Lance Parrish
Eight-time All Star and 1984 World Series champ Lance Parrish has 6 Silver Sluggers & 3 Gold Gloves; he retired with the 4th-most homers by a catcher.
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Eight-time All Star and 1984 World Series champ Lance Parrish has 6 Silver Sluggers & 3 Gold Gloves; he retired with the 4th-most homers by a catcher.
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Four-time champion and 2000 inductee to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Larry Gardner claimed the first walk-off in World Series history in 1912.
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In 1990, Cecil Fielder became the first to hit 50 homers since George Foster in 1977 and the first in the AL since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.
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The only man to hit home runs in the World Series for three different teams, Matt Williams did it for San Francisco, Cleveland, and Arizona.
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Cleveland’s Ray Chapman was hit in the head by a Carl Mays pitch; twelve hours later he suffered baseball’s only death due to on-field events.
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Joe Adcock swatted four home runs on July 31, 1954; during his 17-year career he slugged 20 or more homers 7 times on his way to 336 career long balls.
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The 1970 MVP, Boog Powell left the Orioles as the team’s all-time leader in home runs, RBI and total bases and second in hits and runs scored.
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Sam McDowell is one of only 9 pitchers to record multiple 300-strikeout seasons; all but McDowell, Curt Schilling and J.R. Richard are in the Hall of Fame.
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The all-time leader in homers among American League third baseman, Gold Glover Graig Nettles played in five World Series from 1976-1984.
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On April 18, 1960 Camilo Pascual of the Washington Senators struck out 15 Red Sox to set a still-standing MLB record for Opening Day strikeouts.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954