Word: waitkus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...present starters slack off, we've got men just as good on the bench. That's what makes me happy-looking at that bench." O'Neill has his choice of two proven first basemen: power-hitting Earl Torgeson, traded from Boston, or slick-fielding Eddie Waitkus, a .289 hitter last season. Other big-league infield substitutes are Jack ("Lucky") Lohrke and Tommy Glaviano. Outfielders Johnny Wyrostek, Bill Nicholson and Mel Clark, who hit .335 in 47 games last year, are all fighting for the third rightfield spot...
Married. Eddie Waitkus, 31, Philadelphia Phillies first baseman, who made headlines two years ago when he was shot in a Chicago hotel by a neurotic bobbysoxer; and Carol Webel, 23, Albany, N.Y. hospital worker who met Waitkus in Florida while he was convalescing; in Albany...
...down. In the eighth the Dodgers scored three runs, tied up the game. Going into the last of the twelfth the Phillies threatened again, loading the bases with one out. Brooklyn's Don Newcombe zipped a third strike past Outfielder Del Ennis. But then Philly First Baseman Eddie Waitkus lashed a liner toward Second Baseman Jackie Robinson, who had missed a grounder in the second inning that let in two Philadelphia runs...
...this accomplishment Cambridge has something in common with this team over which to rejoice in that their first baseman Edward Waitkus is a native born product of Cambridge sand-lots...
...league had to worry about whether Sawyer saw his team as a pennant winner or not: a hard-hitting outfield consisting of brawny Dick Sisler† (.367), fleet-footed Richie Ashburn (.296) and clutch-hitting Del Ennis (.304), and a bustling infield steadied by First Baseman Eddie Waitkus, recovered from his shooting by a deranged girl last year (TIME, June 27). With young Pitchers Curt Simmons (21), a lefthander, and Robin Roberts (23), winning a total of nine of their team's first 16 victories, while losing only three, Sawyer was watching "my boys" perform with pleasure and some...