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The Best Offensive and Pitching Season of Each Decade

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  VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia The Best Offensive and Defensive Season of Each Decade This is an interesting post we saw on Facebook by “Stephens” that I thought it would be interesting to share, we did change a few names we didn’t agree with. 1870s: Ross Barnes, 1876.429 BA, 138 H, 36 XBH,


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Sports Illustrated names Derek Jeter as its Sportsman of the Year

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Sports Illustrated names Derek Jeter as its Sportsman of the Year, making the ‘Captain’ the first Yankee honored by the magazine. The other baseball recipients to win the award, given annually since SI’s inception in 1954, include Johnny Podres (Dodgers – 1955), Stan Musial (Cardinals – 1957), Sandy Koufax (Dodgers – 1965), Tom Seaver (Mets – 1969), Pete Rose (Reds – 1975), Orel Hershiser (Dodgers – 1988), Cal Ripken Jr. (Orioles – 1995), Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa (Cardinals, Cubs – 1998), Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling (Diamondbacks – 2001), and the entire Red Sox team (2004).

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series
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Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series

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In a 13-1 rout of the Rockies, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener. The 24 year-old freshman, the 31st major leaguer to homer in his first Fall Classic appearance, joins Orioles’ outfielder Don Buford, who went yard in 1969 as a leadoff batter in Game 1 off Tom Seaver of the Mets.

Rollie Fingers and Tom Seaver are elected to the Hall of Fame

Rollie Fingers and Tom Seaver are elected to the Hall of Fame

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On January 7, 1992, Rollie Fingers and Tom Seaver are elected to the Hall of Fame. Seaver, ‘Tom Terrific,’ the author of 311 victories, receives the highest percentage in the voting history of the BBWAA. Fingers is the all-time leader in saves and also garnered 114 wins, many of them after multiple-inning relief stints. Other


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Tom Seaver day at Shea

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July 24, 1988 In a tribute held at Shea Stadium, Tom Seaver (41) becomes only the third Met to have his uniform number retired. In addition to managers Casey Stengel (37) and Gil Hodges (14), the future Hall of Fame right-hander, who compiled a 198-124 record (.615) during a dozen seasons with the Amazins, becomes


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Tom Seaver announces his retirement after a brief comeback attempt with the New York Mets

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On June 22, 1987, Tom Seaver abandons his comeback attempt with the injury-riddled Mets and retires.  Known as “Tom Terrific” and “The Franchise,” Seaver leaves the game with a career Win-Loss record of 311-205, an ERA of 2.86, 3,640 strikeouts (3rd on the all-time list behind Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton), and 61 shutouts (7th). The


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Don Sutton (298) throws a two-hit shutout, beating Tom Seaver (306) and the White Sox 3-0. The starters have the highest combined win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Washington’s Walter Johnson (406) faced Chicago’s right-hander Red Faber (197) in a Griffith Stadium contest.

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Don Sutton (298) throws a two-hit shutout, beating Tom Seaver (306) and the White Sox 3-0. The starters have the highest combined win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Washington’s Walter Johnson (406) faced Chicago’s right-hander Red Faber (197) in a Griffith Stadium contest.