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Albuquerque Cardinals
The Albuquerque Cardinals were a minor league baseball team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque teams played exclusively as a member of the Arizona-Texas League in 1932 and from 1937 to 1941, winning three league championships. The team played as the Albuquerque "Dons" in 1932 before the league folded, resuming play in 1937. The franchise became known as the Albuquerque "Cardinals" while serving as a minor league affiliate of the St Louis Cardinals from 1937 to 1941. The Dons and Cardinals hosted home minor league games at Tingley Field History Minor league baseball first began in Albuquerque in 1915, when the Albuquerque Dukes played one season in the Rio Grande Association. The Albuquerque Dons returned minor league baseball to the city, joining the 1932 Class D level Arizona-Texas League In 1932, Albuquerque Dons had a record of 57–42 and were in first place under Manager Bobby Coltrin when the five–team league disbanded on July 24, 1932. The Arizona-Texas L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque Isotopes
The Albuquerque Isotopes are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They play home games at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at an elevation of above sea level. In 2003, the Calgary Cannons moved from Alberta to Albuquerque and became the Isotopes playing in the Pacific Coast League. The team was affiliated with the Florida Marlins until 2008 and the Dodgers from 2009 to 2014. In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Isotopes were organized into the Triple-A West, which was renamed the Pacific Coast League in 2022. The team won division titles in 2003, 2009, and 2012; it has never won a league championship. The Isotopes' mascot is Orbit, a yellow, orange, and red alien. In 2016, ''Forbes'' listed the team as the 14th-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $34 million. Name origins The team's nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Sturgeon
Robert Harwood Sturgeon (August 6, 1919 – March 10, 2007) was a shortstop and second baseman in Major League Baseball who played between 1940 and 1948 for the Chicago Cubs (1940–1942, 1946–1947) and Boston Braves (1948). Listed at , 175 lb., Sturgeon batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Clinton, Indiana. Sturgeon was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted when he joined the US Navy during World War II (1942–45). His most productive season came for the 1946 Cubs, when he posted a career-high .296 batting average. In a six-season career, Sturgeon was a .257 hitter (313-for-1220) with one home run and 80 RBI in 420 games played, including 106 runs, 48 doubles, 12 triples and seven stolen bases. Sturgeon died in San Dimas, California San Dimas ( Spanish for "Saint Dismas") is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 34,924. It historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Sandel
Warren Sandel (May 16, 1921 – June 12, 1993) was an American baseball player from 1938 to 1952. Most of his playing time was spent at the minor league level. A pitcher, Sandel is best remembered for giving up the first base hit to Jackie Robinson who broke professional baseball's color barrier in 1946 while playing under a minor league contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers.Weintraub, Robert (2013) ''The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age''. New York: Little, Brown & Company. . Professional career Sandel signed a professional contract with the St. Louis Cardinals while he was in high school. He subsequently entered the minor leagues in 1938 as pitcher for the Albuquerque Cardinals, which at the time was a member of the Class D Arizona–Texas League.Van Blair, Rick (1994) ''Dugout to Foxhole: Interviews with Baseball Players Whose Careers Were Affected by World War II.'' Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, pages 180-191 Sandel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Odom (baseball)
David Everett Odom (June 5, 1918 – November 19, 1987) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played part of the 1943 season in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Braves. Odom began playing professional baseball in 1936 at age 18 for the Class D Jamestown Jimmies of the Northern League. He completed his baseball career with the Class C Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 unti ... 10 years later. References External links Major League Baseball pitchers Boston Braves players Mitchell Kernels players Jamestown Jimmies players Albuquerque Cardinals players Bellingham Chinooks players Bassett Furnituremakers players Shelby Nationals players Cooleemee Cools players Winston-Salem Twins players Beaumont Exporters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Malone (baseball)
Edward Russell Malone (June 16, 1920 – June 1, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he had a long career in minor league baseball (1938 through 1954, with the exception of the wartime 1945 campaign), interrupted by an 86-game Major League stint with the – Chicago White Sox. Malone was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Los Angeles, California; he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Malone was purchased by White Sox from the crosstown Cubs' Los Angeles Angels farm team in the midseason of 1949.Minor league statistics from He started 48 games at catcher for the remainder of the season (alternating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Johnson (baseball)
Lloyd William "Eppa" Johnson (December 24, 1910 – October 8, 1980) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game with the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 21, 1934. In his only inning of work, he faced only 3 Cincinnati Reds batters although he surrendered a single to Gordon Slade Gordon Leigh Slade (October 9, 1904 – January 2, 1974), nicknamed Oskie, was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1930 to 1935 for the Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers, St. Louis Cardina ..., the first batter he faced. His entire minor league career spanned 1930 to 1941. References External links 1910 births 1980 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Sportspeople from Santa Rosa, California Baseball players from Sonoma County, California {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Hetki
John Edward Hetki (May 12, 1922 – January 10, 2019) was a long relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns and Pittsburgh Pirates in all or parts of eight seasons spanning 1945–54. Listed at , , Hetki batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. Minor league career Hetki first played in the Minor Leagues at the age of 18. He had a promising debut, winning 16 games and losing 10 for the Albuquerque Cardinals of the Arizona–Texas League in 1941. Hetki then was signed by the Reds organization before the 1942 season, and he went 4–1 with a 2.16 ERA with the Birmingham Barons before joining the Ogden Reds, where he was 13–8 and led the Pioneer League with a 2.24 ERA. Overall, he finished the split season with a 17–9 record and a 2.22 ERA in 29 games pitched. His career was interrupted, however, by two years of military service during World War II. Major league career Returning to baseball in ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Gyselman
Richard Ronald Gyselman (April 6, 1908 – September 20, 1990) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1933 and 1934. For his success in minor league baseball, Gyselman was a 2003 inductee in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen .... External links 1908 births 1990 deaths Major League Baseball third basemen Boston Braves players Baseball players from San Francisco Baseball players from Seattle {{baseball-third-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Endicott (baseball)
William Franklin Endicott (September 4, 1918 – November 26, 2016) was an American baseball left fielder who played briefly for the St. Louis Cardinals during the season. A native of Acorn, Missouri, he batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed . His professional baseball career spanned 1937 through 1947, with four seasons (1942–1945) missed during United States Army service in World War II. With the 1946 Cardinals, Endicott posted a .200 batting average (4-for-20) with two runs and three RBI in 20 major league games; his four hits included three doubles, and a .333 on-base percentage without home runs. He did not appear in the 1946 World Series, won by the Cardinals in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. He died in November 2016 at the age of 98. See also *1946 St. Louis Cardinals season The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the National League. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo Chelini
Italo Vincent Chelini (October 10, 1914 – August 25, 1972), nicknamed "Chilly", was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1935 to 1937. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-02. References External links * 1914 births 1972 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago White Sox players Baseball players from California {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Adams (baseball)
Richard Leroy Adams (April 8, 1920 – September 14, 2016) was a former American first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Born in Tuolumne County, California, he batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Coming from a baseball family, Adams was the older brother of second baseman Bobby Adams and uncle of outfielder Mike Adams. He started his professional career in 1939 with the Cincinnati Reds affiliate Ogden Reds of the Pioneer League, spending three seasons in the minor leagues seasons before enlisting in the US Army Air Force in 1941. Discharged from the service at the end of 1945, he played and managed the Santa Ana, California Army Air Base team, for which Joe DiMaggio played. Philadelphia Athletics (1947) In 1946, Adams hit .330 with 155 RBI for the Wenatchee Chiefs of the Western International League, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics. He remained with the Athletics for the 1947 season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
