Showing posts with label Gold Glove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gold Glove. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Ron Guidry : New York Yankees

Ron Guidry commemoratives

Ron Guidry -- "Louisiana Lightning" "Gator", played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Guidry was also the pitching coach of the Yankees from 2006 to 2007
Guidry's major league career began in 1975. He was a member of World Series-winning Yankees teams in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 1978, winning 25 games and losing only 3. He also won five Gold Glove Awards and appeared in four All-Star games. Guidry served as captain of the Yankees beginning in 1986; he retired from baseball in 1989. In 2003, the Yankees retired Guidry's uniform number (49) and dedicated a plaque to him in Monument Park - Wikipedia

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Ken Griffey - Sr & Junior

1989-April-03  Oakland, Ca - Oakland Coliseum
1989-April-03  Cincinnati, Ohio - Riverfront Stadium
Ken Griffey Jr major league debut with the Seattle Mariners, while his father was playing for the Cincinnati Reds
1990-Aug-31 Seattle, Wa
First father/son teammates to take the field in the same game
1997-May-31 Seattle Wa
Most home runs in first 2 months of the season
1997-Oct-22 New York NY - Gold Glove Award
1997-October-30 Cooperstown, NY
Player of the Year
Bevil cachet #/450
2000-Feb-10  Cincinnati - Traded
2000-April -04  Cincinnati, Oh - Cinergy Field
Wild Horse painted cachet
Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Cincinnati Reds
Griffey's first game with the Reds, 0-4 with 2 strikeouts
2004-June-20 - St Louis, Mo
500th Career Home Run

Ken Griffey Sr played  from 1973-1991 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners. A 3-time All-star, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2004

Ken Griffey Jr followed in his father's footsteps. Junior played 22 years (1989-2010) for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. 

  • Batting Ave .284
  • RBI - 1,836
  • Home Runs - 630
  • 13-time All-Star
  • AL MVP - 1997
  • 10-time Gold Glove
  • 7-time Silver Slugger
  • 4-time AL Home Run Leader
  • AL RBI Leader - 1997
  • Seattle Mariners retire #24 - 2016
  • Seattle Mariner sHall of Fame - 2013
  • Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame - 2014
  • Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016
Junior was honored by St Vincent July 23, 1989

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Don Mattingly : New York Yankees

1984-Sep-30 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY
Mattingly wins Batting Title with .343 average
1985-Oct-03 - Yankee Stadium - New York
Breaks Roger Maris RBI record
1985-Nov-20 New York, NY - American League MVP
1986-Oct-04/05 - Fenway Park - Boston, Ma
Record for most hits and most doubles in a season
1987-Jul-19 New York, NY - Gold Glove presentation for 1986 season
1987-Jul-18 - Arlington Stadium - Arlington, Texas
8 consecutive games with a home run
1987-Sep-29 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY
Records 6-Grand Slams in a single season
1988-Dec-07 New York, NY
Voted his 4th consecutive Gold Glove Award

Don Mattingly spent his entire 14-year career with the New York Yankees, earning the nicknames "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man"
6-time All-Star (1984-1989)
AL MVP (1985)
9-time Gold Glove Award (1985-1989, 1991-1994)
3-time Silver Slugger Award (1985-1987
AL Batting Champion (1984)
AL RBI Leader (1985)

New York Yankees retired his #23 - 1997-August-31