1. The first black man to play for the New York Yankees, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox on August 3, 1967 for pitcher Pete Magrini and minor league hurler Ron Klimkowski.

2. In 1972, he became the first man ever to be unamimously voted Rookie of the Year.

3. He just missed pitching back-to-back no-hitters on August 22, 1947. His gem was broken up by a single by Eddie Stanky of the Dodgers with one out in the ninth inning.

4. Has any pitcher ever lost 30 ballgames in a single season this century?

5. He led the American League in pitching strikeouts for six consecutive seasons (1902-07).

6. A 20 game loser for the Phillies in 1945, he won twenty or more seven times in the Pacific Coast League. After a cup of coffee with the A's in the early thirties, the only action he saw in the bigs was during the war even though he holds the P.C.L. career strikeout crown.

7. A 20 game winner as a rook for the Cards in 1926, he disappeared for two days during the 1930 pennant race, saying he had been kidnapped by Dodger fans and forced to get drunk. He is remembered, if at all, more for his weakness for the bottle than for his prowess on the mound.

8. Another two-fisted drinker from the twenties, he tied for the league lead in wins in 1926 and 1930, won the N.L. E.R.A. crown back-to-back in 1926-27 and won 15 or more ballgames 7 straight years. When he hung up the spikes after the '33 season he retired with 143 big league wins, all of them as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

9. A mainstay of the Giants' bullpen during the seventies, his sister (tennis great Billie Jean King) got a lot more press.

10. Who was the first man to bat in a night game in the major leagues?

11. Who was the first man to pitch a no-hitter in each of his first two full major league seasons?

12. A weak-eyed strong-armed fireballer, Connie Mack gave up on this Philadelphia native and waived him to the Senators in 1936. A career 100 game winner, he tossed a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns on June 1, 1937.

13. Connie Mack almost went to court in 1901 to retain the services of this pitcher, who accepted advance money from Mack in January of that year. Accused by Mack of reneging on his signature, it makes for an interesting bit of speculative history had the man honored that contract and played for the Athletics that season.

14. He became the first man inthe twentieth century to hit grand slams in back to back games when he connected against the Reds on September 24, 1901.

15. Sold to the Red Sox during the '33 season, he won the pennant-clincher for the Yanks on September 28, 1928. The victory was his 24th that season, tops in the American League.

16. A .300 hitter for the Braves in 1933, he made a fortune in the oil business after hsi playing days were over.

17. On August 26, 1962, this Minnesota southpaw retired the first 25 batters en route to a no-hitter against the Athletics. He was traded by the Twins the following season to Cleveland for Jim Perry.

18. A two time All-Star, he smacked 30 home runs for Cincinnati in 1938 (at that time the team record). The league leader in triples his first two seasons, he fractured his shoulder diving for a ball in the 1939 All-Star game in Yankee Stadium.

19. His contract with the Phillies for 3.2 million over four years, signed on December 5, 1978, made this ballplayer the highest paid athlete in any team sport.

20. He struck out 19 batters, including the last 10 in a row, on April 22, 1970.

21. On July 19, 1955, this Tiger reliever helped his cause along after entering the game by stroking two three run homers.

22. A starter for the Phils at shortstop and second base for over a decade (and a star on the 1950 "Whiz Kids"), he went down to the minors at the close of his career to work on a knuckleball and was good enough to make it back to the bigs in '62 for three games with the Kansas City Athletics.

23. On May 13, 1954, Robin Roberts of the Phillies gave up a lead-off home run then retired the next 27 batters in order to best the Reds 8-1. The man who hit the home run was the Reds' starting third baseman. In 390 at bats that season, he managed just three home runs.

24. The A's leading hitter in the '92 Championship Series against the Blue Jays, he went 11 for 25, good for a .440 batting average, with a team leading six runs scored.

25. The A's starting right fielder the year before, he was on base when Kirk Gibson connected in '88 against the Eck. He entered the game as a pinch hitter for the Dodger's shortstop (drawing a base on balls), who was also a starter for the A's the previous season.