Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization. One of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada,MLB comprises 30 teams,divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL),with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. Formed in 1876 and 1901,respectively,the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903,making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world. They remained legally separate entities until 2000,when they merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.
Joseph Chris Carter is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs,Cleveland Indians,San Diego Padres,Toronto Blue Jays,Baltimore Orioles,and San Francisco Giants. Carter hit a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Blue Jays,their second consecutive championship. Carter is one of only two players to end a World Series with a home run,the other being Bill Mazeroski.
Larry Kenneth Robert Walker is a Canadian former professional baseball right fielder. During his 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career,he played with the Montreal Expos,Colorado Rockies,and St. Louis Cardinals. In 1997,he became the only player in major league history to register both a .700 slugging percentage (SLG) and 30 stolen bases in the same season,on his way to winning the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). The first player in more than 60 years to record a batting average of .360 in three consecutive seasons from 1997 to 1999,Walker also won three NL batting championships. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2007,and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2009,and was named the 13th-greatest sporting figure from Canada by Sports Illustrated in 1999. In 2020,he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
David Keith Stewart,nicknamed "Smoke",is an American professional baseball executive,pitching coach,sports agent,and former starting pitcher. The Los Angeles Dodgers' 16th-round selection in the 1975 MLB draft,Stewart's MLB playing career spanned from 1978 through 1995,winning three World Series championships all with different clubs while compiling a career 3.95 earned run average (ERA) and a 168–129 won–lost record,including winning 20 games in four consecutive seasons. He pitched for the Dodgers,Texas Rangers,Philadelphia Phillies,Oakland Athletics,and Toronto Blue Jays.
Kevin Ronald Nicholson is a Canadian former professional baseball shortstop. He played part of the 2000 season for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball,and for the Canadian Olympic baseball team in 2004.
Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world.
Jason Raymond Bay is a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder. Bay played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres,Pittsburgh Pirates,Boston Red Sox,New York Mets and Seattle Mariners.
The Stratton Story is a 1949 American biographical film directed by Sam Wood that tells the true story of Monty Stratton,a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934 to 1938. The film is the first of three to pair stars Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson,followed by The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air Command. Stratton commented that Stewart "did a great job of playing me,in a picture which I figure was about as true to life as they could make it."
The injured reserve list is a designation used in North American professional sports leagues for athletes who suffer injuries and become unable to play. The exact name of the list varies by league;it is known as "injured reserve" in the National Football League (NFL) and National Hockey League (NHL),the "injured list" in the Canadian Football League (CFL),and the injured list in Major League Baseball (MLB). The National Basketball Association (NBA) does not have a direct analog to an injured reserve list,instead using a more general-purpose "inactive list" that does not require a player to be injured.
Samuel Lee Stewart was an American professional baseball player. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1978 to 1987. Stewart had the best earned run average (ERA) in the American League (AL) in 1981 and he pitched in the postseason in 1979 and 1983. He won the American League championship in 1979 and the World Series championship in 1983,both with the Baltimore Orioles. He became addicted to crack after he retired from baseball;this led to a prison term that ran from 2006 to 2013.
George Earl "Storm" Davis is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1982 to 1994. He is a two-time World Series champion.
Baseball in Canada dates back to the 19th century,and is played at various levels of competition throughout the country. There is currently one Major League Baseball (MLB) team,the Toronto Blue Jays,founded in 1977. Canada's first MLB team,the Montreal Expos,formed in 1969 and relocated to Washington,D.C.,in 2005.
The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th 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 11,1989,at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim,California,the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game is noted for being the first in All-Star Game history to include the designated hitter. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5–3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field. Jackson was named the game's MVP. The game also featured former U.S. President and former baseball announcer Ronald Reagan sharing the NBC broadcast booth with Vin Scully for the first inning.
Arthur Stewart was an American baseball front-office executive and scout. He began his Major League Baseball (MLB) scouting career with the New York Yankees in 1953. He later joined the Kansas City Royals in 1969,becoming its scouting director in 1984,before serving as senior advisor to the general manager from 1997 until his death.
Michael Thomas Fiore is an American amateur and professional baseball player. An outfielder,first baseman,third baseman,and designated hitter,he batted from the right side and threw with his right hand.
Kohl Robert Stewart is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs. He was the fourth overall selection in the 2013 MLB draft.
Demetrius Jerome Stewart is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles. Stewart played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles.
Christin Gaylin Harris Stewart is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He played college baseball for the University of Tennessee,and has previously played for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. The Tigers drafted him in the 34th overall in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. Baseball America wrote that he has a "physical frame and produces above-average bat speed (that) combined with the natural leverage in his swing,translates into plus raw power".
Scott Carter Stewart is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Sal Maxwell Stewart is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
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