Adrian Constantine Anson,nicknamed "Cap","Pop",and "Baby" was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association (NA),he played a record 27 consecutive seasons. Anson was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. He spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise,serving as the club's manager,first baseman and,later in his tenure,minority owner. He led the team to six National League pennants in the 1880s. Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters,and probably the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. In addition to being a star player,he innovated managerial tactics such as signals between players and the rotation of pitchers.
John Albert Elway Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who spent his entire 16-year career with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Following his playing career,he then spent 11 years with the Broncos in various front office positions,eventually being promoted to general manager. Elway and former backup quarterback and head coach Gary Kubiak are the only individuals to be associated with all three of the Broncos' Super Bowl wins.
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Baltimore Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Baltimore,Maryland,United States,that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an oversized block officially called Venable Park,a former city park from the 1920s. The site was bound by Ellerslie Avenue to the west,36th Street to the north,and Ednor Road to the east.
Robert Clayton Shantz is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1949 through 1964,and won the 1952 American League Most Valuable Player Award as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics. A three-time All-Star,Shantz won eight consecutive Gold Glove Awards and won a World Series championship with the 1958 New York Yankees. He is the last living Philadelphia Athletics player and the oldest living MLB MVP. Additionally,he and Tommy Brown,are the only two former players still alive who debuted in the 1940s.
James Umbricht was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher,he played Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1959 and 1963 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Colt .45s.
Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville,Mississippi,he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College,threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
The following are the baseball events of the year 1885 throughout the world.
James Abner Hart was an American professional baseball manager in the late 19th century. In the major leagues of the era,he managed the Louisville Colonels and the Boston Beaneaters for parts of three seasons. During the 1890s,he managed baseball teams in the United Kingdom.
The 1961 MLB Expansion Draft was held by Major League Baseball on October 10,1961,to fill the rosters of the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s,the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1962 season. The pool of players out of which they could select was limited to the existing National League ballclubs.
Harold Joseph Woodeshick was an American left-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers,Cleveland Indians (1958),the original modern Washington Senators franchise (1959–60),the expansion Washington Senators club (1961),Houston Colt .45s / Astros (1962–65),and St. Louis Cardinals (1965–67). He was the first closer in the history of the Astros' franchise. He was also a member of the Cardinals' 1967 World Series Championship team. He was nicknamed "The Switchman" for his ability to "turn out the lights" on opposing batters.
George Howard Shaw was an American football quarterback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and one season in the rival American Football League (AFL). He was the first overall selection of the 1955 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts,for whom he started 17 consecutive games.
Albert Daniel Rechichar(Pronounced:"Rech-i-SHAR") was an American football defensive back,halfback,and kicker who captained the Tennessee Volunteers during their 1951 National Championship season. His performance over his last two seasons led Volunteers head coach Bob Neyland to proclaim Rechichar "probably the best all-around player in Tennessee football history."
The 1964 Houston Colt .45s season was the team's third season in Major League Baseball. It involved the Houston Colt .45s finishing in ninth place in the National League with a record of 66–96,27 games behind the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was their final season for the team at Colt Stadium before relocating their games to the Astrodome in 1965,along with the accompanying name change to the "Astros" for the '65 season.
The Houston Colt .45s' 1963 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished ninth in the National League with a record of 66–96,33 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1962 Houston Colt .45s were an expansion team in American Major League Baseball's National League,and 1962 was the first season in franchise history. Harry Craft was Houston's first manager. The .45s finished eighth among the National League's ten teams with a record of 64–96,36+1⁄2 games behind the league champion San Francisco Giants.
The 1963 Milwaukee Braves season was the 11th in Milwaukee and the 93rd overall season of the franchise.
Donald Stafford "Red" Kellett was the president and general manager of the Baltimore Colts franchise of the National Football League (NFL) from 1953 until 1966,during which time his teams won two NFL championships. Kellett is credited as the general manager who brought Pittsburgh Steelers cast-off Johnny Unitas from semi-professional sandlots to superstardom in the NFL.
Daniel Sebastian Friend was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago Colts of the National League from 1895 through 1898.
The Portland Colts were a minor league baseball team based in Portland,Oregon for five seasons in the Class B Northwestern League. The Colts served as an unofficial farm team for the Portland Beavers and the Cleveland Indians. The Colts and Beavers shared Vaughn Street Park. The franchise was established in 1909 by William Wallace McCredie,who was the owner of the Beavers and a sitting Congressman. The team was disbanded after their first season,with McCredie selling several players to the Beavers. McCredie originally said he did not want to run two teams,but changed his mind in 1911 when he placed a bid for a Northwestern League franchise. The league penalized McCredie with a US$1,000 re-entry fee and adopted new rules when it came to selling players from your team.
