Old Hoss Radbourn Essentials Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder Bats: Right • Throws: Right 5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg) Born: December 11, 1854 in Rochester, NY Died: February 5, 1897 in Bloomington, IL Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL Debut: May 5, 1880 ( 463rd in MLB history) Last Game: August 11, 1891 Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by Old Timers Committee) View Old Hoss Radbourn’s Page at the Baseball Hall…
Dennis Eckersley Baseball Player Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)Born: October 3, 1954 in Oakland, CADraft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington Union HS (Fremont, CA).High School: Washington Union HS (Fremont, CA)Debut: April 12, 1975 (13,627th in major league history)vs. MIL 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ERLast Game: September 26, 1998vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 1…
George Brett Positions: Third Baseman and First BasemanBats: Left • Throws: Right6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)Born: May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, WVHigh School: El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)Debut: August 2, 1973 (13,409th in major league history)vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: October 3, 1993vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBHall of Fame: Inducted as…
Bruce Sutter Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)Born: January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, PA usDraft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Donegal HS (Mount Joy, PA).High School: Donegal HS (Mount Joy, PA)Debut: May 9, 1976 vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ERLast Game: September 9, 1988vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB,…
On January 21, 1953, pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America surprisingly bypasses former New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot. DiMaggio will gain an election two years later. Dean gathers 209…
The Hall of Fame elects two new members: Harry Heilmann, with 203 votes, and Paul Waner with 195. Waner, a .333 career hitter, rapped out 3,152 hits and struck out just 376 times in 9,459 career at-bats. Heilmann was similarly skilled with the bat, winning four batting titles with the Detroit Tigers and finishing his career with a .342 average.
1951 – The Baseball Writers Association of America vote sluggers Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx into the Hall of Fame. Ott hit .304 with 511 home runs and 1860 RBI; he managed the New York Giants from 1942 to 1948. Foxx was a .325 hitter with 534 home runs and 1922 RBI.
On May 5, 1949, former Detroit Tigers second baseman Charlie Gehringer is elected to the Hall of Fame. “The Mechanical Man” batted over .300 in 13 seasons, including 1937, when he won the American League batting title and MVP Award. Gehringer played for the Detroit Tigers between 1926 and 1941, is selected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America with…
Mike SchmidtPositions: Third Baseman and First BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)Born: September 27, 1949 in Dayton, OHDraft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ohio University (Athens, OH).High School: Fairview HS (Dayton, OH)School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)Debut: September 12, 1972 (10,926th…
Pie Traynor and Herb Pennock win election to the Hall of Fame
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