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William Alex North (born May 15, 1948) is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1971 to 1981, he played for the Chicago Cubs (1971–72), Oakland Athletics (1973–78), Los Angeles Dodgers (1978) and San Francisco Giants (1979–81). He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed.
He and his brothers Bob and Jim, and Jim's twin sister Jan, were raised by their parents, Leonard and Marie Katherine Buckner; his father died in 1966, when Bill was a teenager. His mother was a stenographer for the California Highway Patrol. [3] [4] He graduated from Napa High School in 1968 after playing on the school's baseball and football ...
Baseball historian Bill James considers the Cubs' 1970 rotation of Holtzman, Ferguson Jenkins, Milt Pappas, and Bill Hands was the best of the 1970s. [15] On June 3, 1971, Holtzman pitched his second career no-hitter — the first ever at Riverfront Stadium — against the defending league champion Cincinnati Reds, winning the game, 1–0. [16]
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Joseph Oden Rudi (born September 7, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. [1] He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder between 1967 and 1982, most prominently as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.
MLB is mourning one of the greats. On Thursday, Dec. 5, former Chicago White Sox All-Star Bill Melton died in Phoenix, Ariz., after a brief illness.
MLB statistics; Batting average.313: Home runs: 202: Runs batted in: 1,209: Managerial record: 57–48: Winning %.543: Stats at Baseball Reference Managerial record at Baseball Reference Teams; As player. New York Yankees (1928–1943, 1946) As manager. New York Yankees ; Career highlights and awards; 11× All-Star (1933, 1934, 1936–1943, 1946)
Lloyd worked in textiles, and was a standout semi-professional baseball player. Burgess attended Tri High School in Caroleen, and played baseball under coach Forrest Hunt, who had been a catcher in the New York Yankees minor league system. Hunt taught Burgess to be an aggressive hitter. He played American Legion baseball from 1942 to 1944. [5]