Charles Gardner Radbourn,nicknamed "Old Hoss",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for Buffalo (1880),Providence (1881–1885),Boston (1886–1889),Boston (1890),and Cincinnati (1891).
The St. Louis Brown Stockings were a professional baseball club based in St. Louis,Missouri,from 1875 to 1877,which competed on the cusps of the existences of two all-professional leagues—the National Association (NA) and the National League (NL). The team is the forerunner of,but not directly connected with,the current St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team. After the conclusion of the 1877 season,a game-fixing scandal involving two players the Brown Stockings had acquired led the team to resign its membership in the NL. The club then declared bankruptcy and folded.
William Henry "Harry" Wright was an American professional baseball player,manager,and developer. He assembled,managed,and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team,the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. He is credited with introducing innovations such as backing up infield plays from the outfield and shifting defensive alignments based on hitters' tendencies. For his contributions as a manager and developer of the game,he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 by the Veterans Committee.
Santos Alomar Velázquez,known as Sandy Alomar Jr.,is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher between 1988 and 2007,most notably as a member of the Cleveland Indians where he was a six-time All-Star player and won two American League pennants. Alomar was inducted into the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame in 2009.
William Henry White was an American baseball pitcher and manager from 1875 to 1889. He played all or parts of 10 seasons in Major League Baseball,primarily for the Cincinnati Reds in the National League (1878–1879) and the Cincinnati Red Stockings in the American Association (1882–1886). He had three 40-win,and one 40-loss,seasons in Cincinnati. During the 1882 and 1883 seasons,he led the American Association in wins,compiling an 83–34 win–loss record and a 1.84 earned run average (ERA).
Arthur Albert Irwin,nicknamed "Doc","Sandy","Cutrate" or "Foxy",was a Canadian-American shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the late nineteenth century. He played regularly in the major leagues for eleven years,spending two of those seasons as a player-manager. He played on the 1884 Providence Grays team which won the first interleague series to decide the world champions of baseball. Irwin then served as a major league manager for several years.
William Edward Donovan,nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "Smiling Bill",was an American right-handed baseball pitcher and manager.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1885 throughout the world.
Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo is an American former professional baseball infielder and coach who is the current manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB),appointed November 4,2016.
James McCormick was a Scottish right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. A native of Glasgow,he was the first ballplayer born in Scotland to appear in a major league game.
John Edward Farrell is an American former baseball pitcher,coach,and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his eight-season playing career,Farrell was a member of the Cleveland Indians,California Angels,and Detroit Tigers. He was the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 to 2010,before serving as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays from 2011 to 2012. He returned to the Red Sox as their manager in 2013,winning the World Series with them in his first year,and led the team until 2017. Since 2018,he has held a scouting position with the Cincinnati Reds.
William Aloysius "Blondie" Purcell was an American Major League Baseball player born in Paterson,New Jersey. He played for nine different major league teams from 1879 to 1890. Purcell played mainly as an outfielder,and he was also a pitcher in 79 games.
The 1981 Seattle Mariners season was their fifth since the franchise creation,and were sixth in the American League West at 44–65 (.404). Due to the 1981 player's strike,the season was split in half,with pre-strike and post-strike results. The Mariners were sixth in the division in the first half at 21–36 (.368),and fifth in the second half at 23–29 (.442). The strike began on June 12 and regular season play resumed on August 10.
John Joseph "Pa" Harkins was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player who pitched for three teams in his five season career that lasted from 1884 to 1888.
Emil Michael Gross,was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1877 to 1884. He played five years in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Providence Grays (1879–1881),Philadelphia Quakers (1883),and Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies (1884).
Anthony John DeFrancesco is an American professional baseball coach.
William Michael Crowley was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly as an outfielder from 1875 to 1885. He played for the Philadelphia White Stockings,Louisville Grays,Buffalo Bisons,Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters,Philadelphia Athletics,and Cleveland Blues.
The 2011 Major League Baseball season began on Thursday,March 31,and ended on Wednesday,September 28. This marked the first time a season began on a Thursday since 1976,and the first time a regular season ended on a Wednesday since 1990. The 82nd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chase Field in Phoenix,Arizona,on July 12 with the National League defeating the American League for the second straight year,by a score of 5–1. As had been the case since 2003,the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series. Accordingly,the World Series began on October 19,and ended on October 28,with the St. Louis Cardinals winning in seven games over the Texas Rangers.
John Montgomery Ward,also known as Monte Ward,was an American Major League Baseball pitcher,shortstop,second baseman,third baseman,manager,executive,union organizer,owner and author. Ward,of English descent,was born in Bellefonte,Pennsylvania and grew up in Renovo,Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league,the Players' League.
