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"Kevin Ray Tapani (born February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs from 1989 to 2001. Early life Tapani was raised in Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He quarterbacked Escanaba High School to the 1981 MHSAA Class A State Football Championship. Tapani then went on to attend Central Michigan University, where he was a star pitcher for the Chippewas from 1983 to 1986, finishing with a career record of 23-8, helping the Chippewas to three Mid- American Conference titles, and tossing a no-hitter against Eastern Michigan University in 1986. In 1985, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Tapani was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round of the 1985 MLB June amateur draft, but he did not sign. He was then selected on June 2, 1986 in the second round of the 1986 MLB June amateur draft by the Oakland Athletics. Tapani signed five days later and was assigned to Medford A's of the low Single-A Northwest League. However, he did not stay at Medford long, as after stops in Modesto and Huntsville, he made his final start of his first season in professional baseball pitching for the Triple-A Tacoma Tigers and finished the year a combined 8-2 with a 2.84 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 85 2/3 innings. In 1987, Tapani began at Single-A Modesto, despite dominating at the level the previous year, and turned in another good season with a 10-7 record, a 3.76 ERA, and 121 strikeouts in 148 1/3 innings. On December 11, a three-team trade was completed that saw Tapani and fellow A's minor league pitcher Wally Whitehurst move to the New York Mets, starter Bob Welch and reliever Matt Young move from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the A's, minor league pitcher Jack Savage go from the Dodgers to the New York Mets, shortstop Alfredo Griffin and closer Jay Howell move from the A's to the Dodgers, and reliever Jesse Orosco go from the Mets to the Dodgers. Following the trade, Tapani was again sent to single-A to start the 1988 season, but after three starts with the St. Lucie Mets in which he only allowed three earned runs in 19 innings, he was promoted to the Double-A Jackson Mets, where he went 5-1 in 24 appearances, including five starts. As fellow future Twin Rick Aguilera would see in his own climb to the major leagues, with no openings in the 1988 Mets starting rotation of Dwight Gooden, Bob Ojeda, Sid Fernandez, Ron Darling, and young phenom David Cone, even promising starters were groomed in minor league bullpens since this was the only way to crack the big league pitching staff. In 1989, Tapani went 7-5 with a 3.47 ERA for the Triple-A Tidewater Tides before being called up to the Mets in July. Major league career Tapani made his major league debut on July 4, 1989. He entered the game in the first inning after starter Bob Ojeda had given up eight runs to the Houston Astros while only getting two outs. Thrown into the fire, Tapani completed 4 1/3 innings while giving up two hits and three walks, and only allowing one more run. Over the next four weeks, he would only get into two more games, pitching a total of 7 2/3 innings in relief. On July 31, just prior to the end of the non-waiver trade deadline, Tapani was included in the blockbuster trade that sent 1988 A.L. Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola, who was vocal in his desire to get a big salary increase in free agency, from the Minnesota Twins to the Mets in exchange for major league swingman Rick Aguilera, minor league relievers Tim Drummond and Jack Savage, and phenom starter David West. Tapani was then thrown into the Twins' starting rotation and finished the 1989 season 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 32 2/3 innings. After his promising debut, Tapani was made a fixture of the rotation in 1990 and finished the season 12-8 with 4.07 ERA - good enough for fifth place in the AL Rookie of the Year balloting (a distant 131 votes behind the winner, Cleveland Indians' catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. He would follow up his rookie season with perhaps his best overall season in 1991, finishing 16-9 with only 40 walks and 135 strikeouts in 244 innings with 2.99 ERA - his lowest and only sub-3.00 ERA of his career. He then garnered enough Cy Young votes to finish a distant seventh behind winner Roger Clemens and teammates Scott Erickson and Jack Morris, who finished second and fourth respectively; he also won the 1991 World Series with the Twins. Over his seven seasons with the Twins, Tapani was a workhorse starter for the Twins, who averaged more than 13 wins and over 200 innings in his five full seasons. After suffering through three poor seasons (the beginning of what would be eight consecutive losing seasons) and looking at losing the soon to be free agent Tapani after the 1995 season, the Twins traded him on July 31 to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ron Coomer, Chris Latham, José Parra, and Greg Hansell. After finishing 4-2 down the stretch for the Dodgers, Tapani pitched in Game 3 against the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Divisional series and gave up three runs and four walks in 1/3 of an inning in relief of starter Hideo Nomo in a 10-1 loss that capped off the Reds' 3-0 sweep. After being granted free agency in December 1995, Tapani signed a one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox on February 3, 1996 and turned in another typical "Tapani" season for the Sox - finishing 13-10 with a 4.59 ERA and 150 strikeouts in 225 1/3 innings. After again being granted free agency following the 1996 season, Tapani moved across town and signed a five-year contract with the Cubs on December 13. On July 20, 1998 while playing for the Cubs, Tapani had perhaps the most memorable day of his career. Throwing eight innings against the Braves, he allowed three runs and topped it off by hitting a third inning grand slam off former Twins teammate Denny Neagle in an 11-4 romp over the Atlanta Braves. Tapani played his last game on September 27, 2001. His career record: 143 wins, 125 losses, and an ERA of 4.35. In 1998 with the Chicago Cubs, Tapani earned his best record of 19-9, though his ERA was 4.85. In 1991, with the Twins, Tapani had his lowest ERA of 2.99 to go with a 16-9 record and seventh place in the 1991 Cy Young Award voting. Personal life After retirement, Tapani returned to his home in Minnetonka, Minnesota to live with his wife, Sharon, and three children, Sarah (b 1991), Ryan (b 1994), and Luke (b 1996). In 1999, Tapani was elected as a member of the Central Michigan Athletics Hall of Fame. He has been involved with little league and youth baseball since his retirement including coaching both of his sons' teams. Currently Kevin is a high school baseball coach at Providence Academy in Plymouth, Minnesota. References External links *Kevin Tapani at Baseball Almanac 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Des Moines, Iowa American people of Finnish descent Medford A's players Modesto A's players Huntsville Stars players Tacoma Tigers players St. Lucie Mets players Jackson Mets players Tidewater Tides players Portland Beavers players Rockford Cubbies players Daytona Cubs players Orlando Rays players Iowa Cubs players New York Mets players Minnesota Twins players Los Angeles Dodgers players Chicago White Sox players Chicago Cubs players Baseball players from Michigan Central Michigan Chippewas baseball players Falmouth Commodores players Sportspeople from Minneapolis Sportspeople from Chicago "
"Martin Joseph "Marty" McManus (March 14, 1900 – February 18, 1966) was an American baseball player and manager. A native of Chicago, Illinois, McManus spent two years in the United States Army before beginning his professional baseball career in 1920. He played professional baseball for 22 years from 1920 to 1941, including 15 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a second baseman (927 games) and third baseman (725 games) for the St. Louis Browns (1920-1926), Detroit Tigers (1927-1931), Boston Red Sox (1931-1933), and Boston Braves (1934). He had four seasons in which he compiled a batting average above .300, including a .333 average in 1923 and a .320 average in 1930. He led the American League with 23 stolen bases in 1930 and with 44 doubles in 1925. In 15 major league seasons, he compiled a .289 batting average (1,926-for-6,660) with 1,008 runs scored, 401 doubles and 88 triples. McManus also served as a manager or player-manager with several baseball teams, beginning with the Boston Red Sox in 1932 and 1933. He was also a player-manager of the St. Paul Saints in 1935, the Tulsa Oilers in 1936, the Williamsport Grays in 1938 and 1939, the San Antonio Missions in 1940 and 1941, and the Denver Bears in 1947. He also served as a manager in the All- American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Kenosha Comets in 1944 and the South Bend Blue Sox in 1945 and 1948. In 1951, he led an effort to unionize professional baseball, football, and basketball players under the umbrella of the American Federation of Labor. Early years McManus was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1900. He was the son of Irish immigrants, Martin J. and Kate McManus. As a young man, he worked at a Chicago department store. He served in the United States Army in 1918 and 1919 and was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. Professional baseball =Minor leagues= McManus began his professional baseball career in 1920 with the Tulsa Oilers of the Western League. He compiled a .283 batting average and totaled 31 doubles, 11 triples and 10 home runs in 143 games with the Oilers in 1920. =St. Louis Browns= On August 12, 1920, McManus was sold by the Tulsa club to the St. Louis Browns. He appeared in only one game during the 1920 season, compiling one triple and one run batted in during three at bats on September 25, 1920. McManus became a regular player for the Browns from 1921 to 1926. In 1921, he appeared in 121 games, 96 at second base, 13 at third base, nine at first base, and two at shortstop, and compiled a .260 batting average, eight triples and 64 runs batted in. In 1922, McManus had perhaps his best major league season. He appeared in 154 games for the Browns, 153 of them as the Browns' starting second baseman. He compiled a .312 batting average and ranked among the American League leaders with 109 runs batted in (third), 189 hits (eighth), 278 total bases (eighth), 34 doubles (eighth), and 11 triples (10th). He also ranked as one of the league's top defensive second baseman with a 1.2 defensive WAR rating (third), 398 putouts at second base (third), 467 assists at second base (fourth), 102 double plays turned at second place (second), 32 errors at second base (first), and a 5.65 range factor rating at second base (second). The 1922 Browns team finished one game behind the pennant-winning Yankees, the closest McManus would ever come to the postseason. In 1923, McManus again appeared in 154 games for the Browns, 133 at second base and 20 at first base. He compiled a .309 batting average and .367 on-base percentage and finished 15th in the voting for the American League Most Valuable Player award. He ranked among the league's leaders with 60 extra base hits (fifth), 15 home runs (seventh), 94 runs batted in (seventh), a .481 slugging percentage (seventh), and 280 total bases (seventh). He also ranked among the leading defensive second basemen in the league with 386 putouts (third), 373 assists (fourth), 86 double plays turned (second), 32 errors (second), a .960 fielding percentage (fourth) and a 5.71 range factor per game (fourth). McManus held out at the start of the 1924 season, finally signing with the Browns in mid-April. He appeared in 123 games (119 at second base) for the 1924 Browns, compiled the best batting average of his career at .333 in 517 at bats, and led the American League with 44 doubles. After the 1924 season, McManus asked to be traded, but he remained with the Browns. McManus held out again in 1925, finally signing with the Browns in early April. He appeared in 154 games for the 1925 Browns, all at second base, and compiled a .288 batting average and .371 on-base percentage. He led the American League with 44 doubles and 69 strikeouts and finished 21st in the voting for the league's MVP award. He also ranked among the league's leaders with 65 extra base hits (fourth), 108 runs scored (seventh), 13 home runs (ninth), and 268 total bases (ninth). McManus spent his sixth full season with the Browns in 1926. He appeared in 149 games for the Browns, 84 at third base and 61 at second base. He compiled a .284 batting average and .350 on- base percentage and ranked 18th in the balloting for the American League Most Valuable Player award. He led the league with a 3.76 range factor rating per game at third base and ranked among the league's leaders with 102 runs scored (sixth), nine home runs (ninth), 62 strikeouts (fourth), and 18 double plays turned at third base (third). McManus also pulled off the hidden ball trick in his last season with the Browns. On June 30, 1926, with Ty Cobb coaching third base, McManus caught Hall of Famer Harry Heilmann with a hidden ball trick. =Detroit Tigers= On January 15, 1927, McManus was traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers in a multi-player deal. At the time of the trade, McManus expressed thanks for being traded away from the Browns and promised to play "his head off" to repay the Tigers for rendering a service in getting him released. McManus played a total of five years for Detroit, playing at every infield position. In his first year with the Tigers, he appeared in 108 games, 39 at shortstop, 35 at second base, 21 at third base, and six at first base, and compiled a .268 batting average. In 1928, he appeared in 139 games, 92 at third base and 45 at first base, and batted .288. In 1929, he became the Tigers' starting third baseman, started all 154 games for the club, and posted a .280 batting average. In July 1929, he hit two grand slams in three days for the Tigers. McManus had his best season for the Tigers in 1930. He appeared in 132 games, 130 at third base, and compiled a .320 batting average and .396 on- base percentage. He also led the American League with 23 stolen bases at age 30. After the 1930 season, McManus underwent surgery to remove a piece of muscle in his right knee. He was unable to bat during the early portion of spring training in 1931. He appeared in 107 games for the 1931 Tigers, 79 at third base and 21 at second base. However, his batting average dropped nearly 50 points from .320 to .271. McManus also developed into a solid third baseman during his years in Detroit. In 1930, he led American League third basemen in putouts (152), double plays (23), and fielding percentage (.966). He had 206 putouts at third base in 1929 — a total that has not been exceeded since that year by any Detroit third baseman. =Red Sox and Braves= On August 31, 1931, the Tigers traded McManus to the Boston Red Sox for Muddy Ruel. In 1932, the Red Sox compiled an 11-44 record through mid-June. On June 19, 1932, the team's manager, Shano Collins, resigned his position, stating that he was so discouraged he could not go on. Team president Bob Quinn asked Collins where he could find a replacement, and Collins suggested McManus. The Red Sox compiled a 32-67 record under McManus during the latter half of the 1932 season. McManus was a player-manager in 1932, appearing in 93 games, including 49 at second base and 30 at third base. In 1933, McManus returned to the Red Sox as player-manager. He appeared in 106 games, 76 at third base and 26 at second base, and compiled a .284 batting average and .369 on-base percentage. The 1933 Boston Red Sox compiled a 63-86 record under McManus, a 20-game improvement over the 1932 Red Sox. On October 2, 1933, the Red Sox gave McManus his unconditional release, and he was replaced as manager by Bucky Harris. =Dodgers and Braves= 1934 baseball card of McManus In January 1934, McManus was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He compiled a .340 batting average in exhibition games for the Dodgers, but first year manager Casey Stengel concluded that McManus was disgruntled at being with the Dodgers. Accordingly, on April 11, 1934, Stengel released McManus. McManus was then acquired on waivers by the Boston Braves. McManus appeared in 114 games for the Braves, 73 at second base and 37 at third base, and compiled a .276 batting average and a .330 on-base percentage. He appeared in his final major league game at age 34 on September 30, 1934. =Minor league manager= On December 7, 1934, McManus was hired as a player-manager for the St. Paul Saints in the American Association. He compiled a .275 batting average for St. Paul in 1935. On September 12, 1935, McManus announced that he would not return to the Saints in 1936. In 1936, he returned to the Tulsa Oilers, the team with which he began his professional baseball career, as player-manager. He compiled a .271 batting average for Tulsa in 101 games during the 1936 season. In 1937, McManus played third base for the Albany Senators in the New York–Pennsylvania League. He compiled a .244 batting average in 24 games before being released in early June. In December 1937, McManus was hired as player-manager of the Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League. He remained with Williamsport for two years through the 1938 and 1939 seasons. On February 17, 1940, he was hired as the manager of the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League. He remained with San Antonio for the 1940 and 1941 seasons. In 1943, McManus was employed as a sheet metal worker doing war work at a Chrysler plant in Chicago. In April 1944, McManus was hired to manage one of the clubs in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. He began his career in the league as the manager of the Kenosha Comets. He managed the Kenosha squad to the first half championship and lost to Milwaukee in the playoffs. In January 1945, McManus announced that he would return to Kenosha, having rejected an offer to return to men's baseball. He noted: "It is a lot of fun managing those girls. They know how to play the game, catch signals in a hurry and put everything they have into their play." He ended up as manager of the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1945. In 1946, he managed the Chicago Bloomer Girls. In February 1947, McManus was hired as the manager of the Denver Bears of the Western League. After compiling a 54-75 record with Denver in 1947, McManus resigned to return to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. In 1948, McManus ended his managerial career with the South Bend Blue Sox, the team he had coached in 1945. Later years McManus married Norma Ida Wahl on April 13, 1925,"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G989-QS8K?cc=2060668&wc;=Z3WK-2NL%3A352318101%2C1583613601 : 1 October 2019), St. Louis > Marriage records 1922-1925 vol 25-28 > image 720 of 905; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1951, McManus led an effort to unionize professional baseball, football, and basketball players under the umbrella of the American Federation of Labor. McManus died in 1966, shortly after undergoing cancer surgery, at Cochran Veterans Hospital in St.Louis, Missouri. He was 65 years old. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in St. Louis. See also * List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders * List of Major League Baseball annual stolen base leaders * List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders * List of Major League Baseball player-managers References 1900 births 1966 deaths Major League Baseball player-managers Major League Baseball second basemen American League stolen base champions St. Louis Browns players Detroit Tigers players Boston Red Sox players Boston Braves players Boston Red Sox managers Minor league baseball managers Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players St. Paul Saints (AA) players St. Paul Saints (AA) managers San Antonio Missions managers Albany Senators players Williamsport Grays players San Antonio Missions players All-American Girls Professional Baseball League managers Sportspeople from Chicago Sportspeople from St. Louis Baseball players from Illinois American people of Irish descent "
"Michelle Louise Tumes (born 1971) is an Australian contemporary Christian musician from Adelaide. In 1993, she moved to the United States and has released five studio albums, Listen (1998), Center of My Universe (2000), Dream (2001), Michelle Tumes (2006) and Christmas Is Here (2007). Career Michelle Louise Tumes was born in 1971 and grew up in Adelaide. She has a younger sister and younger brother. Tumes learned piano from the age of four years, and as a teenager was enrolled into a classical piano course. She first signed with an Australian publisher, but by 1993 had moved to the United States. She wrote songs for Christian contemporary musicians such as Jaci Velasquez and Jump5. In 1997 she signed with Sparrow Records, her debut album, Listen, was released in 1998. Her music has become popular worldwide, frequently being played on radio stations for the genre. Her style is a blend of soft acoustic pop with an ethereal element. She appeared on the Thomas Kinkade 2001 album, Music of Light, with Rob Mathes and Bill Miller. It included her 1998 hit, "Healing Waters", which was co-written by Tumes with Matt Husemann of Franklin, Tennessee. She also composed and performed songs in the movie No Greater Love. In 2015, she began working as the music director at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, California. Personal life Michelle Tumes married Douglas Higgins on 26 December 1999. Discography =Albums= *Listen (1998; Sparrow Records) *Center of My Universe (2000; Sparrow Records) *Dream (2001; Sparrow Records) * Very Best of Michelle Tumes (2006; Sparrow Records) *Michelle Tumes (2006; Levantar Records) *Christmas Is Here (2007; Levantar Records) *Greatest Hits (2008; EMI CMG Label Group) =Other appearances= * Hear and Beyond, Various Artists ("Listen") 1996 * Experiencing God, Various Artists ("All Your Works Are Wonderful") 1998 * Listen to Our Hearts Vol. 1, Various Artists ("What a Wondrous Love Is This" and "Heaven Will Be Near Me") 1998 * Get Real Music Sampler, Various Artists ("Heaven Will Be Near Me") 1998 * Heaven and Earth: A Tapestry of Worship, Various Artists ("For the Glory of Your Name" and "My Dwelling Place") 1999 * To Have & To Hold: 15 Songs of Love & Marriage, Various Artists ("My Constant Love") 1999 * Streams, Various Artists ("Hold On") 1999 * Thomas Kinkade: Music of Light (features Rob Mathes and Tumes) 2000 * Keep The Faith 2000, Various Artists ("He's Watching Over You") 2000 * The Mercy Project, Various Artists ("Sanctuary") 2000 * Hear It First New Music Sampler, Various Artists ("Dream") 2001 * Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs of Keith Green, Various Artists ("There Is a Redeemer") 2002 * Lost in Wonder: Voices of Worship (features Tumes, Susan Ashton and Christine Dente) 2005 * The Wonderful Cross, Various Artists ("In Christ Alone" and "Beautiful Savior (All My Days)") 2007 * 90's Ultimate Collection, Various Artists ("For the Glory of Your Name") 2007 * The Worship Lounge, Various Artists ("Your Love Falls Down") 2008 * Worship for the Evening, Various Artists (For the Glory of Your Name" and "Love Falls Down") 2008 * Be Still & Know: Peaceful Voices for Quite Moments Various Artists ("Christ of Hope") 2009 * Meditate & Worship, Various Artists ("He's Watching Over You") 2009 * No Greater Love (Soundtrack) 2009 References External links * *[ Michelle Tumes] at Allmusic 1971 births Living people Australian performers of Christian music Musicians from Adelaide 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers "