test 1 Flashcards
best hitter of the 1880s decade
Dan Brouthers
best pitcher 1870s
Albert Spalding
Louisville scandal 1877
Jim Delvin
became president of minor league in 1893 called the western league, changed to second major league 1903,
Ban Johnson
best pitcher 1900
Cy Young
best pitcher 1900 most wins (236) in a decade
Christy Mathewson
BS scandal 1920
Judge Landis
54 homeruns in 1920 best major league player batted in 1328 runs in the decade greatest pitcher/hitter combo of all time 467 homeruns for 1920s
Babe Ruth
killed in 1920 from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays
Ray Chapman
killed Ray Chapman in 1920 with a pitch
- last pitch to be thrown underhanded
- grey ball
Carl Mays
most runs batted in, 1927 with 175
best player beginning 1930s
1920 avg .335
slugging .638
Lou Gehrig
1920 decade wrapped in greed
Ty Cobb
guilty of selling ball games 1920
banned for life 1930
Joe Jackson
baseball writing 1915 Ring Landers
Alabi Ike
Most homeruns 1930 415 for decade
Jimmie Foxx
Most strikeouts 1930 246
hardest thrower, 17 year old sensation
Bob Feller
most wins by pitcher 31 and 199 for decade 1930
winning percentage of .724
Lefty Grove
pitcher who moved to field 1930
hardest throwing pitcher negro league
Smokey Joe Woods
banned for life because scandal 1930
key guy in black sox scandal
Chick Gandil
formed negro national league with 8 teams in 1920
most admirable super star
Rube Foster
pitched against homestead grays in 1942 before 29000 fans
most strikeouts 184, 1084 for career
best control pitcher
Satchel Paige
greatest power hitter in negro leagues
highest batting average .517
Josh Gibson
greatest pitcher of all time 1990s
Walter Johnson
leads hitting in 1909
highest life time batting average .366
best player 1910
Ty Cobb
greatest all time catcher
Yogi Berra
innovated the game
came up with batting helmets
Branch Ricky
greatest team of all time
murderers row
1927 Yankees
Murderers Row
Babe Ruth Earl Comb Bob Meusel Tony lazzeri Lou Gherig
Top 10 First Basemen
#1 Lou Gherig #2 Jimmie Foxx (double x) #3 Mark McGuire #4 Jeff Bagwell #5 Eddie Murray #6 Johnny Mize #7 Harman Killabrew #8 Hank Greenberg #9 Willie McCuvey #10 Frank Thomas (big hurt)
Pitcher for the Cardinals
Dizzy Dean
Gas house gang
Cardinal
Top 10 Second Basemen
#1 Joe Morgan #2 Eddie Collins #3 Rogers Hornsby #4 Jackie Robinson (1949 fab season) #5 Craig Biggio (started as catcher) #6 Nap Lashuae #7 Ryan Sanberg (rhino) #8 Charlie Garenger #9 Rod Carew #10 Roberto Alamer
first hall of fame inductees
1930s
most consecutive hits throughout season
Joe DiMaggio
Women’s Professional Baseball League
1943-1952
Cleveland beats the braves
1948
Yankees beat Indians
1949
Boston vs St. Louis
Boston wins
1946
“one hitter”
Yankees and Dogers
1947
1920 batting average .382 - 44 doubles
Rogers Hornsby
Began players union in 1886
John Montgomery Ward (J.M)
- lead St. Louis
- player manager
- pitcher cover first base on ball hit to right side of the field
- owned white sox
Charles Comiskey
orioles team 1890
John Mcgraw
rookie, second line player, replacement
yannigan
best major league player in the 1900s
Honus Wagner
Worst major league team ever
Cleveland Spiders
- Supreme Court ruled that baseball was beyond the reach of antitrust law
- It was not an interstate business (interstate commerce) and could not be regulated by the federal government
- Case was heard three weeks after the BS Scandal broke
federal league baseball club vs. national league professional baseball club