Benito Santiago Rivera is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played for 20 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2005,most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres where he was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner as well as a three-time Gold Glove Award winner. The five-time All-Star was considered the premier catcher in the National League (NL) during his tenure with the Padres. In 2015,Santiago was inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame.
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award,usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove or Golden Glove,is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL). The Gold Glove is widely considered one of the most prestigious defensive awards in baseball.
David Ray Roberts,nicknamed "Doc",is a Japanese-American professional baseball manager and former outfielder who is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for five MLB teams over a ten-year career and then coached for the San Diego Padres before being named Dodgers manager in 2016. Although he played for the Boston Red Sox for only part of one season,his most notable achievement as a player was a key stolen base in the 2004 American League Championship Series that extended the Red Sox's postseason,which culminated in a championship in the 2004 World Series. Roberts batted and threw left-handed.
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986,most notably as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974. He won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971.
John Joseph Murphy was an American All-Star right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who later became a front office executive in the game.
Daniel Francis Murphy was an American second baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1900 to 1915. He managed the Jersey City Skeeters in 1919.
The Florida Marlins' 2004 season was the 12th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2003,where they were the defending World Series champion,having won the World Series in six games against the New York Yankees. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played most of their home games at Pro Player Stadium. They played two against the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field due to Hurricane Ivan. The team started off 8–1,but then collapsed and finished with a record of 83–79,third in the National League East,and missed the playoffs.
The 1989 Oakland Athletics season saw the A's finish in first place in the American League West,with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses,seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals. Oakland dominated the American League,earning their second consecutive AL West title,as well as marking the second straight year in which they finished with the best record in all of baseball. A's pitcher Dave Stewart recorded his third straight season of earning 20 or more wins while Rickey Henderson put on a dazzling offensive performance in the postseason as he approached the prospects of landing a three million dollar contract for the following season. The team defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the ALCS,then swept their cross-Bay rivals,the San Francisco Giants,in an earthquake-marred World Series. The Athletics looked to be a future dynasty by the close of the 1989 season.
The 1992 Montreal Expos season was the 24th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a 87–75 record,good for second place in the National League East,9 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The 1977 Atlanta Braves season was the 107th season for the franchise and their 12th in Atlanta. The team finished in last place in the six-team National League West with a record of 61–101,37 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves hit a major league-leading seven grand slams.
Robert Clifford Speck is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves in its 1986 season. Listed at 6' 4",195 lb.,Speck batted and threw right handed. He was born in Portland,Oregon.
David Frederick Gerard,was an American professional baseball player,a right-handed pitcher whose career extended for ten seasons (1955–1964). A native of New York City,he grew up in Yardley,Pennsylvania. Gerard stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93.0 kg). He appeared in the Major Leagues in 39 games as a relief pitcher in 1962 for the Chicago Cubs.
The 1980 National League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1980 regular season,played between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers to decide the winner of the National League's (NL) West Division. The game was played on October 6,1980,at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles,California. It was necessary after the Dodgers overcame a three-game deficit in the final three games of the season and both teams finished with identical win–loss records of 92–70. The Dodgers won a coin flip late in the season which,by rule at the time,awarded them home field for the game.
William Henry "Yale" Murphy was an American baseball player and coach of American football and baseball. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants. Murphy served as the head baseball coach at Stanford University (1900–1901),Columbia University (1902),and the United States Naval Academy (1905),compiling a career college baseball record of 24–27–1. He was also the head football coach at Fordham University in 1902,tallying a mark of 2–4–1.
The Brooklyn Ward's Wonders were a professional baseball team based in Brooklyn,New York,that played in the Players' League for one season in 1890. The franchise used Eastern Park as their home field. During their only season in existence,the team finished second in the PL with a record of 76-56.
The Northwest League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual award given to the best player in Minor League Baseball's Northwest League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers. League broadcasters,Minor League Baseball executives,and members of the media have previously voted as well. Though the league was established in 1955,the award was not created until 1981. After the cancellation of the 2020 season,the league was known as the High-A West in 2021 before reverting to the Northwest League name in 2022.
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