Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball during the 1900s and 1910s. In 1911,Bender tied a record by pitching three complete games in a single World Series. He finished his career with a 212–127 win–loss record for a .625 winning percentage and a career 2.46 earned run average (ERA).
Harry Edwin Heilmann,nicknamed "Slug",was an American baseball player and radio announcer. He played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932,including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds. He was a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers for 17 years from 1934 to 1950.
John Franklin "Home Run" Baker was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman,Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Although he never hit more than 12 home runs in a season and hit only 96 in his major league career,Baker has been called the "original home run king of the majors".
Maximillian George Carnarius,known as Max George Carey,was an American professional baseball center fielder and manager. Carey played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 through 1926 and for the Brooklyn Robins from 1926 through 1929. He managed the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932 and 1933.
Stanley Anthony Coveleski was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four American League (AL) teams between 1912 and 1928,primarily the Cleveland Indians. The star of the Indians pitching staff,he won over 20 games each year from the epidemic-shortened 1918 season through 1921,leading the AL in shutouts twice and in strikeouts and earned run average (ERA) once each during his nine years with the club. The star of the 1920 World Series,he led the Indians to their first title with three complete-game victories,including a 3–0 shutout in the Game 7 finale. Traded to the Washington Senators after the 1924 season,he helped that club to its second AL pennant in a row with 20 victories against only 5 losses,including a 13-game winning streak,while again leading the league in ERA.
Harry Bartholomew Hooper was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hooper batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Hooper was born in Bell Station,California,and he graduated from Saint Mary's College of California. He played for major league teams between 1909 and 1925,spending most of that time with the Boston Red Sox and finishing his career with the Chicago White Sox.
George Edward "Duffy" Lewis was an American professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox,the New York Yankees,and the Washington Senators from 1910 to 1921.
Zachariah Davis Wheat,nicknamed "Buck",was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder from 1909 to 1927,most notably as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers who were known as the Robins at that time. After 18 seasons in Brooklyn,he played his final season with the Philadelphia Athletics.
Harry Duffield Stovey was an American 19th-century Major League Baseball player and the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs. Born in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,Stovey played for fourteen seasons in the majors and was appointed player-manager on two separate occasions during his career.
Walter Henry Schang was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1913 to 1931 for the Philadelphia Athletics,Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers.
Martin Joseph McManus was an American baseball player and manager.
The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets,as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League,60+1⁄2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants,who had once called New York home. The Mets were the latest team to be 60+ games behind in a division before the 2018 Baltimore Orioles finished 61 games behind the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. The Mets' 120 losses are the most by any MLB team in one season since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. Since then,the 2003 Detroit Tigers 2018 Orioles,and 2023 Oakland Athletics have come the closest to matching this mark,at 43–119 (.265),47–115 (.290),and 50–112 respectively. The Mets' starting pitchers also recorded a new major league low of just 23 wins all season.
Michael Joseph McNally,nicknamed Minooka Mike,was an American professional baseball player,scout,manager and general manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder and utility player from 1915 to 1925,most prominently for the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees where he contributed to five American League pennant winning teams and two World Series championships. He played his final season with the Washington Senators.
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Chicago Cubs system:
George Kaiserling was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Born and raised in Steubenville,Ohio,he played in the Federal League in 1914 for the Indianapolis Hoosiers,moving with them to New Jersey in 1915 where they became the Newark Peppers. Kaiserling won 17 games for pennant-winning Indianapolis in 1914 and finished seventh in the Federal League with a 2.24 earned run average (ERA) in 1914. After pitching for a minor league team in 1916,he contracted tuberculosis the following year,dying of the disease at age 24 in 1918.
The Rock Island Islanders was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Rock Island,Illinois,one of the Quad Cities,between 1892 and 1937. Rock Island teams played as members of the Illinois–Iowa League (1892),Western Association (1894),Eastern Iowa League (1895),Western Association (1898–1899),Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1901–1911),Central Association (1914),Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League,Mississippi Valley League (1922–1933) and Western League (1934–1937).
The 2014 Chicago Cubs season was the 143rd season of the franchise,the 139th in the National League and the 99th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Rick Renteria in his only year as Cubs manager and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of the National League Central Division.
Brennen Davis is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected by the Cubs in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.
The Omaha Packers were a minor league baseball team based in Omaha,Nebraska. Between 1879 and 1935,Omaha minor league teams had a long tenure as members of the Western League and Western Association,winning five league championships. Omaha teams played under numerous other nicknames prior to the becoming the "Packers" in 1930.
Minor league baseball teams were based in South Bend,Indiana in various seasons beginning in 1888 through 1932,setting the foundation for the current franchise,who began play in 1988. South Bend teams played as members of the Indiana State League (1888),Central League (1903–1912),Southern Michigan League (1914–1915) and the Central League under numerous monikers. These South Bend teams directly preceded South Bend becoming a Midwest League franchise in 1988. They remain in minor league play today as the South Bend Cubs.
