In looking at these, remember that they are done on a team-by-team basis. In other words, we're giving an award for being the best player on each team for the 2014 season. Thus, someone who spent half the season for one team and half the season for another, while he may have done very well for both, might not be the player of the year for either one.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Players of the Month: August
Well, August and the first day of September.
Minor Details: Games of September 4
Adam Brett Walker II and Matt Tomshaw lead Fort Myers to a first-game victory. Logan Wade and Mat Batts lead Cedar Rapids to even their first-round series. A couple of big games tonight.
Happy Birthday–September 5
Al Orth (1872)
Nap Lajoie (1874)
Lefty Leifield (1883)
Max Bishop (1899)
Merv Shea (1900)
Gene Bearden (1920)
Bill Mazeroski (1936)
Karl Kuehl (1937)
Tom Hallion (1956)
Candy Maldonado (1960)
Jeff Brantley (1963)
Jimmy Haynes (1972)
Randy Choate (1975)
Rod Barajas (1975)
Jason Hart (1977)
Karl Kuehl was a coach for the Twins from 1977-1982. He was a minor league manager for several seasons and also managed the Montreal Expos in 1976. His minor league managing career started in 1959, when he managed the Salem Senators in the Northwest League at age 21.
Tom Hallion has been a major league umpire from 1986-1999 and 2005-present.
Players of the Week
I know these are late, but having done them all year, I wanted to do the last one, too. We'll have players of the month for August at some point as well.
Minor Details: Games of September 3
D. J. Baxendale pitched seven strong innings and Fort Myers got a touchdown in the third to move to the championship round. Cedar Rapids was blanked and needs to win tonight to stay alive.
Happy Birthday–September 4
Tilly Walker (1887)
Eddie Waitkus (1919)
Hawk Harrelson (1941)
Paul Jata (1949)
Doyle Alexander (1950)
Frank White (1950)
Mike Piazza (1968)
Luis Lopez (1970)
Aaron Fultz (1973)
Pat Neshek (1980)
Jordan Schafer (1986)
Minor Details: Games of September 2
Jason Kanzler leads Fort Myers to victory, as they overcome a disastrous inning to take a 1-0 series lead. Elizabethton is eliminated as Nick Gordon misses the game with a broken finger. Cedar Rapids opens its playoff series tonight.
Happy Birthday–September 3
Bill Armour (1869)
Mike Kahoe (1873)
Art Fromme (1883)
Ed Konetchy (1885)
Eddie Stanky (1915)
Morrie Martin (1922)
Steve Boros (1936)
Alan Bannister (1951)
Rene Gonzales (1960)
Dave Clark (1962)
Eric Plunk (1963)
Ced Landrum (1963)
Luis Gonzalez (1967)
Chad Fox (1970)
Matt Capps (1983)
Bill Armour managed Cleveland from 1902-1904 and Detroit from 1905-1906. He also managed in the minor leagues for several years.
Minor Details: Games of September 1
A big inning isn't enough for Elizabethton. Aaron Hicks and Kris Johnson lead Rochester to victory. A big day for Jorge Polanco.