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Pitched a combined no-hitter on June 11, 2003. Houston Astros Hall of Fame. William Edward Wagner (born July 25, 1971), nicknamed " Billy the Kid ", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He pitched for the Houston Astros (1995–2003), Philadelphia Phillies (2004–2005), New ...
Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. (May 18, 1937 – September 26, 2023) was an American baseball player who played his entire 23 seasons in Major League Baseball as third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977. Nicknamed " Mr. Hoover " and " the Human Vacuum Cleaner ", he is generally considered to have been the greatest defensive third ...
Jon Miller (born October 11, 1951) [1][2] is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. Since 1997, he has been employed as a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. He was also a baseball announcer for ESPN from 1990 to 2010.
Chien-Ming Wang (Chinese: 王建民; pinyin: Wáng Jiànmín; born March 31, 1980) is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals. He also played for the Taiwan national baseball team, and is the current ...
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "the Iron Man", [1] is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his position's most productive offensive players, Ripken compiled 3,184 hits, 431 home runs ...
Jason Alias Heyward (born August 9, 1989), nicknamed " J-Hey ", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Originally the Braves' first-round selection in the 2007 MLB ...
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat.
The 2023 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 30. [ 1 ] The 93rd All-Star Game was played on July 11, hosted by the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, with the National League winning, 3–2. [ 2 ] The regular season ended on October 1, and the postseason began on October 3, and ended with Game 5 of the World ...