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Buffalo Baseball Hall Of Fame
The Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame was started by the Buffalo Bisons organization in 1985 to honor former members of the Buffalo Bisons (1878, 1887β1888), Buffalo Bisons (1879β1885), Buffalo Bisons (1886β1970), Buffalo Bisons (1890), Buffalo Blues (1914β1915), Buffalo Bisons (1979βpresent), and other contributors to professional baseball in Western New York.https://milb.bamcontent.com/documents/1/4/2/308944142/2019_Buffalo_Bisons_Media_Guide.pdf Plaques honoring all members of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame are on permanent display within the Hall of Fame and Heritage Room at Sahlen Field. Inductees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External linksOfficial website {{Buffalo Bisons 1985 establishments in New York (state) Awards established in 1985 Baseball museums and halls of fame Buffalo Bisons (minor league) Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Sports
1985 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup: ** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg ** Women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland American football * Super Bowl XIX β the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 38β16 over the Miami Dolphins (AFC) **Location: Stanford Stadium **Attendance: 84,059 **MVP: Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco) * Baltimore Stars win USFL Championship 28-24 over Oakland Invaders Artistic gymnastics * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships β ** Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR ** Women's all-around champions: Oksana Omelianchik, USSR, Yelena Shushunova, USSR ** Men's team competition champion: USSR ** Women's team competition champion: USSR Association football * NASL announces suspension of operations and hopes to return in 1986. It never did. * England β FA Cup β Manchester United won 1-0 (aet) over Everton. Kevin Moran of MU receives first- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 β November 24, 2003) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed pitcher, Spahn played in 1942 and then from 1946 until 1965, most notably for the Boston Braves, who became the Milwaukee Braves after the team moved west before the season. His baseball career was interrupted by his military service in the United States Army during World War II. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Spahn attended South Park High School. With 363 career wins, Spahn holds the major league record for a left-handed pitcher, and has the most by a pitcher who played his entire career in the post-1920 live-ball era. He was a 17-time All-Star who won 20 games or more in 13 seasons, including a 23β7 winβloss record when he was age 42. Spahn won the 1957 Cy Young Award and was a three-time runner-up during the period when only one award was given for both leagues. At the time of his retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Carnevale
Daniel Joseph Carnevale (February 8, 1918 β December 29, 2005) was an American professional baseball shortstop, second baseman, manager, coach, and scout. Born in Buffalo, New York, Carnevale threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). Carnevale also played professional basketball for one season in the National Basketball League for the Buffalo Bisons. Biography A cousin of former Major League Baseball infielder Sibby Sisti, Carnevale was a three-sport (baseball, football and basketball) star at Buffalo's St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute for high school and attended Canisius College. He served in the United States Army from August 31, 1943, to February 14, 1946. He deployed to the European theatre during World War II and attained the rank of master sergeant. Minor league player Carnevale spent his entire playing and managing career in minor league baseball. A shortstop, he signed with his hometown Buffalo Bisons (who shared the same name w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Mulleavy
Gregory Thomas "Moe" Mulleavy (September 25, 1905 βΒ February 1, 1980) was an American professional baseball shortstop, manager, coach, and scout. Born in Detroit, Michigan, his father, Thomas, was a machinist in a Detroit automobile factory, having moved from Canada to the United States in 1903 with his wife, Bertha (Freytag) Mulleavy. Gregory was born on September 25, 1905, their elder child. A daughter, Eleanor, was later born. He attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy prior to beginning his baseball career in 1927. Playing career Mulleavy threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He played 79 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. His 76 big-league hits included 14 doubles and five triples. Mulleavy's minor league playing career lasted 20 seasons (1927β46), the last six as a playing manager. Coach and manager He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1946 and became a longti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James D
James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Grant (baseball)
Ulysses Franklin Grant (August 1, 1865 β May 27, 1937) was an American baseball player in the 19th century. Early in his career, he was a star player in the International League, shortly before race-based restrictions were imposed that banned African-American players from organized baseball. Grant then became a pioneer in the early Negro leagues, starring for several of the top African-American teams of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is widely considered to have been the greatest African-American player of the 19th century. In 2006, Grant was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball career Grant was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He played semipro baseball in Pittsfield and in Plattsburgh, New York. In 1886, Grant played for the Meriden Silvermen team of the Eastern League, based in Meriden, Connecticut. After Meriden folded during the season. Grant signed with the Buffalo Bisons in the International League, one level below the major leagues. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gilhooley
Francis Patrick "Frank" Gilhooley Sr. (June 10, 1892 β July 11, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mostly as a right fielder from through for the St. Louis Cardinals (1911β12), New York Yankees (1913β18) and Boston Red Sox (1919). Listed at , 155 lb., Gilhooley batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Early life He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and attended Central Catholic High School there. Professional career In a nine-season career, Gilhooley was a .271 hitter (289-for-1068) with two home runs and 58 RBI in 312 games, including 142 runs, 30 doubles 10 triples, 37 stolen bases, and a .357 on-base percentage. His most productive season came with the 1918 Yankees, when he appeared in a career-high 112 games while hitting .276 with 23 RBI, 59 runs and 19 extrabases, also career-numbers. As an outfielder, Gilhooley played 285 games at right field (236), left (30) and center (19), recording a collective .957 fielding percentage. He was late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rube Kisinger
Charles Samuel "Rube" Kisinger (December 13, 1876 β July 17, 1941), sometimes spelled "Kissinger", was an American right-handed baseball pitcher. Kissinger played professional baseball from 1901 to 1916, including two years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1902 and 1903. He compiled a 9β12 record with a 3.00 earned run average (ERA) in 21 major league games. Kisinger also played for the Buffalo Bisons in the Eastern League from 1904 to 1910, leading the club to pennants in 1904 and 1907. He had three consecutive 20-win seasons for Buffalo, compiling a record of 67β38 from 1904 to 1906. He concluded his pitching career playing for several teams in the Southern Association from 1912 to 1916. Early years Kisinger was born in 1876 in Adrian, Michigan. He attended Adrian High School and Adrian College, playing baseball at both schools. Professional baseball Toledo, Detroit and Toronto (1901β03) Kissinger began playing professional baseball in 1901 with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerby Farrell
Major Kerby Farrell (September 3, 1913 β December 17, 1975) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He was a longtime minor league manager who spent a single season β 1957 β managing in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. Farrell was a three-time winner of The Sporting News' Minor League Manager of the Year award (1954, 1956 and 1961) and is the only man to have won that award more than twice (as of 2015). Playing career Born in Leapwood, an unincorporated community of McNairy County, Tennessee, Farrell played college baseball at Freed-Hardeman College for two years. In his playing days (1932β52), he was a first baseman and veteran minor-leaguer who appeared in two full MLB seasons during the World War II manpower shortage, with the 1943 Boston Braves and the 1945 Chicago White Sox, batting .262 with 177 hits, no home runs and 55 runs batted in in 188 games played. He also pitched in five games for the 1943 Braves, losing h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deacon White
James Laurie "Deacon" White (December 2, 1847 β July 7, 1939) was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era. The outstanding catcher of the 1870s during baseball's barehanded period, he caught more games than any other player during the decade, and was a major figure on five consecutive championship teams from 1873 to 1877 – three in the National Association (NA), in which he played throughout its five-year existence from 1871 to 1875, and two in the National League (NL), which was formed as the first fully recognized major league in , partially as a result of White and three other stars moving from the powerhouse Boston Red Stockings to the Chicago White Stockings. Although he was already 28 when the NL was established, White played 15 seasons in the major leagues, completing a 23-year career at the top levels of the sport. In 1871, White was the first batter to come to the plate in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollie Tucker
Oliver Dinwiddie Tucker (January 27, 1902 β July 13, 1940) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Washington Senators for 20 games in 1927 and the Cleveland Indians for 14 games in 1928. Ollie Tucker was inducted into the International League Hall of Fame in 2008, one of only 118 total individuals. He had a career playing major and minor league baseball that spanned 14 years, beginning at age 19 with the Cedartown Cedars in 1921 and finishing up with the Buffalo Bisons in 1935. His 6 seasons with the Bisons earned him induction into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame on August 21, 1986. Ollie Tucker died following surgery for removal of a brain tumor. In 34 games over two major league seasons, Tucker posted a .155 batting average (11-for-71) with 6 runs, 1 home run, 10 RBI and 11 bases on balls. Defensively, he handled 30 total chances (27 putouts, 3 assists) without an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage In baseball statisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stallings
George Tweedy Stallings (November 17, 1867 β May 13, 1929) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Philadelphia Phillies in 1890 and 1897 to 1898 and managed the Phillies, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders, and Boston Braves between 1897 and 1920. Stallings led the 1914 Boston Braves from last place in mid-July to the National League championship and a World Series sweep of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics β resulted in a nickname he would bear for the rest of his life: "The Miracle Man." Playing career Stallings was born on November 17, 1867, in Augusta, Georgia. Stallings graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1886. He entered medical school, but was instead offered a contract by Harry Wright, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. He was cut in spring training. Stallings was a mediocre player: he appeared in only seven major league games as a catcher, first ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
