Harry david brecheen october 14, 1914 january 17, 2004, nicknamed the cat, was an american lefthanded pitcher in major league baseball who played most. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff w l wl% era ra9 g gs gf cg sho sv ip h r er hr bb ibb so hbp bk wp bf whip h9 hr9 bb9 so9 sow. He started 240 games in his career with 125 complete games and 25 shutouts. Louis cardinals season was the teams 66th season in st. The only player to be named most valuable player mvp of both the national league nl and the american leagu. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. John universitys harry boykoff was the first bigman superstar in college basketball, entering the sport one year prior to depauls eventual 610 legend, george mikan. The mets traded a trio of young prospects to the montreal expos in exchange for the sixtime allstar just before starting the 1972 season. Palmer was the winning pitcher in 186 games in the 1970s, the most wins in that decade by any mlb pitcher. Our fantasy baseball section provides a top100 cheat sheet as well as extensive positionbyposition rankings that includes over 400 players. Included on the chart are links to the players biography, the years he played, an autographed baseball card notation yyes and a hof hall of fame mark yyes. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry.
Jan 17, 2004 harry david brecheen pronounced bruhkeen was born on october 14, 1914, in broken bow, oklahoma. Baseball almanac is a privately held web site endeavor in serious need of your financial assistance. Please support our ongoing efforts to preserve baseball history by visiting this page or by contacting us today for additional details baseball almanac has more than 500,000 pages of baseball history, more than 1,500,000 fast facts, original research from recognized. If i were to put sentimentality aside, i would mention that the book is sort of disjointed, jumping from pure baseball stories to non baseball issues such as vince lombardi, jim ryun, martin luther king, robert kennedy, and john carlos in somewhat arbitrary fashion. I first started watching baseball in 1968 so this book has an extremely sentimental appeal to me. Frank robinson wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The cardinals went 8965 during the season and finished second in the national league.
Year age agedif tm lg lev aff w l wl% era ra9 g gs gf cg sho sv ip h r er hr. The leading destination for sports card and collectible enthusiasts. This was the red soxs first appearance in a world series since their championship of 1918 in the eighth inning of game 7, with the score 33, the cardinals enos slaughter opened the inning with a. By calculations on, i found the leading winner from 19001909 was christy matthewson with 236 wins edging out cy youngs 230 wins. Rip repulski page at baseball reference opening day. Mar 27, 2017 local baseball fans of a certain vintage will remember mets playbyplay announcer lindsey nelson and his outlandish sports jackets, or the way phil rizzuto riffed on food and other subjects whil. Postseason history 115 world series since 1903 100 league championship series since 1969 104 division series since 19811995. The item that youre bidding on is a vintage wilson a2190, 3finger, rht baseball glove. Even the players today can sense, even if just in passing, that it means something special to wear the birds on the bat uniform. The 1966 baltimore orioles season involved the orioles finishing first in the american league with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runnerup minnesota twins. Louis cardinals,234 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article baseball hall of fame and museum website. They added to their lead in the fifth with two unearned runs on terry moore s rbi single with two on followed by stan musial s groundout. For information regarding statistical abbreviations, please view the statistics legend.
Meet tvs most cringeworthy and shocking broadcaster. Max lanier was released by the giants on may 15th so his card may have been withdrawn due to the fact he was no longer with ny. In 12 major league seasons, brecheen posted a 392 record and a 2. The 2016 baseball america directory is a comprehensive reference of teams, people, addresses and phone numbers as well as a handy travel guide, with complete major and minor league plus independent schedules and ballpark directions.
Harry brecheen mlb player profile page from whatifsports. The gangly 69 boykoff was a consensus allamerican three varsity seasons under celebrated coach joe lapchick. He was a twotime allstar, threetime world series champion, a strikeout and era leader. Uniform images used with permission from marc okkonen, author of baseball uniforms of the 20th century. Images can also be viewed at the hall of fame online exhibit dressed to the nines. Harry brecheen, a former cardinals pitcher who won three games in the 1946 world series, died on jan. Orris, age 71, passed away june, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books. A righthander, bunker pitched for the baltimore orioles from 1963 to 1968 and kansas city royals from 1969 to 1971. Louis cardinals representing the national league and the boston red sox representing the american league. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from. Lf cyle hankerd assigned to diablos rojos del mexico.
When rusty staub died march 29, 2018, the new york mets lost a franchise icon. Rhp harrison francis assigned to azl dbacks from hillsboro hops. Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. The entire playing career for harry brecheen is displayed above. Walter johnson was the leading winner of 19101919 with 265 wins. Local baseball fans of a certain vintage will remember mets playbyplay announcer lindsey nelson and his outlandish sports jackets, or the way phil rizzuto riffed on food and other subjects whil. The only player to be named most valuable player mvp of both the national league nl and the american league al, he was named the nl mvp after leading the cincinnati reds to. Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for baseball almanac 503 found 5067 total alternate case. Bill james and the baseball info solutions team of analysts continue to pack in new content, including a fresh look at the continued rise and effectiveness of the shift and a new breakdown of home runs and long flyouts. All professional baseball statistics for harry brecheen. A harry brecheen autographed national league coleman baseball. Organize and price your collections as we offer instant access to the worlds leading trading card and collectibles databases, including baseball cards, basketball cards, football cards, nonsports cards, gaming cards and more. Baseball almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of every major league player whose last name falls between the names above.
Vintage wilson a2190 harry brecheen rht baseball glove. Had harry brecheen received the usual major league trial at a younger age, rather than making it in fast company as an older man, he assuredly would be in the hall of fame. Harry boykoff international jewish sports hall of fame. Clicking on an indivdiual season will display the teams roster for that season. It also contains contact information for college baseball. The 1946 world series was played in october 1946 between the st. Bunker pitched for the capuchino high school varsity baseball team in san bruno, california in 1962 and 1963, as the team won the midpeninsula league championships. L, 1x so leader, born in ok 1914, died 2004, harry the cat. He was the first of three children born to texans tom and lucy tyree brecheen, who had settled in the small town near the texas border when oklahoma was. The absolutely, positively, and without question greatest book of facts, figures, and astonishing lists ever compiled bert randolph sugar 4.
The bill james handbook 2017 by bill james, baseball info. Harry david brecheen pronounced bruhkeen was born on october 14, 1914, in broken bow, oklahoma. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Ragdoll is already out in ebook and audio book and comes out in hardback 23 rd february 2017 you can purchase it from the book depository here. Jim palmer project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Louis, missouri and the 56th season in the national league. Diablos rojos del mexico placed lf cyle hankerd on the reserve list. In 97 games split between three levels, the 22yearold toronto blue jays catching prospect is slashing. And, as always, the book forecasts fresh hitter and pitcher projections for those looking to get an early jump on the next season. Each franchise top 10 st louis cardinals baseball fever.
Frank robinson august 31, 1935 february 7, 2019 was an american professional baseball outfielder and manager in major league baseball mlb who played for five teams, from 1956 to 1976. Jan 01, 2012 i first started watching baseball in 1968 so this book has an extremely sentimental appeal to me. I will use the definition of the franchise and years as defined in baseball reference. Payment is required within 48 hours ofthe close of the auction or the item will be relisted. Winning percentage single season leaders by baseball almanac. Mickey harris 01 the cardinals struck first in game 2 when del rice hit a leadoff double in the third off mickey harris and scored on harry brecheen s single.
Bobby ellis calls himself bobby baseball and the name is not as crazy as some of his friends think. If i were to put sentimentality aside, i would mention that the book is sort of disjointed, jumping from pure baseball stories to nonbaseball issues such as vince lombardi, jim ryun, martin luther king, robert kennedy, and john carlos in somewhat arbitrary fashion. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. A darkly comic battle of wills in a master slave relationship. The depth of information and the baseball passion which clearly infuses the site is impressive, and i would encourage baseball fans and information seekers to see what baseball almanac has to offer. Football statistics of harry arter including club and national team history. Earned run average yearbyyear leaders by baseball almanac. James alvin palmer born october 15, 1945 is a retired american righthanded pitcher who played all of his 19 years in major league baseball mlb with the baltimore orioles 196567, 196984 and was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 1990. But it was the arrival of a 20yearold outfielder from donora, pennsylvania in 1941 that forever changed the national league record books. Tom poholsky was drafted by the cardinals from the boston red sox in the 1946 minor league draft.
Books on baseball featuring the official encyclopedia of. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Check out harry brecheen career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. Danny jansen is quietly having one of the best seasons of any player in minor league baseball. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. It was their first al pennant since 1944, when the club was known as the st. Wallace edward bunker born january 25, 1945 is a former major league baseball pitcher. Rhp harrison francis assigned to hillsboro hops from azl dbacks. Harry david brecheen october 14, 1914 january 17, 2004, nicknamed the cat, was an american lefthanded pitcher in major league baseball who played most of his career for the st.
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