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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams,typically of nine players each,that take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team,called the pitcher,throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play,allowing its players to run the bases,having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners,and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.
Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore,Ohio,he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitched for them until 1898. He was then transferred to the St. Louis Cardinals franchise. In 1901,Young jumped to the American League and played for the Boston Red Sox franchise until 1908,helping them win the 1903 World Series. He finished his career with the Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers,retiring in 1911.
Christopher Mathewson,nicknamed "Big Six","The Christian Gentleman","Matty",and "The Gentleman's Hurler",was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher,who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. He stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). He was among the most dominant pitchers in baseball history,and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several key pitching categories,including wins,shutouts,and ERA. In 1936,Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five members.
Sanford Koufax is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1955 to 1966. Koufax,at age 36 in 1972,became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been hailed as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history.
Walter Perry Johnson,nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train",was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and of the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935.
In baseball,a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average,home runs,and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins,strikeouts,and earned run average (ERA).
Hideo Nomo is a Japanese retired baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country,where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1990 to 1994. He then exploited a loophole to free himself from his contract,and became the first Japanese major leaguer to permanently relocate to MLB in the United States,debuting with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. Although he was not the first Japanese player in American professional baseball,Nomo is often credited with opening the door for Japanese players in MLB,due to his star status.
In baseball,the pitcher is the player who pitches the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play,with the goal of retiring a batter,who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays,the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game,and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers,such as the starting pitcher,relief pitcher,middle reliever,lefty specialist,setup man,and the closer.
Charles Gardner Radbourn,nicknamed "Old Hoss",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for Buffalo (1880),Providence (1881–1885),Boston (1886–1889),Boston (1890),and Cincinnati (1891).
Carl Owen Hubbell,nicknamed "The Meal Ticket" and "King Carl",was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 to 1943,and remained on the team's payroll for the rest of his life,long after their move to San Francisco.
Timothy John Keefe,nicknamed "Smiling Tim" and "Sir Timothy",was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). He was one of the most dominating pitchers of the 19th century and posted impressive statistics in one category or another for almost every season he pitched. He was the second MLB pitcher to record 300 wins. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
Theodore Amar Lyons was an American professional baseball starting pitcher,manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in 21 MLB seasons,all with the Chicago White Sox. He is the franchise leader in wins. Lyons won 20 or more games three times and became a fan favorite in Chicago.
Herbert Jude Score was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player and announcer. Score pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1955 through 1959 and the Chicago White Sox from 1960 through 1962. He was the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year in 1955,and an AL All-Star in 1955 and 1956. Due to an on-field injury that occurred in 1957,he retired early as a player in 1962. Score was a television and radio broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians from 1964 through 1997. He was inducted into the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame in 2006.
Edward Augustine "Big Ed" Walsh was an American pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball. From 1906 to 1912,he had several seasons where he was one of the best pitchers in baseball. Injuries shortened his career. Walsh holds the record for lowest career earned run average,1.82. He is one of two modern (post-1901) pitchers to win 40 or more games in a single season,and the last pitcher to do so. He is the last pitcher from any team to throw more than 400 innings in a single season,a feat that he most recently accomplished in 1908. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
William Henry "Bucky" Walters was an American Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher and the 1939 National League Most Valuable Player.
Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck",Newsom played for nine of the 16 then-existing big-league teams from 1929 through 1953 over all or parts of 20 seasons,appearing in an even 600 games pitched and 3,7591⁄3 innings pitched. He batted and threw right-handed,stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
Raymond Brown was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball,almost exclusively for the Homestead Grays.
James Edward Hegan was an American professional baseball player,coach,and scout. He played for 17 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1960,most notably for the Cleveland Indians with whom he won a World Series in 1948. Although Hegan was a light-hitting player,he was notable for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era and a capable handler of pitching staffs,earning five All-Star selections. After retiring as a player,he continued to serve as a major league coach in a baseball career that spanned almost 40 years.
The 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 68th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL),the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 8,1997,at Jacobs Field in Cleveland,the home of the Cleveland Indians of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-1. The game marked the fifth time the All-Star Game was held in Cleveland and first since 1981. It was also the first All-Star game held at Jacobs Field,which opened three years earlier.
Shohei Ohtani,nicknamed "Shotime",is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher,designated hitter and outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Pacific League.
