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Trick McSorley
John Bernard "Trick" McSorley (December 6, 1852 – February 9, 1936) was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Red Stockings of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, National Association, the St. Louis Maroons of the National League and the Toledo Blue Stockings and St. Louis Browns (NL), St. Louis Browns of the American Association (19th century), American Association between 1875 and 1886. He played six different positions, including pitcher, but mostly played at first baseman, first base, third baseman, third base and left fielder, left field. He was apparently removed from the Red Stockings team because of "crooked play", but returned several years later for Toledo. He died in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri in 1936 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Notes External links Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball third basemen Major League Baseba ... [...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] |