Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Rafael furcal trades and transactions by baseball almanac. People born on october 24 fall under the zodiac sign of scorpio, the scorpion. We all remember the days when rafael furcal was among the top shortstops in the game, dont we. Furcal, like dunston, is known around the league as a guy who will make a spectacular play and then have the next ball hit at him go right through the wickets. Career highlights for rafael furcal all rights go to major league baseball. Mlb home sports news, scores, schedules, and videos fox. With furcal on the shelf, it looks like 24yearold pete kozma is set to take over at short. He even had an article on laying down the bunt in a kids magazine in 1987, it was drawn up like a comic book if i remember right. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. Rafael furcal stats by baseball almanac on august 10, 2003, rafael furcal turned an unassisted triple play, the fifth by a national league player, the first to do so in an atlanta braves uniform. Royals infielder rafael furcal has decided to retire, jeffrey flanagan of reports on twitter. The hall of stats was built by adam darowski, jeffrey chupp, and michael berkowitz. If you are the type of fan who truly enjoys intelligent debate and thinks you can teach others why rafael furcal did or did not deserve the baseball america rookie of the year in 2000, join us on baseball fever.
Rafael furcal, scott rolen and the 15 best infielder arms. Louis, he won the 2011 world series over the texas rangers. You can leave it on top of the porcelain, pick it up, read it backwards, and still get an. Rafael furcal bleacher report latest news, videos and. Furcal broke the streak in 2008 he turned an unassisted triple play on august 10, 2003 against the st. Jan 25, 2011 furcal, like dunston, is known around the league as a guy who will make a spectacular play and then have the next ball hit at him go right through the wickets. Clicking on an indivdiual season will display the teams roster for that season. Get the latest rafael furcal news, photos, rankings, lists and more on bleacher report. Rafael furcal game by game stats and performance kansas. Apr 01, 2002 the baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Rafael furcal signs the unassisted triple play baseball. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the rafael furcal page and 1 help support the baseball cube.
Marlins sign furcal to oneyear deal to play second. The baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume. May 19, 2015 threetime allstar shortstop rafael furcal announced his retirement tuesday, according to the kansas city royals, with whom he signed a minor league contract during spring training the. But it was on the suffern high school baseball field named walt weiss field.
Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. Rafael antonio furcal born october 24, 1977, is a dominican professional baseball second basemenshortstop in the kansas city royals organization. Trivia 7 shortstop with the atlanta braves, 20002005. See rafael furcal signs the unassisted triple play baseball, a part of seth swirskys baseball collection. Threetime allstar shortstop rafael furcal announced his retirement tuesday, according to the kansas city royals, with whom he signed a minor league contract during spring training the. Like saltalamacchia, furcal has been part of a world series winner.
Dominicanborn mlb shortshop who was named national league rookie of the year in 2000. The rafael furcal world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats where applicable. Mar 07, 20 with furcal on the shelf, it looks like 24yearold pete kozma is set to take over at short. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the rafael furcal page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other visitors. Baseball weekly, rafael furcal, albert pujols, may 1622, 2001 usa today on. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. There have been only twelve unassisted triple plays in the over7 year history of baseball. Rafael furcal appeared in 154 major league games during the 2005 regular season. This is a list of nicknames of major league baseball teams and players. The rafael furcal page is available to be sponsored. Rafael furcal celebrity biography, zodiac sign and.
Rafael furcal fantasy baseball news, rankings, projections. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. May 10, 2016 career highlights for rafael furcal all rights go to major league baseball.
It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the baseball hall of fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories e. The furcal announcement comes hours after the marlins made it official that they signed former red sox catcher jarrod saltalamacchia to a threeyear contract. For information regarding statistical abbreviations, please view the statistics legend. That seems like ages ago, as he has fallen on hard times the past few seasons. Baseball weekly, rafael furcal, albert pujols, may 1622, 2001. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games furcal appeared in, specifically relating to his 2005 hitting statistics. It was filled with fascinating sidebars and anecdotes and even though ive read just about everything, i kept saying gee, i didnt know that.
David edwin duncan born september 26, 1945 is an american pitching consultant for the chicago white sox of major league baseball mlb. The 37yearold had been attempting a comeback bid in the kansas city organization. Organize and price your collections as we offer instant access to the worlds leading trading card and collectibles databases. He began his mlb playing career in 1964 and played again consecutively from 1967 to 1976 for the kansas cityoakland athletics, cleveland indians, and baltimore orioles. All wins above replacement and wins above average data comes from. Get complete gamebygame stats for kansas city royals second baseman rafael furcal on. If you are aware of any other unusual, less known, not as publicized baseball awards won by rafael furcal please contact us with details. Rafael furcal world series stats by baseball almanac. He was signed by the atlanta braves as an undrafted free agent in 1996 and wasnt called up to the major leagues until 2000. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey.
Furcal was supposed to be the marlins 2b in 2014, but only played 9 games due to injuries, and thats after missing 20 while recovering from tommy john surgery. Im very excited to get back on the field, furcal said. Rafael antoni furcal born october 24, 1977 is a dominican former professional baseball shortstop. The latest stats, facts, news and notes on rafael furcal of the miami. Rafael furcal is a famous baseball player, who was born on october 24, 1977. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will.
He and ellis burks held the record for the most seasons in the playoffs without winning a series, as each had gone 06 in postseason series through 2006. Images can also be viewed at the hall of fame online exhibit dressed to the nines. David eckstein also had a few excellent suicide squeeze bunts in st. Join facebook to connect with rafael furcal and others you may know. All professional baseball statistics for rafael furcal. All data is also open and available as a free download. The 2001 upper deck evolution product released in october, 2001 and featured a 120card base set. Furcal was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on april 4, 2000, with the atlanta braves. This rafael furcal baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that rafael furcal has appeared on, in chronological order. Print report this ad suggested listings starting lineup nrwj doubles. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank.
In 1963 eliot asinof described the events in his book eight men out. He is also a former professional baseball catcher and pitching coach. This page lists every known baseball award won by rafael furcal in chronological order. Louis that i saw, but i dont know if that was something he did often outside of being a redbird with a mgr that loved that play. The leading destination for sports card and collectible enthusiasts. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. Furcal broke in with the braves in 2000, and he went on to be the national league rookie of the year.
Rafael furcal mlb player profile page from whatifsports. The royals have resigned infielder rafael furcal, andy mccullough of the kansas city star reports on twitter. Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. Mlb sports news, scores, schedules, and videos fox sports. As a person born on this date, rafael furcal is listed in our database as the 59th most popular celebrity for the day october 24 and the 321st most popular for the year 1977.
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