As revealed Tuesday night, the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted in former Phillies closer Billy Wagner in his 10th and final year of eligibility. Wagner's name needed to appear on 75% of ...
Ultimately Brooklyn decided on a different first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson, who played all ... Brooklyn traded Brown to the Philadelphia Phillies in June 1951, and he appeared in 96 ...
He would also suit up for the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies. Overall ... time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition ...
Robinson joined a Dodgers club that went ... I don't know how many signed, but several did. Jackie was a great ball player." Brooklyn traded Brown to the Philadelphia Phillies in June 1951, and he ...
Tommy Brown, who made history as the youngest Major League Baseball position player of all-time when he made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944, has died. He was 97.
Four former Phillies are eligible for induction ... Charlie Gehringer, Jackie Robinson, Rod Carew and Robinson Cano. All are Hall of Famers with the exception of Cano, who is not yet eligible.
All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day ... DeFelice/Getty Images The Halos traded Estevez to the Phillies when they fell out of contention last July.
The team had a pair of All-Stars, shortstop Pee Wee Reese and second baseman Jackie Robinson, in the middle infield then. He played for the Dodgers through 1951 and then joined the Phillies.
It had only been a day or so since Dave Sims had been officially named as the Yankees’ next radio voice, and amid a deluge of ...
“Buckshot” Brown played in 494 games with the Dodgers, Phillies, and Cubs from ... for the first base job to none other than Jackie Robinson. Brown still played a valuable role as a ...
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 ...