The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. The award has been presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) since 1931.
Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr.,nicknamed "Yaz",is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He started his career primarily as a left fielder,but also played 33 games as a third baseman. Later in his career,he was mainly a first baseman and designated hitter.
In baseball,a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average,home runs,and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins,strikeouts,and earned run average (ERA).
The Union Association was an American professional baseball league which competed with Major League Baseball,lasting for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season.
Edgar Edward Cuthbert was an American professional baseball outfielder.
Albert Wright Atkinson was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played three seasons;one in the Union Association and parts of three seasons in the American Association. He became the first player to desert his existing contract to jump over to the Union Association. He is one of the few pitchers in Major League history to throw two no-hitters.
William J. Sweeney was a professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Providence Grays (1881),Philadelphia Athletics (1882),and Baltimore Monumentals (1884). In 1884,he won 40 games for Baltimore,leading the Union Association in wins (40),complete games (58),and innings pitched (538).
Charles Anthony "Tony" Suck,Born:Charles Anthony Zuck was an American Major League Baseball player from Chicago,Illinois,who mainly played catcher for three teams over the span of two seasons. He debuted for the 1883 Buffalo Bisons of the National League. He only played in two games,and had no base hits in seven at-bats. Tony then played the next season in the short-lived Union Association in 1884,splitting the season between the Baltimore Monumentals and the Chicago Browns.
Zachary Taylor Shafer was a Major League Baseball player in the 19th century.
Edward L. Fusselback,was a professional baseball player who played pitcher and catcher in the Major Leagues from 1882 to 1888. He would play for the St. Louis Browns,Baltimore Monumentals,Philadelphia Athletics,and Louisville Colonels. Fusselback was the only player in the American Association to record a save in 1882. Fusselback died after shooting himself,three weeks after his brother William D. Fusselback Jr. killed himself.
The 1982 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. The Orioles finished second in the American League East to the eventual AL Champions Milwaukee Brewers. They finished with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses. For the second consecutive season,the Orioles recorded the most grand slams in MLB,hitting eight in 1982. This was long time Oriole manager and future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver's last season managing the Orioles until he returned to manage them from 1985 to 1986.
The 1994 Oakland Athletics' season was the team's 27th season in Oakland,California. It was also the 94th season in franchise history. The team finished second in the American League West with a record of 51–63.
Baseball Reference is a baseball statistics database maintained by Sports Reference. The site provides career statistics for Major League Baseball (MLB) players and teams as well as records,MLB draft history,and sabermetrics.
John Emmett Seery was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Baltimore Monumentals,Kansas City Cowboys,St. Louis Maroons,Indianapolis Hoosiers,Brooklyn Ward's Wonders,Cincinnati Kelly's Killers,and Louisville Colonels from 1884 to 1892. His first six teams ended their existence in a season in which he played for them. In 916 career Major League games,Seery batted .252 with 893 hits. He was 5 feet,7 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds.
Louis I. Say was an American professional baseball player who played in seven seasons for the Baltimore Marylands,Baltimore Canaries and Washington Nationals of the National Association,the Cincinnati Reds of the National League,Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles of the American Association,the Baltimore Monumentals and the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in the early days of Major League Baseball. He was born in Baltimore,Maryland and died in Fallston,Maryland at the age of 76. He was the brother of Jimmy Say.
William J. Tierney was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association and the 1884 Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association.
Henry William Morgan was a professional baseball player in the Major Leagues. He was a catcher and outfielder for the 1884 Richmond Virginians and Baltimore Monumentals.
James Dickson Phelan was an American professional baseball player who played second baseman in the Major Leagues in 1884–1885 for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association and the Buffalo Bisons and St. Louis Maroons of the National League. He remained active in the minor leagues through 1899.
Joseph Stanley was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues in 1884 for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association. He played in six games for the Monumentals and recorded five hits in 21 at-bats.
