1985 College Baseball All-America Team
All-Americans
Table:
Position

Name

School

ABCA

BA

Notes

Pitcher
Greg Swindell (2) ♦
Texas

Y

Y

BA Pitcher of the Year,[2] 1989 MLB All-Star,[4] 14 career shutouts (Division I record),[5] 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I),[5] 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I)[5]

Pitcher
Mike Cook
South Carolina

Y

Y

Pitcher
Jeff Brantley
Mississippi State

Y

Y

1990 MLB All-Star,[6] 1996 Rolaids Relief Man Award[6]

Pitcher
Scott Marrett
Pepperdine

—

Y

Pitcher
Rick Raether
Miami

—

Y

Catcher
B.J. Surhoff (2) ♦
North Carolina

Y

Y

1989 MLB All-Star,[7] First overall pick in 1985 Major League Baseball Draft[8]

First baseman
Will Clark ♦
Mississippi State

Y

Y

6x MLB All-Star,[9] 2x Silver Slugger Award,[9] 1991 Gold Glove Award,[9] 1989 NLCS MVP,.[9] 811 career slugging percentage (11th in Division I),[5]

Second baseman
Bill Bates (2)
Texas

Y

Y

13 triples in a single season (1985) (T-4th in Division I)[5]

Third baseman
Bo Tomberlin
Western Kentucky

Y

—

Third baseman
Jeff King
Arkansas

—

Y

First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft[8]

Shortstop
Barry Larkin (2) ♦
Michigan

Y

Y

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inductee,[10] 1995 NL MVP,[10] 11x MLB All-Star,[10] 8x Silver Slugger Award winner,[10] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 1993 Roberto Clemente Award,[10] 1994 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[10]

Outfielder
Frank Fazzini
Florida State

Y

Y

Made BA team as DH,[2] 137 hits in a single season (1985) (T-2nd in Division I),[5] 79 career home runs (5th in Division I),[5] 118 RBI in a single season (1985) (6th in Division I),[5] 109 runs in a single season (1985) (T-6th in Division I)[5]

Outfielder
Pete Incaviglia (2) ♦
Oklahoma State

Y

Y

BA POY,[2] 100 career home runs (Division I record),[5] 48 home runs in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[5] 285 total bases in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[5] 1.140 slugging percentage in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[5] 143 RBI in a single season (1985) (Division I record),.[5] 915 career slugging percentage (2nd in Division I),[5] 324 career RBI (2nd in Division I)[5] 635 career total bases (9th in Division I),[5]

Outfielder
Gary Cooper
BYU

Y

—

320 career runs (2nd in Division I),[5] 359 career hits (10th in Division I)[5]

Outfielder
Brad Bierly
Pepperdine

—

Y

Outfielder
Mike Watters
Michigan

—

Y

Designated hitter
Dave Otto
Missouri

Y

—

Utility player
Jim Fregosi, Jr.
New Mexico

Y

—

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In baseball , the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher 's mound toward the catcher to begin each play , with the goal of retiring a batter , who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk . In the numbering system used to record defensive plays , the pitcher is assigned the number 1 . The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game , and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum . There are many different types of pitchers , such as the starting pitcher , relief pitcher , middle reliever , lefty specialist , setup man , and the closer . Traditionally , the pitcher also bats . Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s , the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter , a cause of some controversy . The National League in Major League Baseball and the Japanese Central League are among the remaining leagues that have not adopted the designated hitter position .
Forest Gregory Greg Swindell ( born January 2 , 1965 ) is an American former Major League Baseball player , who had a 17-year career as a left-handed pitcher from 1986 to 2002 . He played for the Cleveland Indians , Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds , Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League . With the Diamondbacks , he won the 2001 World Series against the New York Yankees .
The Texas Longhorns baseball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men 's baseball competition . The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference . The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in baseball in 1894 . Texas is the winningest NCAA Division I college baseball program in terms of win percentage , with an all-time win-loss record of 3585-1354-32 ( .724 ) as of the end of the 2019 season . The Longhorns rank second in all-time wins as of June 11 , 2018 , behind the Fordham Rams . As of the end of the 2018 conference season , Texas has won 78 regular season conference championships and 16 conference tournament championships in baseball . The Longhorns have won six NCAA baseball national championships ( 1949 , 1950 , 1975 , 1983 , 2002 , 2005 ) - tied with LSU and second to Southern California 's total of 12 - and have been the runner-up in the College World Series ( CWS ) Championship Games on six other occasions ( 1953 , 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , 2004 , 2009 ) . Texas holds the records for most appearances in the College World Series ( 36 ) , most individual CWS games won ( 85 ) , most overall NCAA Tournament games won ( 240 ) , and most NCAA Tournament appearances ( 59 ) ; the second-place programs in these categories have 25 CWS appearances ( Miami ) , wins in 74 CWS games ( Southern California ) , 192 overall NCAA Tournament wins ( Florida State and Miami ) , and 56 NCAA Tournament appearances ( Florida State ) , as of June 11 , 2018 . Former Longhorns who have gone on to success in Major League Baseball include Roger Clemens , Calvin Schiraldi , Burt Hooton , Keith Moreland , Spike Owen , Mark Petkovsek , Greg Swindell , Brandon Belt , and Huston Street . From 1997 to 2016 , the Longhorns were led by head coach Augie Garrido , who holds the record for most wins in NCAA baseball history . The team is currently led by third-year head coach David Pierce . Texas plays its home games at UFCU-Disch-Falk Field .
The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League ( AL ) and National League ( NL ) , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball . The game was held on July 11 , 1989 , at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim , California , the home of the California Angels of the American League . The game is noted for being the first in All-Star Game history to include the designated hitter . The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5-3 . The game is remembered for Bo Jackson 's monstrous lead-off home run to center field . Jackson was named the game 's MVP . The game also featured former U.S. President and former baseball announcer Ronald Reagan sharing the NBC broadcast booth with Vin Scully for the first inning . The pregame ceremonies featured Disney characters joining this year 's players in sprinting onto the field for the introduction of the starting lineups . Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies , who had retired on May 29 , was still elected by the fans as the starting third baseman for the NL All-Star team . Schmidt decided not to play , but he did participate in the game 's opening ceremony in uniform . Doc Severinsen later led The Tonight Show Band in the playing of the Canadian and U.S. national anthems . Severinsen and The Tonight Show Band 's performance of the U.S. National Anthem was the last non-vocal performance of the Anthem at the All-Star Game to date .
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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game , also known as the Midsummer Classic , is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball ( MLB ) contested between the All-Stars from the American League ( AL ) and National League ( NL ) , currently selected by fans for starting fielders , by managers for pitchers , and by managers and players for reserves . The game usually occurs on either the second or third Tuesday in July , and is meant to mark a symbolic halfway-point in the MLB season ( though not the mathematical halfway-point which , for most seasons , is usually found within the previous calendar week ) . Both of the major leagues share an All-Star break , with no regular-season games scheduled on the day before or two days after the All-Star Game itself . Some additional events and festivities associated with the game take place each year close to and during this break in the regular season . No official MLB All-Star Game was held in 1945 including the official selection of players due to World War II travel restrictions . Two All-Star Games were held each season from 1959 to 1962 . The most recent All-Star Game was held on July 9 , 2019 , at Progressive Field , home of the American League 's Cleveland Indians . The 2020 and 2021 All-Star Games are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles and Atlanta , respectively .
The Rolaids Relief Man Award was an annual Major League Baseball ( MLB ) award given from 1976 to 2012 to the top relief pitchers of the regular season , one in the American League ( AL ) and one in the National League ( NL ) . Relief pitchers are the pitchers who enter the game after the starting pitcher is removed . The award was sponsored by the antacid brand Rolaids , whose slogan was R-O-L-A-I-D-S spells relief . Because the first closers were nicknamed firemen , a reference to putting out the fire of another team 's rally , the trophy was a gold-plated firefighter 's helmet . Unlike other awards , such as the Cy Young Award or the MLB Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) Award , the Relief Man was based on statistical performance , rather than votes . Each save was worth three points ; each win was worth two points ; and each loss was worth negative two points . Beginning with the 1987 MLB season , negative two points were given for blown saves . In the 2000 MLB season , the term tough save , which was worth an additional point , was introduced by Rolaids . A tough save happened when a relief pitcher entered the game already having the potential tying run on base , and got the save . The player with the highest point total won the award . The inaugural award winners were Bill Campbell ( AL ) and Rawly Eastwick ( NL ) ; Campbell also won in the following season . Dan Quisenberry and Mariano Rivera each won the AL award five times , while Rollie Fingers and Bruce Sutter won the award four times each .
The Pepperdine Waves baseball team represents Pepperdine University in the sport of baseball . The Pepperdine Waves compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association ( NCAA ) and in the West Coast Conference . They are currently led by head coach Rick Hirtensteiner . The Waves have been to the College World Series twice , winning the national championship in 1992 under head coach Andy Lopez with a win over Cal State Fullerton .
The Miami Hurricanes baseball team is the college baseball program that represents the University of Miami . Since 1973 , the program has been one of college baseball 's elite with 25 College World Series appearances , winning four national championships ( 1982 , 1985 , 1999 , 2001 ) and advancing to the NCAA regionals a record 44 consecutive years . Miami has won 29 NCAA Regional Titles , hosted 27 NCAA Regionals , and in each of their four national championship runs they were a NCAA Regional Host . Along with the university 's other athletic teams , the baseball team became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2004-05 academic year . Previously , the baseball program competed as an NCAA independent , even during the school 's Big East affiliation in other sports . Miami won its first ever conference championship in baseball when it captured the 2008 ACC Baseball Championship . The Hurricanes play in Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park , on the UM campus , in Coral Gables , Florida . Gino DiMare will serve as the team 's head coach in 2019 after the retirement of longtime head coach Jim Morris following the 2018 season .
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The following are the first round picks in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft .
First base , or 1B , is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner to score a run for that player 's team . A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area nearest first base , and is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base . In the numbering system used to record defensive plays , the first baseman is assigned the number 3 . Also called first sacker or cornerman , the first baseman is ideally a tall player who throws left-handed and possesses good flexibility and quick reflexes . Flexibility is needed because the first baseman receives throws from the other infielders , the catcher and the pitcher after they have fielded ground balls . In order for the runner to be called out , the first baseman must be able to stretch towards the throw and catch it before the runner reaches first base . First base is often referred to as the other hot corner - the hot corner being third base - and therefore , like the third baseman , he must have quick reflexes to field the hardest hit balls down the foul line , mainly by left-handed pull hitters and right-handed hitters hitting to the opposite field . They often are power hitters who have a substantial number of home runs and extra base hits while maintaining a .270 plus batting average . [ citation needed ]
William Nuschler Clark Jr. ( born March 13 , 1964 ) is an American professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1986 through 2000 . He played for the San Francisco Giants , Texas Rangers , Baltimore Orioles , and St. Louis Cardinals . Clark was known by the nickname of Will the Thrill . The nickname has often been truncated to simply , The Thrill . Clark played college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs , where he won the Golden Spikes Award , and at the 1984 Summer Olympics before playing in the major leagues . Clark was a six-time MLB All-Star , a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner , a Gold Glove Award winner , and the winner of the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1989 . Clark has been inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame , Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame , Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame , and Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame . He will have his uniform number retired by the Giants during the 2020 season .
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The Rawlings Gold Glove Award , usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove , is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League ( NL ) and the American League ( AL ) . Winners are determined from voting by the managers and coaches in each league , who are not permitted to vote for their own players . Additionally , a sabermetric component provided by the Society for American Baseball Research ( SABR ) accounts for approximately 25 percent of the vote . In 1957 , the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position . Winners receive a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base . In the inaugural year , one Gold Glove was awarded to the top fielder at each position in MLB ; since 1958 , separate awards have been given to the top fielders in each league . Thus , 18 Gold Gloves are normally awarded annually , one at each of the nine fielding positions for each league . [ a ] Since 2016 , a Gold Glove is also awarded each year to one fastpitch softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch league .
The League Championship Series Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) players deemed to have the most impact on their teams ' performances in each of the two respective League Championship Series that comprise the penultimate round of the MLB postseason . The award is given separately for a player in both the American League Championship Series and the National League Championship Series . It has been presented in the National League ( NL ) since 1977 , and in the American League ( AL ) since 1980 . Dusty Baker won the inaugural award in 1977 with the Los Angeles Dodgers , and Frank White won the first AL award in 1980 with the Kansas City Royals . The ten Hall of Famers to win LCS MVPs include Roberto Alomar , George Brett , Dennis Eckersley , Rickey Henderson , Kirby Puckett , Ozzie Smith , Willie Stargell , John Smoltz , Iván Rodríguez , and Mariano Rivera . Three players have won the award twice : Steve Garvey ( 1978 , 1984 ) , Dave Stewart ( 1990 , 1993 ) , and Orel Hershiser ( 1988 , 1995 ) . Incidentally , all three of these players won their two awards with two different teams . Seven players have gone on to win the World Series MVP Award in the same season in which they won the LCS MVP - all of them in the NL . Three players have won while playing for the losing team in the series : Fred Lynn played for the 1982 California Angels ; Mike Scott pitched for the 1986 Houston Astros ; and Jeffrey Leonard played for the 1987 San Francisco Giants . Two players have shared the award in the same year three times , all in the NL ; Rob Dibble and Randy Myers for the 1990 Cincinnati Reds , the Chicago Cubs ' Jon Lester and Javier Báez in 2016 , and Chris Taylor and Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017 . Garvey , Leonard , and Albert Pujols hit four home runs in their winning series - Garvey in his first win . Adam Kennedy won the 2002 ALCS MVP for hitting 3 home runs in 5 games ; he had hit 7 during the regular season and hit 80 in his 14-year career .
In baseball statistics , slugging percentage ( SLG ) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter . It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats , through the following formula , where AB is the number of at bats for a given player , and 1B , 2B , 3B , and HR are the number of singles , doubles , triples , and home runs , respectively :
In baseball and softball , second baseman is a fielding position in the infield , between second and first base . The second baseman often possesses quick hands and feet , needs the ability to get rid of the ball quickly , and must be able to make the pivot on a double play . In addition , second basemen are usually right-handed ; only four left-handed throwing players have ever played second base in Major League Baseball since 1950 . In the numbering system used to record defensive plays , the second baseman is assigned the number 4 . Good second basemen need to have very good range since they have to field balls closer to the first baseman who is often holding runners on , or moving towards the base to cover . On a batted ball to right field , the second baseman goes out towards the ball for the relay . Due to these requirements , second base is sometimes a primarily defensive position in the modern game , but there are hitting stars as well .
William Derrick Bates ( born December 7 , 1963 ) is a former Major League Baseball ( MLB ) second baseman and pinch runner who played for the Milwaukee Brewers and the 1990 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds . In 29 career games , Bates had a batting average of .125 with six hits , two runs batted in ( RBI ) , 11 runs , ten strikeouts , and eight stolen bases . Though defensively he played as a second baseman , the Reds primarily used Bates as a pinch runner . After he scored the winning run in Game 2 of the 1990 World Series , Bates never played in MLB again . Born in Houston , Bates attended the University of Texas and , in his freshman season , won the 1983 College World Series as a part of the Texas Longhorns baseball team . For the next two seasons , Bates was named to the College Baseball All-America Team , a team composed of the best collegiate baseball athletes in America . Drafted by Milwaukee in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB draft , he rose through the Brewers ' farm system and teams that he played for won multiple minor league titles . He subsequently made his MLB debut in 1989 , after Milwaukee 's starting second baseman became injured . A trade sent Bates to Cincinnati in 1990 , where the Reds used him as a pinch runner at the end of the regular season and into the postseason . Facing the Oakland Athletics in the World Series , Bates reached base on a pinch hit single against Dennis Eckersley and later scored the winning run in Game 2 , as the Reds ultimately swept the Athletics , four games to none . Following the World Series championship , Bates spent two years in minor league baseball , one for the Reds and one for the Chicago Cubs , and last played exhibition baseball in 1995 . After retirement , he worked as an equipment supplier in the oil and gas industry in Houston and coached his daughter 's softball team .
In baseball , a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball , with neither the benefit of a fielder 's misplay ( see error ) nor another runner being put out on a fielder 's choice . A triple is sometimes called a three-bagger or three-base hit . For statistical and scorekeeping purposes it is denoted by 3B . Triples have become somewhat rare in Major League Baseball . It often requires a ball hit to a distant part of the field , or the ball taking an unusual bounce in the outfield . It also usually requires that the batter hit the ball solidly , and be a speedy runner . It also often requires that the batter 's team have a good strategic reason for wanting the batter on third base , as a double will already put the batter in scoring position and there will often be little strategic advantage to taking the risk of trying to stretch a double into a triple . ( The inside-the-park home run is much rarer than a triple ) . The trend for modern ballparks is to have smaller outfields ( often increasing the number of home runs ) ; it has ensured that the career and season triples leaders mostly consist of those who played early in Major League Baseball history , generally in the dead-ball era . A walk-off triple ( one that ends a game ) occurs very infrequently . For example , the 2016 MLB season saw only three walk-off triples , excluding one play that was actually a triple plus an error .
A third baseman , abbreviated 3B , is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base - the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run . In the scoring system used to record defensive plays , the third baseman is assigned the number ' 5 ' . The third baseman requires good reflexes in reacting to batted balls , as he is often the closest infielder ( roughly 90-120 feet ) to the batter . The third base position requires a strong and accurate arm , as the third baseman often makes long throws to first base . The third baseman sometimes must throw quickly to second base in time to start a double play . The third baseman must also field fly balls in fair and foul territory . Third base is known as the hot corner , because the third baseman is relatively close to the batter and most right-handed hitters tend to hit the ball hard in this direction . A third baseman must possess good hand-eye coordination and quick reactions in order to catch hard line drives sometimes in excess of 125 miles per hour ( 201 km/h ) . Third basemen often must begin in a position even closer to the batter if a bunt is expected , creating a hazard if the ball is instead hit sharply . As with middle infielders , right-handed throwing players are standard at the position because they do not need to turn their body before throwing across the infield to first base . Mike Squires , who played fourteen games at third base in 1982 and 1983 , is a very rare example of a third baseman who threw lefty . Some third basemen have been converted from middle infielders or outfielders because the position does not require them to run as fast .
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers are the athletic teams that represent Western Kentucky University ( WKU ) . The men 's teams uses the name Hilltoppers ; however , the women 's teams use the name Lady Toppers . The university 's athletic program fields 17 varsity teams in 11 different sports . WKU participates in the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and competes as a member of Conference USA . On March 12 , 2010 , Ross Bjork , who was the senior associate athletic director for Development and External Relations for the UCLA Bruins , replaced Dr. Wood Selig , as WKU 's athletic director . But in March 2012 , Bjork accepted the job as athletic director at Ole Miss . Todd Stewart , who had served as Senior Associate Athletic Director since 2010 , was named interim athletic director until May when he was officially named athletic director . On April 1 , 2013 , it was announced Western Kentucky would depart the Sun Belt Conference for Conference USA , effective July 1 , 2014 .
Jeffrey Wayne King ( born December 26 , 1964 ) is a former professional baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals .
The University of Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team , sometimes referred to as the Diamond Hogs , are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) , and are coached by Dave Van Horn . The program started in 1897 , and is in its 96th season of play ( 72nd consecutive ) in 2019 . Arkansas is one of only four schools in the SEC to turn a profit from its baseball program in recent years , along with SEC Western division rivals LSU , Mississippi State and Ole Miss . Many large schools such as Iowa State , Colorado , and Wisconsin have dropped their baseball programs because of financial losses . The Diamond Hogs have been to 31 NCAA tournaments and ten College World Series : 1979 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 2004 , 2009 , 2012 , 2015 , 2018 , 2019 .
The 1986 Major League Baseball Draft was the 22nd MLB draft that took place in 1986 . During this draft 21 future all-stars were drafted including , Greg Swindell , Matt Williams , Kevin Brown , Gary Sheffield , Roberto Hernández , Jack Armstrong , Dean Palmer , Scott Cooper , Kent Bottenfield , Bo Jackson , Joe Girardi , Pat Hentgen , Tom Gordon , Steve Finley , Rod Beck , Chuck Knoblauch , Rick Reed , Paul Quantrill , John Olerud , Scott Erickson and Todd Jones .
Shortstop , abbreviated SS , is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base , which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions . Historically the position was assigned to defensive specialists who were typically poor at batting and were often placed at the bottom of the batting order . Today shortstops are often able to hit well and many are placed at the top of the lineup . In the numbering system used by scorers to record defensive plays , the shortstop is assigned the number 6 . More hit balls go to the shortstop than to any other position , as there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters , and most hitters have a tendency to pull the ball slightly . Like a second baseman , a shortstop must be agile , for example when performing a 4-6-3 double play . Also , like a third baseman , the shortstop fields balls hit to the left side of the infield , where a strong arm is needed to throw out a batter-runner before they reach the safety of first base .
Barry Louis Larkin ( born April 28 , 1964 ) is a retired Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player who played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004 . Born and raised in Cincinnati , Larkin attended the University of Michigan , where he played college baseball . He briefly played in the minor leagues before making his MLB debut in 1986 . He quickly won the starting shortstop role for the Reds and enjoyed a long run of strong seasons with the team . Larkin struggled with a string of injuries between 1997 and 2003 , limiting his playing time in several seasons . Larkin retired after the 2004 season and worked in a front office position for the Washington Nationals for several years until he joined ESPN as a baseball analyst . He served as a coach for the American team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and managed the Brazilian national team in the qualifiers for the same event in 2013 . Larkin is considered one of the top players of his era , winning nine Silver Slugger awards , three Gold Glove awards , and the 1995 National League Most Valuable Player Award . He was selected to the Major League All-Star Game twelve times , and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds ' World Series championship team . Larkin was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2012 and was inducted on July 22 , 2012 .
The Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan in NCAA Division I college baseball . Along with most other Michigan athletic teams , the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference . They play their home games at Ray Fisher Stadium . The Wolverines have made the College World Series eight times , winning two national championships in 1953 and 1962 . Michigan is the fourth winningest program in NCAA Division I baseball history , trailing only Fordham , Texas and USC . Prior to the 2013 season , former Maryland head coach Erik Bakich replaced Rich Maloney as the program 's head coach .
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame , located in Cooperstown , New York , and operated by private interests . It serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond , displays baseball-related artifacts and exhibits , honoring those who have excelled in playing , managing , and serving the sport . The Hall 's motto is Preserving History , Honoring Excellence , Connecting Generations . The word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand ( or a metonym ) for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum , similar to Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton , Ohio . The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark , an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune . Clark sought to bring tourists to a city hurt by the Great Depression , which reduced the local tourist trade , and Prohibition , which devastated the local hops industry . Clark constructed the Hall of Fame 's building , and it was dedicated on June 12 , 1939 . ( His granddaughter , Jane Forbes Clark , is the current chairman of the Board of Directors . ) The erroneous claim that Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall . An expanded library and research facility opened in 1994 . Dale Petroskey became the organization 's president in 1999 . In 2002 , the Hall launched Baseball As America , a traveling exhibit that toured ten American museums over six years .
The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP ) is an annual Major League Baseball ( MLB ) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League . Since 1931 , it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers ' Association of America ( BBWAA ) . The winners receive the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award , which became the official name of the award in 1944 , in honor of the first MLB commissioner , Kenesaw Mountain Landis , who served from 1920 until his death on November 25 , 1944 . MVP voting takes place before the postseason , but the results are not announced until after the World Series . The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938 , reducing that number to two per league city in 1961 . The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what most valuable means , instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters . First basemen , with 34 winners , have won the most MVPs among infielders , followed by second basemen ( 16 ) , third basemen ( 15 ) , and shortstops ( 15 ) . Of the 25 pitchers who have won the award , 15 are right-handed while 10 are left-handed . Walter Johnson , Carl Hubbell , and Hal Newhouser are the only pitchers who have won multiple times , Newhouser winning consecutively in 1944 and 1945 . Hank Greenberg , Stan Musial , Alex Rodriguez , and Robin Yount have won at different positions , while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions . Barry Bonds has won the most often ( seven times ) and the most consecutively ( four : 2001-04 ) . Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win multiple times ; Ten players have won three times , and 19 have won twice .
The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player who best exemplifies the game of baseball , sportsmanship , community involvement and the individual 's contribution to his team , as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media . It is named for Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente . Originally known as the Commissioner 's Award , it has been presented by the MLB since 1971 . In 1973 , the award was renamed after Clemente following his death in a plane crash while delivering supplies to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake . Each year , a panel of baseball dignitaries selects one player from among 30 nominees , one from each club . Teams choose their nominee during the regular season , and the winner is announced at the World Series . The player who receives the most votes online via MLB 's official website , MLB.com , gets one vote in addition to the votes cast by the panel . Since 2007 , the Roberto Clemente Award has been presented by Chevy . Chevy donates money and a Chevy vehicle to the recipient 's charity of choice and additional money is donated by Chevy to the Roberto Clemente Sports City , a non-profit organization in Carolina , Puerto Rico , that provides recreational sports activities for children . Chevy donates additional funds to the charity of choice of each of the 30 club nominees . The first recipient of the award was Willie Mays , and the most recent honoree is Carlos Carrasco . No player has received the award more than once .
The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig , both on the field and off it . The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in honor of Gehrig , who was a member of the fraternity at Columbia University . It was first presented in 1955 , fourteen years after Gehrig 's death . The award 's purpose is to recognize a player 's exemplary contributions in both his community and philanthropy . The bestowal of the award is overseen by the headquarters of the Phi Delta Theta in Oxford , Ohio , and the name of each winner is inscribed onto the Lou Gehrig Award plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown , New York . It is the only MLB award conferred by a fraternity . Twenty-four winners of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame . The inaugural winner was Alvin Dark . Curt Schilling ( 1995 ) and Shane Victorino ( 2008 ) received the award for working with the ALS Association and raising money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) . The disease took Gehrig 's life and is eponymously known as Lou Gehrig 's disease . Mike Timlin won the award in 2007 for his efforts in raising awareness and finding a cure for ALS , which took his mother 's life in 2002 . Winners of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award have undertaken a variety of different causes .
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball , farthest from the batter . These defenders are the left fielder , the center fielder , and the right fielder . As an outfielder , their duty is to catch fly balls and/ ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances , if there is any runners on the bases . As an outfielder , they normally play behind the six players located in the field . By convention , each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered . The outfield positions are 7 ( left field ) , 8 ( center field ) and 9 ( right field ) . These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms . Outfielders named to the MLB All-Century Team are Hank Aaron , Ty Cobb , Joe DiMaggio , Mickey Mantle , Willie Mays , Stan Musial , Pete Rose , Babe Ruth , Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr .
The Florida State Seminoles baseball team represents Florida State University ( variously Florida State or FSU ) in the sport of college baseball . Florida State competes in NCAA Division I , and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . The Florida State Seminoles are the winningest NCAA Division I college baseball program in percentage of games won , with an all-time win percentage of .725 as of the 2019 season . The Seminoles rank sixth in all-time number of total wins and third in post-season wins . The Seminoles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament fifty-seven times , advancing to the College World Series twenty-three times - and have appeared in the CWS Championship Game or Championship Series on three occasions in 1970 , 1986 and 1999 . Florida State has won eleven regular season conference championships and twenty conference tournament championships , including eight ACC tournament titles . Florida State has had ninety-five All-Americans , forty-one players inducted into the Hall of Fame , and sixty-two players that went on to play Major League Baseball . Former Seminoles who have gone on to have success include Randy Choate , J. D. Drew , Stephen Drew , Ron Fraser , Johnny Grubb , Terry Kennedy , Doug Mientkiewicz , Shane Robinson , Larry Rothschild , Tony La Russa , Paul Sorrento , Kevin Cash , Woody Woodward , and Jameis Winston . The Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award , presented annually to the top catcher in college baseball , is named for Florida State hall of famer Buster Posey . Former head coach Mike Martin is the winningest coach in the history of college baseball . The Seminoles play their home games on campus at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium on the university 's Tallahassee , Florida campus . Mike Martin Jr. is the current head coach .
In baseball , the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 5.11 , adopted by the American League in 1973 . The rule allows teams to have one player , known as the designated hitter ( or DH ) , to bat in place of the pitcher . Since 1973 , most collegiate , amateur , and professional leagues have adopted the rule or some variant . MLB 's National League and Nippon Professional Baseball 's Central League are the most prominent professional leagues that do not use a designated hitter .
In baseball statistics , a hit ( denoted by H ) , also called a base hit , is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory , without the benefit of an error or a fielder 's choice .
In baseball , a home run ( abbreviated HR ) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process . In modern baseball , the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles ( or making contact with either foul pole ) without first touching the ground , resulting in an automatic home run . There is also the inside-the-park home run where the batter reaches home safely while the baseball is in play on the field . A home run with a high exit velocity and good launch angle is sometimes called a no-doubter , because it leaves no doubt that it is going to leave the park when it leaves the bat . When a home run is scored , the batter is also credited with a hit and a run scored , and an RBI for each runner that scores , including himself . Likewise , the pitcher is recorded as having given up a hit and a run , with additional runs charged for each runner that scores other than the batter . Home runs are among the most popular aspects of baseball and , as a result , prolific home run hitters are usually the most popular among fans and consequently the highest paid by teams - hence the old saying , Home run hitters drive Cadillacs , and singles hitters drive Fords ( coined , circa 1948 , by veteran pitcher Fritz Ostermueller , by way of mentoring his young teammate , Ralph Kiner ) .
A run batted in ( RBI ) , plural runs batted in ( RBI or RBIs ) , is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored ( except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play ) . For example , if the batter bats a base hit , then another player on a higher base can head home to score a run , and the batter gets credited with batting in that run . Before the 1920 Major League Baseball season , runs batted in were not an official baseball statistic . Nevertheless , the RBI statistic was tabulated - unofficially - from 1907 through 1919 by baseball writer Ernie Lanigan , according to the Society for American Baseball Research . Common nicknames for an RBI include ribby ( or ribbie ) , rib , and ribeye . The plural of RBI is generally RBIs , although some commentators use RBI as both singular and plural , as it can also stand for runs batted in .
In baseball , a run is scored when a player advances around first , second and third base and returns safely to home plate , touching the bases in that order , before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured . A player may score by hitting a home run or by any combination of plays that puts him safely on base ( that is , on first , second , or third ) as a runner and subsequently brings him home . The object of the game is for a team to score more runs than its opponent . The Official Baseball Rules hold that if the third out of an inning is a force out of a runner advancing to any base then , even if another baserunner crosses home plate before that force out is made , his run does not count . However , if the third out is not a force out , but a tag out , then if that other baserunner crosses home plate before that tag out is made , his run will count . In baseball statistics , a player who advances around all the bases to score is credited with a run ( R ) , sometimes referred to as a run scored . While runs scored is considered an important individual batting statistic , it is regarded as less significant than runs batted in ( RBIs ) . Both individual runs scored and runs batted in are heavily context-dependent ; however , the sabermetric statistic runs created provides a more sophisticated assessment of a player 's contribution toward producing runs for his team . A pitcher is likewise assessed runs surrendered in his statistics , which differentiate between standard earned runs ( for which the pitcher is statistically assigned full responsibility ) and unearned runs scored due to fielding errors , which do not count in his personal statistics . Specifically , if a fielding error occurs which affects the number of runs scored in an inning , the Official Scorer - the official in-game statistician - in order to determine how many of the runs should be classified as earned , will reconstruct the inning as if the error had not occurred . For example , with two outs , suppose a runner reaches base because of a fielding error , and then the next batter hits a two-run home run , and then the following batter then makes the third out , ending the inning . If the inning is reconstructed without the error , and if that third batter , instead of reaching on an error , registered an out , the inning would have ended there without any runs scoring .
Peter Joseph Incaviglia ( born April 2 , 1964 ) , is an American former professional baseball left fielder , who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for 12 seasons ( 1986-1998 ) , for six different big league teams , also spending one year in Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) . Incaviglia was drafted in the first round ( eighth overall pick ) by the Montreal Expos in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft out of Oklahoma State University , but was traded later the same year to the Texas Rangers . He debuted in the major leagues on April 8 , 1986 , without having spent any time in the minor leagues . His last MLB game was on September 27 , 1998 . Incaviglia was noted for his power hitting ability , but also for his tendency to strike out . During his MLB career , he struck out 1,277 times , while leading the league twice , 1986 and 1988 . Incaviglia owns the several single-season National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) records , including home runs ( HR ) ( 48 ) and runs batted in ( RBI ) ( 143 ) , respectively .
Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball is the NCAA Division I varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Oklahoma State University , based in Stillwater , Oklahoma , United States . The team competes in the Big 12 Conference . Oklahoma State is widely regarded as one of the most successful and history rich baseball programs of all time . They have won 31 conference championships in baseball , as well as 21 conference tournament championships , as of the end of the 2019 season . The Cowboys have also earned 46 NCAA Tournament bids and have played in 20 College World Series , including seven straight from 1981-87 , with their lone national championship coming in 1959 . The Cowboys ' current head coach is Josh Holliday .
In baseball statistics , total bases is the number of bases a player has gained with hits . It is a weighted sum for which the weight value is 1 for a single , 2 for a double , 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run . Only bases attained from hits count toward this total . Reaching base by other means ( such as a base on balls ) or advancing further after the hit ( such as when a subsequent batter gets a hit ) does not increase the player 's total bases . In box scores and other statistical summaries , total bases is often denoted by the abbreviation TB . The total bases divided by the number of at bats is the player 's slugging average .
Gary Nathaniel Cooper ( born December 22 , 1956 ) is a former professional baseball player . He appeared in 21 games in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves in 1980 , but came to the plate only twice . Most of his appearances came as either a pinch runner ( he was 2-for-3 on stolen base attempts ) or as a late-inning defensive replacement in left field .
The BYU Cougars baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Brigham Young University in Provo , Utah , United States . The team is a member of the West Coast Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I. BYU 's first baseball team was fielded in 1908 . The team plays its home games at Larry H. Miller Field in Provo , Utah . The Cougars are coached by Mike Littlewood .
David Alan Otto ( born November 12 , 1964 ) is an American former professional baseball pitcher . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1987 to 1994 for the Oakland Athletics , Cleveland Indians , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Chicago Cubs .
The Missouri Tigers baseball team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I college baseball . The Missouri Tigers had an overall record of 2053-1339-17 entering the 2012 season .
In sports , a utility player is one who can play several positions competently . Sports in which the term is often used include association football , gridiron football , baseball , rugby union , rugby league , softball , and water polo . The term has gained prominence in all sports due to its use in fantasy leagues , but in rugby union and rugby league , it is commonly used by commentators to recognize a player 's versatility . The use of this term to describe a player may in some circumstances be a backhanded compliment , as it suggests the player is n't good enough to be considered a specialist in one position .
The New Mexico Lobos are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Mexico . The university participates in the NCAA Division I in the Mountain West Conference ( MW ) . The university 's athletic program fields teams in 20 varsity sports . The only varsity teams that do not compete in the MW are in sports that the conference does not sponsor - men 's soccer , which plays in Conference USA ( C-USA ) ; and skiing , which competes in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association ( RMISA ) . Both teams , however , will be cut to save money after the 2018 season . UNM teams have won three national championships . The women 's cross-country won the NCAA championship in 2015 and 2017 and the Division I Skiing championship in 2004 . The men 's soccer team was National Runner-up in Division I Soccer losing in overtime to the University of Maryland in 2005 as the No . 2 seed , the highest ranking for a UNM soccer team in school history .