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Guy Hecker, the only pitcher to have accomplished the feat, also broke the single-game major league record for runs scored with seven. [11] Cal McVey is the sole player to collect six hits in each of two consecutive games. [12] [13] Seven players hit for the cycle during their six-hit game. [14]
This category is for players of the Rehoboth Beach Sea Hawks minor league baseball team who played from 1948 through 1949 in the Class D Eastern Shore League.
After a round robin playoff series of the top four teams, the Rehoboth Beach Sea Hawks advanced to the finals with a 4–2 record. In the Finals, Rehoboth Beach defeated the Federalsburg Feds 4 games to 3 to win the final championship of the Eastern Shore League. [14] [4] The Eastern Shore League permanently folded after the 1949 season. [15] [4]
Through 2021, 21 players had appeared in over 2,000 games as first basemen, more than at any other position; [2] at least one of the 21 has been active in every major league season, except the last two years of World War II. Eddie Murray [3] [4] [5] is the all-time leader in career games as a first baseman, playing 2,413 games at the position. [6]
He was the leadoff hitter in the 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, but went hitless in four at-bats. [21] Tucker's form faded after the All-Star Game; in early July, he had a hitless streak of 28 at-bats, causing his batting average to shrink from .375 to .327, resulting in losing his status as league leader. [22]
The Eastern Shore Baseball League was a class D minor league baseball league that operated on the Delmarva Peninsula for parts of three different decades. The league's first season was in 1922 and the last was in 1949, although the years were not consecutive, and featured teams from Maryland , Delaware , and Virginia .
The San Diego rotation was anchored by 18-game winner Kevin Brown, who helped Florida defeat Atlanta in the 1997 NLCS, along with All-Star Andy Ashby and the series MVP Sterling Hitchcock. Closer Trevor Hoffman saved an astounding 53 games in the regular season. The Padres defeated the favored Houston Astros in four games in the NLDS.
While playing the Chicago White Sox on June 17, 2022, Tucker extended a career-high hitting streak to 15 games. [40] Tucker was named a reserve outfielder to the MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, his first career selection. Some totals at the time included a .259 average, 16 home runs, fourth place ranking in the AL in RBIs (58) and tied for ...