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In Major League Baseball,the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to two outstanding rookie players,one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL),as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA,which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946. The award became national in 1947;Jackie Robinson,the Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman,won the inaugural award. One award was presented for all of MLB in 1947 and 1948;since 1949,the honor has been given to one player each in the NL and AL. Originally,the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award,named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s. The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987,40 years after Robinson broke the baseball color line.
In Major League Baseball (MLB),the 30–30 club is the group of batters who have collected thirty home runs and thirty stolen bases in a single season. Ken Williams was the first to achieve this,doing so in 1922. He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30–30 seasons in 1956 and 1957. Bobby Bonds became the club's fourth member in 1969 and became the first player in MLB history to reach the 30–30 club on three occasions and ultimately on five occasions,subsequently achieving the milestone in 1973,1975,1977 and 1978. He remained the only player to accomplish this until 1997,when his son Barry Bonds achieved his fifth 30–30 season. The most recent player to reach the milestone is Bobby Witt Jr.,who achieved the feat during the 2023 season.
In Major League Baseball (MLB),the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. There are twenty-eight players who are members of the 500 home run club. Seven 500 home run club members—Hank Aaron,Willie Mays,Eddie Murray,Rafael Palmeiro,Albert Pujols,Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 3,000 hit club.
In Major League Baseball (MLB),the 3,000 strikeout club is the group of 19 pitchers who have struck out 3,000 or more batters in their careers. Walter Johnson became the first member in 1923,and was the only one until Bob Gibson joined in 1974. The most recent addition is Max Scherzer,who joined on September 12,2021. The group includes three left-handed pitchers:CC Sabathia,Steve Carlton,and Randy Johnson. Randy Johnson reached the mark with the fewest games pitched and innings pitched. The Minnesota Twins were the first of four franchises to see multiple pitchers record their 3,000th strikeout:Walter Johnson in 1923 and Bert Blyleven in 1986. The other teams with multiple members are the Chicago Cubs,the New York Yankees,and the Houston Astros. César Gerónimo is the only player struck out by two pitchers for their 3,000th strikeout:Gibson in 1974 and Ryan in 1980. Ten 3,000-strikeout pitchers are also members of the 300-win club. Seven members were named to the All-Century Team,a list of MLB's best 100 players;fans later elected four of them as starters. Thirteen members of the club also won a Cy Young Award in their careers.
In Major League Baseball,the 300-win club is the group of pitchers who have won 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include Bobby Mathews who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were established in 1871. The San Francisco Giants are the only franchise to see four players reach 300 wins while on their roster:Tim Keefe in the Players' League,Christy Mathewson and Mickey Welch while the team was in New York,and most recently Randy Johnson. Early in the history of professional baseball,many of the rules favored the pitcher over the batter;the distance pitchers threw to home plate was shorter than today,and pitchers were able to use foreign substances to alter the direction of the ball. Moreover,pitchers started games far more frequently than modern pitchers do;in the second half of the 1884 season Old Hoss Radbourn started every other game. The first player to win 300 games was Pud Galvin in 1888. Seven pitchers recorded all or the majority of their career wins in the 19th century:Galvin,Cy Young,Kid Nichols,Keefe,John Clarkson,Charles Radbourn,and Welch. Four more pitchers joined the club in the first quarter of the 20th century:Mathewson,Walter Johnson,Eddie Plank,and Grover Cleveland Alexander. Young is the all-time leader in wins with 511,a mark that is considered unbreakable. If a modern-day pitcher won 20 games per season for 25 seasons,he would still be 11 games short of Young's mark.
The 2005 Boston Red Sox season was the 105th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95–67,the same record as the New York Yankees. The Yankees were deemed the division winner,due to their 10–9 head-to-head record against the Red Sox during the regular season. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card,but were swept by the American League Central champion Chicago White Sox in the ALDS.
The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig,both on the field and off it. The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in honor of Gehrig,who was a member of the fraternity at Columbia University. It was first presented in 1955,fourteen years after Gehrig's death. The award's purpose is to recognize a player's exemplary contributions in "both his community and philanthropy." The bestowal of the award is overseen by the headquarters of the Phi Delta Theta in Oxford,Ohio,and the name of each winner is inscribed onto the Lou Gehrig Award plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,New York. It is the only MLB award conferred by a fraternity.
Milton Edward Graff was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born on Tuesday,December 30,1930 in Jefferson Center,Pennsylvania. He was listed at a height of 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and a weight of 158 pounds. Graff attended Butler Senior High School and then attended Pennsylvania State University and Lycoming College. At Lycoming,he got a degree in accounting. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
In Major League Baseball (MLB),the 300 save club is the group of pitchers who have recorded 300 or more regular-season saves in their careers. Most commonly a relief pitcher earns a save by being the final pitcher of a game in which his team is winning by three or fewer runs and pitching at least one inning without losing the lead. The final pitcher of a game can earn a save by getting at least one batter out to end the game with the winning run on base,at bat,or on deck,or by pitching the last three innings without relinquishing the lead,regardless of score. The statistic was created by Jerome Holtzman in 1959 to "measure the effectiveness of relief pitchers" and was adopted as an official statistic by MLB in 1969. The save has been retroactively measured for past pitchers where applicable. Hoyt Wilhelm retired in 1972 and recorded just 31 saves from 1969 onwards,for example,but holds 228 total career saves.
The Seattle Mariners' 2000 season was the franchise's 24th,and ended in the American League Championship Series,falling to the New York Yankees in six games.
The 1957 Kansas City Athletics season,the third for the team in Kansas City and the 57th in MLB,involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses,38½games behind the American League Champion New York Yankees. The club drew 901,067 spectators,sixth in the league.
The 1997 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds' MLB season in the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Ray Knight and then Jack McKeon.
Todd Michael Erdos is an American former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres,New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in a span of six seasons from 1997 to 2001. Listed at 6' 1",205 lb.,Erdos batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Washington,Pennsylvania.
The 2002 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 120th season in the history of the franchise. The team failed to improve upon their 86-76 record from the previous season. However,this would be their last losing season until 2013.
The Shamokin Maroons were a minor league baseball team based in Shamokin,Pennsylvania. In 1887 and 1888,the Maroons played exclusively as members of the independent Central Pennsylvania League,winning the 1887 league championship before folding during the 1888 season.
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