The following are the baseball events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2002 throughout the world.
Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis is a Jamaican-American former professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder and designated hitter from 1981 to 1999 for the San Francisco Giants (1981–1987),California Angels,Minnesota Twins (1991–1992),Kansas City Royals (1997) and New York Yankees (1998–1999). His first MLB coaching position after his playing career was with the Oakland Athletics from 2012 to 2014. He also coached for the Boston Red Sox,Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets. Davis was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the first ballplayer born in Jamaica to appear in an MLB game.
Ronnie Damien Jackson is an American coach and a former player in Major League Baseball. He was the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 when they won their first World Series in 86 seasons.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
The 1987 Minnesota Twins won the World Series for the first time since moving from Washington in 1961,the second time that the franchise won the World Series. Having won only 85 games during the 1987 regular season,they won the World Series with the then-fewest regular season wins since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162-game season in 1961,and the fewest of any team since the 1889 New York Giants. They also became the first team to win the World Series despite being outscored by their opponents in the regular season,having scored 786 runs and allowed 806.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2007 throughout the world.
The 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series;the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis,Missouri,which was won by the Mets,6–1. The regular season concluded with seven teams entering the postseason who had failed to reach the 2006 playoffs including all National League teams,with only the New York Yankees returning;a dramatic one-game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres;and the largest September collapse for a leading team in baseball history,with the Mets squandering a 7-game lead with 17 to play,losing on the final day of the regular season,and the Philadelphia Phillies capturing the National League East for the first time since 1993. The season ended on October 28,with the Boston Red Sox sweeping the World Series over the Rockies,four games to zero.
The 1995 Major League Baseball season was the first season to be played under the expanded postseason format,as the League Division Series (LDS) was played in both the American and National leagues for the first time,since the 1981 strike-split season. However,due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike which carried into the 1995 season,a shortened 144-game schedule commenced on April 25,when the Florida Marlins played host to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Thomas Andrew Murphy is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2008 throughout the world.
The 1992 Major League Baseball season saw the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Atlanta Braves in the World Series,becoming the first team outside the United States to win the World Series.
The 1991 Major League Baseball season saw the Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves for the World Series title,in a series where every game was won by the home team.
In the 1978 Major League Baseball season,the New York Yankees defeated 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.
The 1977 Major League Baseball season saw the American League (AL) having its third expansion,as the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays began play,with Seattle returning to the MLB fold after a seven-year absence when the Pilots relocated to Milwaukee to become the Brewers. However,the National League (NL) did not expand,remaining at 12 teams compared to the AL's 14,until the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins joined the NL in 1993.
The 1970 Major League Baseball season:The Seattle Pilots relocated to Milwaukee and became the Brewers,thus returning Major League Baseball to Wisconsin for the first time since the relocation of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta following the 1965 season. Major League Baseball returned to Seattle in 1977,when the Mariners began play.
The 1976 Major League Baseball season ended with the Cincinnati Reds winning their second consecutive World Series championship.
Sydney Lloyd O'Brien is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder from 1969 through 1972 for the Boston Red Sox,Chicago White Sox,California Angels and the Milwaukee Brewers. He played more games at third base than any other position,but also played a significant number of games at shortstop,second base,and first base. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).
The following are the baseball events of the year 2009 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2010 throughout the world.
