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Showing posts with label American League All-Star. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Kansas City Royals: Frank White



Frank White was a slick fielding second baseman for the Kansas City Royals playing from 1973-1990. His 18 seasons were all in a Royals uniform, a rare feat in the free agent era.

White was a light hitter in his early days, but improved his hitting to the point that he was able to win the Silver Slugger Award in 1986. He had his best offensive season of his career with 22 home runs and 84 RBI. He hit 160 home runs with 886 RBI, and a slash line of .255/.293/.383.


He won the Gold Glove Award eight times, and did it six straight seasons from 1977-1982. He was the ALCS MVP in 1980, and was a five time American League all-star. He was a member of the 1985 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Oakland A's Legend Vida Blue



Vida Blue made his debut with the Oakland A’s in at 19 in 1969. It would be 1971 before he would experience a full major league season, and what a season it was for Blue. In 1971, he would win both the American League Cy Young Award and American League Most Valuable Player Award.

He would finish the season with a won-loss record of 24-8 with a league leading ERA of 1.82. He would also toss 8 shutouts on the season. He fanned 301 hitters in 312 innings.


Blue would be a six time all-star, playing for the A’s, Giants, and Royals. He was a member of the 72-74 Oakland A’s World Series Champions. In three seasons he would win over 20 games, and finish his career 209-161 with an ERA of 3.27.



Joe Glasgow is a former senior staff writer at Fanstop.com, and is the author of the book Play Ball! Growing Up With Baseball https://amzn.to/2o4M62h

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Bo Jackson Career Highlights


Bo Jackson played eights seasons in the American League for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox and California Angels.

He hit 141 home runs with 415 RBI. His slash line for his career is .250/.309/.474. His best season was 1989, when he hit .256/.310/.495 with 32 home runs and 105 RBI. The only season he had more than 100 RBI. He had four seasons of over 20 home runs. He was an American League all-star, and was the game’s MVP.


After 8 seasons, he retired at the age of 32.

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