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Infobox for a baseball person. Whether it's a player, umpire, from the MLB, KPO, CPBL, or NPB, this is the infobox to fill out! Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name The name of this player. String suggested Birth Name birth_name The birth name of this player, only if different from full name. String optional ...
Tom Brown, who retired in 1898 after setting major league records for career games and assists as an outfielder, is the all-time leader in career errors committed by an outfielder with 492, more than twice as many as any outfielder who began playing after 1910; he is the only outfielder to be charged with more than 400 career errors.
In preparation for Men at Work, Will spent hundreds of hours interviewing five Major League Baseball figures: right fielder Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres, manager Tony La Russa of the Oakland Athletics, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles, pitcher Jim Gott of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and pitcher Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
John Francis Paciorek (/ p ə ˈ tʃ ɔː r ɪ k /; born February 11, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player. He attended high school in Michigan, and was signed by the Houston Colt .45s while playing for the school's baseball team.
Boggs was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.His grandparents took him to baseball games at Yankee Stadium. [15]Boggs and his wife, Suzette, had two children. [16]In December 1983, Boggs was indicted for gambling, a misdemeanor charge, along with 22 other people involved in a gambling ring in DeKalb County, Georgia. [17]
A valuable utility man, O'Brien was able to play all positions except pitcher and catcher, although he played mostly in the outfield or at first base.He reached the majors in 1897 with the Baltimore Orioles, spending one and a half years with them before moving to the Pittsburgh Pirates (1898), New York Giants (1899), and again with Pittsburgh (1900).
Thomas P. Miller (c. 1850 – May 29, 1876), nicknamed "Reddy", [1] was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played a total of 59 games during his two-season career. . He played four games for the 1874 Philadelphia Athletics, and 56 games for the 1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings, both of the NAPBBP
Hottovy became a free agent on November 2, 2011, and signed with the Kansas City Royals on November 15. Hottovy split his time between the Royals and Triple-A Omaha. In 9 games with the Royals, Hottovy had a 2.89 ERA with 6 strikeouts in 9 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings. With Omaha, he had 7 saves in 41 games and a 2.52 ERA while striking out 61 in 50 innings.