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1977 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4–2); Reggie Jackson, MVP * American League Championship Series MVP: None * National League Championship Series MVP: Dusty Baker *All-Star Game, July 19 at Yankee Stadium: National League, 7–5; Don Sutton, MVP Other champions * College World Series: Arizona State * Japan Series: Hankyu Braves over Yomiuri Giants (4–1) * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan * Little League World Series: Li-Teh, Kaohsiung, Taiwan * Senior League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan Winter Leagues * 1977 Caribbean Series: Tigres del Licey * Dominican Republic League: Tigres del Licey * Mexican Pacific League: Venados de Mazatlán * Puerto Rican League: Criollos de Caguas * Venezuelan League: Navegantes del Magallanes Awards and honors * Baseball Hall of Fame ** Ernie Banks ** Martín Dihigo ** John Henry Lloyd ** Al Lopez ** Amos Rusie ** Joe Sewell *Most Valuable Player ** Rod Carew (AL) Minne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 World Series
The 1977 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1977 season. The 74th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers four games to two to win the franchise's 21st World Series championship, their first since 1962, and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner (who assumed ownership of the club in 1973). Played from October 11 to 18, the Series was televised on ABC. During this Series, Reggie Jackson earned his nickname "Mr. October" for his heroics. Billy Martin won what would be his only World Series title as a manager after guiding the Yankees to a second straight pennant. Route to the series New York Yankees The New York Yankees returned to the World Series after being swept by the Cincinnati Reds the previous year. In free agency, the Yankees si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Little League World Series
The 1977 Little League World Series took place between August 23 and August 27 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Li-Teh Little League of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, defeated the Western Little League of El Cajon, California, in the championship game of the 31st Little League World Series. Teams *Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations. Championship bracket Consolation bracket Notable players * Charlie Hayes of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, team went on to play in MLB as a third baseman from 1988 to 2001. External links1977 Little League World Series {{LLWS [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Hall Of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United States displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, honoring those who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport. The Hall's motto is "Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations". Cooperstown is often used as shorthand (or a metonym) for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The museum also established and manages the process for honorees into the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark, an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark sought to bring tourists to the village hurt by the Great Depression, which reduced the local tourist trade, and Prohibition, which devastated the local hops industry. Clark constructed the Hall of Fame's buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navegantes Del Magallanes
Navegantes del Magallanes B.B.C., commonly known as Navegantes del Magallanes (; ''Strait of Magellan, Magellan Navigators''), or simply Magallanes, are a professional baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), based in Valencia, Carabobo, Valencia, Carabobo. Originally founded in Caracas in , Magallanes relocated to Valencia in . The team is one of oldest and most successful clubs in Venezuelan baseball, winning 13 LVBP championships and 2 Caribbean Series. History Early years The Magallanes Base Ball Club was established on October 26, 1917 in Caracas. The name Magallanes, referring both to Ferdinand Magellan (known as Fernando Magallanes in Spanish) and the Strait of Magellan, was chosen by the founding members in a polling to select the club name; other proposed names were Colón (honoring Christopher Columbus) and Diego de Losada, the founder of the city of Caracas. Antonio Benítez, one of the team's owners, proposed the name Magallanes in refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (, or LVBP) is the top-level professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. History Background and predecessors Baseball had been played in Venezuela at the amateur level since the late 19th century, with the first national tournament played in Caracas in October 1917, between eight teams representing Caracas, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Macuto, Vargas, Macuto, and Maracay. Early clubs included Santa Marta (baseball club), Santa Marta (La Guaira), Patriotas de Venezuela, Venezuela and Navegantes del Magallanes, Magallanes (both of Caracas). A national baseball league () was officially formed on June 26, 1927. In the 1930s, the league included Magallanes, Royal Criollo, and Concordia, the latter of which was sponsored by Gonzalo Gomez, brother of dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. Concordia attracted talent like Martín Dihigo as well as future Venezuelan stars including Alex Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criollos De Caguas (baseball)
The Criollos de Caguas () are a baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League. Based in the city of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Caguas, they have won 21 national titles and five Caribbean World Series, including the 2017-2018 wikt:back-to-back, back-to-back championships. From the mid-1940s until roughly 1970, the team was known as Caguas-Guayama and was jointly based in Caguas and in a nearby city, Guayama, Puerto Rico, Guayama. Puerto Rico Baseball League On November 18, 2009, the Gigantes defeated the Criollos. After beginning the season with three consecutive losses, the Leones defeated the Criollos to win their first game. On November 22, 2009, the Leones defeated the Criollos by nine runs. On November 29, 2009, the Criollos defeated the Indios in a game that was shortened due to rain. In the first week of December, the team's reinforcement players, Iván Rodríguez, Yonder Alonso, Luis Villareal and Horacio Ramírez began joining the roster. On December 1, 2009, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Baseball League
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Venados De Mazatlán
Venados de Mazatlán () are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa. History In February 1958, Venados participated in an international tournament, dubbed the Pan-American Series, against two other club champions: Vanytor of the Colombian League and Leones of the Nicaraguan League. 2004–05: Championship and Caribbean Series In the 2004–2005 season, the Venados of Mazatlán won the Mexican Pacific League title for the seventh time. The Caribbean Series was held at Teodoro Mariscal Stadium in Mazatlán, and the Venados performed well out of the gate, winning twice against the Dominican Republic's Águilas Cibaeñas and Puerto Rico's Indios de Mayaguez. The 2005 team had a star-studded lineup, including Miguel Ojeda, Elmer Dessens, Luis Ayala, Jorge Campillo, Vinny Castilla, Erubiel Durazo, Johnny Gomes, and Francisco Campos. The Venados beat Venezuela's Tigres de Aragua in their first head-to-head game, with Campos pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Pacific League
The Mexican Pacific League (, or LMP), also known as the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons, is a professional baseball Winter league baseball, winter league based in Northwestern Mexico. The league comprises 10 teams. It was founded in 1945. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. The sixty eight-game regular season is split in two halves. After each half, the teams are awarded points. The first place team earns ten points, while the last place team earns three and a half points. At the end of the regular season the total number of points are added up from both halves to determine playoff positioning. The top eight teams advance. There are no divisions. History In 1945, a group of people led by Teodoro Mariscal established the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico (). The league's first season (1945–46) started with four teams: Tacuarineros de Culiacán, Ostioneros de Guaymas, Queliteros de Hermosillo and Venados de Mazatlán. Marisca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Professional Baseball League
The Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League ( or LIDOM) is a professional baseball winter league consisting of six teams spread across the Dominican Republic; it is the highest level of professional baseball played in the Dominican Republic. The league's players include many prospects that go on to play Major League Baseball in the United States while also signing many current MLB veterans. The champion of LIDOM advances to play in the yearly Caribbean Series. Each team plays a fifty-game round-robin schedule that begins in mid October and runs to the end of December. The top four teams engage in another round-robin schedule with 18 games per team from the end of December to the end of January; the top two teams in those standings then play a best-of-nine series for the national title. The league's champion advances to the Caribbean Series to play against the representatives from Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Puerto Rico. History For his close involvement in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigres Del Licey
Tigres del Licey (English: Licey Tigers) is a professional baseball team in the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The team was founded in 1907 and is based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Tigres is the oldest team in LIDOM and has won 24 LIDOM titles and 11 Caribbean Series titles, the most out of any team. It is one of two LIDOM franchises based in the nation's capital, the other being Leones del Escogido; the two teams share Estadio Quisqueya as their home ballpark. Some of the team's best players have included Alonzo Perry, Pedro González, Manny Mota, Manuel Mota, Guayubín Olivo, César Gerónimo, and Elvio Jiménez. Many of the best Dominican players and Major League Baseball players have taken part in the long history of the Tigres, including Tommy Lasorda, a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who took the team to the 1973 Caribbean World Series title. The Licey team is nicknamed ''"El Glorioso"'' (the Glorious One), and has a passionate fan base. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Caribbean Series
The twentieth edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champions teams from the Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Venados de Mazatlán; Puerto Rico, Criollos de Caguas and Venezuela, Navegantes del Magallanes. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at UCV Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. Summary The Dominican team was represented by the Tigres del Licey and finished with a perfect record of 6–0. Managed by Buck Rodgers, the team received strong support from Series MVP Rico Carty, who led the hitters in runs (8) and RBI (10), while setting a new Series record with five home runs. Starters Ed Halicki and Odell Jones both earned two wins apiece, and Stan Wall led a bullpen that included Pedro Borbón, Rob Dressler and Ike Hampton. Other players included C Freddie Velázquez, IFs Bob Beall, Mario Guerrero, Ted Martínez an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
