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A cup of coffee is North American sports terminology for a short time spent by a minor league player at the major league level. Minor leagues are professional Sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports The idea behind the term is that the player was only in the big leagues long enough to have a cup of coffee before being returned to the minors, or simply to describe a brief stint served with a professional team. CoFFEE is an Open source Software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL in a digital classroom The term originated in baseball, but is extensively used in ice hockey, and occasionally, though rarely, in basketball. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m

One example of how this term is used in a sentence was during the 1996 film The Fan, in which the lead character, a middle-aged former pitcher, says, "I was in the bigs for a cup of coffee myself until my arm went south. The Fan is a 1996 American Thriller film starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. "

Notable baseball cups of coffee

One well-known variant of the cup of coffee is the September call-up, in which major-league clubs call up additional players to the big leagues from the minors on Sept. Major League Baseball transactions are changes made to the roster of a major league team during or after the season 1, when rosters expand from 25 players to 40. This is by definition a cup of coffee, because September is the last month of the baseball season. Notable players who made their debuts in September include Mike Piazza (21 games in September 1992)^[1] and Baseball Hall of Fame member Ryne Sandberg (13 games with the 1981 Philles). Michael Joseph Piazza (pʰiˈɑːʦə or /pʰiˈɑːzə/ born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former American Ryne Dee Sandberg (born September 18 1959 in Spokane Washington) nicknamed "Ryno" is a former Second baseman in Major League Baseball who ^[2]

Francisco Rodríguez made his big-league debut by pitching 5 2/3 innings in September for the Anaheim Angels. Francisco "Frankie" José Rodriguez (born January 7 1982 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball player The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Included on the Angels' postseason roster as a replacement for an injured player, he won five playoff games for Anaheim and helped them to a victory in the 2002 World Series, all before he won a regular-season game in the majors. The World Series was the 98th edition of the Fall Classic held from October 19-27 2002

Another famous baseball player who made his debut with a cup of coffee was Shoeless Joe Jackson, who played five games in 1908, five more in 1909, and twenty games in 1910 before finally making the bigs for good in 1911. Joseph Jefferson Jackson ( July 16, 1888 &ndash December 5, 1951) nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American ^[3]

For many players, a cup of coffee is all they ever get in the major leagues. Notable cups of coffee include:

• Walter Alston. Walter Emmons Alston ( December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984) nicknamed "Smokey" was an American Baseball player Alston struck out in his only career at-bat for the 1936 St. Louis Cardinals. He would go on to manage the Dodgers for 23 years in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, winning seven pennants and four World Series championships. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. He entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. ^[4]
• Fred Chapman and Joe Nuxhall. Fred Chapman, born Frederick Joseph Chapman, ( 24 November 1872 – 14 December 1957) was the youngest professional Baseball Joseph Henry Nuxhall ( July 30 1928 &ndash November 15 2007) was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball Chapman, born November 24, 1872, was fourteen years and eight months old when he pitched the only game of his career for the Philadelphia Athletics on July 22, 1887. This article is about the 1882-1890 Philadelphia Athletics baseball team Chapman is the youngest player in MLB history. Nuxhall set the modern-day record by appearing in one game for the 1944 Reds at the age of fifteen. (Nuxhall came back in 1952 and had a 14-year career. )^[5][6]
• Detroit Tigers replacement team. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA When Ty Cobb was suspended for fighting a fan in the stands, sixteen members of the Tigers voted to go on strike in support of Cobb. Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18 1886 – July 17 1961 nicknamed " The Georgia Peach," was a baseball player and is regarded by historians Unable to field a team for their May 18, 1912 game in Philadelphia, the Tigers scrounged up nine replacement players from around the city. Philadelphia drubbed the replacement Tigers 24-2. Pitcher Allan Travers went the whole game for Detroit, giving up 24 runs (a modern-day record), 14 of which were earned. Aloysius Joseph "Allan" Travers, aka Rev Aloysius Stanislaus Travers ( May 7, 1892 – April 19, 1968) was a Major ^[7] Of the nine replacement players, the only one to ever appear in a big-league game again was Billy Maharg, who made it back for one more game in 1916^[8] (and later was one of the fixers behind the Black Sox Scandal). William Joseph Maharg, also known as William Joseph Graham (March 19 1881 - November 20 1953 has three distinct historical connections with Major League Baseball The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The real Tigers, threatened by American League president Ban Johnson with lifetime bans, came back for their next game. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson ( January 5, 1864 &ndash March 28, 1931) was an American executive in Professional baseball ^[9]
• Eddie Gaedel. Edward Carl "Eddie" Gaedel ( June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) born in Chicago Illinois, was an American Gaedel, who was three feet, seven inches tall, was put on the roster of the 1951 St. Louis Browns by maverick owner Bill Veeck and sent into a game as a pinch-hitter on August 19. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. William Louis Veeck Jr (ˈvɛk rhymes with "wreck" February 9 1914 &ndash January 2 1986) also known as " Sport Shirt His uniform number was 1/8. The promotional stunt ended when pitcher Bob Cain, throwing at the smallest strike zone of all time, walked Gaedel on four pitches. Robert Max Cain ( October 16, 1924 - April 8, 1997) was a left-handed pitcher in Major Major League Baseball voided Gaedel's contract the next day and he never appeared in a game again. ^[10]
• Moonlight Graham. Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham ( November 12 1877 &ndash August 25 1965) was an American professional Baseball Graham was an outfielder who played two innings of one game on defense for the 1905 New York Giants, neither making a putout nor getting a chance to bat. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. He would leave baseball and enjoy a long career as a doctor in Chisholm, Minnesota. Chisholm is a city in St Louis County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 4960 at the 2000 census His story was made famous when author W.P. Kinsella included it in his novel Shoeless Joe, which was then adapted into the hit movie Field of Dreams. William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC (born May 25, 1935) is a Canadian Novelist and short story writer who is well-known for Shoeless Joe is a Fantasy Novel by W P Kinsella. It became much better known because of its film adaptation Field of Dreams Field of Dreams is a 1989 American fantasy / Drama film, directed and adapted by Phil Alden Robinson from the novel (Graham's story is reported incorrectly in the movie and in other sources. Contra the film's assertion that Graham only played one half-inning, the Society for American Baseball Research discovered that he actually played two innings. The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown New York, in August 1971 Also, there was at least one base hit to the outfield while Graham was in the game, so he might have gotten the chance to field a ball in play. )^[11][12][13]
• Adam Greenberg. Greenberg was a Chicago Cubs farmhand who got called up in 2005. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. In his big-league debut, on July 9, Greenberg was hit in the head with the first and to date only pitch he ever saw in the majors. ^[14][15]
• Bumpus Jones. Charles Leander (Bumpus Jones ( January 1, 1870 &ndash June 25, 1938) was a right handed Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball Jones made his major-league debut on October 15, 1892, the last day of the season, for the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Jones threw a no-hitter. In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting He pitched in twelve more games in 1893 and then was gone from the majors forever. ^[16]
• John Paciorek. John Francis Paciorek (born February 11, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American Baseball player with three career Paciorek played one game with the 1963 Houston Colt .45's on the last day of the season. The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. He came to the plate five times, and did the following: two walks, three singles, three RBI, four runs scored, career batting average and on-base-percentage of 1. 000. Of the 27 players in MLB history with batting averages of 1. 000, Paciorek is one of only two with three at-bats;^[17] the other, José Morales of the 2007 Twins, is still active in minor-league baseball. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ^[18]
• St. Paul White Caps. The St Paul White Caps were a replacement team in the short-lived Major League Baseball league the Union Association, in 1884. In 1884, the Union Association began operation as a third major league and rival to the two major leagues of the day, the National League and American Association. The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891 However, the league faced multiple problems, including an uneven distribution of talent (the league champion St. Louis Maroons went 94-19) and poor attendance in a country that suddenly was oversaturated with baseball teams. The St Louis Maroons were a professional Baseball club based in St As the season wore on, teams began to fold, and the league scrounged around for replacements. The last of these replacements were the minor-league White Caps, an entire team that got a cup of coffee when they were invited into the Union Association. They played exactly nine games, all on the road, at the end of the season. The White Caps went 2-6-1. Three other UA teams played 25 games or less, with the White Caps playing the fewest. The Union Association folded in January 1885. ^[19]
• Moses Fleetwood Walker and Welday Walker. Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker ( October 7 1857 &ndash May 11 1924) was an American Major League Baseball player Welday Wilberforce Walker ( July 27 1860 &ndash November 23 1937) was an American Left fielder in Major League Baseball Moses Walker played 42 games for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings. The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league Baseball team in Toledo Ohio in 1883. His brother Welday also played for Toledo that year, debuting after Moses and playing for six games. The Walker brothers are the first known Black major league baseball players, predating Jackie Robinson by 63 years. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ^[20][21] The Toledo franchise folded after 1884 and player boycotts (Cap Anson being a ringleader) upheld baseball's color barrier. Adrian Constantine Anson ( April 17 1852 &ndash April 14 1922) known by the nicknames "Cap" (for "Captain" and (Recent research indicates that William Edward White, who played one game in 1879, proceeded the Walkers, although White's ethnicity can't be definitely determined and likely was not known to baseball authorities. William Edward White (1860-? played as a substitute in one Baseball game for the Providence Grays, on June 21, 1879. )^[22][23]
• Larry Yount. Lawrence King "Larry" Yount (born February 15, 1950 in Houston Texas) pitched for Major League Baseball 's Houston Astros Yount, the brother of Hall of Famer Robin Yount, appeared in a game without ever appearing in a game. Robin R Yount (jɔnt born September 16, 1955 in Danville Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with He was summoned from the bullpen to pitch the top of the ninth inning for the Houston Astros on September 15, 1971. The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Yount hurt his elbow while warming up and was removed from the game before ever throwing a pitch. He never made it back to the big leagues. By official rule, pitchers who leave the game due to injury after being announced are credited with a game appearance; thus Yount is listed as playing in one game despite never actually doing so. ^[24][25][26]

References and external links

1. ^ Mike Piazza Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ Ryne Sandberg Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. ^ Joe Jackson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. ^ Walter Alston Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. ^ Fred Chapman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
6. ^ Tenure and Age Records by Baseball Almanac
7. ^ Allan Travers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ Billy Maharg Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
9. ^ BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project
10. ^ Eddie Gaedel Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
11. ^ Moonlight Graham Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
12. ^ Field of Dreams Movie Site - Shoeless Joe Jackson
13. ^ SABR :|| SABR-Zine | The Real Moonlight Graham
14. ^ ESPN - Greenberg won't let dream slip away - MLB
15. ^ Adam Greenberg Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
16. ^ Bumpus Jones Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
17. ^ John Paciorek Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
18. ^ Jose Morales stats
19. ^ 1884 St. Paul Apostles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
20. ^ Walker, Moses Fleetwood - Negro Baseball Player
21. ^ Before Jackie: The Life And Times Of Moses Fleetwood Walker
22. ^ toledoblade.com - Prestige of 1st black major leaguer likely no longer belongs to Toledo
23. ^ ESPN - Was William Edward White really first? - MLB
24. ^ Whatever happened to Larry Yount?
25. ^ Larry Yount
26. ^ Neyer, Rob. Rob Neyer (born 1966 is a Baseball author and since 1996 a columnist for ESPN Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups. 2003, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743241746, p. 104.

• List of 'cups of coffee' at Baseball Reference--all the players in MLB history who appeared in exactly one game

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