Lee Weyer was the umpire when Pete Rose broke the record of a Major League outfielder who was born in what city in Georgia?
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Lee Weyer Lee Howard "Big Lee" Weyer (September 3, 1936 – July 4, 1988) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1961 until his death. In a 1987 "Sports Illustrated" poll of National League catchers, Weyer was rated the best at calling balls and strikes. He was the home plate umpire on September 11, 1985 in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium when Pete Rose collected his 4,192nd hit to break Ty Cobb's career record, and was the third base umpire in the April 8, 1974 game in which Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs.
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Ty Cobb Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. In 1999, editors at the "Sporting News" ranked Ty Cobb 3rd on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".
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Joe Adcock Joseph Wilbur "Billy Joe" Adcock (October 30, 1927 – May 3, 1999) was a major league baseball player and manager in the Major and Minor Leagues. He was best known as a first baseman and right-handed slugger with the powerful Milwaukee Braves teams of the 1950s, whose career included numerous home run feats. A sure-handed defensive player, he also retired with the third highest career fielding percentage by a first baseman (.994). His nickname "Billy Joe" was modeled after Vanderbilt University basketball star "Billy Joe Adcock" and was popularized by Vin Scully.
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Grover Cleveland Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.
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Jon Shave Jonathan Taylor Shave (born November 4, 1967 in Waycross, Georgia) is a former Major League infielder who played for the Texas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins.
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Billy Bryan (baseball) William Ronald Bryan (born December 4, 1938, in Morgan, Georgia) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He was signed by the Kansas City Athletics in 1960. Bryan played eight seasons in the majors: Kansas City Athletics, 1961–1965; New York Yankees, 1966–1967; and the Washington Senators, 1968. Bryan stood 6 ft tall, weighed 200 lb , batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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List of Atlanta Braves team records The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Atlanta. The Braves formed in 1876 as the Boston Red Stockings. After moving to Milwaukee for 12 years, the Braves relocated to Atlanta in 1966. Through 2010, the Braves have played 20,053 games, winning 9,945, losing 9,954, and tying 154, for a winning percentage of approximately .500. This list documents the superlative records and accomplishments of team members during their tenures in MLB.
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Claud Derrick Claud Lester (Deek) Derrick was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He was born on June 11, 1886 in Burton, Georgia. Claud attended college at the University of Georgia. He played five seasons in his career, for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1910 -1912 , the New York Yankees in 1913 , and the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs in 1914 . He had 79 career hits in 326 at-bats.
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Linc Blakely Lincoln Howard Blakely (February 12, 1912 – September 28, 1976) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He grew up in Oakland, California and attended Oakland Technical High School. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.
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Lee Bales Wesley Owen "Lee" Bales (born December 4, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, a second baseman whose six-season (1963–1968) career included 31 games played for the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, he stood 5 ft and weighed 165 lb .
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Tom Jenkins (baseball) Thomas Griffith Jenkins [Tut] (April 10, 1898 – May 3, 1979) was a reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1925–1926), Philadelphia Athletics (1926) and St. Louis Browns (1929–1932). Jenkins batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Camden, Alabama.
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Glenn Chapman Glenn Justice Chapman (January 21, 1906, in Cambridge City, Indiana – November 5, 1988, in Richmond, Indiana) was an American Major League Baseball player. Nicknamed "Pete", he played in 67 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1934 season.
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Cecil Butler Cecil Dean Butler (born October 23, 1937) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. The right-hander worked in 11 games, including two starting assignments, for the Milwaukee Braves in 1962 and 1964 . Nicknamed "Slewfoot," he was born in Dallas, Georgia, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 195 lb .
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Ron Cash Ronald Forrest Cash (November 20, 1949 – April 22, 2009) was a utility player in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Detroit Tigers. Listed at 6 ft , 180 lb., Cash batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ty Cobb Museum The Ty Cobb Museum is a museum located in Royston, Georgia, that honors Baseball Hall of Fame player Tyrus Raymond Cobb. The museum contains art and memorabilia, film, video, books and historical archives of Cobb as well as several other notable people from Franklin County, Georgia.
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Buddy Napier Skelton Le Roy "Buddy" Napier (18 December 1889 – 29 March 1968), Major League baseball pitcher from 1912 to 1921. He was born in Byromville, Georgia.
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Anniston Nobles The Anniston Nobles were a minor league baseball team based in Anniston, Alabama, United States, that operated in the Georgia–Alabama League from 1928–1930. Previously the Anniston Moulders had played in the league from 1913–1917.
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Sherry Smith Sherrod Malone (Sherry) Smith (February 18, 1891 – September 12, 1949) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1911 until 1927, he pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1911–12), Brooklyn Robins (1915–17, 1919–1922) and Cleveland Indians (1922–1927). Smith batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was born in Monticello, Georgia.
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Jim Breazeale James Leo Breazeale (born October 3, 1949 in Houston, Texas) is a retired American Major League Baseball first baseman. Standing 6 ft tall and weighing 210 lb , he batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. Breazeale was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the eighth pick of the first round of the January 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Pete Van Wieren Pete Van Wieren (October 7, 1944 – August 2, 2014), a native of Rochester, New York, was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves.
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Dixie Carroll Dorsey Lee "Dixie" Carroll (May 18, 1891October 13, 1984) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Boston Braves for sixteen days in 1919.
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Heinie Manush Henry Emmett Manush (July 20, 1901 – May 12, 1971), nicknamed "Heinie", was an American baseball outfielder. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1920 to 1939, including 17 years in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1923–1927), St. Louis Browns (1928–1930), Washington Senators (1930–1935), Boston Red Sox (1936), Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1938–1939). After retiring as a player, Manush was a minor league manager from 1940 to 1945, a scout for the Boston Braves in the late 1940s and a coach for the Senators from 1953 to 1954. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.