Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford,nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He was a 10-time All-Star and six-time World Series champion. In 1961,he won both the Cy Young Award and World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Ford led the American League (AL) in wins three times and in earned run average twice. He is the Yankees franchise leader in career wins (236),shutouts (45),innings pitched,and games started by a pitcher. Ford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
William Robert Allison was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),with the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins.
Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez,nicknamed "Zorro",was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball,most notably for the Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators. He was the catalyst who led the 1965 Twins to their first World Series after moving from Washington to Minnesota. The same year he also won the American League Most Valuable Player award.
Wilmer Dean Chance was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher,he played in 11 Major League Baseball seasons for the Los Angeles / California Angels,Minnesota Twins,Cleveland Indians,New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. With a touch of wildness and the habit of never looking at home plate once he received the sign from his catcher,Chance would turn his back fully towards the hitter in mid-windup before spinning and unleashing a good fastball,sinker or sidearm curveball.
John Francis Kralick was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year career that included stints with the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians. During that time,he earned 67 wins and 65 losses,accumulating a record of 668 strikeouts,with an ERA of 3.56 in 125 games and 1,218 innings pitched.
The 1961 Minnesota Twins season was the 61st in franchise history and its first in Minneapolis–Saint Paul after it transferred from Washington following a six-decade tenure in late October 1960. The maiden edition of the Twins finished 1961 with a record of 70–90,good for seventh place in the American League,which had expanded from eight to ten teams during the 1960–61 offseason. The Twins played their home games at Metropolitan Stadium,where they set a franchise record for home attendance.
The 1962 Minnesota Twins improved to 91–71,finishing second in the American League,five games short of the World Champion New York Yankees. 1,433,116 fans attended Twins games,the second highest total in the American League.
The 1964 New York Yankees season was the 62nd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 99–63,winning their 29th pennant,finishing 1 game ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series,they were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. It would also be their last postseason appearance until 1976.
The 1965 New York Yankees season was the 63rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 77–85,finishing 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Johnny Keane.
The 1961 Washington Senators season was the team's inaugural season,having been established as a replacement for the previous franchise of the same name,which relocated to the Twin Cities of Minnesota following the 1960 season,becoming the Minnesota Twins. The Senators finished in a tie for ninth place in the ten-team American League with a record of 61–100,47+1⁄2 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. It was also the team's only season at Griffith Stadium before moving its games to D.C. Stadium for the following season. The expansion team drew 597,287 fans,tenth and last in the circuit. The old Senators had drawn 743,404 fans in 1960.
The 1961 Detroit Tigers won 101 games but finished in second place,eight games behind the Yankees. The team's 1961 record tied the 1934 Tigers team record of 101 wins,and only twice in team history have the Tigers won more games:1968 and 1984.
The 1965 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 14,1965. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins were the regular season champions of the National League and American League,respectively. The Dodgers then defeated the Twins in the World Series,four games to three.
The 1960 Major League Baseball season was played from April 12 to October 13,1960. It was the final season contested by 16 clubs and the final season that a 154-game schedule was played in both the American League and the National League. The AL began using the 162-game schedule the following season,with the NL following suit in 1962.
The 1961 Major League Baseball season was played from April 10 to October 12,1961. That season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the World Series. The season is best known for Yankee teammates Roger Maris' and Mickey Mantle's pursuit of Babe Ruth's prestigious 34-year-old single-season home run record of 60. Maris ultimately broke the record when he hit his 61st home run on the final day of the regular season,while Mantle was forced out of the lineup in late September due to a hip infection and finished with 54 home runs.
James Ivan Roland was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins,Oakland Athletics,New York Yankees,and Texas Rangers.
Joseph Charles Grzenda was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight seasons for the Detroit Tigers,Kansas City Athletics,New York Mets,Minnesota Twins,Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals. Born in Scranton,Pennsylvania,he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). His professional career lasted for 20 seasons (1955–1974) and included 492 appearances in the minor leagues.
Joseph Michael Verbanic is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher,who appeared in 92 career games in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 1966 Philadelphia Phillies and the 1967–1968 and 1970 New York Yankees. He was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 155 pounds (70 kg).
The 2010 Minnesota Twins season was the 50th season for the franchise in Minnesota,and the 110th overall in the American League.
Joseph Fred McClain is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher,who played for the Washington Senators in 1961–1962. McClain had the first victory in the history of the expansion franchise,which is now the Texas Rangers.
Dagoberto Cueto Concepción was a Cuban-born professional baseball player. The native of San Luis,Pinar del Río,was a right-handed pitcher whose nine-year career included seven games pitched in Major League Baseball for the 1961 Minnesota Twins. He was listed as a lanky 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg).
