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Bombo Rivera
Jesus "Bombo" Rivera Torres (born August 2, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. At the age of seven, his youth baseball manager started calling him "Bombo", meaning "fly ball," and the nickname stuck. Aside from baseball, Rivera also excelled in track and field. He ran the 100 meters and threw shot put at Ponce High School. He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, who was known for his "bomba and plena" musical skills, and played percussion for Ponce’s local bomba plena bands. Playing career Minor leagues Rivera signed with the Montreal Expos in 1970 and during his first season in the Expos farm system, while playing for the Gulf Coast League Expos in Bradenton, Florida, Rivera and some of his teammates took a trip to see the major league club play. The game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Rivera finally got to see his idol Roberto Clemente play in right field. Puerto Rican winter ball From 1977 to 1986, Rivera played his Puerto Rican winter ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the bases. As an outfielder, they normally play behind the six players located in the field. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left field), 8 (center field) and 9 (right field). These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms. Outfielders named to the MLB All-Century Team are Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr. Strategy Players can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Caribbean Series
The twenty-first edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champions teams from the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Tomateros de Culiacán; Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayagüez and Venezuela, Leones del Caracas. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán, México. Summary Scoreboards Game 1, February 4 Game 2, February 4 Game 3, February 5 Game 4, February 5 Game 5, February 6 Game 6, February 6 Game 7, February 7 Game 8, February 7 Game 9, February 8 Game 10, February 8 Game 11, February 9 Game 12, February 9 See also * Ballplayers who have played in the Series Sources *Antero Núñez, José. ''Series del Caribe''. Impresos Urbina, Caracas, Venezuela. *Araujo Bojórquez, Alfonso. ''Series del Caribe: Narraciones y estadísticas, 1949-2001''. Colegio d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Jorgensen
Michael Jorgensen (born August 16, 1948) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who currently works in the St. Louis Cardinals' front office. The New York Mets drafted him in the fourth round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. In a 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career spanning from 1968 to 1985, he played primarily with the Mets and Montreal Expos and had brief stints with the Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics. He also has served as a manager for the Cardinals. Jorgensen is the only major league baseball player to have been born the day Babe Ruth died. Playing career Jorgensen was raised in Bayside, Queens, in New York City."Mets Sign Dyer and Two Rookies: Matlack and Jorgensen Lift Total Under Contract to 18". ''The New York Times''. February 1, 1970. p. S2. He attended Francis Lewis High School. The New York Mets signed a contract with him in 1966. Jorgensen made his major league debut with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Unser
Delbert Bernard Unser (born December 9, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder and utility player from to , most prominently with the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was a member of the 1980 World Series winning team. He also played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets and the Montreal Expos. College Unser attended St. Teresa High School and played baseball at Eastern Illinois University and Mississippi State University. He was a three-year starter for Mississippi State, and was first team All-SEC as an outfielder in 1965 and 1966. In both seasons he helped Mississippi State to a conference championship, but 1966 may have been a breakout year. He led the team runs with 31, hits with 39, and his .333 batting average. That same year he was named a ''Sporting News'' All-American. In 1997, the university inducted Unser into the school's hall of fame. Pro career The Minnesota Twins had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Mangual
José Manuel "Pepe" Mangual Guilbe (born May 23, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Montreal Expos (1972–1976) and New York Mets (1976–1977). Career Mangual played one full season, in 1975 with the Expos. In that year he played in 140 games and hit .245 with a .340 on-base percentage. He also stole 33 bases, good for sixth place in the National League that year. Midway through the 1976 season, on July 21, Mangual was traded by the Expos along with Jim Dwyer to the Mets for Wayne Garrett and Del Unser. Mangual was acquired to help the Mets in the play-off hunt, but only managed a .186 average the rest of the season. 8 At-bats into the next year Mangual was off the team. He toiled around in the minor leagues for another seven years until 1984 when he called it quits after spending the last seven years in the California Angels organization. Mangual's career minor league numbers were good, a .268 average with a .391 on-base percentage and 161 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Bevacqua
Kurt Anthony Bevacqua (; born January 23, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder from 1971 to 1985. Bevacqua is notable for his performance during the 1984 World Series when he hit two home runs and had a .412 batting average as the San Diego Padres' designated hitter. He also played for the Mayaguez Indians in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League from 1977 to 1981. Early years Bevacqua was originally drafted by the New York Mets in the 32nd round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft and the Atlanta Braves in the sixth round of the January Secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign with either team. After leading Miami Dade College to the FJCC baseball tournament, he finally signed with the Cincinnati Reds, who selected him in the twelfth round of the secondary phase of the June draft. He was immediately a utility player, playing each infield position and the ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Darwin
Danny Wayne Darwin (born October 25, 1955), known as the "Bonham Bullet" and "Dr. Death", is an American professional baseball pitcher and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, and San Francisco Giants, from through . Over his MLB career, he amassed 171 wins and 182 losses, with a 3.84 earned run average (ERA). Early life Darwin attended Bonham High School and Grayson County College. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers on May 10, 1976. He began his professional career with the Asheville Tourists in Single-A in 1976. He pitched for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in 1977 and the Triple-A Tucson Toros in 1978. With Tulsa, he was 13-4, 2.41 ERA in 23 starts with six complete games and four shutouts. Major league baseball He made his major league debut with the Rangers on September 8, 1978. He pitched two innings of relie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hernández
Guillermo Hernández Villanueva (born November 14, 1954) is a Puerto Rican former baseball relief pitcher In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed because of fatigue (medical), fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection (sports), ejection, or for other strategic .... He won both the American League Cy Young Award and the American League Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Most Valuable Player Award in 1984 after leading the 1984 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers to the 1984 World Series, World Series championship. Hernández was born and raised in Aguada, Puerto Rico. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1973 and played in their minor-league system as a starting pitcher from 1974 to 1976. He was acquired by the Chicago Cubs in the 1976 Rule 5 Draft and played for the Cubs, principally as a relief pitcher, from 1977 to 1983. His performance improved markedly afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Sweet
Ricky Joe Sweet (born September 7, 1952) is an American former professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1978 and 1983 for the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, and Seattle Mariners. Sweet became a major league coach in 1984 and spent two years as a scout before beginning his minor league managerial career in 1987. Sweet has won four minor league manager of the year awards. His first was the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award in 1994 with the Tucson Toros. He has won the International League Manager of the Year Award three times. The first two were won back-to-back with the Louisville Bats in 2008 and 2009, while the third was won in 2022 with the Nashville Sounds. Sweet was the recipient of the Mike Coolbaugh Award in 2022. Early life Rick Sweet was born on September 7, 1952, in Longview, Washington. After graduating from Mark M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Romero
Edgardo Ralph Romero Rivera (born December 9, 1957) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball infielder and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Detroit Tigers. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. He was later a coach for the Houston Astros, and a manager for several Minor League Baseball teams. His son, Eddie, is an executive with the Red Sox. Playing career Milwaukee Brewers Romero began his professional baseball career in the Milwaukee Brewers' minor league organization, playing for the Class A Burlington Bees in 1976. In 1977, he played for the Double-A Holyoke Millers and also made his MLB debut with the Brewers, appearing in 10 games with a .280 batting average. In 1978 and 1979, Romero played at the Triple-A level. He played with the Brewers during the 1980 to 1985 seasons, batting a career-high .317 in 1983, and appearing in a career-high 116 games in 1984. He played in one po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván DeJesús
Iván Alvarez DeJesús (born January 9, 1953), is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former professional baseball shortstop and Coach (baseball), coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers, for 15 seasons (–). Career DeJesús is noteworthy for being involved in two trades that played significantly in the fortunes of the teams involved. In 1976, he was traded along with Bill Buckner from the Dodgers to the Cubs for Rick Monday. In 1981, he was traded from the Cubs to the Phillies for Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa. In 1977, he had 595 assists, the 5th highest total ever for a shortstop. In 1978 he scored the most runs in the NL, with 104. In 1981 he finished with a .194 batting average, zero home runs, and 13 RBIs garnering the unofficial anti-triple crown for having the lowest number among qualified batters in average, RBI and home ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Morales (designated Hitter)
José Manuel Morales Hernández (born December 30, 1944) is a former designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between and . Listed at 5' 11", 187 lb., Morales batted and threw right-handed. Early career Morales was born to a door-to-door shoe salesman in the United States Virgin Islands. He "joked" in 1977 to the ''Orlando Sentinel'' that he had "18 half brothers and sisters." The ''Des Moines Tribune'' reported, however, that he was raised in poverty as one of 15 children of a shoemaker. Morales started playing sandlot baseball in his homeland before signing his first professional contract to play in Puerto Rico in late 1963. The San Francisco Giants signed Morales in 1963. He spent two seasons in Class-A (1964–65) and three more at Double-A (1966–68). The Oakland Athletics obtained him from the Giants in the 1968 minor league draft, and though Morales finally advanced to Triple-A, he remained with the Iowa Oaks of the American A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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