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Cy Young
Pitched for the Cleveland Indians 1890-1898 & 1909-11; St. Louis Cardinals 1899-1900; Boston Red Sox 1901-1908

Right handed pitcher had a career record of 511 wins and only 313 loses; a winning pct. of .620. Young started a record 816 games and completed an amazing 750 games. Struck out 2803 hitters and walked only 1217. Pitched on teams that won only .495 pct. of games when he did not pitch. Won 30 games; 5 times in a year; and had 20 wins or more - 16 times. Cy Young, Hall of Famer, threw 77 shutouts and pitched 7357 innings in 22 years.

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On July 4 1905 Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox 4-2 in a 20 inning game... both pitchers pitched complete games for their teams.

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Mickey Cochrane
Catcher, Philadelphia A's, 1925-33, Detroit, 1934-1937.

Mickey Cochrane was an outstanding catcher ranking in the top throughout his career. Most Valuable Player in 1928 and 1934. Lifetime batting average; .320. It would be difficult to pick any catcher in this century with better defensive skills. "Hall of Famer", Cochrane batted .357 in 1930 and .349 in 1931. In 1932, Mickey hit 35 doubles, 23 homers, scored 118 runs and knocked in 112. baseballhistorian.com

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Addie Joss
Right-handed Pitcher, Cleveland (Naps) Indians, 1902-1910 Major League Baseball History

King of the Pitchers. His career ERA , 1.89, is second lowest in baseball history. Pitched some of the greatest games in baseball history. Addie was a tall man with long, thin fingers. He would wrap his thumb and next finger around the ball and snap his wrist, as he pitched, making the ball drop as he near home plate. When the drop occurred, the batter would swing and hit the top of the ball, beating in down for a ground out.

Joss pitched 2 no-hitters, won 160 games, lost 97 in his short career. Started 260 games and completed 234, pitching 1888 innings. He struck out over 900 batters and gave up only 19 homers!

On Oct. 2, 1908, Addie pitched a perfect game against the White Sox and pitcher, Ed Walsh, as Cleveland fought for the pennant. The Detroit Tigers beat out Cleve. by 1/2 game. Joss was born in Wisconsin and in his first major league start, he threw a brilliant one-hit shutout. Led the American League in 1904, with a 1.59 ERA. Addie was 27-11; ERA- 1.83 in 1907. Then in 1908, he was 24-11; ERA - 1.16. Joss was ill, between 1903-05, and missed a lot of games. In 1910, at the age of 31, Adrian Joss died of tubercular meningitis. This Hall of Famer; was "The King of Pitchers".

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Mordecai 'Three Fingers' Brown
Right Handed Pitcher; Chicago Cubs, 1903-1913; St. Louis, 1914-15... Early American Baseball Player - Chicago Cubs Baseball History

At age seven in two farm accidents, Mordecai lost one finger and two others got bent out of shape. When he gripped the baseball and as he threw the ball it sailed in on hitters; like the forkball. In 1906, Brown threw 9 shutouts, was 26-6, his ERA of 1.04 is the second lowest in this century. The Chicago Cubs won the most games in baseball history... 116, and the National League pennant.

In 1908, Mordecai Brown won 29 games and won two games (one a shutout) for the Cubs as they beat the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. The Hall of Famer won 27 games in 1909. In 1910, the Chicago Cubs won the pennant again as Brown won 25 games. Mordecai Brown's career record; 239-130. Mordecai Brown has the third (3rd) lowest ERA in the history of baseball! AllRights Reserved baseballhistorian.com

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Amos Rusie
Pircher Right-handed, Indianapolis Hoosiers (NL) 1889; New York Giants 1890-95, 1897-1898; Cincinnati Reds 1901

Amos Rusie, ranks as one of the greatest pitchers of all time. He is one of the few players who played fewer than ten years in the major leagues to be elected to the 'Hall of Fame'. Rusie's career was shortened by two bitter holdouts he staged against New York Giants, owner Andrew Freeman. At the age of 19, in 1890, Amos Rosie with his fabulous fast ball led all pitchers with his 341 strikeouts. Amos Rusie's career 246-174, ERA 3.07. baseballhistorian.com archives

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Ross Barnes
Outfielder, Boston Red Sox & Chicagos' (Cubs) 1870-1883 Professional Baseball Player

Ross Barnes was the first batting champion in baseball history. In the 1870's the baseball season was anywhere between 30-50 games. In 1871, Ross batted over .400 to lead the league. He scored 66 runs in 31 games. Ross Barnes was an excellent bunter and chop hitter and got most of his hits with this method.

Four times he hit over .400 and ended with a .316 life-time batting mark. Barnes is also the first player to lead the league in slugging pct, on base average, runs, doubles and triples. Baseballhistorian.com All Rights Reserved Ross Barnes

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Nashville Sounds Bytes (Year 2000) Professional Baseball Team

Nashville's manager Trent Jewett is hopeful that the Sound Bytes can improve on their 80-60 record of 1999. The Sounds were eliminated from the playoffs on the next to the last day of the season. Last year the Sounds won a franchise record and minor league season high 15 consecutive games from June 2nd thru June 20th before losing 8-7 in 13-innings. The Nashville, Tennessee team had a 46-21 record and an 8 1/2 game lead after the winning streak, only to go 34-39 in their final 73 games to finish 2 games behind Oklahoma, the East Division PCL winners.

The Sounds are a Triple A team and the Pittsburgh Pirates are their parent club. Last year the Sounds drew 335,901 fans to Greer Stadium in 67 home dates. The hottest seats in the stadium are the 'Hot Tub' in right field. "The Deck' holds up to 25 guests and includes a six-person hot tub - the best way to watch the ball game on a cool summer night. There is also a picnic area for large groups and a birthday party get-together.

Former major league pitcher, Jim Bibby joins Nashville this year as pitching coach after coaching the last 15 years in Lynchburg.

Hitting stars in 1999 - 11 of Tim Laker's 12 home runs came on the road last year and 5 were hit against their arch-rival, the Memphis Redbirds. John Wehner homered in 6 straight games before being called up to the Pirates in early July.

For tickets, schedules, merchandise and other information contact: Nashville Sounds, 534 Chestnut St., Nashville, TN 37203 or visit their web-site - nashvillesounds.com (Phone #615-242-4371) baseballhistorian.com (Rotating Green Boxes)

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