The book is full of famous baseball truths handed down over the years that come unraveled when the facts are revealed. Find the collection of john vukovich sports cards online at. Martin eugene bystrom born july 26, 1958, is an american former professional baseball pitcher in major league baseball, who played for the philadelphia. Philadelphia phillies project gutenberg selfpublishing. Ive probably read 2025 nonfiction baseball books, and it would fall into the bottom 20% for me. George vukovich 1910 wisconsin george vukovich in 1920 united states federal census george vukovich was born circa 1910, at birth place, wisconsin, to john vukovich and mary vukovich. If you prefer intense immersion in baseball techniques, history, and statistics to reading a good nonfiction baseball book, then men at work will find a place on your top 25 list as well.
The george vukovich trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where george vukovich has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball. He was the number two pitcher on his high school team, behind gene dahlquist, who went on to play college football at the university of arizona and. My six outspoken decades in baseball, green holds back very little when detailing his time in between the lines. Vukovich was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on april, 1980, with the philadelphia phillies. He played in parts of ten seasons between 1970 and 1981 for the phillies, cincinnati reds, and milwaukee brewers. Join facebook to connect with george vuckovich and others you may know. Join facebook to connect with george vukovich and others you may know. John christopher vukovich was born on july 31, 1947, in sacramento, california, to john and lena vukovich. Posts about george vukovich written by paul lebowitz.
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Before making it to the big league, george vukovich played college ball for southern illinois. Find the collection of george vukovich sports cards online at beckett. Do you have a favorite quote from or about this particular player that you would like to see here. I was reading the papers that morning, and one guy wrote that gary waslewski has as much chance of winning as custer had of beating the indians, waslewski said. Daniel takes readers through a complex journey that was the 1980 baseball season in his new book, phinally the phillies, the royals and the 1980 baseball season that almost wasnt mcfarland. In order to determine the division champions, major league baseball decided that. Men at work appears on more than one top 20 or 25 baseball books lists. All professional baseball statistics for george vukovich.
Vukovich earned some national headlines this summer for harnessing some of the best righthanded power of any prep prospect in the country. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Find george vuckovichs phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. George stephen vukovich june 24, 1956 is a former right fielder in major league baseball who played for the philadelphia phillies and cleveland indians in all or part of six seasons from 19801985. The players on the phillies 1980 roster were warren brusstar, marty bystrom, steve carlton, larry christenson, mark davis, nino espinosa, lerrin lagrow, dan larson.
Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Born in haverhill, massachusetts, he threw and batted righthanded, stood 6 feet 2 inches 1. Peter dennis vuckovich vookohvich born october 27, 1952 is a retired serbianamerican starting pitcher in major league baseball who came across as an intimidating presence on the mound with his 64 1. George edward myatt june 14, 1914 september 14, 2000 was an american major and minor league baseball player, coach, and manager.
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George vukovich was born on june 24, 1956 in chicago, illinois, usa as george stephen vukovich. Its a compilation of many many catalogs including the model numbers, original prices by year and make. Sure, we just wanted to let you know that the 7 day subscription term is exclusively designed for you and not available at our regular pricing. Trivia 1 outfielder for the philadelphia phillies 19801982 and cleveland indians 19831985. The absolutely, positively, and part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of baseball stats and facts ever assembledall verified for accuracy by the baseball hall of fame. He was born in chicago vukovich attended college at southern illinois university. Organize and price your collections as we offer instant access to the worlds leading trading card and collectibles databases, including baseball cards, basketball cards, football cards, nonsports cards, gaming cards and more. View the profiles of professionals named george vukovich on linkedin. Get the latest updated stats for cleveland indians center fielder george vukovich on. George vukovich was born on sunday, june 24, 1956, in chicago, illinois. And george and john vukovich played on the same phillies team in the early 80s. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. Sep 11, 20 and george and john vukovich played on the same phillies team in the early 80s.
In addition to the sources listed in the notes, the author consulted. Gary waslewski society for american baseball research. George vukovich hit into a fielders choice that forced rose at. George dallas green august 4, 1934 march 22, 2017 was an american professional baseball pitcher, manager, scout and executive in major league baseball mlb. George vukovich baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. George vukovich was an major league baseball player who was born on june 24, 1956. The 1993 phillies started the season by going 175 in april and finishing with a 9765 season. He had been suffering from issues relating to an inoperable brain tumor. The phillies beat the atlanta braves in the 1993 national league championship series, four games to two, to earn the fifth pennant in franchise history, only to be defeated by the defending league champion toronto blue jays in the 1993 world series.
The george vukovich division series stats seen below include his division series yearbyyear hitting stats, division series fielding stats, and division series pitching stats where applicable. Intentional base on balls all time leaders on baseball almanac. John christopher vukovich july 31, 1947 march 8, 2007, nicknamed vuk or johnny vuk, was an american professional baseball utility infielder, manager, and coach in major league baseball mlb, best known for his years with the philadelphia phillies. In addition to the 2012 baseball almanac, media members may check utsas official. Schmidt was a twelvetime allstar and a threetime winner of the national league nl most valuable player award mvp, and he was known for his combination.
John christopher vukovich july 31, 1947 march 8, 2007, nicknamed vuk or johnny vuk. Of all the stuff ive bought from joe, i use the catalog source book the most. George vukovich league championship series stats by baseball almanac the league championship series determines who wins the league pennant and advances to the world series. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover georges. Lists and lore, stories and stats, cincinnati, ohio. Baseball almanac search results you can look it up in baseball almanac. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff g pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so ba obp slg. Try searching for player names, team rosters, baseball terms, quotes, record, and other baseball related expressions. George vukovich division series stats by baseball almanac. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games vukovich appeared in, specifically relating to his 1980 hitting statistics. Prior to 1969, the pennant winner was determined by the best wonloss record at.
George vukovich every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1985. Vukovich, not to be confused with either the late john vukovich or cy young winner pete vuckovich, was mostly a journeyman outfielder whose brief career lasted from 1980 to 1985. After high school, he received a contract offer from the kansas city royals, but chose, instead, to attended notre dame on a basketball scholarship. Baseball almanac researches the all time intentional base on balls leaders and lists the top onethousand in baseball history. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. That book focuses on wrigley field and the chicago cubs. George vukovich historical records and family trees. First created by legendary sportswriter bert randolph sugar, and now. There are 6 professionals named george vukovich, who use linkedin to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. John vukovich, a former major league player, manager and coach, died on march 8, 2007 in philadelphia, pa.
Fritz peterson first row, far left, with glasses on the arlington high school baseball team during his senior year. Peterson attended arlington high school in arlington heights, illinois. The vukovich family name was found in the usa, and canada between 1911 and 1920. Michael james ryan born november 25, 1941 is an american former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager. Subscribe to george vukovich baseball online price guide and get the latest and. Vuckovich was drafted by the chicago white sox in 1974. A baseball player encyclopedia vache to vukovich baseball almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of every major league player whose last name falls between the names above. The shortlived glory of montreals team 19771984 jefferson, north carolina. A baseball card checklist for george vukovich that includes every baseball card in our baseball card database. The work is a nonfiction baseball book that combines elements of humor, anecdotal storytelling, odd lists and historical trivia. He played big league baseball for the philadelphia phillies, washington senators and new york mets, from 1960 through 1967. Until march 27, well be counting down the 50 greatest phillies games of the last 50 years. He had been diagnosed with a brain tumor during the 2001 season. View george vukovichs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
This george vukovich baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that george vukovich has appeared on, in chronological order. George wills book on baseball was quite obviously the blueprint for michael lewis later effort, moneyball. Prior to 1969, the pennant winner was determined by the best wonloss record at the end of the regular season. In this card, we see trammell standing at second base, waiting to make a play on george vukovich, an outfielder with the indians. Also, my personal favorite remake glove is the nokona g57 carl erskine. Buy john vukovich cards online john vukovich baseball price. Vukovich is also known for recording the lowest career mlb batting average ba.
George vukovich trades and transactions by baseball almanac. George vukovich page at the bullpen wiki view splits adjusted to be per 162 games or 650 pas runs, stolen bases and caught stealing are calculated from the point of view of the player as the baserunner in a given situation rather than as the batter. That pop was on display in hitters navys contest against wisconsin impact on saturday afternoon, when vukovich turned around an 02 fastball on the outer half and casually smashed it over the right field. George vuckovichs phone number, email, address spokeo. Gary waslewski woke in his peabody, massachusetts apartment on the morning of october 11, 1967 as the starting pitcher in game six of the world series. If chess is a simple game of complicated moves and checkers is a complicated game of simple moves, men at work is a complicated book about a simple game while moneyball is a simple book about a complicated. John vukovich society for american baseball research. Welcome to the george vukovich biography by baseball database. Original quote is front and center on the cover of the book.
Matt sims, p southland commissioners honor roll tommy vukovich, of southland. Pennsylvania had the highest population of vukovich families in 1920. The first half paragraph in the 12paragraph introduction reads as follows. Vukovich hit a gamewinning, pinchhit home run in the 10th inning of the phillies 65 victory over the expos in game 4 of the national league division series in 1981. The most vukovich families were found in the usa in 1920. George vukovich was a major league baseball player mlb who made his mlb debut in 198004. Dallas green has seen it all in his sixty year involvement with major league baseball, and with the release of his autobiography, the mouth that roared. Utsa rewrote the record book yet again in 2009, setting new program standards for batting. The below listed pages meet the criteria you searched for, however, we might have even more than these.
Included below are major league baseball player biographies, years played, an autographed baseball card notation yyes, an address envelope, and hof. This was about 15% of all the recorded vukovich s in the usa. The baseball almanac a great online resource for player and team stats. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Fortunately, for baseball fans, the 1980s opened with an exciting season that preceded the looming drama of the next few years. An infielder and native of denver, colorado, myatt came by three nicknames. George vukovich appeared in 78 major league games during the 1980 regular season. Michael jack schmidt born september 27, 1949 is an american former professional baseball third baseman who played 18 seasons in major league baseball mlb for the philadelphia phillies. He played in major league baseball mlb as a catcher for the boston red sox 196467, philadelphia phillies 196873 and pittsburgh pirates 1974.
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