In major league baseball, the dead-ball era refers to a period from about 1900 to 1920 in which run scoring was low and home runs were rare in comparison...
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day. It contrasts with the pre-1920 period known as the "dead-ball era". The name "live-ball era" comes from the dramatic rise in offensive statistics,...
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Look up dead ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dead ball is a term in many ball sports in which the ball is deemed temporarily not playable, and...
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History of baseball in the United States (redirect from Steroid era)
several years. In the very early part of the 20th century, known as the "dead-ball era", baseball rules and equipment favored the "inside game" and the game...
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tighter than in previous years, notably the dead-ball era that prevailed through 1920, people often say the ball is "juiced". The height of the seams also...
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touches it before he is out. Stolen bases were more common in baseball's dead-ball era, when teams relied more on stolen bases and hit and run plays than on...
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Major League Baseball (category All articles with dead external links)
including the contentious reserve clause. The period before 1920 was the dead-ball era, when home runs were rarely hit. Professional baseball was rocked by...
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sometimes the golden era, describes the period in Major League Baseball from the end of the dead-ball era until the modern era—roughly, from 1920 to...
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Earned run average (redirect from Baseball statistics/ERA)
average, the definition of a good ERA varies from year to year. During the dead-ball era of the 1900s and 1910s, an ERA below 2.00 (two earned runs allowed...
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by era, by locale, by organizational-type, game evolution, as well as by political and cultural influence. The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games...
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played early in Major League Baseball history, particularly in the dead-ball era. A walk-off triple (one that ends a game) occurs very infrequently....
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year from 1988 through 2002, and became the first player since the dead-ball era to lead both leagues in home runs — the American League (AL) in 1989...
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Honus Wagner, known as "The Flying Dutchman", a dead-ball era baseball player who is widely considered to be one of the best players...
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Glossary of baseball terms (redirect from Shine ball)
that keep the ball in the infield: walks, base hits, bunts, and stolen bases. This was the primary offensive strategy during the Dead Ball Era. Inside baseball...
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scoring position. Such tactics were dominant in the 1890s and the dead-ball era, when extra-base hits were relatively rare. Runners in scoring position...
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portal 2021 pitch doctoring controversy Ball tampering in cricket Cheating in baseball Live-ball era and dead-ball era "Doctoring the Baseball". Major League...
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Mordecai Brown (category National League ERA champions)
manager during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the "dead-ball era"). Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth (April 17, 1888), Brown...
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a Gold Glove Award during his career. Playing in baseball's "second dead-ball era", he was one of the game's best hitters during his first eight seasons...
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major league record for most career stolen bases by a catcher since the dead-ball era with 189. At the time of his retirement in 2012, Kendall ranked second...
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Sonny Jurgensen (category All articles with dead external links)
Jurgensen's 82.62 career passer rating is the highest for any player in the "Dead Ball Era" (pre-1978). Lombardi once told Pat Peppler of the Green Bay Packers...
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Babe Ruth (category American League ERA champions)
sometimes hit long home runs, a feat unusual for any player in the dead-ball era. Although Ruth twice won 23 games in a season as a pitcher and was a...
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of a cork-based ball helped to end the dead-ball era and trigger the live-ball era. Bouncy ball List of ball games Quantum bouncing ball Here, v and u are...
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Athletics. Although Wheat spent the first part of his career playing in the Dead ball era, he hit over .300 in 13 seasons and won the National League batting...
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1990s, it was around .340, whereas it was typically .300 during the dead-ball era. On-base percentage can also vary quite considerably from player to...
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decades. During periods of pitching dominance, for example, during the dead-ball era or the 1960s, bunting was an important offensive weapon. Conversely...
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Craig (4 May 2020). "Today in Baseball History: 'Balata ball' threatens a new Dead Ball Era". NBC Sports. Retrieved 23 June 2023. "Lumber". Archived...
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career and all of Wagner's career took place in what is known as the Dead-Ball Era, which was characterized by higher batting averages by star players...
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became the primary offensive strategy during the dead-ball era. The equivalent modern term is "small ball". Critics also note that the reputation of the...
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Cy Williams (category All articles with dead external links)
Philadelphia Phillies (1918–30). As Major League Baseball emerged from the dead-ball era, Williams became one of the most prominent home run hitters in the National...
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hitters were not productive in the dead-ball era or the early live-ball era. Since the advent of the live-ball era, switch hitters have served to produce...
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