese pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo and infielder Chin-Lung Hu. Furtherm ... |
| Brooks Robinson | ... for 1976 at third base, snapping a 16-season streak in which Hall of Famer | had won every award at the position |
| David Cone | ... stseason play, and was until then the only perfect game thrown by a Yankee. | would add a third Yankee perfect game in 1999. Wells claims that he threw ... |
| Denny McLain | ... dly posted winning records throughout the 1960s. Pitchers Mickey Lolich and | entered the rotation during the middle of the decade, with outfielders Wil ... |
| Mike Squires | ... tcher Scott Olsen and Chicago White Sox first baseman and gold glove winner | was born in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo was also the hometown of longtime Detroit ... |
| Frank Demaree | ... as the one-time residence of cartoonist R. Crumb and former baseball player | |
| Branch Rickey | ... anager who would be eventually successful in breaking the color barrier was | of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey himself had experienced the issue of segre ... |
| Smoky Joe Wood | Famous baseball pitcher | was born in Kansas City but grew up in Ouray |
| Carlos Delgado | ... , actor Edward James Olmos, boxer Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, baseball superstar | , writers Ana Lydia Vega and Giannina Braschi, and Guatemala's Nobel Prize ... |
| Trevor Hoffman | Padres closer | said, "I don't know how to put into words how fortunate I was to spend tim ... |
| Ted Williams | The McLain trade was made over the strenuous objections of Senators manager | , who had little patience for McLain's high living. The feeling was mutual ... |
| Bob Gibson | ... t pitcher to win 30 games in a season. St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher | achieved an equally remarkable feat by allowing an ERA of just 1.12 |
| Connie Mack | ... e hotel became a center of activity in the area. Guests, such as Al Capone, | , Babe Ruth, and singer Kate Smith were able to utilize the hotel's airfie ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... ecame an issue in the 1988 presidential campaign, when Republican candidate | accused Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis (a member of the ACLU) of bei ... |
| Mickey Lolich | ... d, Detroit repeatedly posted winning records throughout the 1960s. Pitchers | and Denny McLain entered the rotation during the middle of the decade, wit ... |
| Johnny Damon | ... departures. The team chose not to re-sign catcher Gerald Laird, outfielder | and pitcher Jeremy Bonderman. They also traded pitcher Armando Galarraga t ... |
| Rick Monday | ... ner takes over play-by-play on radio beginning with the fourth inning, with | as color commentator. If Scully is not calling the game, Eric Collins and ... |
| Billy Sunday | Early 20th century American preacher | epitomizes the Evangelical focus on "going to heaven" in his sermon “Heave ... |
| John Smoltz | ... oyle Alexander from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league pitcher | . Alexander started 11 games for the Tigers, posting 9–0 record and a 1.53 ... |
| Lenny Dykstra | Tommie Agee, | , Todd Pratt, Robin Ventura, and Benny Agbayani have all hit post-season, ... |
| George Whitcombe | ... ston, David Willicombe and Colin Dixon, and baseball internationals include | and Ted Peterso |
| Micah Owings | ... play in the Major Leagues, including Andy Cannizaro (New York Yankees) and | (Arizona Diamondbacks) |
| R. A. Dickey | , when Tim Wakefield announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, | of the New York Mets is the only knuckleballer in the big leagues, though ... |
| Jimmie Foxx | ... good teams had their home run hitting "sluggers": the Yankees' Lou Gehrig, | in Philadelphia, Hank Greenberg in Detroit and Chicago's Hack Wilson were ... |
| Don Larsen | ... . Wells attended the same San Diego high school, Point Loma High School, as | , whose perfect game for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series is the only ... |
| Scott Olsen | ... ngs, and free agent running back T.J. Duckett. Washington Nationals pitcher | and Chicago White Sox first baseman and gold glove winner Mike Squires was ... |
| Armando Galarraga | On June 2, 2010, | was pitching a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians with 2 outs in t ... |
| Gates Brown | ... d later in the 1960s, black players such as Willie Horton, Earl Wilson, and | would contribute to Detroit's rise in the standings |
| Jeremy Bonderman | ... se not to re-sign catcher Gerald Laird, outfielder Johnny Damon and pitcher | . They also traded pitcher Armando Galarraga to the Arizona Diamondbacks f ... |
| Dan Brouthers | ... we, Deacon White, Charlie Getzein and Hall of Famers "Big Sam" Thompson and | . Thompson won the 1887 NL batting championship, making him the only NL ba ... |
| Ted Peterson | ... e and Colin Dixon, and baseball internationals include George Whitcombe and | Cardiff is also well-known for its musicians such as Ivor Novello, after w ... |
| Todd Pratt | Tommie Agee, Lenny Dykstra, | , Robin Ventura, and Benny Agbayani have all hit post-season, game-winning ... |
| Mike Piazza | ... where the Mets beat the Braves, behind a dramatic home run by Mets catcher | |
| Les Moss | Houk's immediate successor as Tiger manager in 1979 was | , but Moss would only last until June of that year. From June 14, 1979 unt ... |
| Larry Doby | ... ever, it was not until the signing of Robinson (in the National League) and | (in the American League) that baseball began to remove its color bar |
| Tony Gwynn | ... g a rare run in the top of the 8th inning, Willie Hernandez got the save as | flied out to Larry Herndon to end the game, sending Detroit into a wild vi ... |
| Barry Bonds | ... e, along with a number of other prominent athletes (including baseball star | ), obtained steroids and human growth hormone from BALCO, a laboratory nea ... |
| Jimmie Foxx | ... and its Hall-of-Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, | and Lefty Grove. After two decades of decline, however, the team left Phil ... |
| Ned Hanlon | ... y-fueled growth was still several years in the future. Hall of Fame manager | played all eight seasons in center field but there was high turnover other ... |
| George H. W. Bush | Notable descendants include Presidents of the United States | and George W. Bush, the entire Fish and Kean families, First Lady Eleanor ... |
| Ted Williams | ... rd in the voting for the MVP award. His 146 runs scored were the most since | had 150 in 1950, and he became the first player since Jimmie Foxx in 1939 ... |
| Bill Spanswick | # | , baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox |
| Babe Ruth | ... ars of his porn career, Holmes was nicknamed "The Sultan of Smut", a pun on | 's nickname, The Sultan of Swat |
| Ross Barnes | ... as the Chicago Cubs) in 1876. Spalding then coaxed teammates Deacon White, | and Cal McVey, as well as Philadelphia Athletics players Cap Anson and Bob ... |
| Reggie Jackson | ... Detroit an early lead in the deciding fifth and final game in Detroit, but | 's steal of home in the 2nd tied it up. Tenace's two-out single to left fi ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... press as a short list vice-presidential running mate for Republican nominee | , and was named chairman of Veterans for Bush |
| Mark Lewis | ... Game appearance, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for C. J. Nitkowski, | , and minor leaguer Dave Tuttle. He finished that season with a 16-8 recor ... |
| Fernando Rodney | ... ed the AL in strikeouts (269) to finish third in the AL Cy Young balloting. | assumed the closer role in spring training, replacing the retired Todd Jon ... |
| Phil Garner | ... n 0–6, prompting Dombrowski to fire the unpopular Smith, as well as manager | . Dombrowski then took over as general manager and named bench coach Luis ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... chael Dukakis, from the start of the campaign. In the fall, Dukakis fell to | , but Kennedy won re-election to the Senate over Republican Joseph D. Malo ... |
| Alfonso Soriano | ... nd. He also holds the record for most home runs to lead off a game, with 81 | ;of the Chicago Cubs is tied for the second-most ever with Craig Biggio, w ... |
| Rod Carew | ... ups in Panama. One known Panamanian of the Jewish faith was baseball player | |
| Larry Herndon | ... of the 8th inning, Willie Hernandez got the save as Tony Gwynn flied out to | to end the game, sending Detroit into a wild victory celebration |
| Tim Wakefield | ... aling their next base. A few knuckleball pitchers, such as Hoyt Wilhelm and | , required their own catchers, specifically assigned to them, to catch the ... |
| George Hendrick | ... lead in the fourth inning. The run was controversial to many Tiger fans, as | was ruled safe at first base just prior to the Tenace hit. Hendrick appear ... |
| Roy Campanella | ... ayer of the modern era, and three-time National League Most Valuable Player | , also signed out of the Negro Leagues, the Dodgers captured their first W ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... tuted and five players elected: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, | and Honus Wagner. The Hall formally opened in 1939 |
| Kenny Rogers | ... fered from injuries in the 2007 season, especially to their pitching staff. | did not start until late June because of surgery to remove a blood-clot in ... |
| Doyle Alexander | ... in the Majors. This charge was fueled in part by the acquisition of pitcher | from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league pitcher John Smoltz. ... |
| Barry Bonds | ... (1,406). His record for most career walks (2,190) has since been broken by | ; Henderson is now second. He also holds the record for most home runs to ... |
| Jackie Robinson | ... Dodgers would face them in their next six World Series appearances. Led by | , the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era, and thre ... |
| Willie Mays | ... ion of third place on the all-time home run list, behind only Babe Ruth and | . As Mantle ran around the bases, McLain stood on the pitchers mound and a ... |
| Dizzy Dean | ... pitcher had won 30 or more games in a season since the St. Louis Cardinals' | accomplished the feat in 1934; no pitcher has accomplished it since. McLai ... |
| Hank Aaron | ... ade also contained great individual achievements as well. On April 8, 1974, | of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth' ... |
| Danny Ainge | ... '76. Professional basketball players include three-time NBA Finals champion | '81, 1952 NBA Rookie of the Year and 4-time NBA All-Star Mel Hutchins '51, ... |
| Deacon White | ... ngs (now known as the Chicago Cubs) in 1876. Spalding then coaxed teammates | , Ross Barnes and Cal McVey, as well as Philadelphia Athletics players Cap ... |
| Larry Doby | ... ater, on July 5, 1947, the American League was integrated by the signing of | to the Cleveland Indians. Over the next few years a handful of black baseb ... |
| Steve Bechler | ... nd was considered by some to be a weight-loss short-cut. Overweight pitcher | , who wanted to stay on the Baltimore Orioles roster, took just such a sho ... |
| Todd Jones | ... do Rodney assumed the closer role in spring training, replacing the retired | . Rodney responded with 37 saves in 38 tries, while Bobby Seay, Brandon Ly ... |
| Charlie Haeger | ... agues, though minor leaguers Charlie Zink of the Lancaster Barnstormers and | of the Albuquerque Isotopes also throw the knuckleball. In November 2008 i ... |
| Honus Wagner | ... players elected: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and | . The Hall formally opened in 1939 |
| Luis Pujols | ... Garner. Dombrowski then took over as general manager and named bench coach | to finish the season as interim manager. The team finished 55–106. After t ... |
| Chief Bender | ... r its first 50 years was Connie Mack, and its Hall-of-Fame players included | , Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove. After two decades o ... |
| Jimmie Foxx | ... st since Ted Williams had 150 in 1950, and he became the first player since | in 1939 to amass more runs scored than games played. Henderson became the ... |
| Mike Sirotka | ... roversy. The primary player being traded by the White Sox, starting pitcher | , was injured at the time of the deal, and he never pitched in the major l ... |
| Denny McLain | ... th a 103–59 record. In a year that was marked by dominant pitching, starter | went 31–6 (with a 1.96 ERA), the first time a pitcher had won 30 or more g ... |
| Jimmie Foxx | ... w York Yankee center fielder, Mickey Mantle, who entered the game tied with | for third place in the major league career home runs list. When Mantle cam ... |
| Joe Torre | ... cided where a batted ball was a home run or still in play. In 1978, Manager | helped move the fences in to in the corners with a wall now in front of th ... |
| Nomar Garciaparra | Hamm married then-Boston Red Sox shortstop | on November 22, 2003, in Goleta, California in a private ceremony, attende ... |
| Allen Levrault | ... n Southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and sometimes the Boston area.. | gratuated from Westport High School in 1995. Levrault was a professional b ... |
| Matt DeWitt | ... der, with records of 17–10 and 20–8 over the next two years. He and pitcher | were then traded to the Chicago White Sox, in a deal that was quickly mire ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run, surpassing | 's all-time record. He would retire in 1976 with 755. There was great pitc ... |
| Ty Cobb | ... In 1936 the Baseball Hall of Fame was instituted and five players elected: | , Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner. The Hall ... |
| Roger Maris | ... nnesota and became the Twins. 1961 is also noted as being the year in which | surpassed Babe Ruth's single season home run record, hitting 61 for the Ne ... |
| Dick Williams | ... ll for San Diego reliever Goose Gossage to pitch around him, Padres manager | was summoned to the mound. Anderson was seen and heard yelling to Gibson, ... |
| Lefty Grove | ... Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx and | . After two decades of decline, however, the team left Philadelphia for Ka ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... .. did not feel that the group attracted the wrong element". Vice President | said of The Beach Boys, "They're my friends and I like their music". When ... |
| Lou Brock | ... s. His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 by | . Henderson is the all-time stolen base leader for the Oakland A's and pre ... |
| Rick Porcello | ... 8 AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays, and called up rookie and former #1 draft pick | . Jackson was outstanding in the first half, making his first All-Star tea ... |
| Jesse Haines | ... , it may be that his pitch was a form of knuckle curve. Two later pitchers, | and Freddie Fitzsimmons, were sometimes characterized as knuckleball pitch ... |
| Jackie Robinson | ... baseball, a bar that remained until 1947. It is a common misconception that | was the first African-American major-league ballplayer; he was actually on ... |
| Tony La Russa | ... th moved his Triple-A Tulsa Oilers to New Orleans to play in the Superdome. | was the starting shortstop for the team. After a single season, the team t ... |
| Andrew Miller | ... ya, the most notable rookie contributors to the 2006 team, were followed by | , who was drafted in 2006 and called up early in the 2007 campaign, and mi ... |
| Alan Trammell | Dombrowski hired popular former shortstop | to manage the team in 2003. With fellow '84 teammates Kirk Gibson and Lanc ... |
| Ralph Houk | ... ch of the next decade in the middle or lower ranks of the AL East. In 1974, | , who managed the dominant Yankee teams of the early 1960s, was named mana ... |
| Andy Cannizaro | ... essee Titans). Several baseball alumni play in the Major Leagues, including | (New York Yankees) and Micah Owings (Arizona Diamondbacks) |
| Homer Bush | ... returned to the Blue Jays as part of a trade for Roger Clemens, along with | and Graeme Lloyd. He continued to win north of the border, with records of ... |
| Toad Ramsey | ... ch more closely resembles a curveball, which explains the combination name. | , a pitcher from 1885–1890, is credited in some later sources with being t ... |
| Willie Stargell | ... shared the Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsmen of the Year" award with | that season |
| Mayo Smith | ... f a kidney infection, Swift in October due to cancer. Skaff was replaced by | in 1967, perhaps the last step before World Series contention |
| Moses Fleetwood Walker | ... actually only the first after a long gap (and the first in the modern era). | and his brother Welday Walker were unceremoniously dropped from major and ... |
| Kirk Gibson | ... ortstop Alan Trammell to manage the team in 2003. With fellow '84 teammates | and Lance Parrish on the coaching staff, the rebuilding process began. In ... |
| Dallas Braden | ... artists Nick and Nate Diaz were born, raised and still reside in Stockton. | , an alumnus of A. A. Stagg High School, threw the 19th perfect game in Ma ... |
| Hal Chase | ... lers and players working together had been suspected as early as the 1850s. | was particularly notorious for throwing games, but played for a decade aft ... |
| Walter Johnson | ... the Baseball Hall of Fame was instituted and five players elected: Ty Cobb, | , Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner. The Hall formally opened ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... n sole possession of third place on the all-time home run list, behind only | and Willie Mays. As Mantle ran around the bases, McLain stood on the pitch ... |
| Abner Powell | ... y Danny Murtaugh. Other notable Pelican managers included Larry Gilbert and | , with the latter credited with introducing the "rain check" in 1889 |
| Jack Fisher | ... by three pitchers, all in ) remains the most in a major league season since | of the Mets lost 24 in |
| Graeme Lloyd | ... e Blue Jays as part of a trade for Roger Clemens, along with Homer Bush and | . He continued to win north of the border, with records of 17–10 and 20–8 ... |
| Christy Mathewson | ... l of Fame was instituted and five players elected: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, | , Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner. The Hall formally opened in 1939 |
| Justin Verlander | ... ERA and displaying grit and maturity beyond his 20 years of age. Tigers ace | bounced back from an off 2008 to win 19 games. He posted a 3.45 ERA and le ... |
| Robert Eenhoorn | Raemon Sluiter, Lee Towers, Dennis van der Geest, | and Renate Verbaan have all officially been Feyenoord ambassadors. Gerard ... |
| Mike Ditka | ... oaching tree. In 1986, five NFL head coaches were former Landry assistants: | , Dan Reeves, John Mackovic, Gene Stallings, and Raymond Berry |
| Johan Santana | ... as Tim Lincecum, Pedro Martinez, Trevor Hoffman, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, | , Justin Verlander and Cole Hamels |
| Maury Wills | ... It hurt the minor and independent leagues most. People stayed home to watch | rather than watch unknowns at their local baseball park. Major League Base ... |
| Lou Piniella | ... kees owner George Steinbrenner issued a press release claiming that manager | wanted to trade Henderson for "jaking it" (playing lackadaisically). Still ... |
| Kirk Gibson | ... ries by MLB Productions and played on TV a number of times since then. When | came to bat in the eighth inning with runners on second and third and the ... |
| Joe Torre | ... aseball (Clemens ended up delaying his retirement). Regular Yankees manager | let Clemens manage the final game of the regular season, and Clemens pulle ... |
| Ryan Perry | ... sponded with 37 saves in 38 tries, while Bobby Seay, Brandon Lyon and young | shored up the middle relief that plagued the team in 2007–08 |
| Bob Addy | ... rnes and Cal McVey, as well as Philadelphia Athletics players Cap Anson and | , to sign with Chicago. This was all done under complete secrecy during th ... |
| Lance Parrish | ... mmell to manage the team in 2003. With fellow '84 teammates Kirk Gibson and | on the coaching staff, the rebuilding process began. In 2003, still playin ... |
| Lou Gehrig | ... Memorial Baseball Stadium. The stadium hosts games of Baseball Philippines | ;and Babe Ruth were the first players to score a home run at the stadium a ... |
| Jim Bouton | ... as no particular secret, having been discussed in Sports Illustrated and in | 's groundbreaking book Ball Four, but there was virtually no public backla ... |
| Prince Fielder | ... ve playoff appearance. On January 24, the Tigers signed free-agent all-star | to a 9-year, $214 million contract, the fourth richest contract in basebal ... |
| Jack Morris | ... ball, BYU alumni include All-Stars Rick Aguilera '83, Wally Joyner '84, and | '76. Professional basketball players include three-time NBA Finals champio ... |
| Reggie Jackson | ... hips in a row from 1972 to 1974 led by players including Catfish Hunter and | , and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley. Finally, a "Fourth Dynasty" won th ... |
| Harold Reynolds | ... from 1980–1991 in which Henderson did not lead the AL in steals. Seattle's | led the league with 60 steals; Reynolds tells the story of getting an impi ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... ll Stadium. The stadium hosts games of Baseball Philippines; Lou Gehrig and | were the first players to score a home run at the stadium at their tour of ... |
| Dizzy Dean | ... nd Athletics to become Major League Baseball’s first 30-game winner since . | , the last man to have won 30 games, was on hand to congratulate him |
| Don Drysdale | ... mes in 1959. Spearheaded by the dominant pitching style of Sandy Koufax and | , the Dodgers captured three pennants in the 1960s and won two more World ... |
| Ty Cobb | In 1905, the team acquired | , a fearless player with a mean streak, who came to be regarded as one of ... |
| Ty Cobb | ... these accusations into a promotion to manager. Even baseball stars such as | and Tris Speaker have been credibly alleged to have fixed game outcomes. W ... |
| George H. W. Bush | ... r policy goals of Mulroney, that would be finalized under the presidency of | |
| Jon Lieber | ... tradition, producing professional stars such as Luis Gonzalez, Juan Pierre, | , and Adam Lind |
| Jim Bunning | ... , Callison's teammate, future Hall of Fame member and United States Senator | , pitched a perfect game against the Mets |
| Lou Whitaker | ... the category of not retired but not reissued are the numbers 1 last worn by | in , after which Whitaker retired as a player. Sparky Anderson's #11, whic ... |
| Al Kaline | ... . This allowed Smith to play an outfield of Willie Horton, Jim Northrup and | in every Series game |
| Mike Maroth | ... on (into which the Tigers had moved in 1998), and were resting their stars. | went 9–21 for the 2003 Tigers and became the first pitcher to lose 20 game ... |
| Rene Lachemann | ... s to the occasion—the big moment—better than anybody I've ever seen." Coach | said, "If you're one run down, there's nobody you'd ever rather have up at ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... dge was well known and many celebrities stayed there including Bobby Jones, | and William Jennings Bryan |
| Fernando Valenzuela | ... went on to win the World Series again in 1981, thanks to pitching sensation | . The early 1980s were affectionately dubbed "Fernandomania." In 1988, ano ... |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | ... his pitch was a form of knuckle curve. Two later pitchers, Jesse Haines and | , were sometimes characterized as knuckleball pitchers even by their conte ... |
| Cap Anson | ... White, Ross Barnes and Cal McVey, as well as Philadelphia Athletics players | and Bob Addy, to sign with Chicago. This was all done under complete secre ... |
| Tom Glavine | ... pitchers such as Tim Lincecum, Pedro Martinez, Trevor Hoffman, Greg Maddux, | , Johan Santana, Justin Verlander and Cole Hamels |
| Wally Joyner | ... L Super Bowls. In baseball, BYU alumni include All-Stars Rick Aguilera '83, | '84, and Jack Morris '76. Professional basketball players include three-ti ... |
| Goose Gossage | ... clinging to a 5–4 lead, a situation that might call for San Diego reliever | to pitch around him, Padres manager Dick Williams was summoned to the moun ... |
| Bert Campaneris | ... in which Tiger reliever Lerrin Lagrow hit A's shortstop and leadoff hitter | on the ankle with a pitch. An angered Campaneris flung the bat at Lagrow, ... |
| Nolan Ryan | ... tire in 1976 with 755. There was great pitching too: between 1973 and 1975, | threw 4 "no-hit" games. He would add a record-breaking fifth in 1981 and t ... |
| Mickey Mantle | ... ber 19, 1968. McLain had grown up idolizing New York Yankee center fielder, | , who entered the game tied with Jimmie Foxx for third place in the major ... |
| Brooks Conrad | ... ball star Alex Smith, actor Dennis Hopper, baseball players Aaron Boone and | , singer of rock band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, and thrash metal band Megad ... |
| Edwin Jackson | Entering 2010, the Tigers parted ways with Curtis Granderson and | as part of a three-way trade with the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamond ... |
| Ray Oyler | ... ckey Stanley at shortstop, replacing the slick fielding but weak hitting of | . Stanley had never played shortstop before, but was a gold glover in the ... |
| Roy Campanella | ... ants, 6–5, before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Catcher | , left partially paralyzed in an off-season accident, was never able to pl ... |
| Tris Speaker | ... ations into a promotion to manager. Even baseball stars such as Ty Cobb and | have been credibly alleged to have fixed game outcomes. When MLB's complac ... |
| Sparky Anderson | ... 1 last worn by Lou Whitaker in , after which Whitaker retired as a player. | 's #11, which also was last issued in 1995 when he himself retired from ma ... |
| Aaron Boone | ... ill Walton, football star Alex Smith, actor Dennis Hopper, baseball players | and Brooks Conrad, singer of rock band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, and thrash ... |
| Curtis Granderson | Entering 2010, the Tigers parted ways with | and Edwin Jackson as part of a three-way trade with the New York Yankees a ... |
| Catfish Hunter | ... ree World Championships in a row from 1972 to 1974 led by players including | and Reggie Jackson, and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley. Finally, a "Four ... |
| Juan Pierre | ... has a proud tradition, producing professional stars such as Luis Gonzalez, | , Jon Lieber, and Adam Lind |
| Hank Aaron | On the third night, after baseball great | finished his interview segment with Letterman, a camera followed him backs ... |
| Rick Aguilera | ... A Finals, and 25 NFL Super Bowls. In baseball, BYU alumni include All-Stars | '83, Wally Joyner '84, and Jack Morris '76. Professional basketball player ... |
| Sandy Koufax | ... ite Sox in six games in 1959. Spearheaded by the dominant pitching style of | and Don Drysdale, the Dodgers captured three pennants in the 1960s and won ... |
| Rusty Kuntz | ... Petry in the fourth inning in the process, the Tigers retook the lead on a | sacrifice fly (actually a pop-out to retreating second baseman Alan Wiggin ... |
| Jim Bouton | ... Tom Candiotti, and the Niekro brothers. In addition, some pitchers (such as | ) have had success as knuckleballers after their ability to throw hard dec ... |
| Gates Brown | ... thrup came through in the clutch again. His single off Dave Hamilton scored | and evened the series at 2 games apiece |
| Dave Duncan | A's pitching coach | said of Henderson, "You have to be careful because he can knock one out. B ... |
| Cole Hamels | ... evor Hoffman, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander and | |
| Johnny Callison | ... 64, and hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game that same year, with | of the Philadelphia Phillies hitting a home run in the ninth inning to win ... |
| Don Stanhouse | ... ed to the Oakland Athletics for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect | (who would go on to have a few good years as the Baltimore Orioles' closer ... |
| Hughie Jennings | ... he addition of Cobb to an already talented team that included Sam Crawford, | , Bill Donovan and George Mullin quickly yielded results, as the Tigers wo ... |
| Jose Canseco | ... n three consecutive pennants and the 1989 World Series behind Mark McGwire, | and Dennis Eckersley. In more recent years, the A's have often been playof ... |
| Christy Mathewson | ... d Saturday in August every year is recognized as a holiday in Factoryville. | Day celebrates the baseball Hall-of-Famer who was born in Factoryville on ... |
| Hal Chase | ... hise record with 326 stolen bases; the previous high (248) had been held by | . On May 28, 2011, Henderson's total was surpassed by Derek Jeter, who'd p ... |
| Connie Mack | ... "Second Dynasty"). The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years was | , and its Hall-of-Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Bak ... |
| Cal McVey | ... Cubs) in 1876. Spalding then coaxed teammates Deacon White, Ross Barnes and | , as well as Philadelphia Athletics players Cap Anson and Bob Addy, to sig ... |
| Bobby Seay | ... g the retired Todd Jones. Rodney responded with 37 saves in 38 tries, while | , Brandon Lyon and young Ryan Perry shored up the middle relief that plagu ... |
| Mickey Stanley | ... redicated with a bold decision by manager Mayo Smith to play center fielder | at shortstop, replacing the slick fielding but weak hitting of Ray Oyler. ... |
| Babe Ruth | ... e preserve for waterfowl and a place where presidents and others, including | , came to hunt ducks. The area eventually became known as a vacation spot, ... |
| Bobby Veach | ... 915 Tigers were led by an outfield consisting of Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and | that finished #1, #2, and #3 in RBIs and total bases. Cobb also set a stol ... |
| Charles Comiskey | For many years, the White Sox were owned and operated by | , who paid the lowest player salaries, on average, in the American League. ... |
| Doug Fister | ... igers put together an 18-10 record in August to begin to pull away. Starter | , acquired via trade on July 30, provided an immediate spark, going 8-1 ov ... |
| Tom Candiotti | ... ued to pitch professionally well into their forties, such as Tim Wakefield, | , and the Niekro brothers. In addition, some pitchers (such as Jim Bouton) ... |
| Sam Crawford | ... of all time. The addition of Cobb to an already talented team that included | , Hughie Jennings, Bill Donovan and George Mullin quickly yielded results, ... |
| Richie Sexson | Former MLB player | currently resides here with his wife Kepory |
| Brandon Lyon | ... d Todd Jones. Rodney responded with 37 saves in 38 tries, while Bobby Seay, | and young Ryan Perry shored up the middle relief that plagued the team in ... |
| Bob Gibson | ... met the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, led by starter | (who had posted a record 1.12 ERA during the regular season) and speedy ou ... |
| Nate Cornejo | ... n more than 20 years. Tigers' pitchers Maroth, Jeremy Bonderman (6–19), and | (6–17) were #1, #2, and #3 in the major leagues in losses for 2003—the onl ... |
| Eri Yoshida | ... uckleball. In November 2008 it was announced that 16 year old knuckleballer | was drafted as the first woman ever to play in Japanese professional baseb ... |
| Justin Verlander | ... m, Pedro Martinez, Trevor Hoffman, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Johan Santana, | and Cole Hamels |
| Mark McGwire | ... th Dynasty" won three consecutive pennants and the 1989 World Series behind | , Jose Canseco and Dennis Eckersley. In more recent years, the A's have of ... |
| Alan Wiggins | ... Rusty Kuntz sacrifice fly (actually a pop-out to retreating second baseman | that the speedy Gibson was able to score on), and doubled it on a solo hom ... |
| Gene Tenace | A first-inning run on a | passed ball gave Detroit an early lead in the deciding fifth and final gam ... |
| Derek Jeter | ... been held by Hal Chase. On May 28, 2011, Henderson's total was surpassed by | , who'd played 1,700 more games as a Yankee than Henderson |
| Kevin Beirne | ... , and MLB ruled in favor of the White Sox. The Blue Jays thus received only | , Brian Simmons, and minor leaguer Mike Williams, and the mistake ultimate ... |
| Jeremy Bonderman | ... st pitcher to lose 20 games in more than 20 years. Tigers' pitchers Maroth, | (6–19), and Nate Cornejo (6–17) were #1, #2, and #3 in the major leagues i ... |
| Adam Lind | ... cing professional stars such as Luis Gonzalez, Juan Pierre, Jon Lieber, and | |
| Johnny Sain | In 1967, the Tigers hired former major league pitcher, | , as their pitching coach. Sain helped develop McLain's pitching skills an ... |
| Lou Brock | ... d posted a record 1.12 ERA during the regular season) and speedy outfielder | . This was the first time the Tigers and Cardinals had met in the World Se ... |
| Tim Wakefield | ... ome have continued to pitch professionally well into their forties, such as | , Tom Candiotti, and the Niekro brothers. In addition, some pitchers (such ... |