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Bobby Richardson | Society for American Baseball Research  If you can help us improve this player's biography, contact us. ... He won the Gold Glove Award five times, he batted over .300 in two different seasons .... stretch as Yankee manager (1949-1960) took the club to the World Series ten times, ..... Bobby Richardson to inherit Martin's playing position, and his uniform number (#1).
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Billy Martin - Wikipedia  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin (May 16, 1928  December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times. As Yankees manager, he led the team to consecutive American League ..... On August 10, 1986, the Yankees retired Martin's uniform number 1 and...
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Billy Martin | Society for American Baseball Research  If you can help us improve this player's biography, contact us. ... Asked about Martin's prowess as a field general, former Yankees manager Casey ... Showing his proclivity for a good fight, Martin was spending his free time boxing in the ... 5 Martin simply said, They can slide as hard as they like, as long as they slide clean.
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Billy Martin - Biography - IMDb  Martin was hired and fired five times during his career as the skipper for the Bronx Bombers. ... Uniform number 1 retired by the Yankees. ... Resigned as Yankee manager during mid-season in 1978, then a few days later signed a new contract...
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Bobby Richardson - Wikipedia  Robert Clinton Richardson (born August 19, 1935) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1955 through 1966. ... He struck out just 243 times in his entire 12-year career, less than 5% of his ... Richardson served as the head baseball coach for the South Carolina...
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Looking Forward: An Autobiography. - Raptis Rare Books  ... Forward: An Autobiography. First Edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography; Signed by President George H.W. Bush. Looking Forward: An Autobiography.
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 through 1939. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait .... On June 1, 1925, Gehrig entered the game as a pinch hitter, substituting for...
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Writing Memoir, McCain Found a Narrative for Life - The New York ...  Oct 12, 2008 ... His 1999 memoir, Faith of My Fathers, for the first time put his prison camp ... It became a best seller, a television movie and the first of five ... a carpetbagger (prison had made him appreciate the Arizona sunset, ... He was a man who would risk his life but never his honor, Mr. McCain wrote with Mr. Salter,...
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Derek Jeter - Wikipedia  Derek Sanderson Jeter (born June 26, 1974) is an American former professional baseball ... He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits (3,465), doubles (544), .... that he quit his job with the Astros in protest after they ignored his drafting advice. ... Jeter played four seasons in minor league baseball, then known as the...
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Maris Hits 61st in Final Game - The New York Times  Yank First to Exceed 60 Home Runs in Major Leagues ... Roger Maris yesterday became the first major league player in history to hit more ... The 27-year-old Yankee outfielder hit his sixty-first at the Stadium before a roaring ... Artistically enough, Maris' homer also produced the only run of the game as Ralph Houk's 1961...
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Yogi Berra - Wikipedia  Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925  September 22, 2015) was an American ... He appeared in 21 World Series as a player, coach, or manager and won 13 of .... Series records for the most games (75), at bats (259), hits (71), doubles (10), ... Later in his career, Berra became a good defensive outfielder in Yankee...
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Derek Jeter will be final single-digit number retired by Yankees ...  Aug 23, 2014 ... When Derek's Jeter's number is retired, it will be the end of the line of ... former Yankees manager Joe Torre before a baseball game against the ... spot in the batting order -- Babe Ruth batted third, Lou Gehrig fourth. ... I'm just not happy anywhere else.' " ... Torre is the third Hall of Fame Yankee to wear No.
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Yogi Berra - Wikipedia  Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925  September 22, 2015) was an American ... He appeared in 21 World Series as a player, coach, or manager and won 13 of .... asked Yogi if the season was over, he replied, "It ain't over till it's over. .... At the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, Berra had the honor of being the...
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20 years ago today, a one-handed Yankee pitched a no-hitter | For ...  Sep 4, 2013 ... Jim Abbott secured a place in baseball history 20 years ago. ... 20 years ago today, a one-handed Yankee pitched a no-hitter ... pitching coach Mark Connor before facing the Cleveland Indians on September 4, 1993. ... But perhaps the greatest quote came from then-Yankees manager Buck Showalter. No...
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Hiring and Firing Billy Martin - Top 10 George Steinbrenner ... - Time  Jul 13, 2010 ... George Steinbrenner was notorious for changing up his staff. From 1973 to 1990, 19 managers came and went; so did five team presidents,...
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Billy Martin - Wikipedia  Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin (May 16, 1928  December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times. .... Martin was fired after the season following an August 1969 fight in Detroit with one...
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Ty Cobb - Baseball Player - Biography.com  May 5, 2016 ... Follow the driven career of Ty Cobb, one of baseball's greatest hitters and ... the highest percentage of votes in the first Hall of Fame election. ... He established records with his 12 batting titles and .366 career average, but also...
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The Baseball Guru - New York Yankees by the Numbers, 16-25" by ...  Returning from the army in 1953, he wore number 16 for the rest of his career. Dallas Green ... Bill Dickey played his entire 17 season career as a Yankee. In 16 All ... In his first 17 years Steinbrenner changed managers 17 times. On his 17th...
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The Lasting Sadness Of Donnie Baseball - The Cauldron  Jun 26, 2015 ... The legendary New York Yankees first baseman closed it in 1996, the summer after he retired, .... He'll be the batting champion in three years..
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Babe Ruth - Baseball Player - Biography.com  Dec 8, 2015 ... Legendary baseball player Babe Ruth went through several events that ... He was among the first five players inducted into the sport's Hall of ... Don't quit until every base is uphill. ... For the New York Yankees, it was a different matter. ... title of coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938, Ruth never achieved...
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Randy Johnson - Wikipedia  Randall David "Randy" Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "The Big Unit", is an ... He holds five of the seven highest single-season strikeout totals by a .... Johnson won the 1999 NL Cy Young Award and Warren Spahn Award as the ... The perfect game made him the fifth pitcher in Major League history (after Cy...