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Designated Hitter/Pinch Hitter/Outfielder Seattle Mariners (1983), Detroit Tigers (1984), Cleveland Indians (1988) [220] Ron Allen: August 11, 1972 August 21, 1972 First Baseman and Pinch Hitter St. Louis Cardinals (1972) [221] Sled Allen: May 4, 1910 August 5, 1910 Catcher and First Baseman St. Louis Browns (1910) [222] Gary Allenson: April 8 ...
The Edgar Martínez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, commonly referred to as the Edgar Martínez Award and originally known as the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, has been presented annually to the most outstanding designated hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1973. It is named for Hall of Fame designated hitter Edgar Martinez ...
As a hitter, he had a lifetime batting average of .206 with 24 home runs and 144 runs batted in. Gibson was sometimes used by the Cardinals as a pinch-hitter, and in 1970 he hit .303 for the season in 109 at-bats, which was over 100 points higher than teammate Dal Maxvill. [21]
Jack pitched three seasons at Limestone under his father's coaching and is the only player in team history to throw a no-hitter—achieving a no-hitter twice within two weeks during the 1990 season. [77] Perry's nephew, Chris, is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. [78] Perry contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and never fully recovered. [79]
Honus Wagner 's cycle was the last of the 1912 season. Goose Goslin hit for the cycle on August 28, 1924, for the Washington Senators. In 1929, Mel Ott hit one of that season's three cycles. Joe Cronin's cycles came 11 seasons apart: in 1929 and in 1940. Hall of Famer Hack Wilson hit for the cycle on June 23, 1930.
[2]: 136 Feller recorded his second career no-hitter on April 30, 1946, against the New York Yankees. He allowed five walks and struck out 11 Yankees. [41] Feller said of the game, "The no-hitter on opening day in Chicago is the one that gets all the attention. But my no-hitter at Yankee Stadium was against a much better team than the White Sox.
Name Accomplishments; Pete Alonso: First baseman for the New York Mets (2019-) 2019 & 2021 Home Run Derby Winner 2019 NL Rookie of the Year Bryan Augenstein: Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (2011), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2009) Dennis Aust: Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1965–1966) Harrison Bader
Pappas also homered off Bill Stafford in the Orioles' 1–0 victory over the New York Yankees on April 18, 1962; he was the last American League pitcher in the pre-designated hitter era to hit a home run in a 1–0 game. [14] Not until Nathan Karns in 2015 would another American League pitcher accomplish this feat.