Jason Scott Marquis is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves,St. Louis Cardinals,Chicago Cubs,Colorado Rockies,Washington Nationals,Arizona Diamondbacks,San Diego Padres,Minnesota Twins,and Cincinnati Reds. He also played for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic,serving as the team's ace.
Daniel John Haren is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haren played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Oakland Athletics,Arizona Diamondbacks,Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,Washington Nationals,Los Angeles Dodgers,Miami Marlins,and Chicago Cubs. He now serves as a pitching strategist with the Diamondbacks.
Matthew Christian Morris is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 through 2008,most notably as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals,where he was a two-time All-Star and led the National League in 2001 with 22 wins. After playing nine seasons with the Cardinals,he played his last three seasons with the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Michael Warren Scott is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball for both the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 1986,becoming the first Astros pitcher to win the award. Scott is part of a select group of pitchers that have thrown a no-hitter and struck out 300 batters in the same season.
William Charles Swift is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. Swift played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners,San Francisco Giants,and Colorado Rockies.
The 2002 Minnesota Twins season was the 42nd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota,their 21st season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 102nd overall in the American League. After nearly folding as part of the 2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan,and coming out of a second-place finish in the AL Central with a pitching staff with only two players with an ERA under 4.00,they still won their division and made it to the ALCS with the youngest team in the league,and with a new manager,Ron Gardenhire. The Twins had a solid first half of the season (45–36),but had a better second half (49–31),which led them to being the division champions. This was the Twins' last season with David Ortiz,as he left the Twins for the Red Sox after the 2002 season.
Dominic Joseph "Mike" Ryba was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of De Lancey,Pennsylvania,he attended Saint Francis University in Loretto,Pennsylvania. He was a right-hander and played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1935–38) and Boston Red Sox (1941–46). In 1946,at the age of 43,he was the second-oldest player to appear in an American League game that season.
Victor Garland Sorrell,nicknamed "Lawyer" and "the Philosopher",was an American Major League pitcher who played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. In 10 Major League seasons,Sorrell had a 92–101 record with a 4.43 career ERA. Sorrell also coached the North Carolina State University baseball team from 1946 to 1966.
The 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 112th for the franchise in Major League Baseball,and their 44th season in Los Angeles,California. It was the first season with Jim Tracy as manager,after serving as the bench coach the previous two seasons.
The Israel National Baseball Team represents Israel in international competitions. It is managed by Ian Kinsler.
Jeremy Bleich is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher who currently works as an advance scout and analyst for the Pittsburgh Pirates and pitches for Team Israel. He previously played for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Michael Raymond Leake is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds,San Francisco Giants,St. Louis Cardinals,Seattle Mariners,and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Michael John Belfiore is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles in 2013.
Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter (DH) for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime",he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Because of his elite contributions as a hitter and as a pitcher,a rarity as a two-way player,Ohtani's prime seasons have been considered among the greatest in baseball history,with some comparing them favorably to the early career of Babe Ruth.
Joshua Alexander Zeid is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He plays for Team Israel. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros.
Robert Harris Kaminsky is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Jonathan Solomon Moscot is an American-Israeli former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2015 and 2016,and who played internationally for Team Israel.
Dean Junior Kremer is an Israeli–American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2015,he became the first Israeli drafted by an MLB team. He made his MLB debut in September 2020.
Corey A. Baker is an Israeli-American former professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization,and a former video replay coordinator for the Minnesota Twins. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team.
Tyler Daschiel Herron was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher.
