Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons,from 1980 to 1991 and 1993 to 1997. While he played for six MLB teams,his longest tenure was with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Valenzuela batted and threw left-handed. His career highlights include a win-loss record of 173–153,with an earned run average (ERA) of 3.54. His 41.5 career wins above replacement is the highest of any Mexican-born MLB player. Valenzuela had an unorthodox windup and was one of a small number of pitchers who threw a screwball regularly. Never a particularly hard thrower,the Dodgers felt he needed another pitch;he was taught the screwball in 1979 by teammate Bobby Castillo.
Dwight Eugene Gooden,nicknamed "Dr. K" and "Doc",is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the New York Mets,New York Yankees,Cleveland Indians,Houston Astros,and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In a career spanning 430 games,he pitched 2,800+2⁄3 innings and posted a win–loss record of 194–112,with a 3.51 earned run average (ERA),and 2,293 strikeouts.
Derek Christopher Lowe is an American former professional baseball pitcher. During his career,he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners,Boston Red Sox,Los Angeles Dodgers,Atlanta Braves,Cleveland Indians,New York Yankees,and Texas Rangers.
Don James Larsen was an American professional baseball pitcher. During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career,he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams:the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles,New York Yankees (1955–1959),Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961),Chicago White Sox (1961),San Francisco Giants (1962–1964),Houston Colt .45's / Astros (1964–65),and Chicago Cubs (1967).
Stephen Wayne Yeager is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career,from 1972 through 1985,with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year,1986,he played for the Seattle Mariners. From 2012 to 2018,Yeager was the catching coach for the Dodgers. He was co-MVP of the 1981 World Series.
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca,nicknamed "Hawk",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),from 1944 through 1956. Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers,Detroit Tigers (1953–1954),and New York Yankees (1954). He was a three-time All-Star. In a 1951 playoff,Branca surrendered a walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants;the game-winning hit was known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World".
Salvatore Anthony Maglie was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later,a scout and a pitching coach. He played from 1945 to 1958 for the New York Giants,Cleveland Indians,Brooklyn Dodgers,New York Yankees,and St. Louis Cardinals. Maglie was known as "Sal the Barber",because he gave close shaves—that is,pitched inside to hitters. A gentle personality off the field went unnoticed during games,his foreboding physical appearance contributing to his menacing presence on a pitcher's mound. He was the last of 14 players to play for the Giants,Dodgers and Yankees at a time when all three teams were in New York City. During a 10-year major league baseball career,Maglie compiled 119 wins,862 strikeouts,and a 3.15 earned run average.
Frederick Wayne Honeycutt,nicknamed "Honey",is an American former professional baseball coach and pitcher. Honeycutt pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six different teams over 21 years,from 1977 to 1997. He pitched in 30 post-season games,including 20 League Championship Series games and seven World Series games,and never lost a game,going 3–0. Honeycutt gave up no runs in the 1988 and 1990 post-seasons,and was a member of the Oakland Athletics' 1989 World Series championship team. He was also the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 through 2019.
Brett Daniel Tomko is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds,San Diego Padres,Seattle Mariners,St. Louis Cardinals,San Francisco Giants,Los Angeles Dodgers,New York Yankees,Oakland Athletics,Texas Rangers,and Kansas City Royals.
Joseph Black was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league and Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers,Cincinnati Redlegs,and Washington Senators who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game,in 1952.
Robert Michael Bailor is an American former Major League Baseball player best known for being the first player selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
The Dodgers–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. The Dodgers are a member club of the National League (NL) West division,and the Yankees are a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The rivalry between the Dodgers and Yankees is one of the most well-known rivalries in Major League Baseball. The two teams have met 11 times in the World Series,more times than any other pair of teams from the American and National leagues. The initial significance was embodied in the two teams' proximity in New York City,when the Dodgers initially played in Brooklyn while the Yankees played in the Bronx. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958,the rivalry retained its significance as the two teams represented the dominant cities on each coast of the United States,and since the 1980s,the two largest cities in the United States. The Yankees currently lead the regular season series 9–8. Although the rivalry's significance arose from the two teams' numerous World Series meetings,the Yankees and Dodgers have not met in the World Series since 1981. They would not play each other in a non-exhibition game until 2004,when they played a 3-game interleague series. Nevertheless,games between the two teams have drawn sellout crowds.
John Arthur Fowler was an American pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. The 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m),180 lb (82 kg) right-hander was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1944 season. He played for the Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–57),Los Angeles Dodgers (1959),and Los Angeles Angels (1961–64),and went on to be associated with manager Billy Martin as a coach with five major league teams,including four stops with the New York Yankees.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2012 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2013 throughout the world.
The 2014 Major League Baseball season began on March 22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney,Australia,between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The North American part of the season started on March 30 and ended on September 28.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2014 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2016 throughout the world.
The 2019 Major League Baseball season began on March 20,while the regular season ended on September 29. It was the 150th anniversary of professional baseball,dating back to the 1869 foundation of the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The postseason began on October 1. The World Series began October 22 and ended October 30 with the Washington Nationals defeating the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series championship. The entire schedule was released on August 22,2018.
