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Cincinnati Reds No. 18 retired. Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. Theodore Bernard Kluszewski (September 10, 1924 – March 29, 1988), nicknamed " Big Klu ", was an American professional baseball player, best known as a power-hitting first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds teams of the 1950s. He played from 1947 through 1961 with four teams in Major ...
Usually, the full notation is left on the batter's line (the last out of the play); 6–4–3, 4–6–3, and 5–4–3 are common double-play sequences. FC means the out was the result of a fielder's choice to get out the runner on base rather than force out the batter. This can also be indicative of an unsuccessful attempt at a double or ...
A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the first ...
Richard Dale Long (February 6, 1926 – January 27, 1991) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Washington Senators between 1951 and 1963. Listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 205 pounds (93 kg), he batted and threw ...
Born in San Francisco, California, Gentile was a powerful, left-handed slugger listed at 6' 3", 210 lb. He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a high school pitcher in 1952. [1] He played his first minor league season as a pitcher, earning a 2-6 win–loss record. The next year he was converted into a first baseman. [1]
Cincinnati Reds (1959 – 1960) As manager. Chicago Cubs (1972 – 1974) Career highlights and awards. All-Star (1952) World Series champion (1954) Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman (July 25, 1926 – March 17, 2009) [1] was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League ...
The left fielder normally plays behind the third baseman and shortstop, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, left fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned ...
Marvin Eugene Throneberry (September 2, 1933 – June 23, 1994) was an American Major League Baseball player. Affectionately known as "Marvelous Marv", he was the starting first baseman for the 1962 New York Mets, a team which set the modern record for most losses in a season with 120 until that record was broken by the Chicago White Sox with 121 in 2024.