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Yakima Braves
The Yakima Valley Braves, was the final name of a minor league baseball club, located in Yakima, Washington, playing from 1965 to 1966 as members of the Northwest League. Yakima hosted professional baseball beginning in 1937 through 1965 with a brief hiatus between 1942 and 1945 due to World War II. Playing under various names, Yakima was a member of the Western International League. History The Pippins were the club to represent Yakima, starting in 1937. The franchise used the Pippins name through 1941 when the club suspended operations. Likewise, the Western International League suspended play after the 1942 season. The Pippins name was resurrected in by the Yakima Valley Pippins of the collegiate wood bat West Coast League. The League resumed play in 1946 with Yakima returning to the field under a new name, the Stars. The Stars were affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1946. In 1948 the club changed names again to the Yakima Packers. The Packers finished the season in last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest League
The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Pacific Northwest, Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. The league operated as the High-A West in 2021, then resumed its original moniker in 2022. History The Northwest League (or the ''Northwestern League'') has existed in various forms since 1890, and has been in its current incarnation since 1955. The current NWL is the descendant of the Western International League (WIL), a Class B (baseball), Class B league from 1937 to 1951 (with a stoppage during World War II) and Class A from 1952 to 1954. The league reformed as the Northwest League and dropped to Class B for the 1955 season. The WIL had ten teams in its final season, with four in Canada. In 1955, the Northwest League was formed, with seven charter teams: Salem Senato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loss (baseball)
Loss may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Loss'' (Bass Communion album) (2006) * ''Loss'' (Mull Historical Society album) (2001) *"Loss", a song by God Is an Astronaut from their self-titled album (2008) * Losses "(Lil Tjay song)" (2020) *"Losses", a song by Drake from ''Dark Lane Demo Tapes'' (2020) *"Losses", a song by Polo G from ''Hall of Fame'' (2021) Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Loss'' (comic), a webcomic strip and internet meme * ''Loss'' (film), a 2008 film by Maris Martinsons * Lord Loss (character), a character from Darren Shan's ''The Demonata'' *"The Loss", a 1990 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' Grief *Grief, an emotional response to loss **Animal loss, grief over the loss of an animal Mathematics, science, and technology *Angular misalignment loss, power loss caused by the deviation from optimum angular alignment * Bridging loss, the loss that results when an impedance is connected across a transmission line *Coup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewiston Broncs
{{Infobox Minor League Baseball , name = Lewiston Broncs , firstseason =1921 , lastseason =1974 , allyears =1921, 1937, 1939, 1952–1974 , city =Lewiston, Idaho , logo = , caplogo = , past class level =Short-season Class A (1966–1974)Class A (1963–1965) Class B (1937, 1955–1962)Class A (1952–1954) Class C (1939)Class D (1921) , league = , conference = , division = , past league = Northern Utah League (1921)Western International League(1937) Pioneer League (1939)Northwest League (1955–1974)Western International League (1952–1954) , pastmajorleague = {{plainlist, *Oakland Athletics (1973–1974) *Baltimore Orioles (1972) *Independent (1971) *St. Louis Cardinals (1967–1970) *Kansas City Athletics (1960–1966) *Independent (1958–1959) *Philadelphia Phillies (1957) *Independent (1955–1956) *Baltimore Orioles (1954) *St. Louis Browns (1953) *Independent (1952) , pastnames = {{plainlist, *Lewis-Clark Broncs * Lewisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves were founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. After various name changes, the team eventually began operating as the Boston Braves in 1912, which lasted for most of the first half of the 20th century. Then, in 1953, the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and became the Milwaukee Braves, followed by their move to Atlanta in 1966. The name "Braves" originates from a term for a Native American warrior. They are nicknamed "the Bravos", and often referred to as "America's Team" in reference to the team's games being broadcast nationally on TBS from the 1970s until 2007, giving the team a nationwide fan base. The Braves and the Chicago Cubs are the National League's two remaining charter franchises. The team states it is "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Stringer
Louis Bernard Stringer (May 13, 1917 – October 19, 2008) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox between the and seasons. Listed at tall and , Stringer batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in East Los Angeles, California. Biography Project Biography Stringer was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted by . In his case, he served a stint in t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Lodigiani
Dario Antonio Lodigiani odi(June 6, 1916 – February 10, 2008) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played for two different teams between 1938 and 1946. Listed at 5'8", 150 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th .... Lodigiani enjoyed a 17-year baseball career (1935–1954), playing parts of six seasons in the majors (1938–42, 1946) and 14 in the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues (1935–40; 1947–54), losing three years while serving in the military (1943–45). Early life He played second base for Lowell High School (San Francisco), as his double play partner was shortstop Joe DiMaggio. In 1935, he graduated from Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, Galileo High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Orengo
Joseph Charles Orengo (November 29, 1914 – July 24, 1988) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played for five teams from 1939 to 1945, playing all four infield positions. He was born in San Francisco, California, and died there at age 73. In 366 games over six seasons, Orengo posted a .238 batting average (266-for-1120) with 129 runs, 17 home runs, 122 RBIs A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the bat ... and 156 bases on balls. Defensively, he recorded an overall .966 fielding percentage. He was married to Alma Orengo and had 4 children. External links * 1914 births 1988 deaths Major League Baseball infielders Brooklyn Dodgers players St. Louis Cardinals players New York Giants (NL) players Detroit Tigers players Chicago White Sox players B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hub Kittle
Hubert Milton Kittle (February 19, 1917 – February 10, 2004) was an American professional baseball pitcher, manager and front office executive in the minor leagues and a pitching coach at the Major League level. When he took the mound for the Triple-A Springfield Redbirds in an official American Association game on August 27, 1980, at the age of 63, Kittle, a longtime minor league hurler whose professional career began in the 1930s, became the only man ever to pitch in professional baseball in six decades. He retired the Iowa Oaks on 11 pitches.Garrity, John, "The College of Cardinals" '''', 14 August 1989 22 yea ...
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Spencer Harris
Anthony Spencer Harris (August 12, 1900 – July 3, 1982), was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 164 games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1925–26), Washington Senators (1929), and Philadelphia Athletics (1930). Notably, Harris played for all or parts of 26 seasons in minor league baseball (1921–24; 1927–48), appearing in over 3,100 games. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Harris threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . As a big-leaguer, he collected 94 hits, including 15 doubles, three triples and three home runs in two full seasons (as a member of the White Sox) and parts of two others. He hit .249 with 46 runs batted in. Harris hit .330 in his final season as a 47-year-old outfielder for the Yakima Packers in 1948. He holds the all-time minor league records for at bats (11,377), hits (3,617), runs scored In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldie Holt
Golden Desmond Holt (March 22, 1902 – June 11, 1991) was an American professional baseball baseball player, player, scout (sport), scout, coach (baseball), coach and manager (baseball), manager. An outfielder and third baseman by trade, the native of Enloe, Texas, logged his playing and managing career exclusively in minor league baseball, but served the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs as a coach on the Major League Baseball, Major League level, and spent two separate terms scouting for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers in both Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn and Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. The , Holt played 23 years of minor league ball (1924–42; 1944–47), although he was a playing manager for six of those seasons. He came to the Majors as a coach under Billy Meyer of the Pirates from 1948 to 1950, then scouted and managed in the farm system for the Dodgers from 1951 to 1958. He switched to the Cubs' organization as a member of its College of Coaches experiment fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellingham Chinooks
The Bellingham Chinooks were a minor league baseball team based in Bellingham, Washington. In 1938 and 1939. The Chinooks played as members of the Class B level Western International League, winning the 1938 league championship and hosting home games at Battersby Park. The Bellingham Chinooks were succeeded in Bellingham by the 1973 Bellingham Dodgers, who began play as members of the Northwest League. History In 1905, the Bellingham Gillnetters were the first minor league baseball team in Bellingham, Washington, playing the season as members of the four–team Class B level Northwestern League before folding. Baseball resumed in Bellingham in 1938 with a championship season. The Bellingham Chinooks became members of the six–team Class B level Western International League and captured the league championship under manager Ken Penner. With a 68–65 regular season record, the Chinooks placed second in the regular season standings, finishing 9.5 games behind the first 1st pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
