Chicago 's first professional baseball team was known as the Chicago White Stockings. When the team began to sell off its good long time players in later 1880s, local newspapers began to refer to the club as Anson 's Colts, To refer to the manager. In 1890, Colts had caught on and Chicago 's team had a new nickname. When Anson left the team in 1897, the Colts became known as the Orphans, as a sad nickname. When Frank Selee took over managerial duties of Chicago 's youthful roster in 1902, a local newspaper made the team the Cubs and the name stuck.
April 25, 1876: Chicago wins its first NL game, October 12, 1907: Cubs claim first World Series title, beating Tigers 2-0 behind
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Ernie Banks in 1953 through 1971 he was inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977 He won MVP twice.Banks became the first African-American to play professionally in Chicago at the end of the 1953 season. He hit 512 home runs in his Hall of Fame career,
Frank Chance in 1902 through 1912 he won Hall of Fame in 1946. 664 winning percentage, and he won over 100 games four times and never won less than 91. In 1906, he guided the Cubs to a major league record 116 wins, which was tied by the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Under Chance, the Cubs had their best run in team history, winning pennants in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910, and won the team 's only two championships. He is the only player-manager to win two World Series in baseball history. Nicknamed "Husk" for his size. A .297 career hitter with the Cubs, his 404 stolen bases are still a franchise record.
Billy williams - 1961-74, Hall of Fame in 1987: Williams ' clutch hitting and perfect batting stroke made him the most feared hitter in a Cubs lineup that also included Banks and Santo. Williams ' 1,117 consecutive games played is the second-most in National League history. The six-time All-Star hit 426 home runs and finished second in MVP voting in 1972. His influence continued after his playing career, as he has been the hitting coach and an advisor to the Cubs since his retirement. His statue on the corner of Waveland and Addison is a testament to his great career and
Jimmie Crutchfield was born on May 15 1910, in Ardmore Missouri. He served in the military during world War II for a year and was an All- Star baseball player in Negro League baseball. He position on the team was an outfielder. Crutchfield was know as a defensive specialist in the outfield and a speedy offensive threat. Crutchfield joined Birmingham Black Barons after graduating from college.
All About the Red Sox Founded in 1901, the Boston Red Sox, which used to be called the Boston Americans, were and still are one of the main subjects in Boston. With an average of around 35,000 people attending each game, this is no smalltalk. They won their first world series against the pirates in 1903. The Sox are rivals with the Yankees and in some cases, fights broke out. The Red Sox were the first team to win 3 championship trophies in the 21 century.
Chicago Cubs:The Chicago Cubs is one of the two major league baseball teams in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870, the team has only appeared in elven World Series. The Cubs is first baseball team to win two consecutive World Series back-to-back. The Chicago Cubs lost the world series to the Philadelphia Athletics in 1910 . For the next couple of decades the Cubs does not make it into nor win the world series again (Martin) (HOLMES).
The players on the Charles Comiskey's 1919 Chicago White Sox team were a fractious lot. The club was divided into two "gangs" of players, each with practically nothing to say to the other. Together they formed the best team in baseball, perhaps one of the best teams that ever played the game, yet they--like all ball players of the time--were paid a fraction of what they were worth. The White Sox owner paid two of his greatest stars, outfielder "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and third baseman Buck Weaver, only $6000 a year. Comiskey's decision to save expenses by reducing the number of times uniforms were laundered gave rise to the original meaning of "The Black Sox."
Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "The Iron Man",[1] is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his position's most offensively productive players, Ripken compiled 3,184 hits, 431 home runs, and 1,695 runs batted in during his career, and he won two Gold Glove Awards for his defense. He was a 19-time All-Star and was twice named American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP). Ripken is best known for holding the record for consecutive games played, 2,632, surpassing Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,130 that had stood for 56 years and that many deemed unbreakable.
Ernie Banks was one of the best baseball players in the MLB. He set many records for the Chicago Cubs. Ernie was one of the best Chicago has ever had. Being an athlete since birth, it was not hard to believe that his stats were the best in the majors. Ernie also showed his dedication by staying with the Cubs until his death.
Diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig (Under the yankees baseball organization) continued on to deliver one of the most famous speeches in sports history, and aimed himself towards his fans and family. Gehrig's mom pushed her son hard and is the reason he was such a gifted athlete not only in baseball but in football as well. Although not the main star gehrig pushed himself to be one of the greats and on of the most well respected men in the MLB in his quote "Let's face it. I'm not a headline guy. I always knew that as long as I was following Babe to the plate I could have gone up there and stood on my head.
The Dodgers finally won , and we owe it to Jackie Robinson. That is right, Jackie Robinson got his first world series in 1955. Do you know who Jackie Robinson is? Well, he was the first African American to join the MLB, outside of a segregation group. This was big because no black ever joined the MLB until he did because he showed the black people that it was possible to be a professional baseball player.
The name stuck with him and from that point forward he was called Babe instead of George (Ruth’s). While playing with the Ravens he performed very well leading to him being sold to the Major League team the Boston RedSoxs. Even though Babe is known for his hitting back in the Majors, he started out as a pitcher. Babe won his major league debut in July of 1914. The only issue was that the Red Sox’s roster was full, so Ruth was moved to their Minor league team the Providence Grays.
Cubs started play in 1876 and their first team name The Chicago White Stockings and one of the eight charter members of the National league, that name lasted till 1889, after that, they used the nicknames, of Colts1890-97, and
One of the ways Robinson’s legacy lives on is being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962 (“Remembering Jackie”). One of the ways every MLB team celebrates Jackie Robinson is by wearing his number 42 on every manager and players jersey every April 15 (Rubinstein 20-25). Robinson's legacy lives on in everybody's mind for being the first African-American baseball player, that people look up to. Robinson won numerous awards for how he played and acted.
Chicago Cubs Introduction The Chicago Cubs are a Professional American Baseball Team that competes in the Sports and Entertainment Industry. Tom Ricketts and family bought the Chicago Cubs along with Wrigley Field from the Tribune Company in 2007. The Chicago Cubs are one of the oldest franchises to this day. They are known for their old school ballpark right in the middle of a neighborhood, and the fans are known to party.
Between the National League and the emergence of the American League, baseball 's growing popularity helped introduce some of the game 's first stars, names that live on in baseball lore. When Hulbert formed the National League by poaching other players, one of those players was Cap Anson, still third on baseball 's all time Runs Batted In (RBI) list. One of the star pitchers in the first "World 's Series" in 1903 was a man named Denton True Young, though his nickname, "Cy," is more commonly known to fans today. Baseball 's all-time leader in wins, losses, games started, innings pitched and complete games has the annual award given to the best pitcher in each league named for him, the Cy Young award. It 's important to note, however,
In 1947, Manager Branch Rickey, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jack Roosevelt Robinson to play baseball on the Dodgers’ minor league team. From there, Jackie Robinson played his way to becoming the starting first-baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers and helped lead the team to a division title. Robinson was the first negro ball-player to play on a Major League Ball Club, while this was an enormous accomplishment for all negro ball-players, it took its toll on Jackie. To Jackie, he was just a ball player.
The all-star game started in 1933 and the game was play every summer at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. It was considered more important than the World