During his playing career, Vern Law earned the nickname “Deacon” for his clean Mormon lifestyle. Nicknamed the “Preacher” by his teammates because of his deep religious beliefs. He was largely responsible for the Pirates’ World...
He was born in Boise, Idaho, the son of Vern Law . Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 38th round of the 1978 amateur draft. He began his Major League baseball career two years later. He was traded to the White Sox in March 1982 and became Chicago’s...
Washington Senators Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals Born in Payette, Idaho. He began his Major League baseball career in 1954. The “Killer” hit 573 career home runs and more than 40 home runs during a single season on eight separate occasions. He...
Born in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Wally Joyner became a Major League Baseball player at the age of 24. The California Angels drafted him in the 1983 amateur draft and he made his major league debut in 1986 for the same club (which later became the Anaheim Angels)....
He is from Atherton, California. The Texas Rangers picked him out of high school in the 18th round of the June 1994 draft, but he decided to go to college at the University of California Berkeley on a baseball scholarship. In 1996, he served a mission in Spain. ...
Elliot Johnson now lives in a world where he gets in trouble if he carries his own luggage up to his hotel room. Such is life in Major League Baseball for the Thatcher native who was born in Safford. Johnson has been on a meteoric rise throughout the minor leagues...
