Dave Rucker

	Dave Rucker David Michael Rucker (born September 1, 1957) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1981 to 1988, primarily as a relief pitcher. Rucker attended Eisenhower High School and University of LaVerne where he was drafted in 1978 by the Detroit Tigers and joined the big league team, in 1981. In 1983, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Doug Bair. In 1985, Rucker was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Campbell and Iván DeJesús. His MLB career came to an end, following the 1988 season, spent with the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central .... References External links 1957 births Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Detroit Tigers players Evansville Triplets players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a base on balls, walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, left-handed specialist, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closing pitcher, closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Gadsden Times '' The Gadsden Times '' is a daily newspaper serving Gadsden, Alabama, and the surrounding area in northeastern Alabama. The ''Times'' was owned by Halifax Media Group. Before that, the newspaper was a member of the New York Times Regional Media Group, a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, through the corporate entity of NYT Holdings, Inc., an Alabama corporation. The New York Times Company acquired the ''Times'' in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity. The ''Times'' had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group, and in November 2019, New Media amalgamated with Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Montgomery Rebels Players Montgomery refers to: People For people with the name Montgomery, see Montgomery (name) Places Belgium * Montgomery Square, Brussels * Montgomery metro station, Brussels Pakistan * Montgomery (town), British India, former name of Sahiwal, Punjab * Montgomery District, an administrative district in the Lahore division of former Punjab Province of British India ** Montgomery Tahsil, an administrative subdivision of Montgomery District in Punjab province of British India United Kingdom Wales * Montgomery, Powys Montgomery Canal Montgomery Castle * Montgomeryshire (other) United States * Montgomery, Alabama, state capital * Montgomery, Georgia * Montgomery, Illinois * Montgomery, Indiana * Montgomery, Iowa * Montgomery, Kentucky * Montgomery, Louisiana * Montgomery, Massachusetts * Montgomery, Michigan * Montgomery, Minnesota * Montgomery, Mississippi * Montgomery, New York (other) * Montgomery, Ohio * Montgomery, Pennsylvania * Montgomery, Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Major League Baseball Pitchers Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in music, an interval, chord, scale, or key * Major sport competitions Major(s) or The Major may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Old Major, a pig in ''Animal Farm'' * Major Major Major Major, in ''Catch-22'' * The Major (''Hellsing'') * Major (Cinderella), a horse in Disney's ''Cinderella'' * Major Gowen or the Major, in ''Fawlty Towers'' * Motoko Kusanagi or the Major, in ''Ghost in the Shell'' Film, television, theatre and print * '' The Major'', a 1963 BBC natural history documentary film * ''The Major'' (film), a 2013 Russian action film * ''Major'' (film), a 2022 Indian biopic * ''Major'' (manga), a sports manga and anime series by Takuya Mitsuda * ''The Major'' (play), an 1881 American musical co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	American Expatriate Baseball Players In Venezuela American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas In the Americas, Indigenous peoples comprise the two continents' pre-Columbian inhabitants, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with them in the 15th century, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with the pre-Columbian population of ... * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Leones Del Caracas Players Leones may refer to: * Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué, basketball team from Chile * Sierra Leonean Leone, currency of Sierra Leone * Leones (football team), from El Salvador * , a city in Marcos Juárez Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina * Leones, Herrera, corregimiento in Panama * Leones, Veraguas, corregimiento in Panama * Aerfer Leone, undeveloped fighter aircraft * Subaru Leone, subcompact car * Carea Leonés, Spanish breed dog * Leonese language, a language from the Iberian Peninsula * Leonese people The Leonese (Leonese language, Leonese: ''Llioneses;'' Spanish language, Spanish: ''Leoneses'') are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to historical region of León (historical region), León in Spain. The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdo ... , the inhabitants of León whose homeland is the former Kingdom of León {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	La Verne Leopards Baseball Players LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music La (musical note), or A, the sixth note "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on Figure 8 (album), ''Figure 8'' (album) L.A. (EP), ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album L.A. (Neil Young song), "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 The La's, an English rock band L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer Yung L.A., a rapper Lady A, an American country music trio L.A. (Amy Macdonald song), "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River (musician), Old Man River ''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper La7, an Italian television channel LucasArts, an American video game deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lakeland Tigers Players Lakeland is primarily a toponym. It may refer to: Places Australia Lakeland, Queensland Canada Lakeland (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Alberta * Lakeland County, a former municipal district in Alberta * District of Lakeland No. 521, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality * Lakeland Provincial Park and Recreation Area, Canada Finland Finnish Lakeland, a landscape region Turkey Turkish Lakeland, an area of south west Anatolia United Kingdom * English Lakeland, an alternative name for the Lake District, a mountainous area in north west England South Lakeland, a former local government district in Cumbria Lakeland Wildlife Oasis, a small zoological collection near the town of Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England United States * Lakeland, Baltimore Lakeland, Florida * Lakeland Civic Center * Lakeland, Georgia * Lakeland, Indiana * Lakeland, Kentucky * Lakeland, Louisiana * Lakeland, Michigan * Lakeland, Minnesota * Lakeland, Missouri * Lakeland, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Evansville Triplets Players Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, the most populous city in Southern Indiana, and the List of United States cities by population, 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Evansville metropolitan area, a hub of commercial, medical, and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area, which is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 in Indiana, Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana State Road 62, Indiana 62 within the city's east side. Situated on an Meander, oxbow in the Ohio River, the city is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Detroit Tigers Players Detroit ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States and the largest U.S. city on the Canada–United States border. The Metro Detroit area, home to 4.3 million people, is the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area and the 14th-largest in the United States. The seat of Wayne County, Detroit is a significant cultural center known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive and industrial background. In 1701, Royal French explorers Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and Alphonse de Tonty founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit. During the late 19th and early 20th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region. The city's population rose to be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Buffalo Bisons (minor League) Players The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo, New York, the team plays their home games at Sahlen Field, the highest-capacity Triple-A ballpark in the United States. The current Bisons organization was founded in 1979 and assumed the history of previous franchises that also used the Buffalo Bisons name, most notably the 1886–1970 Buffalo Bisons minor league franchise, and the 1879–1885 Buffalo Bisons major league franchise. The team established the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 to honor former players, managers and contributors to baseball in Buffalo. The team holds the all-time record for single-season attendance in Minor League Baseball, selling 1,240,951 tickets in 1991 while being considered for 1993 Major League Baseball expansion. ''Forbes'' valued the Buffalo Bisons at $34 million in 2016, making it the 15th-most val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]