Frank Oliver Howard,nicknamed "Hondo","the Washington Monument" and "the Capital Punisher",was an American professional baseball player,coach,and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators/Texas Rangers franchises. One of the most physically intimidating players in the sport,Howard was 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and weighed between 275 and 295 pounds,according to former Senators/Rangers trainer Bill Zeigler.
Michael Stanley Myers is an American former professional left-handed relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2007.
Allan Fulton Worthington,nicknamed "Red",is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York / San Francisco Giants,Boston Red Sox (1960),Chicago White Sox (1960),Cincinnati Reds (1963–64) and Minnesota Twins (1965–69). Worthington batted and threw right-handed.
Philip Ramond Regan is an American former professional baseball pitcher,scout,and manager,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers,Los Angeles Dodgers,Chicago Cubs,and Chicago White Sox;he also managed the Baltimore Orioles. Regan served as the pitching coach for the New York Mets for part of the 2019 season.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1989 throughout the world.
Matthew Jason Anderson is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher. The first overall pick in the 1997 MLB Draft,he played for the Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies between 1998 and 2005.
Jack Gerard Taschner is a former left-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants,Philadelphia Phillies,Pittsburgh Pirates,and Los Angeles Dodgers. In his major league career (2005–2010),he won 10 games and struck out 160 batters in 189 innings.
Thomas Virgil Sturdivant,nicknamed "Snake",was an American pitcher who played for the New York Yankees,Kansas City Athletics,Boston Red Sox,Washington Senators,Pittsburgh Pirates,Detroit Tigers,and New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He threw a curveball and a knuckleball,among other pitches. He batted left-handed but threw right-handed.
Richard Edward Donovan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Braves (1950–1952),Detroit Tigers (1954),Chicago White Sox (1955–1960),Washington Senators (1961) and Cleveland Indians (1962–1965). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed,stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
Jeffrey Daniel Robinson is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played nine seasons for the San Francisco Giants,Pittsburgh Pirates,New York Yankees,California Angels and Chicago Cubs.
Peter Gerard Richert is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers,Washington Senators (1965–67),Baltimore Orioles (1967–71),St. Louis Cardinals (1974) and Philadelphia Phillies (1974).
Robert Lane Miller was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1957 to 1974. Miller played for three World Series champions:the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers,1965 Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates—five league champions and four division winners,as well as for four teams that lost 100 or more games in a season.
The 1961 Los Angeles Angels season ended with the Angels finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70–91,38½games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. It was the Angels' first season in franchise history,and their only season at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. Gene Autry owned the franchise,which was created as a counterpart to the Los Angeles Dodgers,and the two teams would even share the same stadium the following year when the Angels moved to Dodger Stadium.
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 61–100,47½games 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.
Douglas Joseph Camilli is an American former catcher and coach who played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1967 and in 1969 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators. Camilli threw and batted right-handed,stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg) during his active career.
Edward Jack Roebuck was an American professional baseball relief pitcher and scout,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 11 seasons for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers,Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies. He appeared in the World Series with the Dodgers in 1955 and 1956. During his playing days,Roebuck stood 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m),weighing 185 lb (84 kg). He threw and batted right-handed.
Louis Mortimer Sleater was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1950 to 1952 and from 1955 to 1958 for the St. Louis Browns,Washington Senators,Kansas City Athletics,Milwaukee Braves,Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles. He stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). He attended the University of Maryland.
Peter Willits Burnside was an American professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who appeared in 196 Major League Baseball games in 1955 and from 1957 to 1963 for the New York / San Francisco Giants,Detroit Tigers,Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles. He was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg).
Kenneth Rogers Walters was a right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1960 to 1961 for the Philadelphia Phillies and in 1963 with the Cincinnati Reds.
JoséRicardo Álvarez is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tigers,Los Angeles Angels,Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.
