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Also used for the American football team with whom the baseball club used to share a name and a home stadium, the New York Giants. Los Gigantes – Spanish for Giants. Used on the team's uniform on Cinco de Mayo of 2007. [62] The Orange and Black – Reference to the team's colors.
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 sound of the bat hitting the ball. The term is used in baseball to mean "immediately, without hesitation". For example, a baserunner may start running "on the crack of the bat", as opposed to waiting to see where the ball goes. Outfielders often use the sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit.
The Buccaneer was a secondary mascot used by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club during their 1995 season. While the team's primary mascot, the Pirate Parrot , wore an elaborate costume with a prosthetic head and molded frame, the Buccaneer was simply a man in pirate's garb who led the crowd in organized cheers.
Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide, by Marc Okkonen, 1991, Sterling Publishing, Co. Referenced as (Okkonen) in this article. These books about baseball parks also contain a lot of information about the minor league teams: Green Cathedrals, Philip J. Lowry, 1986, SABR, with revised editions in later ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 50 home run club is the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Babe Ruth was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1920.
The 3,000-hit club is the group of 33 batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers in Major League Baseball (MLB). Reaching 3,000 hits has been "long considered the greatest measure of superior bat handling" and is often described as a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League , a minor league based in the Great Lakes states , which eventually aspired to major league status.