Elieser Marrero,is a former Major League Baseball player. Marrero started his career as a catcher,but spent time at first base,third base and in the outfield.
Brent Danem Mayne is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1990 to 2004 for the Kansas City Royals,New York Mets,Oakland Athletics,San Francisco Giants,Colorado Rockies,Arizona Diamondbacks,and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Andrew James Van Slyke is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder.
Forrest Harrill "Smoky" Burgess was an American professional baseball catcher,pinch hitter,coach,and scout,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1949 to 1967. A nine-time All-Star,Burgess became known,later in his career,for his abilities as an elite pinch hitter,setting the MLB career record for career pinch-hits with 145. He stood 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall,weighing 188 pounds (85 kg). Burgess batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
David Wade Ross is an American former professional baseball catcher who is the current manager for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1982 throughout the world.
Henry Eugene Garber is an American former professional baseball sidearm relief pitcher who played for four Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations from 1969 to 1988.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
Osvaldo JoséVirgil Pichardo is a former professional baseball player and coach who was the first Dominican to play in Major League Baseball. He was a utilityman who played in MLB between 1956 and 1969 for the New York / San Francisco Giants,Detroit Tigers,Kansas City Athletics (1961),Baltimore Orioles (1962),and Pittsburgh Pirates (1965). Basically a third baseman,Virgil played all positions except pitcher and center field. He batted and threw right-handed,was 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 174 pounds (79 kg).
Thomas Albert Prince is an American former professional baseball player,and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1987 to 2003. Although Prince didn't produce impressive offensive statistics,he excelled defensively as a catcher which enabled him to sustain a seventeen-year playing career with several major league teams.
Tony Francisco Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Peña played shortstop until the 2009 season,when he converted to pitching.
Travis Adrian Chapman is an American former professional baseball third baseman,who played one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2003.
The 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in fourth place in the new National League Western Division,eight games behind the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers' record for 1969 was 85–77,which was nine wins better than 1968.
Jack Hatfield Smith was an American professional baseball player. The native of Pikeville,Kentucky,was a right-handed pitcher who worked in 34 Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves between 1962 and 1964. He was listed as 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).
Robert Scott Reece is an American former professional baseball player. A catcher,he was a graduate of Stanford University and spent nine seasons in the minor league system of the Montreal Expos —playing in nine games in the Major Leagues for Montreal at the beginning and the end of the 1978 season. He threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
The 1978 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their second consecutive World Series,and 22nd overall,in a rematch of the prior season's Fall Classic. The Yankees overcame clubhouse turmoil,a mid-season managerial change,and a 14-game mid-July deficit in the American League East en route to the championship. All four teams that made the playoffs in 1977 returned for this postseason;none of the four returned to the postseason in 1979.
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.
A phantom ballplayer is either a baseball player who is incorrectly listed in source materials as playing in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game,often the result of typographical or clerical errors,or a player who spent time on an MLB active roster without ever appearing in an MLB contest during his career. Most of the first form of phantom players date from the 19th or early 20th century,with at least one showing up as late as World War II.
Eric Joseph Fryer is an American former professional baseball catcher. Also known by his nick name "Soulja Boy". He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Minnesota Twins,and St. Louis Cardinals. A product of Ohio State University,the Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the ninth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft.
The Slide was a baseball play that occurred in Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series (NLCS) on October 14,1992,at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta,Georgia. In 1992,the Atlanta Braves returned to the NLCS and once again defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games,culminating in a dramatic game seven win. Francisco Cabrera's two-out single that scored David Justice and Sid Bream capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave the Braves a 3–2 victory. It was the first time in post-season history that the tying and winning runs had scored on a single play in the ninth inning. This marked the end of the three-year divisional championship run of the Pittsburgh Pirates,who after the 1992 season lost Barry Bonds,Doug Drabek,and other key players from those championship teams. The Pirates did not have another winning season until 2013.
