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Hoot Evers, the Glossary

Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers (February 8, 1921 – January 25, 1991) was an American baseball outfielder, scout, coach, and executive.^[1]

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Alvin Dark

Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. Hoot Evers and Alvin Dark are Cleveland Indians executives and new York Giants (baseball) players.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Baseball-Reference.com

Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Batting average (baseball)

In baseball, batting average (BA) is determined by dividing a player's hits by their total at-bats.

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Beaumont Exporters

The Beaumont Exporters was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaumont, Texas that played between 1920 and 1957 in the Texas League and the Big State League.

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Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.

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Bill Wight

William Robert Wight (April 12, 1922 – May 17, 2007) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from through for the New York Yankees (1946–47), Chicago White Sox (1948–50), Boston Red Sox (1951–52), Detroit Tigers (1952–53), Cleveland Indians (1953, 1955), Baltimore Orioles (1955–57), Cincinnati Reds (1958) and St.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston.

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Center fielder

A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field.

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Cleveland Guardians

The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland.

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Collinsville High School

Collinsville High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school in the Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 in Illinois.

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Collinsville, Illinois

Collinsville is a city located mainly in Madison County and partially in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States.

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Dave Pope

David Pope (June 17, 1921 – August 28, 1999) was an American Negro league and Major League Baseball outfielder who played one inning for the Homestead Grays and for four seasons in MLB for the Cleveland Indians in 1952, and from 1954 to 1955. Hoot Evers and Dave Pope are Cleveland Indians scouts.

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Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit.

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Dizzy Trout

Paul Howard "Dizzy" Trout (June 29, 1915 – February 28, 1972) was an American professional baseball player. Hoot Evers and Dizzy Trout are American League All-Stars and Beaumont Exporters players.

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Doc Cramer

Roger Maxwell "Doc" Cramer (July 22, 1905 – September 9, 1990) was an American center fielder and left-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams from 1929 to 1948. Hoot Evers and Doc Cramer are American League All-Stars and Major League Baseball center fielders.

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Don Lenhardt

Donald Eugene Lenhardt (October 4, 1922 – July 9, 2014) was an American outfielder, first baseman, third baseman, scout and coach in American Major League Baseball.

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Double play

In baseball and softball, a double play (denoted as DP in baseball statistics) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play.

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Eddie Mayo

Edward Joseph Mayo (born Edward Joseph Mayoski; April 15, 1910 – November 27, 2006), nicknamed "Hotshot" and "Steady Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. Hoot Evers and Eddie Mayo are American League All-Stars and new York Giants (baseball) players.

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Elmer Valo

Elmer William Valo (March 5, 1921 – July 19, 1998), born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak American professional baseball right fielder, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hoot Evers and Elmer Valo are Cleveland Indians coaches.

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In baseball, an extra-base hit (EB, EBH or XBH), also known as a long hit, is any base hit on which the batter is able to advance past first base without the benefit of a fielder either committing an error or opting to make a throw to retire another base runner (see fielder's choice).

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Fielding percentage

In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball.

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Fred Hatfield

Fred James Hatfield (March 18, 1925 – May 22, 1998), nicknamed "Scrap Iron", was an American Major League Baseball infielder who played nine seasons in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox (1950–52), Detroit Tigers (1952–56), Chicago White Sox (1956–57), Cleveland Indians (1958) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1958).

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George Kell

George Clyde Kell (August 23, 1922 – March 24, 2009) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. Hoot Evers and George Kell are American League All-Stars and Detroit Tigers scouts.

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Gus Bell

David Russell "Gus" Bell Jr. (November 15, 1928 – May 7, 1995) was an American professional baseball player and scout. Hoot Evers and Gus Bell are Cleveland Indians scouts and Major League Baseball center fielders.

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Hit by pitch

In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is an event in which a batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher; the batter is called a hit batsman (HB).

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Hitting for the cycle

In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter who hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game.

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Home run

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 plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.

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Hoot Gibson

Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Javelin

A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon.

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Jim Leyland

James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager.

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Johnny Lipon

John Joseph Lipon (November 10, 1922 – August 17, 1998) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Redlegs over the course of nine seasons (1942; 1946; 1948–1954). Hoot Evers and Johnny Lipon are Beaumont Exporters players and Cleveland Indians coaches.

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Johnny Pesky

John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich; February 27, 1919 – August 13, 2012), nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr. Hoot Evers and Johnny Pesky are American League All-Stars.

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Left fielder

In baseball, a left fielder, abbreviated LF, is an outfielder who plays defense in left field.

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List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders

In baseball, a triple is recorded when the ball is hit so that the batter is able to advance all the way to third base, scoring any runners who were already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play.

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List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle

In baseball, completing the cycle is the accomplishment of hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL).

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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New York Giants (baseball)

The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the season as the New York Gothams and became known as the Giants in.

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On-base percentage

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base.

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Outfielder

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter.

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Putout

In baseball statistics, a putout (PO) is awarded to a defensive player who (generally while in secure possession of the ball) records an out by one of the following methods.

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Ralph Branca

Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (January 6, 1926 – November 23, 2016), nicknamed "Hawk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1944 through 1956.

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Retrosheet

Retrosheet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose website features box scores of Major League Baseball (MLB) games from 1906 to the present, and play-by-play narratives for almost every contest since the 1930s.

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Run (baseball)

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.

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Run batted in

A run batted in or runs batted in (RBI) 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).

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Second baseman

In baseball and softball, second baseman, abbreviated 2B, is a fielding position in the infield, between second and first base.

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Slugging percentage

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter.

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Society for American Baseball Research

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball, primarily through the use of statistics.

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St. Louis

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Ted Williams

Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Hoot Evers and Ted Williams are American League All-Stars and Major League Baseball left fielders.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Tommy John

Thomas Edward John Jr. (born May 22, 1943), nicknamed "the Bionic Man," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. Hoot Evers and Tommy John are American League All-Stars.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoot_Evers

Also known as Walter Arthur Evers, Walter Evers.

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