Warren Giles

The Warren Giles Trophy is awarded each year to the National League Champion. Giles served as NL president from 1951-1969.
Read More >The Warren Giles Trophy is awarded each year to the National League Champion. Giles served as NL president from 1951-1969.
Read More >The first skipper of the Yankees, Clark Griffith won 237-games and is the only person to serve 20+ years as an MLB player, manager, and owner.
Read More >Chick Hafey was the starting left fielder and cleanup hitter in the first All Star game; he also recorded the first hit in All Star competition.
Read More >Jesse Haines pitched in four World Series winning two spanning from 1926-1934. He was in the inaugural class for the Cardinals Hall of Fame.
Read More >As a manager, Ned Hanlon was credited with pioneering the hit & run, the squeeze play, the sacrifice bunt, the double steal & the Baltimore chop.
Read More >KiKi Cuyler hit .320 or better in seven seasons and finished with a lifetime .321 average; four times he led the league in stolen bases.
Read More >At the time of his retirement, Leo Durocher ranked 5th all time in managerial wins and 2nd in NL history behind only John McGraw.
Read More >All-time MLB triples leader Sam Crawford made his debut in 1899 with the Reds in a double header against two different teams.
Read More >Hall of Fame pitcher Mordecai Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand in a farming accident in 1888 – this helped his curveball grip.
Read More >Sparky Anderson was the 1st manager to guide two different teams to 100 wins and the first to pilot clubs from both leagues to World Series wins.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954