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With 3 HOFers born on this day, Jan. 31 may be MLB's greatest birthday

Edit CBS Sports 31 Jan 2016
In what might be the single greatest birth date in baseball history, three inner-circle Hall of Famers were born on Jan. 31. Nolan Ryan, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson. Ryan turned 69 years old on Sunday. Banks, who passed away last January, would have been 85. Robinson would have been 97. He passed away in 1972. That's an awful lot of historically great talent born on the same date ... Here are my top five ... 19 ... Feb ... Eppa Rixey and Red Ruffing ... ....

An entire generation of pitchers not getting their fair Hall of Fame due

Edit CBS Sports 05 Jan 2016
On Wednesday, we're going to see Ken Griffey Jr. gain induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame along with maybe one or two from the Mike Piazza, Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines trio ... Maybe never, which would be a shame ... Andy Pettitte or Roy Oswalt? Doubtful ... There are dozens of Hall of Famers that most baseball fans wouldn't even recognize these days -- such as Eppa Rixey, Stan Coveleski, Clark Griffith, Vic Willis and, well, you get the point....

Philly never embraced 1915 World Series, the Phillies' first

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 01 Oct 2015
Oct. 8 dawned wet and gloomy, weather befitting the shabby ballpark in which Game 1 of the 1915 World Series was about to take place. The 2 p.m ... Cohan and ex-heavyweight champ James J. Corbett ... More coverage ... On Oct ... "If we had beaten Boston in '15," pitcher Eppa Rixey, another future Hall of Fame pitcher traded by Baker, said years later, "who knows what would have happened? We might have been a team to reckon with for a long, long time."....

Phillies celebrate 100th anniversary of first National League pennant

Edit The Examiner 29 Sep 2015
On Sept ... Philadelphia scored five runs on 10 hits, drew one walk, and committed one error ... The starting rotation consisted of Alexander, George Chalmers (8-9, 26 games, 20 starts, 170 innings, 82 strikeouts, one shutout, 2.49 ERA), Al Demaree (14-11, 32 games, 26 starts, 210 innings, 69 strikeouts, three shutouts, 3.04 ERA), Erskine Mayer, and Eppa Rixey (11-12, 29 games, 22 starts, 177 innings, 88 strikeouts, two shutouts, 2.39 ERA) ... ....

Phillies flashback: Magee steals three bases in game against Cardinals

Edit The Examiner 21 Sep 2015
Outfielder Sherry Magee had been perhaps one of the superstars of the early 20th century ... However, Magee has been overlooked by the Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee for being known as a clubhouse bully, especially as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies (1904-1914). Yeah, Magee hit future Hall of Fame pitcher Eppa Rixey in the head with a paper laundry bag filled with water in 1914 ... On Sept ... Louis triumph at Baker Bowl ... ....

Phillies Seasons: 1915, National League Champions

Edit The Examiner 01 Jun 2015
The starting rotation consisted of Alexander, George Chalmers (8-9, 26 games, 20 starts, 170 innings, 82 strikeouts, one shutout, 2.49 ERA), Demaree (14-11, 32 games, 26 starts, 210 innings, 69 strikeouts, three shutouts, 3.04 ERA), Erskine Mayer, and Eppa Rixey (11-12, 29 games, 22 starts, 177 innings, 88 strikeouts, two shutouts, 2.39 ERA)....

Johnson sheds new height on Hall of Fame (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit noodls 07 Jan 2015
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball) Class of 2015. Complete coverage. Standing 6-foot-10, Johnson is 5 inches taller than Fergie Jenkins, who along with the late Don Drysdale and Eppa Rixey stood as the tallest pitchers inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Jenkins will be looking up to Johnson next July when the Big Unit steps onto the stage on induction Sunday in Cooperstown ... • Shop for Randy Johnson memorabilia ... • Photos....

Johnson sheds new height on Hall of Fame (Seattle Mariners)

Edit noodls 07 Jan 2015
(Source. Seattle Mariners). MLB.com Columnist. Phil Rogers. 45 minutes ago Email Print Johnson humbled by HOF election 5.41 ... By Phil Rogers / MLB.com . 45 minutes ago. There's never been another one like him ... Class of 2015. Complete coverage. Standing 6-foot-10, Johnson is 5 inches taller than Fergie Jenkins, who along with the late Don Drysdale and Eppa Rixey stood as the tallest pitchers inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame....

Johnson, Martinez, Smoltz, Biggio elected to baseball Hall of Fame

Edit Lehigh Valley 06 Jan 2015
AP File Photo . Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. Baseball writers elected four players for the first time since 1955, with the Big Unit, Martinez and Smoltz earning induction on the first try Tuesday. Biggio made it on the third attempt after falling two votes shy last year ... Key. BBWAA ... 2015 -- BBWAA ... 2014 -- BBWAA ... John Clarkson, Elmer Flick, Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey....

MLB Notebook: Abreu's rookie year nearing elite status (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit noodls 30 Jul 2014
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). After a stint involving 11 games for the Indians in 1933, 21-year-old Hal Trosky played in 154 of the Tribe's contests the following year and set an imprint that few rookies have ever been able to match ... He now has 31 home runs on the season ... Next up, at 32 ... South Siders near southpaw history ... Steve Carlton (1972, 1977, 1980-81), Eppa Rixey (1912 and 1916), and Chris Short (1964 and 1967) ... (noodl....

Glavine's stubbornness the hallmark to a HOF career (Atlanta Braves)

Edit noodls 28 Jul 2014
(Source. Atlanta Braves). COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Home plate is 17 inches wide. Its width is a matter of rule and regulation, though not necessarily a matter of reality. As much as Doug Harvey, Bruce Froemming, Joe West and the others paid to distinguish between balls and strikes might deny it, the plate sometimes grows. Occasionally it expands vertically, but usually the change is horizontal ... Pitcher Wins Years 1 ... Eppa Rixey 266 21 ... (noodl....

Glavine's stubbornness the hallmark to a HOF career (New York Mets)

Edit noodls 28 Jul 2014
(Source. New York Mets). COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Home plate is 17 inches wide. Its width is a matter of rule and regulation, though not necessarily a matter of reality. As much as Doug Harvey, Bruce Froemming, Joe West and the others paid to distinguish between balls and strikes might deny it, the plate sometimes grows. Occasionally it expands vertically, but usually the change is horizontal ... Pitcher Wins Years 1 ... Eppa Rixey 266 21 ... (noodl....

Glavine's stubbornness the hallmark to a HOF career (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit noodls 28 Jul 2014
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Home plate is 17 inches wide. Its width is a matter of rule and regulation, though not necessarily a matter of reality. As much as Doug Harvey, Bruce Froemming, Joe West and the others paid to distinguish between balls and strikes might deny it, the plate sometimes grows. Occasionally it expands vertically, but usually the change is horizontal ... Jim Kaat 283 25 9 ... Eppa Rixey 266 21....
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