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Major League Baseball pitcher and coach Born in Chicago [15] Gloria Schweigerdt: Jun 10, 1934: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Born in Chicago [16] Alek Thomas: April 28, 2000: Major League Baseball player Born in Chicago Stan Wasiak: Apr 8, 1920: Nov 20, 1992: Minor league manager, King of Baseball: Born in Chicago ...
He joined the Chicago Tribune in 1925, and became sports editor in 1930. [4] Ward is credited with conceiving of an All-Star Game in major-league-baseball, first contested in 1933. [4] He also created the Golden Gloves, an amateur boxing tournament, and the College All-Star Football Classic, an annual game between professional and college ...
In 1999, Holtzman retired as a newspaper writer and was named the official historian of Major League Baseball.He wrote occasional columns on the MLB.com website. [3] In 2001, Holtzman decided to revert to counting walks in 1887 as hits, reviving an old debate; 1887 was the only season in which walks were counted as hits, an experiment which proved unpopular, but Holtzman took the point of view ...
Ninety years ago today, the biggest names in baseball played against each other for the first time. The annual tradition was created by the Tribune’s sports editor. “This is an announcement of ...
Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971.
A Gilbert softball player and Ames baseball player were voted the Ames Tribune's Athletes of the Week for the week of June 10-16. See their names here
Carlos May (born May 17, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder, first baseman and designated hitter from 1968 to 1977, most prominently for the Chicago White Sox where he was a two-time American League All-Star player.
Justin Carl Steele was born July 11, 1995, in Lucedale, Mississippi, [1] and was raised in nearby Agricola by Ben Steele and Nicki Clark. [2] [3] Steele and his older brother Jordan spent their childhood practicing baseball in their family backyard. [4]