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Frank Howard, former Ohio State star, MLB home run champ and World Series winner, dies. Gannett. ... he went 3 for 10 in the World Series and homered in the Game 4 clincher.
Former MLB pitcher and two-time World Series winner Tim Wakefield died Sunday, the Boston Red Sox announced. ... He is the only player in franchise history to appear in a game at the age of 44 or ...
Halladay started Games 1 and 5, which were one of the most touted postseason pitching match-ups in recent history as he faced another former Cy Young winner in both games, Tim Lincecum. Halladay lost Game 1, 4–3, and won Game 5, 4–2, as the Phillies were eliminated in six games by the Giants, who went on to win the World Series. [ 56 ]
Frank Howard, former All-Star, home run champ and World Series winner, dies at 87. ... The 6-foot-7 Howard, nicknamed Hondo, played 1,895 regular-season and three postseason games from 1958-73. He ...
V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games). T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game. A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997, after which they moved to the National League. [8]
James Lamar "Dusty" Rhodes (May 13, 1927 – June 17, 2009) [1] was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder and pinch hitter whose otherwise unremarkable seven-year Major League Baseball career was dramatically highlighted by his starring role for the champion New York Giants during the 1954 season and that year's World Series.
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped lead the team to victory in the 1971 World Series, died this past weekend. He was 89. “Bob was an integral member of the Pirates who ...
In the World Series, the Mets took the Oakland Athletics to the seventh and final game, before they were defeated. [35] As he had in 1969, Grote caught every inning of every post-season game for the Mets in 1973. [5] Looking back on his two pennant-winning seasons with the Mets, Grote said, "It (the 1969 season) was no miracle. Now, '73 was a ...