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14964 | 2017–18 NBA season | The 2017 -- 18 NBA season is the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of ``back - to - back ''games teams are scheduled to play, with the 2017 runners - up Cleveland Cavaliers hosted a game against the ... |
17528 | 1998 Milwaukee Brewers season | The Milwaukee Brewers' 1998 season was the first season for the franchise as a member of the National League. The Brewers finished in fifth in the NL Central, 28 games behind the Houston Astros, with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. Before the 1998 regular season began, two new teams -- the Arizona Diamondbacks and T... |
14990 | Jim Wilson (first baseman) | He was released by the Indians following the 1986 season. After a brief tour in the Minnesota Twins organization, Wilson signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners on March 1, 1988, playing five games for them in the 1989 season. |
14963 | 2017–18 NBA season | The 2017 -- 18 NBA season is the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of ``back - to - back ''games teams are scheduled to play, with the 2017 Eastern Conference champion (and Finals runner -- up) Cleve... |
14904 | 2017–18 NBA season | The 2017 -- 18 NBA season will be the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season will begin on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of ``back - to - back ''games teams are scheduled to play, with the 2017 runners - up Cleveland Cavaliers hosting a game a... |
14962 | West Dallas Kings | West Dallas Kings were an American soccer team, founded in 2001 by Michael Gordon, Reagan Angell, and David Angell, who were members of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for only one season. Coached by Jim Benedek. |
14964 | 2017–18 NBA season | The 2017 -- 18 NBA season was the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of ``back - to - back ''games teams are scheduled to play, with the 2017 Eastern Conference champion (and Finals runner -- up) Clev... |
14989 | Cleveland Indians | The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Indians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is at Goodyear Ballpark in Goody... |
14976 | Al Michaels (American football) | After attending Ohio State University, he joined the Akron Pros of the National Football League, and played a total of 14 games for the team in the 1923 and 1924 seasons, earning first-team All-Pro honors in 1923. In 1925, he played for the Cleveland Bulldogs, appearing in all 14 of the team's contests. The following y... |
17545 | List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks | The 1916 New York Giants hold the record for the longest unbeaten streak in MLB history at 26, with a tie in - between the 14th and 15th win. The record for the longest winning streak by an American League team is held by the 2017 Cleveland Indians at 22. The Chicago Cubs franchise has won 21 games twice, once in 1880 ... |
14962 | Johnson Bademosi | Johnson Bademosi (born July 23, 1990) is an American football cornerback and special teamer for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He was a member of the football, rugby, and track and field teams at Gonzaga College High Sc... |
14911 | Dick Aylward | Aylward, who batted and threw right-handed, was listed as tall and . After his first pro season in 1943, he joined the United States Army and served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. He resumed his baseball career in 1946 in the Chicago Cubs' farm system, and was eventually acquired by the Indi... |
17248 | Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri) | After the 1972 baseball season, the Royals moved to Royals Stadium in the Truman Sports Complex. The Royals won the final game (and event) at Municipal Stadium, a 4 -- 0 win over the Texas Rangers on October 4, 1972, in also the final Major League game managed by Hall of Famer Ted Williams. Amos Otis scored the final r... |
17530 | List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders | Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb are the only players with 4,000 career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, doing so during the 1902 season. Ichiro Suzuki is the current active leader. |
14914 | Carl Zoll | Carl Francis Zoll (January 29, 1899 – October 19, 1973) was a professional football player who was an original member of the Green Bay Packers. He played for the Packers beginning in 1919, two years before the team joined the National Football League. His career ended after the 1922 season. He was also the brother of t... |
14968 | Amanda Cinalli | Amanda Cinalli (born May 10, 1986, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American soccer forward who played for Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer, Chicago Red Stars in Women's Premier Soccer League Elite and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team. She attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights,... |
14989 | Cleveland Browns | The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999, with administrative ... |
14917 | Arena Football League | Although the Arenafootball2 league played its tenth season in 2009, a conference call in December 2008 resulted in enough votes from owners and cooperation from the AFLPA for the AFL to suspend the entire 2009 season in order to create "a long-term plan to improve its economic model". In doing so, the AFL became the se... |
14918 | Hard Knocks (TV series) | On May 17, 2018, it was announced the Cleveland Browns will be the team featured for the 2018 season premiering on August 7, 2018. |
14919 | Russell Wilson | Wilson played college football for the University of Wisconsin during the 2011 season, in which he set the single - season FBS record for passing efficiency (191.8) and led the team to a Big Ten title and the 2012 Rose Bowl. Wilson played football and baseball for North Carolina State University from 2008 to 2010 befor... |
17539 | Major League Baseball schedule | The Major League Baseball (MLB) season schedule consists of 162 games for each of the 30 teams in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), played over approximately six months -- a total of 2,430 games, plus the postseason. The regular season runs from late March / early April to late September / early Octobe... |
17540 | NFL regular season | From 1961 through 1977, the NFL schedule consisted of fourteen regular season games played over fourteen weeks, except in 1966. Opening weekend typically was the weekend after Labor Day, or rarely two weekends after Labor Day. Teams played six or seven exhibition games. In 1966 (and 1960), the NFL had an odd number of ... |
17541 | Opening Day | Major League Baseball had most of its teams open the 2011 season on a Thursday (March 31) or Friday (April 1) rather than the traditional Monday, in order to prevent the World Series from extending into November. Similarly, most teams opened the 2012 season on Thursday (April 5) or Friday (April 6). However, subsequent... |
17519 | Jackie Robinson | In 1997, MLB retired his uniform number 42 across all major league teams; he was the first pro athlete in any sport to be so honored. MLB also adopted a new annual tradition, ``Jackie Robinson Day '', for the first time on April 15, 2004, on which every player on every team wears No. 42. |
14924 | Baseball uniform | In 1916, the Cleveland Indians became the first team to add numbers on their uniforms, positioned on the left sleeve of the home uniforms only. (Okkonen, p. 36, p. 120) In 1929, numbers were first added on the backs of uniforms by the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. By 1932, all major league baseball teams ... |
14925 | Powers of Ten (album) | Powers of Ten is the first studio album by guitarist Shawn Lane, released in 1992 through Warner Bros. Records; a second edition was reissued in 1993, containing a revised track listing and alternative versions of "Get You Back" and "West Side Boogie" (both of which were included as bonus tracks on the 2006 reissue thr... |
14926 | The Tri-Tone Fascination | The Tri-Tone Fascination is the second and final studio album by guitarist Shawn Lane, released in 1999 through Eye Reckon Records; a second edition was reissued in 2000, containing a revised track listing (with the omission of two songs) and different cover art. The opening track, "Kaiser Nancarrow", was inspired by a... |
14927 | Joe Caffie | Joseph Clifford "Rabbit" Caffie (February 14, 1931 – August 1, 2011) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Cleveland Indians. He is recorded as weighing 180 pounds, batting left-handed and throwing right-handed. He played 44 Major league games from September 13, 1956 to September 28, 1957. He ... |
14928 | Stan Pawloski | Stanley Walter Pawloski (born September 6, 1931 in Wanamie, Pennsylvania) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman who played in two games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1955 season. Pawloski threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . |
14929 | Branch Rickey | Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 -- December 9, 1965) was an American sports executive. He was perhaps best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for drafting the first Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, for creating the framework for the ... |
17525 | Brandon Phillips | Brandon Phillips Phillips in 2011 Free agent Second baseman Born: (1981 - 06 - 28) June 28, 1981 (age 37) Raleigh, North Carolina Bats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut September 13, 2002, for the Cleveland Indians MLB statistics (through September 5, 2018) Batting average. 275 Hits 2,029 Home runs 211 Runs batted in 951 ... |
17523 | Billy Williams | Billy Williams Williams in 2013 Left fielder Born: (1938 - 06 - 15) June 15, 1938 (age 80) Whistler, Alabama Batted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut August 6, 1959, for the Chicago Cubs Last MLB appearance October 2, 1976, for the Oakland Athletics MLB statistics Batting average. 290 Hits 2,711 Home runs 426 Runs batted in... |
14932 | FA Cup | Chasetown, whilst playing at Level 8 of English football during the 2007–08 competition, are the lowest-ranked team to play in the Third Round Proper (final 64, of 731 teams entered that season). Chasetown was then a member of the Southern League Division One Midlands (a lower level within the Southern Football League)... |
17540 | Johnson Fry | Johnson Fry (November 21, 1901 – April 7, 1959), nicknamed "Jay", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Cleveland Indians for one season. He pitched in one game during the 1923 Cleveland Indians season on August 24, 1923. A single in his only at-bat left him with a rare MLB career batting average of 1... |
14934 | Batting average | Career records for batting average are usually subject to a minimum qualification of 20 innings played or completed, in order to exclude batsmen who have not played enough games for their skill to be reliably assessed. Under this qualification, the highest Test batting average belongs to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman,... |
14935 | Joe Szekely | Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Szekely attended Baylor University; he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . His son, Joe Szekely, a catcher in minor league baseball from 1982 to 1992, is a longtime minor league manager and instructor who spent the 2011 season as a coach in the Tampa Bay Rays' organization. |
14936 | Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry | Michigan -- Michigan State football rivalry Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans First meeting October 12, 1898, Ann Arbor Michigan 36, State Agricultural College Latest meeting October 7, 2017, Ann Arbor Michigan State 14, Michigan 10 Next meeting 2018, East Lansing Trophy Paul Bunyan Trophy, Michigan leads, 36... |
17541 | Army–Navy Game | Army -- Navy Game Army Black Knights Navy Midshipmen Sport College football First meeting November 29, 1890 Latest meeting December 9, 2017 Next meeting December 8, 2018 Statistics Meetings total 118 All - time record Navy leads 60 -- 51 -- 7 Longest win streak Navy, 14 (2002 -- 2015) Current win streak Army, 2 (2016 -... |
17503 | 1983 America's Cup | The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first winning challenge to the New York Yacht Club, which had successfully defended the cup over a period of 132 years. An Australian syndicate representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club fielded the Australia II, skippered by John Bertrand, against defender Liberty, skippered... |
14939 | List of NBA franchise post-season streaks | The San Antonio Spurs hold the longest active consecutive playoff appearances with 21 appearances, starting in the 1998 NBA Playoffs (also the longest active playoff streak in any major North American sports league as of 2017). The Spurs have won five NBA championships during the streak. The Philadelphia 76ers (formerl... |
14940 | Michigan State Spartans men's basketball | The Spartans have participated in 32 NCAA tournaments and in 21 consecutive NCAA tournaments (1998 -- 2018), the fifth - longest streak ever and third - longest active streak in college basketball, behind Kansas (28) and Duke (22). Michigan State has the seventh most all - time Final Four appearances with nine (1957, 1... |
14941 | Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry | Michigan -- Michigan State football rivalry Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans First meeting October 12, 1898, Ann Arbor Michigan 39, State Agricultural College 2 Latest meeting October 7, 2017, Ann Arbor Michigan State 14, Michigan 10 Next meeting 2018, East Lansing Trophy Paul Bunyan Trophy, Michigan leads, ... |
19178 | Winning streak | The longest winning streak in Major League Baseball that does not include a tie is 22 games, achieved by the Cleveland Indians in 2017, which is also the longest winning streak in the American League. The National League record for consecutive wins without a tie is 21 games, by the 1935 Chicago Cubs. |
14943 | Chennai Super Kings–Mumbai Indians rivalry | The Super-Indian Derby Other names CSK vs MI MI vs CSK Locale Chennai Mumbai `Teams Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians First meeting 24th April 2008 Latest meeting 28th April 2018, 2018 Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets at Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium, Pune Next meeting 1. 2019 Broadcast... |
20527 | List of Major League Baseball All-Star Games | Eighty - nine Major League Baseball All - Star Games have been played since the inaugural one in 1933. The American League (AL) leads the series with 44 victories; two games ended in ties. The National League (NL) has the longest winning streak of 11 games from 1972 -- 1982; the AL held a 13 - game unbeaten streak from... |
17545 | List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks | The 1916 New York Giants hold the record for the longest unbeaten streak in MLB history at 26 wins. The second - longest winning streak is 22 by the 2017 Cleveland Indians, which is still ongoing and the American League record. The Chicago Cubs franchise has won 21 games twice, once in 1880 when they were the Chicago W... |
14946 | 2016 Cleveland Browns season | The Browns entered this game looking to win consecutive games for the first time since they won 3 in a row during Weeks 8 - 10 of the 2014 season. The Steelers entered the game locked into the AFC's # 3 seed and rested most of their starters. However, the Browns would still fall to the Steelers, losing 27 -- 24 in an o... |
14947 | Cardinals–Cubs rivalry | Cardinals -- Cubs rivalry St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs First meeting April 12, 1892 Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, MO Latest meeting September 28, 2017 Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO Next meeting April 16, 2018 Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL Statistics Meetings total 2,399 (through September 28, 2017) Regular season series... |
17542 | UConn Huskies women's basketball | UConn owns the two longest winning streaks, any gender, in college basketball history. The longest streak, 111 straight wins, started with a win against Creighton on November 23, 2014, and ended on March 31, 2017 when a buzzer - beater at the end of the overtime caused a loss in the 2017 NCAA Final Four by Mississippi ... |
14949 | Yao Ming | Yao was pressured to enter the NBA draft in 1999 by Li Yaomin, the deputy general manager of the Shanghai Sharks. Li also influenced Yao to sign a contract for Evergreen Sports Inc. to serve as his agent. The agreement entitled Evergreen to 33% of Yao's earnings, but the contract was later determined to be invalid.When... |
17520 | List of first overall WNBA draft picks | The Women's National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the WNBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing... |
17537 | 1999 Major League Baseball draft | Pick Player Team Position School Josh Hamilton Tampa Bay Devil Rays OF Athens Drive HS (Raleigh, North Carolina) Josh Beckett Florida Marlins Spring HS (Spring, Texas) Eric Munson Detroit Tigers University of Southern California Corey Myers Arizona Diamondbacks SS Desert Vista HS (Phoenix, Arizona) 5 B.J. Garbe Minneso... |
17534 | Zack Wheeler | Zachary Harrison Wheeler (born May 30, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft. Wheeler was then traded to the Mets in 2011, and made his major league debut with ... |
14953 | NBA draft lottery | Under the current rules, only the top three picks are decided by the lottery, and are chosen from the 14 teams that do not make the playoffs. The team with the worst record, or the team that holds the draft rights of the team with the worst record, has the best chance to obtain a higher draft pick. After the top three ... |
14954 | Tim Costo | Costo was a first round draft pick (8th overall) in the 1990 Amateur Draft. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians. He had a nine-year minor League career, in the farm system for the Indians, the Cincinnati Reds, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Toronto Blue Jays. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee where he is the Hea... |
14955 | Ted Laurent | Ted Laurent (born January 1, 1988) is a Canadian football defensive lineman who is currently a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the second round in the 2011 CFL supplemental draft, costing the Edmonton Eskimos a second round draft choice in the 2012 CFL Draft. He sign... |
17534 | Mitchell Trubisky | Mitchell David Trubisky (born August 20, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina, and was drafted by the Bears with the second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. |
17522 | 2017 NHL Entry Draft | Since the 2012 -- 13 NHL season all teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs have a ``weighted ''chance at winning the first overall selection. Beginning with the 2014 -- 15 NHL season the NHL changed the weighting system that was used in previous years. Under the new system the odds of winning the draft lotte... |
14958 | Mr. Irrelevant | Mr. Irrelevant is the title bestowed each year upon the last pick of the annual National Football League draft. Although the NFL Draft dates back to 1936, the first person to officially be given the ``Mr. Irrelevant ''title was Kelvin Kirk, pick number 487 of the 1976 draft. The current Mr. Irrelevant is Trey Quinn, fo... |
14959 | Lowell Palmer | Lowell Raymond Palmer (born August 18, 1947 in Sacramento, California) is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). He played for the Phillies (1969–1971), St. Louis Cardinals (1972... |
17532 | LeBron James | LeBron James James with the Cavaliers in 2017 No. 23 -- Cleveland Cavaliers Position Small forward League NBA (1984 - 12 - 30) December 30, 1984 (age 33) Akron, Ohio Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg) Career information High school St. Vincent -- St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) N... |
14961 | Greece | The Greek national football team, ranking 12th in the world in 2014 (and having reached a high of 8th in the world in 2008 and 2011), were crowned European Champions in Euro 2004 in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport and became one of the most successful national teams in European football, being one... |
17523 | LeBron James | LeBron James James with the Cavaliers in 2017 No. 23 -- Los Angeles Lakers Position Small forward / Guard League NBA (1984 - 12 - 30) December 30, 1984 (age 33) Akron, Ohio Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg) Career information High school St. Vincent -- St. Mary (Akron, ... |
14963 | 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | The 2018 Major League Baseball All - Star Game was the 89th Major League Baseball All - Star Game. The game was hosted by the Washington Nationals and was played at Nationals Park on July 17, 2018. It was televised nationally by Fox. The American League beat the National League 8 -- 6, in 10 innings. |
17539 | 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | The 2017 Major League Baseball All - Star Game was the 88th edition of the Major League Baseball All Star Game. The game was hosted by the Miami Marlins and was played at Marlins Park on July 11, 2017. It was televised nationally by Fox. The game was the first since 2002 whose outcome did not determine home - field adv... |
14975 | LeBron James | LeBron James James with the Cavaliers in 2017 No. 23 -- Los Angeles Lakers Position Small forward / Shooting guard League NBA (1984 - 12 - 30) December 30, 1984 (age 33) Akron, Ohio Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg) Career information High school St. Vincent -- St. Mary... |
17541 | Exhibition game | It also used to be commonplace to have a team play an exhibition against Minor League affiliates during the regular season, but worries of injuries to players, along with travel issues, have made this very rare. Exhibitions between inter-city teams in different leagues, like Chicago's Crosstown Classic and New York's S... |
14967 | Dwyane Wade | Dwyane Wade Wade with the Heat in 2011 Free agent Position Shooting guard (1982 - 01 - 17) January 17, 1982 (age 36) Chicago, Illinois Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Career information High school Harold L. Richards (Oak Lawn, Illinois) College Marquette (2001 -- 200... |
17528 | Kobe Bryant | 5 × NBA champion (2000 -- 2002, 2009, 2010) 2 × NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010) NBA Most Valuable Player (2008) 18 × NBA All - Star (1998, 2000 -- 2016) 4 × NBA All - Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) 11 × All - NBA First Team (2002 -- 2004, 2006 -- 2013) 2 × All - NBA Second Team (2000, 2001) 2 × All - NBA Third Team... |
17528 | Scott Lamphear | Scott Lamphear is a retired American soccer defender and coach. He was a 1995 first team All American and the team MVP on the 1995 |
17545 | Hart Memorial Trophy | Wayne Gretzky won the award a record nine times during his career, eight consecutively. He has been named MVP more times than any other player in the history of the other three North American major professional leagues (Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association, and National Football League). Barry B... |
17540 | Preki | Born in Serbia, Preki played briefly for Red Star Belgrade in the old Yugoslav First League after coming from FK Čukarički Stankom where he played in their youth team. In the summer of 1985, the Tacoma Stars head coach Bob McNab spotted Preki at an indoor tournament in Belgrade. McNab signed Preki. He played five seaso... |
14972 | 2016 NBA Summer League | Ten teams participated in the week - long Orlando Pro Summer League at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, from July 2 to 8, 2016. The Orlando Magic (White) won the Orlando Pro Summer League championship over the Detroit Pistons, 87 -- 84 in overtime. Arinze Onuaku of Orlando Magic (White) was named the MVP. The Dallas M... |
14973 | Dwyane Wade | Dwyane Wade Wade with the Heat in 2011 No. 9 -- Cleveland Cavaliers Position Shooting guard League NBA (1982 - 01 - 17) January 17, 1982 (age 35) Chicago, Illinois Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Career information High school Harold L. Richards (Oak Lawn, Illinois) C... |
17523 | Kevin Durant | Kevin Durant Durant in February 2014 No. 35 -- Golden State Warriors Position Small forward League NBA (1988 - 09 - 29) September 29, 1988 (age 29) Washington, D.C. Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg) Career information High school National Christian Academy (Fort Washing... |
17545 | Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award | As of 2018, NL players have won the award 27 times (including one award shared by two players), and American League (AL) players have won 30 times. Baltimore Orioles players have won the most awards for a single franchise (with six); players from the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants are tie... |
17544 | Willie Mays | Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ended his career with 660 home runs - third at the time of his retirement and currently fifth all - time - and won a record - tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957, when the award was introduced. |
17544 | List of Major League Baseball single-game grand slam leaders | Every team which had a player hit two grand slams won their milestone games. These games have resulted in other single - game MLB records being set due to the extreme offensive performance. Lazzeri, for example, proceeded to hit a third home run in the game and finished with a total of eleven runs batted in, an America... |
17232 | Instant replay in Major League Baseball | MLB was the last of the four major North American professional sports leagues to implement an instant replay review system. Instant replay review was first implemented during the 2008 season. Under that system, only the umpire crew chief could initiate a review, and one or more members of the umpiring crew would review... |
14979 | Chicago Cubs | Hack Wilson set a record of 56 home-runs and 190 runs-batted-in in 1930, breaking Lou Gehrig's MLB record of 176 RBI. (In 1999, a long-lost extra RBI mistakenly credited to Charlie Grimm had been found by Cooperstown researcher Cliff Kachline and verified by historian Jerome Holtzman, increasing the record number to 19... |
17243 | Chicago Cubs | Near the end of the first decade of the double-Bills' guidance, the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1929 and then achieved the unusual feat of winning a pennant every three years, following up the 1929 flag with league titles in 1932, 1935, and 1938. Unfortunately, their success did not extend to the Fall Classic, as they f... |
17542 | List of milestone home runs by Barry Bonds | In baseball, the home run is one of the most popular aspects of the game. Thus, the career record for home runs is among the most important and respected records in baseball. The road to this record has been closely followed and each additional home run Bonds hits extends the current record further. On August 7, 2007, ... |
17545 | Home run | Other legendary home run hitters include Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle (who on September 10, 1960, mythically hit ``the longest home run ever ''at an estimated distance of 643 feet (196 m), although this was measured after the ball stopped rolling), Reggie Jackson, Harmon Killebrew, Ernie Banks, Mik... |
14983 | List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders | Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who is currently second with 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other player to have hit 700 or more is Babe Ruth with 714. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey, Jr. (630), Albert Pujols (626), Jim Thome (612), and... |
14984 | List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders | Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who is currently second with 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other player to have hit 700 or more is Babe Ruth with 714. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey, Jr. (630), Albert Pujols (613), Jim Thome (612), and... |
14985 | Joe Hauser | Joseph John "Unser Choe" Hauser (January 21, 1899 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – July 11, 1997 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) was a professional baseball player who played first baseman in the major leagues from 1922 to 1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians. Hauser's major league career was undistinguished, ... |
17542 | List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders | Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) game as ``baseball's greatest single - game accomplishment ''. Eighteen players have accomplished the feat to date, the most recent being J.D. Martinez of the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 4, 2017 against the Los Angel... |
14987 | General Hospital | General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American daytime television medical drama. It is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest - running American soap opera in production and the second longest - running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light. Concurrently, it is the world's thir... |
17542 | List of Major League Baseball all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers | Wes Ferrell holds the all - time Major League Baseball record for home runs hit while playing the position of pitcher. He hit 37 as a pitcher. Baseball Hall of Famers Bob Lemon and Warren Spahn are tied for second with 35 career home runs apiece. Red Ruffing, Earl Wilson, and Don Drysdale are the only other pitchers to... |
14989 | Fatorda Stadium | In 2006, before the 2007–08 I-League, all four Goan clubs (Dempo S.C., Churchill Brothers S.C., Salgaocar S.C., and Sporting Clube de Goa) announced that The Fatorda would be used as the home for all four teams' I-League matches. In 2014 Indian Super League club FC Goa announced it as their home ground. |
17248 | Utah Jazz | The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its home games at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The franchise began p... |
14991 | Freaks and Geeks (soundtrack) | The opening credits of each episode are accompanied by the song ``Bad Reputation '', performed by Joan Jett from her 1980 Bad Reputation album. |
14992 | Somethin' Bad | "Somethin' Bad" is a song recorded as a duet by American country music artists Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. The song was written by Chris DeStefano, Brett James, and Priscilla Renea. It was released as the second single from Lambert's fifth studio album "Platinum" in advance of the album's release two weeks la... |
14993 | Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right | ``Must Be Doin 'Somethin' Right ''is a song written by Marty Dodson and Patrick Jason Matthews and recorded by American country music singer Billy Currington. It was released in May 2005 as the first single from Currington's 2005 album Doin 'Somethin' Right. The song became Currington's first number one hit on the U.S.... |
15402 | Pure BS | Pure BS is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton, released in 2007 on Warner Bros. Records Nashville. It produced the singles "Don't Make Me" and "The More I Drink". The album was re-released in 2008 with three bonus tracks, one of which — a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home" — was release... |
14995 | Space (George Benson album) | Space is a compilation album by George Benson released in 1978 on CTI Records. It features his rendition of Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming" recorded during the "Good King Bad" sessions as well as some additional songs from his "Carnegie Hall" performance. |
15402 | Candy Coburn | Candy Coburn is an American national performing country music artist who has shared the stage with many notable artists, including Brooks and Dunn, Kellie Pickler, Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Gary Allan, Josh Turner, Lady Antebellum and others. Scheduled to release her third album in 2010, Candy'... |
14997 | Brooklyn Hakoah | Brooklyn Hakoah is a former United States soccer team club based in Brooklyn, New York, that played in the American Soccer League. |
14998 | North York Rockets | The North York Rockets was a professional soccer team that competed in the original Canadian Soccer League during its existence from 1987 to 1992. Upon the demise of the CSL, the Rockets joined the National Soccer League. |
14999 | Cincinnati Silverbacks | The Cincinnati Silverbacks was an indoor soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio that competed in the National Professional Soccer League. |
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