| Tommie Agee | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: August 9, 1942 | ||
| Died: January 22, 2001 (aged 58) | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 14, 1962 for the Cleveland Indians |
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| Final game | ||
| September 30, 1973 for the St. Louis Cardinals |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting Average | . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 255 | |
| Hits | 999 | |
| Stolen bases | 167 | |
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Tommie Lee Agee (August 9, 1942 in Magnolia, Alabama - January 22, 2001 in New York City) was a center fielder most noted for making what were arguably two of the greatest catches in World Series history, both of which occurred in the same game. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches 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 The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The Year of the Pitcher In Major League Baseball, the trend throughout the 1960s was of increased pitching dominance caused by enforcing a larger strike zone (top of armpit Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, 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 For the award given to amateur boxers see Golden Gloves. In American Baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Magnolia is a large Genus of about 210 Flowering plant Species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. Agee was the 1966 Rookie of the Year, a two-time All-Star, and a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and he was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 2002. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, 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 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League For the award given to amateur boxers see Golden Gloves. In American Baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to The New York Mets Hall of Fame was created in 1981 to recognize the careers of former New York Mets players managers broadcasters and executives Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: His major league career was split between five teams: Cleveland Indians (1962-64), Chicago White Sox (1965-67), New York Mets (1968-72), Houston Astros (1973) and St. Louis Cardinals (1973). The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St
Tommie Agee was a star at Grambling State University and was signed by the Indians for a $60,000 bonus. Grambling State University is a public, Coeducational University, which is among the Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs in He made only a few token appearances for the team over the next few years before being traded to the White Sox before the 1966 season. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, That year, a solid season in which he had 98 runs, 84 runs batted in, and 44 stolen bases, earned him the Rookie of the Year award, a Gold Glove, and a trip to the 1966 All-Star game. In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching 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
His follow-up performance the next year was not nearly as impressive, despite another all-star selection: on a team loaded with pitching and short on offense (no regular batted over . Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP 250), he batted . 234 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs. The team's lack of offense possibly cost the White Sox the American League pennant; they had battled with the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox (the eventual AL champions) until the final week of the season. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. At the end of the season, Agee and Al Weis were traded to the New York Mets in a six-player deal, with four players (among them Tommy Davis and Jack Fisher) going to the White Sox. Albert John Weis (born April 2, 1938 in Franklin Square New York) is a former Major League Baseball Infielder. Herman Thomas Davis Jr (born March 21 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball best The trade re-united Agee with childhood friend Cleon Jones. Cleon Joseph Jones (born August 4 1942 in Plateau Alabama) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the
Agee's first season in New York (1968) was also a disaster: he was beaned by Bob Gibson on the very first pitch he saw in spring training and went 0-34 at the beginning of the season on his way to a . The Year of the Pitcher In Major League Baseball, the trend throughout the 1960s was of increased pitching dominance caused by enforcing a larger strike zone (top of armpit Pack Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935 in Omaha Nebraska) is a former right-handed Baseball Pitcher for the In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the Regular season. 217 batting average and only 17 RBIs. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively
The 1969 Mets were known as the "Miracle Mets" for their turnaround in the National League, and Agee's personal turnaround played a big part. Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball On April 10, 1969 in a game against the "new" team, the Montreal Expos, he hit a tremendous home run halfway up in the left field upper deck at Shea Stadium, a feat that has not been matched before or since. William A Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (ʃeɪ̪ is a Stadium located in the New York City borough Jones says the ball was still rising when it came into contact with the stands. To commemorate the homer, there is a painted sign in that part of the stadium with Agee's name, uniform number, and the date. That season, he hit 26 homers. scored 97 runs, and played brilliant defense.
In the 1969 World Series, he was instrumental in the Mets' victory in Game 3, which Sports Illustrated said was perhaps the greatest single performance by a center fielder in Series history. The 1969 World Series was played between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Mets prevailing in 5 games to accomplish one of the greatest upsets In the first inning of Game 3, Agee hit a leadoff home run off Jim Palmer for what would eventually be the game winning hit and RBI, as the Mets shut out the Orioles, 5-0. James Alvin "Jim" Palmer (born October 15, 1945) nicknamed "Cakes" is a former Major League Baseball right-handed Starting pitcher (Interestingly, two other Mets would also hit Game 3 lead-off home runs in subsequent World Series: Wayne Garrett—a teammate of Agee on the 1969 Mets—in the 1973 World Series and Lenny Dykstra in the 1986 World Series. Ronald Wayne Garrett (born December 3, 1947 in Brooksville Florida) was the New York Mets starting Third baseman from 1972 through The 1973 World Series matched the defending champion Oakland Athletics against the New York Mets, with the A's winning in seven games to repeat as World Champions Leonard Kyle (Lenny Dykstra (ˈdaɪkstɹə born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, California, and also known as Nails or The The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. ) In the same game, Agee also made two incredible catches that potentially saved five runs. The first was a two-on, two out liner to left center by Elrod Hendricks, for which Agee had to sprint across the outfield and snare the drive in the webbing of his glove, a millisecond before he hit the wall. Elrod Jerome (Ellie Hendricks ( December 22, 1940 – December 21, 2005) was a Catcher and coach The second catch was on a fly ball hit by Paul Blair with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, for which Agee had to sprint toward the right center field warning track. Paul L D Blair (born February 1, 1944 in Cushing Oklahoma) is a former Major League Baseball Center fielder. As Agee zeroed in on the ball, the wind blew it down and away from him, forcing him to lunge into a headfirst dive to snare the sinking liner, after which he rolled in the warning track but held onto the ball. At that moment, Blair was rounding second. Had Agee missed the ball, the Orioles might have had an inside the park grand-slam home run. On an historical note, Blair's drive came off Nolan Ryan, who had just entered the game to relieve Mets' starting pitcher Gary Gentry. Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr (born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas) is a retired American Right-handed Pitcher in Gary Edward Gentry (born October 6, 1946 in Phoenix Arizona) is a former right-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball, who played This would be the only time Ryan would appear in a Fall Classic game in his 27-year career.
This game was the turning point in the 1969 World Series, and to many, the high point of Agee's career. He remained productive over the next two years and stitched together a 20-game hitting streak in 1970, hitting . In Baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium 286 and in 1971 hit . 285. He was traded to the Houston Astros after the 1972 season, a year in which his performance fell off sharply.
After retirement, he operated the Outfielder's Lounge near Shea Stadium. William A Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (ʃeɪ̪ is a Stadium located in the New York City borough Agee was also known as the most active former Met, taking part in many charitable events and children's baseball clinics around the New York area. In 2001, Tommie Agee died of a heart attack at age 58. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- The Deadball Era (obituary)
- The Deadball Era (image)
- Player Profile on ArmchairGM
- Ultimate Mets Database
| Preceded by Curt Blefary |
American League Rookie of the Year 1966 |
Succeeded by Rod Carew |
| Preceded by Alex Johnson |
NL Comeback Player of the Year 1969 |
Succeeded by Jim Hickman |
| Preceded by Rico Carty |
Major League Player of the Month June, 1970 |
Succeeded by Bill Singer |
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