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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg is a 1994 biography written by Nicholas Dawidoff about a major league baseball player who also worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
Peter May Biography: Peter May: Alan Hill: 2011: Ian Botham - The Power and The Glory: Ian Botham: Simon Wilde: 2011: Fred Trueman - The Authorised Biography: Fred Trueman: Chris Waters 2011: The Breaks are Off - My Autobiography: Graeme Swann: Graeme Swann: 2011: A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain: Tony Greig: David ...
The Player Ratings Book (1993–95) offered statistics and 50-word profiles aimed at the fantasy baseball enthusiast. The Bill James Handbook (2003–present) provides past-season statistics and next-season projections for Major League players and teams, and career data for all current Major League players.
One of only four players (with Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, and Ted Williams) to end career with a minimum .330 batting average, 450 home runs, and 1,800 RBI – [113] With Albert Pujols, one of two players to hit 40 doubles and 40 home runs in the same season three separate times 1927, 1930, 1934 [113] Scored game-winning run in eight World Series ...
He completed the Grand Slam in 1965 at the age of twenty-nine. Player was the second multiple majors winner from South Africa, following Bobby Locke, then was followed by Ernie Els, and Retief Goosen. Player competed regularly on the U.S. based PGA Tour from the late 1950s. He led the Tour money list in 1961, and went on to accumulate 24 career ...
[258] [259] Many of his former teammates, other famous baseball players, and basketball star Bill Russell served as pallbearers, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson gave the eulogy. [ 258 ] [ 260 ] Tens of thousands of people lined the subsequent procession route to Robinson's interment site at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn , where he was buried ...
Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1977) [3] is an American professional poker player who has won eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables. Ivey is regarded by numerous poker observers and contemporaries as the best all-around player in the world.
[150] Diego Maradona, joint FIFA Player of the Century, and the player Pelé is historically compared with, stated, "It's too bad we never got along, but he was an awesome player". [82] Prolific Brazilian striker Romário , winner of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and player of the tournament, remarked: "It's only inevitable I look up to Pelé.