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Patrick Joseph Flaherty (June 29, 1876 – January 23, 1968), born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pennsylvania, [1] was a pitcher for the Louisville Colonels (1899), Pittsburgh Pirates (1900 and 1904–05), Chicago White Sox (1903–1904), Boston Doves (1907–08), Philadelphia Phillies (1910) and Boston Rustlers (1911), who specialized in his spitball.
The 1968 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 10, 1968. It was the final year of baseball's pre-expansion era, in which the teams that finished in first place in each league went directly to the World Series to face each other for the "World Championship."
Davey Lopes, a 22-year-old outfielder, is drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of Kansas' Washburn University in the second round of the 1968 January Major League Baseball draft's secondary phase. As a second baseman, Lopes will become a Dodger regular for nearly a decade and four-time NL All-Star .
Year National League Champion American Association Champion Union Association Champion World Series Champion 1880: Chicago White Stockings – – – 1881 – – – 1882: Cincinnati Red Stockings – – 1883: Boston Beaneaters: Philadelphia Athletics – – 1884: Providence Grays: New York Metropolitans: St. Louis Maroons: Providence Grays ...
This is a list of Wichita State Shockers baseball seasons. [1] The Wichita State Shockers baseball program is the college baseball team that represents Wichita State University in the American Athletic Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Wichita State plays their home games at Eck Stadium in Wichita, Kansas.
Pages in category "1968 Major League Baseball season" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 2024, Flaherty — who signed a one-year, $14 million contract — has a 3.24 ERA with 14 walks and 115 strikeouts across 89 innings in 15 starts. He is a lock to be traded by the Tigers at the ...
The 1968 season was tagged "The Year of the Pitcher", and the Series featured dominant performances from Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson, MVP of the 1964 and 1967 World Series. Gibson came into the World Series with a regular-season earned run average (ERA) of just 1.12, a modern era record, and he pitched complete games in Games 1, 4, and 7.