Tim McCarver

**James Timothy McCarver** (16 ga Oktoba, 1941 - 16 ga Fabrairu, 2023) ƙwararren mai kama ƙwallon baseball ne na Amurka kuma mai sharhi kan wasanni a talabijin   Ya buga wasa a Major League Baseball (MLB) daga 1959 zuwa 1980 ga ƙungiyoyi huɗu, inda ya shafe kusan dukkan aikinsa tare da St. Louis Cardinals da Philadelphia Phillies . Ya taɓa yin All-Star sau biyu, ya taimaka wa Cardinals zuwa gasar World Series ta 1964, inda ya yi bugun .478 a cikin Series, gami da bugun gida sau uku a zagaye na goma don lashe Wasan 5. A 1966, ya zama ɗan kama ƙwallon farko tun ƙarni na 19 da ya jagoranci National League (NL) a cikin kwallaye uku da 13. McCarver ya zo na biyu don Kyautar 'Yan Wasan NL Mafi Daraja ta 1967, bayan abokin wasansa Orlando Cepeda, bayan bugun .295 kuma ya jagoranci masu kama ƙwallon NL a cikin adadin taimako da filin wasa .

Bayan kakar wasa ta 1969, an sake haɗa shi da ɗan wasan jefa kwallo da abokin wasansa na St. Louis Steve Carlton, wanda ya zama ɗan wasan kama ƙwallonsa na yau da kullun yayin da ƙungiyar ta lashe kofuna uku na rukuni daga 1976 zuwa 1978. Bayan ƙara amfani da shi a matsayin ɗan wasan bugun ƙwallo a kakar wasa da ta gabata, a watan Satumba na 1980, McCarver ya zama ɗan wasa na 18 a manyan gasar da ya buga wasa a cikin shekaru arba'in .

Bayan aikinsa na wasa, McCarver ya zama mai sharhi kan launuka a talabijin, musamman ga Fox Sports bayan ya yi aiki a wasu gidajen watsa labarai guda uku a baya. Daga ƙarshe ya kafa tarihi ta hanyar kiran jerin wasannin duniya 23 da kuma wasannin All-Star guda 20, inda ya sami kyaututtukan Emmy guda uku a wannan lokacin. A shekarar 2012, an nada McCarver a matsayin wanda ya lashe kyautar Ford C. Frick Award . An shigar da shi cikin zauren watsa shirye-shiryen wasanni a shekarar 2016,   da kuma zauren shahara na St. Louis Cardinals a shekarar 2017.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi McCarver a Memphis, Tennessee ga Alice (née Phelan) da Edward McCarver, ɗan shekara huɗu cikin 'ya'ya biyar; yana da 'yan'uwa uku da 'yar'uwa ɗaya. Mahaifinsa Laftanar ɗan sanda ne. Ya halarci makarantu daban-daban, ciki har da Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan'uwa ta Christian Brothers inda ya buga ƙwallon baseball, ƙwallon kwando, da ƙwallon ƙafa. An ruwaito cewa, daga cikin darussan da ya ƙware a ciki akwai waƙoƙi, janar-janar na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu da Yaƙin Basasa, waƙoƙin wasan kwaikwayo, da Shakespeare . 

McCarver ya yaba wa 'yar'uwarsa, Marilyn, saboda taimaka masa. Ta taimaka masa da yin wasa a filin wasa kuma ita ce ta ba shi shawarar ya zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon hannu na hagu. 

## Sana'ar wasa

### Shekarun farko
McCarver ya ƙi karɓar tallafin karatu na ƙwallon ƙafa a Jami'ar Tennessee don buga ƙwallon baseball ta ƙwararru. Madadin haka, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar dala $75,000 daga St. Louis Cardinals a shekarar 1959 lokacin yana ɗan shekara 17. Bayan ya buga wasa a ƙananan lig tare da Keokuk Indians da Rochester Red Wings, McCarver ya isa Manyan Leagues a karon farko yana da shekara 17.  Ya kasance tare da Memphis Chicks a kakar wasa ta 1960, kakar wasa ta 1961 tare da Charleston Charlies, da kuma kakar wasa ta 1962 tare da Atlanta Crackers, inda ya sami ɗan gajeren ci gaba zuwa manyan lig a kakar wasa ta 1960 da 1961. A shekarar 1963, an ƙara masa matsayi zuwa manyan lig har abada. 

### Cardinals na St. Louis
McCarver ya buga wasan gida na zagaye na 10, inda ya lashe Wasan 5 na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1964 ga Cardinals. A shekarar 1966, an nada McCarver a cikin Kungiyar All-Star, ya zira kwallayen da suka yi nasara a zagaye na 10 na Gasar All-Star ta 1966, kuma ya zama dan wasa na farko da ya jagoranci Gasar National League a cikin kwallaye uku, da kwallaye 13.  A shekarar 1967, ya zo na biyu bayan abokin karawarsa Orlando Cepeda don kyautar 'Yan wasa Mafi Daraja ta National League . 

McCarver memba ne na ƙungiyoyi biyu na zakarun gasar World Series a St. Louis. Shi ne wanda aka fi so ya kama Bob Gibson mai halin ɗabi'a. McCarver ya ce idan yana da wani wariya wataƙila Gibson ne ya taimaka masa ya shawo kansu. 

A lokacin da yake St. Louis, ya kuma ƙulla alaƙa da matashin ɗan wasan jefa ƙwallon ƙafa Steve Carlton wanda zai sa ya ci gaba da buga gasar Major Leagues daga baya a aikinsa. A shekarar 1968, McCarver ya kasance mai kama Cardinals yayin da suka lashe gasar NL amma daga ƙarshe Detroit Tigers ta sha kashi a hannunsu a gasar World Series mai wasanni bakwai. 

### Daga baya aiki
Bayan kakar wasa ta 1969, Cardinals sun sayar da McCarver, Curt Flood, Joe Hoerner, da Byron Browne zuwa Philadelphia Phillies don Dick Allen, Cookie Rojas, da Jerry Johnson .  A ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1972, Phillies sun sayar da McCarver zuwa Montreal Expos don John Bateman . Expos sun yi amfani da McCarver a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya.  Cardinals sun sake siyan McCarver daga Expos don Jorge Roque bayan kakar wasa ta 1972.  Boston Red Sox sun sayi McCarver daga Cardinals a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1974.  Red Sox sun saki McCarver a watan Yunin 1975.  Ya sanya hannu tare da Phillies mako guda bayan haka. 

A lokacin da ya fara wasa da Phillies, McCarver ya kama ɗan wasan Rick Wise wanda ba ya buga kwallo a ranar 23 ga Yuni, 1971.   A ƙarshen kakar wasa, Phillies sun sayar da Wise ga Cardinals don Steve Carlton, inda suka sake haɗa McCarver da tsohon abokin wasansa. A lokacin kakar wasa ta 1972, Phillies sun sayar da McCarver zuwa Montreal Expos, inda, a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, ya kama na biyu daga cikin 'yan wasan Bill Stoneman biyu da ba sa buga kwallo a tarihin rayuwa. 

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