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The MLB "Batter" logo was commissioned by the Major League Baseball Centennial Committee, and was introduced by the new Baseball Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, to be used in preparations for, and celebration of, the 1869–1969 Professional Baseball Centennial Celebration held July 21, 1969, in Washington, DC.
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]
95 Ryosuke Morioka (Batter) Pitchers. 17 Tatsuki Koja; 19 Kōsei Shōji; 21 Takahisa Hayakawa; 22 Ryūji Komago; 26 Haruto Nakagomi; 29 Kazuto Tokuyama; 38 Hayato Yuge; 40 Masahiro Ehara; 41 Ren Kajiya; 43 Sung Chia-hao; 45 Tomotaka Matsui; 47 Masaru Fujii; 49 Masaya Nishigaki; 52 Taisei Tsurusaki; 53 Haruto Sakai; 57 Ryōta Takinaka; 58 Wataru ...
Designer of the MLB Logo: While working at a New York design firm in 1968, Dior created the silhouette of a batter that has become synonymous with Major League Baseball.
A baseball cliché states, "Good pitchers of the curve slider have poor shots, good pitching pitchers have poor curves". This is thought to be due to the difference in hand shape and the difference in pitching form. Aoyama Noboru stated, "In Japan's history of baseball, both curves and shoots were top notches is about Takehiko Bessho."
In baseball statistics, Batters Faced (BF), also known as Total Batters Faced (TBF), is the number of batters who made a plate appearance before the pitcher in a game or in a season. This is a list of the top 100 leaders. Cy Young is the all-time leader, facing 29,565 batters in his career. Young is the only player to face more than 26,000 ...
A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is usually denoted by the letter K, or sometimes by the initialism SO. [1] Reggie Jackson [2] [3] [4] holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. [5]
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Houston Astros National League franchise (1965–2012) and current American League franchise (2013–present), also known previously as the Houston Colt .45's (1962–1964).