DOCSLIB.ORG

YAHLEY JATIONA^BANB^Pg^ Ml MI I I FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Spirits Calvert Distillers Corp., N

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
YAHLEY JATIONA^BANB^Pg^ Ml MI I I FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Spirits Calvert Distillers Corp., N PAGE SIX ARIZONA SUN FRIDAY, AUGUST 8,1952 The Heat's On As Pitchers Toil Notional Sports Newcomers Hard On Trail, For Game's Elusive 20-Win Circle Editor's Poll The August-September “stretch run” looms tougher than ever this By Cy Rice Os South Mountain Leaders pitchers hopeful of entering the elusive year for the American League By CY RICE Don “Crash Wall” Chapel added to his point leadership at South 20-game winner’s circle. Baseball, the truly 100 per cent Mountain Speedway last Saturday and will be out to make it two Through league’s play coveted record of the 51 seasons of the American game with its immortal- feature wins in a row as the Modified Stock Cars return to action again winning 20 games in one year has been attained tut 238 times, an ized heroes, shifts to high gear Saturday night at the quarter-mile banked oval. average of 4.6 pitchers a season this month as teams swing into a Saturday’s action will undoubtedly be the fastest and most exciting making the grade. Last season the Detroit, having year, as cars games for Hal 29 stretch drive toward the goal of of the the number of circuit had no fewer than six. But victories. New- and drivers at the Speedway grows wins and Diz 27 pennant-winning. him by tough N. Y. Yahkees as this 1952 campaign approaches lefty shots accounted for the each week. Last week, twenty cars houser’s and Cleveland Indians. The the final two months there is only no fewer than 13 wins in the final The days are hot, the pace is Cleve- started the 40-lap feature race, and one hurler, at this writing, who two months, with Trout coming killing. Toiling oil the mound to land defeat was 2 to 1. As if to an additional nine took the green can be rated a standout chance of through with 12 victories in the serve batters what they don’t want clinch their points they argue, flag in the semi-main. making it—little Bobby Shantz of same period. Hal had eight wins “Shantz can take his regular turn • will be two crafty southpaws. One Several t;o the Athletics. in September that season, losing relative newcomers leads League; oth- on the mound while Roe can’t.”. hardtop racing giving point The diminutive Philadelphia only one game, to the Yanks in a the National the are the Baskers of the Arkansas-born leaders at South star, through games of August relief appearance. er the American. They have a point Mountain Speed- Roe scoff at these jibes and toss way a real battle for positions. 4, had a record of 19 victories The notable in in common: both are among the 1931 season, a few fast ones of their own; name- Howard Forman, Lyle Steltner, against only three losses, and had that it was the year that Grove best pitchers fans have been priv- ly, Roe has been consistent Bob Maglich, and Wayne Weiler a chance of equallizing or sur- racked up 31 victories, saw the ileged to see for the last decade. that a while Shantz has finished behind Chapel and Hinkle passing the 26 wins which Bob famous left-handed fireballer win They ars Preacher Elwin Roe of winner for years turned in that order last week. Jay Abney, Feller and Hal Newhouser 10 and lose only two games for Brooklyn and Bobby Shantz of the notched more wins this season than top the the Mesa Flash, took seventh while in in 1946, win total of an .833 percentage in August and Philadelphia either nearly all his years in major league past seasons. And Bobby con- Athletics. Give to the great delight of South Moun- six September. Old Mose already had baseball. fans, racing ceivably could match the 29 wins one a lead on the batter and the tain and fans in gen- 20-win honors under his belt “Roe is cooler, headier and has eral, the old favorite, Ed Camrud, which Newhouser racked up in August along. By changes are the stick-wielder will when 1 came advantage they was back in action 1944 and go on to become the had lost head for the dugout instead of the of seasoning,” for the first that time he won 21 and time in recent months. took league’s first 30-game winner games, he go- the bases. claim. Ed hut two and had the eighth finishing spot in since Bib Grove came through straight As virtually no chance of a per- the ing a string of 12 vic- Lanky Preacher Elwin Roe of Main. with 31 back in 1931. tories. Brooklyn has not lost a single game sonal showdown duel exists unless plus But the records of the Augyst An August 3, Grove whipped at the time this column was pre- a miracle descends upon the Ath- All these drivers the old fa- and to the 20-game then vorites, Art Bisch, Dewey and Spetember run Washington, followed with pared. As a matter of record his letics, the only acceptable decision wire with the brilliant wins over Detroit, Cleveland and Sonny Ayres, Bert and Gene Combs, is studded last defeat was September 27, can be rendered by a polling of the those who it—and Chicago to the all-time Ameri- on Jay Barker and Cecil Armstrong, finishes of made tie sports editors. with the hopes many League mark for consecutive 1951. This year he is 7-0 in the will form the nucelous for a great strewn of a can Here’s the result of pitcher whose finish failed to meas- wins, 16, a record set by Walter books. the vote: night of Modified Stock Car Racing ure up to early season standards. Johnson and Joe Wood in 1912. In the other circuit praises ring Shantz is better 46% at beautiful South Mountain Speed- Take a look at the August-Septem- On August 23, at St. Louis, Grove loudly for slender, little Bobby Roe is better 33% way Saturday night at 7:30, where ber records of some who reached went out after a win which would Shantz of the Philadelphia Ath- Undecided 9% racing and competition get better the 20-total in recent years. have earned him the clean-cut con- letics. The A’s ace has registered No opinion .C. 12% and better every week. Big secutive win mark. Vic Raschi of New York, 19 wins against three dropped de- performer in 1950 sea- a 21-8 the cisions. son, had a great wire “kick.” Vic won five games and lost only Between bites of hot dogs at the one in August, won four and lost Joe Lewis Is To parks, loyal followers of these none in September. His 1951 standout hurlers are in hot debate showing saw him enter August Act Own Story over their relative merits. Stepping WHEN YOU BUY OR SELL with 15 wins, slow down to a two Joe Louis, the on? time famous into the argument to obtain the August, REAL ESTATE BE SURE AND won-two lost record in Brown Bomber, last Tuesday signed opinions of the experts, the Na- then go on to win four and lose the dotted line, his name to a GET ESCROW SERVICE AND in on tional Sports Editors’ Poll asked two the final month for a sea- contract to star in his life story. son’s 21-10 mark. finishing ihe sports editors of daily news- TITLE INSURANCE Best will be presented in THROUGH performance of any league hurl- The story a papers : er reach 20 last season was series of TV shorts. “Is Roe or Shantz the better turned in by Cleveland’s Early It is said Joe himself will appear pitcher?” Wynn. The right hander, up to in certain sequences in recreating Shantz backers point out that, ARIZONA TITLE August, had only a mark of 10-10. some of his best bouts. B*ut accord- “he has a chance to win the most But in August the Indian star GUARANTEE 8 TRUST CO. ing to reports another actor is be- player year won against setbacks, valuable of the award five two ing sought to act Joe’s role. GROUND FLOOR 124 N. FIRST AVE. Ihen won five more while losing —an honor which has never be- Dorothy Dandridge being only one in September. is con- fallen a member of the second di- Phone 4-8491 Back in 1944, Newhouser and sidered for the role of Mrs. Joe vision club.” They also claim that Dizzy Trout of Detroit won 56 Louis. the 25-year-old Pottstown, Pa., portsider is nine years younger “Large Enough To Serve You 1 than his rival and shows more en- Small Enough To Know You.” Chain Gang Race To Highlight thusiasm. Another contention is that his Saturday Meeting At Manzanita three seasonal losses were handed Tucson’s “Wild One,” Bill Cheesbourg, has served notice on Man- zanita’s jalopy racing fraternity, by both word and deed, he’ll be a tough contender for the 1952 point title at the 35th Avenue and West Broadway racing emporium. Last Saturday night, Cheesbourg, and Globe’s contribution, Dutch Bodenheimer, ran into, literally, trouble, Cheebourg with the result Lieutenant Homer Johnson, cur- get wasn’t able to his “mount” in rent point leader at Manzanita, will event, shape for the main and Bo- be making his last appearance be- denheimer, while running 6th in hind the wheel of jalopy for a the a 40-lap feature race, tangled couple of weeks the National Martin.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Download Preview
    DETROIT TIGERS’ 4 GREATEST HITTERS Table of CONTENTS Contents Warm-Up, with a Side of Dedications ....................................................... 1 The Ty Cobb Birthplace Pilgrimage ......................................................... 9 1 Out of the Blocks—Into the Bleachers .............................................. 19 2 Quadruple Crown—Four’s Company, Five’s a Multitude ..................... 29 [Gates] Brown vs. Hot Dog .......................................................................................... 30 Prince Fielder Fields Macho Nacho ............................................................................. 30 Dangerfield Dangers .................................................................................................... 31 #1 Latino Hitters, Bar None ........................................................................................ 32 3 Hitting Prof Ted Williams, and the MACHO-METER ......................... 39 The MACHO-METER ..................................................................... 40 4 Miguel Cabrera, Knothole Kids, and the World’s Prettiest Girls ........... 47 Ty Cobb and the Presidential Passing Lane ................................................................. 49 The First Hammerin’ Hank—The Bronx’s Hank Greenberg ..................................... 50 Baseball and Heightism ............................................................................................... 53 One Amazing Baseball Record That Will Never Be Broken ......................................
    [Show full text]
  • Page One Layout 1
    Game Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Detroit Tigers Media Relations Department w Comerica Park w Phone (313) 471-2000 w Fax (313) 471-2138 w Detroit, MI 48201 w www.tigers.com Twitter - @DetroitTigersPR, @tigers, @TigresdeDetroit Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros Friday, June 27, 2014 Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX Game Time - 8:10 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Rangers and TIGERS AT A GLANCE extended their winning streak to seven games with a 6-0 win on Thursday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Rick Porcello recorded the first complete game shutout of his career, Record: 43-32 / Streak: W7 scattering three hits, walking three and striking out six. Offensively, Miguel Cabrera was 4x5 with a double and an RBI, while Nick Castellanos, Ian Kinsler and Victor Martinez each Game #76 / Road #38 added two hits in the win. The Tigers continue their nine-game road trip tonight as they Home: 19-19 / Road: 24-13 begin a three-game series against the Astros. Following this weekend’s series, the Tigers return home on Monday to start a nine-game homestand, which includes a three-game Tonight’s Scheduled Starters series versus Oakland, a four-game set against Tampa Bay and a two-game series versus the Dodgers. RHP Justin Verlander vs. RHP Brad Peacock PORCELLO GOES THE DISTANCE: Rick Porcello turned in the second complete game and (6-7, 4.82) (2-4, 4.50) first shutout of his career in last night’s 6-0 win over the Rangers. He allowed just three hits, walked three and struck out six in his nine scoreless innings.
    [Show full text]
  • Sports Nelson, Jug Ar * Rooney, Boss of Doc's Hit in Ssh Miss Upsets Pitt
    18-C THE DETROIT TIMES Friday, Ajg. 18. 1944 framer Saves Trout 9 WINNERS' Rank Outsider Puts Tigers: filet a Tie CIRCLE Byrd Out of PGA Sports Nelson, Jug Ar * Rooney, Boss of Doc's Hit in ssh Miss Upsets Pitt. Pro 11, Doesn't Scores 2, Game Overlooked Fea r Opposing Loop in 3d Round Ends 3 to 3 1 By LEO MACDOXELL SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 18 (UP) Filly —Byron Nelson and Harold Wins 4ft Art Rooney, colorful Pitts- BOSTON. A up. 18 Old "Doc” “Jug” McSpaden, bent on meeting jrch sportsman who ha* con* -1 Cramer is the toast of the Tigers each other in the finals of the By LEWIS H. WALTER h.ned his Steeler* with the As- today, for it was his timely single National Professional Golfers Every goes to Chicago Cardinals n the Na- easy time Wilma Van League. n the fifth inning of yesterday’s sociation. emerged with vic- track, tional Foot ha 11 tears no today the post at the Detroit the oppo sit ton abbreviated game that gave De- tories from a welter of upsets other top bettor* line up at the cashiers' from the Iraw w h the Red which left five flight stars by wayside. \ ¦Sov the windows to collect. mted 51ates Nelson, Leagu* Dizzy Trout was on the hill top the tournament medal- At the same time half the horse- I Tigers, gunning his ist from Toledo, 0., was matched a n for the for $ put their m Am ¦¦ ? -» men on the grounds victory *Be/ :*¦?% T\ I jfjl against Willie Goggin, chubby j P***^' y named Rol- w>ntieih of the season.
    [Show full text]
  • Bob Tales Ray Barbuti Wins in War, Too
    18-C THt DETROIT TIMES Aug. 1945 Tigers Get 36 Runs In 4 Trout Bob Tales Ray Barbuti Wins In War, Too Sports * \i Game By 808 MURPHY A’s Pitcher Re-Lives Nats Sport* Editor Back In 1928 Ray Barbuti was His War Experiences the outstanding athlete on ths S. Olympic, team because he By LEO MACDONKLL Behind Now U. had won America * only flat race Phil Marchildon. pitcher who By LEO MAC DONELL 400 meter*. the Athletics recently, by taking the ejoined and rill swims in his dreams. And Taul (Dizzy) Trout today hadi The former Syracuse track wakes up shivering. chalked up a four-game winning; football star, now a captain in That's a reaction to an icy bath streak marked by remarkable co-i the army, is still a winner. It's Sea, he operation on the part of his Tiger' in the North in which of those heartening sto- swam four hours or more before mates. another l>eing picked up by Norse fisher- He pitched the Tigers to victory ries about guys from sports who men. yesterday over the Athletics, 4 to stood out in the war. "The fUhermen heard a whit- 1 his s«*cond triumph over Connie Those wonder legs of Barbuti tle which we carried around our Mack’s boys in the series. The ! stood him In good stead when he necks, ’’ Marchildon recalled. Tigers now have won five games matched his sinews and ingenuity But Marchildon isn't sure the against two losses in the eight- against the death filled Burmese fishermen did him a favor.
    [Show full text]
  • Chicago White Sox Charities Lots 1-52
    CHICAGO WHITE SOX CHARITIES LOTS 1-52 Chicago White Sox Charities (CWSC) was launched in 1990 to support the Chicagoland community. CWSC provides annual financial, in-kind and emotional support to hundreds of Chicago-based organizations, including those who lead the fight against cancer and are dedicated to improving the lives of Chicago’s youth through education and health and well- ness programs and offer support to children and families in crisis. In the past year, CWSC awarded $2 million in grants and other donations. Recent contributions moved the team’s non-profit arm to more than $25 million in cumulative giving since its inception in 1990. Additional information about CWSC is available at whitesoxcharities.org. 1 Jim Rivera autographed Chicago White Sox 1959 style throwback jersey. Top of the line flannel jersey by Mitchell & Ness (size 44) is done in 1959 style and has “1959 Nellie Fox” embroi- dered on the front tail. The num- ber “7” appears on both the back and right sleeve (modified by the White Sox with outline of a “2” below). Signed “Jim Rivera” on the front in black marker rating 8 out of 10. No visible wear and 2 original retail tags remain affixed 1 to collar tag. Includes LOA from Chicago White Sox: EX/MT-NM 2 Billy Pierce c.2000s Chicago White Sox ($150-$250) professional model jersey and booklet. Includes pinstriped jersey done by the team for use at Old- Timers or tribute event has “Sox” team logo on the left front chest and number “19” on right. Num- ber also appears on the back.
    [Show full text]
  • Kit Young's Sale #131
    page 1 KIT YOUNG’S SALE #131 1952-55 DORMAND POSTCARDS We are breaking a sharp set of the scarce 1950’s Dormand cards. These are gorgeous full color postcards used as premiums to honor fan autograph requests. These are 3-1/2” x 5-1/2” and feature many of the game’s greats. We have a few of the blank back versions plus other variations. Also, some have been mailed so they usually include a person’s address (or a date) plus the 2 cent stamp. These are marked with an asterisk (*). 109 Allie Reynolds .................................................................................. NR-MT 35.00; EX-MT 25.00 110 Gil McDougald (small signature) ..................................................................... autographed 50.00 110 Gil McDougald (small signature) ..............................................................................NR-MT 50.00 110 Gil McDougald (large signature) ....................................................... NR-MT 30.00; EX-MT 25.00 111 Mickey Mantle (bat on shoulder) ................................................. EX 99.00; GD watermark 49.00 111 Mickey Mantle (batting) ........................................................................................ EX-MT 199.00 111 Mickey Mantle (jumbo 6” x 9” blank back) ..................................................... EX-MT rare 495.00 111 Mickey Mantle (jumbo 6” x 9” postcard back) ................................................ GD-VG rare 229.00 111 Mickey Mantle (super jumbo 9” x 12” postcard back) .......................VG/VG-EX tape back 325.00 112
    [Show full text]
  • Baseball All-Time Stars Rosters
    BASEBALL ALL-TIME STARS ROSTERS (Boston-Milwaukee) ATLANTA Year Avg. HR CHICAGO Year Avg. HR CINCINNATI Year Avg. HR Hank Aaron 1959 .355 39 Ernie Banks 1958 .313 47 Ed Bailey 1956 .300 28 Joe Adcock 1956 .291 38 Phil Cavarretta 1945 .355 6 Johnny Bench 1970 .293 45 Felipe Alou 1966 .327 31 Kiki Cuyler 1930 .355 13 Dave Concepcion 1978 .301 6 Dave Bancroft 1925 .319 2 Jody Davis 1983 .271 24 Eric Davis 1987 .293 37 Wally Berger 1930 .310 38 Frank Demaree 1936 .350 16 Adam Dunn 2004 .266 46 Jeff Blauser 1997 .308 17 Shawon Dunston 1995 .296 14 George Foster 1977 .320 52 Rico Carty 1970 .366 25 Johnny Evers 1912 .341 1 Ken Griffey, Sr. 1976 .336 6 Hugh Duffy 1894 .440 18 Mark Grace 1995 .326 16 Ted Kluszewski 1954 .326 49 Darrell Evans 1973 .281 41 Gabby Hartnett 1930 .339 37 Barry Larkin 1996 .298 33 Rafael Furcal 2003 .292 15 Billy Herman 1936 .334 5 Ernie Lombardi 1938 .342 19 Ralph Garr 1974 .353 11 Johnny Kling 1903 .297 3 Lee May 1969 .278 38 Andruw Jones 2005 .263 51 Derrek Lee 2005 .335 46 Frank McCormick 1939 .332 18 Chipper Jones 1999 .319 45 Aramis Ramirez 2004 .318 36 Joe Morgan 1976 .320 27 Javier Lopez 2003 .328 43 Ryne Sandberg 1990 .306 40 Tony Perez 1970 .317 40 Eddie Mathews 1959 .306 46 Ron Santo 1964 .313 30 Brandon Phillips 2007 .288 30 Brian McCann 2006 .333 24 Hank Sauer 1954 .288 41 Vada Pinson 1963 .313 22 Fred McGriff 1994 .318 34 Sammy Sosa 2001 .328 64 Frank Robinson 1962 .342 39 Felix Millan 1970 .310 2 Riggs Stephenson 1929 .362 17 Pete Rose 1969 .348 16 Dale Murphy 1987 .295 44 Billy Williams 1970 .322 42
    [Show full text]
  • My Replay Baseball Encyclopedia Fifth Edition- May 2014
    My Replay Baseball Encyclopedia Fifth Edition- May 2014 A complete record of my full-season Replays of the 1908, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1975, and 1978 Major League seasons as well as the 1923 Negro National League season. This encyclopedia includes the following sections: • A list of no-hitters • A season-by season recap in the format of the Neft and Cohen Sports Encyclopedia- Baseball • Top ten single season performances in batting and pitching categories • Career top ten performances in batting and pitching categories • Complete career records for all batters • Complete career records for all pitchers Table of Contents Page 3 Introduction 4 No-hitter List 5 Neft and Cohen Sports Encyclopedia Baseball style season recaps 91 Single season record batting and pitching top tens 93 Career batting and pitching top tens 95 Batter Register 277 Pitcher Register Introduction My baseball board gaming history is a fairly typical one. I lusted after the various sports games advertised in the magazines until my mom finally relented and bought Strat-O-Matic Football for me in 1972. I got SOM’s baseball game a year later and I was hooked. I would get the new card set each year and attempt to play the in-progress season by moving the traded players around and turning ‘nameless player cards” into that year’s key rookies. I switched to APBA in the late ‘70’s because they started releasing some complete old season sets and the idea of playing with those really caught my fancy. Between then and the mid-nineties, I collected a lot of card sets.
    [Show full text]
  • Kit Young's Sale #132
    Page 1 KIT YOUNG’S SALE #132 2017 TOPPS NATIONAL RETRO SETS Just In!! Exciting news: For the 10th time since 2005 we have the popular Topps Retro sets. As in previous years, Topps has produced special issue cards of Hall of Famers, all in the style of the popular 1987 set - this year’s set features 5 all time greats - Ted Williams, Cal Ripken Jr., Johnny Bench, Nolan Ryan and Ken Griffey Jr. These are regular sized cards that were issued only to VIP attendees at the 2017 National Convention, making them pretty scarce. Backs show that cards were spe- cially issued at The National. We suggest you order soon - supply this year is limited. All cards Mint in the original sealed packs. Only $29.95 (2 set special $49.95) 1951 TOPPS RED BACKS & BLUE BACKS 1951 RED BACKS Yogi Berra Yakees NR-MT Warren Spahn Braves 1951 BLUE BACKS 125.00; EX-MT 95.00; EX #30..............PSA 6 EX-MT Richie Ashburn Phillies 62.00; VG-EX 50.00; GD- $79.95 NR-MT 255.00 VG-EX $35.00 GD-VG Johnny Groth Tigers.....NR-MT VG 31.00 49.00; EX-MT 42.00 Sid Gordon Braves....EX-MT $18.00 Sam Jethroe Braves......PSA 8 NM/ 13.00; EX 7.50; VG 5.50 Gil Hodges Dodgers......... MT 59.95; VG-EX 21.00 Ferris Fain A’s...........NR-MT NR-MT 69.00; EX 35.00; Mickey Vernon Senators....NR-MT 17.00; VG-EX 13.00 VG 23.00; GD-VG 16.00 49.00 Vern Stephens RedSox.EX- Hank Thompson Giants...
    [Show full text]
  • Only 4 Horses to Run in Derby Preview
    DETROIT TIMES, APRIL 23, 1942 PAGE 33 Only 4 Horses to Run in Derby Preview SPORTS THIS KIND OF SLIDE IS BAD FOR THE COMPLEXION Sun Again and By LEO MACDONELL Bless Me May ickey Cochrane, Ever Huge Sports Program a Hard Worker, Finds Mapped for 25,000 Life in Navy to Liking Men at Great Lakes Not Run Classic i tk ¦* BaH SAILOR-CAGERS DREW 150,000 FANS Devil Diver Rated Favorite in Today's Take it from Lieutenant Commander Gordon S. (Mickey) Cochrane, when it comes to work, playing big league baseball is Jmy Blue Grass Stakes like taking lolly-pope from junior compared with what they do h^¥^ikiA4-M:tK;;s> to you at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Commander By JACK MAHON “But I HUe it great,” declared Lieutenant InirmatlnnaJ N«ws Serrte- Sp-rU Writ* his newest experiences Cochrane, bubbling over as he related LEXINGTON, Ky.f April 23 Detroit team’s hotel in to Del Baker and other Tigers at the The highly regarded Calumet Again E. R. Chicago. Stable’s Sun and Col. pounded ye tummy. Bradley’s Bless Me, two of the Cochrane olde choices in the winter ”10 to 1!| pounds lighter most popular “Look at that,” he commanded, book wagering, probably will already. No wonder. Up at 5:80 and busy all the time until never get to the post in the sixty- a Derby, it night. Work, go to school and all two hours eighth annual Kentucky go to school. Learning navi- was learned here today as the day for baseball.
    [Show full text]
  • Estimated Age Effects in Baseball
    Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports Volume 4, Issue 1 2008 Article 1 Estimated Age Effects in Baseball Ray C. Fair, Yale University Recommended Citation: Fair, Ray C. (2008) "Estimated Age Effects in Baseball," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 1. DOI: 10.2202/1559-0410.1074 ©2008 American Statistical Association. All rights reserved. Brought to you by | Yale University Library New Haven (Yale University Library New Haven) Authenticated | 172.16.1.226 Download Date | 3/28/12 11:34 PM Estimated Age Effects in Baseball Ray C. Fair Abstract Age effects in baseball are estimated in this paper using a nonlinear fixed-effects regression. The sample consists of all players who have played 10 or more "full-time" years in the major leagues between 1921 and 2004. Quadratic improvement is assumed up to a peak-performance age, which is estimated, and then quadratic decline after that, where the two quadratics need not be the same. Each player has his own constant term. The results show that aging effects are larger for pitchers than for batters and larger for baseball than for track and field, running, and swimming events and for chess. There is some evidence that decline rates in baseball have decreased slightly in the more recent period, but they are still generally larger than those for the other events. There are 18 batters out of the sample of 441 whose performances in the second half of their careers noticeably exceed what the model predicts they should have been. All but 3 of these players played from 1990 on.
    [Show full text]
  • CAWS Career Gauge Measure for Best Players of the Live Ball
    A Century of Modern Baseball: 1920 to 2019 The Best Players of the Era Michael Hoban, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus (mathematics) – The City U of NY Author of DEFINING GREATNESS: A Hall of Fame Handbook (2012) “Mike, … I appreciate your using Win Shares for the purpose for which it was intended. …thanks … Bill (James)” Contents Introduction 3 Part 1 - Career Assessment The Win Shares System 12 How to Judge a Career 18 The 250/1800 Benchmark - Jackie Robinson 27 The 180/2400 Benchmark - Pedro and Sandy 30 The 160/1500 Benchmark - Mariano Rivera 33 300 Win Shares - A New “Rule of Thumb” 36 Hall of Fame Elections in the 21st Century 41 Part 2 - The Lists The 21st Century Hall of Famers (36) 48 Modern Players with HOF Numbers at Each Position 52 The Players with HOF Numbers – Not Yet in the Hall (24) 58 The Pitchers with HOF Numbers – Not Yet in the Hall (6) 59 The 152 Best Players of the Modern Era 60 The Complete CAWS Ranking for Position Players 67 The Complete CAWS Ranking for Pitchers 74 The Hall of Famers Who Do Not Have HOF Numbers (52) 78 2 Introduction The year 2019 marks 100 years of “the live-ball era” (that is, modern baseball) – 1920 to 2019. This monograph will examine those individuals who played the majority of their careers during this era and it will indicate who were the best players. As a secondary goal, it will seek to identify “Hall of Fame benchmarks” for position players and pitchers – to indicate whether a particular player appeared to post “HOF numbers” during his on-field career.
    [Show full text]