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| Third Baseman | ||
| Born: November 11, 1898 Framingham, Massachusetts |
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| Died: March 16, 1972 (aged 73) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
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| September 15, 1920 for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| August 14, 1937 for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| 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 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Champions World Series: Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2 Awards and honors The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-1 All-Star Game The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 320 | |
| Hits | 2416 | |
| Run batted in | 1273 | |
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| Elected | 1948 | |
| Vote | 76. For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves (4-2 All-Star Game 9% (fifth ballot) | |
Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor (November 11, 1898 - March 16, 1972) was a professional baseball third baseman who played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1920-37). Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Baseball is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world 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 Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Traynor was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. He received his nickname for a fondness for eating pie. He is generally considered to have been the greatest National League third baseman before the 1950s. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Although he played in the era before the Gold Glove award was created, he was regarded by most baseball observers as the best-fielding third baseman ever until Brooks Robinson came along. For the award given to amateur boxers see Golden Gloves. In American Baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr (born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock Arkansas) is an American former Third baseman in Major League He had a lifetime batting average of . Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 320, and was struck out only 278 times in 7,559 career at bats. Playing his home games at Pittsburgh's spacious Forbes Field kept his home run total low, reaching a high of 12 in 1923. Forbes Field was a Baseball park in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1971 Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, those long distances also aided him in hitting doubles and triples, and he had over 100 runs batted in (RBI) in a season seven times. He had 208 hits in 1923, and was, incredibly, the last Pirate infielder with 200 or more hits until shortstop Jack Wilson, who had 201 hits in 2004 (Dick Groat had 199 in 1962, with 201 for St. Louis Cardinals in 1963). Traynor also managed the Pirates from 1934 to 1939. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1948, Traynor was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, being the initial third baseman to be chosen by the BBWAA. The 1948 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded using the same rules as the highly successful election one year earlier with the Baseball Writers Baseball Writers' Association of America ( BBWAA) is a professional association for Baseball Journalists writing for daily Newspapers, Magazines He died at age 72 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, not long after the Pirates moved into Three Rivers Stadium and retired his uniform number 20. Three Rivers Stadium was a Multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000 In 1999, he ranked Number 70 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports
Traynor is also the only Major League Baseball player ever to steal home plate in an All-Star Game.
Traynor died in 1972 and was buried in Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Homewood Cemetery is a historic nonsectarian burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern
See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- List of Major League Baseball triples champions
- Hitting for the cycle
External links
- Pie Traynor Official Site
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Bio Project
- The Deadball Era
- Find-A-Grave biography
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