Johnny Damon

Damon was born on November 5, 1973 in Fort Riley, Which was an army base in Kansas. Damon attended Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, and of many awards, got awarded as the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year in his senior year of High school (1992). Johnny's Major league Debut was on August 12, 1995, When he played for the Kansas city Royals. He played for the Royals from 1995 to 2000. Damon spent 2001 with the Oakland Athletics. And then he was signed to the Boston Red Sox on December 21, 2001. Damon Played for them from 2002 to 2005. On December 20, 2005, Damon signed a contract with the New York Yankees. Johnny played for the Yankees from 2006 to 2009, another 4-year contract. On February 22, 2010, Damon agreed to a one year deal with the Detroit Tigers. And then, at the end of the 2010 season, Damon became a free agent.

Batting average     .287

Hits     2,571

Home runs     215

Runs batted in     1,047

Runs scored     1,564

Stolen bases     385

Cliff Lee

Cliff Lee was born on August 30th, 1978. For high school, Lee attended Benton high school in his hometown of Benton, Arkansas. He then went to Meridian Community College in Mississippi. He pretty much started in the bigger leagues of baseball by being traded in 2002 to the Cleveland Indians. Lee played for the Indians from 2002 to 2009. that year being the year he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 29th. He played for the Phills and helped them win the 2009 world series. Then, on December 16, 2009, the Phillies traded Lee to the Seattle Mariners. On July 9 of 2010 Lee was traded to the Texas Rangers. And now, Finally Cliff Lee signs back to the Philadelphia Phillies On December 15, 2010.

Win–loss record     102–61

Earned run average     3.85

Strikeouts     1,085

Roy Halladay

Roy grew up in Denver Colorado, in the suburb of Arvada. Ever since he was a kid he loved to play baseball. He liked every position on the field, but he mainly succeeded on the pitchers mound. when he was a round 13 years of age he trained with the legendary baseball guru known as Bus Campbell. In 1995 Halladay graduated from Arvada west high school, and was was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the amateur draft. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1998-2009, a span of Eleven whole years! Then on December 15th, 2009, Halladay got signed to the Philadelphia Philies! On the first day of Roy playings on the phills, he pitched for seven long innings!

Win–Loss record --- 169–86

 Earned run average --- 3.32

 Strikeouts --- 1,714

 Complete games --- 58

 Shutouts --- 19

Shane Victorino

Shane was born on November 30th, 1980 in Wailuku Hawaii. In high school, Shane was a track and Field champ, clocking in at 10.80 for a ten meter dash. He even got the state record for this time! He started minor leagues when he got drafted for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1999. He then spent most of his time from 1999 to 2005 in the minor leagues. Victorino got drafted for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005, but he failed to stay in the major league club, and was offered back to the dodgers. The dodgers declined, so the Phillies Took his contract. And he has been an out feilder for them from then until now.

Batting average     .279

Home runs     59

Runs batted in     280

Stolen bases     132

Cal Ripken Jr.

Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. was born in Havre de Grace and was raised in Aberdeen, Maryland, in a baseball family. His father, Cal Sr., was a long-time coach in baseball who managed the Orioles in the late 1980s. Calvin went to Aberdeen High school, along with his brother, Billy.

Ripken only played for one MLB team, and they were the Baltimore Orioles. He Played from 1981 all the way to 2001, thats a good 20 years! He played as Shortstop and Third baseman.

Batting Average -- .276

Hits -- 3,184

Home Runs -- 431

Runs Batted In -- 1,695

Lou Gehrig

Gehrig was born on June 19, 1903(1903-06-19) in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, and weighed almost 14 pounds (6.4 kg) at birth. Gehrig first earned national attention in baseball while playing in a game at Cubs Park (now Wrigley Field) on June 26, 1920. Gehrig played in front of a crowd of more than 10,000 spectators.With his team winning 8-6 in the top of the ninth inning, Gehrig hit a grand slam completely out of the major league park, which was crazy for a 17-year old to do.

 Gehrig joined the New York Yankees midway through their 1923 season. on June 15, 1923, Gehrig debuted  as a pinch hitter. In his first two seasons, he saw limited playing time, mostly as a pinch hitter and he played in only 23 games and was not on the Yankees' 1923 World Series roster. In 1925, he batted .295, with 20 home runs and 68 RBIs.

After six days of extensive testing at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was confirmed on June 19, Gehrig's 36th birthday. Lou Gehrig later died on June 2, 1941(1941-06-02) (aged 37) at Riverdale, New York City, New York.

Batting average -- .340

Home runs -- 493

Hits -- 2,721

Runs batted in  -- 1,995

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth was born at 216 Emory Street in Pigtown, a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. were Ruth's parents, and they owned some saloons and sold lightning rods. One sad thing about his childhood was that only one of Ruth's seven siblings, his sister Mamie, survived past infancy.

 Ruth was sent by his father to st. Mary's orphanage/school when he was seven years old. Brother Matthias Boutlier was the head of discipline at St. Mary's school and first introduced Ruth to the game of baseball. Matthias also acted like a father figure to Ruth. Ruth played against Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1913, and gained the attention of Jack Dunn, owner and manager of the then minor-league Baltimore Orioles, and later got signed to his team.

on July 9, 1914, Dunn signed Ruth and two other players to Joe Lannin with the Boston Red Sox. Ruth played for the Red Socks for about six years, then got signed to the New York Yankees for about 14 years, and then, finally, got signed to the Boston Braves for 1 year.

.342 -- Batting Average

714 -- Home Runs

2,873 -- Hits

2.217 -- Runs Batted In

94-46 -- Win-Loss Record

2.28 -- Earned Run Average