All Time Greatest Shortstops

All Time Greatest Shortstops

Ranking the Shortstops The 1990’s and early 2000’s were the time of the shortstops. No longer were they just slick fielders. They became middle of the order hitters and MVP’s, Alex Rodriquez, Derek Jeter,Nomar Garciaparra, Miguel Tejeda, and Barry Larkin lead the way. ♦  Most heroic, Travis ⇒ ♦  Biggest overachiever, Eckstein ⇒ ♦  Most disappointing career, Templeton…

Willie Wells Stats & Facts
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Willie Wells Stats & Facts

Willie Wells Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right 5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg) Born: August 10, 1904 in Shawnee, OK Died: January 22, 1989 (Aged 84-165d) in Austin, TX Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, TX High School: L. C. Anderson HS (Austin, TX) Debut: 1924 (5,839th in major league history) Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997. (Voted by Veteran’s Committee) View Willie Wells’s Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). Full…

The first East/West Negro League All Star Game is played
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The first East/West Negro League All Star Game is played

On September 10, 1933, the first East-West All-Star Game in the history of the Negro Leagues is played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Future Hall of Famer Willie Foster notches a complete game in earning an 11-7 win for the West. Mule Suttles hits the games only homerun. Comiskey was the site of the first major…