Sketch Card Checklist

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Sketch Card Checklist 2014 Big Apple Sketch Card Checklist 1 Babe Ruth 43 Babe Herman 85 Don Zimmer 2 Billy Martin 44 Ben Chapman 86 Dwight Gooden 3 Joe McCarthy 45 Bernard Gilkey 87 Ed Kranepool 4 Lefty Gomez 46 Bernie Williams 88 Eddie Lopat 5 Lou Gehrig 47 Bill Skowron 89 Edgardo Alfonzo 6 Red Ruffing 48 Bill Rigney 90 Sandy Amoros 7 Mickey Mantle 49 Bill Terry 91 Elston Howard 8 Whitey Ford 50 Billy Cox 92 Frank Crosetti 9 Yogi Berra 51 Billy Herman 93 Frank Viola 10 Thurman Munson 52 Billy Jurges 94 Frankie Frisch 11 Sandy Koufax 53 Bob Grim 95 Freddie Lindstrom 12 Duke Snider 54 Bob Meusel 96 Frenchy Bordagaray 13 Tony Lazzeri 55 Bob Shawkey 97 Fritz Peterson 14 Reggie Jackson 56 Bobby Murcer 98 Gary Carter 15 Rickey Henderson 57 Bobby Richardson 99 George Burns 16 Goose Gossage 58 Bobby Thomson 100 George Davis 17 Leo Durocher 59 Buck Ewing 101 George Shuba 18 Joe DiMaggio 60 Bucky Dent 102 George Steinbrenner 19 Phil Niekro 61 Bud Harrelson 103 Gil Hodges 20 John McGraw 62 Carl Furillo 104 Gil McDougald 21 Bob Lemon 63 Carl Hubbell 105 Graig Nettles 22 Don Larsen 64 Carlos Beltran 106 Hal Chase 23 Casey Stengel 65 Charlie Ebbets 107 Hank Bauer 24 Enos Slaughter 66 Charlie Keller 108 Hank Thompson 25 Phil Rizzuto 67 Chris Chambliss 109 Herb Pennock 26 Gaylord Perry 68 Christy Mathewson 110 Hideki Matsui 27 Dave Winfield 69 Clem Labine 111 George "High Pockets" Kelly 28 Derek Jeter 70 Cleon Jones 112 Jack Chesbro 29 Alex Rodriguez 71 Clete Boyer 113 Jackie Robinson 30 Wade Boggs 72 Craig Swan 114 Jerry Grote 31 Catfish Hunter 73 Darryl Strawberry 115 Jerry Koosman 32 Joe Gordon 74 Dave Righetti 116 Jesse Orosco 33 Mariano Rivera 75 David Cone 117 Joe Black 34 Burleigh Grimes 76 David Wright 118 Joe Dugan 35 Bill Dickey 77 Dazzy Vance 119 Joe Kelley 36 Earle Combs 78 Dick Bartell 120 Joe McGinnity 37 Al Jackson 79 Doc Crandall 121 Joe Pepitone 38 Al Leiter 80 Dolph Camilli 122 Joe Torre 39 Al Lopez 81 Don Drysdale 123 John Milner 40 Allie Reynolds 82 Don Mattingly 124 John Olerud 41 Andy Pafko 83 Don Mueller 125 John Stearns 42 Andy Pettitte 84 Don Newcombe 126 Johnnie Wittig 2014 Big Apple Sketch Card Checklist 127 Johnny Mize 152 Preacher Roe 177 Spud Chandler 128 Johnny Murphy 153 Ralph Houk 178 Tim Keefe 129 Johnny Podres 154 Randy Myers 179 Tino Martinez 130 Johnny Rucker 155 Ransom Jackson 180 Todd Hundley 131 Jon Matlack 156 Red Rolfe 181 Tom Seaver 132 Jorge Posada 157 Rey Ordonez 182 Tommie Agee 133 Jose Reyes 158 Robin Ventura 183 Tommy Henrich 134 Junior Gilliam 159 Roger Clemens 184 Tony Kubek 135 Keith Hernandez 160 Roger Connor 185 Tug McGraw 136 Ken Boswell 161 Roger Maris 186 Turk Wendell 137 Kevin McReynolds 162 Roger McDowell 187 Van Lingle Mungo 138 Larry Jansen 163 Roger Peckinpaugh 188 Vic Raschi 139 Lenny Dykstra 164 Ron Darling 189 Waite Hoyt 140 Lou Piniella 165 Ron Guidry 190 Wally Backman 141 Max Carey 166 Ron Hunt 191 Wally Pipp 142 Mel Ott 167 Ron Swoboda 192 Wayne Garrett 143 Mel Stottlemyre 168 Ross Youngs 193 Wes Westrum 144 Mike Mussina 169 Roy Campanella 194 Whitey Lockman 145 Mike Piazza 170 Roy White 195 Wilbert Robinson 146 Monte Irvin 171 Rube Marquard 196 Wilcy Moore 147 Mookie Wilson 172 Rube Walker 197 Willie Keeler 148 Nolan Ryan 173 Rusty Staub 198 Willie Mays 149 Paul O’Neill 174 Sal Maglie 199 Willie Randolph 150 Pee Wee Reese 175 Sid Fernandez 200 Zack Wheat 151 Pete Reiser 176 Sparky Lyle.
Recommended publications
  • Sports Planners Guide
    SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE | 1 2 | SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL 06 BASKETBALL 10 BOWLING 14 CHEERLEADING 16 CROSS COUNTRY 18 DOG RACING 19 FENCING 20 FOOTBALL 22 GOLF 25 GYMNASTICS 29 ICE SKATING 31 LACROSSE 32 MOTORSPORTS 36 SOCCER 37 SWIMMING 42 TENNIS 44 TOURNAMENT FISHING 48 TRACK & FIELD 50 VOLLEYBALL 52 WHEELCHAIR SPORTS 56 WRESTLING 57 PARKS AND RECREATION 59 SPORTS MUSEUMS 60 FACILITY DIAGRAMS 62 REFERENCE GUIDE 74 SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE | 3 4 | SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE IT’S MORE THAN JUST A GAME IN BIRMINGHAM What’s in Birmingham? Everything. From a convenient location and state-of-the-art facilities to our easy-to-use planning resources, hosting your next sports event in Birmingham is a win-win. Birmingham’s four distinct seasons and beautiful facilities of the Southeastern Conference and Southwestern Athletic provide the backdrop for a range of competitions such Conference, Birmingham has long been a hub of all things as NCAA championships, SEC, SIAC, SWAC, and Gulf South athletic. Add to that the convenience of an international Conference championships, NASCAR and Indy Racing, the airport and the entertainment options that fill Alabama’s Davis Cup, the Bassmaster Classic and the Regions largest city, and it’s no wonder why Birmingham is fast Tradition golf tournament. And with more than 3.4 million becoming one of the nation’s favorite spots to play. people living within 100 miles, our population packs the house for some of the South’s best sporting events. Home to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and headquarters SPORTS PLANNERS GUIDE | 5 BASEBALL & SOFTBALL BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE HOMEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PARK (P) 205.871.9663 (F) 205.879.0879 1901 SOUTH LAKESHORE DRIVE (P) 205.226.4600 (F) 205.226.3049 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35309 900 ARKADELPHIA ROAD BIRMINGHAM, AL 35254 Facility is located on the campus of Homewood High (W) BSCSPORTS.NET/FACILITIES/SOFTBALL_PARK School.
    [Show full text]
  • In, Lose, Or Draw Arcade Pontiac
    SPORTS CLASSIFIED ADS P 7hl>1trttlT AvlA A A2) CLASSIFIED ADS JUNE 1951 ^t-UvIUIly JJU WEDNESDAY, 20, ** White Sox Finally Convince Yankees They re the Team to Beat I Holmes Preparing to Play About w or Draw Worrying in, Lose, as By FRANCIS STANN As Well Manage Braves DESPITE THOSE RUMORS that Billy Southworth may turn Wrong Fellows/ up with the Pirates next season, odds are that Billy is finished for keeps as a manager—just as Joe McCarthy is retired. Here were two of the best of all managers in their heydays, but they Stengel Thinks punished themselves severely. It’s odd, too, that .both careers were broken off in Boston. 60,441 Fans Thrilled They made a grim pair on the field. Maybe that’s why they were successful. McCarthy By Chicago's Rally won one pennant for the Cubs and eight for the To Split Twin Bill Yankees. Southworth won three pennants •y tha Associated Press in a row for the Cardinals, another for the Braves. When they were winning they were Those fighting White Sox ari tops' as managers. But adversity and advancing making believers of their oppo years eventually took their toll on the nervous nents—team by team, manager b; systems of these intense men. manager. McCarthy quit the Yankees in 1946 when Now it’s New York and Manage the third it became evident that, for straight Casey Stengel singing the praise to win. He sat on his year, he wasn’t going of the spectacular Sox. at Buffalo for two and was called porch years "Maybe we’ve been worryini back the Red Sox.
    [Show full text]
  • Fair Ball! Why Adjustments Are Needed
    © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CHAPTER 1 Fair Ball! Why Adjustments Are Needed King Arthur’s quest for it in the Middle Ages became a large part of his legend. Monty Python and Indiana Jones launched their searches in popular 1974 and 1989 movies. The mythic quest for the Holy Grail, the name given in Western tradition to the chal- ice used by Jesus Christ at his Passover meal the night before his death, is now often a metaphor for a quintessential search. In the illustrious history of baseball, the “holy grail” is a ranking of each player’s overall value on the baseball diamond. Because player skills are multifaceted, it is not clear that such a ranking is possible. In comparing two players, you see that one hits home runs much better, whereas the other gets on base more often, is faster on the base paths, and is a better fielder. So which player should rank higher? In Baseball’s All-Time Best Hitters, I identified which players were best at getting a hit in a given at-bat, calling them the best hitters. Many reviewers either disapproved of or failed to note my definition of “best hitter.” Although frequently used in base- ball writings, the terms “good hitter” or best hitter are rarely defined. In a July 1997 Sports Illustrated article, Tom Verducci called Tony Gwynn “the best hitter since Ted Williams” while considering only batting average.
    [Show full text]
  • San Francisco Giants Weekly Notes: April 13-19
    SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS WEEKLY NOTES: APRIL 13-19 Oracle Park 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @SFGigantes @SFGiantsMedia NEWS & NOTES RADIO & TV THIS WEEK The Giants have created sfgiants.com/ Last Friday, Sony and the MLBPA launched fans/resource-center as a destination for MLB The Show Players League, a 30-player updates regarding the 2020 baseball sea- eSports league that will run for approxi- son as well as a place to find resources that mately three weeks. OF Hunter Pence will Monday - April 13 are being offered throughout our commu- represent the Giants. For more info, see nities during this difficult time. page two . 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow Fans interested in the weekly re-broadcast After crowning a fan-favorite Giant from joins Murph & Mac of classic Giants games can find a schedule the 1990-2009 era, IF Brandon Crawford 5 p.m. - Gabe Kapler for upcoming broadcasts at sfgiants.com/ has turned his sights to finding out which joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks fans/broadcasts cereal is the best. See which cereal won Tuesday - April 14 his CerealWars bracket 7:35 a.m. - Duane Kuiper joins Murph & Mac THIS WEEK IN GIANTS HISTORY 4:30 p.m. - Dave Flemming joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks APR OF Barry Bonds hit APR On Opening Day at APR Two of the NL’s top his 661st home run, the Polo Grounds, pitchers battled it Wednesday - April 15 13 passing Willie Mays 16 Mel Ott hit his 511th 18 out in San Francis- 7:35 a.m.
    [Show full text]
  • Iplffll. Tubeless Or Tire&Tube
    THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. M Billy Meyer Dead at 65; Lead Stands Up MONDAY. APBIL 1, 1957 A-17 Long Famous in Baseball , i Gonzales Quitting Pro Tour . - May Injured - ' • •• As 'v Palmer Wins mEBIIHhhS^^s^hESSHSI KNOXVILLE, Term., April. 1 ¦ In to Heal Hand V9T (VP).—Death has claimed William MONTREAL, April 1 (VP).—Big : wall to pro to give Adam (Billy) Meyer, major turn Gonzales Oonzales, king of profes- some competition, avail- league “manager of the year” Pancho ¦ was not Azalea Tourney sional tennis, today decided to -1 able for comment but it could ; with the underdog Pittsburgh quit Kramer’s troupe after : as any surprise Pirates in 1948 and of the Jack not have come one WILMINGTON, N. C.. April 1 May . best-known minor league man- Its last American match 26. to him. (VP).—Although he outshot only Plagued by a cyst on his racket ; When the American segment ! agers of all time. four of the 24 other money win- hand, Gonzales said: of the tour opened in New Yorl The 65-yfear-old veteran of 46 ners in the Azalea Open golf “Ineed a rest. I’ve been play- February 17, Gonzales was ljl years player, ¦ as manager, scout tournament’s final round, Arnold ing continuously for 18 months > pain and he said that if this and “trouble shooter” died in a Palmer’s 54-hole lead stood up and I want to give my hand a injury not heal, he miglit and i did hospital yesterday of a heart and ” he eased out with a one- chance to heal.” have to quit.
    [Show full text]
  • 2020 MLB Ump Media Guide
    the 2020 Umpire media gUide Major League Baseball and its 30 Clubs remember longtime umpires Chuck Meriwether (left) and Eric Cooper (right), who both passed away last October. During his 23-year career, Meriwether umpired over 2,500 regular season games in addition to 49 Postseason games, including eight World Series contests, and two All-Star Games. Cooper worked over 2,800 regular season games during his 24-year career and was on the feld for 70 Postseason games, including seven Fall Classic games, and one Midsummer Classic. The 2020 Major League Baseball Umpire Guide was published by the MLB Communications Department. EditEd by: Michael Teevan and Donald Muller, MLB Communications. Editorial assistance provided by: Paul Koehler. Special thanks to the MLB Umpiring Department; the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; and the late David Vincent of Retrosheet.org. Photo Credits: Getty Images Sport, MLB Photos via Getty Images Sport, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Copyright © 2020, the offiCe of the Commissioner of BaseBall 1 taBle of Contents MLB Executive Biographies ...................................................................................................... 3 Pronunciation Guide for Major League Umpires .................................................................. 8 MLB Umpire Observers ..........................................................................................................12 Umps Care Charities .................................................................................................................14
    [Show full text]
  • Stanley Lomas Television Commercial Collection
    Stanley Lomas Television Commercial Collection NMAH.AC.0342 Barbara Humphreys 1991 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 1 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: Supporting Documentation, 1947-1990.................................................... 4 Series 2: Audiovisual Materials, 1950-1956............................................................. 5 Stanley Lomas Television Commercial Collection NMAH.AC.0342 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Stanley Lomas Television Commercial
    [Show full text]
  • November 13, 2010 Prices Realized
    SCP Auctions Prices Realized - November 13, 2010 Internet Auction www.scpauctions.com | +1 800 350.2273 Lot # Lot Title 1 C.1910 REACH TIN LITHO BASEBALL ADVERTISING DISPLAY SIGN $7,788 2 C.1910-20 ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR FATIMA CIGARETTES ROUND ADVERTISING SIGN $317 3 1912 WORLD CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY PIECE $1,050 4 1914 "TUXEDO TOBACCO" ADVERTISING POSTER FEATURING IMAGES OF MATHEWSON, LAJOIE, TINKER AND MCGRAW $288 5 1928 "CHAMPIONS OF AL SMITH" CAMPAIGN POSTER FEATURING BABE RUTH $2,339 6 SET OF (5) LUCKY STRIKE TROLLEY CARD ADVERTISING SIGNS INCLUDING LAZZERI, GROVE, HEILMANN AND THE WANER BROTHERS $5,800 7 EXTREMELY RARE 1928 HARRY HEILMANN LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTES LARGE ADVERTISING BANNER $18,368 8 1930'S DIZZY DEAN ADVERTISING POSTER FOR "SATURDAY'S DAILY NEWS" $240 9 1930'S DUCKY MEDWICK "GRANGER PIPE TOBACCO" ADVERTISING SIGN $178 10 1930S D&M "OLD RELIABLE" BASEBALL GLOVE ADVERTISEMENTS (3) INCLUDING COLLINS, CRITZ AND FONSECA $1,090 11 1930'S REACH BASEBALL EQUIPMENT DIE-CUT ADVERTISING DISPLAY $425 12 BILL TERRY COUNTERTOP AD DISPLAY FOR TWENTY GRAND CIGARETTES SIGNED "TO BARRY" - EX-HALPER $290 13 1933 GOUDEY SPORT KINGS GUM AND BIG LEAGUE GUM PROMOTIONAL STORE DISPLAY $1,199 14 1933 GOUDEY WINDOW ADVERTISING SIGN WITH BABE RUTH $3,510 15 COMPREHENSIVE 1933 TATTOO ORBIT DISPLAY INCLUDING ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, PIN, WRAPPER AND MORE $1,320 16 C.1934 DIZZY AND DAFFY DEAN BEECH-NUT ADVERTISING POSTER $2,836 17 DIZZY DEAN 1930'S "GRAPE NUTS" DIE-CUT ADVERTISING DISPLAY $1,024 18 PAIR OF 1934 BABE RUTH QUAKER
    [Show full text]
  • Hrizonhhighways February • 1951
    HRIZONHHIGHWAYS FEBRUARY • 1951 . THIRTY-FIVE CENTS , l /jJI I\fj Spring has a good press. The poets make much ado about birds, bees, flowers and the sprightliness of the season. They neglect such mundane subjects as spring house cleaning and overlook the melancholy fact that armies with evil intentions march when the snow melts. We hope our only concern is with flowers, bees and birds and things like that. As for spring house cleaning, just open the doors and let the house air out. Why joust with vacuum cleaners and mops when spring beckons? Spring does a good job of beckoning in the desert land. It is our pleasure to show you some panoramas of the desert and desert plateau country when nature's fashion calls for spring dress. We wish we could promise the most colorful spring ever but the effiorescence of spring depends on the rainfall. We have had a darned dry "dry spell" hereabouts, broken only by a good rain in late January. If the rains keep on, then we can predict a real pretty March, April and May, but who the heck is going to be silly enough to try to tell whether it'll rain. Anyway, we'll promise you grand weather. An Arizona spring can't be beat. The weather had better be perfect! Sometime this month a group of wonderfully agile and extremely well paid young men who answer to the roll call of the Cleveland Indians, and another group of even more agile and even better paid young men who form the New York Yankees baseball team arrive in Tucson and Phoenix for spring training, the latter to get ready to defend the World's Championship, the former to try to bring it to Cleveland.
    [Show full text]
  • 1955 Bowman Baseball Checklist
    1955 Bowman Baseball Checklist 1 Hoyt Wilhelm 2 Alvin Dark 3 Joe Coleman 4 Eddie Waitkus 5 Jim Robertson 6 Pete Suder 7 Gene Baker 8 Warren Hacker 9 Gil McDougald 10 Phil Rizzuto 11 Bill Bruton 12 Andy Pafko 13 Clyde Vollmer 14 Gus Keriazakos 15 Frank Sullivan 16 Jimmy Piersall 17 Del Ennis 18 Stan Lopata 19 Bobby Avila 20 Al Smith 21 Don Hoak 22 Roy Campanella 23 Al Kaline 24 Al Aber 25 Minnie Minoso 26 Virgil Trucks 27 Preston Ward 28 Dick Cole 29 Red Schoendienst 30 Bill Sarni 31 Johnny TemRookie Card 32 Wally Post 33 Nellie Fox 34 Clint Courtney 35 Bill Tuttle 36 Wayne Belardi 37 Pee Wee Reese 38 Early Wynn 39 Bob Darnell 40 Vic Wertz 41 Mel Clark 42 Bob Greenwood 43 Bob Buhl Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 44 Danny O'Connell 45 Tom Umphlett 46 Mickey Vernon 47 Sammy White 48 (a) Milt BollingFrank Bolling on Back 48 (b) Milt BollingMilt Bolling on Back 49 Jim Greengrass 50 Hobie Landrith 51 El Tappe Elvin Tappe on Card 52 Hal Rice 53 Alex Kellner 54 Don Bollweg 55 Cal Abrams 56 Billy Cox 57 Bob Friend 58 Frank Thomas 59 Whitey Ford 60 Enos Slaughter 61 Paul LaPalme 62 Royce Lint 63 Irv Noren 64 Curt Simmons 65 Don ZimmeRookie Card 66 George Shuba 67 Don Larsen 68 Elston HowRookie Card 69 Billy Hunter 70 Lew Burdette 71 Dave Jolly 72 Chet Nichols 73 Eddie Yost 74 Jerry Snyder 75 Brooks LawRookie Card 76 Tom Poholsky 77 Jim McDonald 78 Gil Coan 79 Willy MiranWillie Miranda on Card 80 Lou Limmer 81 Bobby Morgan 82 Lee Walls 83 Max Surkont 84 George Freese 85 Cass Michaels 86 Ted Gray 87 Randy Jackson 88 Steve Bilko 89 Lou
    [Show full text]
  • Kit Young's MAJOR Auction Auction Ends Tuesday
    KIT YOUNG’S MAJOR AUCTION AUCTION ENDS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD Auction closes Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:00 pm. P.S.T.(or until phone stops ringing for 5 minutes). Please feel free to bid any time! Please Note: Due to the large number of consignments in this auction, there will be a 10% buyers fee added to all winning bids. This fee is the lowest in the hobby. .most auctions charge between 15% and 22%! No return privileges on graded cards. Auction hotline is Toll-Free at 888-548-9686 (or our order line 858-259-1300, or email bids to [email protected]) 3 1959 TOPPS 1 NEW YORK YANKEES ALL-TIME 2 1960 POST CEREAL GREATS AUTO’d BASEBALL MICKEY MANTLE BASEBALL SET Rawlings Official League Ball autographed by 27 Powerful image Yankees including Derek Jeter, Blanchard, Ham- Popular late 1950’s of the Mick set loaded with Hall ilton, Duren, Maas, Jeff Nelson, Bernie Williams, on a bright Torborg, Downing, Don Larsen, Lopez, Arroyo, of Famers and stars pink of the day! Overall Cardenal, Fox, Henrich, Mickey Rivers, Girardi, shape is VG-EX (with Siebern, Stottlemyre and 8 others. EX-MT overall, background! many better and a includes COA Measures few less). Includes from PSA/DNA! 7” x 8 3/4”, Mantle VG-EX, Mays Minimum Bid creasing EX, Koufax VG-EX, Maris VG-EX, Banks $195.00 visible on EX+, Aaron VG, Cle- reverse mente EX+, Gibson around the EX/EX-MT, Cam- bordered panella EX+/EX-MT, Mantle A.S. VG-EX “wooden-like” and any more! frame.
    [Show full text]
  • Baseball's Worst Team Fred Worth Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Academic Forum 21 2003-04 Baseball's Worst Team Fred Worth Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Abstract - In this paper we will look at some of the worst teams in baseball history and try to decide which team was indeed the worst. We will look at some statistics that will compare the teams to the teams of their day to try to account for the differences in eras. Introduction Much discussion is heard regarding who the best player, hitter, pitcher, etc. in baseball history may have been. There is not typically a lot of discussion on who the worst in any of these categories may be. The 2003 season changed that a little bit due to the incredible futility displayed by the Detroit Tigers. In this paper, we will look at some of the worst teams in baseball history and see if, indeed, the Tigers qualify. Preliminary Criteria The first consideration needs to be what criteria we will use to make our determination of the worst team. Certainly the teams win-loss record and winning percentage should be considered. Since the word "worst" implies a comparison, we should also look a how far the teams finished out of first place and, to see how truly bad they were, how far they finished behind the next-to- last-place team. Candidates The following table lists the teams we will consider for the designation as the worst team in baseball history. There have been other teams that were very bad. Obviously the choice of candidates is fairly arbitrary, however, most would agree that these nine teams were rather bad.
    [Show full text]