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Pitching for the High–A Palm Beach Cardinals, on August 4, 2008, Herron was voted Florida State League Pitcher of the Week. [1] For the season for the team, he was 2–2 with a 2.70 ERA in 15 starts, and in 56 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings he gave up 11 walks as he kept opponents to a .234 batting average. [ 1 ]
The Senior Professional Baseball Association, referred to commonly as the Senior League, was a winter baseball league based in Florida for players age 35 and over, with a minimum age of 32 for catchers. [1] The league began play in 1989 and had eight teams in two divisions and a 72-game schedule.
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
In 1956, the franchise name was changed to the West Palm Beach Sun Chiefs an affiliate of the Cincinnati Redlegs. [3] Managed by Walt Novick, the 1965 team posted an 81–58 record to finish in third place, 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 games out of the first place spot. [ 2 ]
The West Palm Beach Tropics were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club hired Dick Williams as manager and fielded a lineup that included slugger Dave Kingman and Rollie Fingers. The Tropics went 52-20 in the regular season and ran away with the Southern Division title.
The Florida Complex League Astros are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Houston Astros, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. Prior to the 2021 season, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Astros. The team plays its home games in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
The 6-foot-3, 229-pound hard hitter returned to the diamond this year as FSU's starting third baseman and a top prospect for the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. MLB Pipeline ranked Smith at No ...
Golfers from West Palm Beach, Florida (15 P) Pages in category "Sportspeople from West Palm Beach, Florida" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.