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unusual facts about second base



Alice Pollitt

Pollitt started at shortstop in her rookie season, then anchored third base for six years as part of a solid and durable Rockford infield that included Dorothy Kamenshek at first base, Mildred Deegan at second and Dorothy Harrell at shortstop.

Bill Smiley

William B. Smiley (born in 1856 in Baltimore, Maryland – died July 11, 1884 in Baltimore, Maryland) was a professional baseball player who primarily played second base in the American Association for the St. Louis Brown Stockings and the Baltimore Orioles for one season in 1882.

Dorothy Harrell

Entering her first season as the starting shortstop, Harrell was instrumental part of a solid and durable Rockford infield that included Dorothy Kamenshek at first base, Mildred Deegan at second and Alice Pollitt at third.

Frank Selee

With the Cubs, he created the famous Tinker to Evers to Chance infield combination, by converting Frank Chance from catcher to first base, Joe Tinker from third base to shortstop, and Johnny Evers from shortstop to second base.

Mitch Skupien

Patricia Barringer, who had played at second base in the AAGPBL, was named by Skupien as chaperone and manager of the Colleens, who wore green uniforms, while another former second bagger, Barbara Liebrich, became the chaperone-manager for the Sallies, who wore white uniforms.


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Best Nine Award

He only received the award at second base, and the award for best third baseman went to Tony Roig of the Nishitetsu Lions.

Bobby Knoop

Nicknamed "Nureyev" by sportswriters for his exciting and acrobatic fielding plays, Knoop played a deep second base, with exceptional range and a strong arm.

Frank Pulli

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Bill Russell dropped the ball momentarily (not ruled a catch by second base umpire Joe Brinkman), then flipped it to second baseman Davey Lopes, but Lopes' throw to first caromed off the leg of Reggie Jackson, standing in the baseline between first and second, and went behind first base.

Héctor López

In his 33 games with Kansas City at the start of the 1959 Major League Baseball season, he had played exclusively at second base.

Hidden ball trick

Johnny Hodapp, who had been on second base, tried to score but got caught in a rundown between third and home.

Howie Kendrick

Kendrick extended his positional versatility in the 2011 season, seeing time at first base and left field in addition to his usual place at second base.

Jason Bourgeois

On April 30, 2011, Bourgeois earned his first career walk-off win with a single to left field in the bottom of the ninth inning scoring Bill Hall (who pinch ran for Brett Wallace after he reached base on a walk earlier that inning) from second base to lead the Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Kiruna Airport

Spaceport Sweden is a new venture between Swedish Space Corporation, the Jukkasjärvi Icehotel, LFV Group and Progressum, in which they hope, when operations start that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.

Logan Ondrusek

In the first game, he pitched 1.2 innings, allowing no hits or runs despite an error (throwing a comebacker to the mound over first baseman Joey Votto's head) that allowed the first batter he faced to reach second base.

Manuel Lee

In 1989, Lee would split time with Nelson Liriano at second base, and occasionally fill in for shortstop Tony Fernandez.

Mike Mordecai

Unfortunately for Mordecai, the Braves had Mark Lemke at second base, Chipper Jones at third and Fred McGriff at first preventing him from getting more than a reserve role with the team.

Neifi Pérez

Although signed as a starter at second base, he quickly became backup to José Cruz, Jr., while he lost out at shortstop to Deivi Cruz.

Rennie Stennett

With Stennett's position at second base secure in a line up loaded with young hitters such as Dave Parker, Richie Zisk, and Rich Hebner and complimented by veterans Willie Stargell and Manny Sanguillen, Pittsburgh traded up-and-coming second baseman Willie Randolph to the New York Yankees after the 1975 season.

Rubén Tejada

On May 17, 2011 Tejada was called up to play second base, thus moving Justin Turner to third base for the injured David Wright.

Stan Belinda

Then, with little-used Braves reserve Francisco Cabrera at the plate, Belinda surrendered a game-winning single, with slow-footed Sid Bream barely beating the throw from left fielder Barry Bonds to score the winning run from second base.

Steve Chilcott

Chilcott seemed to be well on his way to making the majors when, in 1967 while playing for the Winter Haven Mets in the Florida State League, he dived back toward second base when the pitcher tried to pick him off.

Stolen base

In baseball's earlier decades, a runner on second base could "steal" first base, perhaps with the intention of drawing a throw that might allow a runner on third to score (a tactic famously employed by Germany Schaefer).