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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.
Several Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starting pitchers have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, including Galvin, Burleigh Grimes, Waite Hoyt, Jim Bunning, and Bert Blyleven. [6] Bunning was elected as both a United States congressman and senator from Kentucky after retiring from baseball. [7] [8]
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."
The 1968 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 20 and September 18. Eight teams played a 148-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. Eight teams played a 148-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
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 .
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League . The team has played officially under two names since beginning play in 1883: the current moniker, as well as the " Quakers ", which was used in conjunction with ...
Pat Flaherty may refer to: Pat Flaherty (racing driver) (1926–2002), American racecar driver; Pat Flaherty (actor) (1897–1970), American actor; Pat Flaherty (American football) (born 1956), American football coach; Pat Flaherty (baseball) (1866–1946), Major League Baseball third baseman; Pat Flaherty (politician) (1923–2013), Australian ...
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]