The following are the baseball events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 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.
Thomas Mitchell Herr is an American former professional baseball second baseman,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Minnesota Twins,Philadelphia Phillies,San Francisco Giants,and New York Mets,from 1979 to 1991. Although he never won a Gold Glove Award,Herr retired with the highest all-time career fielding percentage for National League second basemen (.989),a figure that was matched and surpassed a few years later when Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg retired.
Ronnie Damien Jackson is a 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.
Michael Anthony Easler,nicknamed "The Hit Man",is an American former professional baseball outfielder,designated hitter,and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros,California Angels,Pittsburgh Pirates,Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,and Philadelphia Phillies,from 1973 to 1987.
David Matthew Murphy is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox,Texas Rangers,Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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 1982 season was the first year that the Minnesota Twins played at the Metrodome,which they would continue to play in until 2009. The team finished 60–102,seventh in the AL West. It was the first time the Twins lost more than 100 games since moving to Minnesota. This feat of more than 100 losses would be matched in 2016 and was surpassed by one game as that record was 59-103.
The 1967 Boston Red Sox season was the 67th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The team then faced the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series,which the Red Sox lost in seven games.
Thomas Andrew Murphy is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2008 throughout the world.
The 1979 Major League Baseball season. None of the post-season teams of 1977 or 1978 returned to this year's postseason. In a rematch of the 1971 World Series,the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the 1979 World Series.
The 1978 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Yankees defeat 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.
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.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2011 throughout the world.
