Learn about the top five greatest third basemen in Philadelphia Phillies history No. 5: Plácido Polanco, No. 4: Willie Jones, No. 3: Scott Rolen, No. 2: Dick Allen, No. 1: Mike Schmidt.
6 months from today, Aug. 16, will be the 75th anniversary of Babe Ruth's death.
The game's most celebrated player hit 729 home runs during his 22-year career, 714 in the regular season and 15 in.
A previous post reported that the Cubs have lost 19 games that ended with a runner being thrown out on a straight steal attempts, and 6 that concluded with a tag on a pickoff.
That's a total of 25.
More Cubs vs. American League pitchers By JohnW53 on Jan 29, 2021, 6:38am CST +
The previous posts in this series looked at the success or lack thereof against American League pitchers in All-Star Games of Cubs greats who never batted in the World Series, and only 1 of whom batted in a handful of interleague games.
Five players were featured: Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson.
Each post detailed the player s performance through the lens of the pitchers ranking among all AL hurlers in total Wins Above Replacement from the first through the last season in which the player appeared in the All-Star Game.
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PHILADELPHIA MLB’s annual Rule 5 Draft was Thursday, with the Phillies selecting Yankees shortstop Kyle Holder 11th overall. The organization has made its share of Rule 5 picks over the years.
Philadelphia selected Hall of Fame right-hander Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1910 (though the rules behind the Rule 5 Draft back then were different than today s incarnation).
He worked out pretty well, huh?
Other Rule 5 picks included Pinky Whitney (1927), Clay Dalrymple ( 59) and Jack Baldschun (1960). It is an interesting list of players. Here is a look at the Phillies’ Rule 5 Draft picks since 70 (in reverse order):
The Phillies immediately traded Machin to the A’s for cash considerations.