Harry Herbert Frazee was an American theatrical agent,producer and director,and owner of the Major League Baseball Boston Red Sox from 1916 to 1923. He is well known for selling Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees,which started the Curse of the Bambino.
Carl William Mays was an American baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. During his career,he won over 200 games,27 in 1921 alone,and was a member of four World Series-champion teams. Mays threw the pitch that fatally injured Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians on August 16,1920. Chapman became the only major league player to die as a direct result of an on-field injury.
Grover Cleveland Alexander,nicknamed "Old Pete",was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago Cubs,and St. Louis Cardinals. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.
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 6-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 (ERA) 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.
Victor Aldridge,nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster",was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs,Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants,and was known to be an excellent curveball pitcher. Before his playing career he was a schoolmaster,hence his nickname. His most significant actions as a player occurred during the 1925 World Series,where Aldridge completed and won games two and five,only to have the most disastrous first inning in the seventh game of the World Series ever. After his retirement from baseball,he served as a state senator in the Indiana General Assembly. Aldridge is a member of the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame,inducted in 2007.
Edward Grant Barrow was an American manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He served as the field manager of the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. He served as business manager of the New York Yankees from 1921 to 1939 and as team president from 1939 to 1945,and is credited with building the Yankee dynasty. Barrow was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
George Dallas Green was an American professional baseball pitcher,manager,scout and executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played big league baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies,Washington Senators and New York Mets,from 1960 through 1967. A man of towering stature,at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and 210 pounds (95 kg),Green achieved notoriety for his blunt manner. He possessed a booming voice and achieved many successes over a baseball career that lasted over 60 years.
Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers,St. Louis Browns,Chicago White Sox,Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees between 1941 and 1958. He batted and threw right-handed.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1953 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1951 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1948 throughout the world.
William Edward Donovan,nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "Smiling Bill",was an American right-handed baseball pitcher and manager.
Thomas David Waddell was a Scottish Major League Baseball pitcher. One of only eight Scotland natives to ever be a major league ballplayer,he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1984 to 1985,and again in 1987.
Randol Doyle Choate is an American former professional baseball pitcher. The New York Yankees selected him in the 1997 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft from Florida State University. Choate made his MLB debut for the Yankees in 2000,and also pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks,Tampa Bay Rays,Florida/Miami Marlins,Los Angeles Dodgers,and St. Louis Cardinals. He won the 2000 World Series with the Yankees,beating the New York Mets.
Robert Gustave "Bun" Troy was a German-born professional baseball pitcher who was killed in action while fighting against German forces in World War I. Troy was a sergeant with the "Blue Ridge" Division of the United States Army;he was shot in the chest during the Meuse–Argonne offensive.
Ralph Edward Sharman,nicknamed "Bally",was a professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the 1917 Philadelphia Athletics.
Walter Gary "Rip" Coleman was an American professional baseball player,a left-handed pitcher who played from 1955 to 1957 and 1959 to 1960 for the New York Yankees,Kansas City Athletics and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.
La Verne Ashford "Larry" Chappell was a professional baseball player who played from 1913 to 1917 for the Chicago White Sox,Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves.
