Douglas Dean Drabek is an American professional baseball pitcher and coach. He is the pitching coach for the Reno Aces,the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the New York Yankees,Pittsburgh Pirates,Houston Astros,Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles between 1986 and 1998. Drabek batted and threw right-handed. Known for his fluid pitching motion and sound mechanics,he won the National League Cy Young Award in 1990. Drabek was an MLB All-Star in 1994.
Danny Wayne Darwin,known as the "Bonham Bullet" and "Dr. Death",is an American professional baseball pitcher and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers,Milwaukee Brewers,Houston Astros,Boston Red Sox,Toronto Blue Jays,Pittsburgh Pirates,Chicago White Sox,and San Francisco Giants,from 1978 through 1998. Over his MLB career,he amassed 171 wins and 182 losses,with a 3.84 earned run average (ERA).
The following are the baseball events of the year 1973 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1959 throughout the world.
Rufus James Marshall is an American former professional baseball player,manager and coach. He spent five full years in Major League Baseball as a first baseman,outfielder and pinch hitter for five teams from 1958 through 1962. Then he played in Japan from 1963 to 1965. After his playing career,Marshall managed the Chicago Cubs (1974–76) and the Oakland Athletics (1979) but never enjoyed a winning season in either post. His career big-league managing record was 229–326 (.413) and his 1979 A's squad lost 108 of 162 games (.333).
William Henry Robinson,Jr. was an American professional baseball outfielder,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1966 to 1983,for several teams. He also played some first and third base. Robinson batted and threw right-handed.
Delwyn Rudy Young is an American former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He is currently the hitting coach for the Fredericksburg Nationals.
Vance Aaron Law is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1980–81),Chicago White Sox (1982–84),Montreal Expos (1985–87),Chicago Cubs (1988–89),and Oakland Athletics (1991). He also played one season in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons in 1990. Law batted and threw right-handed. He is the son of Cy Young Award winner Vern Law. He served as head baseball coach at Brigham Young University from 2000 to 2012.
Herold Dominic "Muddy" Ruel was an American professional baseball player,coach,manager and general manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1934. One of the top defensive catchers of his era,Ruel was notable for being the personal catcher for Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher,Walter Johnson and for scoring the winning run for the Washington Senators in Game 7 of the 1924 World Series. He also played for the St. Louis Browns,New York Yankees,Boston Red Sox,Detroit Tigers,and the Chicago White Sox during a career that lasted 19 seasons. After his playing career,Ruel served as a coach and a baseball executive.
Brian Shawn Myrow is former American baseball player.
Carlos Luis Maldonado is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher and current professional baseball coach in the Texas Rangers organization. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals.
Michael Ken-Wai Lum is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves,Cincinnati Reds,and Chicago Cubs,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales. Lum became the first American of Japanese ancestry to play in MLB. He currently serves as the hitting coach with the GCL Pirates.
Joshua Dean Fields is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals,and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants.
Richard Avina Renteria is a Mexican-American former professional baseball infielder and former manager of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Renteria played in parts of five seasons between 1986 and 1994 with the Pittsburgh Pirates,Seattle Mariners,and Florida Marlins. He then coached and managed in the Marlins organization until 2001,and in the San Diego Padres organization until 2013. He was the manager of the Chicago Cubs in 2014. Renteria was also the bench coach for the Chicago White Sox in 2016.
Daniel Ross Moskos is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011,and is currently the assistant pitching coach for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Ellis Ferguson "Cot" Deal was a pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m),185 lb (84 kg),Deal was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. A native of Arapaho,Oklahoma,he grew up in Oklahoma City and was nicknamed "Cot" for his cotton-top hair color.
Richard Daniel Sauveur is an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He is the pitching coach for the Arizona League Diamondbacks. He played in Major League Baseball across six seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Montreal Expos,New York Mets,Kansas City Royals,Chicago White Sox,and Oakland Athletics.
Boyd Gail Harris Jr. was an American professional baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) during all or part of six seasons between 1955 and 1960. In 1958,Harris hit a career high 20 home runs with the Tigers. Harris batted and threw left-handed and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg).
Ronald Richard Schueler is an American former professional baseball pitcher,pitching coach,executive and scout. Over the course of his eight-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB),Schueler played for the Atlanta Braves,Philadelphia Phillies,Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox.
Alen Rery Hanson Michel is a Dominican professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. A second baseman and outfielder,Hanson made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 17,2016,and has also played for the Chicago White Sox,San Francisco Giants,and Toronto Blue Jays and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
