Chico carrasquel biography of michael jackson
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History of baseball in the United States
The history of baseball in the United States dates to the 19th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball-like game by their own informal rules using homemade equipment. The popularity of the sport grew and amateur men's ball clubs were formed in the 1830–1850s. Semi-professional baseball clubs followed in the 1860s, and the first professional leagues arrived in the post-American Civil War 1870s.
Early history
[edit]Further information: Origins of baseball
The earliest known mention of baseball in the United States is either a 1786 diary entry by a Princeton University student who describes playing "baste ball,"[1] or a 1791 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ordinance that barred the playing of baseball within 80 yards (73 m) of the town meeting house and its glass windows.[2] Another early reference reports that base ball was regularly played on Saturdays in 1823 on the outskirts of New York
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Fond farewell: Scoreboard welcoming fans to the final game at Comiskey Park in 1990.
1921 — White Sox catcherRay Schalk tied a major league record with three assists in one inning. It happened in a 3-2 loss to Cleveland at Comiskey Park. Schalk picked off three baserunners!
1949 — White Sox GM Frank Lane started the connection between the franchise and Venezuela when he dealt two minor leaguers and $35,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for shortstop Alfonso Carrasquel.
“Chico” would be named to three All-Star teams and would become the first Venezuelan to appear in the midseason classic. He’d be traded before the start of the 1956 season, to Cleveland for Larry Doby, which opened up the position for another Venezuelan, Luis Aparicio.
1956 — In the season-ending game at Kansas City, Sox pitcher Jim Derrington became the youngest person to ever appear in a game wearing a White Sox uniform. Derrington was 16 years old when he started against the A’s. He went
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Career Regular Season
| AB | AVG | HR | RBI | SB | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4367 | .262 | 53 | 501 | 64 | .702 |
Cass Michaels Bio
- Fullname: Casimir Eugene Michaels
- Born: 3/04/1926 in stad, MI
- High School: Hamtramck, Hamtramck, MI
- Debut: 8/19/1943
- Died: 11/12/1982
| Year | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Regular Season | 4367 | 508 | 1142 | 53 | 501 | 64 | .262 | .349 | .702 |
Awards
AL All-Star
| Year | Team | League |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Chicago vit Sox | AL |
| 1950 | Washington Senators | AL |
League Rankings
Triples
| Year | 3B | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 8 | 9th in |
| 1952 | 5 | 9th in AL |
| 1952 | 2 | 9th in AL |
| 1952 | 1 | 9th in AL |
| 1950 | 7 | 12th in |
| 1950 | 4 | 12th in AL |
| 1950 | 3 | 12th in AL |
| 1949 | 9 | 4th in AL |
| 1948 | 6 | 21st in AL |
| 1945 | 5 | 23rd in AL |
Hit bygd Pitch
| Year | HBP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 4 | 14th in AL |
| 1949 | 3 | 14th in AL |
| 1947 | 3 | 10th in AL |
| 1946 | 4 | 4th in AL |
| 1945 | 3 | 10th in AL |
Caught Stealing
| Year | CS | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 4 | 17th in AL |
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