Baseball

The most wins in a season before the schedule was increased to 162 games was by the 1906 Chicago Cubs who won 116 games. This is still the record for most wins in an MLB regular season. It was tied in 2001 by the Seattle Mariners.

The baseball Encyclopedia does not list a pitcher by the name of Tom Page (or Paige, either).

There was a Joe Page who was a well known relief pitcher for the Yankees from 1944 - 1950. According to the 1957 Little Red Book of Baseball, there was a pitcher named Page who pitched for New York, AL, in the 1947-49 World Series. He won 2, lost 1. Unfortunately, no first name is listed. I have a ticket stub for one of those games, when I research it, I will update with further info, if found.

December 23, 2005 I was at a Dentist's Office in Mission Viejo, California when a Senior Citizen was leaving the Building, we stopped to speak for a few moments when I asked about his occupation. He is now retired in Northern San Diego County. He told me back in the 1950's he had played baseball with the New York Yankees. His name was "TOM PAGE". I did confirm the spelling of his last name as I attended High School with a "PAIGE". I did not receive any additional information, but the gentleman seemed quite sincere and I believe he is the Tom Page who played for the Yankees.

Pitcher Jamie Moyer of the Philadelphia Phillies who was born November 18, 1962 is baseball's oldest player at 46 years old.

In 2007 Julio Franco was the oldest. He turned 49 in August, 2007.

Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians in 1920.

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The 1916 Cleveland Indians were the first team to wear numbers on their jerseys. The rest of the owners in baseball didn't like that idea and Cleveland quickly abandoned the jersey numbers. It wasn't until 1929 that they came back, when the New York Yankees started putting numbers on the back of the jersey. By 1931, the American League ruled that all team should put numbers on jerseys and in 1932 the National League followed suit.

Yoandry Urgelles is for me the most complete baseball player in Cuba on these days, the best offensive player is Frederich Cepeda.

Ray Chapman, the shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, was hit in the head and killed by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays in 1920. Chapman was one of the leading shortstops in the league at the time. Joe Sewell replaced him, and went on to a Hall of Fame career. The Indians, led by Tris Speaker, won the pennant and the World Series.

Yogi Berra was the manager of the 1964 Yankees (won American League pennant) and the 1984 - 1985 Yankees. Yogi also managed for the New York Mets from 1972 -1975 (won National League pennant in 1973).

lets see theres the Manager the pitching coach the hitting coach the bench coach the 1st base coach the 3rd base coach and the bullpen coach thats about all i can think of

Mickey Mantle played for 18 seasons with the New York Yankees from 1951 -1968. April 17, 1951 the 19 year old Mickey Mantle broke into the big leagues with the New York Yankees wearing uniform number 6. After a bad start Mickey was sent down to the minors. He told his dad he was going to quit, and his father told him to pack his bags to come home. After a second thought to try again Mickey was then called up again to the Yankees, and was then issued number 7 for good. Mickey became the regular right fielder playing only a few games at shortstop and third base between 1952 to 1955. He moved to center field in 1952, replacing Joe DiMaggio, who retired at the end of the 1951 season. During the 1951 World Series Mickey tripped on a water drain in the outfield, a serious injury that affected his playing for the rest of his career. After years of Playing in pain due to all the leg injuries, Mickey called it quits after the 1968 season. When Mickey Mantle retired he was third on the all time list for Home runs with 536 behind Babe Ruth 714, and Willie Mays 583. See Related Links below for more info on Mickey Mantle.

Brooks Robinson was the starting 3rd baseman from 1970-1975. Doug DeCinces was the starter from 1976-1979.

Because when you hit the ball, you run around the bases.

As of the 2010 season, the Yankees team record for strikeouts by a pitcher in a season is 248 by Ron Guidry in 1978.

The job of the second baseman in baseball is to guard second base so the batter does not tag it. They are usually responsible for catching pop flies and line drives that get hit near him.

The correct answer is Ty Cobb who was 34 years 8 months. Hank Aaron is second youngest, at 36 years and 3 months. Derek Jeter is 3rd youngest, at 37 years and 13 days. Pete Rose is 4th youngest at 37 years and 21 days.

Hank Aaron never attended college. During his junior year of high school, he joined a negro baseball league team.

You have to have someone pitch (throw) the baseball to a hitter who has a wooden or aluminum baseball bat. The battle keeps his eye on the ball and swings the bat at the ball.

If you want to know how to hit a baseball and hit it well, you can start out by making sure you have a good stance. stand next to the plate facing it giving yourself about 5-8 inches or so distance from the plate (distance varies on the batter, bat he or she is using, etc.) with your feet spread evenly apart at shoulder-width. Make sure to bend your knees and stay in an athletic position (more or your toes than flat footed). Hold the bat with your hands together at the bottom of the bat with your back hand over your top hand so that your knuckles are lined up. Cock the bat back behind your head with your hands about 5 inches behind your ears and tilit it back so it looks like a sliding board. Look at the pitcher. Make sure most of your wait is on your back leg. when the ball comes step twards the pitcher a little bit with your front foot (maybe 2 inches) And swing the bat around while you pivot your hips to face the pitcher and bring your wait from your back leg forward. This is where all your power comes from, not so much your arms but the rest of your body. When you pivot your hips you are also going to be pivoting on your back foot as if squishing a bug. When you swing you are basicaly throwing your hands out at the ball hard and then FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH YOUR SWING. Make sure you have a nice even cut when you swing the bat and not an upper cut (swinging up with the bat) because if you upper cut at the ball it will not go as far because you are hitting the bottom of the ball and this causes it to rotate forwards as it flys through the air so it will spin into the dirt. Hitting the top of the ball gives it backspin so it soars up into the air. And there you have it, how to hit a baseball. (I hope i didn't leave anything out.)

MLB permanently retired the #42 in 1997. However, they allowed anyone who was wearing #42 at the time to continue to wear it. Mariano Rivera of the Yankees is the only player wearing #42 currently as he was in MLB at the time of its retirement. Once he retires, no one will ever again wear the #42 in MLB.

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Frank Robinson won the NL MVP in 1961 when he played for Cincnnati and won the AL MVP in 1966 when he was with Baltimore.

Nolan Ryan has the most strikeouts as a pitcher, and frankly no one has even come close to his record yet. Ryan struck out a mind boggling 5714 batters, he was more than 1,000 SO's ahead of second place Randy Johnson until this last year when Johnson was able to achieve 4789 lifetime k's (k is the official score sheet notation for a strikeout). Johnson has pitched for 20 years and is in the twilight of his career. He had 173 K's in 2008 so at that pace he would have to pitch for the next 5 or so years and keep the same level of effectiveness, which is all but impossible. 3rd place is Roger Clemens at 4672, though all his records will be in doubt due to his tarnished reputation from his steroid usage. Based on performance alone and discounting Clemens' steroid usage, both Johnson and Clemens are first ballot hall of famers and two of the best pitchers to ever play the game. They were still almost 1,000 k's behind the great Nolan Ryan, who threw 100 m.p.h. late into his career.

The most strikeouts by a single pitcher in a single MLB game is 21 by Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators in a game against the Baltimore Orioles in 1962. The game lasted 16 innings and Cheney pitched all 16. The most strikeouts by a single pitcher in a 9 inning game is 20 and is held jointly by Kerry Wood, Randy Johnson, and Roger Clemens.