Baseball Finest

  Tom Lasorda, Don Sutton and Sandy Koufax - Tom Lasorda: HOF, 2x Manager of the Year, 1599 Wins, 4 Pennants and 2 WS Titles - Don Sutton: HOF, 4x All-Star, AS MVP, ERA Leader, GS Leader, SHO Leader, 324 Wins, 3574 SO.  - Sandy Koufax: HOF, 7x All-Star, MVP, 3x Cy Young, 3x Triple Crown, 2x WS MVP, 3x Wins Leader, 5x ERA Leader, 4x SO Leader, 2x W-L% Leader, GS Leader, 2x CG Leader, 3x SHO Leader, 2x Innings Leader.

Stachel Page and Bob Feller -  Satchel Paige : HOF, 2x All-Star - Bob Feller: HOF, 8x All-Star, Triple Crown, MLB PoY, 6x Wins leader, ERA leader, 7x SO leader, W-L% leader, 3x Games leader, 5x GS leader, 3x CG leader, 4x SHO leader, 3x 5x Inning leader, No-Hitters, 266 Wins, 2581 SO.

  NOMAR GARCIAPARRA Positions : Shortstop, First Baseman and Third Baseman Full Name : Anthony Nomar Garciaparra Bats : Right -  Throws : Right Born : July 23, 1973 in Whittier, California, USA Organizations :  Boston Red Sox (9), Los Angeles Dodgers (3), Chicago Cubs (2), Oakland Athletics (1) NOMAR GARCIAPARRA'S WALL OF GLORY HONORS AND AWARDS All Star: 6  (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006) Rookie of the Year:  1 (1997) Silver Slugger: 1 (1997) BATTING Batting Average:  2 (1999, 2000) Hits Leader: 1 (1997) Doubles Leader:  1 (2002) Triples Leader: 1 (1997) AB Leader:  1 (1997) FIELDING Putouts as SS:  1 (1997) Double Plays Turned as SS:  1 (1997) WHO? Nomar Garciaparra is an American former SS, 1B and 3B. He was an 6-time All-Star for the Boston Red Sox (5) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (1) and 2-time batting champion. Nomar Garciaparra, who is of Mexican-American descent, played during 14 seasons, winning unanimously the AL Rookie of the Year Award in 1997 (AVG .306, 30 HR, 98

  Happy Birthday, Black Jack! Jack Burns McDowell was born on January 16, 1966 in Van Nuys, California. 3x All-Star, Cy Young, Wins Leader, 2x GS Leader, 3x CG Leader, SHO Leader.  127-87 W-L, 3.85 ERA, 1.311 SO, 0 SV Jack McDowell and his teams: Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Anaheim Angels

  Phil Niekro and Joe Niekro - Phil Niekro: HOF, 5x All-Star, 5x GG, 2x Wins Leader, ERA Leader, SO Leader, W-L% Leader, 4x GS Leader, 4x CG Leader, 4x Innings Leader, 318 Wins, 3342 SO. - Joe Niekro: All-Star, Wins Leader, 2x GS Leader, SHO Leader, 221 Wins.

  Hank Aaron "Hammer" 1963 - Team: Milwaukee Braves (84-78). 6th in NL. - Honors: All-Star - Stat Leaderships: HR, RBI, Runs, SLG, OPS

  Orlando Cepeda "Peruchin" 1961 - Team: San Francisco Giants (80-74). 3rd in NL. - Honors: All-Star - Stat Leaderships: HR, RBI

  Happy Birthday, Wizard of Oz! Osborne Earl Smith was born on December 26, 1954 in Mobile, Alabama. HOF, 15x All-Star, 13x GG, SS, NLCS MVP, Games Leader, AB Leader, diverse defensive leaderships .262 AVG, 28 HR, 793 RBI, 580 SB, 2.460 Hits Ozzie Smith and his teams: San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals

  Happy Birthday, Lefty! Steven Norman Carlton was born on December 22, 1944 in Miami, Florida. HOF, 10x All-Star, 4x Cy Young, GG, Triple Crown, 4x Wins Leader, ERA Leader, 5x SO Leader, W-L% Leader, 4x GS Leader, 3x CG Leader, SHO Leader, 5x Innings Leader,  329-244 W-L, 3.22 ERA, 3.031 SO, 2 SV Steve Carlton and his teams: St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, CLeveland Indians and Minnesota Twins  

  Happy Birthday, Terminator! Thomas Anthony Henke was born on December 21, 1957 in Kansas City, Missouri. 2x All-Star, Rolaids Relief, SV Leader 41-42 W-L, 2.67 ERA, 861 SO, 311 SV Tom Henke and his teams: Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals