Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gwynn was born in Los Angeles, California, to Charles and Vendella Gwynn, [3] who originated from Gallatin, Tennessee. [4] [5] Charles excelled at sports, preferring football and baseball which he played in high school, and was also very passionate about history and politics; he spent the majority of his young adulthood in the 1950s serving for the U.S. Army.
Elmer Ellsworth Leonard (November 12, 1888 – May 27, 1981), nicknamed "Tiny", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1911 season. References
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]
The site has season, career, and minor league records (when available, back to 1888) for everyone who has played Major League Baseball, year-by-year team pages, all final league standings, all postseason numbers, voting results for all historic awards such as the Cy Young Award and MVP, head-to-head batter vs. pitcher career totals, individual statistical leaders for each season and all-time ...
Damon Reed Minor (born January 5, 1974) is an American professional baseball coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a former first baseman, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Maxwell learned to play baseball in an open field with stones to mark the bases. [3] He attended Lawton High School where he played both baseball and basketball. He then attended Western Michigan College of Education (now known as Western Michigan University), playing college baseball as a pitcher in 1945. He struck out 15 batters in a game ...
A surprise trip to Dodger Stadium became the best day of a young Dodger fan’s life. When Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to save the Dodgers who were trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the ...
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to the most outstanding player in each year's MLB All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962 , it was originally called the "Arch Ward Memorial Award" in honor of Arch Ward , the man who conceived the All-Star Game.