Results tagged ‘ Sandy Koufax ’
Daily Minyan – June 8, 2009
On this date in 1955, the Dodgers option pitcher Tommy Lasorda to Montreal to make room on the roster for bonus baby Sandy Koufax, who was on the injured list.
Y’er Out!!!!
You’re up!
Of course, as you know, both of them are in the Hall of Fame!!! I’ve already provided Sandy’s plaque in a previous post, so here is Tommy Lasorda’s:
Are there any future Hall of Famers in the Minyan? Maybe, but it’s too early to tell.
Brad Ausmus, C - Los Angeles Dodgers
Yesterday was Sunday and from what I can tell, that’s the
day you’ll most likely see backup catchers playing. So, of
course, Brad played! He didn’t do anything at the plate
though, going 0-for-4, with a strikeout to lower his average
to .282, which is the first time since I’ve been doing this blog
that his average fell below .300.
Ryan Braun, OF, 3B - Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan went 2-for-4, hitting his 11th and 12th homers, both 2-
run shots, in the Brewers loss to the Braves. He now has
nine career multihomer games, including two this season.
Ryan raised his average to .310.
Craig Breslow, P – Oakland A’s
Craig earned his 5th hold of the year by getting
Nick Markakis to fly out to deep center in
yesterday’s A’s shut out of my O’s. Craig
lowered his ERA to 4.76.
Craig earned a Chai 5 for getting Nick out.
Scott Feldman, P – Texas Rangers
Scott is scheduled to start at home tonight against the Blue
Jays.
John Grabow, P, Pittsburgh Pirates
John didn’t pitch in the Pirates loss to the Astros.
Gabe Kapler, OF – Tampa Bay Rays
Gabe didn’t play in the Rays loss to the Yankees.
Ian Kinsler, 2B – Texas Rangers
Ian went 1-for-5, hit his 13th double, but made his 5th error of the year in the Rangers win over the BoSox. His average fell to .274.
Jason Marquis, P – Colorado Rockies
Jason is scheduled to pitch today against the Cardinals.
Scott Schoeneweis, P – Arizona Diamondbacks
Scott is currently dealing with the unexpected loss of his
wife. My prayers are with him.
Kevin Youkilis, 1B, 3B – Boston Red Sox
Youk went 1-for-3, hit his 15th double of year,
walked and struck out in the BoSox loss to the
Rangers. Youk hit his double in the first inning
against Vicente Padilla, who apparently took
offense and promptly picked him off! His average fell to .349.
Macher (Big Shot) of the Day - Ryan Braun
It looks like Ryan wants a tongue sandwich from Katz’s Deli!!
Daily Minyan – June 4, 2009
On this date in 1964, Hall of Famer Sandy
Koufax throws the third no-hitter of his
career, striking out 12, as the Dodgers beat the
Phillies 3-0. Sandy would eventually throw 4 no-
hitters as shown in this iconic photograph
below:
Let’s hope that some of our guys can live up
to his level of excellence!!! Oy Vey!!
Brad Ausmus, C - Los Angeles Dodgers
Brad didn’t play in the Dodgers 1-0 win over the D-Backs.
Ryan Braun, OF, 3B - Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan went 2-for-5, and hit his 10th home run – a 2-run shot –
in the Brewers win over the Marlins. However, everything
wasn’t all rosy for Ryan as he was picked off first by Kiko
Calero to end the 7th inning. Ryan raised his average
to .312.
Ryan rounding the bases after his blast!
Ryan has earned a Chai 5!
Craig Breslow, P – Oakland A’s
Craig didn’t pitch in the A’s win over the White
Sox.
Scott Feldman, P – Texas Rangers
Scott pitched into the seventh inning against the
Yankees to win his third consecutive start for
the Rangers. Scott (5-0) allowed two runs, one
earned, and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He also
walked three, but struck out five. He is 5-0 with
a 2.63 ERA in eight starts since he joined the
rotation in April.
Here are some quotes courtesy of Jason Cohen
of the AP:
“I do better when I keep the ball on the ground.
I’m not like a big strikeout type of pitcher,” said
Scott.
“Scott Feldman has been great since we
put him in the starting rotation,” Texas
manager Ron Washington said. “He always
does what you need him to do, keep you in
the ballgame. He did that tonight very well.”
“We weren’t swinging the bats particularly well, but Feldman
was good,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
John Grabow, P, Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates game against the Mets was rained
out.
Gabe Kapler, OF – Tampa Bay Rays
Gabe entered the Rays-Royals game in the 7th
inning and struck out in his only plate
appearance in the 8th inning of the Rays
victory. His average fell once again and is
now .176, which is way below the Mendoza
Line.
Ian Kinsler, 2B – Texas Rangers
Ian went 2-for-3, scored a run and drove
in a run in the Rangers victory over the
Yanks. He also walked twice and was
picked off first. Fellow minyan member
Scott Feldman got the win. His average
increased to .282.
Ian, once again, has earned a Chai 5!
Jason Marquis, P – Colorado Rockies
Jason took the loss in yesterday’s start against the Astros,
going 6 innings and giving up 5 runs on ten hits and four
walks. His record fell to 7-4 and his ERA rose to 4.10.
Scott Schoeneweis, P – Arizona Diamondbacks
Scott is currently dealing with the unexpected loss of his wife. My prayers are with him.
Kevin Youkilis, 1B, 3B – Boston Red Sox
Youk went 2-for-3, including his 14th double of
year, knocked in a run, scored a run, walked
and in a surprise to me, stole his second base
of the year as the BoSox victory beat the
Tigers. However, he left the game in the 8th
inning with a right foot injury. Youk was
stretching for a throw at first when Josh
Anderson kicked his right ankle, but BoSox
manager Francona said after the game that it
appeared to only be a bruise. His average rose
to .358. Below is Youk’s reaction to this
incident:
Today’s question is, what’s with my guys
getting hurt???
Macher (Big Shot) of the Day - Scott Feldman
He beat the Yankees!!! Now he can to Katz’s Deli to celebrate!!
Daily Minyan – May 13, 2009
I am proud to present the first Macher of the Month to none other than Ryan Braun, who is so good that he merits his own logo!
Ryan Joseph Braun, was born on November 17, 1983, in Mission Hills, CA, won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2007, during which he led the National League in slugging percentage. He also won the Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year, the Baseball America Rookie of the Year, the Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball NL Rookie of the Year, and the Players Choice NL Most Outstanding Rookie Awards. Over the prior decade, the only other NL hitter to win all 5 awards was Albert Pujols, in 2001.
In 2008, Ryan was included on the 2008 NL Sporting News All Star Team, won the 2008 NL Outfielder Silver Slugger Award, and was third in the voting for the 2008 NL MVP award, with 139 points, behind Pujols and Ryan Howard, for which he received a $50,000 bonus.
Ryan’s father, Joe, is Israeli-born and immigrated to the United States at the age of seven. His nickname is “The Hebrew Hammer,” which references his Jewish heritage, former Brewer Hank Aaron (whose nickname was “Hammerin’ Hank”), and the movie The Hebrew Hammer, starring Adam Goldberg.
It is also the nickname of former teammate Gabe Kapler and in the past was a nickname for Al Rosen
and Hank Greenberg.
Ryan is one of the highest-drafted Jewish ballplayers in the history of professional baseball. The New York Yankees made Ron Blomberg the number one pickin the 1967 draft. Ryan was considered the best Jewish minor league baseball prospect in 2006, and became major league baseball’s first Jewish Rookie of the Year the following season. In each of 2007 and 2008, Ryan hit more home runs (34 and 37) than all but 3 of the top 10 career Jewish home run hitters had hit in their best seasons. Only Hank Greenberg (58), Shawn Green (49), and Al Rosen (43) hit more in a single year.
“Braun” was, coincidentally, the family name of Sandy Koufax, until his mother remarried and he took his stepfather’s name. “There’s no (family) connection that I know of,” Braun said, “but it’s kind of cool.” In another coincidence, Ryab lived for a time with his maternal grandfather in a house that previously belonged to Jewish Hall of Fame outfielder Hank Greenberg. Ryan’s grandfather has lived in the house for over 40 years.
In December 2007, Ryan was the only Jewish athlete invited by President George W. Bush to the annual Hanukkah Dinner at the White House, where he talked baseball with the President.
Now on to the updates. As far as I know, none of our boys played on Monday, so this update only covers yesterday’s games.
Brad Ausmus, C - Los Angeles Dodgers
Brad didn’t play in yesterday’s Dodgers’ loss to the Phillies.
Ryan Braun, OF, 3B - Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan went 1-for-4, and scored a run in the Brewers victory over the Marlins. Ryan lowered his average to .342.
Craig Breslow, P – Minnesota Twins
Craig didn’t pitch in yesterday’s Twins victory over the Tigers.
Scott Feldman, P – Texas Rangers
Scott took a shutout into the seventh and gave up one run and four hits in 6 1-3 innings for the first-place Rangers. He also walked 2 and struck out 2 in the Rangers victory over the Mariners. Scott left with game tied 1-1. The Rangers exploded for 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th, giving the victory to rookie Derek Holland, who earned his first career victory. Scott’s stellar pitching performance lowered his ERA to 4.85.
John Grabow, P, Pittsburgh Pirates
John didn’t pitch in yesterday’s Pirates win over the Cardinals.
Gabe Kapler, OF – Tampa Bay Rays
Gabe went 1-for-2, with a single and knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in the Rays loss to my O’s. His raised his average to .234.
Ian Kinsler, 2B – Texas Rangers
Ian went 3-for-5, and hit his 10th double of the year. He raised his average to .316.
Jason Marquis, P – Colorado Rockies
Jason didn’t pitch in yesterday’s Rockies big victory over the Astros.
Scott Schoeneweis, P – Arizona Diamondbacks
Scott pitched a scoreless 9th inning, with one strikeout, in the D-backs loss to the Reds. He lowered his ERA to 1.80.
Scott gets the Chai 5 for the second time in a row!
Kevin Youkilis, 1B, 3B – Boston Red Sox
Youk was placed on the 15-day disabled list–retroactive to May 5–because of a strained oblique on his left side.
Macher (Big Shot) of the Day - Scott Feldman
Funny, He Doesn’t Look Jewish!
For years, Jewish boys who dreamed of playing in the big leagues could look only to black-and-white photographs of Hank Greenberg
and Sandy Koufax
for inspiration. As recently as the mid-1990s, there was barely a smattering of Jewish ballplayers. Nobody even knew that some of the players were actually Jewish, such Ruben Amaro, Jr.
and Jose Bautista.
Jewish baseball fans have long looked forward to the day when a minyan (10 men, the number allowing Orthodox Jews to conduct a formal prayer service) would make it to the show. This year, such sports-minded Jews have finally gotten what they have been praying for.
The number of Jewish ballplayers on big-league rosters has swelled to 10. They are:
Brad Ausmus, C - Los Angeles Dodgers
Ryan Braun, 3B, OF – Milwaukee Brewers
Craig Breslow, P – Minnesota Twins
Scott Feldman, P – Texas Rangers
John Grabow, P – Pittsburgh Pirates
Gabe Kapler, OF, DH – Tampa Bay Rays
Ian Kinsler, 2B – Texas Rangers
Jason Marquis, P – Colorado Rockies
Scott Schoeneweis, P – Arizona Diamondbacks
Kevin Youkilis, 1B, 3B – Boston Red Sox
The major-league minyan goes a long way toward destroying the second-most offensive stereotype about Jews in America: that we suck at sports. Jewish athletes have been disproving that myth for some time.
Dolph Schayes was a 12-time NBA All-Star, chosen as one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time and is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Quarterback Jay Fiedler was Dan Marino’s successor in Miami. Lennie Friedman, Adam Goldberg, and Igor Olshansky are all NFL linemen. Swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg won three Olympic gold medals for the United States in Sydney. Of course, you can’t forget 9-time Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Mark Spitz.
Oksana Baiul is an Olympic and World Champion figure skater. And everybody knows about gymnast Kerri Strug.
Nevertheless, it’s baseball where the box score seems most dramatic. Three of the Jewish ballplayers are current all-stars: Ryan Braun, Ian Kinsler and Kevin Youkilis. Brad Ausmus is a 3-time Gold Glove winner and a former All-Star. In addition, Jason Marquis won the Silver Slugger Award for pitchers.
What is unquestionable is, from Hank Greenberg to Shawn Green, baseball has long held a soft spot in Jewish hearts. A Jew by the name of Lipman Pike was the first professional baseball player, when in 1866 he accepted $20 a week from the Philadelphia Athletics to play third base.
Barney Dreyfus, who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, is credited with founding the World Series.
And over the years, players from Billy Nash to Jimmy Reese to Larry Sherry to Most Valuable Player Al Rosen to Cy Young Award winner Steve Stone have made their mark on the game.
Greenberg’s decision not to play in a crucial game that fell on Yom Kippur in 1934 is part of the folklore of American Jewry, along with the similar refusal of pitching legend Sandy Koufax to pitch the first game of the 1965 World Series that also occurred on the Day of Atonement.
The New York-based Jewish Sports Review publication puts the number of Jews who have suited up for a major-league club since professional ball was first played in 1869 at more than 130.
Though most of us know the two Hall-of-Famers (Koufax and Greenberg), there were many fine Jewish players down through the years, dating back to the earliest days of organized baseball. Jewish big leaguers include a batting average leader (Buddy Myer of the Washington Senators in 1935),
home-run king and MVP (Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians in 1950 and 1951),
earned-run average leader (Saul Rogovin of the Chicago White Sox in 1951)
and a Cy Young Award winner (Steve Stone of the Baltimore Orioles in 1980).
Below, I present a list of know Jewish Major League ballplayers. They may be others and conversely there are some players whose name sounds Jewish, like Geoff Blum, but they are not Members of the Tribe.
|
Cal Abrams |
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OF |
1949-56 |
Bklyn, Cincy, Pitt, Balt, Chi-AL |
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Lloyd Allen |
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P |
1969-75 |
California, Texas, Chicago-AL |
|
Ruben Amaro, Jr |
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OF |
1991-98 |
Calif, Phila, Cleve, Phila. |
|
Morrie Arnovich |
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OF |
1936-41, 1946 |
Philadelphia-NL, Cincinnati, New York-NL |
|
Jake Atz |
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IF |
1902-09 |
Washington, Chicago-AL |
|
Brad Ausmus |
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C |
1993-present |
SD, Detroit, Houston, Detroit, Houston |
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Jesse Baker (Michael Silverman) |
|
SS |
1919 |
Washington |
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Brian Bark |
|
P |
1995 |
Boston |
|
Ross Baumgarten |
|
P |
1978-82 |
Chicago-AL, Pittsburgh |
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Jose Bautista |
|
P |
1988-97 |
Baltimore, Chicago-NL, San Francisco, Detroit, St. Louis |
|
Joe Bennett (Rosenblum) |
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3B |
1923 |
Philadelphia-NL |
|
Moe Berg |
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C |
1923, 1926-39 |
Bklyn, Chi-AL, Cleve, Wash, Bost-AL |
|
Nathan Berkenstock |
|
OF |
1871 |
Philadelphia-NL |
|
Bob Berman |
|
C |
1918 |
Washington |
|
Cy Block |
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3B/2B |
1942, 1945-46 |
Chicago-NL |
|
Ron Blomberg |
|
DH/1B/OF |
1969, 1971-76 |
New York AL, Chicago-AL |
|
Sammy Bohne (Cohen) |
|
2B/SS/3B |
1916, 1921-26 |
St. Lou-NL, Cincy, Bklyn. |
|
Henry Bostick (Lifschitz) |
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3B |
1915 |
Philadelphia-AL |
|
Lou Boudreau |
|
SS/3B/2B/C |
1938-52 |
Cleveland, Boston |
|
Ryan Braun |
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3B, OF |
2007-Present |
Milwaukee |
|
Craig Breslow |
|
P |
2005-06, 08 |
San Diego, Boston |
|
Lou Brower |
|
SS |
1931 |
Detroit |
|
Conrad Cardinal |
|
P |
1963 |
Houston |
|
Frank Charles |
|
C |
2000 |
Houston |
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Harry Chozen |
|
C |
1937 |
Cincinnati |
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Tony Cogan |
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P |
2001 |
Kansas City |
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Alta Cohen |
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OF |
1931-33 |
Brooklyn, Philadelphia-NL |
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Andy Cohen |
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2B |
1926-29 |
New York-NL |
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Hy Cohen |
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P |
1955 |
Chicago-NL |
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Syd Cohen |
|
P |
1934, 1936-37 |
Washington |
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Richard Conger |
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P |
1940-43 |
Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia-NL |
|
Phil Cooney (Cohen) |
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3B |
1905 |
New York-AL |
|
Ed Corey (Cohen) |
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P |
1918 |
Chicago-AL |
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Bill Cristall |
|
P |
1901 |
Cleveland |
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Harry Danning |
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C |
1933-42 |
New York-NL |
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Ike Danning |
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C |
1928 |
St. Louis |
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Bob Davis |
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P |
1958-62 |
Kansas City |
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Harry Eisenstat |
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P |
1935-42 |
Brooklyn, Detroit, Cleveland |
|
Mike Epstein |
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1B |
1966-74 |
Baltimore, Washington, Oakland, California |
|
Reuben Ewing (Cohen) |
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SS |
1921 |
St. Louis-NL |
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Al Federoff |
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2B |
1951-52 |
Detroit |
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Eddie Feinberg |
|
SS/2B/OF |
1938-39 |
Philadelphia-NL |
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Harry Feldman |
|
P |
1941-46 |
New York-NL |
|
Scott Feldman |
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P |
2005-present |
Texas |
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Samuel Fishburn |
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SS/1B/2B |
|
Reading-IL, St. Louis |
|
Leo Fishel |
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P |
1899 |
New York-NL |
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Matt Ford |
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P |
2003 |
Milwaukee |
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Happy Foreman |
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P |
1924, 1926 |
Chicago-AL, Boston-AL |
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Micah Franklin |
|
OF |
1997 |
St. Louis |
|
Murray Franklin |
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SS/2B |
1941-42 |
Detroit |
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Sam Fuld |
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OF |
2007 |
Chicago |
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Milt Galatzer |
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OF |
1933-36, 1939 |
Cleveland, Cincinnati |
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Mark Gilbert |
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OF |
1985 |
Chicago-AL |
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Joe Ginsberg |
|
C |
1948, 1950-54, 1956-62 |
Det, Cleve, Balt, Chi-AL, Bos-AL, NY-NL |
|
Keith Glauber |
|
P |
1998 |
Cincinnati |
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Jonah Goldman |
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SS/3B |
1928, 1930-31 |
Cleveland |
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Izzy Goldstein |
|
P |
1932 |
Detroit |
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Jake Goodman |
|
1B |
1878, 1882 |
Milwaukee-NL, Pittsburgh-AA |
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Greg Goossen |
|
1B/C |
1965-70 |
NY-NL, Seattle, Milw-AL, Wash. |
|
Sid Gordon |
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OF/3B |
1941-43,1946-55 |
NY-NL, Boston-NL, Milw-NL, Pitt. |
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John Grabow |
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P |
2003-Present |
Pittsburgh |
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Herb Gorman |
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OF |
1952 |
St. Louis-NL |
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Shawn Green |
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OF, 1B |
1993-present |
Toronto, Los Angeles, Arizona, New York-NL |
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Adam Greenberg |
|
OF |
2005 |
Chicago |
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Hank Greenberg |
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1B/OF |
1930,1933-41, 1945-47 |
Detroit, Pittsburgh |
|
Eric Helfand |
|
C |
1993-95 |
Oakland |
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Steve Hertz |
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3B |
1964 |
Houston |
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Jason Hirsh |
|
P |
2006-present |
Texas, Colorado |
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Ken Holtzman |
|
P |
1965-79 |
Chicago-NL, Oakland, Baltimore, New York-AL |
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Brian Horwitz |
|
OF |
2008 |
SF |
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Bill Hurst |
|
P |
1996 |
FL |
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Skip Jutze |
|
C |
1972-77 |
St. Louis, Houston, Seattle |
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Harry Kane (Cohen) |
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P |
1902-03, 1905-06 |
St. Louis, Detroit, Philadelphia |
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Gabe Kapler |
|
OF |
1998-2006 |
Texas, Boston, Milw-AL |
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Herb Karpel |
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P |
1946 |
New York-AL |
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Bob Katz |
|
P |
1944 |
Cincinnati |
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Ian Kinsler |
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2B |
2006-Present |
Texas |
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Alan Koch |
|
P |
1963-64 |
Detroit, Washington |
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Brian Kowitz |
|
OF |
1995 |
Atlanta |
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Sandy Koufax |
|
P |
1955-66 |
Brooklyn, Los Angeles-NL |
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Barry Latman |
|
P |
1957-67 |
Chi-AL, Cleve, LA-AL, Calif, Hou. |
|
Jim Levey |
|
SS |
1930-33 |
St. Louis-AL |
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Alan Levine |
|
P |
1996, 1998-2005 |
Chicago-AL, Texas, Anaheim, Kansas City, Tampa Bay, Detroit |
|
Jesse Levis |
|
C |
1992-99 |
Cleveland, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Cleveland |
|
Mike Lieberthal |
|
C |
1994-2007 |
Philadelphia, Los Angeles-NL |
|
Lou Limmer |
|
1B |
1951, 1954 |
Philadelphia-AL |
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Andrew Lorraine |
|
P |
1994-95, 1997-2000, 2002 |
Phila-NL, Oakland, Seattle, Chi-NL, Cleve, Mil. |
|
Elliott Maddox |
|
OF/2B |
1970-80 |
Det, Wash, Tex, NY-AL, Balt, NY-NL |
|
Cy Malis |
|
P |
1934 |
Philadelphia-NL |
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Moxie Manuel |
|
P |
1905, 1908 |
Washington, Chicago-AL |
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Duke Markell (Harry Makowsky) |
|
P |
1951 |
St. Louis-AL |
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Jason Marquis |
|
P |
2000-present |
Atlanta, St Louis, Chicago-NL |
|
Ed Mayer |
|
P |
1957-58 |
Chicago-NL |
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Erskine Mayer |
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P |
1912-19 |
Philadelphia-NL, Chicago-AL |
|
Sam Mayer |
|
OF/P |
1915 |
Washington |
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Ed Mensor |
|
P |
1912-1914 |
Pittsburgh |
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Mike Milchin |
|
P |
1996 |
Minnesota, Baltimore, LA-NL |
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Norm Miller |
|
OF |
1965-74 |
Houston, Atlanta |
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Buddy Myer |
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2B/SS/3B |
1925-41 |
Washington, Boston-AL |
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Sam Nahem |
|
P |
1938, 1941-42, 1948 |
Brooklyn, St. Louis-NL, Philadelphia-NL |
|
David Newhan |
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2B, 3B |
1999 |
San Diego, Philadelphia, Baltimore |
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Jeff Newman |
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C |
1976-84 |
Oakland, Boston |
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Barney Pelty |
|
P |
1903-12 |
St. Louis-AL, Washington |
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Jacob Pike |
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OF |
1877 |
Hartford-NL |
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Lipman Pike |
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OF/2B |
1871-78, 1881, 1887 |
Troy-NA, Balt-NA, Hartford-NA, St. Louis-NA, St. Louis-NL, Cincy-NL, Providence-NL,, Worcester-NL, NY-AA |
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Jake Pitler |
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2B |
1917-18 |
Pittsburgh |
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Scott Radinsky |
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P |
1990-93, 1995-2001 |
Chi-AL, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cleveland. |
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Steve Ratzer |
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P |
1980-81 |
Montreal |
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Jimmy Reese (Solomon) |
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2B |
1930-32 |
New York-AL, St. Louis |
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Al Richter |
|
SS |
1951, 1953 |
Boston-AL |
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Dave Roberts |
|
P |
1969-81 |
SD, Hous, Det, Chi-NL, SF, Pitt, Seattle, NY-NL |
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Saul Rogovin |
|
P |
1949-53, 1955-57 |
Det, Chi-AL, Balt, Phila-NL |
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Al Rosen |
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3B |
1947-56 |
Cleveland |
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Goody Rosen |
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OF |
1937-39,1944-46 |
Brooklyn, New York-NL |
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Harry Rosenberg |
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OF |
1930 |
New York-NL |
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Lou Rosenberg |
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2B |
1923 |
Chicago-AL |
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Steve Rosenberg |
|
P |
1988-91 |
Chicago-AL, San Diego |
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Max Rosenfeld |
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OF |
1931-33 |
Brooklyn |
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Sy Rosenthal |
|
OF |
1925-26 |
Boston-AL |
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Wayne Rosenthal |
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P |
1991-92 |
Texas |
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Marv Rotblatt |
|
P |
1948, 1950-51 |
Chicago-AL |
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Mickey Rutner |
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3B |
1947 |
Philadelphia-AL |
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Mike Saipe |
|
P |
1998 |
Colorado |
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Roger Samuels |
|
P |
1988-89 |
San Francisco, Pittsburgh |
|
Ike Samuls |
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3B/SS |
1895 |
St. Louis-NL |
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Moe Savransky |
|
P |
1954 |
Cincinnati |
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Al Schacht |
|
P |
1919-21 |
Washington |
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Sid Schacht |
|
P |
1950-51 |
St. Louis-AL, Boston-NL |
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Hal Schacker |
|
P |
1945 |
Boston-NL |
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Heinie Scheer |
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2B/3B |
1922-23 |
Philadelphia-AL |
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Richie Scheinblum |
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OF |
1965, 1967-74 |
Cleve, Wash, KC, Cincy, Calif, StL-NL |
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Mike Schemer |
|
1B |
1945-46 |
New York-NL |
|
Scott Schoeneweis |
|
P |
1999-present |
Anaheim, Chicago-AL, NY-NL |
|
Art Shamsky |
|
OF/1B |
1965-72 |
Cincinnati, New York-NL, Chicago-NL, Oakland |
|
Dick Sharon |
|
OF |
1973-75 |
Detroit, San Diego |
|
Larry Sherry |
|
P |
1958-68 |
Los Angeles-NL, Detroit, Houston, California |
|
Norm Sherry |
|
C |
1959-63 |
Los Angeles-NL, New York-NL |
|
Harry Shuman |
|
P |
1942-44 |
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia-NL |
|
Al Silvera |
|
OF |
1955-56 |
Cincinnati |
|
Fred Sington |
|
OF |
1934-39 |
Washington, Brooklyn (converted to Christianity following his playing days) |
|
Moses Solomon |
|
OF |
1923 |
New York-NL |
|
Bill Starr |
|
C |
1935-36 |
Washington |
|
Jeff Stember |
|
P |
1980 |
San Francisco |
|
Adam Stern |
|
OF |
2005-07 |
Boston, Baltimore |
|
Steve Stone |
|
P |
1971-81 |
San Francisco, Chicago-AL, Chicago-NL, Baltimore |
|
Bud Swartz |
|
P |
1947 |
St. Louis-AL |
|
Don Taussig |
|
OF |
1958, 1961-62 |
San Francisco, St. Louis-NL, Houston |
|
Bob Tufts |
|
P |
1981-82 |
San Francisco, Kansas City |
|
Eddie Turchin |
|
3B/SS |
1943 |
Cleveland |
|
Steve Wapnick |
|
P |
1990-91 |
Detroit, Chicago-AL |
|
Justin Wayne |
|
P |
2002-2004 |
Florida |
|
Lefty Weinert |
|
P |
1919-1924, 1927-1928, 1931 |
Phila-NL, Chicago-NL, New York-AL |
|
Phil Weintraub |
|
1B/OF |
1933-35, 1937-38, 1944-45 |
NY-NL, Cincy, Phila-NL |
|
Josh Whitesell |
|
1B |
2008 |
Arizona |
|
Ed Wineapple |
|
P |
1929 |
Washington |
|
Steve Yeager |
|
C |
1972-86 |
Los Angeles-NL, Seattle |
|
Larry Yellen |
|
P |
1963-64 |
Houston |
|
Kevin Youkilis |
|
3B, 1B |
2004-present |
Boston |
|
Guy Zinn |
|
OF |
1911-12, 1914-15 |
New York-AL, Boston-NL, Baltimore-FL |
|
Edward Zosky |
|
SS/3B |
1991-92, 1995, 1999 |
Toronto, Florida, Milwaukee |
I hope to provide daily updates regarding the performances of the ten Jewish ballplayers that I plan to call the “Daily Minyan.” I will provide biographical info on many past ballplayers, especially those of significance.
I will also provide you with my list of the 18 greatest Jewish ballplayers of all time. If you’re wondering why this is a top 18 list, the number “18,” in Hebrew numerology, stands for the word “Chai,” meaning “life.” It’s also a symbol for good luck — not that any of these guys need it.
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