Darryl Strawberry
The #1 pick in the 1980 draft, Darryl Strawberry was the Rookie of the Year, a three-time World Champion, and eight-time All Star.
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The #1 pick in the 1980 draft, Darryl Strawberry was the Rookie of the Year, a three-time World Champion, and eight-time All Star.
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During his 67-year career in the press box, Vin Scully called games involving Connie Mack, born 1862, and Julio Urias, born 1996.
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In 1988 Orel Hershiser set the mark for consecutive scoreless innings, was the Cy Young winner & the MVP of both the NLCS and World Series.
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World Series Most Valuable Player Ron Cey made 6 straight All Star teams and helped his Dodger teams win 4 pennants and the ’81 World Series.
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Every paycheck Don Zimmer ever received was from professional baseball; in 2015 the Tampa Bay Rays retired jersey #66 in his honor.
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Kirk Gibson remains the only Most Valuable Player never to appear in an All Star game; his Game 1 walk off homer in ’88 was his only at bat of that Series.
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Each year from 2011-2017 former MVP Clayton Kershaw finished in the top 5 in Cy Young Award balloting, winning three & finishing 2nd twice.
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Six-time All Star and four-time Gold Glover Kenny Lofton has a higher WAR (68.3) than 97 position players already inducted into Cooperstown.
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Only Bob Gibson has more shutouts for the Cardinals than Spittin’ Bill Doak who forever changed the way baseball gloves were designed and used.
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Thanks to 11 straight 20-homer seasons, only 2 AL right-handed batters had more career homers than Rocky Colavito when he retired in 1968.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954