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Edward thomas miksis september 11, 1926 april 8, 2005 was an american major league baseball player. Hank behrman was purchased from the dodgers by the new york giants. Like so many baseball history errors, this was repeated over and over as journalists. Buy 1959 topps sports cards online baseball card value. Eddie miksis 1947 world series jersey used during dodgers game 4 walkoff victory dodger blue passion mixed in with an obsessive compulsive desire to scour the world for rare and interesting dodgers and baseball collectibles.

He became a staple in pittsburgh from 1947 to 1951. Eddie miksis trades and transactions by baseball almanac. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive eddie miksis baseball stats. The son of lithuanian immigrants, edward stephen waitkus 1919 1972 grew up in boston and served in. Page quickly recovered, inducing edwards to ground into a double play that ended the game. Edward thomas eddie miksis september 11, 1926 april 8, 2005 was an american professional baseball infielder and outfielder. You can leave it on top of the porcelain, pick it up, read it backwards, and still get an enormous charge out of it. This book is just like my other beckett guide above, but much thicker about 214 thick or 75% thicker. Eddie miksis cincinnati major league baseball yahoo.

Sep 05, 2019 gridley became the birthplace of another homegrown product. The elias 2020 book of baseball records elias sports bureau. Eddie miksis 1947 world series jersey used during dodgers game 4 walkoff victory. Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. Louis cardinals to win the national league title by one game. The absolutely, positively, and without question greatest book of facts, figures, and astonishing lists ever compiled 456 by bert randolph sugar editor, ken samelson with bert randolph sugar. The yankees won the series in seven games for their first title since 1943, and their eleventh world series championship in team history. Apr 01, 2002 the baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume. Yankees manager bucky harris won the series for the first time since managing the washington senators to their only title in 1924 in 1947, jackie robinson, a brooklyn dodger. Subscribe to baseball online price guide and get the latest and accurate values of. He had a semiregular job for several years pitching batting practice for brooklyn, and, as revealed here in a gene hermanski thread of a few months ago, nahem played for the bushwicks in 1946 also at other times, i think.

Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract. Visit the eddie miksis biography on baseball almanac for complete statistics. Eddie miksis baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. He played fourteen seasons in major league baseball mlb between 1944 and 1958 for the brooklyn dodgers, chicago cubs, st. The elias book of baseball records is the most comprehensive compilation of major league baseball records and in one volume contains lifetime, single season, game and inning records through the 2019 season for.

The series shifted to ebbets field and the stadium shook in the second inning as the dodgers rang up six runs. He was survived by wife rosemarie, daughters jeanine, rose marie, and christina, and sons edward jr. Eddie miksis appeared in 142 major league games during the 1953 regular season. Did you know that in the eddie miksis miscellaneous world series items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the world series label and a truly comprehensive history of that world series will appear on your screen.

An article in sport magazine in 1988 congratulated banks regarding the feat and ernie himself came to believe that he had been the first. This victory would start a record run of five consecutive world series championships by the yankees, and was also the first of 14 al pennants in 16 years for the yankees. Bob ramazzotti passed away on february 15, 2000 at altoona, pennsylvania. After starring at shortstop for the kansas city monarchs in 1948 and 1949 playing the same position for them that jackie robinson had a few years earlier, baker was signed by the cubs organization in 1950, becoming the first africanamerican signed by the cubs. Wally westlake society for american baseball research. Apr 08, 2005 miksis lived the rest of his life in huntingdon valley. The eddie miksis world series stats seen below include his world series yearby year hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats. The eddie miksis world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats. Check out eddie miksis career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball.

The following article about sam nahem may be of more than passing interest to some as it was to me. The dodgers won the national league title and went on to lose to the new york yankees in the 1947 world series. Speaking of that game, the sporting news official baseball guide for 1974 stated, ernie banks became the major leagues first black manager, but only for a day. Eddie miksis mlb player profile page from whatifsports. I have hundreds of hardbacks, trade paper editions and paperbacks about your favorite baseball team and its history, its stars and managers and executives. He was just a schoolboy shortstop in trenton last year when i first saw him, remarked leo durocher. The great alltime baseball record book, the miracle has landed, and the macmillan baseball encyclopedia quiz book. Eddie miksis appeared in 114 major league games during the 1956 regular season.

The story of eddie waitkus is john theodore s true account of the slickfielding first baseman who played for the cubs and phillies in the 1940s and became an immortalized figure in baseball lore as the inspiration for roy hobbs in bernard malamud s the natural. Eddie miksis 1947 world series jersey used during dodgers. The elias book of baseball records contains five major sections. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff g pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so ba obp slg. Get the huge collection of 1959 topps sports cards online at. The 1947 world series matched the new york yankees against the brooklyn dodgers.

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The latest stats, facts, news and notes on eddie miksis of the cincinnati. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games miksis appeared in, specifically relating to his 1953 hitting statistics. The absolutely, positively, and without question greatest book of facts, figures, and astonishing lists ever compiled. Tommy lasorda was drafted by the dodgers from the philadelphia phillies in the 1948 minor league draft. The baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume. A good baseball read, this book is about the life of eddie waitkus, a ballplayer who was the inspiration for the bernard malamud book and subsequent movie, the natural. The baseball maniacs almanac the absolutely, positively, and without question greatest book of facts, figures, and astonishing lists ever compiled. Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Will cnn political columnist and pulitzer prizewinning commentator george will offers more than 70. Eddie miksis made his major league debut on 06171944 with the brooklyn dodgers. The 1947 world series matched the new york yankees against the brooklyn dodgers, with the yankees winning the series in seven games for their first title since 1943, and the eleventh championship in team history.

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Yankees manager bucky harris won the series for the first time since managing the washington senators to their only title in 1924. Dodgers for bruce edwards, joe hatten, eddie miksis and gene hermanski. Eddie miksis, who spent much of his 14year career as a utility infielder, died on april 8, 2005 in huntington valley, pa. Miksis lived the rest of his life in huntingdon valley. I think thats the first time ive ever seen picture of billy maharg, who was implicated in the 1919 black sox scandal. The dodgers lost the world series to the new york yankees in five games.

He worked there as an inspector, retiring in 1979 after 20 years of service. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games miksis appeared in, specifically relating to his 1956 hitting statistics. Miksis was signed by the brooklyn dodgers in 1944 and on june 17, 1944, at the age of 17, he debuted in the majors and went on to have a 14year career as a right. He played nine seasons in major league baseball mlb between 1949 and. Dodger game game 4 world series dodgers highlight victorious flannel brooklyn auction. In 1947 the pittsburgh pirates baseball club would plant this california product in the outfield of forbes field with the hopes of bountiful harvests for years to come. Curt flood, camden yards, pete rose and other reflections on baseball by george f. Edward t eddie miksis was born on september 11, 1926 in burlington, new jersey. All they could say about the cubs infielder eddie miksis is that in 1951 he was. After starring at shortstop for the kansas city monarchs in 1948 and 1949 playing the same position for them that jackie robinson had a few years earlier, baker was signed by the cubs organization in 1950, becoming the first africanamerican signed by. Get the latest news and fantasy baseball information for minnesota twins lf eddie rosario on.

The 1949 world series featured the new york yankees and the brooklyn dodgers, with the yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the dodgers in three years, and the twelfth championship in team history. Lavagetto, with young yankee catcher yogi berra relying upon the clubs book that said they could get cookie with a fastball, high and away. Baseball s natural is john theodores true account of the slickfielding first baseman who played for the cubs and the phillies in the 1940s and became immortalized in baseball lore as the inspiration for bernard malamuds the natural. All professional baseball statistics for eddie miksis.