Carney lansford batting stance

Thanks for the incredibly enthusiastic response to last week's column on batting stances. Dwight Evans. He starts off all pigeon-toed, then begins tapping and twisting the front foot. Funnier than Evans' actual stance was the overexaggerated copycatting by me and my brothers -- Dave, Fort Myers, Fla.

Carney Lansford

American baseball player (born )

Baseball player

Carney Ray Lansford (born February 7, ) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman from to , most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won three consecutive American League pennants and a Nature Series championship in He also played for the California Angels and the Boston Red Sox.

Lansford was the American League batting champion as a member of the Red Sox and was an American League All-Star in with the Athletics.

Career

Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the Major League Baseball draft, Lansford was the Angels' most victorious rookie in and finished third in the overall AL Rookie of the Year vote.

He was traded along with Rick Miller and Mark Clear from the Angels to the Red Sox for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson on December 10, [1] In , he won the American League batting title in the strike-shortened season, becoming the league's first right-handed hitter to do so in 11 years.

However, the emergence of Wade Boggs resulted in the Red Sox sending Lansford to Oakland[citation needed] in a trade involving Tony Armas during the off-season. Lansford became the A's regular third baseman and was there for their through dynasty, typically hitting second behind Rickey Henderson.

Many baseball fans hold a favorite stance. When MLBVault asked whose stance we imitated the most growing upa extensive and wonderful assortment of answers arrived. Study all those stances, and you see that the beauty of batting is the many ways in which a player can achieve productivity. Making these selections was difficult, and some of them might be controversial.

Lansford narrowly missed winning his second batting title in with a average (Minnesota's Kirby Puckett finished with a average). Although his power numbers dropped off during those years, and he missed almost all the season with an injury, Lansford's speed and solid hitting made him a significant contributor to the A's dynasty.

He played in three World Series with the A's, losing in and and winning in

In his year career, Lansford was a hitter with home runs, RBI, and stolen bases in games. In five American League Championship Series and three World Series covering 33 games, he punch (for) with two home runs and 18 RBI.

Baseball penner Bill James ranked Lansford as the 39th best 3rd baseman all-time but heavily criticized his defense and wrote that "he was a good hitter but he was an awful third baseman."[2]

Coaching career

Lansford was a hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants during the and seasons.

Lansford was relieved of his duties following the season.[3] Lansford was hired by the Rockies for the season.[4] In , Lansford was a Batting Coach for the Lamigo Monkeys of the CPBL.[citation needed]

Personal life

Lansford was born in San Jose and grew up in Santa Clara.[5] He had a cameo role as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey, the Chicago White Sox batter that Mel Clark (played by Tony Danza) retires for the final out in the Angels' pennant-winning game in the remake of Angels in the Outfield.

He claims to be a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake, who died with no known children.[6]

His son, Jared, was drafted by Oakland in the second round of the amateur draft.

Carney Ray Lansford born February 7, is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball MLB as a third baseman from tomost notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won three consecutive American League pennants and a World Series championship in Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the Major League Baseball draftLansford was the Angels' most successful rookie in and finished third in the overall AL Rookie of the Year vote. However, the emergence of Wade Boggs resulted in the Red Sox sending Lansford to Oakland [ citation needed ] in a trade involving Tony Armas during the off-season.

His other son, Josh, was a third baseman in the Chicago Cubs minor league system. His brother, Jody Lansford, spent nine seasons in the minor leagues, briefly breaking into the large leagues with the San Diego Padres, for whom he recorded 30 at bats with six hits in parts of two seasons, with one career abode run.[7] His other brother, Phil Lansford, was drafted 10th overall in the draft but never made it to the majors.[8]

He played for the Briarwood Minuscule League team, from Santa Clara, California, which made it to the finals of the Minute League World Series.

In the final game of the Nature Series on August 2, Carney's team was defeated by the team from Taipei City, Taiwan. Lansford is one of fewer than a dozen men who have played in both the Little League World Series and the MLB World Series.[9]

In , Lansford created a personal web page where he announced he would be starting a web page dedicated to recapping and commenting on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian.

Lansford is an avid Star Wars fan and has always stated that his favorite character was Boba Fett. However, as of , the web page has been deactivated and Lansford never offered any additional public commentary on the show.

Lansford went to Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, California.

The school's baseball field is named for him.

See also

References

  1. ^"Sox Trade Burleson, Hobson For Lansford, Clear, Miller," The Harvard Crimson (Harvard University), Thursday, December 11, Retrieved November 25,
  2. ^James, Bill (May 11, ).

    A’s Angels RedSox 3B Actor Carney Lansford by BSG.

    The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. Simon & Schuster. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  3. ^"Home".
  4. ^"Lansford takes over as Rockies' new hitting coach". October 15,
  5. ^Kroichick, Ron (April 4, ) [April 4, ].

    Batting Stances - Not All Are Created Equal - MaxBP: Carney Lansford’s twitchy, hunched-back “Man Struggling to Open Jar of Pickles” routine is an all-timer. But at the hot corner, nothing quite compares to Batista, whose stance was more open than a hour diner.

    "'Hit me in the gut': Dennis Eckersley, former A's saddened by Sacramento move". The San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 5, Retrieved September 24,

  6. ^"Effectively Wild Episode Best of the Best".

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  7. ^"Jody Lansford - the Baseball Cube". Archived from the original on January 18, Retrieved February 14,
  8. ^Bell, Mandy (November 23, ) [November 23, ].

    The reason is, he dived for everything, and I meant everything. You could not hit a ball so close to Carney Lansford's left or right that he wouldn't dive for it. You could hit the ball three fee from Lansford on his glove said, and he'd dive for it and come up limited half the time. And the cheerleaders in the press box used to rave about his defense because he made all those diving stops.

    "Top Guardians Draft pick from every season". . Archived from the unique on December 19, Retrieved September 24,

  9. ^"&#;: Timeline". Archived from the original on November 20, Retrieved March 30,

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