Terry Stephen Puhl is a Canadian former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a outfielder from 1977 to 1991,most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he helped the franchise win its first-ever National League Western Division title and postseason berth in 1980.
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell is an American former professional baseball first baseman and coach who spent his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Houston Astros.
Thomas James Lawless is an American former Major League Baseball player who played between 1982 and 1990,appearing with the Cincinnati Reds,Montreal Expos,St. Louis Cardinals,and Toronto Blue Jays.
Joe Leonard Morgan was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Colt .45s / Astros,Cincinnati Reds,San Francisco Giants,Philadelphia Phillies,and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in each of those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all time,Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.
William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players,and National League. Cummings is widely credited with inventing the curveball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
Damian Donald Miller is an American former professional baseball catcher. He won the 2001 World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks,beating the New York Yankees.
Midre Almeric Cummings is an American former professional baseball outfielder,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1993-1997),Philadelphia Phillies (1997),Boston Red Sox,Minnesota Twins (1999-2000),Arizona Diamondbacks (2001),Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2004),and Baltimore Orioles (2005). He spent 2006 with the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
The 1999 Minnesota Twins season was the 39th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota,their eighteen season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 99th overall in the American League. They began their season on a positive note,with Brad Radke getting the win in a 6–1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. However,they finished the season in last place,with a 63–97 record.
Andújar Cedeño Donastorg was a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who played from 1990 to 1996. Born in La Romana,Dominican Republic,he played for the Houston Astros from 1990 to 1994,the San Diego Padres in 1995,and in 1996 played for the Padres,Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros again. His brother is former MLB player Domingo Cedeño. Four years after he last appeared in the major leagues,Cedeño was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.
Alfonso Osuna Jr.,is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1990 to 1994 and 1996. He played for the Houston Astros,Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.
The 1990 Minnesota Twins,three years after their World Series title in 1987,fell to the bottom of the American League West once again. However,the season was not completely bad,as there were some bright spots that included pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson. Aguilera converted from starter to closer and recorded 32 saves,while Erickson was promoted to the Twins in June from AA and went 8-4 with a 3.27 ERA. During Fan Appreciation Day on October 3,Outfielder Dan Gladden made a prediction saying that even though we finished in last place this season,we're going to improve next season and if we did,they could potentially bring another World Series championship to Minnesota. That prediction proved accurate the next year.
Brian Edward Bohanon is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five teams in a span of seven seasons from 1990 through 2001.
Walter Franklin Bond was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 365 games over six Major League Baseball seasons between 1960 and 1967 for the Cleveland Indians,Houston Colt .45s/Astros and Minnesota Twins. An outfielder and first baseman,he played the last five seasons of his 11-year professional career after being diagnosed with leukemia while serving in the United States Army in 1962. Bond died of the disease in the closing weeks of the 1967 baseball season —a year during which he had made the Twins' roster coming out of spring training.
The 1998 Boston Red Sox season was the 98th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses,22 games behind the New York Yankees,who went on to win the 1998 World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card,but lost to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS.
The Houston Astros' 1990 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 116th season of the franchise;the 111th in the National League. This was their 28th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished second in the National League Central with a record of 79–83.
The 1990 Cleveland Indians season was the 90th season for the franchise.
The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in NCAA Division I college baseball.
