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Harlan Smokies
Harlan Smokies was the primary name of a minor league baseball team based in Harlan, Kentucky. The team complete for a total of 11 seasons during 1948–1965, first in the Mountain States League and later in the Appalachian League. The team was known as the Harlan Yankees in 1963 and Harlan Red Sox in 1965, due to affiliations with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. The Smokies qualified for the Mountain States League postseason in four consecutive seasons, 1949–1952, and were league champions in three of those years (1949, 1950, and 1952). Notable players Multiple players with Harlan also made appearances in Major League Baseball: * 1948: — * 1949: — * 1950: Roger McCardell * 1951: — * 1952: — * 1953: Cliff Melton * 1954: — * 1961: Cisco Carlos, Mike DeGerick, Art López, Luis Peraza, Mel Stottlemyre * 1962: Fred Klages, Dave McDonald, Denny McLain, John Miller, Billy Murphy, Cecil Perkins, Jim Shellenback * 1963: Mike Jurewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian League
The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wood bats, its season runs from June to August. The league is part of Major League Baseball and USA Baseball's Prospect Development Pipeline. Between 1911 and 2020, the Appalachian League operated as part of Minor League Baseball and various of its teams were affiliated with Major League Baseball franchises. It operated as a Class D league during four stints through 1962, then was classified as a Rookie league from 1963 to 2020. History The original Appalachian League existed only for four seasons from 1911 to 1914 and was classified as a Class D circuit. All teams were independent with no Major League Baseball (MLB) affiliation. It consisted of the Asheville Moonshiners, Bristol Boosters, Cleveland Counts, Johnson City Soldiers, Knoxville Appalachians, and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Stottlemyre
Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr. (November 13, 1941 – January 13, 2019) was an American professional baseball pitcher and Coach (baseball)#Pitching coach, pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, all for the New York Yankees, and coached for 23 seasons, for the Yankees, New York Mets, Houston Astros, and Seattle Mariners. He was a five-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, MLB All-Star as a player and a five-time World Series champion as a coach. Baseball career As a player (1964–1974) Stottlemyre pitched in American Legion Baseball and attended Mabton High School in Mabton, Washington, and Yakima Valley Community College. A scout (sport), scout for the New York Yankees discovered Stottlemyre pitching for Yakima's baseball team, and signed him to a contract with no signing bonus on June 10, 1961. The Yankees assigned him to the Harlan Smokies of the Rookie-level Appalachian League. After appearing in eight games, the Yankees promoted him to the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Jarvis (baseball)
Raymond Arnold Jarvis (May 10, 1946 – April 24, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 44 total games, including five starting assignments, in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (–). He was listed as tall and . Amateur career Jarvis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he graduated from Hope High School. While in high school, he had spent the summer of 1964 pitching against collegiate competition for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Boston drafted Jarvis in the eighteenth round of the 1965 amateur draft where he entered their farm system that season in the Rookie-level Appalachian League. After he made the varsity in the spring of 1969, Jarvis pitched over one hundred innings for the Red Sox during his two seasons with them, posting a 5–7 won–lost mark and a 4.64 earned run average, with two complete games and one save. In 116 innings pitched, he allowed 122 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Vinson
Charles Anthony Vinson (born January 5, 1944 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American professional baseball player. A first baseman, he had an 11-year professional career, although his tenure in Major League Baseball consisted of 13 games for the 1966 California Angels. He threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Career Vinson was signed originally by the New York Yankees but played only one year in the Rookie-level Appalachian League before the Angels selected him in the first-year player draft. He spent three full years in the Angels' farm system and was called up in September 1966 after a 19-home run, 84- RBI season in the Pacific Coast League. He started seven games at first base during the 1966 season's final month. On September 25, against the eventual world champion Baltimore Orioles, Vinson collected two hits and four runs batted in, paving the way to a 6–1 Angel victory. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Roberts (baseball)
Dale Roberts (April 12, 1940 – October 8, 2010) was an Americans, American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees in the 1967 season. Listed at , , Roberts batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was nicknamed "Mountain Man". Early life Born in Owenton, Kentucky, Roberts was the son of Clarence A. and Julie E. Roberts (née Etherington). After graduating from Versailles High School, he served in the United States Navy, United States Naval Air Forces to a term of four and a half years. Career Roberts was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1963, and initially assigned to the Johnson City Cardinals, Harlan Yankees of the Appalachian League, a Rookie-class league. After pitching in 21 games, all but one as a relief pitcher, and a 4–3 record, he was promoted to the Shelby Colonels/Yankees of the class-A Western Carolinas League, and pitched in an additional two games, both of which he was credited with the loss. In 1964, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Peterson
Fred Ingels Peterson (born February 8, 1942) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. Peterson was a southpaw starting pitcher who enjoyed his best success in 1970 with the Yankees when he went 20–11 and pitched in the All-Star game. He is widely known for trading families with teammate Mike Kekich in the early 1970s. He had a career record of 133–131. Fritz Peterson has the lowest ratio of base on balls per innings pitched for any left-handed pitcher to pitch in the major leagues since the 1920s. Early life Peterson attended Arlington High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He was the number two pitcher on his high school team, behind Gene Dahlquist, who went on to play college football at the University of Arizona and professionally for the Norfolk Neptunes in the Continental Football League. Arlington High School produced several major league baseball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ollom
James Donald Ollom (born July 8, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player from Snohomish, Washington who pitched for the Minnesota Twins in 1966-1967. Ollom was originally signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent prior to the 1963 season. In 1966 he won 20 games for the Denver Bears of the Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ..., and earned a late season stint with the Twins. In 1967 he pitched in 21 games for Minnesota (19 games as a reliever and 2 games as a starter). In 35 innings pitched, he had a 5.40 ERA and his only decision was a loss. External links Major League Baseball pitchers Minnesota Twins players Baseball players from Washington (state) 1945 births Living people People from Snohomish, Washington Charlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Jurewicz
Michael Allen Jurewicz (born September 20, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Jurewicz played for the New York Yankees in . In 2 career games, he had a 0–0 record with a 7.71 ERA. He batted right and left and threw left-handed. Jurewicz was born in Buffalo, New York but moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a young child. In Milwaukee, he attended Pius XI High School. Although his high school coach was a scout for the hometown Milwaukee Braves, Jurewicz courted attention from 18 different Major League teams and signed with the New York Yankees. He attended college at Marquette University, but did not play baseball for the school. After his professional baseball career ended, he worked for General Motors Acceptance Corporation Ally Financial is a bank holding company organized in Delaware and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. The company provides financial services including car finance, online banking via a direct bank, corporate lending, vehicle insurance, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Shellenback
James Philip Shellenback (born November 18, 1943) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach (baseball), coach. He appeared in 165 Major League Baseball, Major League games pitched, games for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1966–1967; 1969), Washington Senators (1961–71), Washington Senators/Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers (1969–1974) and Minnesota Twins (1977). The , Shellenback threw and batted left-handed. He is the nephew of the late Frank Shellenback, also a former MLB pitcher and coach. In his nine-year MLB career, he had a 16–30 Win–loss record (pitching), record, 48 starting pitcher, games started, eight complete games, two shutout (baseball), shutouts, 36 games finished, two save (baseball), saves, 454 innings pitched, 443 hits allowed, 228 run (baseball), runs allowed, 192 earned run, earned runs allowed, 40 home run, home runs allowed, 200 bases on balls, 222 strikeouts, eight hit batsmen, six wild pitches, 1,960 batters faced, 14 intentiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Perkins
Cecil Boyce Perkins (December 1, 1940 – October 28, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in two games for the New York Yankees in . He posted a 0–1 record with a 9.00 earned run average in five full innings pitched. His professional baseball career lasted seven years (1962–1968), all in the Yankee organization. Perkins batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . The Baltimore native attended Salem University and Shepherd University, both in West Virginia. He appeared in 116 games in the minor leagues, 102 as a starting pitcher. His MLB trial occurred in July 1967. In his debut, July 5 against the contending Minnesota Twins, he started against Jim Kaat, surrendered five hits and five earned runs in three innings, and was charged with the eventual 10–4 defeat.Retrosheetbr>box score (5 July 1967): "Minnesota Twins 10, New York Yankees 4"/ref> Three days later, against the Baltimore Orioles, he threw two scoreless innings of relief to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Murphy (outfielder)
William Eugene Murphy (born May 7, 1944) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in 84 games for the New York Mets in 1966, mostly as a center fielder and a pinch hitter. He had a batting average of .230 in 135 at bats, with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in. Murphy signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. He was drafted by the Mets after the 1965 season in the Rule 5 Draft, after four seasons in the Yankees minor league Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in Nor ... system. References External links *Career statistics and player information from: Baseball Reference [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Miller (first Baseman)
John Allen Miller (born March 14, 1944) is a former Major League Baseball player who played with the 1966 New York Yankees and 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers. He is one of only two players to hit a home run in his first and last major league at-bats. The other is Paul Gillespie. Miller's first and last major league at-bat home runs (off Lee Stange and Jim Merritt respectively) were the only two home runs he hit in his MLB career. Following his major league career, Miller played for three seasons in Japan, from until for the Chunichi Dragons. There, he primarily played first base, batting .245 with 79 home runs over those three seasons. See also *List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat *List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their final major league at bat This is a list of the 53 Major League Baseball (MLB) players who have hit a home run in their final major league at bat (through the 2019 season). Paul Gillespie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
