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The Whiz Kids is the nickname of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. [1] The team had a number of young players: the average age of a member of the Whiz Kids was 26.4. [ 2 ] The team won the 1950 National League pennant but failed to win the World Series .
Baseball Digest. pp. 34– 36. Joe O'Loughlin (November 2002). "1950: when Philadelphia's Whiz Kids won the N.L. pennant; memories still rich for those who brought Phillies their first National League title in 35 years – Turn Back The Clock". Baseball Digest. Van Lindt, Carson (1998). Fire and spirit: the story of the 1950 Philadelphia ...
Guardiac Kids – A play on Kardiac Kids, [19] a beloved nickname of the local football team (Cleveland Browns). Also, alluding to the youngest player roster in all of MLB and AAA (26 years) during the 2022 inaugural season with the new name, Guardians.
At the time of his death, Simmons was the last Philadelphia Phillies player from the 1940s, and the last living member of the 1950 Phillies National League pennant winning team, nicknamed the Whiz Kids because of the team's youth. [7] Of note, actress and model Lili Simmons is his granddaughter. [8]
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 ...
Robert John Miller (June 16, 1926 – November 27, 2020) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1949 to 1958, for the Philadelphia Phillies. Miller was a member of the 1950 "Whiz Kids", only the second Phillies team to win a National League (NL) pennant. [1]
Few movies cause belly laughs from start to finish, which makes Please Don't Destroy's vehicle a rare success.
Prior to the 1963 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization of Minor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and Rookie) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance ...