Ranking the Center Fielders Joe DiMaggio made playing center field for the New York Yankees cool. He was graceful and he was a winner (10 pennants in 13 seasons), and helped establish the Yankee mystique. Switch-hitting Mickey Mantle combined power and speed in ways no one ever had before. Other great Yankee center fielders…
On this weeks podcast – August 5, 1979, Willie Mays is inducted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Mays slugged 660 homers, batted .302, and collected 3,283 hits in his 22-year career. Known for his all-around play, Mays won 12 Gold Glove Awards for his defense in center field. Former…
Hack Wilson Essentials Positions: Outfield Bats: R Throws: R Weight: 190 Born: April 26, 1900 in Ellwood City, PA USA Died: November 23, 1948 in Baltimore, MD USA Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV Debut: September 29, 1923 vs. BRO 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Last Game: August 25, 1934 vs. PIT 1…
Although he has been dead for fifty-one years, Hack Wilson is awarded another RBI, increasing his major league RBI record to 191. The commissioner’s office revises the total after baseball’s historian Jerome Holtzman discovered the Cubs outfielder did not get credit for driving in Kiki Cuyler with a third-inning single in a game played in July of 1930.
Willie Mays is inducted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility
Hack Wilson and Warren Giles are elected to the Hall of Fame On March 7, 1979, Slugging outfielder Hack Wilson and longtime executive Warren Giles are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Wilson, who had a relatively short career, won four National League home run titles while with the Chicago Cubs. His most productive season came in 1930, when he set an…
On January 23, 1979, Willie Mays, considered one of the greatest players of his generation, is elected to the Hall of Fame. Mays garners 409 out of 432 votes and becomes the 14th man to gain election in his first year on the ballot. Mays will officially enter the Hall on August 5, along with…
1948 – National League president Ford Frick steps in and pays $350 for funeral services, including the cost of a coffin, for the unclaimed body of Hack Wilson. The former slugger, who had died probably of alcohol abuse a few days earlier in a Baltimore hospital, is identified only as a white male.
On November 23, 1948, Hall of Famer Hack Wilson dies at the age of 48. Wilson succumbs to liver disease-the likely result of alcohol abuse. In 1930, Wilson established a major league record by driving in 191 runs for the Chicago Cubs…
1938 – Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox hits 2 home runs in a game for the 9th time this season, breaking a record held by Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson.
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