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In October 1965, Baseball Digest wrote that the 1915 Boston performance was the greatest by an outfield in World Series history. [26] It would be the last time that all three men played on the same team, as Speaker was traded to Cleveland before the 1916 season.
The outfield positions are routinely regarded as being among the less physically demanding positions in baseball, largely due to the rarity of contact with opposing players and the longer reaction time possible after a ball is hit; long careers in the outfield have been common throughout major league history.
Ty Cobb holds the record for most games played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball history, with 2,934. [1] An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, [2] the center fielder, [3] and the right fielder. [4]
Thompson was also one of the best power hitters of the era before Babe Ruth. At the end of the 19th century, Thompson's 126 career home runs ranked second only to Roger Connor. Defensively, Thompson still ranks among the all-time major league leaders with 61 double plays from the outfield (16th all time) and 283 outfield assists (12th all time).
[1] [2] During several seasons with Boston, he teamed up with Duffy Lewis and Tris Speaker to form the Golden Outfield, one of the best outfield trios in baseball history. Hooper is also one of only two members of four separate Red Sox World Series championship teams (1912, 1915, 1916, 1918). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Pages in category "Major League Baseball outfielders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,837 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position. [2] The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base. [3]
Alou was the middle of a trio of baseball-playing brothers that included the older Felipe and younger Jesús. [4] They were the first set of three siblings to all bat in the same half-inning in the majors (September 10), [5] and play together in the same outfield (on September 15), [6] accomplishing both with the Giants in 1963.