Ted Sizemore

Ted Crawford Sizemore (an haife shi a ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 1945) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball ne ɗan ƙasar Amurka. Ya buga wasa a Major League Baseball a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na biyu daga 1969 zuwa 1980 ga Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, da Boston Red Sox. Bayan ya lashe kyautar Rookie of the Year ta National League a 1969, aikinsa mai kyau ya gamu da cikas sakamakon raunuka da dama. Bayan aikinsa na wasa, Sizemore ya yi aiki a Rawlings Sporting Goods .

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Sizemore a Gadsden, Alabama, amma ya koma Detroit, yana da shekaru biyu. A matsayinsa na mai kama ƙwallon baseball na Makarantar Sakandare ta Pershing, ya sami lambar yabo ta All-city sau uku. Ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta All-city yana buga ƙwallon ƙafa da kuma tsaron ƙwallon kwando sau biyu kowannensu. Ya kasance abokan wasan makarantar sakandare tare da Mel Daniels, ɗan wasan Kwando, yana wasa a ƙarƙashin kocin Will Robinson .

Aikin kwaleji

A Jami'ar Michigan da ke Ann Arbor, ya yi karatun jami'a a fannin wasiƙu daga 1964 zuwa 1966, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta All- Big Ten a 1965 da 1966. A 1966, ya yi nasara da maki .321 don karɓar lambar yabo ta District All-America . A 1982, jami'ar ta ƙirƙiri "Ted Sizemore Award" don girmama babban ɗan wasan tsaron makarantar a kowace kakar wasa.

Aikin ƙwallon baseball

Kungiyar Los Angeles Dodgers ta zabi Sizemore a zagaye na goma sha biyar na gasar Major League Baseball ta 1966. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kama kwallo a kakar wasa ta farko ta sana'a, amma bugunsa (.330, bugun gida 4 da RBI 37 na Tri-City Atoms na Northwest League ) ya sa kungiyar Dodgers ta gwada shi a filin wasa a 1967 da 1968 Saboda bukatar 'yan wasan tsakiya, Dodgers sun sa Sizemore ya buga wasa na biyu a gasar Winter Instructional League a 1968 Bayan tafiyar Zoilo Versalles a gasar Major League Baseball ta 1968, manaja Walter Alston ya mayar da Sizemore zuwa shortstop a farkon horon bazara 1969

Los Angeles Dodgers I (1969-1970)

Sizemore ya lashe aikin farawa a lokacin bazara. Duk da kuskuren da ya yi sau biyu a kan San Francisco Giants, Sizemore ya tabbatar da cewa ya cancanci yin gajeren zango. Duk da haka, tare da ɗan wasan tsakiya na biyu Jim Lefebvre bai buga ba, Sizemore ya fara samun ƙarin lokaci a matsayi na biyu a ƙarshen watansa na farko a manyan gasa. Tare da sayen Maury Wills a ranar 11 ga Yuni, matakin ya zama na dindindin.

Da bugunsa, Sizemore ya fara wasa mai kyau a kakarsa ta farko, amma ya yi sanyi a watan Yuni da Yuli. Ya sake samun nasara a cikin watanni biyu na ƙarshe na kakar wasa don kammalawa a .271 tare da bugun gida huɗu, bugun 46, bugun 69, da kuma bugun 69. Ya sami ƙuri'u goma sha huɗu daga cikin 24 da suka zo na farko don zama gwarzon ɗan wasa na shekara na National League.

Sizemore ya fara wasa a hankali a 1970 Yana yin bugun .257 da bugun gida ɗaya, RBIs goma sha biyu da kuma bugun goma sha huɗu lokacin da ya karye tsokar cinyarsa a ranar 11 ga Yuni a kan St. Louis Cardinals . Ya dawo a ƙarshen watan Yuli, kuma bugunsa ya inganta. Ya yi bugun .342 don kawo matsakaicin kakarsa zuwa .306 har sai da wuyan hannunsa ya karye ya ƙare kakarsa. A wannan hunturu, an sayar da shi da ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa Bob Stinson ga Cardinals saboda ya yi wa ɗan wasan tsakiya na farko Dick Allen bugun .

Kadina na St. Louis (1971-1975)

Ya fara aikinsa da Cardinals yana raba lokaci tsakanin shortstop da second base, amma yayin da kakar wasa 1971 ke ci gaba, ya fara ɗaukar ƙarin lokacin wasa daga tsohon ɗan wasan Julián Javier a matsayi na biyu. Ya yi bugun .264 kowanne daga cikin kakar wasa biyu ta farko a St. Louis. Mafi kyawun kakarsa ta zo ne a 1973, lokacin da ya sami maki mafi girma a fagen fama a bugun (.282), RBIs (54) da gudu (69, wanda ya daidaita matsayinsa na aiki ya kafa kakarsa ta farko), yayin da yake jagorantar National League a Sacrifice Hits da maki 25. A 1974, Sizemore yawanci yana da maki na biyu a bayan Hall of Famer Lou Brock . Brock ya kafa tarihi da maki 118 da aka sace a wannan kakar, kuma ya yaba da haƙurin Sizemore a bugun da ke bayansa a matsayin babban abin da ya haifar da hakan.

Wataƙila lokacinsa mafi ban mamaki da Cards ya zo ne a wani wasan share fage da New York Mets a ranar 7 ga Agusta, 1972 A farkon zagaye na goma sha uku, Sizemore ya yi nasarar tserewa daga Tug McGraw a gida . Matsalar da ya fuskanta a aikinsa na Cardinals ita ma ta zo ne a kan Mets. A ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1975, Sizemore ya yi rikodin 'yan wasan tsakiya na biyu na babban gasar da kurakurai uku a zagaye na biyu.

Los Angeles Dodgers II (1976)

A ranar 2 ga Maris, 1976, Sizemore ya koma Dodgers a madadin Willie Crawford, ɗan wasan tsakiya . An same shi ne saboda iyawarsa ta musamman, kuma idan aka cimma yarjejeniya da aka tsara ta aika ɗan wasan tsakiya Bill Russell ga Cardinals don Reggie Smith (a wannan yanayin, ɗan wasan tsakiya na biyu Davey Lopes zai koma gajarta, kuma Sizemore zai gaji aikin tushe na biyu).