Test 2 Flashcards
- the best center field player of all time, 3rd best player of all time
- first player to hit 30 homeruns and steal 30 bases in a single season
- twelve consecutive gold glove awards
- 2 mvp awards
- 660 career homeruns
- the catch
- the say hey kid
Willie Mays
- first to win all three major awards (Cy Young, rookie of the year, mvp)
- Newk
- Dodgers
- one of the first 4 americans to be named to the all star team
Don Newcombe
- pitched the only no hitter in world series history 1956
- lowest winning percentage 1954 (.125)
- night rider
- caught by yogi berra
Don Larsen
most homeruns with 61 in in 1961 (broke Ruth’s record)
Roger Maris
best baseball book of the 1960s
the long season by Jim Brosnan
- 2nd best third baseman of all time
- hit .390
- 5000 total bases
- only player in MLB to win batting title in three different decades
George Brett
- 70 homeruns in 1998 (broke Maris’ record)
- 405 homeruns for the decade
- connected to the anabolic steroid andro.
- big mac
Mark McGuire
- most strikeouts by a pitcher with 364 in 1999 and 2538 for the 1990s
- 5 cy young awards
- 300 win club
- over 4000 strikeouts
- one-hitter, one perfect game
- the big unit
Randy Johnson
- most runs batted in with 165 in 1999
- great latino player, used steroids
- 8 silver slugger awards
- most post season homers
- red sox team that finally won the world series in 2004
- one of greatest hitters of all time
Manny Ramirez
- Fear Strikes Out in 1950
- 2 time golden glove winner
Jimmy Piersall
- batting helmets for pirates 1952
- signed Jackie Robinson
- drafted first Hispanic superstar
- framework for modern minor league system
Branch Rickey
-pennant winning homerun against ralph branca in 1951
“the shot heard around the world”
-flying scot
-giants win the pennant
Bobby Thomson
- U.S senator
- one no-hitter, one perfect game, one immaculate inning
Senator Jim Bunning
-Ball four about dodger pitchers of 1970s
Jim Bouton
- first millionaire free agent
- died of Lou Gherig’s
- hit .350 in 1971
- won 224 games as pitcher
- athletics
catfish hunter
ruled in 1975 that the standard player contract allowed a player to become a free agent after one “team option” season
Arbitrator Peter Seitz
- most stolen bases in 1982 with 130 and 838 for the decade
- only player to have over 1000 steals ever with 1406
- the man of steal
- played 4 decades from 1979-2003
- 10 time all star
- member of the 3000 hit club with 3055
Rickey henderson
men at work
George Will
- 755 career home runs
- most runs batted in for 1960 with 1107
- last negro league player on a major league roster
- 3000 hit club
- hammerin’ hank
Hank Aaron