The Frisco RoughRiders are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Based in Frisco,Texas,the team is named after the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish–American War,headed by future American President Theodore Roosevelt,nicknamed "The Rough Riders" by the American press. They play their home games at Riders Field,which opened in 2003 and seats 10,316 people.
The Daytona Tortugas are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. They are located in Daytona Beach,Florida,and play their home games at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Opened in 1914,the park seats 4,200 people.
Richard Alexander Ankiel is an American former professional baseball center fielder and pitcher. He spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals,but also played for the Kansas City Royals,Atlanta Braves,Washington Nationals,Houston Astros,and New York Mets.
Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul was an American professional baseball player and manager. Though he spent eleven seasons in Major League Baseball,most notably for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies,he is best known for his career in the Pacific Coast League,where he was a star player and a successful manager. His .349 career batting average is the sixth highest in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Michael Joseph Tiernan,nicknamed "Silent Mike",was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB),exclusively for the New York Giants,from 1887 to 1899.
Jeffrey Lee Russell is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played 14 years from 1983 to 1996. Russell played for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League and the Texas Rangers,Oakland A's,Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians,all of the American League. He began his career as a starting pitcher with the Reds and Rangers,but was later converted into a closer.
Edwin Hawley Dyer was an American left-handed pitcher,manager and farm system official in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1922 to 1944 and 1946–1950. In 1946,Dyer's first season at the helm of the Cardinals,the Redbirds defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in a thrilling National League season that featured the first postseason playoff in baseball history,then bested the favored Boston Red Sox in a seven-game World Series. He was the second rookie manager to win a World Series and first since Bucky Harris in 1924.
In baseball,a utility player or utility man is a player who has the ability to play more than one position in the field and is primarily used as a substitute. The term super utility player may be used to refer to a player who can play all or most positions,or a player who regularly appears in the starting lineup at different positions.
Melvin Joseph Queen was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1952,he played for the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in Maxwell,Pennsylvania,he batted and threw right-handed.
The 1995 Minnesota Twins seasonwas the 35th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota,their 14th season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 95th overall in the American League.
Otto C. Hess was a Swiss-born pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos/Cleveland Naps and Boston Braves (1912–15).
Lawrence Grant Twitchell was an American professional baseball player from 1886 to 1896. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball,primarily as an outfielder but occasionally as a pitcher,with seven different major league clubs. His best seasons were spent with the Detroit Wolverines from 1886 to 1888,the Cleveland Spiders in 1889,and the Louisville Colonels from 1893 to 1894.
George Edward "Stump" Weidman was an American professional baseball player from 1880 to 1893. He played nine years in Major League Baseball,principally as a pitcher and outfielder,for five different major league clubs. He appeared in 379 major league games,279 as a pitcher and 122 as an outfielder,and his longest stretches were with the Detroit Wolverines and the Kansas City Cowboys.
The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series.
Jerry Allen Walker was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,Kansas City Athletics,and Cleveland Indians between 1957 and 1964.
John Francis Coleman was an American professional baseball outfielder and pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Quakers,Philadelphia Athletics,and Pittsburgh Alleghenys from 1883 to 1890. Coleman holds the MLB single-season record for pitching losses,with 48.
Mark Allen Bradley is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder.
John Daniel Morris,is an American former professional baseball outfielder,who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Phillies,and California Angels.
Michael Lee Patterson is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Patterson played for the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees in 1981 and 1982. He batted left and threw right-handed.
Hugh Edward Canavan,nicknamed "Hugo",was a pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball.
