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Russ Kerns
Russell Eldon Kerns (November 10, 1920 – August 21, 2000) was an American Major League Baseball player who played in one game for the Detroit Tigers on August 18, . He went hitless in one at bat In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during their turn at bat, but a batt .... External linksBaseball Reference major league statistics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinch Hitter
In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute Batting (baseball), batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the dead ball (baseball), ball is dead (not in active play); the manager (baseball), manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, American football or ice hockey, and in a similar way to association football, baseball does not have a "free substitution rule" (at the professional level) and thus the replaced player is not allowed back into that game. The pinch hitter assumes the spot in the batting order of the player whom he replaces. Pinch hitters are commonly used to replace a weak hitter (often the pitcher) or to gain a Platoon system, platoon advantage. The player chosen to be a pinch hitter is often a backup infielder or outfielder whose defensive skills are limited. In Major League Baseball (MLB), catchers are less likely to be called upon to pinch-hit, because most teams have only two catchers. Pitchers are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Tigers Players
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo Mud Hens Players
Toledo most commonly refers to: * Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain * Province of Toledo, Spain * Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States Toledo may also refer to: Places Belize * Toledo District * Toledo Settlement Bolivia * Toledo, Oruro Brazil * Toledo, Minas Gerais * Toledo, Paraná Colombia * Toledo, Norte de Santander * Toledo, Antioquia Philippines * Toledo, Cebu Spain * Taifa of Toledo (1010–1085) * Kingdom of Toledo (1085–1833) * Province of Toledo, Spain * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo * Toledo (Congress of Deputies constituency) United States * Toledo, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Toledo, Illinois, a village * Toledo, Iowa, a city * Toledo, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Toledo, Callaway County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Toledo, Ohio, a city * Toledo, Ozark County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Toledo, Oregon, a city * Toledo, Washington, a city * Toledo, Texas, an unincorporated community in Faye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffin Mud Hens Players
Tiffin is an Indian English word for a type of meal. It refers to a light breakfast or a light tea-time meal at about 3 p.m., consisting of typical tea-time foods. In certain parts of India, it can also refer to the midday luncheon or, in some regions of the Indian subcontinent, a between-meal snack. When used in place of the word "lunch", however, it does not necessarily mean a light meal. Etymology In the British Raj, tiffin was used to denote the British custom of afternoon tea that had been supplanted by the Indian practice of having a light meal at that hour. It is derived from "tiffing", an English colloquial term meaning to take a little drink. By 1867 it had become naturalised among Anglo-Indians in northern British India to mean luncheon.cites H. Wedgwood (1862) "''Tiffin'', now naturalised among Anglo-Indians in the sense of luncheon, is the North country tiffing (properly sipping)". See also . Current usage In South India and in Nepal, tiffin is generally a sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse Chiefs Players
Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Missouri * Syracuse, Nebraska *Syracuse, Ohio *Syracuse, Utah Other *Syracuse (manufactured products), a history of products made in Syracuse, New York *Syracuse (satellite), a series of French military communications satellites *Syracuse Mets, a minor league baseball club *Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York **Syracuse Orange, the collective identity for Syracuse University athletic teams See also *''The Boys from Syracuse'', a musical originally appearing on Broadway in 1938 ** ''The Boys from Syracuse'' (film), the 1940 musical film adaptation *The Collatz conjecture in mathematics, also known as the "Syracuse problem" *Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC), by the Romans * Siracusa (other) Siracusa may refer to: * Province o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superior Blues Players
Superior may refer to: *Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind Places *Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state *Lake Superior, the largest of the North American Great Lakes, Canada, United States United Kingdom * Rickinghall Superior, England United States *Superior, Arizona *Superior, Colorado *Superior, Indiana *Superior, Iowa *Superior Township, Chippewa County, Michigan *Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan *Superior, Montana *Superior, Nebraska *Superior, West Virginia *Superior, Wisconsin, a city *Superior (town), Wisconsin, a town adjacent to the city *Superior (village), Wisconsin, a village adjacent to the city *Superior, Wyoming *Superior (RTA Rapid Transit station), a station on the RTA Red Line in Cleveland, Ohio *Superior Bay, a bay between Minnesota and Wisconsin * Superior Falls, a waterfall between Michigan and Wisconsin Relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotas De Venezuela Players
The ''Patriots'' novel series is a five-novel series by survivalist novelist and former U.S. Army officer and blogger, James Wesley Rawles. It is followed by his ''Counter-Caliphate Chronicles'' novel series. ''Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse'', the first book in the series, was first distributed as shareware in 1995 and first published in paperback in 1998. It was updated and re-published in paperback 2009, and then in hardback in 2012. In one week of April 2009, shortly after its release, it was ranked #6 in Amazon.com's overall book sales rankings, which was attributed by the Library Journal to the book's appeal to "a small but vociferous group of people concerned with survivalism". Set in the near future midst hyperinflation and a catastrophic global economic collapse, ''Patriots'' tells the story of a group of survivalists that flee riots and chaos in metropolitan Chicago to a survivalist retreat that they have prepared near Bovill, Idaho. Origins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha Cardinals Players
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville Vols Players
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, which is one of the fastest growing in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederacy to be taken by Union forces. After the war, the city reclaimed its position and developed a manufacturing base. Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moline Plowboys Players
Moline may refer to: Places in the United States * Moline, Illinois, the largest city of that name in the United States * Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois * Moline, Kansas * Moline, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Moline, Ohio, an unincorporated community People * Charles Moline (1863–1927), Anglo-Austrian businessman and cricketer * Edgar Moline (1855–1943), Anglo-Austrian cricketer * Georganne Moline (born 1990), American hurdler * Jack Moline (born 1952), American Conservative rabbi * Matt Moline, ex-husband of Kathy Griffin * Pierre-Louis Moline (c. 1740–1820), French dramatist, poet and librettist * Robert Moline (1889-1979), Australian Anglican bishop and Archbishop of Perth Other uses * Moline Automobile Company (1904–1919), American automobile manufacturer in Moline, Illinois * Moline Plow Company, a former American manufacturer of plows and other farm implements based in Moline, Illinois * Moline High School, Moline, Illinois * Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima Pandas Players
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaside city of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population of more than 9.7 million in its urban area and more than 10.7 million in its metropolitan area, Lima is one of the largest cities in the Americas. Lima was named by natives in the agricultural region known by native Peruvians as ''Limaq''. It became the capital and most important city in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru (República del Perú). Around one-third of the national population now lives in its metropolitan area. The city of Lima is considered to be the political, cultural, finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamestown Falcons Players
Jamestown often refers to: * Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas Jamestown may also refer to Places Australia *Jamestown, South Australia Barbados * Holetown, Saint James, Barbados; sometimes called its founding name, Jamestown Canada *Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario commonly referred to as Smithfield * St. James Town, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario *Jamestown, Newfoundland and Labrador, a former settlement Ghana *Jamestown, Ghana, a district of the city of Accra Ireland * Jamestown, Churchtown, a townland in Churchtown civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath * Jamestown, Conry, a townland in Conry civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath *Jamestown, County Laois *Jamestown, County Leitrim Malaysia * Jamestown, an alternate name for Bayan Lepas, Penang New Zealand * Jamestown, New Zealand, an abandoned settlement in northern Fiordland Saint Helena, Ascension an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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