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In Major League Baseball,the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to two outstanding rookie players,one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL),as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA,which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946. The award became national in 1947;Jackie Robinson,the Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman,won the inaugural award. One award was presented for all of MLB in 1947 and 1948;since 1949,the honor has been given to one player each in the NL and AL. Originally,the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award,named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s. The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987,40 years after Robinson broke the baseball color line.
In Major League Baseball (MLB),the 30–30 club is the group of batters who have collected thirty home runs and thirty stolen bases in a single season. Ken Williams was the first to achieve this,doing so in 1922. He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30–30 seasons in 1956 and 1957. Bobby Bonds became the club's fourth member in 1969 and became the first player in MLB history to reach the 30–30 club on three occasions and ultimately on five occasions,subsequently achieving the milestone in 1973,1975,1977 and 1978. He remained the only player to accomplish this until 1997,when his son Barry Bonds achieved his fifth 30–30 season. The most recent player to reach the milestone is Cedric Mullins,who achieved the feat during the 2021 season.
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award,usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove,is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL). Winners are determined from voting by the managers and coaches in each league,who are not permitted to vote for their own players. Additionally,a sabermetric component provided by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) accounts for about 25 percent of the vote.
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.
In Major League Baseball (MLB),the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. There are twenty-eight players who are members of the 500 home run club. Seven 500 home run club members—Hank Aaron,Willie Mays,Eddie Murray,Rafael Palmeiro,Albert Pujols,Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 3,000 hit club.
The 3,000-hit club is the group of 33 batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers in Major League Baseball (MLB),achieving a milestone "long considered the greatest measure of superior bat handling" and often described as a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In Major League Baseball,the 300-win club is the group of pitchers who have won 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include Bobby Mathews who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were established in 1871. The San Francisco Giants are the only franchise to see four players reach 300 wins while on their roster:Tim Keefe in the Players' League,Christy Mathewson and Mickey Welch while the team was in New York,and most recently Randy Johnson. Early in the history of professional baseball,many of the rules favored the pitcher over the batter;the distance pitchers threw to home plate was shorter than today,and pitchers were able to use foreign substances to alter the direction of the ball. Moreover,pitchers started games far more frequently than modern pitchers do;in the second half of the 1884 season Old Hoss Radbourne started every other game. The first player to win 300 games was Pud Galvin in 1888. Seven pitchers recorded all or the majority of their career wins in the 19th century:Galvin,Cy Young,Kid Nichols,Keefe,John Clarkson,Charles Radbourn,and Welch. Four more pitchers joined the club in the first quarter of the 20th century:Mathewson,Walter Johnson,Eddie Plank,and Grover Cleveland Alexander. Young is the all-time leader in wins with 511,a mark that is considered unbreakable. If a modern-day pitcher won 20 games per season for 25 seasons,he would still be 11 games short of Young's mark.
The Eugene Emeralds are a Minor League Baseball team in the northwest United States,based in Eugene,Oregon. The Emeralds are members of the Northwest League and are affiliated with the San Francisco Giants. Eugene plays their home games at PK Park.
The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series,which is the final round of the MLB postseason. The award was first presented in 1955 as the SPORT Magazine Award,but is now decided during the final game of the Series by a committee of reporters and officials present at the game. On September 29,2017,it was renamed in honor of Willie Mays in remembrance of the 63rd anniversary of The Catch,which occurred the year prior to the award's debut;Mays never won the award himself.
The Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame is a collection of plaques,mounted on a brick wall next to the Left Field Gate at Citizens Bank Park,the ballpark of the Philadelphia Phillies. From 1978 to 2003,the Phillies inducted one figure from their franchise history and one notable person from the Philadelphia Athletics (A's) organization each year—with the exception of 1983,when the Phillies inducted their Centennial Team. Once Veterans Stadium closed in 2003,the wall plaques used to recognize the Phillies' members were moved to Citizens Bank Park;however,the Phillies no longer induct notable Athletics. Each person inducted into the Wall of Fame was honored with a metal plaque showing the person's face;their position with,and years of service to the team;and a summary of their most important contributions. In March 2004,the Athletics' plaques were relocated to the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro,Pennsylvania,and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack located across the street from Citizens Bank Park.
Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history. The site is often used by major media organizations and baseball broadcasters as a source for statistics. It offers a variety of advanced baseball sabermetrics in addition to traditional baseball "counting stats".
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