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Jimmie Humphries
Elija James Humphries (November 17, 1890 – September 10, 1971) was an American professional baseball player, Manager (baseball), manager and executive. He was a longtime figure in Minor League Baseball, minor league baseball in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Biography Humphries' playing career in professional baseball spanned 1907 to 1918. A second baseman and shortstop, he had a career-best .277 batting average (baseball), batting average in 1916, compiling 136 hits in 136 games with the McAlester Miners of the Western Association, although batting records for multiple of his seasons are incomplete. He appeared in at least 376 minor league games during a 10-season playing career. Humphries was a player-manager with the Bonham Boosters in 1911, the Sherman Cubs in 1912, the Sherman Lions in 1913, and the McAlester Miners from 1915 to 1917. He led the Miners to a first-place finish in 1917. In 1919, Humphries was hired as the Oklahoma City Indians team Secretary (title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases. The team playing in the field tries to prevent runs by catching the ball before it hits the ground, by tagging runners with the ball while they are not touching a base, or by throwing the ball to first base before the batter who hit the ball can run from home plate to first base. There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest from the batter, shown in the diagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |