Thursday, November 29, 2012

Sam Crawford Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1957


Born: April 18, 1880

1896-97: Star High School Athlete

Debut: September 10, 1899 (Reds)

1901: Set MLB record with 12 inside-the-park homers

1901: Led NL in HR (16)

1902: Jumped to Tigers

1908: Led AL in HR (7)

1907-09: Tigers win Pennant each season

1916-7: Lost starting job

1918-21: Played in Pacific Coast League

1924-29: Coach USC Baseball

1935-38: Umpire in PCL

1946: An article in The Sporting News reignited the Cobb-Crawford rivalry

1957: Elected to Hall of Fame

1968: Died

1999: Nominee for All Century Team

Accomplishments:

All Time Triples leader (309)

.309 Average

97 HR

1525 RBI

1391 Runs

2961 Hits

458 doubles

309 triples

760 walks-579 strikeouts

.814 OPS

4328 total bases

100+ runs: 3x

Led league 102 runs (1907)

217 hits (1911)

30+ doubles: 8x

Led league (35 doubles): 1909

Led league in triples: 6x

10+ triples: 17x

15+ triples: 13x

20+ triples: 4x

Led league in HR: 2x

Led league in RBI: 3x

100+ RBI: 6x

20+ steals: 9x

30+ steals: 3x

42 steals (1912)

Hit .300+: 10x

.378 (1911)

.438 OBP (1911)

.500 slugging: 2x

Led league in TB: 2x

Postseason: .243, 1 HR, 8 RBI, .621 OPS (3 World Series)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Joe McCarthy Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1957


Born: April 21, 1887

1907-21: Minor League career

1916: Signed by Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League, but never played

1913, 1919-25: Minor League Manager

1926: Hired by Cubs

1926-30: Managed Chicago Cubs (442-321 record)

1929: Won Pennant, but lost World Series

1930: Fired by Cubs

1931-46: Managed New York Yankees (1460-867 with 8 pennants)

1932: Got revenge by beating the Cubs in the World Series

1936-39: Yanks win World Series

1936: Manager of the Year

1938: Manager of the Year

1939: Lou Gehrig retires

1941,43: Yanks win World Series

1942: Yanks lose World Series

1943: Manager of the Year

1946:: Resigns as Yankee manager after conflict with Larry MacPhail

1948-50: Managed Red Sox (223-145)

1957: Elected to Hall of Fame

1969: Voted third greatest manager of all time

1978: Died

Accomplishments:

7x World Champion

3x Manager of the Year

Yankees All Time wins leader (1460)

Highest win percentage by a manager (.615)

Highest postseason win percentage by a manager (.698)

2125-1333 record

9 pennants

100 win seasons: 6

90+ win seasons: 15

 

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Jonathan Archer (Star Trek): Timeline

Jonathan Archer:

Born: 2112

2124: His father, Henry, died of Clarke’s Disease

2134: Participated in North American Water Polo Regionals

2140s: Test pilot for NX program

2143: Achieved Warp 2 as flight director on NX-Alpha. He later broke 2.5 with Charles Tucker.

2150: Assigned to Enterprise NX-01 as Captain

2151: Enterprise maiden voyage. Archer takes Klingon Klaang back to Qo’Nos. Enterprise is attacked by the Suliban Cabal and is initiated into Temporal Cold War.

2151: The Andorian Incident

2151: Taken hostage on Coridan; rescued by Shran and Trip.

2151: Liberates Suliban from Tandaran prison camp

2152: Paraagan II destroyed by Suliban, but Enterprise is initially blamed. The incident almost derails Earth’s exploration of space.

2152: First contact with the Romulans

2152: Mediates Vulcan-Andorian territorial dispute

2152: Finds ship from the future. Suliban and Tholians attack Enterprise, but the ship vanished.

2152: Borg attack an arctic outpost. They escape Earth, but are destroyed by Enterprise. Before their destruction, they signal the Delta Quadrant.

2152: Trip interferes with Vissian cogenitor leading to a diplomatic incident and the cogenitor’s death.

2152: Sentenced to Rura Penthe, but escapes

2153: Xindi attack Earth

2153-4: Enterprise explores the Delphic Expanse and eventually stops the Xindi

2154: The Augment Crisis

2154: Archer holds Surak’s katra helping lead Vulcan to a new awakening

2154: Romulan teleship crisis

2155: Klingon Augment Crisis

2155: Terra Prime Incident

2156: Romulan War begins

2156-61: The Romulan War

2161: Archer addresses UFP, Enterprise is decommissioned, Archer promoted to admiral

2164: Becomes honorary member of Andorian Imperial Guard

2164-69: Starfleet chief of staff

2169-75: Ambassador to Andoria

2175-85: Federation Council member

2185-93: Federation president

2258: Might have still been alive. He banished Montgomery Scott to Delta Vega for experimenting on his dog. 1

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Larry Herndon: Timeline


Born: November 3, 1953

1971: Drafted by Cardinals

1971: Minor league roommate of Randy “Macho Man” Savage

Debut: 1974 (Cardinals)

1975: Traded to Giants

1981: Won Willie Mac Award for spirit and leadership

1981: Traded to Tigers

1982: Hit home runs in 4 consecutive at bats. One in his final at bat of one game and then three in a row in the next contest.

1984: Hit GW  HR in Game 1 of World Series

1984: Caught final out of 1984 World Series

1984: Tigers win World Series

1987: Hit division winning HR against Toronto

1987: Tigers win AL East

1988: Retired

1992-98: Tiger coach

Current: Coach for Lakeland

Accomplishments:

1984 World Champion

Division winning HR in 1987

.274 average

Hit .302 (1983)

605 Runs

1334 hits

10+ triples: 2x

107 HR

20+ HR: 2x

550 RBI

10+ SB: 4x

.731 OPS

Postseason: .310, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .963 OPS (3 Series)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tom Brookens: timeline


Born: August 10, 1953

1975: Drafted by Detroit Tigers

Debut: July 10, 1979 (Tigers)

1980: Started a triple play against Milwaukee & went   5-for-5 with a home run and triple

1984: Tigers won World Series

1985: Caught his first pro game…went 5 innings in Detroit’s 15 inning win

1987: Tigers win AL East

1989: Signed with Yankees

1990: Signed with Indians

1990: Retired

2005-08: Minor League Manager

2009-present: Tiger coach

Accomplishments:

1984 World Champion

.246 Average

477 runs

950 hits

34 doubles (1985)

71 home runs

431 RBI

10+ steals: 5x

86 stolen bases

.663 OPS

1418 TB

Postseason: 0-for-18 (3 series)

Monday, November 19, 2012

Nyota Uhura timeline


Born: 2239

2249: Learned sign language

2256: Her father disappeared on a deep space mission

2257: Entered the academy

2261: Graduated & assigned to the USS Potemkin

2262: Transferred to USS Enterprise

2267: Inadvertently nearly causes an interstellar incident with tribbles

2267: Enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator along with Captain Kirk and Pavel Chekov on Triskelion

2267: Mind wiped by Nomad probe

2269: Along with Christine Chapel, rescues the male crew members from Taurus II’s siren call.

2270: Temporarily assumed command of Enterprise

2272-3: Promoted to Lieutenant Commander-V’ger Crisis

2285: Teaching at Academy

2285: Wrath of Khan

2285: Helps hijack the Enterprise to save Spock

2285: The Search for Spock

2286: Whale Probe Crisis

2287: Participates on raid on Nimbus III

2293: Khitomir Accords

2293: Left Starfleet

2294: Returned to duty as first officer aboard USS Oberth

2300s: Captain of the USS Hermes

2340s-60s: Promoted to Admiral sometime within this period

2360s: Became involved with Starfleet intelligence

2377: Still working with Starfleet intelligence by this point

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Sci Fi History: The Thing (1951)


This movie scared me as a kid and is one of the best films of the 1950s. A group of scientists at an arctic research station are visited and attacked by an alien being. James Arness stars as the alien, but you can’t recognize him without the makeup. John Carpenter remade the film in 1982 starring Kurt Russell.  In 2001, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Pavel Chekov: Timeline


Born: 2245

2263: Entered academy

2264: Engaged in navigator training aboard USS Enterprise.

2266: Graduated from Academy.

2267: Assigned to USS Enterprise

2267: Leads attempt to retake Enterprise from Khan

2267: Captured and forced to fight as a Thrall on Triskelion

2268: Killed in Tombstone simulation after contact with Melkotians. He is later revived.

2269: Reunites with an old love, Irina Galliulin, who had become a space hippie.

2269: Transferred off Enterprise & promoted to lieutenant

2271: Implicated in murder of Dr. Mark Piper. He is later found innocent. The murder was a Romulan plot to foment war.

2273: V’Ger Incident. Returns to Enterprise as security chief.

2278: Promoted to Commander

2280: Assigned to USS Reliant.

2285: First officer aboard Reliant. He encounters Khan on Ceti Alpha V during Genesis research.

2285: Infested with Ceti Eel by Khan

2285: Became acting science officer aboard Enterprise following Spock’s death.

2285: Helps hijack the Enterprise to rescue Spock.

2286: Whale Probe Crisis: Nearly dies in 1986 after falling off an aircraft carrier’s hangar deck.

2287: Nimbus III raid.

2293: Investigated Gorkon’s assassination and participated in Battle of Khitomer.

2293: Guest of honor aboard Enterprise-B’s maiden flight. He assumed command of sick bay after encountering an energy ribbon.

2295: Becomes first officer aboard USS Excelsior. He later commanded his own ships and became Commander Starfleet.

2370s: Grand Admiral Chekov

2377: Watraii Incident, Chekov believed killed. After his rescue, he retired.

Sometime after retirement, Chekov becomes Federation President

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Hank Greenberg: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1956


Born: January 1, 1911

1929: Turned down Yankees because they had Lou Gehrig. He attended New York University instead.

1930: Signed by Detroit Tigers

Debut: September 14, 1930 (Tigers)

1930-2: Minor Leagues

1933: Rejoined the Tigers

1934: A rabbi convinced Greenberg to play on Rosh Hashanah, but he refused to play on Yom Kippur.

1934: Tigers lost World Series

1935: AL MVP

1935: 103 RBI at All Star Break (still the record)

1935: Tigers win World Series

1936: Broke his wrist

1937: Hit first homer to Yankee Stadium bleachers

1937: 183 RBI

1938: Challenged Babe Ruth. Finished with 58 home runs & set the non-steroid record of 11 multi-homer games.

1940: Switched to outfield & Won MVP

1940: Tigers lose World Series

1940: Drafted

1941: Released from military, re-enlisted after Pearl Harbor

1941-45: World War II

1945: Returns from war, hits pennant winning 9th inning grand slam

1945: Tigers win World Series

1947: Traded to Pirates after salary dispute with Tigers

1947: One of the few players to embrace Jackie Robinson

1947: Retired & moved to Indians’ front office

1956: First Jewish player in Hall of Fame

1959: Joined Bill Veeck and bought White Sox

1959: Sox win pennant

1961: Greenberg stepped down as Sox GM

After baseball, he became an investment banker.

1975: Rejoined Veeck & became minority owner of Sox again

1983: Tigers retired his #5

1986: Died

1999: All Century Team finalist

Accomplishments:

2x World Champion

2x AL MVP

5x All Star

.313 Average

Hit .300: 7x

1051 runs

100 runs: 6x

Led league 144 runs (1938)

1628 hits

200+ hits: 3x

30+ doubles: 6x

40+ doubles: 5x

50+ doubles: 2x

63 doubles (led league): 1934

Led league in doubles: 2x

10+ triples: 2x

331 home runs

Led league in HR: 4x

30+ HR: 6x

40+ HR: 5x

58 HR (1938)

1276 RBI

Led league in RBI: 4x

100+ RBI: 7x

150+ RBI: 3x

183 RBI (1937)

852 walks-844 strikeouts

Led league in walks: 2x

100+ Walks: 3x

.412 OBP

.400+ OBP: 7x

.605 slugging

.600+ slugging: 7x

Led league .670 slugging (1940)

1.017 OPS

1.000+ OPS: 6x

Led league 1.103 OPS (1940)

3142 total bases

300+ TB: 7x

Led league in TB: 2x

Postseason: .318, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 1.044 OPS (4 World Series)

Monday, November 12, 2012

Joe Cronin: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1956


Born:  October 12, 1906

1925: Signed by Pirates

Debut: 1926(Pirates)

1928: Purchased by Kansas City and then sold to Washington

1930: Won AL Writers’ MVP

1931: Sporting News MVP

1933: Became Washington manager (165-139-1 pennant)

1933: Senators lose World Series

1934: Traded to Red Sox & becomes manager (1071-916-1 pennant)

1946: Sox lose World Series

1946: Released by Sox

1947: Becomes Sox GM

1956: Elected to Hall of Fame

1959: Becomes AL President

1973: Steps down as AL President

1984: Dies

Accomplishments:

7x All Star

.301 Average

104 wins as Sox manager (1946)

Hit .300: 8x

1233 runs

100+ Runs: 4x

515 doubles

30+ doubles: 11x

40+ doubles: 6x

51 doubles (1938)

Led league in doubles: 2x

118 triples

10+ triples: 4x

18 triples (1932): Led League

170 HR

1424 RBI

100+ RBI: 8x

1059 strikeouts-700 walks

.400 OBP: 5x

.390 OBP

.468 slugging

.500 slugging: 4x

.857 OPS

3546 Total Bases

301 TB (1930)

Led league in Sac hits (14): 1941

Postseason: .318, 2 RBI, .636 OPS (5 games-One WS)

As a Manager: 1236-1055 (.540)- 2 Pennants