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Roger Bresnahan

April 15, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Roger Philip Bresnahan
Born: June 11, 1879, Toledo, Ohio
Died: December 4, 1944, Toledo, Ohio
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Played For:

Washington Senators (1897), Chicago Orphans (1900), Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902), New York Giants (1902-1908), St. Louis Cardinals (1909-1912), Chicago Cubs (1913-1915)
Elected to the Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee: 1945

Biography:

One of the most versatile players of the early 20th century, Roger Bresnahan played all nine positions for a variety of teams during his 17-year career. Bresnahan opened his MLB career as a pitcher. He also served as an outfielder, before becoming a regula?r? ?catcher. For his MLB career, Bresnahan had a .279 batting average in 4,480 at bats and a 328–432 managerial win-loss record. Bresnahan popularized the use of protective equipment in baseball. He introduced shin guards to be worn by a catcher in 1907.[1][2] He also developed the first batting helmet.  Bresnahan was also an innovator, introducing early shin-guard equipment and experimenting with a protective helmet.

 

More info:

http://baseballhall.org/hof/bresnahan-roger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bresnahan

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Ty Cobb

April 15, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Tyrus Raymond Cobb

Born: December 18, 1886, Narrows, Georgia
Died: July 17, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 175
Position: Centerfielder

 

Played For: 

Detroit Tigers (1905-1926), Philadelphia A’s (1927-1928)
Elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers: 1936

 

Biography:

Born in rural Narrows, Georgia, Ty Cobb was nicknamed “The Georgia Peach”. He was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team’s player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Ty Cobb may have been baseball’s greatest player, if not the game’s fiercest competitor. His batting accomplishments are legendary — a lifetime average of .367, 297 triples, 4,191 hits, 12 batting titles (including nine in a row), 23 straight seasons in which he hit over .300, three .400 seasons (topped by a .420 mark in 1911) and 2,245 runs.

Intimidating the opposition, The Georgia Peach stole 892 bases during a 24-year career, primarily with the Detroit Tigers. In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes.??Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career.??He still holds several records as of the end of the 2013 season, including the highest career batting average (.366 or .367, depending on source) and most career batting titles with (11 or 12, depending on source).

He still holds the career record for stealing home (54 times) and as the youngest player to compile 4,000 hits and score 2,000 runs. Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors, the most by any American League (AL) outfielder.

Cobb’s legacy as an athlete has sometimes been overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style,??which was described by theDetroit Free Press as “daring to the point of dementia.”??Cobb himself wrote shortly before his death, “In legend I am a sadistic, slashing, swashbuckling despot who waged war in the guise of sport.”??Cobb was notorious for sliding into bases feet first, with his spikes high.

 

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb
http://baseballhall.org/hof/cobb-ty

 

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Hal Chase

April 15, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Harold Homer Chase

Born: February 13, 1883 in Los Gatos, CA
Died: May 18, 1947 in Colusa, CA
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Position: First Baseman

 
Played For: 

New York Highlanders (1905–1913), Chicago White Sox (1913–1914), Buffalo Blues (1914–1915), Cincinnati Reds (1916–1918), and New York Giants (1919).

 
Biography:

No lesser figures than Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson named him the best first baseman ever, and contemporary reports describe his glovework as outstanding. Also a great hitter in the dead ball era, he is sometimes considered the first true star of the franchise that would eventually become the New York Yankees. In 1981, 62 years after his last major league game, baseball historians Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Despite being an excellent hitter and his reputation as a peerless defensive player, Chase’s legacy was tainted by a litany of corruption. He allegedly gambled on baseball games, and also engaged in suspicious play in order to throw games in which he played.

 

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Chase
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hal_Chase

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Jimmy Gardner

February 27, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

Jimmy Gardner

Born: December 25 1885; Lisdoovarna, County Clare, Ireland
Died: May 1964 (aged 78) Lowell, Massachusetts
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 133-153 lbs
Division: Lightweight

Record:

Total fights: 93
Wins: 61
Wins by KO: 36
Losses: 8
Draws: –
No Contest: –

Biography:

Gardner was a scrappy competitor who knew how to fight; He was not a great power hitter but was clever and difficult to beat; He lost only four fights in his first 8 years in the ring and was knocked out only twice during his entire career – towards the end. Jimmy was a brother of George Gardner (once Light Heavyweight Champion) and Billy Gardner, and a brother-in-law to Joe Thomas, hard-hitting middleweight of the teens.

Among those he defeated during his career were Belfield Walcott, Jack Carrig, Tommy Devine, Patsy Sweeney, Kid Griffo, Jimmy Kelly, George Memsic, Willie Fitzgerald, Jack O’Keefe, Rube Smith, Charley Sieger, Rufe Turner, Young Erne, Otto Sieloff, Harry Lewis, Clarence English, Joe Walcott, Jimmy Clabby, Jack Fitzgerald, Bill McKinnon, and Terry Martin. Gardner was a brother of George Gardner (once Light Heavyweight Champion) and Billy Gardner, and a brother-in-law to Joe Thomas, hard-hitting middleweight of the teens.

More info:

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/gardner-j.htm
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/55996
http://www.aoh61.com/history/boxing.htm

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Johnny Marto

February 27, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Johnny Marto

(born Robert John Marty in Minnesota)

Born: February 2nd, 1885 in Minnesota, USA

Died: October 1st, 1962

Class: Lightweight

 

In 112 known fights Johnny Marto was never knocked out and is known to have been knocked down only one time by Jim Bonner in New York, on November 2, 1911, in a fight that Johnny Marto was said to have won by a newspaper decision.

 

More info: 

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=52157&cat=boxer

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Owen Moran

February 27, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Owen Moran

Born: October 4th, 1884 in Birmingham, England
Died: March 17th, 1949 in Birmingham, England
Height: 5? 3?
Weight: 108-133 lbs
Class: Welterweight
Reach: 67”

 
Known as “The Fearless”, Moran is recognized by some historians as a former world bantamweight champion. During his career, Moran knocked out former lightweight king Battling Nelson and also fought boxing greats Jim Driscoll, Packey McFarland, Abe Attell, Ad Wolgast, and George Dixon. Moran retired in 1916 with over 100 fights.

Nat Fleischer, a noted American boxing writer and collector, ranked Moran as the #3 All-Time Lightweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #5 All-Time Featherweight; Herb Goldman ranked him as the #8 All-Time Featherweight; Owen was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002.

 

More info: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Moran
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=10745&cat=boxer
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/moran-owen.htm

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Tommy Murphy

February 27, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Packey McFarland

February 27, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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Battling Nelson

February 27, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

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