Good day all!
On the blog today, we add
Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski to my future custom set, "Classic
Baseball", celebrating the wonderful sport of baseball and it's lengthy
and rich history:
Just a classic era-perfect
photo of the Pittsburgh Pirates great, from right about the time he
catapulted himself into baseball history with a Game 7 home run in the
bottom of the ninth to send the Pirates to a World Championship over the
heavily favored New York Yankees.
But it's easy to forget that Mazeroski's homer was in only his fifth
full season in the Majors. He went on to star for the Pirates for the
next 12 seasons before hanging them up at the end of the 1972 season.
By the time he retired, Mazeroski won two world championships (1960 & 1971), eight Gold Gloves, made seven All-Star teams, topped 2000 hits and made a name for himself as one of the premier fielding second baseman in baseball.
He still hold the all-time record for turning double-plays for second basemen at 1706, and lead the National League in assists nine times between 1958-1968.
While the BBWA failed to vote him into the Hall of Fame withing the 15 years of eligibility, the Veteran's Committee got him in 2001, almost 30 years after retiring, joining such former teammates like Willie Stargell and Roberto Clemente.
By the time he retired, Mazeroski won two world championships (1960 & 1971), eight Gold Gloves, made seven All-Star teams, topped 2000 hits and made a name for himself as one of the premier fielding second baseman in baseball.
He still hold the all-time record for turning double-plays for second basemen at 1706, and lead the National League in assists nine times between 1958-1968.
While the BBWA failed to vote him into the Hall of Fame withing the 15 years of eligibility, the Veteran's Committee got him in 2001, almost 30 years after retiring, joining such former teammates like Willie Stargell and Roberto Clemente.
