Directors Baseball Players' Game Thread (1 Viewer)

[David Von Pein]

Nellie Fox

 

[Mike Frezon]

Frank Francis Frisch (The Fordham Flash)
.316 over 19 seasons with the NY Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. 1931 NL MVP. Batted .294 in eight world series.
Managed 16 seasons -- including a world championship with the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals (the gashouse gang).

 

[David Von Pein]

Number twenty...the rightfielder....
Frank Robinson
...Robinson.
586 HR.
1,812 RBI.
.294 B.A.
2,943 Hits.
First ballot Hall-of-Famer (1989).
Rated the 24th greatest player of all-time by Bill James.
Rated the third greatest rightfielder of all-time by Bill James.
Only player to win MVP in National (1961) and American (1966) Leagues.

 

[James RD]

Rickey Henderson -In the 1989 playoff series against Toronto and the WS against the Giants: 9 games, 34 AB, 12 R, 15 Hits(inc. 2 DBL, 3 TRIPLES, 3 HR), 8 RBI, 9 BB, 11 SB.
The best leadoff hitter ever.

 

[David Von Pein]

Honus Wagner
Brian Seigel, a southern California businessman, bought the legendary T206 Honus Wagner baseball card for a record price of $1.1 million ($1.265 million after buyer's fee) on E-Bay. In an interesting comparison, the card was sold privately in 1985 for $25,000.

(I wouldn't have paid a penny over $999,999.21 for this card.)

 

[Mike Frezon]

Walter "The Big Train" Johnson
Gentlemen: A lifetime 2.17 ERA over a 21-season career -- all with the Washington Senators!!!!
Twice the AL MVP. Once a 36-game winner. A five-time 20+ game winner (28, 27, 25, 23 & 23). In 1913, Johnson was 36 - 7 (an .837 %). Twelve times led the league in strikeouts! Seven times led the league in shutouts. Had 531 complete games in his career. Just an unbelieveable career! In 1913 & 1924 captured the pitching triple crown. 417 games won.
And a lifetime .235 batter. Not bad!
One of the original class of five H-O-Fers....

Unsuccessfully ran for Congress after his playing days were over.

 

[David Von Pein]

Number five .... the catcher ....
Johnny Bench
....Bench
http://www.johnnybench.com/

 

[James RD]

Bob Gibson 251-174, 2.91 ERA. 255 CG, 56 SHO. Hit .206.

 

[Mike Frezon]

George Harold Sisler (Gorgeous George)
.340 over 15 seasons -- mostly with the St. Louis Browns.
AL MVP in 1922 -- the year he batted .420 , had 246 hits, scored 134 runs, and had 51 stolen bases. In other seasons, batted .407, .371, .353, .352!

 

[David Von Pein]

Steve Carlton
329 career victories.

 

[Mike Frezon]

My hero.....
Carl Yastrzemski
In 23 seasons with the Red Sox, Yaz totalled 3419 hits & 452 home runs. The last triple crown winner -- >326, 121 rbis, and 44 home runs (1967 - year of the Impossible Dream).
18-time All Star. AL MVP in '67. Seven-time Gold Glove. Also won batting titles in 1963 (.321) and 1968 (.301).

 

[David Von Pein]

Yogi Berra

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

 

[MartinTeller]

Babe Ruth

He was fat and he won a lot.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Ray Chapman
9 seasons with the Cleveland Indians. The shortstop led the league three times in sacrifice hits, once in walks, and once in runs scored.
From BaseballLibrary.com:
Ray Chapman is the only modern major leaguer to have died as a direct result of being hit by a pitch. At the Polo Grounds on August 16, 1920, Chapman, crowding the plate as usual, was struck in the temple by a pitch from Yankee submariner Carl Mays that barely missed the strike zone. Chapman was taken to a hospital, never regained consciousness, and died twelve hours later. Rookie Joe Sewell replaced Chapman at short, beginning a Hall of Fame career. Cleveland players wore black arm bands, and manager Tris Speaker rallied his dejected men to win the first World Championship in club history.
The popular Chapman led the Indians in stolen bases four times, setting a team record with 52 in 1917 that stood until 1980. He led the AL in runs scored and walks in 1918. He was hitting .303 with 97 runs scored when he died. It is baseball analyst Bill James's opinion that Chapman was "probably destined for the Hall of Fame had he lived."

 

[James RD]

Carl Hubbell - 253-154, 2.98 ERA in 16 seasons for the Giants. Won 20 or more games in 5 straight years.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Hammerin' Hank Greenberg
.313 in 13 seasons with the Tigers. Batted .318 in four World Series. AL MVP in 1935 and 1940. Four times the Hall of Famer led the league in home runs. Hit 58 in 1938!
From baseballlibrary.com:
Although he missed time through injuries, military service, and early retirement, Greenberg still ranks as one of the most fearsome sluggers in baseball history. The powerful righthander played only the equivalent of nine-and-a-half seasons, yet produced outstanding career totals as well as exceptional season marks.

 

[James RD]

Gabby Hartnett - Hit .297 in a 20 year career as a catcher. 1935 MVP.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Hall of Famer.....
Hughie "Ee-yah" Jennings
.311 lifetime batting average over 17 seasons. .401 in 1896 for the Baltimore Orioles.
2203 wins as a manager -- mostly for the Tigers. Some for the Giants. Won four pennants.
From BaseballLibrary.com:
One of baseball's most colorful and best-loved characters, Jennings rose from breaker boy in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields to the Hall of Fame. The redheaded, freckled firebrand wore a major league uniform for more than three decades as a player, coach, and manager. He also earned a law degree and built a successful off-season legal practice. Jennings's best years came as captain of the powerful, brawling Baltimore Orioles, National League champions in three straight years, 1894-96 and winners of the 1897 Temple Cup. Operating within and outside the rules, Jennings and teammates John McGraw, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, and Wilbert Robinson were the scourge of opponents and umpires. During his five full seasons in Baltimore, Jennings never batted below .328 and achieved a high of .398 in 1896, the ML record for shortstops. In addition, he stole as many as 70 bases in a season and was the leader in fielding average and putouts three times each.
His hitting declined in later years, and a sore arm forced a move back to first base, but Jennings's superior skills as a strategist and field leader kept him steadily employed. He played for pennant winners in Brooklyn in 1899 and 1900, and later captained the Phillies before embarking on a managing career in the minors. Purchased by the Tigers in 1907, Jennings guided the team to pennants in his first three years at the helm. The Tigers lost all three World Series, however, and never again won a pennant under Jennings, who remained on the job through 1920. From the third base coaching box, the hyperactive skipper prodded his charges, among them the young Ty Cobb, and taunted the opposition with shouts, whistles, and gyrations. His piercing yell of "Ee-Yah" became a trademark. Upon leaving the Tigers, Jennings was signed by former Oriole teammate John McGraw as a coach and assistant manager with the Giants. In the role of right-hand man, Jennings was a part of four consecutive pennant-winning clubs (1921-24).
Though durable, Jennings suffered an incredible string of mishaps on and off the field. He was often hit by pitches; a then-record 49 times in 1896 alone. Two skull fractures, one the result of an accidental dive into an empty swimming pool, slowed but did not stop him. A nervous breakdown after the 1925 season, however, brought his baseball days to an end. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1945.

 

[James RD]

Joe Morgan - Best 2nd baseman I have seen. Easily one of the top two or three ever.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Best 2nd baseman I have seen. Easily one of the top two or three ever.

I am NOT going to go there!
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown
Three-Finger Brown pitched 14 seasons from 1903 to 1916. His lifetime ERA -- 2.06! In 1906, he led the Nl with a 1.04 ERA. In 1906, he was 26-6. In '07, he was 20-6. In '08, 29-9! In '09, 27-9! Won 20+ in '10 & '11, too!
From BaseballLibrary.com:
Some players overcome handicaps. Brown turned his to an advantage. As a seven-year-old boy he caught his right hand in a corn grinder on his uncle's farm. It was necessary to amputate almost all the forefinger, and, although saved, the middle finger was mangled and left crooked. His little finger was also stubbed. Later, newspapers called him "Three-Finger," although to his teammates he was "Miner" because he'd worked several years in a coal mine before beginning in baseball at age 24. He started as an infielder, but when he learned to add spin to the ball by releasing it off his stub, he became a pitcher.
Brown was the pitching mainstay of the great "Tinker- to-Evers-to-Chance" Cub teams that won four pennants and two world championships, 1906-10. He won 20 or more games for six consecutive years, starting in 1906, and four of his five WS wins were shutouts.
The peak years of Brown's career coincided with those of Christy Mathewson, and they were often matched when the Giants and Cubs met. One game he lost to Mathewson was Matty's no-hitter in 1905. After that, Brown rolled off nine consecutive victories over Mathewson, the ninth coming in the playoff that decided the famous 1908 pennant race after the "Merkle Boner." In 1916, they faced each other for the final time, each with 12 wins. Mathewson beat Brown, in what turned out to be the last game for each.