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Crush City [28] – Reference to the 2015 team that led the league in home runs. The Stars – Reference to the team logo. The Astronauts [29] – Long version of "Astros". To honor astronauts that occasionally come to the ballpark. The Blastros – Reference to having a lot of home run pop in the lineup since 2015. [30]
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
The Sporting News Baseball Guides through the years, especially during the 1940s when a history of each team's nickname was included. Reference as (TSNBBG) in this article. Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide , by Marc Okkonen, 1991, Sterling Publishing, Co. Referenced as (Okkonen) in this article.
New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton hit a home run against the Texas Rangers on Thursday night that was clocked at 121.7 mph.
The team won a then-league record 110 games, finished with a 19-game lead over second place, and are considered by many to be the greatest team in the history of baseball. The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates , with MVP Paul Waner , led the National League in runs, hits, batting average and on-base percentage.
Coming off a 54-home run regular season, Ruth had three more and a .625 batting average in the Series, while Gehrig batted .545 with four home runs. [95] With the Yankees' run of three straight league pennants and two World Series titles came criticism from fans of other teams, who decried the team's dominance. Calls to "Break up the Yankees!"
Judge is just the seventh player in the storied history of the Yankees to hit 300 home runs for the Bronx Bombers, joining Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Alex ...
In 1927, Gehrig put together one of the greatest seasons by any batter in history, hitting .373, with 218 hits: 101 singles, 52 doubles, 18 triples, 47 home runs, a then-record 175 RBIs (surpassing teammate Babe Ruth's 168 six years earlier), a .474 on-base percentage and a .765 slugging percentage. [30]