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Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and Commissioner of Baseball (1920–44).. Prior to 1920, players were banned by the decision of a committee. There were 14 players banned from 1865 to 1920; of those, 12 were banned for association with gambling or attempting to fix games, one was banned for violating the reserve clause, and one was banned for making disparaging remarks.
Of the 32 athletes with an unidentified given name, Baltimore Monumentals right fielder Scott played in the most games at the major league level, with 13, followed by Wills with 9. Scott also has the most hits among players without an identified given name, with 12, followed by both Wills and Jones with 5 each.
However, none of the players on the list has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1920, the inaugural season of the NFL, 11 veterans of MLB (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Jackson was the ...
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
First black player in MLB since 1884. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1947 ML RoY, 1949 NL MVP. 6× NL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star. Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1944. Larry Doby †. Newark Eagles. 1942–1944,1946–1947. Cleveland Indians.
The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball's color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962. Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are noted with ...
Players. Xavier Nady is the most recent non-pitcher to go directly to MLB. Bob Horner is the only player to go directly to MLB and win a Rookie of the Year Award. Tim Conroy and Brian Milner are the most recent players to go straight from high school to MLB, having debuted on the same day in 1978. [ 2]
Lists of Major League Baseball players. This list consists of players who have appeared in Major League Baseball. Note that the list also includes players who appeared in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, which is not universally considered a major league. The list is broken down into a page of each letter to reduce ...