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Georgia () is a state located in the southeastern United States. Georgia was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870 and the only among the 13 that is explicitly named after a monarch; King George II of England.
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Leonard Kyle "Lenny" Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Dykstra played for the New York Mets during the late 1980s before playing for the Philadelphia Phillies during the early 1990s. He threw and batted left-handed and played primarily as a leadoff hitter.
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Albert William "Al" Kaline (; born December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former professional baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Kaline was active from 1953 through 1974, playing his entire Major League career with the Detroit Tigers. Kaline still works for the Tigers as a front office official. Because of his lengthy career and longtime association with the Tigers organization, Kaline's nickname is "Mr. Tiger."
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William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A five-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and a twelve-time All-Star, Russell was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won eleven NBA Championships during Russell's thirteen-year career. Along with Henri Richard of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens, Russell holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league. Before his professional career, Russell led the University of San Francisco to two consecutive NCAA championships (1955, 1956). He also won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics as captain of the U.S. national basketball team.
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William Charles Virdon (born June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, Michigan) is a former outfielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days (1955-65) as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates (winning a Gold Glove in 1962), Virdon also had a long tenure in the major leagues as a manager, with the Pirates (1972-73), New York Yankees (1974-75), Houston Astros (1975-82), and Montreal Expos (1983-84). He was the American League Manager of the Year in , his only full season working for the Yankees of George Steinbrenner. Bill also was named National League Manager of the Year in 1980 while with the Houston Astros.
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Billy O'Brien
'''William Smith O'Brien''' (March 14, 1860 – May 26, 1911) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He was a native of Albany, New York.
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Bob Bourne
Robert Glen Bourne (born June 21, 1954 in Netherhill, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Islanders and the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL between 1974 and 1988.
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Bob Gibson
Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935) is a retired American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. A right-handed pitcher, Gibson played 17 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. A nine time All-Star selection, Gibson accumulated 3,117 strikeouts during his career, won two Cy Young Awards, was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1968, and was a member of two World Series championship teams.
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Bob Horner
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Bobby Bonds
Bobby Lee Bonds (March 15, 1946–August 23, 2003) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball from to , primarily with the San Francisco Giants. Noted for his outstanding combination of power hitting and speed, he was the first player to have more than two seasons of 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases, doing so a record five times (the record was matched only by his son Barry), and was the first to accomplish the feat in both major leagues; he became the second player to hit 300 career home runs and steal 300 bases, joining Willie Mays. Together with Barry, he is part of baseball's most accomplished father-son combination, holding the record for combined home runs, RBIs, and stolen bases [http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=111188]. A dangerous leadoff hitter, he also set major league records for most times leading off a game with a home run in a career (35) and a season (11, in ); both records have since been broken. He batted and threw right-handed.
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Bobby Bonilla
Roberto Martin Antonio "Bobby" Bonilla (, born February 23, 1963 in The Bronx, New York) is a former player in Major League Baseball who played from 1986 to 2001. Known in his playing days as "Bobby Bo," Bonilla is of Puerto Rican descent.
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Bobby Cox
Robert Joseph "Bobby" Cox (born May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is the former manager of the Atlanta Braves, and a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. He first led the Braves from to , and then managed the Toronto Blue Jays from to . He later rejoined the Braves in as a general manager. He moved back to the manager's role during the season and stayed there until his retirement following the 2010 season. He led the Atlanta Braves to the World Series championship in . He holds the all-time record for ejections in Major League Baseball with 158 (plus an additional 3 post-season ejections), a record previously held by John McGraw.
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Bobby Morrow
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Bobby Orr
Robert Gordon Orr, OC (born March 20, 1948) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. A defenceman, he is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest hockey players of all time. He played junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League, and spent most of his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Boston Bruins before joining the Chicago Blackhawks for his final two seasons.
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Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18, 1964 in Cornwall, New York) is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.
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Brad Komminsk
Brad Komminsk (born April 4, 1961 in Lima, Ohio), is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Despite a sterling record in the minor leagues, he never played well in the majors. He is currently the manager of the Bowie Baysox, the Class-AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles.
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Brett Favre
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Brooks Robinson
Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. (born May 18, 1937-) is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played his entire 23-year career with the Baltimore Orioles (–77). Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Bruce Hurst
Bruce Vee Hurst (born March 24, 1958 in St. George, Utah) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox (1980-88), San Diego Padres (1989-93), Colorado Rockies (1993) and Texas Rangers (1994).
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Bryn Smith
Bryn Nelson Smith (born August 11, 1955 in Marietta, Georgia, U.S.A.) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1981-1993.
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Buck Freeman
John Frank "Buck" Freeman (October 30, 1871 – June 25, 1949) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he hit during the 1899 season.
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Bucky Walters
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Buddy Bell
David Gus "Buddy" Bell (born August 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each. He is the son of outfielder Gus Bell and the father of third basemen David and Mike. He is currently the Director of Operations for the White Sox Minor League system
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Bug Holliday
James Wear "Bug" Holliday (February 8, 1867 – February 15, 1910) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, from through , plus the 1885 World Series. He holds the distinction of being the first player to make his major league debut in post-season play, with the Chicago White Stockings in 1885. He played the rest of his career with the Cincinnati Reds, both when they were in the American Association and in the National League. He twice led the league in home runs, and was among the leaders in various other offensive categories throughout his career. After his playing career was over, he was an umpire for one season.
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Carl Yastrzemski
Carl Michael Yastrzemski (, (born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz," is a former American Major League Baseball player. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox, primarily as a left fielder, with part of his later career played at first base and as a designated hitter. Yastrzemski is an 18-time all-star, the possessor of seven Gold Gloves, a member of the 3000 hit club, and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs. He is second on the all-time list for games played, and third for total at-bats. He is the Red Sox' all-time leader in career RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, total bases, and games played, and is second on the team's list for home runs behind another Red Sox great, Ted Williams, his predecessor in left field. In , Yastrzemski achieved a peak in his career, leading the Red Sox to the American League pennant for the first time in over two decades, in that season being voted the American League MVP, and being the last winner of the triple crown for batters in the major leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Carlos Beltrán
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Carlos Delgado
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Carlos Lee
Carlos Noriel Lee (born June 20, 1976, in Aguadulce, Panama) is a left fielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Houston Astros. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Cecil Cooper
Cecil Celester Cooper (born December 20, 1949 in Brenham, Texas), nicknamed "Coop," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the Houston Astros. From through , Cooper played for the Boston Red Sox (1971–76) and Milwaukee Brewers (1977–87). He batted and threw left-handed.
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Chad Hutchinson
Chad Martin Hutchinson (born February 21, 1977 in San Diego, California) is a retired National Football League quarterback and Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL and the St. Louis Cardinals of the MLB. He played college football at Stanford University.
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Charley Jones
Charles Wesley Jones (born Benjamin Wesley Rippay on April 30, 1850 - ?) was an American left fielder in the National Association and Major League Baseball who hit 56 home runs and batted .298 during his twelve-year career. Born in Alamance County, North Carolina, he played for several teams: the Keokuk Westerns, Hartford Dark Blues, Cincinnati Reds (NL), Chicago White Stockings, Boston Red Caps, Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA), New York Metropolitans, and Kansas City Cowboys. A popular but controversial player, despite his hitting ability he never played for a league champion.
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Charlie Hayes
Charles Dewayne Hayes (born May 23, 1965 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1988-1989, 1998-1999), Philadelphia Phillies (1989-1991, 1995), New York Yankees (1992, 1996-1997), Colorado Rockies (1993-1994), Pittsburgh Pirates (1996), Milwaukee Brewers (2000) and Houston Astros (2001). He batted and threw right-handed.
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Chipper Jones
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones, Jr. (born April 24, 1972, in DeLand, Florida) is a Major League baseball player for the National League's Atlanta Braves. Although initially a shortstop, he has spent most of his career as the starting third baseman for the Braves. In and , Jones primarily played left field, before returning to third base in 2004.
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Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert (born December 21, 1954) is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. According to the Women's Tennis Association, she was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, and 1981 and, according to many sources, in 1974 and 1978, also.
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Chuck Klein
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Craig Biggio
Craig Alan Biggio (born December 14, 1965 in Smithtown, New York) is a former Major League Baseball player who played his entire career with the Houston Astros. He ranks 20th all-time with 3,060 career hits, and is the ninth player in the 3000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. He is now the head varsity baseball coach for St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas.
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Curt Flood
Curtis Charles Flood (January 18, 1938–January 20, 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding percentage twice, winning Gold Glove Awards in his last seven full seasons from 1963–1969. He also batted over .300 six times, and led the NL in hits (211) in 1964. He retired with the third most games in center field (1683) in NL history, trailing only Willie Mays and Richie Ashburn.
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Curt Leskanic
Curtis John Leskanic (; born April 2, 1968 in Homestead, Pennsylvania) is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Kansas City Royals. He currently is a professional scout for the Red Sox.
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Curt Schilling
Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in ) is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in and has won World Series championships in with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in and with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with a career postseason record of 11–2, which is equivalent to a .846 postseason winning percentage, a major-league record among pitchers with at least 10 decisions.
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Cy Williams
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César Cedeño
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Dale D. Murphy
For the American baseball player, see Dale Murphy.
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Dale Murphy
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Dan Brouthers
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Dan Meyer (pitcher)
Daniel Livingston Meyer (born July 3, 1981 in Woodbury, New Jersey) is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins organization.
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Danny Graves
Daniel Peter Graves (born August 7, 1973 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Born to an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother, he is the only Vietnam-born player in the history of the major leagues, and one of the few Vietnamese-American players. Graves pitched for most of his career for the Cincinnati Reds, where he was team's saves leader each year from 1999-2004, except for 2003 when he was a starting pitcher.
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Danny Sheaffer
Danny Todd Sheaffer (born August 2, 1961) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and third baseman, and is currently a minor league baseball coach within the Houston Astros organization. In 2009 and 2010, he is the minor league catching instructor. Previously, he was the manager of the Round Rock Express (2007), the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, and the Memphis Redbirds (2003 to 2006).
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Dante Bichette
Alphonse Dante Bichette (, born November 18, 1963 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a former American Major League Baseball player.
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Darren Lewis
Darren Joel Lewis (born August 28, 1967 in Berkeley, California) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Oakland Athletics (1990), San Francisco Giants (1991-1995), Cincinnati Reds (1995), Chicago White Sox (1996-1997), Los Angeles Dodgers (1997) and Boston Red Sox (1998-2001); he played his final season in 2002 with the Chicago Cubs. Despite being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 31, 2002, Lewis refused to report to the Pirates, choosing to retire instead.
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Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962) is a former American baseball player who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off of it. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in the game, known for his prodigious home runs and his intimidating presence in the batter's box with his 6-foot-6 frame and his long, looping swing that elicited comparisons to Ted Williams. During his 17-year career, he helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series championship in and the New York Yankees to three World Series championships in , and .
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Daryl Boston
Daryl Lamont Boston (born January 4, 1963, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. In 2001, he was named Minor-league roving outfield instructor for the Chicago White Sox, and as of September 2009 he is serving as the interim manager of their South Atlantic League team, the Kannapolis Intimidators.
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Dave Brain
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Dave Parker
David Gene "The Cobra" Parker (born June 9, 1951 in Calhoun, Mississippi) is an American former player in Major League Baseball. He was the 1978 National League MVP and a two-time batting champion.
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Dave Robertson
Davis Aydelotte Robertson (September 25, 1889 - November 5, 1970) is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 9 seasons with the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1916 and 1917 he tied for the National League lead in home runs (with Cy Williams and Gavvy Cravath, respectively) while playing for New York. He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, attended North Carolina State University following years at Maury High School and Norfolk Academy, and died at the age of 89 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Dave Winfield
David Mark Winfield (born October 3, 1951) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He is currently Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor of the San Diego Padres and an analyst for the ESPN program Baseball Tonight. Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams: the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians. In 2004, ESPN named him the third-best all-around athlete of all time in any sport. He is a member of both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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David Justice
David Christopher Justice (born April 14, 1966) is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1989–96), Cleveland Indians (1997–2000), New York Yankees (2000–01), and Oakland Athletics (2002).
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David Nied
David Glen Nied, (born December 22, 1968 in Dallas, Texas) is a former major league baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he is best known as being the first pick for the expansion Colorado Rockies in the 1992 expansion draft.
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David Ortiz
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Dean Smith
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Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeter (; born June 26, 1974) is an American professional baseball player. He is a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who has played his entire career for the New York Yankees. He has served as the Yankees' team captain since 2003. Jeter's presence in the Yankees' lineup, highlighted by his hitting prowess, played an instrumental role in the team's late 1990s dynasty.
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Dick Groat
Richard Morrow Groat (born November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania) is a former two-sport athlete best known as a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played for four National League teams, mainly the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player in after winning the batting title with a .325 average for the champion Pirates. From 1956 to 1962 he teamed with second baseman Bill Mazeroski to give Pittsburgh one of the game's strongest middle infields; he led the NL in double plays a record five times, in putouts four times and in assists twice. At the end of his career he ranked ninth in major league history in games at shortstop (1,877) and fourth in double plays (1,237), and was among the NL career leaders in putouts (10th, 3,505), assists (8th, 5,811) and total chances (9th, 9,690). Also an excellent basketball player, He attended Duke University and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was twice an All-American at Duke and was voted as the Helms National Player of the Year in 1952 after averaging 25.2 points per game. He played one season as a guard in the National Basketball Association. He is currently the color commentator for the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team.
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Dizzy Dean
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Dolph Camilli
Adolph Louis Camilli (April 23, 1907 - October 21, 1997) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in after leading the league in home runs and runs batted in as the Dodgers won the pennant for the first time since 1920. He was the ninth NL player to hit 200 career home runs, and held the Dodgers franchise record for career home runs from 1942 to 1953. His son Doug was a major leaguer catcher in the 1960s. His brother, who boxed under the name Frankie Campbell, died of cerebral hemorrhaging following a 1930 match with Max Baer.
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Don Mattingly
Donald Arthur Mattingly (nicknamed "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man") (born April 20, 1961) is a former first baseman who played for the New York Yankees of the American League from 1982-1995. He is currently the Los Angeles Dodgers manager. He also served as a hitting coach for the Yankees and Dodgers prior to taking on his current position.
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Don Sutton
Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Don Zimmer
Donald William "Popeye" Zimmer (born January 17, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former infielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball, currently serving as a senior advisor to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball organization. In December 2008, he suffered a stroke, causing loss of speech for a week.
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Drew Denson
Andrew Denson (born November 16, 1965 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a retired Major League Baseball first baseman. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Denson played his first professional season with their Rookie League Gulf Coast Braves in , and his last with the Baltimore Orioles' Triple-A affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings, in .
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Duane Ward
Roy Duane Ward (born May 28, 1964 in Park View, New Mexico) was a Major League Baseball reliever during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Duke Snider
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Dwyane Wade
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Eddie Mathews
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Ellis Burks
Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons. He batted and threw right-handed.
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Ellis Valentine
Ellis Clarence Valentine (born July 30, 1954 in Helena, Arkansas) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1972; playing for the Expos, he was elected a National League All-Star in 1977 and received a Gold Glove Award in 1978. He also played for the New York Mets, California Angels and Texas Rangers, before retiring in 1985 from a ball that hit his jaw.
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Ernie Banks
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Ernie Lombardi
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Frank McCormick
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Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he is the only player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues , won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently tied for eighth). Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
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Frank Schulte
Frank M. "Wildfire" Schulte (September 17, 1882 - October 2, 1949) was an American right fielder and left-handed slugger in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1904-16), Pittsburgh Pirates (1916-17), Philadelphia Phillies (1917) and Washington Senators (1918).
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Frank Wren
Franklin E. Wren (born March 17, 1958, at St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. Since the end of the baseball season, he has been the general manager of the Atlanta Braves
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Fred Beck
Frederick Thomas Beck (November 17, 1886 in Havana, Illinois-March 12, 1962 in Havana, Illinois) was a baseball player. He played in the major leagues from 1909 to 1911 with the Boston Doves, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. He then went down the minor leagues. In 1914 & 1915, he played for the Chicago Whales of the Federal League.
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Fred McGriff
Frederick Stanley McGriff (born October 31, 1963 in Tampa, Florida) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball player who starred for several teams from the mid-1980s until the early 2000s. A power-hitting first baseman with a tall, lanky build, the five-time All-Star became, in , the first player since the dead-ball era to lead both leagues in home runs. Although he never hit more than 37 homers in a single season, he finished his career only seven homers away from joining the exclusive 500 home run club. He won a World Series title as a first baseman with the Atlanta Braves in 1995. He currently works in the Rays' front office as an advisor. He also currently works for Bright House Sports Network as a co-host for "The Baysball Show".
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Fred Odwell
Frederick "Fred" Odwell (September 25, 1872 - August 19, 1948) is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds. In 1905, he led the National League in home runs. He was born in and later died at the age of 75 in Downsville, New York.
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Freddie Benavides
Alfredo Benavides (born April 7, 1966, in Laredo, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball infielder of Mexican American descent. He is an alumnus of Texas Christian University.
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Fredi González
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Garry Maddox
Garry Lee Maddox (born September 1, 1949 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who was known for his outstanding defense.
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Gary Carter
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Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968, in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played for eight major league ball clubs, primarily as an outfielder and designated hitter.
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Gary Wayne
Gary Anthony Wayne (born November 30, 1962, in Dearborn, Michigan) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of the University of Michigan.
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Gavvy Cravath
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Gerald Young
Gerald Anthony Young (born October 22, 1964, in Tela, Honduras) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He was noted for his long strides and blazing speed, and although considered somewhat of a "hot dog" because of what appeared to be a lackadaisical style (including unnecessary basket catches), he was considered one of the best defensive center fielders of his time. He is the first person born in Honduras to play Major League Baseball.
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Gerardo Parra
Gerardo Parra (born May 6, 1987 in ) is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Gil Hodges
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Gil McDougald
Gilbert James McDougald (born May 19, 1928) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played ten seasons with the New York Yankees, going to the World Series in eight of those seasons.
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Greg LeMond
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Greg Luzinski
Gregory Michael "The Bull" Luzinski (born November 22, 1950) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball.
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Greg W. Harris
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Hank Aaron
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in ) is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the years 1954 through 1976. Aaron is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Hank Aaron fifth on their list of "Greatest Baseball Players".
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Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Clayton Killebrew (; born June 29, 1936) is a former Major League Baseball player. In a 22-year major league career, he was second only to Babe Ruth in American League (AL) home runs and retired as the AL career leader in home runs by a right-handed batter (the record has since been broken). He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
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Harold Reynolds
Harold Craig Reynolds (born November 26, 1960) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. Reynolds spent the first 10 years of his professional career in the majors with the Seattle Mariners from to . He then moved to the Baltimore Orioles in and to the California Angels in .
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Harry Stovey
Harry Duffield Stovey, born Harry Duffield Stowe (December 20, 1856 - September 20, 1937) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player and the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stovey played for 14 seasons in the majors and was appointed player-manager on two separate occasions during his career.
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Heinie Zimmerman
Henry Zimmerman (February 9, 1887 - March 14, 1969), known as "Heinie" or "The Great Zim," was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century. Zimmerman played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants. He was born and died in New York, New York.
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Ingemar Johansson
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Jack Fournier
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Jack Morris
John Scott "Jack" Morris (born May 16, 1955, in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in 18 big league seasons between 1977 and 1994, mainly for the Detroit Tigers, and won 254 games throughout his career. Armed with a fastball, slider, devastating splitter and a fierce competitive spirit, Morris was a five-time All-Star (1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1991), and played on four World Championship teams (1984 Tigers, 1991 Twins, and 1992-93 Blue Jays). He was the winningest major league pitcher in the decade of the 1980s.
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. With the most victories in major championships (18), he was continuously ranked as the world's number one golfer on McCormack's World Golf Rankings from its inception in 1968 to 1977. Having won seven professional major titles between 1962 and 1967, he would likely have been considered number one in some of those years as well (a period when he, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player vied for that status in public acclaim as The Big Three). After 1978, while much younger players such as Tom Watson and Seve Ballesteros came to be ranked higher than him, Nicklaus continued to regularly challenge for and indeed win many major titles until 1986, making a full quarter-century in which he competed at the very highest level of his sport. Indeed, over the course of this 25-year period of 100 major championships as a professional, Nicklaus finished either first or second 36 times, in the top three 45 times, the top five 54 times, and the top 10 67 times. Nicklaus and the other 45 major championship winners during this period combined for a total of 119 major championship victories, 704 official PGA Tour wins, and over 825 additional individual professional victories (excludes Champions Tour events, etc.). While other marquee players such as Nick Faldo, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, and Curtis Strange were winning numerous tournaments worldwide, they had yet to break through with major wins prior to 1987, but proved to be on the verge of doing so. These facts make this period arguably the most competitive in the history of professional golf and illustrate Nicklaus' ability and durability over time.
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Jackie Brandt
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Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Stewart
:For other people of this name see Jackie Stewart (disambiguation).
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Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer (born November 17, 1962 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Currently on the injured list, he is the oldest active player in the major leagues, has the most wins, losses, and strikeouts of any active Major League pitcher. He has been likened to Phil Niekro.
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Jason Heyward
Jason A. Heyward (born August 9, 1989 in Lake Orion, Michigan) nicknamed "J-Hey" is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Atlanta Braves. He throws and bats left-handed.
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Jason Marquis
Jason Scott Marquis () (born August 21, 1978, in Manhasset, New York) is an American Major League Baseball All Star starting pitcher who is currently playing for the Washington Nationals. He previously pitched for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies.
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Jay Gainer
Johnathan Keith Gainer (born October 8, 1966 in Panama City, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is an alumnus of the University of South Alabama. He is currently the hitting coach for the Visalia Oaks.
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Jayhawk Owens
Claude "Jayhawk" Owens (born February 10, 1969) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played a total of four seasons, spanning from 1993-1996. He was a member of the inaugural Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993. He was taken by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft.
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Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, who spent his entire major league career with the Houston Astros in the National League. He is currently the hitting coach for the Houston Astros. Bagwell was named the 1991 National League Rookie of the Year and the 1994 National League Most Valuable Player. Baseball statistician Bill James, in his 2001 edition of the New Historical Baseball Abstract, listed Bagwell as the fourth best first baseman of all time.
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Jeff Francoeur
Jeffrey Braden Francoeur (; born January 8, 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Texas Rangers. Nicknamed "Frenchy", Francoeur is known for a strong throwing arm, leading the majors in outfield assists since his debut.
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Jeff Kent
Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman. Kent won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 2000 with the San Francisco Giants, and is the all-time leader in home runs among second basemen. He drove in 90 or more runs from 1997 to 2005, a streak of run production unprecedented for a second baseman, a position typically known for its defense. Kent is a five-time All-Star and his 560 career doubles put him tied for 21st on the all-time doubles list.
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Jeff Parrett
Jeffrey Dale Parrett (born August 26, 1961 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a pitcher for the Montreal Expos (1986-88), Philadelphia Phillies (1989-90 and 1996), Atlanta Braves (1990-91), Oakland Athletics (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995-96).
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Jerald Clark
Jerald Dwayne Clark (born August 10, 1963 in Crockett, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of Lamar University and played for the Lamar Cardinals baseball team.
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Jerry Lucas
Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history. He was named to Sports Illustrateds five-man College All-Century Team in 1999.
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Jerry Royster
Jeron Kennis Royster (born October 18, 1952 in Sacramento, California) was a third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees, as well as a former manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. He is former the manager of the Lotte Giants in the Korea Baseball Organization.
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Jim Acker
James Justin Acker (born September 24, 1958 in Freer, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from to .
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Jim Bottomley
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Jim Edmonds
James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970) is an American Major League Baseball player, currently playing center field for the Cincinnati Reds. He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Diego Padres, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Chicago Cubs. He was affectionately known by Cardinal fans as "Jimmy Baseball," "Jimmy Ballgame," "Lassie," and "Hollywood."
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Jim Ryun
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Jim Tatum (baseball)
James Ray Tatum (born October 9, 1967 in Grossmont, California) is a former Major League Baseball first and third baseman.
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Jim Thome
James Howard "Jim" Thome (; born August 27, 1970 in ) is an American Major League Baseball designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins.
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Jimmy Collins
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Jimmy Rollins
James Calvin "Jimmy" Rollins (born November 27, 1978 in Oakland, California), nicknamed "J-Roll", is an All-Star and former MVP shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball's National League.
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Jimmy Sheckard
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Joe Montana
For the actor with a similarly pronounced name, see Joe Mantegna.
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Joe Morgan
Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Morgan is currently a commentator for ESPN television and radio and a member of the Cincinnati Reds front office.
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Joey Devine
Joseph Devine (born September 19, 1983, in Junction City, Kansas) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.
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Joey Votto
Joseph Daniel Votto (born September 10, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Major League Baseball first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds.
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Johann Olav Koss
Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway, considered to be one of the best in history, and current assistant coach of Norway's speed skating team.
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John C. Malone
John C. Malone (born March 7, 1941) is a leading businessman in the telecommunications and media industries, best known for his 24 years (1973-1996) as CEO of the cable and media giant Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI). Malone is now the chairman of Liberty Media and CEO of Discovery Holding Company. He was the interim CEO of Liberty Media until succeeded by former Oracle CFO Greg Maffei.
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John Franco
John Anthony Franco (born September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three National League teams from 1984 to 2005, primarily the New York Mets. His 1,119 career games pitched are an NL record, and rank third in major league history; his 424 career saves ranked second in major league history when he retired, and remain the most by a left-hander. For 14 of his 20 seasons, he played for the New York Mets, serving as team captain in his final years with the team.
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John Schuerholz
John Schuerholz (; born October 1, 1940) is the President of the Atlanta Braves of the National League. Before joining Atlanta, he spent twenty-two years with the Kansas City Royals organization, including nine as the club's GM. Among the teams he has built are the 1985 Royals and 1995 Braves, both world champions. His teams have also won their division 15 times. He is considered the king of scouting credited with an amazing farm system. In 2006, Schuerholz published a book, Built To Win, which chronicled his tenure with the Braves and shed light on some of his most important moves as a GM. After the release of the book, Schuerholz and longtime Braves pitcher Tom Glavine feuded over what Glavine called "secrets" that were released in the book.
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John Smoltz
Johnathan "John" Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967 in ) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best known for his prolific career of more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, in which he garnered eight All-Star selections and received the Cy Young Award in 1996. Though predominantly known as a starting pitcher, Smoltz was converted to a reliever in 2001, following his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and spent four years as the team's closer before returning to a starting role. In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a 50-save season (the other being Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley). He is the only pitcher in major league history to top both 200 wins and 150 saves. He became the 16th member of the 3,000 strikeout club on April 22, 2008 when he fanned Felipe Lopez of the Washington Nationals in the third inning in Atlanta.
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John Wooden
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Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from to and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bench, a 14-time All-Star selection and a two-time National League Most Valuable Player, was the best offensive and defensive catcher of the 1970s, and was a key member of The Big Red Machine, which won six division titles, four National League pennants, and two World Series championships. He is considered to be the greatest catcher in baseball history.
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Johnny Mize
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Johnny Podres
John Joseph Podres (September 30, 1932–January 13, 2008) was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is perhaps best remembered for being named the Most Valuable Player of the 1955 World Series, pitching a shutout in Game 7 against the New York Yankees to help bring the Dodgers their first World Series title. He later led the National League in earned run average and shutouts in 1957, and in winning percentage in 1961.Johnny Podreswas discussed on the top ten show on IsraelSportsRadio.com on October 14, 11 am EST.
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José Cruz
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José Cruz, Jr.
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Judi Brown
Judith ("Judi") Lynne Brown-King (born July 14, 1961) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.
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Justin Upton
Justin Irvin Upton (born August 25, 1987 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American Major League Baseball right fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was selected first overall by the Diamondbacks in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis "Lew" Alcindor, Jr., April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player, coach, actor, and author. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar scored more points than any other player in league history, won six NBA championships and a record six regular season MVP Awards. In college at UCLA, he played on three championship teams, and his high school team won 71 consecutive games.
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Keith Hernandez
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Keith Moreland
Bobby Keith "Zonk" Moreland (born May 2, 1954 in Dallas, Texas) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres. In , the final year of his career, he played for the Detroit Tigers, then the Baltimore Orioles.
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Keith Shepherd
Keith Wayne Shepherd (born January 21, 1968 in Wabash, Indiana) is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993), Boston Red Sox (1995) and Baltimore Orioles (1996). Listed at 6' 2", 205 lb., Shepherd batted and threw right-handed. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1986 draft.
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Ken Boyer
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Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball and the 1996 National League Most Valuable Player. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State University. He died of a drug overdose on October 10, 2004.
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Ken Dayley
Kenneth Grant Dayley (February 25, 1959 in Jerome, Idaho), is a former a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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Ken Singleton
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Ken Smith (baseball)
Kenneth Earl Smith (born on February 12, 1958) is a former major league baseball player who served as a reserve first baseman for the Atlanta Braves between 1981 and 1983.
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Ken Venturi
Kenneth Venturi (born May 15, 1931) is an American former professional golfer and golf broadcaster.
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Kent Bottenfield
Kent Dennis Bottenfield (born November 14 ,1968 in Portland, Oregon) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1992 to 2001 for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Anaheim Angels, Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros. Bottenfield's best season came in 1999 with the Cardinals, when he posted a 18-7 won-loss record along with a 3.97 ERA. Bottenfield played in the All-Star game that year. He was subsequently traded along with Adam Kennedy to the Angels for Jim Edmonds following this season, but was unable to duplicate this success.
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Kent Hrbek
Kent Allen Hrbek (; born May 21, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), nicknamed "Herbie", is a former American Major League Baseball player. He played fourteen seasons for the Minnesota Twins at first base, and batted left-handed. He hit the first home run in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on April 3, 1982 in an exhibition game against the Phillies. Fans knew Hrbek as an outstanding defensive player, perennial slugger, and charismatic hometown favorite. He attended Kennedy High School in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Kent Mercker
Kent Franklin Mercker (born February 1, 1968 in Dublin, Ohio) is a retired Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played for nine teams over his seventeen-year career.
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Kipchoge Keino
Kipchoge ("Kip") Keino (born January 17, 1940), chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC), is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Kip Keino was among the first in a long line of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and inspired many of his fellow countrymen and women to become the athletics force that they are today.
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Kirby Puckett
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Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support. He rides for UCI ProTour team .
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Lance Painter
Lance Telford Painter (born July 21, 1967 in Bedford, England) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Colorado Rockies (-), St. Louis Cardinals (-, ), Toronto Blue Jays (-), and Milwaukee Brewers (). Although he started 28 games, Painter is most known as a reliever.
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Larry Bearnarth
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Larry Walker
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Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex".
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Lenny Dykstra
Leonard Kyle "Lenny" Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Dykstra played for the New York Mets during the late 1980s before playing for the Philadelphia Phillies during the early 1990s. He threw and batted left-handed and played primarily as a leadoff hitter.
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Lip Pike
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Lou Brock
Louis Clark "Lou" Brock (born June 18, 1939) is an American former player in Major League Baseball. Brock was a left fielder who played his career with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. He batted and threw left-handed. He is currently a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Luis Atilano
Luis A. Atilano (born May 10, 1985 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He is a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Nationals. Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 2003 amateur draft, Atilano was traded to the Nationals on August 31, 2006, for veteran utilityman Daryle Ward.
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Macay McBride
Joseph Macay McBride (born October 24, 1982 in Augusta, Georgia) is a Major League baseball relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers organization. McBride was traded to the Tigers on June 20, 2007.
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Marcus Moore
Marcus Braymont Moore (born November 2, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Moore played for the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds. He last played professional baseball in with the Syracuse Sky Chiefs.
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Mark Grant
Mark Andrew Grant (born October 24, 1963 in ) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher and is the current color commentator for the San Diego Padres' television broadcasts.
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Mark Knudson
Mark Richard Knudson (born October 28, 1960 in Denver, Colorado) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1985 to 1993, primarily for the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is a former Major League Baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He replaced Hal McRae as the for the St. Louis Cardinals for 2010.
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Marquis Grissom
Marquis Deon Grissom (first name ) (born April 17, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former Major League Baseball player. He excelled in baseball at Lakeshore High School, under the tutelage of baseball coach Mike Juenger. He currently resides in College Park, Georgia. In 2009, Grissom served as the first base coach for the Washington Nationals.
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Marty Marion
Martin Whiteford Marion (born December 1, 1917 in Richburg, South Carolina) is a former shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed.
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Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. She was the first female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title.
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Matt Holliday
Matthew Thomas Holliday (born January 15, 1980, in ), is a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Holliday was originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Maury Wills
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Mel Hall
Melvin Hall Jr. (born September 16, 1960 in Lyons, New York) is a former Major League Baseball player from 1981 to 1996 for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and San Francisco Giants. He mostly played as an outfielder.
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Michael Bourn
Michael Ray Bourn (born December 27, 1982, in Houston, Texas), is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. He has also been a participant of the United States national baseball team.
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Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Michael Phelps
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Miguel Cabrera
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Mike Cameron
Michael Terrance Cameron (born January 8, 1973, in LaGrange, Georgia) is an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox.
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Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski (; ; born February 13, 1947) is the men's college basketball coach of the Duke Blue Devils. He is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
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Mike Schmidt
Michael Jack Schmidt (; born September 27, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Mike Tiernan
Michael Joseph Tiernan (January 21, 1867 - November 7, 1918), nicknamed "Silent Mike", was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played exclusively for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, his debut game was on April 30, 1887. His final game was played on July 31, 1899. Tiernan led the National League in home runs in 1890 and 1891, and compiled a .311 lifetime batting average. His greatest accomplishment is being the Giants' Career Leader in Triples (162) and Stolen Bases (428).
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Mike Timlin
Michael August Timlin () (born March 10, 1966, in Midland, Texas) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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Mo Sanford
Meredith Leroy "Mo" Sanford (born December 24, 1966, in Americus, Georgia) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, and Minnesota Twins.
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Moisés Alou
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Mort Cooper
Morton Cecil Cooper (March 2, 1913 - November 17, 1958) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals. The team's top pitcher during its National League pennant years of 1942-44, he won over 20 games in each of the three years and received the Most Valuable Player award after posting a 22-7 record with 10 shutouts and a 1.78 earned run average, the lowest by any NL right-hander between 1920 and 1967. His brother Walker was an NL catcher, and his teammate for several seasons.
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Muhammad Ali
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Nate McLouth
Nathan Richard McLouth (born October 28, 1981 in Muskegon, Michigan) is a Major League Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. Primarily a center fielder, McLouth bats from the left side and throws from the right. He is 5' 11" tall and weighs 185 pounds. His last name is commonly mispronounced; the correct pronunciation rhymes with the word "mouth", rather than the word "youth". McLouth has the nicknames "Mighty Mouse McLouth," "Nasty Nate", "Nate McOut," and "Nate the Great" .
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Ned Williamson
Edward Nagle "Ned" or "Ed" Williamson (October 24, 1857 – March 3, 1894) was an American Major League Baseball player for 13 seasons from 1878 until 1890. He played for three different teams: the Indianapolis Blues of the National League (NL) for one season, the Chicago White Stockings (NL) for 11 seasons, and the Chicago Pirates of the Players' League for one season.
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Nelson Liriano
Nelson Arturo Liriano Bonilla (born June 3, 1964 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League baseball player. He played for various teams from 1987 to 1998 batting a career average of .260 over those 11 seasons. In 1999, he played in one game for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.
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Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958 in Buffalo, New York) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for [http://www.pokerstars.net/team-pokerstars/friends/ PokerStars]. In 1988, he won the Gold Glove, Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP with the Dodgers.
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Orlando Cepeda
Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (born September 17, 1937) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman.
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Oyster Burns
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Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith (born December 26, 1954) is a retired American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. Nicknamed "The Wizard," Smith played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball, winning the National League Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons. A 15-time All-Star, Smith accumulated 2,460 hits and 580 stolen bases during his career, and won the National League Silver Slugger Award as the best hitter at shortstop in 1987.
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Pat Rockett
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Pat Summitt
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Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan (born October 27, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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Paul Hines
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Paul Molitor
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Pee Wee Reese
Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958.
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Pete Rose
Peter Edward Rose (born April 14, 1941) is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989.
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Pete Rozelle
Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle (March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996) was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from January 1960 to November 1989, when he retired from office. Rozelle is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world.
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Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. Considered one of the best quarterbacks of all time, Manning holds the record for most NFL MVP awards with four. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998 after a standout college football career with the Tennessee Volunteers. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the older brother of current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
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Phil Niekro
Philip Henry Niekro (born April 1, 1939) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Preston Hanna
Preston Lee Hanna (born September 10, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the major leagues from 1975 until 1982. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft, and stayed with their organization until his release in June 1982.
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Prince Fielder
Prince Semien Fielder (born May 9, 1984) is a Major League Baseball player of who plays first base for the Milwaukee Brewers. He is currently listed at 5' 10" and 285 lbs. He was selected by the Brewers in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft out of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida.
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Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "The Big Unit", is a former left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Over a 22-year career, Johnson played for six different teams.
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Raúl Mondesí
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Red Murray
John Joseph "Red" Murray (March 4, 1884 - December 4, 1958) was a professional baseball player.
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Rick Mathews
Rick R. Mathews (born 1947) is the former bullpen coach for the Colorado Rockies. He has held that position since October 15, 2002, after spending seven years as Colorado's roving pitching coordinator.
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Rick Sutcliffe
Richard Lee Sutcliffe (born June 21, 1956 in Independence, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher and current television sportscaster, nicknamed "The Red Baron" for his red hair and beard.
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Ripper Collins
James Anthony "Ripper" Collins (March 30, 1904 - April 15, 1970) was a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Rob Neyer
Rob Neyer (born June 22, 1966) is a baseball author and, since 1996, a columnist for ESPN.com. A disciple of major sabermetrics figure Bill James, his writing is an outlet for everyday fans to gain insight that statistics-centered analysis can offer.
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Roberto Clemente
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Roberto Mejía
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Rod Carew
Rodney Cline "Rod" Carew (born October 1, ) is a former Major League Baseball player. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, he is renowned for his hitting prowess. Carew played for the Minnesota Twins and the former California Angels from to . He threw right-handed and batted left-handed.
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Roger Bannister
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March, 1929) is an English former athlete best known for running the first recorded mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 2001.
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Roger Maris
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Rogers Hornsby
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Ron Cey
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Ron Guidry
Ronald Ames Guidry (; born August 28, 1950, in Lafayette, Louisiana; nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator") is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played 14 seasons for the New York Yankees from 1975 through 1988. Guidry was the pitching coach of the New York Yankees from 2006 to 2007.
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Ron Hassey
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Ron Santo
Ronald Edward Santo (born February 25, 1940 in Seattle, Washington) is a former professional baseball player. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as the regular third baseman for the Chicago Cubs before playing his final year with the Chicago White Sox. Santo was a productive player despite suffering from diabetes, a condition which he carefully concealed for 80% of his career; it eventually necessitated the amputation of both of his legs.
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Rory Sparrow
Rory Darnell Sparrow (born June 12, 1958, in Suffolk, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.
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Roy Campanella
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Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983, in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California), nicknamed The Hebrew Hammer, is an American right-handed Major League Baseball All-Star left fielder with the Milwaukee Brewers. He played college baseball at the University of Miami.
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Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies.Howard is 6' 4" and 260 lbs. He bats and throws left-handed.
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Ryan Ludwick
Ryan Andrew Ludwick (born July 13, 1978 in Satellite Beach, Florida) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the San Diego Padres. His brother Eric played four seasons in Major League Baseball as a pitcher.
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Ryne Sandberg
Ryne Dee Sandberg (born September 18, 1959 in Spokane, Washington), nicknamed "Ryno," is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. He was named after relief pitcher Ryne Duren, and is recognized as one of the best second basemen of all time. Sandberg was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2005; he was formally inducted in ceremonies on July 31, 2005. He is the current manager of the Iowa Cubs.
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Sam Crawford
Samuel Earl Crawford (April 18, 1880 – June 15, 1968), nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957.
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Sam Thompson
Samuel Luther Thompson (March 5, 1860 – November 7, 1922) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. "Big Sam" (6 feet 2 inches, and 200 pounds) was known for his offensive production and was second on the career home runs list at the time of his retirement. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
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Sammy Sosa
Samuel Peralta "Sammy" Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a retired Major League Baseball right fielder.
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Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufax () (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from to . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, the youngest former player to receive that honor.
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Scott Aldred
Scott Phillip Aldred (born June 12, 1968 in Flint, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for nine years. Acquired by the Detroit Tigers as the 16th selection in the June 1986 Amateur draft. Brought up to Tigers for Sept. trial in 1990 after compiling 6-15 mark and 4.90 ERA at Toledo. Also ranked 3rd in International League in strikeouts (133 in 158 innings) in 1990. Scott was 10-6 with 3.84 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 122 innings at London in 1989 despite being sidelined in midseason with a hand injury. Scott struck out 102 batters in 131-1/3 innings at Lakeland in 1988 while compiling 8-7 mark and 3.57 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 110 innings in his 1st pro season at Fayetteville in 1987. He played for the Detroit Tigers (-, ), Colorado Rockies (), Montreal Expos (1993), Minnesota Twins (1996-), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (-), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1999-). He held the major league record for most appearances in a single season without a decision (earning a win or being charged with a loss) with 48 until when it was broken by Trever Miller. He accomplished this feat in 1998 with the Devil Rays.
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Scott Fredrickson
Scott Eric Fredrickson (born August 19, 1967 in Manchester, New Hampshire) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Judson High School in Converse, Texas, and the University of Texas at Austin.
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Scott Thorman
Scott Robert Thorman (born January 6, 1982 in Cambridge, Ontario) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Kansas City Royals organization. Thorman was drafted in the first round, 30th overall in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves. Thorman played for Canada in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic and Thorman also played in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
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Shane Victorino
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Stan Musial
Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial ( or ; born November 21, 1920) is a retired Polish-American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963. A 24-time All-Star selection, Musial accumulated 3,630 hits and 475 home runs during his career, was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, and was a member of three World Series championship teams.
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Steve Avery
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Steve Cauthen
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Steve Finley
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Steve Garvey
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Terry Baker
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Terry Bradshaw
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Terry Pendleton
Terry Lee Pendleton (born July 16, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball, and a former hitting coach and current first base coach of the Atlanta Braves. He played primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, but he also spent time with the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Kansas City Royals. During this fifteen year career, he went to the World Series five times, yet his team never won the title.
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Tiger Woods
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Tim Duncan
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Tim Raines
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Tim Wakefield
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Todd Stottlemyre
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Tom Brady
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Tom Glavine
Thomas Michael Glavine (born March 25, 1966) is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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Tom Seaver
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Tommie Agee
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Tommy Greene
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Tommy Holmes
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Tommy John
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Tony Gwynn
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Trevor Hoffman
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Vada Pinson
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Vern Law
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Vinny Castilla
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Vladimir Guerrero
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Wally Berger
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Wally Moon
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Walt Wilmot
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Warren Spahn
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Wayne Gretzky
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Wes Parker
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Willie Blair
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Willie Mays
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Willie Stargell
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Murphy, Dale Filmography
- High Hopes: The Anatomy of a Winner (2003)
- 2000 MLB All-Star Game (2000)
- McKay: Million Dollar Missionary (1994)
- 1987 MLB All-Star Game (1987)
- 1986 MLB All-Star Game (1986)
- 1985 MLB All-Star Game (1985)
- 1984 MLB All-Star Game (1984)
- 1983 MLB All-Star Game (1983)
- 1982 MLB All-Star Game (1982)
- 1980 MLB All-Star Game (1980)
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Reds at Braves 9-18-1985
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some highlights from a meaningless game between the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. From Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Dale Murphy and Rafael Ramirez with home runs. Pete Rose with another hit
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Greatest Dale Murphy Speech
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Iconic Brave Dale Murphy offers nuggets of wisdom at 2012 Braves Fantasy Camp.
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Dale Murphy 2
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Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves Spring Training 3-23-1986
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Highlights from an Astros vs Braves Spring Training game 3-23-1986 featuring Nolan Ryan and Dale Murphy
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Dale Murphy Visit 2012
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Atlanta Braves legend Dale Murphy comes to town and goes on the morning show with FoX Charlotte. Then goes to baseball game to sign autographs and then comes on Fox's entertainment show the Edge. Simple a Great guy!
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Atlanta Braves Clubhouse after clinching 1982 National League West Part 2
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Atlanta Braves celebrate in the clubhouse after winnng the 1982 National Lease West. Interviews with Dale Murphy and Bruce Benedict.
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1984 CNN Sports Promo With Atlanta Braves' Dale Murphy
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From a Pittsburgh Pirates / Atlanta Braves game I taped off of WTBS back in '84 (the late Mike Payne's only Major League start). Look for shots of Steve Carlton, Tony Pena, John McEnroe, Julius Erving, Joe Montana and some hockey dude that I have NO idea who it is...
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1988 Dale Murphy Atlanta Braves Kent Tekulve Philadephia Phillies Get Up and Go Commerical
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Originally aired on Saturday, August 13, 1988. This was one in a series of ads produced by Major League Baseball designed to encourage fans to come to a came. This particular spot is touches on several themes, a young boys connection to the game, sharing the game with his father and the two going to a game together. Murphy connects for a home run against Tekulve, with radio commentary provided by the late Harry Kalas (Phillies announcer) and Pete Van Wieren (Braves announcer)
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Prank Phone Call - Baseball Cards - Pokemon Pikachu - Willie Mays - Dale Murphy - Flamethrower
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Prank Phone Call For Flamethrower Damaged Baseball Cards Including: Willie Mays, Dale Murphy, and Pokemon Pikachu OUR WEBSITE: www.progressiverecords.org DT TWITTER www.twitter.com DT FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FREE MUSIC: www.daveyt.com STORE: www.daveyt.com ITUNES: itunes.apple.com ------------------------------------------------------------ "davey t hamilton" "prank call" "john d briggs" "prank calls" "hillbilly humor" "prank phone calls" "flame thrower" "baseball cards" flamethrower "pokemon" "willie mays" "pikachu" "dale murphy" "pop country music" "bubble gum pop" Indie Unsigned "free download" "free music" "free mp3"
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Are Fred McGriff and Dale Murphy Hall of Famers? (from Cooperstown)
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MarkRogersTV reviews the Hall of Fame credentials of Fred McGriff and Dale Murphy
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Dale Murphy's Favorite Band
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Dale Murphy explains why Wilco is his favorite band.
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Dale Murphy - I Won't Cheat Foundation
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Dale Murphy talks with Casey on ClubHouseGAs.com about the I Won't Cheat Foundation, whick encourages kids to play fairly and to never take steroids.
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Dale Murphy on ClubHouseGAS
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Dale Murphy interviewd by Casey Bass on ClubHouseGAS.com
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040712 Dale Murphy.wmv
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Conversation with former Atlanta Braves great and two-time NL MVP Dale Murphy about his minor league playing career, memories or Richmond, Virginia, and his appearance at the Richmond Flying Squirrels 2012 home opener.
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Dale Murphy hilarious behind the scenes footage
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www.argentaimages.com Dale Murphy kids around as he makes a commercial. The great Atlanta Brave outfielder has a hard time breaking a baseball bat and acting angry.
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Steroid Debate: Dale Murphy (5 of 14)
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Themotion: "We should accept performance-enhancing drugs in competitive sports" Moderator: Bob Costas Speaking for the motion: Radley Balko, Norman Fost and Julian Savulescu Speaking against the motion: George Michael, Dale Murphy and Richard Pound IQ2US marks the launch of Oxford-style debating -- one motion, one moderator, three advocates for the motion, three against -- in New York City. Each evening begins at 6:00P with a complimentary cocktail period. As you enter the theater before the debate starts at 6:45P, you cast your vote for or against the evening's motion. Those results are displayed midway through the debate as each side makes its statements. After all six panelists speak, the audience has a chance to ask the speakers questions and vote again. The debate finishes with brief summations from the panelists, the votes are tallied and a winning side is declared.
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Former MLB MVP Dale Murphy
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Casey Bass interviews former for ClubHouseGAS.com MLB, Two time MVP, Dale Murphy about his new book.
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Dale Murphy - Part 1
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This week, Rob interviews Atlanta Braves legend DALE MURPHY!!! Chad and Vince give out their NBA Mid-season report cards. And what's with all the number in the Triple-Double?
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Dale Murphy at Pringles Park
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Dale Murphy will be at the July 2nd West Tenn Diamond Jaxx game in Jackson, TN!!
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Dale Murphy in his walker
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Dale trying out his walker in the lobby of our building! Thank you auntie Ruthy!
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Baseball Card Mailday Sandoval auto Alex Rodriguez Dale Murphy
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www.BaseballCardsRule.com 2011 Topps Lineage Autographs #PS Pablo Sandoval 1994 Upper Deck #24 Alex Rodriguez RC 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen Mini #58A Dale Murphy 2011 Kimball Champions Mini's lot
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Ben Maller Endorsing Dale Murphy for the Hall of Fame
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Fox Sports Radio's Ben Maller venting over Dale Murphy being kept out of the Hall of Fame.
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Dale Murphy (COVER) Firehorse Deli Open Mic 2012 - Newberry, SC
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Fair share cover. Live music from the Firehorse Deli in Newberry, South Carolina USA
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29 Oct 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Yesterday while protesting with striking mine workers in South Africa, Mohandas Gandhi was gunned down by heavily armed security forces. Gandhi, who...
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30 Oct 2012
At least 13 people have been killed in the US and millions are without power after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline and hurled a record-breaking 13ft surge of seawater at New...
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29 Oct 2012
> • TheUnited Stateson Sunday is bracing for the impact of an incredibly large Hurricane Sandy. • Hurricane Center warned residents of mid-Atlantic coast should expect life-threatening storm surges. •...
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30 Oct 2012
Updated: October 30, 2012 11:08AM NEW YORK — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train...
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30 Oct 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assumed complete responsibility for the disastrous and deadly attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in...
Royalsâ Gordon wins second Gold Glove
31 Oct 2012
The Wichita Eagle
The Royalsâ Alex Gordon solidified his status as the best defensive left fielder in the American League on Tuesday night when he won a second consecutive Gold Glove award. The award for outstanding defensive performance came after a vote by managers and coaches and it was announced in a live...(size: 2.8Kb)
Beltre reels in fourth career Gold Glove
31 Oct 2012
MLB
ARLINGTON -- Third baseman Adrian Beltre has won his fourth American League Gold Glove and his second straight with the Rangers. The winners were announced on Tuesday night and Beltre beat out Brandon Inge of the Athletics and Mike Moustakas of the Royals. Beltre, who had to deal with a series of...(size: 2.5Kb)
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Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. announced today that San Diego Padres third baseman Chase Headley has won a 2012 National League Rawlings Gold Glove Award. “This is a well-deserved recognition of Chase’s work at third base,” said Padres Manager Bud Black. “To be voted...(size: 5.4Kb)
Heat snags top fast bowler
31 Oct 2012
Canberra Times
The Brisbane Heat has added the best fast bowler on the planet to their BBL roster, with Dale Steyn signed to make a one-game cameo at the Gabba. The brilliant South African, who will lead the Protea pace attack in the three-Test series against Australia starting next Friday, will be in the Heat...(size: 2.4Kb)
Rangers Third Baseman Adrian Beltre named winner of fourth career Rawlings Gold Glove Award
31 Oct 2012
MLB
Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has been selected the winner of the 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Award at his position, as announced this evening by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company. It is his second straight and fourth career Rawlings Gold Glove Award. The Rawlings Gold Gloves are...(size: 7.1Kb)
Visiting Cuban artist pleads guilty of harassing a minor; sentenced to 42 months in prison
31 Oct 2012
The Miami Herald
A year and a half after his arrest on charges of sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy in Hialeah, Cuban painter AgustÃn Bejarano appeared before a Miami-Dade court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty of attempting to harass a minor. Under his attorneyâs advice, Bejarano, 47, accepted culpability in order...(size: 3.8Kb)
Chicago Tribune
For NASCAR rationalists, the thought of Chad Knaus and Jimmie Johnson winning another Cup championship is blasphemy. May as well spit on the grave of Dale Earnhardt or rip up Richard Petty's cowboy hat. Knaus and Johnson are an acquired taste in some NASCAR circles, much like arsenic....(size: 3.0Kb)
Put Woolies on your watchlist and wait
31 Oct 2012
Canberra Times
It is one of the Australian success stories of the past 20 years – the supermarket chain that was rescued from mediocrity and now turns over more than $55 billion in sales each year. To put that in perspective, that is the equivalent of more than $2400 for every man, woman and child in...(size: 4.7Kb)
Coca-Cola sees export winners in Fiji beer, rum
31 Oct 2012
Canberra Times
Coca-Cola Amatil has inherited a beer and spirits business in Fiji and Samoa from Foster's with flat revenue and sliding profitability, but will invest in the niche beverage group to unlock the growth potential around the export of local beer and rum to new markets. John Murphy, Coca-Cola Amatil's...(size: 2.9Kb)
CNN
October 31, 2012 -- Updated 0038 GMT (0838 HKT) Aerial images from the U.S. Coast Guard show the coastline in Brigantine, New Jersey, on Tuesday, October 30. Sandy struck land near Atlantic City, New Jersey, around high tide Monday night. View photos of the recovery efforts in New York. Homes and...(size: 19.5Kb)
Superstorm Sandy: By the numbers
31 Oct 2012
CNN
October 30, 2012 -- Updated 2223 GMT (0623 HKT) Aerial images from the U.S. Coast Guard show the coastline in Brigantine, New Jersey, on Tuesday, October 30. Sandy struck land near Atlantic City, New Jersey, around high tide Monday night. View photos of the recovery efforts in New York. Homes and...(size: 20.4Kb)
Kansas City Star
The Royalsâ Alex Gordon solidified his status as the best defensive left fielder in the American League on Tuesday night when he won a second consecutive Gold Glove award. The award for outstanding defensive performance came after a vote by managers and coaches and it was announced in a live...(size: 2.8Kb)
Houston Chronicle
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For the professor, see Dale D. Murphy.
| Dale Murphy | |
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 Dale Murphy meeting fans at the CNN Center. |
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| Center fielder / Right fielder | |
| Born: (1956-03-12) March 12, 1956 (age 56) Portland, Oregon |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1976 for the Atlanta Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 21, 1993 for the Colorado Rockies | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .265 |
| Home runs | 398 |
| Runs batted in | 1,266 |
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Dale Bryan Murphy (born March 12, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. During an 18-year baseball career, 1976–1993, he played for three different teams, but is noted for his time with the Atlanta Braves. Murphy won consecutive National League Most Valuable Player Awards (1982–1983), the National League's Silver Slugger Award four straight years (1982–1985), and the National League's Gold Glove award five straight years (1982–1986).
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In 1976 Murphy began his major league career with a nineteen game stint catching with the Atlanta Braves. He appeared in only eighteen games the following season. In 1978, Murphy played first base mostly. At the plate, he slumped to a .226 batting average, though he also showed hints of his future power by hitting 23 home runs.[1]
Murphy switched to the outfield in 1980, a move that would help initiate a decade of highly productive play in the National League. Beginning in left field, he soon switched to center field, the position at which he would find his greatest success. By 1982, the most decorated year of Murphy's career, the former bench-riding catcher had transformed himself into an All-Star MVP outfielder who appeared in each of Atlanta's 162 games. His turnaround as a fielder was equally stark. In 1978, as a first baseman, Murphy had led all National League first-baggers in errors; in 1982, spending time at each of the three outfield positions, he won his first of five consecutive Gold Gloves.[2]
Playing in the decade before the Braves began their dominance of the National League East, Murphy also made his only postseason appearance in 1982, though the eventual World Series-champion St. Louis Cardinals eliminated the Braves in the first round of the playoffs. The league's most valuable player failed to translate his regular season preeminence into October success, hitting safely but three times and scoring only one run. Murphy rebounded from the postseason sweep with another MVP award in 1983. The period ultimately proved the high-water era of Murphy's career. Each year during the four season span from 1982 to 1986 he won a Gold Glove, appeared in the All-Star Game, and placed in the top ten in MVP voting.[3]
In 1988, however, despite being voted to what would be his final All-Star appearance, Murphy's production began an inexorable slide downward. Never a particularly high average hitter, Murphy saw his batting average free-fall from .295 in 1987 to .226 in 1988. Only once more, in 1991, would Murphy bat above .250. Once a consistent source of power at the plate, he never again hit even 25 home runs in a season. This fall off in production accompanied increased fragility. In the nine year span beginning with his first MVP season in 1982, Murphy missed an average of only three games each year; the final five years of his career found Murphy sitting out an average of over 90 games each season.[4]
The Braves traded Murphy after fifteen seasons to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1990. Murphy's three seasons with the Phillies were mostly uneventful. In 1993, his final season, Murphy took a pay cut of over $2,000,000, down to the major league minimum, to join the Colorado Rockies for their inaugural season. During his last two years in the majors Murphy's batting average lingered well beneath baseball's Mendoza Line.[5]
Career Summary and Honors[link]
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Murphy finished his career with 398 home runs (19th in MLB history at the time of his retirement) and a .265 lifetime batting average. His MVP awards in 1982 and 1983 make him one of only four outfielders in major league history with consecutive MVP years; at the time, he was the youngest to have accomplished the feat. His many honors also include seven All-Star appearances, five Gold Gloves, and four Silver Sluggers.[6] Murphy led the National League in home runs and RBI twice; he also led the major leagues in home runs and runs batted in over the 10-year span from 1981 to 1990.
One of the most productive and decorated players of the 1980s, Murphy led the National League in games, at bats, runs, hits, extra base hits, RBIs, runs created, total bases, and plate appearances during the decade. He also accomplished a 30-30 (30 home runs with 30 stolen bases) season in 1983.[7] Murphy played in 740 consecutive games, at the time the 11th longest such streak in baseball history. His jersey number ("3") was retired by the Atlanta Braves on June 13, 1994. In 1997, Murphy was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum[8]
Public persona[link]
Murphy's clean-living habits off the diamond were frequently noted in the media. A devout Latter-day Saint, or Mormon,[9] Murphy did not drink alcoholic beverages, would not allow women to be photographed embracing him and paid his teammates' dinner checks as long as alcoholic beverages were not on the tab. He also refused to give television interviews unless he was fully dressed. Murphy had been introduced to the church by Barry Bonnell, a teammate early in his career.
For several years, the Atlanta Constitution ran a weekly column, wherein Murphy responded to young fans' questions and letters. Murphy both advocated and financially profited from his reputation with frequent endorsements of family-friendly products such as milk, ice cream, and cameras in television commercials. In 1987, he shared Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the Year" award with seven others, characterized as "Athletes Who Care", for his work with numerous charities, including the Make-a-Wish Foundation, the Georgia March of Dimes and the American Heart Association.
One of his more memorable incidents was reminiscent of a scene from the classic black-and-white baseball film The Pride of the Yankees:
Before a home game against San Francisco on June 12, 1983, Murphy visited in the stands with Elizabeth Smith, a six-year-old girl who had lost both hands and a leg when she stepped on a live power line. After Murphy gave her a cap and a T shirt, her nurse innocently asked if he could hit a home run for Elizabeth. "I didn't know what to say, so I just sort of mumbled 'Well, O.K.,' " says Murphy. That day he hit two homers and drove in all the Braves' runs in a 3-2 victory.[10]
Hall of Fame candidacy[link]
Dale Murphy first appeared on the writers' ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, the earliest possible year of consideration. He has failed to gain election, joining late New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris and recently eligibile Juan Gonzalez as the only three Hall of Fame-eligible recipients of multiple MVP awards not in the Hall.[11] His failed candidacy has drawn particular notice due to his reputation as a clean-living player whose career was immediately followed by baseball's scandal-plagued "steroids era".[12][13][14]
Baseball writer Rob Neyer feels that the former MVP's candidacy has been hurt by a career that "got a late start and suffered an early end."[15] Stuart Miller, baseball writer for the New York Times, also notes the "sharp decline" in production that plagued Murphy after the age of 31 in arguing, "Players who were great for a short time do not receive much [Hall of Fame] recognition."[16] Finding "one of baseball’s best players in the 1980s" to be "undervalued," Miller nonetheless writes that the Brave great "is typically considered a 'close but no' guy." Bill James, father of sabermetrics, says of Murphy, “It certainly wouldn’t offend me to have him in the Hall of Fame. I just wouldn’t advocate it.” James' "current metric for Hall induction was 300 Win Shares (a complex mathematical equation weighing what players contribute to their team’s victories)...." Murphy stands at 253 Win Shares. James ranks eight Hall of Famers below Murphy.[17])
However, others contend, "Murphy's incredible nine-year run in Atlanta was every bit as good as anyone else during his era."[18] Neyer notes that the explosion of power during the steroids-fueled era that began after Murphy's retirement may have caused Murphy's numbers to pale in comparison for many voters.[19] Some have argued that Murphy's reputation for clean-living may encourage voters to "look more favorably on what Murphy did without using performance-enhancing drugs."[20] (Murphy weighed in on the steroids issue in asserting that career home run leader Barry Bonds "without a doubt" used performance-enhancing drugs.[21]) Sports Illustrated's Joe Posnanski has endorsed Murphy as an "emotional pick . . . a larger-than-life character who signed every autograph, spoke up for every charity and played brilliant baseball every day for mostly doomed teams."[22]
Nonetheless, though he continues to earn the requisite 5% to remain on the ballot, Murphy averaged only 13.6% average over the first twelve years of voting.[23] (Election to the hall requires 75%.) In the first decade of his eligibility, he "peaked at 23% in 2000 and fell to 11.5% in 2009."[24] Moreover, as writers may only vote for ten players each year some have argued that the candidacy of stars from the 1980s—such as Murphy, pitcher Jack Morris, and outfielder Tim Raines--will become imperiled as a wave of more recently retired players with more statistically impressive credentials become eligible in the 2010s.[25] Noting his low vote totals, Murphy has said, “Since I’m not that close [to election] ... I don’t think about it that much."[26]
Post-baseball life[link]
Murphy served from 1997 to 2000 as president of the Massachusetts Boston Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[27] Murphy was at one point said to be considering a run for Utah governor in 2004, but failed to generate enough interest within the Republican Party.
In 2008, he was appointed to the National Advisory Board for the national children's charity Operation Kids. He currently lives in Alpine, Utah. Murphy serves as a National Advisor to ASCEND: A Humanitarian Alliance.[28]
In 2005 Murphy started a non-profit organization called the iWontCheat Foundation to promote ethical behavior, and deter steroid use and cheating in youth athletics.[29] Since 2008 all players from the participating teams at the Little League World Series wear the "i WON'T CHEAT!" embroidered patch above the Little League Baseball logo on the left sleeve of their jerseys.[30]
Author[link]
Murphy has written three books. The first, The Scouting Report on Professional Athletics, elaborates details of the professional athlete's lifestyle. Murphy discusses balancing career and family, working with agents, managing business affairs, serving one's community, and preparing for retirement. In his second book, an autobiography entitled Murph, he talked about his religious faith. He discussed the struggles of his early baseball career and how he overcame problems. In 2007 Murphy wrote his third book, The Scouting Report for Youth Athletics, in response to what he saw as the increase in negative behavior in youth sports resulting from poor examples set by professional athletes. Included with each book is a 50-page insert which includes contributions from, among others, Peyton Manning, Dwyane Wade, Tom Glavine, and Danica Patrick. In a question-and-answer format, they discuss the lessons they learned from youth sports and how they apply the lessons today. There is also a physician-penned section about illegal performance-enhancing drug use in sports.
Personal life[link]
Murphy and his wife, Nancy, have nine children. They are sons Chad, Travis, Shawn, Tyson, Taylor, Jake, McKay and daughter, Madison. His son Shawn has played American football for the National Football League. His son Jake currently plays college football at the University Of Utah ==Major league statistics==
| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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| 2,180 | 7,960 | 2,111 | 350 | 39 | 398 | 1,197 | 1,266 | 161 | 986 | 1,748 | .265 | .346 | .469 | .815 |
See also[link]
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- 30-30 club
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
- MLB consecutive games played streaks
References[link]
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
- ^ BYU NewsNet - Dale Murphy: Baseball MVP, mission president, governor?
- ^ "Murphy's Law Is Nice Guys Finish First". CNN. July 4, 1983. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120992/index.htm. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
- ^ Miller, Stuart (January 3, 2010). "Twice an M.V.P., but Never a Shoo-In". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/sports/baseball/03score.html.
- ^ "Making the Hall call is never easy (cont.)". CNN. January 5, 2010. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_posnanski/01/04/hall.ballot/1.html.
- ^ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/26/1458352/case-for-dale-murphy-to-be-added.html
- ^ http://www.thestate.com/2010/05/26/1303014/morris-murphy-worthy-of-hall-of.html
- ^ http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1599/why-dale-murphys-still-waiting
- ^ Miller, Stuart (January 3, 2010). "Twice an M.V.P., but Never a Shoo-In". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/sports/baseball/03score.html.
- ^ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/26/1458352/case-for-dale-murphy-to-be-added.html
- ^ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/26/1458352/case-for-dale-murphy-to-be-added.html#ixzz0x6blBfLh
- ^ http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1599/why-dale-murphys-still-waiting
- ^ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/26/1458352/case-for-dale-murphy-to-be-added.html
- ^ 1280 The Zone, Audio of Dale Murphy interview, August 6, 2007
- ^ "Making the Hall call is never easy (cont.)". CNN. January 5, 2010. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_posnanski/01/04/hall.ballot/1.html#ixzz0x6dZ9aZa.
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml
- ^ http://www.thestate.com/2010/05/26/1303014/morris-murphy-worthy-of-hall-of.html#ixzz0x6TQ9dWj
- ^ http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12745964/remember-the-80s-murphy-destined-to-be-halls-latest-decade-diss
- ^ http://www.thestate.com/2010/05/26/1303014/morris-murphy-worthy-of-hall-of.html
- ^ O'Keefe, John (1999-10-18). "Dale Murphy, Braves Double MVP". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1017319/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ Sixteen Celebrities Join Together Promoting a Life Changing Cause http://ascendalliance.org/article.php?cmd=view&id=152
- ^ iWontCheat - A Solution to the Steroid Problem in Youth Athletics
- ^ "Former M.V.P. Takes a Stand Against Cheating," The Associated Press, Sunday, August 15, 2010.
- ^ Baseball-Reference.com.
External links[link]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
- IMNO interviews Dale Murphy
- The I Won't Cheat Foundation
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| Preceded by Bob Horner Gary Matthews Mel Hall Keith Moreland Eric Davis |
National League Player of the Month August 1980 April 1982 September 1983 September 1984 & April 1985 August 1986 |
Succeeded by Gary Carter Tim Wallach Tony Gwynn Dave Parker Steve Sax |
| Preceded by Mike Schmidt |
National League RBI Champion 1982-1983 (1982 with Al Oliver) |
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| Preceded by Mike Schmidt |
National League Most Valuable Player 1982, 1983 |
Succeeded by Ryne Sandberg |
| Preceded by Mike Schmidt |
National League Home Run Champion 1984–1985 (1984 with Mike Schmidt) |
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| Preceded by Steve Garvey |
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| Place of birth | Portland, Oregon |
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| Born: (1947-03-05) March 5, 1947 (age 65) Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| July 16, 1989 for the Cincinnati Reds | |
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| Games pitched | 1,050 |
| Win–Loss record | 94–90 |
| Earned run average | 2.85 |
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Kenton Charles Tekulve (born March 5, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 16-year baseball career, he pitched for three different teams, but spent most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pitching with an unusual submarine delivery, he was known as a workhorse relief pitcher who holds several records for number of games pitched and innings pitched.
Tekulve is well known for showing off his 1979 World Series ring, which he won while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Career[link]
Tekulve is a 1969 graduate of Marietta College in Ohio. He signed that year as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and remained with that organization for 16 years. He made his major league debut in 1974.
His best seasons came in 1978 and 1979, in both of which he saved 31 games and posted ERAs of 2.33 and 2.75, respectively. He saved three games in the 1979 World Series including the winner, as his Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles. He was selected an All-Star in 1980.
Early in the 1985 season, Tekulve was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Holland and a minor leaguer. He continued to be an effective reliever into his 40s. Only in his first season (1974) and his last season (1989) did he post an ERA above 4. While with the Phillies, he led the NL in games pitched for the fourth time, with 90 in 1987 at the age of 40.
Tekulve signed with the Cincinnati Reds before the 1989 season and pitched in 37 games before retiring in July.
Records[link]
Tekulve led the major leagues in games pitched four times, appearing in 90 or more games three times. He and Mike Marshall are the only pitchers in baseball history to appear in 90 or more games more than once (each did it three times). Tekulve is also the oldest pitcher ever to appear in 90 games, when he did so in 1987 at age 40. Tekulve's three saves in the 1979 World Series tied the single-Series mark set by Roy Face in the 1960 World Series; it was broken by John Wetteland in 1996. He holds the National League record for career innings pitched in relief (1,436⅔), and formerly held the major league record for career relief appearances; his 1,050 career games, all in relief, ranked second in major league history to Hoyt Wilhelm's 1,070 when he retired. Tekulve owns the career records for most appearances and innings pitched without making a single start. In 1986 he broke Roy Face's NL record of 846 career games pitched; he held the record until John Franco passed him in 2004. In August of 1987, he pitched in nine consecutive games, a record for pitchers.
Tekulve also holds the record for most career losses without having given up any earned runs, with 12, as well as the record for most intentional walks issued, with 179.
Post-retirement[link]
Tekulve was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies television broadcast team from 1991 to 1997.
After several years involvement with the Washington Wild Things of the independent Frontier League, Tekulve took a job as the Pirates' advance scout in 2006.
Tekulve currently works for Root Sports Pittsburgh and appears as an analyst after each Pittsburgh Pirates game.
See also[link]
External links[link]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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| Date of birth | March 5, 1947 |
| Place of birth | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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For other people named William Mays, see William Mays (disambiguation).
| Willie Mays | |
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| Born: (1931-05-06) May 6, 1931 (age 81) Westfield, Alabama |
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| May 25, 1951 for the New York Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October, 1973 for the New York Mets | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .302 |
| Home runs | 660 |
| Hits | 3,283 |
| Runs batted in | 1,903 |
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| Vote | 94.7% (first ballot) |
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931) is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Most baseball fans and historians agree that Mays was the greatest all-around baseball player to have played in the Major Leagues.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Mays won two MVP awards and tied Stan Musial's record with 24 appearances in the All-Star Game. Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-time. An outstanding center fielder, he won a record-tying twelve Gold Gloves starting the year the award was introduced six seasons into his career.[8]
In 1999, Mays placed second on The Sporting News' List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, making him the highest-ranking living player. Later that year, he was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Mays is one of five NL players to have eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols. Mays hit 50 or more home runs in both 1955 and 1965. This time span represents the longest stretch between 50 plus home run seasons for any player in Major League Baseball history.
Ted Williams once said "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays."[9][10]
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Early life[link]
Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama, just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. His father, who was named for president William Howard Taft, was a talented baseball player with the Negro team for the local iron plant.[11] His mother, Annie Satterwhite, was a gifted basketball and track star in high school.[12] His parents never married each other.[12] As a baby he was cared for by his mother's younger sisters Sarah and Ernestine. Sarah became the primary female role model in Mays' life.[13] His father exposed him to baseball at an early age, and by the age of five he was playing catch with his father.[14] At age 10, Mays was allowed to sit on the bench of his father's Industrial League games.[15]
Mays was gifted in multiple sports, averaging a high-for-the-era 17 points a game for the Fairfield Industrial H.S. basketball team, and more than 40 yards a punt in football. He also starred at quarterback. He graduated from Fairfield in 1950.
Early professional career[link]
Negro leagues[link]
Mays' professional baseball career began in 1947, when he was still in high school, when he played briefly with the Chattanooga Choo-Choos in Tennessee during the summer, after school had let out. Shortly thereafter, Mays left the Choo-Choos, returned to his home state, and joined the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League. Mays helped the Black Barons win their pennant and advance to the 1948 Negro League World Series, where they lost 4 games to 1 to the Homestead Grays. Mays hit just .226 for the season, but his excellent fielding and baserunning made him a useful player. However, by playing professionally with the Black Barons, Mays jeopardized his opportunities to play high school sports in Alabama state competition, and this created some problems for him with high school administration at Fairfield, which wanted him on their teams, to sell tickets and help teams win.[16]
Over the next several years, a number of Major League baseball franchises sent scouts to watch him play. The first was the Boston Braves. The scout who found him, Bud Maughn, referred him to the Braves, but they declined. Had the team taken an interest, the Braves franchise might have had Mays and Hank Aaron together in its outfield from 1954 to 1973. The Brooklyn Dodgers also scouted him, but concluded he could not hit the curve ball. Maughn then tipped a scout for the New York Giants, which signed Mays in 1950 and assigned him to their Class-B affiliate in Trenton, New Jersey.[17]
Minor leagues[link]
After Mays had a batting average of .353 in Trenton, N.J., he began the 1951 season with the class AAA Minneapolis Millers of the American Association. During his short time span in Minneapolis, Mays played with two other future Hall of Famers, Hoyt Wilhelm and Ray Dandridge. Batting .477 in 35 games and playing excellent defense, Mays was called up to the Giants on May 24, 1951; he appeared in his first major league game the next day in Philadelphia. Mays moved to Harlem, New York, where his mentor was a New York State Boxing Commission official and former Harlem Rens basketball legend Frank "Strangler" Forbes.
Major leagues[link]
New York Giants (1951–57)[link]
Mays began his major league career with no hits in his first twelve at bats. On his thirteenth at bat, he hit a homer over the left field fence of the Polo Grounds off future Hall of Famer Warren Spahn.[18] Spahn later joked, "I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out." Mays' average improved steadily throughout the rest of the season. Although his .274 average, 68 RBI and 20 homers (in 121 games) were among the lowest of his career, he still won the 1951 Rookie of the Year Award. During the Giants' comeback in August and September 1951 to overtake the Dodgers in the 1951 pennant race, Mays' fielding, and great arm were often instrumental to several important Giants victories.[19] Mays ended the regular season in the on-deck circle when Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round the World against the Brooklyn Dodgers, to win the three-game playoff by 2 games to 1, after the teams had tied at the end of the regular season.
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The Catch: Willie Mays hauls in Vic Wertz's drive at the warning track in the 1954 World Series.
The Giants went on to meet the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series. Mays was part of the first all African-American outfield in major league history, along with Hank Thompson and Hall of Famer Monte Irvin in Game One of the 1951 World Series.[20] Mays hit poorly, while the Giants lost the series four games to two. The six-game set was the only time that Mays and the aging Joe DiMaggio would play on the same field.[21]
Mays was a popular figure in Harlem. Magazine photographers were fond of chronicling his participation in local stickball games with kids. It was said that in the urban game of hitting a rubber ball with an adapted broomstick handle, Mays could hit a shot that measured "six sewers" (the distance of six consecutive NYC manhole covers, nearly 300 feet).[22][23]
The United States Army drafted Mays in 1952, and he subsequently missed most of the 1952 season and all of the 1953 season. Despite the Korean War, Mays spent most of his time in the army playing baseball at Fort Eustis, Virginia.[24] Mays missed about 266 games due to military service.
Mays returned to the Giants in 1954, hitting for a league-leading .345 batting average and slugging 41 home runs. Mays won the National League Most Valuable Player Award and the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year. In addition, the Giants won the National League pennant and the 1954 World Series, sweeping the Cleveland Indians in four games. The 1954 series is perhaps best remembered for "The Catch", an over-the-shoulder running grab by Mays in deep center field of the Polo Grounds of a long drive off the bat of Vic Wertz during the eighth inning of Game 1. Considered the iconic image of Mays' playing career and one of baseball's most memorable fielding plays,[25] the catch prevented two Indian runners from scoring, preserving a tie game. The Giants won the game in the 10th inning, with Mays scoring the winning run. The Giants went on to win the 1954 World Series, the New York Giants' last championship. 56 years later, the San Francisco Giants won the World Series in 2010, their first after relocation.
Mays went on to perform at a high level each of the last three years the Giants were in New York. In 1956, he hit 36 homers and stole 40 bases, being only the second player and first National League player to join the "30-30 club". In 1957, the first season the Gold Glove award was presented, he won the first of twelve consecutive Gold Glove Awards. At the same time, Mays continued to finish in the NL's top five in a variety of offensive categories. Mays, Roberto Clemente (also with twelve), Al Kaline, Andruw Jones, and Ken Griffey, Jr. are the only outfielders to have ten or more career Gold Gloves. In 1957, Mays become the fourth player in Major League history to join the 20–20–20 club (2B, 3B, HR), a feat no player had performed since 1941. Mays also stole 38 bases that year, making him only the second player in baseball history (after Frank Schulte in 1911) to reach 20 in each of those four categories (doubles, triples, homers, steals) in the same season.
San Francisco Giants (1958–72)[link]
After the 1957 season, the Giants franchise and Mays relocated to San Francisco, California. Mays bought two homes in San Francisco, then lived in nearby Atherton.[26][27] 1958 found Mays vying for the NL batting title, down to the final game of the season, just as in 1954. Mays collected three hits in the game, to finish with a career-high .347, but Philadelphia Phillies' Richie Ashburn won the title with a .350 average. In 1959 the Giants led by two games with only eight games to play, but could only win two of their remaining games and finished fourth, as their pitching staff collapsed due to overwork of their top hurlers. The Dodgers won the pennant following a playoff with the Milwaukee Braves.[28] As he did in New York, Willie Mays would "play around" with kids playing sandlot ball in San Francisco. On three occasions, in 1959 or 1960, he visited Julius Kahn Playground, five blocks from where he lived, once with other Giants (Jim Davenport and Tom Haller).
Alvin Dark was hired to manage the Giants before the start of the 1961 season, and named Mays team captain. The improving Giants finished '61 in third place and won 85 games, more than any of the previous six campaigns. Mays had one of his best games on April 30, 1961, hitting four home runs against the Milwaukee Braves in County Stadium. Mays went 4 for 5 at the plate and was on deck for a chance to hit a record fifth home run when the Giants' half of the ninth inning ended.[29][30] Mays is the only Major Leaguer to have both a three-triple game and a four-HR game.[31][32]
The Giants won the National League pennant in 1962, with Mays leading the team in eight offensive categories. The team finished the regular season in a tie for first place with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and went on to win a three-game playoff series versus the Dodgers, advancing to play in the World Series. The Giants lost to the Yankees in seven games, and Mays hit just .250 with only two extra-base hits. It was his last World Series appearance as a member of the Giants.
In both the 1963 and 1964 seasons Mays batted in over 100 runs, and hit 85 total home runs. On July 2, 1963, Mays played in a game when future Hall of Fame members Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal each threw 15 scoreless innings. In the bottom of the 16th inning, Mays hit a home run off Spahn for a 1–0 Giants victory.[33]
Mays won his second MVP award in 1965 behind a career-high 52 home runs. He also hit career home run number 500 on September 13, 1965, off Don Nottebart. Warren Spahn, off whom Mays hit his first career home run, was his teammate at the time. After the home run, Spahn greeted Mays in the dugout, asking "Was it anything like the same feeling?" Mays replied "It was exactly the same feeling. Same pitch, too."[34] On August 22, 1965, Mays and Sandy Koufax acted as peacemakers during a 14-minute brawl between the Giants and Dodgers after San Francisco pitcher Juan Marichal had bloodied Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat.[35]
Mays played in over 150 games for 13 consecutive years (a major-league record) from 1954 to 1966. In 1966, his last with 100 RBIs, Mays finished third in the NL MVP voting. It was the ninth and final time he finished in the top five in the voting for the award.[36] In 1970, the Sporting News named Mays as the "Player of the Decade" for the 1960s.
Willie hit career home run No. 600 off San Diego's Mike Corkins in September 1969. Plagued by injuries that season, he managed only 13 home runs. Mays enjoyed a resurgence in 1970, hitting 28 homers and got off to a fast start in 1971, the year he turned 40. He had 15 home runs at the All-Star break, but faded down the stretch and finished with 18. Mays helped the Giants win the West division title that year, but they lost the NLCS to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
During his time on the Giants, Mays was friends with fellow player Bobby Bonds. When Bobby's son, Barry Bonds, was born, Bobby asked Willie Mays to be Barry's godfather. Mays and the younger Bonds have maintained a close relationship ever since.
New York Mets (1972–73)[link]
In May 1972, the 41-year-old Mays was traded to the New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and $50,000 ($277,804 today).[37] At the time, the Giants franchise was losing money. Owner Horace Stoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement and the Mets offered Mays a position as a coach upon his retirement.[38]
Mays had remained popular in New York long after the Giants had left for San Francisco, and the trade was seen as a public relations coup for the Mets. Mets owner Joan Whitney Payson, who was a minority shareholder of the Giants when the team was in New York, had long desired to bring Mays back to his baseball roots, and was instrumental in making the trade.[39] On May 14, 1972, in his Mets debut, Mays put New York ahead to stay with a fifth-inning home run against Don Carrithers and his former team, the Giants, on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Shea Stadium. Then on August 17, 1973, in a game against the Cincinnati Reds with Don Gullett on the mound, Willie hit a fourth inning solo home run over the right center field fence. This was the 660th and last of his illustrious major league career.
Mays played a season and a half with the Mets before retiring, appearing in 133 games. The New York Mets honored him on September 25, 1973, (Willie Mays' Night) where he thanked the New York fans and said good-bye to America. He finished his career in the 1973 World Series, which the Mets lost to the Oakland Athletics in seven games. Mays got the first hit of the Series, but had only seven at-bats (with two hits). He also fell down in the outfield during a play where he was hindered by the glare of the sun and by the hard outfield. Mays later said, "growing old is just a helpless hurt." In 1972 and 1973, Mays was the oldest regular position player in baseball. He became the oldest position player to appear in a World Series game.[40]
Mays retired after the 1973 season with a lifetime batting average of .302 and 660 home runs. His lifetime total of 7,095 outfield fielding putouts remains the major league record.[41]
Mays is the only Major League player to have hit a home run in every inning from the 1st through the 16th. He finished his career with a record 22 extra-inning home runs.
Post-playing days[link]
After Mays stopped playing baseball, he remained an active personality. Just as he had during his playing days, Mays continued to appear on various TV shows, in films, and in other forms of non-sports related media. He remained in the New York Mets organization as their hitting instructor until the end of the 1979 season.[42] It was there where he taught future Mets' star Lee Mazzilli his famous basket catch.
On January 23, 1979, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He garnered 409 of the 432 ballots cast (roughly 95 percent);[43] referring to the other 23 voters, acerbic New York Daily News columnist Dick Young wrote, "If Jesus Christ were to show up with his old baseball glove, some guys wouldn't vote for him. He dropped the cross three times, didn't he?"[25]
Mays took up golf a few years after his promotion to the major leagues, and quickly became an accomplished player, playing to a handicap of about 4. After he retired, he played golf frequently in the San Francisco area.[44]
Shortly after his Hall of Fame election, Mays took a job at the Park Place Casino (now Bally's Atlantic City) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. While there, he served as a Special Assistant to the Casino's President and as a greeter; Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was also a greeter during that time. When Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn heard of this, he suspended both men from involvement in organized baseball for violating the league's rules on gambling. Peter Ueberroth, Kuhn's successor, lifted the suspension in 1985.
Since 1986, Willie Mays has served as Special Assistant to the President of the San Francisco Giants. Mays' number 24 is retired by the San Francisco Giants. AT&T Park, the Giants stadium, is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza. In front of the main entrance to the stadium is a larger-than-life statue of Mays. He also serves on the advisory board of the Baseball Assistance Team, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping former Major League, Minor League, and Negro league players through financial and medical difficulties.
In May 2009, Mays gave the commencement address to the graduating class of 2009 at San Francisco State University.
On February 10, 2010, Mays appeared on The Daily Show, discussing his career and a new biography, Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend, by James S. Hirsch.
Special honors, tributes, and recognitions[link]
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When Mays' godson Barry Bonds tied him for third on the all-time home run list, Mays greeted and presented him with a diamond-studded Olympic torch (given to Mays for his role in carrying the Olympic Torch during its tour through the U.S.). In 1992, when Bonds signed a free agent contract with the Giants, Mays personally offered Bonds his retired #24 (the number Bonds wore in Pittsburgh) but Bonds declined, electing to wear #25 instead, honoring his father Bobby Bonds who wore #25 with the Giants.[45]
Willie Mays Day was proclaimed by former mayor Willie Brown and reaffirmed by mayor Gavin Newsom to be every May 24 in San Francisco, paying tribute not only to his birth in the month (May 6), but also to his name (Mays) and jersey number (24). The date is also the anniversary of his call-up to the major leagues.[46]
AT&T Park is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza.
On May 24, 2004, during the fifty-year anniversary of The Catch, Mays received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Yale University.[47]
On December 6, 2005, he was recognized for his accomplishments on and off the field when he received the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.
On July 30, 2006 was the Tee Ball Commissioner at 2006 White House Tee Ball Initiative [2]
On June 10, 2007, Mays received an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth College.
At the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco, Mays received a special tribute for his legendary contributions to the game, and threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
On December 5, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Mays into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts.[48]
On June 4, 2008, Community Board 10 in Harlem NYC, voted unanimously to name an 8 block service Road that connects to the Harlem River Drive from 155th Street to 163rd Street running adjacent to his beloved Polo Grounds—Willie Mays Drive.[49]
On May 23, 2009, Mays received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from San Francisco State University.
On July 14, 2009, he accompanied US President Barack Obama to St. Louis aboard Air Force One for the Major League All-Star Game.[50]
On March 19, 2010 he was inducted into the African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame[51]
On May 6, 2010, on the occasion of his 79th birthday, Mays appeared on the floor of the California State Senate where they proclaimed it Willie Mays Day in the state.
On May 15, 2010, Mays was awarded the MLB Beacon of Life Award at the Civil Rights game at Great American Ballpark.
The band Widespread Panic makes reference to Mays in the song One Arm Steve, from their album 'Til the Medicine Takes.
1956 Willie Mays Major League Negro-American All-Stars Tour[link]
In 1956, Mays got many of Major League Baseball's biggest black stars to go on a tour around the country after the season had ended to play exhibition games. While much of the tour has gone undocumented, one venue the tour made a stop in was Andrews Field,[52] located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on October 16. Among the players to play in that game were Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Elston Howard, Monte Irvin, Gene Baker, Charlie Johnson, Sam Jones, Hank Thompson, and Joe Black.
Television appearances[link]
In addition to appearances in baseball documentaries and on talk shows, Mays has appeared in several sitcoms over the years, always as himself. He was in three episodes of The Donna Reed Show: "Play Ball" and "My Son the Catcher" (both 1964) and "Calling Willie Mays" (1966). Also in 1966, he appeared in the "Twitch or Treat" episode of Bewitched, in which Darrin Stephens asks if Mays is a witch, and Samantha Stephens replies, "The way he hits? What else?" In 1989, he appeared in My Two Dads, in the episode "You Love Me, Right?", and in the episode "The Field" of Mr. Belvedere. Additionally, he performed "Say Hey: The Willie Mays Song" on episode 4.46 of The Colgate Comedy Hour in 1954.[3]
Personal life[link]
Mays married Margherite Wendell Chapman (1926–2010) in 1956, and they adopted[53] Michael, who was born in 1959. The couple divorced in 1962 or 1963, varying by source. In November 1971, Mays married Mae Louise Allen. He was a close friend of teammate Bobby Bonds, and is the godfather of all-time home run leader Barry Bonds.
"Say Hey Kid" and other nicknames[link]
It is not clear how Mays became known as the "Say Hey Kid". One story is that in 1951, Barney Kremenko, a writer for the New York Journal, having overheard Mays blurt "'Say who,' 'Say what,' 'Say where,' 'Say hey,'" proceeded to refer to Mays as the 'Say Hey Kid'.[54]
The other story is that Jimmy Cannon created the nickname because Mays didn't know everybody's names when he first arrived in the minors. "You see a guy, you say, 'Hey, man. Say hey, man,' " Mays said. "Ted [Williams] was the 'Splinter'. Joe [DiMaggio] was 'Joltin' Joe'. Stan [Musial] was 'The Man'. I guess I hit a few home runs, and they said 'There goes the 'Say Hey Kid."[55]
Years before he became the "Say Hey Kid," when he began his professional career with the Black Barons, Mays was called "Buck" by team mates and fans.[56] Some Giants players referred to him, their team captain, as "Cap."
See also[link]
- Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
- 500 home run club
- List of Major League Baseball Home Run Records
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBIs
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
- 3000 hit club
- 30-30 club
- 20–20–20 club
- 50 home run club
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions
- List of Major League Baseball triples champions
- Batters with four home runs in one game
- Major League Baseball titles leaders
References and notes[link]
- ^ Allen, Bob; Gilbert, Bill (2000). The 500 Home Run Club: Baseball's 16 Greatest Home Run Hitters from Babe Ruth to Mark McGwire. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 145. ISBN 1-58261-289-7.
- ^ Lombardi, Stephen M. (2005). The Baseball Same Game: Finding Comparable Players from the National Pastime. iUniverse. p. 86. ISBN 0-595-35457-2.
- ^ Kalb, Elliott (2005). Who's Better, Who's Best in Baseball?: Mr. Stats Sets the Record Straight on the Top 75 Players of All Time. McGraw-Hill Professional. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-07-144538-2.
- ^ Shannon, Mike (2007). Willie Mays: Art in the Outfield. University of Alabama Press. pp. 89. ISBN 0-8173-1540-3.
- ^ Markusen, Bruce (2000). Roberto Clemente: The Great One. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 140. ISBN 1-58261-312-5.
- ^ Hinton, Chuck (2002). My Time at Bat: A Story of Perseverance. Christian Living Books. p. 59. ISBN 1-56229-003-7.
- ^ Barra, Allen (2004). Brushbacks and Knockdowns: The Greatest Baseball Debates of Two Centuries. Macmillan Publishers. p. 36. ISBN 0-312-32247-X.
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=gold_gloves_history
- ^ National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: The Hall of Famers
- ^ Willie's Time, by Charles Einstein.
- ^ James S. Hirsch (2010). Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend. Scribner. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4165-4790-7.
- ^ a b Hirsch, p. 12
- ^ Hirsch, p. 13
- ^ Hirsch, p. 14
- ^ Hirsch, p. 15
- ^ Hirsch, p. 38-48
- ^ Salon Brilliant Careers | Willie Mays
- ^ ESPN.com: Mays brought joy to baseball
- ^ Willie Mays, by Matt von Albade, Tempo Books, Grosset & Dunlop, Inc. NY. copyright 1966, pp. 60–75 first printing, August 1966, Library of Congress Number 66-17205
- ^ Willie Mays, by Arnold Hano, Tempo Books, Grosset & Dunlop, Inc. NY. copyright 1966, p.80 first printing, August 1966, Library of Congress Number 66-17205
- ^ The Series, an illustrated history of Baseball's postseason showcase, 1903–1993, The Sporting News, copyright 1993, The Sporting News Publishing Co. pp. 144–145 ISBN 0-89204-476-4
- ^ Jim Rednour, Willie Mays Learned To Hit Curveball Playing Stickball with Kids During Rookie Year In The Bigs Retrieved April 9, 2011
- ^ H A R L E M + B E S P O K E Retrieved April 9, 2011
- ^ BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project
- ^ a b http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00215053.html
- ^ Streetwise: Willie Mays – Western Neighborhoods Project – San Francisco History
- ^ Mary Kay Linge, Willie Mays: A Biography (Greenwood Press, 2005), p.151.
- ^ The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball (6th edition), 1985.
- ^ April 30, 1961 box score and play-by-play. Mays flied out to center field in leading off the fifth.
- ^ The Baseball Page
- ^ September 15, 1960 San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies Play by Play and Box Score – Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ April 30, 1961 San Francisco Giants at Milwaukee Braves Box Score and Play by Play – Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ July 2, 1963 Milwaukee Braves at San Francisco Giants Box Score and Play by Play – Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Einstein, Charles (April 15, 2004). "The majesty of Mays". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/15/SPGKS61N7V12.DTL.
- ^ Vass, George (2000). "Letting Off Steam - confrontations between players, fans and umpires". Baseball Digest. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_10_59/ai_65131125/pg_6.
- ^ He also finished sixth in the balloting three times.
- ^ "Mays Trade (at bottom)". http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayswi01.shtml. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
- ^ Shaun McCormack, Willie Mays (Rosen Publishing Group, 2003).
- ^ Post, Paul; and Lucas, Ed. "Turn back the clock: Willie Mays played a vital role on '73 mets; despite his age, future Hall of Famer helped young New York club capture the 1973 National League pennant", Baseball Digest, March 2003. Accessed July 15, 2008. "Mets owner Joan Payson had always wanted to bring the `Say Hey Kid' back to his baseball roots, and she finally pulled it off in a deal that shocked the baseball world."
- ^ Willie's Time, by Charles Einstein
- ^ "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as OF". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/PO_of_career.shtml. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ "Mays on the IMDBb". http://imdb.com/name/nm0563092/. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
- ^ http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/history/hof_voting/year/1979.htm
- ^ Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, by James Hirsch, 2010.
- ^ "Bonds to Wear No. 25". New York Times. December 11, 1992. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/11/sports/sports-people-baseball-bonds-to-wear-no-25.html.
- ^ Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, by James Hirsch
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Mays inducted into California Hall of Fame. California Museum. http://www.californiamuseum.org/Exhibits/Hall-of-Fame/inductees.html. Retrieved 2007.
- ^ Lombardi, Frank (July 5, 2008). "Street fight leaves Willie Mays benched". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/05/2008-07-05_street_fight_leaves_willie_mays_benched.html.
- ^ Willie Mays aboard Air Force One with President Obama on YouTube
- ^ http://www.budwinter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/OaklandInductionCeremony_HOFver2.pdf
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/park.cgi?id=AR010
- ^ Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, by James Hirsch, 2010, Scribner, New York, p. 6.
- ^ "Mays earns his nickname". http://espn.go.com/classic/s/000725williemaysadd.html. Retrieved October 21, 2006.
- ^ Shea, John (May 3, 2006). "Article on Mays". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/03/SPGV1IJEEB1.DTL. Retrieved October 21, 2006.
- ^ "eMuseum: Willie Mays". Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/mays.html. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
References[link]
- David Pietrusza, Matthew Silverman & Michael Gershman, ed. (2000). Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia. Total/Sports Illustrated.
- "Willie's Time: A Memoir Of Another America", by Charles Einstein
- Willie Mays, by Arnold Hano, Tempo Books, Grosset & Dunlop, Inc. NY. copyright 1966, first printing, August 1966, Library of Congress Number 66-17205
- The Series, an illustrated history of Baseball's postseason showcase, 1903–1993, The Sporting News, copyright 1993, The Sporting News publishing co. ISBN 0-89204-476-4
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- May 1951: Minneapolis Tribune account of Mays' first home game as a Minneapolis Miller
- Willie Mays: Say Hey! – slideshow by Life magazine
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Frederick Stanley McGriff (born October 31, 1963 in Tampa, Florida) is a left-handed former Major League Baseball player who starred for several teams from the mid-1980s until the early 2000s. A power-hitting first baseman with a tall, lanky build, the five-time All-Star became, in 1992, the first player since the dead-ball era to lead both leagues in home runs. Although he never hit more than 37 homers in a single season, he finished his career only seven homers away from joining the exclusive 500 home run club. He won a World Series title as a first baseman with the Atlanta Braves in 1995. He currently works in the Tampa Bay Rays' front office as an advisor. He also currently works for Bright House Sports Network as a co-host for "The Baysball Show".
McGriff's nickname, "Crime Dog", is a play on McGruff, a cartoon dog created for American police to raise children's awareness on crime prevention. At first, McGriff stated he would prefer "Fire Dog" (a reference to a fire in the press-box of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium the day the Braves acquired him from the Padres; symbolically, the then-slumping Braves "caught fire" and ended up winning their division), but since has stated that he actually is fond of the "Crime Dog" nickname.
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Early career[link]
McGriff was a prospect in the New York Yankees minor league system in the early 1980s. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 9th round of the 1981 amateur draft and signed June 11, 1981. In 1982, the Yankees dealt McGriff, Dave Collins and Mike Morgan to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dale Murray and Tom Dodd.
McGriff reached the majors full-time in 1987, and slugged 34 home runs the next year, his first of seven consecutive seasons with over 30 homers. McGriff emerged as the top power hitter in the American League in 1989, as he belted 36 home runs, helping the Blue Jays win the AL East division title. His power numbers remained steady in 1990, as McGriff batted .300 and established himself as a consistent producer.
McGriff was the first person to hit a home run at SkyDome, now known as the Rogers Centre.
Move to the National League[link]
On December 5, 1990, McGriff was traded to the San Diego Padres with Tony Fernández in exchange for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter – two players who would be integral in Toronto's back-to-back World Series titles in the early 1990s.
He continued to flourish in the National League, hitting .278/.396/.474 for San Diego in 1991. He led the NL in home runs in 1992, three years after he had accomplished the same feat in the AL. On July 18, 1993, the Padres, seeking to unload their high-priced veterans, dealt McGriff to the Atlanta Braves for prospect Vince Moore, Donnie Elliott and Melvin Nieves. McGriff hit a pivotal home run in his first game with the Braves and his offensive tear during the second half of the season helped carry the team to a division title, with a record of 51–19 after his arrival. He finished with a career high 37 homers and fourth place in the NL MVP voting. McGriff was batting .318 and already had 34 home runs when the strike ended play in August 1994. It would have been a career-year for McGriff. He did manage to win the All-Star Game MVP Award that year after hitting the game-tying home run for the National League, after the NL trailed 7–5 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Fred was runner-up to Ken Griffey Jr. in the 1994 Home Run Derby.
McGriff's production remained steady in 1995 as he continued to be a successful cleanup hitter for the Braves. He hit two home runs in the 1995 World Series en route to a championship ring. The quiet star hit .295/.365/494 with a career-best 107 RBIs on his way to another World Series appearance in 1996. With only 22 home runs in 1997, McGriff appeared to be in decline. Being controversially called out on strikes by umpire Eric Gregg on a pitch 3 feet outside thrown by Liván Hernández during the 1997 NLCS was the last significant event for McGriff as a Brave. The team allowed him to be picked up by the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays after the season.
Late career[link]
It looked like McGriff would be allowed to finish out his career in his hometown of Tampa. He batted .278, but with only 19 home runs. However, McGriff's career experienced a minor renaissance in 1999 when he hit a career-high .310 with 32 home runs. The season rejuvenated McGriff's career and gave hope of him reaching the coveted 500 home run mark. After another solid season in 2000, McGriff got off to a good start in 2001. He was heavily pursued by the contending Chicago Cubs around the trade deadline, and the soft-spoken McGriff waived his no-trade clause to allow himself to be dealt to Chicago on July 27, 2001. He hit a respectable .282 with 12 homers in 49 games with the Cubs, but the team did not reach the postseason.
McGriff had 30 home runs during a strong 2002 campaign, which earned him a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2003 season. He was 22 homers shy of 500 for his career, but the forty-year-old McGriff could only muster 13 with a .249 batting average and spent a significant amount of time on the disabled list.
During spring training in 2004, the Devil Rays re-signed McGriff in hopes of letting the veteran ballplayer hit 500 home runs. Unfortunately, he ended up with a .181 average and had hit just two home runs in his sporadic play from the end of May until mid-July. The Devil Rays released McGriff on July 28, 2004, seven home runs shy of 500. Despite the fact that McGriff only played in Tampa Bay late in his career, he collected 66 win shares as a Devil Ray, the team's all-time record.
While McGriff hoped to catch on with another team after being released by the Devil Rays, he officially declared his retirement during spring training of 2005 when he received no calls from any teams requesting his services. He retired with 493 home runs, tied with baseball legend Lou Gehrig, and became eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2010. He received 21.5% of the vote in his first year of eligibility.[1] In 2011, McGriff received 104 votes (17.9 percent of total votes cast) for induction.[2]
McGriff ended his career having 10 seasons with at least 30 home runs. He and Gary Sheffield are the only players ever to hit at least 30 home runs in one season for 5 different teams (Toronto [x3]; San Diego [x2]; Atlanta [x1]; Tampa Bay [x1]; Chicago Cubs [x1]).[3][4][5]
Life outside sports[link]
McGriff has appeared in commercials for Tom Emanski Baseball Training videos on ESPN since 1991, which are still aired to this day on the network (one of television's longest running commercials ever). In the ad, McGriff deadpans the merits of the videos while wearing a "Baseball World" mesh cap perched high atop his head. Because of the frequency and longevity of the Emanski commercials, ESPN analyst Kenny Mayne coined a second, less used nickname for McGriff, "Baseball Superstar", as he was referenced in the commercials as "Baseball Superstar Fred McGriff." Fred McGriff is the only current retired recipient of the Wampum Willy Award. Currently, McGriff hosts a radio show in Tampa and is an assistant baseball coach at Jesuit High School of Tampa.
See also[link]
- List of Major League Baseball Home Run Records
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
References[link]
- ^ http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/tampa-native-former-tampa-bay-ray-fred-mcgriff-falls-far-short-in-first/1063676 St. Petersburg Times
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110105&content_id=16392298&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgrifr01-bat.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheffga01.shtml?redir
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=schwarz_alan&id=1825488 ESPN
External links[link]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- McGriff's Mission (Simply Baseball Notebook)
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American League Player of the Month April 1989 |
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National League Home Run Champion 1992 |
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National League Player of the Month July 1993 |
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| Home runs | 636 |
| Runs batted in | 1,908 |
| Hits | 2,818 |
| Stolen Bases | 310 |
| Runs | 1,846 |
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Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975) is an American professional baseball third baseman with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Known popularly by his nickname A-Rod, he previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers.
Rodriguez is considered one of the best all-around baseball players of all time.[1][2][3] He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs, breaking the record Jimmie Foxx set in 1939, and the youngest to hit 600, besting Babe Ruth's record by over a year. Rodriguez has fourteen 100-RBI seasons in his career, more than any other player in history. On September 24, 2010, Rodriguez hit two home runs, surpassing Sammy Sosa's mark of 609 HRs, and became the all-time leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent.[4]
In December 2007, Rodriguez and the Yankees agreed to a 10-year, $275 million contract. This contract was the richest contract in baseball history (breaking his previous record of $252 million).[5]
In February 2009, after previously denying use of performance-enhancing drugs, including during a 2007 interview with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes, Rodriguez admitted to using steroids, saying he used them from 2001 to 2003 when playing for the Texas Rangers due to what he called "an enormous amount of pressure" to perform.[6][7]
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Early life[link]
Background[link]
Rodriguez was born in the Washington Heights section of New York City to a Dominican family. When he was four, Rodriguez and his parents moved to the Dominican Republic, then to Miami, Florida. Rodriguez's favorite baseball players growing up were Keith Hernandez, Dale Murphy, and Cal Ripken, and his favorite team was the New York Mets.[8]
High school[link]
Rodriguez was a star shortstop at Miami's Westminster Christian High School. In 100 games he batted .419 with 90 steals. Westminster went on to win the high school national championship in his junior year. He was first team prep All-American as a senior, hitting .505 with 9 home runs, 36 RBIs, and 35 steals in 35 tries in 33 games, and was selected as the USA Baseball Junior Player of the Year and as Gatorade's national baseball student athlete of the year. Rodriguez was the first high school player to ever try out for Team USA in 1993, and was regarded as the top prospect in the country.
College[link]
Rodriguez signed a letter of intent to play baseball for the University of Miami and was also recruited by the university to play quarterback for its football team. Rodriguez turned down Miami's baseball scholarship and never played college baseball, opting instead to sign with the Seattle Mariners after being selected in the first round of the amateur draft at the age of 17.
Professional career[link]
Seattle Mariners[link]
Rodriguez was drafted first overall by the Seattle Mariners in 1993. He was signed by Roger Jongewaard right out of high school. In 1994, Rodriguez played for Seattle's AAA affiliate, the Calgary Cannons. In 32 games, he had 37 hits in 119 at bats for a .311 batting average. He also compiled 6 home runs and 21 runs batted in. Rodriguez rose rapidly through the Mariners organization, and made his major league debut as the starting shortstop on July 8, 1994, in Boston at 18 years, 11 months, and 11 days of age. He was just the third 18-year-old Major League shortstop since 1900. He was also the first 18-year-old Major League player in 10 years, and the youngest position player in Seattle history. His first Major League hit was a single off Sergio Valdez on July 9 at Fenway Park. Rodriguez's first Major League campaign lasted just one month; the season was cut short by the 1994 Major League Baseball strike.
Rodriguez then split most of 1995 between the Mariners and their AAA club, the Tacoma Rainiers.[9] He connected for his first Major League home run off Kansas City's Tom Gordon on June 12. Rodriguez joined the Major League roster permanently in August, and got his first taste of postseason play, albeit in just two at-bats. Again, he was the youngest player in Major League Baseball.
1996: First full season and breakout year[link]
The following year, Rodriguez took over as the Mariners' regular shortstop (SS) and hit 36 HR, drove in 123 runs, and led the American League (AL) with a .358 batting average, the highest for an AL right-handed batter since Joe DiMaggio hit .381 in 1939 and the 3rd highest ever for a SS. At 21 years and one month, he was the 3rd youngest AL batting leader ever behind Al Kaline (20) in 1955 and Ty Cobb (20) in 1907, and the 3rd youngest player in history with 35+ homers. He was also the 1st major league SS to win a batting title since 1960, and the 1st in the AL since 1944, and at 20 years, 11 months, was the youngest SS in All-Star Game history. He also led the AL in runs (141), total bases (379), and doubles (54) and ranked among the league leaders in hits (2nd, 215), extra base hits (2nd, 91), multi-hit games (3rd, 65), slugging (4th, .631), RBI (8th, 123), and on-base percentage (8th, .414). Rodriguez posted the highest totals ever for a shortstop in runs, hits, doubles, extra base hits, and slugging, and tied most total bases, and established Seattle club records for average, runs, hits, doubles, and total bases, in a season that statistical analysts consider the best ever by an SS.[10]
He was selected by both Sporting News and Associated Press as the Major League Player of the Year, and came close to becoming the youngest MVP (Most Valuable Player) in baseball history, finishing second to Juan González in one of the most controversial MVP elections in recent times.[11] He finished three points behind González (290–287), matching the 2nd closest A.L. MVP voting in history.
1997–99 seasons[link]
In 1997, Rodriguez's numbers fell somewhat, as he hit 23 HRs with 84 RBI and a .300 batting average that year. He hit for the cycle on June 5 at Detroit, becoming the second Mariner to ever accomplish the feat, and at 21 years, 10 months, was 5th youngest player in history to do it. He was the fan's choice to start the All-Star Game at shortstop for the AL team, becoming the first player other than Cal Ripken, Jr. to start at shortstop in 13 years. It was the first All-Star start of his career and his second All-Star Game in two years.
Rodriguez rebounded in 1998, setting the AL record for homers by a shortstop and becoming just the third member of the 40–40 club, (with 42 HR and 46 SB) and one of just 3 shortstops in history to hit 40 home runs in a season. His 43.9 Power-speed number was, through at least 2008, the highest single season Power/Speed Number ever.[12]
He was selected as Players Choice AL Player of the Year, won his 2nd Silver Slugger Award and finished in the top 10 in the MVP voting.
In 1999, he again hit 42 HR, despite missing over 30 games with an injury and playing the second half of the season at Safeco Field, a considerably less hitter-friendly ballpark than the Kingdome.
2000: Final season in Seattle[link]
Rodriguez entered 2000 as the cornerstone player of the Mariners franchise, which had recently dealt superstars Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey, Jr. Rodriguez put up great numbers as the team's remaining superstar; he hit 41 HR with 132 RBI and had a .316 batting average. He set a career high for walks (100) and became the only shortstop to have 100 runs, RBI, and walks in the same season. He hit well in the playoffs as well (.409 batting average and .773 slugging percentage), but Seattle lost to the New York Yankees in the 2000 American League Championship Series.
He was selected as the Major League Player of the Year by Baseball America and finished 3rd in the BBWAA AL MVP voting.
Texas Rangers[link]
Rodriguez became a free agent after the 2000 season. He eventually signed with the Texas Rangers, who had fallen to last in their division in 2000. The contract he signed was at the time the most lucrative contract in sports history: a 10-year deal worth $252 million. The deal was worth $63 million more than the second-richest baseball deal.[13]
After Rodriguez signed with Texas, when the Rangers came to Seattle, Mariner fans expressed their disappointment toward Rodriguez with jeers and flashing and waving Monopoly money whenever he came up to bat. To this day, fans still show disapproval.
In an article written years later in the Daily News, Rodriguez said how he regretted signing with the Texas Rangers and wished he had signed with the New York Mets rather than Texas. Rodriguez stated how he listened to his agent Scott Boras about taking more money instead and did not want to make the same mistake of not being on a team he liked playing for by leaving the Yankees. (see Opt out controversy)[14]
2001–02: Record-breaking seasons[link]
Rodriguez's power hitting numbers improved with his move to Texas. In his first season with the Rangers, Rodriguez produced one of the top offensive seasons ever for a shortstop, leading the American League with 52 HR, 133 runs scored, and 393 total bases. He became the first player since 1932 with 50 homers and 200 hits in a season, just the third shortstop to ever lead his league in homers, and was just the second AL player in the last 34 seasons (beginning 1968) to lead the league in runs, homers, and total bases; his total base figure is the most ever for a major league shortstop. His 52 homers made him the sixth youngest to ever reach 50 homers and were the highest total ever by a shortstop, surpassing Ernie Banks' record of 47 in 1958, and also the most ever for an infielder other than a 1st baseman, breaking Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt's mark of 48 in 1980.[15] It was his 5th 30-homer campaign, tying Banks for most ever by a shortstop. He also tied for the league lead in extra base hits (87) and ranked 3rd in RBI (135) and slugging (.622). He was also among the AL leaders in hits (4th, 201), average (7th, .318), and on-base percentage (8th, .399). He established Rangers club records for homers, runs, total bases, and hit by pitches, had the 2nd most extra base hits, and the 4th highest RBI total. He led the club in runs, hits, doubles (34), homers, RBI, slugging, and on-base percentage and was 2nd in walks (75), stolen bases (18), and game-winning RBI (14) while posting career highs for homers, RBI, and total bases. Rodriguez started 161 games at shortstop and one as the DH, the only major league player to start all of his team's games in 2001.
He followed that with a major league-best 57 HR, 142 RBIs and 389 total bases in 2002, becoming the first player to lead the majors in all three categories since 1984. His nine home runs in April matched a team record that was shared (through 2008) with Iván Rodríguez (2000), Carl Everett (2003), and Ian Kinsler (2007). He had the 6th-most home runs in AL history, the most since Roger Maris' league record 61 in 1961, and the most ever for a shortstop for the 2nd straight year. He won the Babe Ruth Home Run Award for leading MLB in homers that season.[16] He also won his first Gold Glove Award, awarded for outstanding defense.
His 109 home runs in 2001–02 are the most ever by an American League right-handed batter in consecutive seasons. However, the Rangers finished last in the AL Western division in both years, a showing that likely cost Rodriguez the MVP award in 2002 when he finished second to fellow shortstop Miguel Tejada, whose 103-win Oakland A's won the same division.
2003: American League Most Valuable Player[link]
In 2003, his last season with Texas, Rodriguez led the American League in home runs, runs scored, and slugging percentage, and won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award. He also led the league in fewest at bats per home run (12.9) and became the youngest player to hit 300 homers. He was tied with Jim Thome for the MLB lead in homers, and he won his second Babe Ruth Home Run Award.[17][18]
Following five top-10 finishes in the AL Most Valuable Player voting between 1996 and 2002, Rodriguez won his first MVP trophy. A-Rod, a two-time runner up in the balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America, joined outfielder Andre Dawson from the 1987 Chicago Cubs as the only players to play on last-place teams and win the award.
Following the 2003 season, Texas set out to move Rodriguez and his expensive contract. The Rangers initially agreed to a trade with the Boston Red Sox, but the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association) vetoed the deal because it called for a voluntary reduction in salary by Rodriguez. Despite the failed deal with the Red Sox, the Rangers named him team captain during that off-season. This designation did not last long, however, as the New York Yankees had taken notice of the sudden trade availability of Rodriguez.
On February 7, 2009, Sports Illustrated reported that Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids, testosterone and Primobolan, in 2003 (see Criticism: Steroid use, below).[19] Rodriguez's name appears on a government-sealed list of 104 major-league players (out of 1200 tested[20]) who came up positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The report was compiled as part of Major League Baseball's 2003 survey to see whether mandatory random drug testing program might be necessary. At the time, there was no penalty or punishment for a positive steroid test. Rodriguez did not immediately confirm the allegations, deferring at first to the players' union.[19][21] Two days after the allegations, Rodriguez admitted to steroid use from 2001 until 2003, claiming that he ceased using such substances after spring training that year.[6][7]
New York Yankees[link]
Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone suffered a knee injury while playing a game of pickup basketball that sidelined him for the entire 2004 season, creating a hole at third base.
On February 15, 2004, the Rangers traded Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for second baseman Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later (Joaquín Árias was sent to the Rangers on March 24). The Rangers also agreed to pay $67 million of the $179 million left on Rodriguez's contract. Rodriguez agreed to switch positions from shortstop to third base, paving the way for the trade, because the popular Derek Jeter was already entrenched at shortstop. Rodriguez also had to switch uniform numbers, from 3 to 13; he had worn 3 his entire career, but that number is retired by the Yankees in honor of Babe Ruth.
2004: First season with Yankees[link]
In his first season with the Yankees, Rodriguez hit .286 with 36 home runs, 106 runs batted in, 112 runs scored and 28 stolen bases. He became one of only three players in Major League history to compile at least 35 home runs, 100 runs and 100 RBI in seven consecutive seasons, joining Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx. The 112 runs marked the ninth straight season in which he scored at least 100 runs, the longest such streak in the Major Leagues since Hank Aaron did it in 13 straight seasons from 1955 to 1967, and the longest in the American League since Mickey Mantle did it also in nine straight seasons from 1953 to 1961. During the 2004 season, he also became the youngest player ever to reach the 350 HR mark and the third youngest to reach the 1,000 RBI plateau. He was elected to the 2004 American League All-Star Team, the eighth All-Star selection of his career and the first as a third baseman. On July 24, 2004, after being hit by a pitch, Rodriguez and Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek scuffled, leading to a brawl between both teams. On defense, he had the lowest range factor among non-platoon AL third basemen (2.39) in his first year at the position.[22] He finished 14th in balloting for the AL MVP Award.
In the 2004 ALDS, Rodriguez was a dominant hitter against the Minnesota Twins, batting .421 and slugging .737 while delivering two key extra-inning hits. Following the series win, Rodriguez's first season with the Yankees culminated in a dramatic playoff series against the team he had almost ended up playing for: the Yankees' bitter rival, the Boston Red Sox. In that series (ALCS) he equaled the single-game post-season record with five runs scored in Game 3 at Boston.
One of the most controversial plays of Rodriguez's career occurred late in Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. With one out and Derek Jeter on first base in the bottom of the eighth inning, Rodriguez hit a slow roller between the pitcher's mound and the first base line. Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo fielded the ball and ran towards Rodriguez to apply a tag. As Arroyo reached towards him, Rodriguez swatted at his glove, knocking the ball loose. As the ball rolled away, Jeter scored all the way from first as Rodriguez took second on the play, which was initially ruled an error on Arroyo. However, the umpires quickly huddled, then ruled that Rodriguez was out for interference. Jeter was sent back to first base, his run nullified.[23]
2005: American League Most Valuable Player[link]
In 2005, Rodriguez hit .321, leading the American League with 124 runs and 48 HR while driving in 130 runs. He became the first Yankee to win the American League home run title since Reggie Jackson (41) in 1980. He also became one of only two players in Major League history to compile at least 35 home runs, 100 runs and 100 RBIs in eight consecutive seasons (Jimmie Foxx accomplished the feat in nine straight seasons from 1932 to 1940). Rodriguez established the franchise record for most home runs in a single season by a right-handed batter (broke Joe DiMaggio's mark of 46 in 1937). His 47 HR from the third base position are a single-season American League record. Rodriguez hit 26 home runs at Yankee Stadium in 2005, establishing the single-season club record for right-handed batters (previously held by DiMaggio in 1937 and Gary Sheffield in 2004). On June 8, at 29 years, 316 days old, he became the youngest player in MLB history to reach the 400 HR mark. 2005 also marked the tenth straight season that Rodriguez scored at least 100 runs. On defense, however, he had the lowest range factor in the league at third for the second straight season (2.62).[24]
An offensive highlight of his season came on April 26, when Rodriguez hit 3 HR off Angels' pitcher Bartolo Colón and drove in 10 runs. The 10 RBIs were the most by a Yankee since Tony Lazzeri established the franchise and American League record with 11 on 5/24/36. Rodriguez won his second AL MVP Award in three seasons.
He became the fifth player to win an MVP award (or its precursor 'League Award') with two different teams, joining Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Frank Robinson and Barry Bonds. Rodriguez was also named the shortstop on the Major League Baseball Latino Legends Team in 2005.
2006 season[link]
Rodriguez was again an All-Star in 2006, and was 4th in the league in RBIs (121), 5th in runs (113), 8th in home runs (35) and walks (90), and 9th in OBP (.392). He also led all AL third basemen in errors, with 24, and had the lowest fielding percentage (.937) and – for the third straight season – range factor (2.50) among them. Rodriguez's 2,000th hit, on July 21, 2006, was also his 450th home run. Six days shy of his 31st birthday, Rodriguez became the youngest player in baseball history to reach 450 home runs (surpassing Ken Griffey, Jr. by 267 days). He also became the 8th player to reach 2,000 hits before turning 31. Ty Cobb reached the mark while still 29, while Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott, Hank Aaron, Joe Medwick, Jimmie Foxx, and Robin Yount all got their 2,000th hits at age 30. All 7 of the players are members of baseball's Hall of Fame. Rodriguez also became the 2nd player in Major League history to have at least 35 home runs, 100 runs, and 100 RBIs in 9 consecutive seasons joining Jimmie Foxx. 2006 was Rodriguez's 11th consecutive season with more than 100 runs scored, the longest such streak in American League history since Lou Gehrig did it in 13 straight seasons (1926–38). Despite this success, it was one of his lesser seasons and was harshly criticized throughout the 2006 season. He has said that 2006 was his most difficult season as a professional. Prior to the season Rodriguez opted to play for team USA in the World Baseball Classic.[25]
2007: American League Most Valuable Player[link]
With the 2007 season came a new attitude. Rodriguez reported to camp lighter, having reduced his body fat from 16% the year before to 9%. He made light of this fact during a Late Night with David Letterman sketch filmed during Spring Training, which featured him shirtless being rubbed down with suntan lotion. He revealed to the press that he and Derek Jeter were no longer close friends.[26] Rodriguez also reduced his high leg kick at the plate, increasing his bat speed, making him less-apt to strike out and a more dangerous hitter.[27]
In the Yankees' fourth game of the season, Rodriguez hit two home runs against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium, including his 14th-career grand slam to end the game. The walk-off grand slam was the third of his career, tying the major league mark for game-ending grand slams shared by Vern Stephens and Cy Williams.[28][29] Rodriguez also began the season by becoming the ninth major leaguer—and first Yankee—to hit six home runs in the first seven games of the season. Rodriguez also became the first Yankee to hit seven home runs in the first ten games of the season.[30]
On April 19, the Yankees came from behind to defeat the Cleveland Indians 8–6—with Rodriguez hitting a walk-off home run. WCBS Yankees radio broadcaster noted that Rodriguez had a better frame of mind, and the fans were beginning to accept him more after his two walk-off home runs. On April 23, Rodriguez became the first player in major league history to hit 14 home runs in a span of 18 games, and also tied the MLB record for most home runs in April. His total of 34 RBIs in April was 1 short of Juan González' AL and MLB record. On April 24, Rodriguez's 23-game hitting streak came to an end. In a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 30, Rodriguez sparked controversy when he shouted during a routine play and an infielder let a pop fly drop, costing the Blue Jays three runs. The Yankees went on to win the game, 10–5.[31]
On July 12, Rodriguez hit his 150th career home run in a Yankees uniform. This made him the first player in major league history to ever hit 150 home runs for three different teams.[citation needed] He is also just the third player to hit at least 100 home runs for three teams; Reggie Jackson and Darrell Evans are the other two.[citation needed]
On August 4, Rodriguez hit his 500th career home run against pitcher Kyle Davies of the Kansas City Royals. This made Rodriguez the youngest player ever to reach 500 homers (32 years, 8 days). He is only the second Yankee to hit number 500 at home; Mickey Mantle on May 14, 1967 against Stu Miller was the other.
On September 23, New York reported that Rodriguez was involved in a deal for a new contract with the Chicago Cubs that would include part ownership of the team. His agent, however, reported to ESPN that this was untrue.[32]
On September 25, Rodriguez became the fifth player ever in major league history to record a 50-home run, 150-RBI season when he hit a grand slam. Derek Jeter was one of the first of his teammates to congratulate him.[33]
In 2007, Rodriguez became the first player in major league history to have at least 35 home runs, 100 runs, and 100 RBIs in 10 consecutive seasons, surpassing Jimmie Foxx (9 consecutive seasons). He led the AL in home runs (54), RBIs (156), slugging percentage (.645), OPS (1.067), total bases (376), and times on base (299), and was 2nd in hit by pitch (21), extra base hits (85), and at bats per home run (10.8), 4th in on base percentage (.422) and sacrifice flies (9), 7th in walks (95) and plate appearances (708), 8th in intentional walks (11), and 9th in games (158). He led MLB in home runs and won his third Babe Ruth Home Run Award.[34]
On October 24, Rodriguez won the Players Choice Award for Outstanding AL Player. On October 27, he won the Players Choice Award for Player of the Year. He also won the 2007 silver slugger award for his position.[35]
On November 19, 2007, Rodriguez was named the AL MVP for the third time in his career, receiving 26 first-place votes out of a possible 28.[36]
Opt-out controversy[link]
The 2007 season marked the last year of Rodriguez's 10-year, $252 million contract before he opted out, effectively making him a free agent again. Rodriguez had repeatedly stated during the 2007 season that he would like to remain a Yankee for the rest of his career.[37] On October 28, 2007, Rodriguez's agent, Scott Boras, announced that he would not renew his contract with the Yankees citing that he "was unsure of the future composition" of the team. He received a slew of criticism from fans and writers alike not only for opting out, but also for not meeting with Yankee management before he did. He was further criticized for the timing of his announcement, during the eighth inning of Game Four of the World Series, as the Boston Red Sox were wrapping up their victory over the Colorado Rockies. After realizing that the situation was not handled very well, Rodriguez contacted the New York Yankees ownership directly, bypassing Boras. Subsequently, Rodriguez issued a statement on his website, saying that he wished to stay with the Yankees.[38] On November 15, 2007, the New York Yankees and Rodriguez agreed on the "basic framework" of a 10-year, $275 million contract that would have him playing until he is 42.[39] The contract, finalized December 13, includes various multimillion dollar incentives for breaking career home run milestones.[40]
2008–2009[link]
On September 3, in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Rodriguez hit his 549th home run. The opposing manager objected that the ball was foul, and for the first time in MLB history, instant replay (a process officially introduced a few days earlier) was used to review the play and uphold the umpires' ruling.[41] He was one of only 4 batters in the AL to have at least 18 home runs and 18 stolen bases in both 2007 and 2008, along with Torii Hunter, Ian Kinsler, and Grady Sizemore. Rodriguez hit a home run every 14.6 at-bats in 2008, the second best ratio on the team behind Jason Giambi.[42]
Rodriguez was to represent the Dominican Republic prior to the 2009 season in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but was forced to withdraw when an MRI revealed a cyst in his right hip. When he went to have the cyst drained, it was discovered that he was also suffering from a torn labrum in the same hip. Rodriguez opted to undergo an arthroscopic procedure with a recovery period of six to nine weeks, instead of the usual three to four months.[43] Although the procedure should allow him to make it through the season without any complications, he will require a second, more extensive surgery in the off-season.[43]
After missing spring training and the first month of the season, Rodriguez returned to the Yankees on May 8 against the Baltimore Orioles and promptly belted a three-run home run on the first pitch of his first at bat. The club had stumbled to a 13–15 record in Rodriguez's absence, but his return fortified the lineup and provided much needed protection for three-hole hitter Mark Teixeira, who had always been a slow starter. Rodriguez also supplied some late-game heroics. On May 16, his two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the eleventh inning gave the Yankees a 6–4 win over the Minnesota Twins. One week later, he hit a game-tying solo home run in the bottom of the ninth off Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge in a game the Yankees would go on to win, 5–4.
By early June, the Yankees surged to first place in the AL East. Fortunes changed later in the month, as Rodriguez fell into a slump that saw his batting average plummet and the Yankees fell to second place. On June 23, Rodriguez became the eighth active player to reach 8,000 career at-bats in the seventh inning of the Yankees and Braves game.[44] On June 25, Rodriguez belted homer 563 of his career, tying Reggie Jackson for 11th on the all-time home run list, off Atlanta Brave starter Derek Lowe.[45] On June 26, Rodriguez surpassed Jackson for 11th on the all-time home run list, against the New York Mets at the Subway Series,[46] and against the Angels on July 11, Rodriguez passed Rafael Palmeiro for 10th place;[47] it was his 65th home run against Anaheim, the most by any active player against an opponent.
On October 4, 2009, during the final game of the season, Rodriguez hit two home runs in the sixth inning that drove in seven runs, setting an American League record for most RBIs by a batter in a single inning, and giving him his 12th consecutive season, 13 overall,of reaching 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, breaking a tie with Manny Ramirez, Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx for the most in MLB history.[48]
Dating back to Game 4 of the 2004 AL Championship Series, Rodriguez had come to bat with 38 runners on base over a span of 61 postseason at-bats. He stranded every one of them, going 0-for-29 with runners on base.[49] But in the first game of the 2009 ALDS against the Minnesota Twins, A-Rod had 2 RBI singles, both coming with two outs, and in Game 2, hit an RBI single in the 6th, and hit a game-tying homer off closer Joe Nathan in the bottom of the ninth inning. Game 3 saw him hit a game-tying home run. In the ALCS, Rodriguez hit his third game-tying HR of the post season in Game 2 in the bottom of the 11th against Angel closer Brian Fuentes.[50] For the series, he batted 9–21 (.429) with three home runs and six runs batted in. In Game 3 of the World Series, Rodriguez hit what appeared to be a double off a camera perched atop the outfield wall, but after protest by Yankee manager Joe Girardi, was reviewed and ruled a home run. Rodriguez's postseason success continued in Game 4 of the World Series, as he drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 9th inning off of closer Brad Lidge. The Yankees would go on to win the game 7–4 to take a 3 games to 1 lead in the series. Despite a 2–4 performance with 3 RBIs in Game 5, the Yankees lost 8–6 to force the Series to return to the Bronx for Game 6. Rodriguez was 1–2 with 2 walks and two runs scored in Game 6, as the Yankees went on to beat the Phillies 7–3 for their 27th World Series Championship, the first of Rodriguez's career. He was awarded the Babe Ruth Award as the postseason MVP.[51]
2010–present[link]
On August 4, 2010, on the 3-year anniversary of his 500th home run, Rodriguez became the 7th player in major league history to hit 600 home runs, hitting number 600 off of Shaun Marcum of the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming the youngest player to do so at 35 years and 8 days old. On August 14, A-Rod hit three home runs in a game against the Kansas City Royals. In the top of the 6th, he hit his first, a solo dinger to left center. In the top of the 7th, he hit his second, a two-run shot to dead center. In the top of the 9th, he hit his third, a towering two-run blast into the waterfall in Kauffman Stadium. [52] On September 6, he recorded his 100th RBI; it was the 14th year he had reached the mark, the most times of any player in baseball history. On Sept 29th, he hit his 30th home run of the season, recording his major league record 13th straight year of at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, breaking a tie with Jimmie Foxx, who had 12 seasons.
In 2011, Rodriguez batted .295 with 13 HRs and 52 RBI prior to the All-Star break. Despite good production, Rodriguez suffered his longest single season home run drought of his career by not hitting one in 85 at bats. Although elected to start the game, Rodriguez opted for arthroscopic surgery on his knee to repair a torn meniscus that impacted his power, and was placed on the disabled list.[53] On top of recovery, Rodriguez is facing serious allegations that he participated in illegal, underground poker games. One of those games reportedly turned violent and cocaine was openly used. However, Rodriguez denied through a representative that he ever participated in illegal poker games. An MLB Executive has said that if Rodriguez is indeed proven guilty, he could face a suspension, MLB had warned Rodriguez in 2005 not to participate in such games. "You get the feeling that Alex says what he thinks he needs to say to get by, and then goes out and does what he wants," the MLB executive said.[54]
Rodriguez returned to the Yankees on August 21, playing third base against the Minnesota Twins, going 0-for-4. He sustained another injury with a jammed thumb while trying to make a play in that game. He returned to the Yankees on August 25, going 2-for-4 with 2 singles in a win for the Yankees over the Oakland Athletics. On August 26, A-Rod hit his first home run since coming off the disabled list, a solo shot off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Tommy Hunter. He concluded the season with 16 home runs and 62 RBIs in 99 games, ending his major league-record streak of 13 straight seasons of 30 homers and 100 RBIs.[55]
Criticism[link]
Prior to 2009, Rodriguez had received the nickname "The Cooler" among some players because of the perceived tendency for teams to turn cold when he joins them and hot when he leaves.[56][57][58][59]
Due to the unsuccessful nature of the Yankees 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 postseasons, along with Rodriguez's sub .200 batting average in the postseasons of 2005 and 2006,[60] Rodriguez drew criticism in the New York area, both from writers, such as the New York Post's Joel Sherman, and players, such as then-teammate, Jason Giambi.[61][62]
According to Yankee manager Joe Torre's 2009 book, The Yankee Years, Rodriguez earned the nickname "A-Fraud" from teammates and particularly from clubhouse attendants who were said to resent his demands.[63] "It was [said] in front of him," Torre later said of the nickname. “A lot of that stuff that went on in the clubhouse was more tongue-in-cheek, fun type stuff,” he explained.[64]
Much of the criticism regarding Rodriguez focuses on his alleged inability to produce hits in clutch situations.[65][66] However, during the 2003–05 regular seasons, Rodriguez posted a .371 batting average with the bases loaded and maintained an on base percentage of .422. In 2006, his numbers improved to .474 and .500 respectively. In 2007, through July 14 he hit .444 and .455, respectively. Additionally, Rodriguez's other batting lines during this period included a .432 average with a runner on third (.333 in 2006), .381 with a runner in scoring position (.302 in 2006), and .392 with a runner in scoring position and 2 outs (.313 in 2006; .333 in 2007 through July 14).[67] In 2008, Rodriguez hit only .264 with runners in scoring position and two outs. In 95 plate appearances, he walked 20 times and was hit by three pitches, and he had only 19 hits. Of the 41 times A-Rod struck out with two outs, 20 came with runners in scoring position.[42]
Because of the Yankees' successful history, he was compared unfavorably to other Yankees greats who have performed exceptionally well in the postseason, such as Reggie Jackson.[68][69][70][71][72][73] However, after his performance in the 2009 postseason, A-Rod started receiving many positive comparisons to Reggie Jackson, even being selected as "Mr. October" by Jackson and USA Today.[74]
Rodriguez answered many of the criticisms of his postseason performance by performing exceptionally well in the 2009 postseason, where he posted a .365 BA and hit 6 home-runs in 52 at-bats during the Yankees' 15 post-season games.[75]
Rodriguez faced more criticism after his struggles in the 2010 and 2011 playoffs. He batted only .219 and .111 in the aforementioned playoffs and made the final out for the Yankees in both postseasons by striking out. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Alex Rodriguez was the first player in MLB history to strikeout for his team's final out in consecutive postseasons.[76]
Steroid use[link]
In July 2007, former outfielder and steroid-user Jose Canseco said that he was planning to publish another book about Major League Baseball, to follow his 2005 bestseller Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. Canseco said his new book would have "other stuff" on Rodriguez, and called him a hypocrite, gay and loser.[77] At the time, Rodriguez denied accusations of steroid use.[78] In a 2007 interview with Katie Couric, Rodriguez flatly denied ever having used performance-enhancing drugs.[79]
In February 2009, Selena Roberts and David Epstein of Sports Illustrated reported that Rodriguez had tested positive for two anabolic steroids, testosterone and Primobolan, during his 2003 season playing for the Texas Rangers, the same season in which he captured his first American League Most Valuable Player award, broke 300 career home runs (hitting 47 that year),[80] and earned one of his ten Silver Slugger Awards. The information had been part of a government-sealed report detailing 104 major league players (out of 1200 players tested)[20] who tested positive for performance enhancers during a 2003 drug survey. Approved by the players themselves with the promise of anonymity,[20] the survey was conducted by Major League Baseball to see whether a mandatory drug testing program might be necessary. At the time, as the result of a collectively bargained union agreement,[20] there was no penalty or punishment for a positive test.[19][81] Because more than 5% of the samples taken from players in 2003 came back positive, mandatory testing of major league baseball players began in 2004, with penalties for violations.[21]
The 2003 test results were supposed to remain anonymous and the samples destroyed. However, a coded master list of 104 players was seized during the BALCO investigation, turning up in a 2004 federal raid on Comprehensive Drug Testing's facility in Long Beach, California. A month later, the physical samples were seized by federal agents raiding Quest Diagnostics in Las Vegas, Nevada.[21] The list of the 104 positive-testing players was released to the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) in 2004.[6][82] The players' union later said that the 104 positive samples were in the process of being destroyed when they were subpoenaed by federal authorities in November 2003, making continued destruction "improper."[82]
Although testosterone is available by prescription for some uses, Primobolan has no approved prescription use.[19] Also known as methenolone or metenolone enanthate, it is the same steroid that Barry Bonds is alleged to have tested positive for in 2000 and 2001.[21] A fairly weak steroid on its own, it is generally used in conjunction with other steroids.[83] The drug is generally preferred in injected rather than oral form due to its cost.[83] An official statement by Major League Baseball made shortly after Rodriguez's test results became public expressed "grave concern" without naming Rodriguez, noting that "because the survey testing that took place in 2003 was intended to be non-disciplinary and anonymous, we can not make any comment on the accuracy of this report as it pertains to the player named."[84]
In an interview with ESPN after the report came out, citing "an enormous amount of pressure to perform," Rodriguez admitted to using banned substances from 2001 to 2003.[6] "All my years in New York have been clean,” he added, saying he has not used banned substances since last taking them following a spring training injury in 2003 while playing for the Rangers.[6][7] "Back then, [baseball] was a different culture," Rodriguez said. "It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. And I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time. I did take a banned substance. And for that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."[6][7] Rodriguez said he could not be sure of the name(s) of the substance(s) he had used.[6][7]
Rodriguez said he was never told that he was among the 104 players who tested positive, only that a tip came in August 2004 from Gene Orza of the MLBPA that he "may or may not have" failed his 2003 test.[6][82] Orza is accused by three (unnamed) MLB players of tipping Rodriguez to an upcoming drug test in September 2004.[82] Orza and the MLBPA have denied the allegations.[85]
Rodriguez absolved the players' union of any blame for leaking his positive test results, saying he alone was responsible for his mistakes.[6] Friend and former teammate Doug Glanville, while noting the outrage over Rodriguez's years of steroid use, berated Rodriguez's critics for their "lack of outrage about how a confidential and anonymous test could be made public."[20] No Major League player, Glanville wrote, would have participated in the 2003 survey if he had thought the results had even a chance of becoming public. "It has everything to do with privacy. Being A-Rod should not change that fact."[20]
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig briefly considered whether or not to punish Rodriguez for his admitted steroid use, citing the illegality of the situation, among other things. However, at the time of the testing there were no punishments for this sort of activity.[86] Additionally, his admission to three years of steroid use could be damaging to his image and legacy.[7]
Later in the month, Rodriguez called a press conference in Tampa, Florida, and in the presence of many supportive Yankee teammates, answered reporters' questions about his 2001–2003 steroid use.[79][87] Rodriguez said he and a cousin (whom he refused to name) bought an unidentified drug over-the-counter in the Dominican Republic, where it is “known on the streets as boli or bollee.”[79][88] At Rodriguez's instruction, the cousin transported the drug into the United States.[89] For six months of the year, Rodriguez injected himself twice monthly with "boli" (a drug name unfamiliar to experts and perhaps a slang term for Primobolan or Dianabol, although the latter steroid is taken orally).[79] Rodriguez said he did not know whether he was using the drug properly or whether it was safe.[79] Although he "certainly felt more energy," Rodriguez said it would be "hard to say" whether it gave him a competitive edge.[87]
Rodriguez said he would become a spokesperson for the Taylor Hooton foundation, which educates young people about the dangers of steroid use.[79][87] He has since spoken at schools about the dangers of steroids.[90]
A few days later, the cousin who provided Rodriguez with the steroids was identified as Yuri Sucart, a resident of Miami, Florida. Sucart drove Rodriguez home from the first preseason game after Rodriguez's steroid use admission on February 24, 2009; Yankees officials have since informed Rodriguez that Sucart is not permitted at any team gathering.[91]
On February 28, 2010 the New York Times reported that Rodriguez received treatment from Canadian sports doctor Anthony Galea in March 2009.[92] Galea is under joint investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Buffalo Field Office for distributing human growth hormone to athletes. Galea confirmed to the Associated Press that he treated Rodriguez, but said he only prescribed anti-inflammatories.[93]
Personal life[link]
Rodriguez grew up with two half-siblings, Joe and Suzy, who were born in the Dominican Republic and are children from his mother's first marriage.[94] Rodriguez also has a half-brother, Victor M. Rodriguez, who was born to Alex's father Victor Sr. and his then-wife Pouppe Martinez in 1960.[94] The couple divorced a year later, and Victor Jr. was raised by his mother.[94] Victor Jr., who is an officer in the United States Air Force, fell out of touch with Alex for a period of 23 years, until they met at a Texas Rangers game in 2003.[94]
In 2002,[95] he married Cynthia Scurtis,[95] a psychology graduate[96] he had met at a gym in Miami, Florida.[97] The couple's first child, Natasha Alexander, was born on November 18, 2004. On April 21, 2008, Cynthia gave birth to their second child, Ella Alexander,[98] in Miami, Florida.
On May 27, 2007, the New York Post reported that Rodriguez spent an evening in Toronto with a blonde woman, later identified as Joslyn Noel Morse, a longtime exotic dancer.[99] The New York Post ran a picture on May 30, 2007. Rodriguez and the woman identified as Morse had dinner together at a steakhouse and then went to a strip club before returning to Rodriguez's hotel. They were last seen alone together that night boarding the hotel elevator. Morse refused to say whether they had sex.[100]
On July 2, 2008, the New York Daily News reported that Rodriguez and his wife had separated, after having "problems" for the past three months, since the birth of their second daughter.[101] This came together with rumors published in Us Weekly magazine, about a possible affair between Rodriguez and pop singer Madonna,[102] claims Madonna denied by saying they were "just friends."[103]
Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce on July 7, 2008, citing "emotional abandonment" of her and their children, as well as "extra marital affairs and other marital misconduct" by her husband.[104] She sought alimony, distribution of assets, child support including private school tuition, life and health insurance, her car, reimbursement of legal fees, and retention of the couple's $12-million marital home in Coral Gables, Florida.[104][105][106] Alex Rodriguez countered that his wife was only entitled to what they had agreed to in their prenuptial agreement from 2002. Additionally, while conceding their marriage was "irretrievably broken," Rodriguez requested that all allegations of his "extramarital affairs" be stricken from court records. The couple finally settled their divorce in September 2008.[107]
More evidence of Rodriguez's infidelity continued to appear in the media after his wife filed for divorce. On July 9, 2008, the Daily News[108] reported that Candice Houlihan, a Boston-area hairdresser who previously worked as a stripper, told the paper that she and Rodriguez had sex on two occasions in 2004 when Rodriguez was in town playing against the Boston Red Sox. The Daily News also reported that Houlihan had also told the Globe of her liaisons with Rodriguez, and the supermarket tabloid said she had passed a lie detector test. The day after Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce from Alex Rodriguez in 2008, Houlihan said Rodriguez' wife "did the right thing," adding, "a leopard doesn't change his stripes. Good for her. I think she's doing the smart thing. And she'll probably get tons of cash."
On March 22, 2009, the Daily News reported[100] that, during 2006 and 2007, Rodriguez had patronized prostitutes of madam Kristin Davis and dated Davis as well, according to employees of Davis' call-girl agency. (Davis' agency also is famous for supplying prostitutes to former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.) Davis would not confirm or deny any sexual relationship with Rodriguez, saying, "Throughout the years, there were a number of clients that I befriended and it was not uncommon for them to want the women they can't have whether it be the phone bookers or the madam. In regard to Alex, all I can say is our paths have definitely crossed personally and professionally." Employees of the call-girl agency provided the Daily News intimate emails between Rodriguez and Davis, including one in which Rodriguez confesses to Davis his preference for her over one of her call-girls. When confronted with the emails, Davis told the newspaper, "Other people have had access to my client records as well as my personal information and I can't control what has been released," and, "With the exception of [former Gov.] Eliot Spitzer, I have not named names...I do not wish to ruin any lives."
Rodriguez dated actress Kate Hudson in 2009.[109][110][111][112] As of July 2010, Rodriguez was carrying on a romantic relationship with actress Cameron Diaz.[113] A candid TV shot of Diaz feeding popcorn to Rodriguez was shown during the 2011 Super Bowl.[114] As of September 2011, they are no longer together. As of December 2011, he is currently romantically linked with former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson.
Rodriguez owns a Mercedes-Benz dealership in League City, Texas.[115]
As previously mentioned, Rodriguez and Jeter's friendship had cooled in recent years. However as of 2011, they have grown close again.[116]
In his free time, Rodriguez buys and collects art.[117]
Charity[link]
In 2003, Rodriguez gave $3.9 million to the University of Miami to renovate its baseball stadium. The new facility will be named "Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field". Rodriguez remains an ardent University of Miami fan, and can frequently be found at Hurricane sporting events, as well as working out at the school's athletic facilities in the off-season. He received the University of Miami's Edward T. Foote II Alumnus of Distinction Award in 2007. Rodriguez had previously been named an "honorary alumnus" of the university in 2004. He is a member of the University of Miami's Board of Trustees.
Marketing[link]
Rodriguez was featured in a Pepsi Cola commercial as a truck driver in a fleet of delivery trucks simulating players in a baseball game. At the end of the commercial when he drives his vehicle to make a catch, he is told by his approving partner in the truck that he has a future in the beverage delivery business.[118]
Rodriguez is featured in a commercial for Guitar Hero World Tour, where he plays the guitar along with athletes Tony Hawk on drums, Kobe Bryant on vocals, and Michael Phelps on guitar. The commercial is a spoof of the scene from Risky Business where Tom Cruise is dancing to "Old Time Rock and Roll".[119]
Awards and honors[link]
- 12-time AL All-Star
- 7× (SS) (1996–98, 2000–03)
- 5× (3B) (2004–08)
- 3-time AL MVP (2003, 2005, 2007)
- 10-time AL Silver Slugger Award
- 7× (SS) (1996, 1998–2003)
- 3× (3B) (2005, 2007, 2008)
- 4-time AL Hank Aaron Award (2001–03, 2007)
- 2-time Seattle Mariners Player of the Year (1998, 2000)
- 2-time Baseball America MLB Player of the Year (2000, 2002)
- 4-time Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (SS) (1998, 2000–03)
- 3-time Texas Rangers Player of the Year (2001–03)
- 2-time AL Gold Glove Award (SS) (2002, 2003)
- 2-time The Sporting News Player of the Year (2002, 2007)
- 3× Babe Ruth Home Run Award (2002–2003. 2007)
- 1993 1st Team High School All-American (IF)
- 1994 Seattle Mariners Minor League Player of the Year
- 1994 Midwest League All-Star (SS)
- 1995 Baseball America 1st Team Minor League All-Star (SS)
- 1995 Triple-A All-Star (SS)
- 1996 The Sporting News Player of the Year
- 2002 Player of the Year Award – This Year in Baseball Awards
- 2005 Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (3B)
- 2005 Individual Performance of the Year Award – This Year in Baseball Awards
- 2007 Hitter of the Year – This Year in Baseball Awards
- 2007 Pepsi Clutch Performer of the Year
- 2009 Babe Ruth Award
Achievements[link]
- 5-time AL Runs Leader (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
- 4-time AL Total Bases Leader (1996, 2001, 2002, 2007)
- 5-time AL Home Run Title (2001–2003, 2005, 2007)
- 2-time AL RBI Title (2002, 2007)
- 2-time AL OPS Leader (2005, 2007)
- 4-time AL Slugging Percentage Leader (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)
- 1996 AL Batting Title
- 1996 AL Doubles Leader
- 1998 AL Hits Leader
- 2001 AL Extra-Base Hits Leader
Records[link]
| Record | Total | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Most home runs by a player of Hispanic descent | 630 | since 1994 |
| Most home runs by a New York-born player | 630 | since 1994 |
| Most runs in a season (SS) | 141 | 1996 |
| Most extra base hits in a season (SS) | 91 | 1996 |
| Highest slugging percentage in a season (SS) | .631 | 1996 |
| Most total bases in a season (SS) | 393 | 2001 |
| Most home runs in a season (SS) | 57 | 2002 |
| Most home runs in the month of April (tied) | 14 | 2007 |
| Fastest to 12 home runs in a season (tied) | 15 Gms | 2007 |
| Fastest to 13 and 14 home runs in a season | 18 Gms | 2007 |
| Youngest ever to hit 500 home runs | 32y, 8d | 2007 |
| Most home runs by a third baseman (season) | 52† | 2007 |
| Most stolen bases in a 50-home run season | 24* | 2007 |
- †: Rodriguez hit 2 home runs as a DH in the 2007 season.
- *: Tied with Willie Mays
| Record | Total | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Most home runs in consecutive seasons (RH) | 109 | 2001–2002 |
| Most home runs in the month of April | 14 | 2007 |
| Fastest to 10 home runs in a season | 14 Gms | 2007 |
| Fastest to 12 home runs in a season | 15 Gms | 2007 |
| Record | Total | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Most home runs in a season at home (RH) | 26 | 2005, 2007 |
| Most home runs in a season (RH) | 54 | 2007 |
| Most RBIs in a postseason | 18 | 2009 |
| Most home runs in a postseason | 6† | 2009 |
- †: Tied with Bernie Williams.
See also[link]
- 50 home run club
- 500 home run club
- 30–30 club
- 40–40 club
- Hitting for the cycle
- List of doping cases in sport
- List of highest paid Major League Baseball players
- List of Major League Baseball players with 2000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBIs
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
- List of Major League Baseball home run records
- List of Major League Baseball RBI records
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- Major League Baseball titles leaders
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