The following are the baseball events of the year 2001 throughout the world.
The Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) is a Canadian Semi-Professional baseball league,comprising teams of college players and former professionals from North America and beyond. The teams are located in Southern Ontario.
The St. Cloud Rox are a baseball team that play in the Northwoods League,a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at the Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud,Minnesota.
Wayne Lee Twitchell was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.
Below are lists of Rule 5 draft results since 1997. Players selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) phase of the Rule 5 draft must be kept on their new team's active roster for the entire following MLB season,or they are placed on waivers and offered back to their original team if not claimed. Players chosen in the Minor League Baseball phase(s) of the Rule 5 draft remain with their new organization without restrictions.
The 1991 Major League Baseball season saw the Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves for the World Series title,in a series where every game was won by the home team.
The 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 56th playing of the game,annually played between the All-Stars of the National League and the All-Stars of the American League. The game was played on July 16,1985,in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis,Minnesota,home of the Minnesota Twins.
The 1970 Major League Baseball season:The Seattle Pilots relocated to Milwaukee and became the Brewers,thus returning Major League Baseball to Wisconsin for the first time since the relocation of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta following the 1965 season. Major League Baseball returned to Seattle in 1977,when the Mariners began play.
The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in NCAA Division I college baseball.
The 1976 Major League Baseball season ended with the Cincinnati Reds winning their second consecutive World Series championship.
The 1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 55th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL),the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 10,1984,at Candlestick Park in San Francisco,home of the San Francisco Giants of the National League. The game resulted in a 3–1 victory for the NL.
Baseball Talk was a set of 164 "talking" baseball cards that were released by Topps and the LJN Corporation during the spring of 1989. Each card featured a plastic disk affixed to the back of an oversized baseball card. When placed in the SportsTalk player the cards would play two to three minutes of recorded audio. The player retailed for $24.99 and was labeled for ages six and up. It required four AA alkaline batteries to operate.
The 1992 Major League Baseball draft took place on June 1,1992,through a conference call involving all 28 MLB teams of the time. Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton was the first overall selection,chosen by the Houston Astros. Derek Jeter,selected for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2020,was selected by the New York Yankees with the sixth selection. In addition to Nevin,Paul Shuey,B. J. Wallace,Jeffrey Hammonds,and Chad Mottola were selected ahead of Jeter.
The 1994 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1994. The draft saw the New York Mets select Paul Wilson first overall.
The Iowa Hawkeyes baseball program represents the University of Iowa in college baseball. The program started in 1890. It is a member of the Big Ten Conference and is the only NCAA Division I baseball program in the state of Iowa.
Bally Sports San Diego is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between Diamond Sports Group,and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. Prior to the team parting ways with the network in 2023,the San Diego Padres owned a 20% stake. It was launched on March 17,2012.
