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Encyclopedia > Tommy Bond (baseball)

Thomas Henry Bond (April 2, 1856 - January 24, 1941) was a 19th century major league baseball pitcher. A native of Granard, Ireland, he lived to be the last survivor of the National League's first season (1876). April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a...


Bond played for the Brooklyn Atlantics (1874), Hartford Dark Blues (1875-1876), Boston Red Caps (1887-1881), Worcester Ruby Legs (1882), Boston Reds (1884), and Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884). The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn (Atlantic or the Brooklyn Atlantics) was baseballs first champion and its first dynasty. ... The Hartford Dark Blues were a 19th century baseball team. ... Established 1871 League National League Division East Division Ballpark Turner Field Capacity 50,091 Current uniform The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The Worcesters was a 19th century Major League Baseball team. ... The Indianapolis Hoosiers were a Federal League baseball club in Indianapolis in 1914, when they won the Federal League championship. ...


In 1877 he was the winner of baseball's first pitching Triple Crown, leading the National League in wins (40), earned run average (2.11), and strikeouts (170). In baseball, the Triple Crown refers to: A batter who (at seasons end) leads the league in three major categories -- home runs, runs batted in, and batting average. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ... In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ...


During his ten-season career, he was a four-time 40-game winner, played for two National League pennant-winning clubs, and regularly finished in the top ten in many pitching categories. This article refers to the American baseball league. ... A pennant is usually a narrow tapering flag most commonly flown by ships at sea. ...


His career statistics include a record of 234-163, 386 complete games in 408 starts, 42 shutouts, and an ERA of 2.31. In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game himself, without the benefit of a relief pitcher. ... In baseball, a shutout refers to a game in which one team wins without allowing the opposing team to score any runs. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ...


Bond also played 92 games in the outfield, a few more in the infield, and batted .238 with 174 RBI and 213 runs scored. The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield. ... An infielder is a baseball player who plays on the infield, the dirt portion of a baseball diamond between first base and third base. ... RBI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including Reserve Bank of India Run batted in, in baseball Radio Berlin International This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around all three bases and returns safely to home plate. ...


He passed away at the age of 84 in Boston, Massachusetts. Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ...


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Tommy Bond Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac (298 words)
Tommy Bond was born on Wednesday, April 2, 1856, in Granard, Ireland.
Bond was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1876, with the Hartford Dark Blues, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Tommy Bond's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Tommy Bond baseball statistics page.
Encyclopedia: Triple crown (baseball) (2578 words)
In baseball, the Triple Crown refers to: Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat.
For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on...
Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively.
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