September 1, 2022 – Spencer Strider improves to 9-4 in his rookie season with 8 scoreless innings of two-hit ball against the Rockies in the Braves’ 3 – 0 win. He strikes out 16 and walks none, breaking the team record for most K’s in a nine-inning game, which was 15, accomplished twice by…
Fern Shollenberger was the third baseman on the All-Star team in six of her nine seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She first evidenced her talents on the family ball field in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Read more: http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fern-shollenberger/ @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources & Links Baseball-Reference…
Jocko Maxwell When radio came along in the 1920s, it brought sports, including baseball, directly into people’s homes. Radio also created a new type of sports reporting: now, fans could not only read about the game in their favorite print publications but also listen to play-by-play announcers telling the story of the game in real…
Jimmie Crutchfield, the fielding star, would eventually play in four East-West Games, his all-around baseball prowess distinguishing him among his peers despite his relatively small stature at 5-feet-7 and 150 pounds. He was labeled the “black Lloyd Waner,” a white analog who was slightly taller, at 5-feet-9 but won a spot in the National Baseball…
John Beckwith Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and First Baseman Bats: Right • Throws: Right 5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg) Born: January 10, 1900 in Louisville, KY us Died: January 4, 1956 in New York, NY Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY Debut: 1920 (4,834th in major league history) Full Name: John Christopher Beckwith View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen Players Who Debuted Same Year Coming Soon All-Time Teammate Team Coming Soon Notable Events and Chronology…
Red (Walter) Barber was New York City’s first baseball radio broadcaster and the first baseball telecaster anywhere. He chronicled the rise of the Dodgers with phrases like “tearin’ up the pea patch” and “the bases are FOB” – full of Brooklyn. The Mississippi-born Barber said, “(I) didn’t broadcast with a Brooklyn accent, but I did…
Known as “The Voice of the Yankees” and later as the voice of “This Week In Baseball”, Melvin Allen Israel’s announcing career spanned seven decades. The son of Russian immigrants, he was born in 1913 near Birmingham, Alabama. Later, he attended the University of Alabama, where he earned degrees in political science and law. Allen…
Sam Bankhead Positions: Shortstop, Outfielder and Second BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)Born: September 18, 1910 in Sulligent, AL usDied: July 24, 1976 in Pittsburgh, PABuried: Greenwood Cemetery, Sharpsburg, PADebut: 1932 (7,281st in major league history)Full Name: Samuel Howard BankheadView Player Info from the B-R BullpenView Player Bio from the SABR BioProjectRelatives: Brother of Dan Bankhead Nine Other Players Who Debuted in 1932 Joe MedwickStan HackArky VaughanFrankie CrosettiRip SewellJohnny MurphyJohnny AllenMonte PearsonDebs Garms All-Time Teammate…
Newt Allen Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right5-8, 160lb (173cm, 72kg)Born: May 19, 1901 in Austin, TX usDied: June 9, 1988 in Cincinnati, OHBuried: Union Baptist Cemetery, Cincinnati, OHHigh School: Lincoln HS (Kansas City, MO)Debut: 1923 (5,541st in major league history)Full Name: Newton Henry AllenView Player Info from the B-R BullpenView Player Bio from the SABR BioProject Nine Players Who Debuted in 1923 Lou GehrigHeinie ManushBill TerryHack WilsonWillie KammTed LyonsMoe BergCharley RootEarl…
Voices of the game on July 11, July 11 1939 MLB All Star Game at Yankee Stadium Listen to the game broadcasted by Mel Allen July 11 1944 All-Star Game Listen to the game broadcast July 11 1960 All Star Game 1 at Municipal Stadium Kansas City Listen to the game broadcast July 11 1961…
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