Born May 31, 1967, in East Chicago, IN, was the left-handed batting Center Fielder Kenny Lofton. Kenny Lofton wearing the number 7 on the Cleveland Indians (1992-01 and 2007), Atlanta Braves (1997), Chicago Cubs (2003), Pittsburgh Pirates (2003), Philadelphia Phillies (2005), and Texas Rangers (2007) for 13 seasons as he batted 0.299 for his career, had an On Base percentage of 0.423, with 130 career Home Runs, and 4 Gold Glove Awarded Seasons.
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Baseball History on May 27 from Baseball Almanac
The info from the BaseballAlmanac.com for May 27 reads with many items including:
1960 - Baltimore manager Paul Richard creates a new catchers mitt to prevent errors.
1997 - Kenny Lofton touches all the bases in a weird infield Home run.
There is more too concerning Hank Greenberg, Ken Brett, and Dale Murphy.
May 19 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 8 - 6 - 30 May 19, 1942 - Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner, Number 8 became the third player in NL history at the tim...
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May 18 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 7 - 16 May 18, 1897 - Early MLB star of the New York Giants, Bill Joyce established a record of 4 triples in 1 ...
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May 17 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 44 - 36 May 17, 1925 - Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker reached his 3,000th hit in his MLB career. In 1...
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May 16 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 5 - 9 - 22 May 16, 1927 - New York Yankee outfielder, Bob Meusel, wearing Number 5 stole 2nd base, 3rd base and&nbs...
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May 15 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. May 15, 1912 - Detroit Tigers star slugger Ty Cobb, let's an obnoxious fan get to him and the player leaped the rail...
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May 14 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 37 - 7 May 14, 1913 - Washington Senator pitcher Walter Johnson, had his amazing MLB record of scoreless innings str...
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