13-1070: [REDACTED] Look up porky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Porky may refer to: As a nickname [ edit ] Frank Biscan (1920–1959), Major League Baseball pitcher Gordon Brown (Canadian football) (born 1927), Canadian Football League retired player Porky Chedwick , Pittsburgh radio disk jockey of the 1950s and 1960s Edward "Porky" Cragg (1919–1943), American World War II fighter ace Dan Flynn (boxer) (1888–1946), American boxer Porky Freeman (1916–2001), American Western swing performer, bandleader, and songwriter Rafael López Aliaga , Peruvian politician Paul Morgan (rugby league, died 2001) (died 2001), Australian rugby league player and businessman Ed Oliver (golfer) (1916–1961), American golfer George Peckham , British record engineer Hal Reniff (1938–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher Alex Romeril (1882–1968), Canadian hockey and football player, and first coach of
26-453: A relief pitcher ) and 148 1 ⁄ 3 innings pitched , Biscan allowed 170 hits and 104 bases on balls , with 64 strikeouts . He recorded one complete game and four saves . In the minor leagues , Biscan won 26 of 30 decisions for the 1940 Lima Pandas of the Class D Ohio State League , and won 17 games for three consecutive seasons (1950–52). From 1942 to 1945 Biscan served in
39-471: A 1981 sex comedy film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Porky . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porky&oldid=1257824392 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Nicknames Hidden categories: Short description
52-582: A character from the Mother video game series Other uses [ edit ] Porky (novel) , a 1983 novel by Deborah Moggach Porky ( Stephanolepis auratus ), a species of fish - see Stephanolepis Porky the Poet was a stage name used by the comedian Phil Jupitus early in his career See also [ edit ] "Porkies", the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan Porky's ,
65-703: A specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada consists of the National League (founded in 1876) and the American League (founded in 1901). Historically, teams in one league never played teams in the other until the World Series , in which the champions of the two leagues played against each other. This changed in 1997 with
78-634: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frank Biscan Frank Stephen Biscan (March 13, 1920 – May 22, 1959) was an American professional baseball player , a left-handed pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns in parts of three seasons (1942; 1946; 1948). Nicknamed "Porky", he was listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg). In 74 MLB games (all but four as
91-764: The Commissioner of Baseball . Operating outside the Minor League Baseball organization are many independent minor leagues such as the Atlantic League , American Association , Frontier League , and the feeder league to these the Empire Professional Baseball League . Japan has had professional baseball since the 1930s. Nippon Professional Baseball consists of two leagues, the Central League and
104-730: The Pacific League , each with six teams. South Korea has had professional baseball since 1982. There are 10 teams in KBO League . Taiwan has had professional baseball since the 1990s. The Chinese Professional Baseball League absorbed Taiwan Major League in 2003. There are currently 6 teams in the CPBL. Other Asian leagues include three now defunct leagues, the China National Baseball League , Israel Baseball League , and Baseball Philippines . During
117-489: The United States Navy during World War II. He died from heart disease at the age of 39 in St. Louis, Missouri . This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1920s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for
130-619: The Toronto Maple Leafs John Zancocchio (born 1958), New York mobster Fictional characters [ edit ] Porky Pig , a character from Looney Tunes Porky, a character in Our Gang Porky, the title character of Porky's , a 1982 Canadian film Silvester "Porky" Broadway, a character from Lassie Porky Pine, a character in the Pogo comic strip by Walt Kelly Porky Minch ,
143-469: The United States and Canada. The minor leagues are divided into classes AAA, AA, High-A, A, and Rookie. These minor-league divisions are affiliated with major league teams, and serve to develop young players and rehabilitate injured major-leaguers. "Affiliated baseball" (archaically, " organized baseball ") is often applied as an umbrella term for all leagues — major and minor — under the authority of
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#1732772799337156-556: The advent of interleague play . The Philadelphia Phillies , founded in 1883, are the oldest continuous same-name, same-city franchise in both Major League Baseball and all of American professional sports. In addition to the major leagues, many North American cities and towns feature minor league teams. An organization officially styled Minor League Baseball , formerly the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, oversees nearly all minor league baseball in
169-594: The late 19th and early 20th centuries, players of black African descent were barred from playing the major leagues , though several did manage to play by claiming to be Cubans or Native Americans . As a result, a number of parallel Negro leagues were formed. However, after Jackie Robinson began playing with the major-league Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the Negro leagues gradually faded. The process of integration did not go entirely smoothly; there were some ugly incidents, including pitchers who would try to throw directly at
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