| Carney Lansford | ||
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| Third baseman | ||
| Born: February 7, 1957 San Jose, California |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 8, 1978 for the California Angels |
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| Final game | ||
| October 4, 1992 for the Oakland Athletics |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | . A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Bucky Dent, MVP The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 290 | |
| Home runs | 151 | |
| Stolen bases | 224 | |
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Carney Ray Lansford (born February 7, 1957 in San Jose, California) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels (1978-80), Boston Red Sox (1981-82) and Oakland Athletics (1983-92). Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. He batted and threw right-handed.
Originally drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft, Lansford became the Angels' best rookie in 1978 and finished third in the overall AL Rookie of the Year vote. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America The Angels dealt Lansford to the Red Sox after the 1980 season. With the emergence of Wade Boggs, the Red Sox sent Lansford to Oakland in a deal in the 1982 off-season involving Tony Armas. Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15 1958 in Omaha Nebraska) is a former Third baseman in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox This page is about the baseball player in the 1970s and 1980s He appeared to be on his way to playing first base for the A's until the emergence of Mark McGwire. First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Mark David McGwire (born October 1 1963 in Pomona California) is a former professional baseball player who played the majority of his Major League career with the Instead, Lansford became the A's third baseman for their 1988 through 1992 dynasty, typically hitting second behind Rickey Henderson once the A's acquired Henderson. Although his power numbers dropped off during those years, and he missed almost all the 1991 season, Lansford's speed, defense and solid hitting made him a significant contributor. He played in three World Series with the A's, losing in 1988, 1990 and winning in 1989. For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five The 1990 World Series matched the defending champions and heavily-favored Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four The 1989 World Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants.
In a 15-year career, Lansford was a . 290 hitter with 151 home runs 874 RBI, and 224 stolen bases in 1862 games. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has
Lansford had a cameo role as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey, the Chicago White Sox batter that Mel Clark (played by Tony Danza) retires for the final out in the Angels' pennant-winning game in the 1994 remake of Angels in the Outfield. The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza on April 21, 1951 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Actor best known for starring Angels in the Outfield (known simply as Angels in some countries is a 1994 Disney film Remake of the 1951 film
He is currently the hitting coach of the San Francisco Giants. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division.
His son, Jared, was drafted by his former team Oakland in the second round of the 2005 Amateur Draft. His other son, Josh, is a third baseman in the Chicago Cubs minor league system. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois.
According to his 1988 Topps baseball card, Lansford is a direct descendant of the British privateer Sir Francis Drake. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) For the meat company see Topps Meat Company. The Topps Company Inc A baseball card is a type of Trading card relating to baseball usually printed on some type of Paper stock or card stock See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician However, this is extremely unlikely since Drake is not known to have fathered any children. [1]
He played for the Santa Clara Little League team which made it to the finals of the 1969 Little League World Series. Santa Clara California (ˌsæntəˈklærə founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852 is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U The Little League World Series is a Baseball Tournament for children aged 11 12 and 13 years old In the final game of the World Series on August 2), Carney's team was defeated 2-0 by the team from Taipei City, Taiwan. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. (Carney is one of less than a dozen men who have played in both the Little League World Series and the MLB World Series. )[1]
Frame on the Mantel, a Portland-area rock band, titled their song Carney Lansford (Complacency Stinks) in honor of a t-shirt he was rumored to have worn during spring training.
See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of AL Silver Slugger Winners at Third Base
- List of Boston Red Sox awards
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
External links
- Baseball Library
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- 1969 Little League World Series
References
- ^ Bawlf, Samuel. Below is the list of 254 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2000 hit milestone during their career in MLB The following is a list of AL Silver Slugger winners at third base. This is a list of Boston Red Sox players awards winners and single-season leaderboards See also List of lifetime home run leaders through history This is a list of the top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters. Below is the list of 300 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 1000 Runs milestone The batting championship is awarded to the Major League Baseball player in each of the American League and the National League who has the highest Batting average Listed below are the occurrences of Major League Baseball players who have hit three Home runs in a single game The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake 1577-1580, p. 172.
| Preceded by George Brett |
American League Batting Champion 1981 |
Succeeded by Willie Wilson |
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