The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. The award has been presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) since 1931.
Harold Newhouser,nicknamed "Prince Hal," was an American professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball (MLB),he pitched 17 seasons on the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians,from 1939 through 1955.
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s,Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. One of the greatest pitchers in history,Grove led the American League in wins in four separate seasons,in strikeouts seven consecutive seasons,and had the league's lowest earned run average a record nine times. Over the course of the three years from 1929 to 1931,he twice won the pitcher's Triple Crown,leading the league in wins,strikeouts,and ERA,while amassing a 79–15 record and leading the Athletics to three straight AL championships. Overall,Grove won 300 games in his 17-year MLB career. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
In baseball,a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average,home runs,and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins,strikeouts,and earned run average (ERA).
In baseball,a complete game (CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher. A pitcher who meets this criterion will be credited with a complete game regardless of the number of innings played—pitchers who throw an entire official game that is shortened by rain will still be credited with a complete game,while starting pitchers who are relieved in extra innings after throwing nine or more innings will not be credited with a complete game. A starting pitcher who is replaced by a pinch hitter in the final half inning of a game will still be credited with a complete game.
In baseball and softball,a win–loss record is a statistic that indicates the number of wins and losses credited to a pitcher. For example,a 20–10 win–loss record would represent 20 wins and 10 losses.
The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player,most commonly the pitcher.
The Silver Slugger Award has been awarded annually since 1980 to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League,as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball.
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 Round Rock Express are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Round Rock,Texas,and play their home games at the Dell Diamond. The team is named for Baseball Hall of Famer and Texas native Nolan Ryan,who was nicknamed "The Ryan Express." Ryan,along with son Reid Ryan and Don Sanders make up the team's ownership group,Ryan Sanders Baseball.
The Oklahoma City Baseball Club is a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They are located in Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,and play their home games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark,which opened in 1998 in the city's Bricktown district.
Selva Lewis Burdette,Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves. The team's top right-hander during its years in Milwaukee,he was the Most Valuable Player of the 1957 World Series,leading the franchise to its first championship in 43 years,and the only title in Milwaukee history. An outstanding control pitcher,his career average of 1.84 walks per nine innings pitched places him behind only Robin Roberts (1.73),Greg Maddux (1.80),Carl Hubbell,(1.82) and Juan Marichal (1.82) among pitchers with at least 3,000 innings since 1920.
A hold is awarded to a relief pitcher who meets the following three conditions:
Sporting News established the Pitcher of the Year Award in 1944 to recognize the most outstanding pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB). It was given annually to one pitcher each in the American League and National League. In 2013,the Pitcher of the Year Award was split into the Starting Pitcher of the Year Award and Relief Pitcher of the Year Award,which are given annually to a starting pitcher and relief pitchers in each league,as judged by Sporting News baseball experts.
The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets,as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League,60+1⁄2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants,who had once called New York home. The Mets were the latest team to be 60+ games behind in a division before the 2018 Baltimore Orioles finished 61 games behind the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. The Mets' 120 losses were the most losses in modern MLB history until the 2024 Chicago White Sox lost 121;though their winning percentage (.250) is still lower than the 2024 Sox (.253). The Mets' starting pitchers also recorded a new major league low of just 23 wins all season.
The 1968 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 10,1968. It was the final year of baseball's pre-expansion era,in which the teams that finished in first place in each league went directly to the World Series to face each other for the "World Championship."
In Major League Baseball,a shutout refers to the act by which a single pitcher pitches a complete game and does not allow the opposing team to score a run. If two or more pitchers combine to complete this act,no pitcher is awarded a shutout,although the team itself can be said to have "shut out" the opposing team.
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