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Mo Vaughn
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Mo Vaughn

First base

Born: December 15, 1967 (1967-12-15) (age 39)
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 27, 1991
for the Boston Red Sox
Final game
May 2, 2003
for the New York Mets
Career statistics
Batting Average .293
Home Runs 328
RBIs 1064
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1991�1998)
Anaheim Angels (1999�2001)
New York Mets (2002�2003)

Career highlights and awards
All-Star (AL): 1995, 1996, 1998
American League MVP: 1995
Silver Slugger (AL 1B): 1995
Led AL in Intentional Walks (1994)
Led AL in RBI (1995)
Led AL in Times on Base (1996) Mo Vaughn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Mo Vaughn

First base

Born: December 15, 1967 (1967-12-15) (age 39)
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 27, 1991
for the Boston Red Sox
Final game
May 2, 2003
for the New York Mets
Career statistics
Batting Average .293
Home Runs 328
RBIs 1064
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1991�1998)
Anaheim Angels (1999�2001)
New York Mets (2002�2003)

Career highlights and awards
All-Star (AL): 1995, 1996, 1998
American League MVP: 1995
Silver Slugger (AL 1B): 1995
Led AL in Intentional Walks (1994)
Led AL in RBI (1995)
Led AL in Times on Base (1996)
Boston Red Sox Career Leader in Hit By Pitch (71)


Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut), nicknamed "Hit Dog", (a nickname given to him by his Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers at Seton Hall University) was a Major League Baseball first baseman from 1991 to 2003. Vaughn won the American League MVP award in 1995 and was a key factor in the Boston Red Sox's 1995 and 1998 playoff teams.

He was noted for "crowding the plate"; his stance was such that his front elbow (protected by plastic armor) often appeared to be hovering in the strike zone, which intimidated pitchers into throwing wide and outside. The office of the Commissioner of Baseball issued directives to the umpires that put emphasis on calling the strike zone as it is defined in the rule book, with particular emphasis on the "high strike".

Contents
1 Very Early career
2 Best years
3 Last season with the Sox
4 Anaheim and beyond
5 Post playing career
6 Trivia
7 Accomplishments
8 Teams
9 See also
10 References
11 External links



[edit] Very Early career
A young stocky Mo played his first organized baseball game in the Cranbury League of Norwalk,Ct on a team sponsored by and called "Village Green Realty".(1975)

Vaughn was given the nickname 'Mo' while attending Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York.He was not actually born lefty but his grandmother, who raised him, was lefty and taught him how to bat. A 12-varsity letter athlete (in football, basketball, and baseball), he was given the nickname by basketball and baseball coach Miles Hubbard. Mo Vaughn was inducted into Trinity-Pawling's Hall of Fame in 2006. He gave a speech during the ceremony and would later sign autographs for the students.

In the summer of 1988, while attending Seton Hall, Vaughn played first base for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. His teammates included future MLB All-Stars Chuck Knoblauch and Craig Biggio, as well as John Valentin, who was his teammate on the Red Sox and Mets.

Vaughn was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1989 amateur draft and made his Major league debut on June 27, 1991.


[edit] Best years
Vaughn became the center of the Red Sox's line-up in 1993, hitting 29 home runs and contributing 101 RBIs. In 1995, he established a reputation as one of the most feared hitters in the American League when he hit 39 home runs with 126 RBIs and a .300 average. He also garnered 11 stolen bases, although he was considerably slimmer earlier on. His efforts, which led the Red Sox to the playoffs (only to lose to the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series), were rewarded with the American League MVP award.

Vaughn continued to improve over the next several seasons, batting .315 or higher from 1996 to 1998 and averaging 40 home runs and 118 RBIs. The Red Sox lost in the American League Division Series in 1998, once again to the Cleveland Indians, although Vaughn played well, hitting two home runs and driving in seven runs in game one.


[edit] Last season with the Sox
Though Vaughn's powerful personality and extensive charity work made him a popular figure in Boston, he had many issues with the Red Sox management and local media; his disagreements with Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy and Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette were particularly acute. As an outspoken clubhouse leader, Vaughn repeatedly stated that the conservative Sox administration did not want him around. Incidents in which he allegedly punched a man in the mouth outside of a nightclub and crashed his truck while returning home from a strip club in Providence led to further rifts with the administration. Vaughn formed a formidable middle of the lineup with shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. The two combined for 75 home runs in 1998, Vaughn's final year with the club.

Vaughn hit a walkoff grand slam in the ninth inning of Opening Day at Fenway Park against the Seattle Mariners in 1998. Despite this auspicious start, the season was filled with acrimony, as Vaughn and the Sox administration sniped at each other throughout the year. After the Cleveland Indians knocked Boston out of the playoffs in the first round, Vaughn became a free agent. Almost immediately, he signed a six-year, $88-million deal with the Anaheim Angels, the highest contract in the game at that time. The Red Sox made little effort to retain him.


[edit] Anaheim and beyond
While he hit well for Anaheim when he played―he hit 30-plus home runs and knocked in over 100 runs in both 1999 and 2000―Vaughn was plagued by injuries in 1999 and didn't play a single game in the 2001 season. He started his Anaheim career by falling down the visitor's dugout steps on his first play of his first game, badly spraining his ankle. Vaughn was nevertheless seen as a viable middle of the line-up producer prior to the 2002 season and was traded to the New York Mets on December 27, 2001 for Kevin Appier.

Following Vaughn's departure from Anaheim, Angels closer Troy Percival took a shot at him saying "We may miss Mo's bat, but we won't miss his leadership. Darin Erstad is our leader." This prompted the normally mild-mannered Vaughn to go off on a profanity-laced tirade, saying that Percival and the Angels "ain't done (expletive) in this game." He remarked "They ain't got no flags hanging at friggin' Edison Field, so the hell with them." Ironically, Angels would go on to win the World Series that year and hang a flag on that field.

With the Mets, Vaughn was unable, however, to resurrect his glory days of Boston or kick the injuries which had been nagging him. In 2003, after a poor 2002 season, Vaughn played only 27 games because of a left knee injury. He was advised by several doctors that attempting to play baseball again might lead to disability. These diagnoses put a close to Vaughn's career.


[edit] Post playing career
He now owns and operates the Mo Vaughn Hit Dog baseball clinic and Hot Dog Stand, which runs at Tufts University.

He currently owns and operates OMNI New York LLC which has bought and rehabilitated 1,142 units of distressed housing in the New York metropolitan area. The company also manages these properties to provide low cost housing using government tax credits. He recently purchased the Noble Drew Ali Plaza in Brownsville, Brooklyn for $21 million, and plans to add massive security upgrades and renovate it.[1] He has also been involved in refurbishing the Whitney Young Manor in Yonkers, New York, a development first constructed by a company owned by his hero Jackie Robinson. Besides the New York metropolitan area, his company is also involved in projects in Cheyenne, Miami and Las Vegas and has expressed an interest in Boston.[2]


[edit] Trivia
July 11, 1994 was declared Mo Vaughn Day in the City of Boston by mayor Thomas Menino.
Vaughn wore the number 42 throughout his career in honor of Jackie Robinson. In 1997 Robinson's number was retired throughout the Major Leagues, but a grandfather clause enabled Vaughn to continue to wear it for the remainder of his career. Mariano Rivera, closer for the New York Yankees is the only current player to wear number 42, and will be the last player in the history of the league to wear that number.
When playing for Seton Hall in college, Vaughn hit a home run that broke the window of a pharmacy an estimated 400 feet to left-center field.
In 2002, after being traded from the Anaheim Angels to the New York Mets, Mo Vaughn stated that he was happy to get off of the sinking ship that was the Angels. Ironically the Angels would go on to win their first World Series Championship that season.
His cousin is fellow major league baseball player Greg Vaughn.
His work at the OMNI New York LLC was featured on the episode of Outside the Lines.

[edit] Accomplishments
All-Star (1995, 1996, 1998)
American League MVP award winner (1995)
Finished 4th in American League MVP voting (1998)
Finished 5th in American League MVP voting (1996)

[edit] Teams
Boston Red Sox (1991-1998)
Anaheim Angels (1999-2000)
New York Mets (2002-2003)

[edit] See also
Top 500 home run hitters of all time
List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

[edit] References
^ RICH CALDER (2007-01-10). MO'S THE MAN OF THE HOUSE. New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
^ Stan Grossfeld (2007-06-17). Vaughn is in rebuilding mode. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.

[edit] External links
Mo Vaughn's career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
USA Today article
Accomplishments
Preceded by
Kirby Puckett American League RBI Champion
1995
(with Albert Belle) Succeeded by
Albert Belle
Preceded by
Frank Thomas American League Most Valuable Player
1995 Succeeded by
Juan González
Preceded by
Frank Thomas American League Player of the Month
May, 1996 Succeeded by
Mark McGwire



Categories: 1967 births | Living people | American League All-Stars | American League RBI champions | American baseball players | Anaheim Angels players | Boston Red Sox players | Major league first basemen | Major league players from Connecticut | New York Mets players | People from Norwalk, Connecticut | People from Boston, Massachusetts | People from Manhattan | People from New York City | African American sportspeople

Mo Vaughn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Mo Vaughn

First base

Born: December 15, 1967 (1967-12-15) (age 39)
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 27, 1991
for the Boston Red Sox
Final game
May 2, 2003
for the New York Mets
Career statistics
Batting Average .293
Home Runs 328
RBIs 1064
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1991�1998)
Anaheim Angels (1999�2001)
New York Mets (2002�2003)

Career highlights and awards
All-Star (AL): 1995, 1996, 1998
American League MVP: 1995
Silver Slugger (AL 1B): 1995
Led AL in Intentional Walks (1994)
Led AL in RBI (1995)
Led AL in Times on Base (1996)
Boston Red Sox Career Leader in Hit By Pitch (71)


Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut), nicknamed "Hit Dog", (a nickname given to him by his Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers at Seton Hall University) was a Major League Baseball first baseman from 1991 to 2003. Vaughn won the American League MVP award in 1995 and was a key factor in the Boston Red Sox's 1995 and 1998 playoff teams.

He was noted for "crowding the plate"; his stance was such that his front elbow (protected by plastic armor) often appeared to be hovering in the strike zone, which intimidated pitchers into throwing wide and outside. The office of the Commissioner of Baseball issued directives to the umpires that put emphasis on calling the strike zone as it is defined in the rule book, with particular emphasis on the "high strike".

Contents
1 Very Early career
2 Best years
3 Last season with the Sox
4 Anaheim and beyond
5 Post playing career
6 Trivia
7 Accomplishments
8 Teams
9 See also
10 References
11 External links



[edit] Very Early career
A young stocky Mo played his first organized baseball game in the Cranbury League of Norwalk,Ct on a team sponsored by and called "Village Green Realty".(1975)

Vaughn was given the nickname 'Mo' while attending Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York.He was not actually born lefty but his grandmother, who raised him, was lefty and taught him how to bat. A 12-varsity letter athlete (in football, basketball, and baseball), he was given the nickname by basketball and baseball coach Miles Hubbard. Mo Vaughn was inducted into Trinity-Pawling's Hall of Fame in 2006. He gave a speech during the ceremony and would later sign autographs for the students.

In the summer of 1988, while attending Seton Hall, Vaughn played first base for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. His teammates included future MLB All-Stars Chuck Knoblauch and Craig Biggio, as well as John Valentin, who was his teammate on the Red Sox and Mets.

Vaughn was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1989 amateur draft and made his Major league debut on June 27, 1991.


[edit] Best years
Vaughn became the center of the Red Sox's line-up in 1993, hitting 29 home runs and contributing 101 RBIs. In 1995, he established a reputation as one of the most feared hitters in the American League when he hit 39 home runs with 126 RBIs and a .300 average. He also garnered 11 stolen bases, although he was considerably slimmer earlier on. His efforts, which led the Red Sox to the playoffs (only to lose to the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series), were rewarded with the American League MVP award.

Vaughn continued to improve over the next several seasons, batting .315 or higher from 1996 to 1998 and averaging 40 home runs and 118 RBIs. The Red Sox lost in the American League Division Series in 1998, once again to the Cleveland Indians, although Vaughn played well, hitting two home runs and driving in seven runs in game one.


[edit] Last season with the Sox
Though Vaughn's powerful personality and extensive charity work made him a popular figure in Boston, he had many issues with the Red Sox management and local media; his disagreements with Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy and Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette were particularly acute. As an outspoken clubhouse leader, Vaughn repeatedly stated that the conservative Sox administration did not want him around. Incidents in which he allegedly punched a man in the mouth outside of a nightclub and crashed his truck while returning home from a strip club in Providence led to further rifts with the administration. Vaughn formed a formidable middle of the lineup with shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. The two combined for 75 home runs in 1998, Vaughn's final year with the club.

Vaughn hit a walkoff grand slam in the ninth inning of Opening Day at Fenway Park against the Seattle Mariners in 1998. Despite this auspicious start, the season was filled with acrimony, as Vaughn and the Sox administration sniped at each other throughout the year. After the Cleveland Indians knocked Boston out of the playoffs in the first round, Vaughn became a free agent. Almost immediately, he signed a six-year, $88-million deal with the Anaheim Angels, the highest contract in the game at that time. The Red Sox made little effort to retain him.


[edit] Anaheim and beyond
While he hit well for Anaheim when he played―he hit 30-plus home runs and knocked in over 100 runs in both 1999 and 2000―Vaughn was plagued by injuries in 1999 and didn't play a single game in the 2001 season. He started his Anaheim career by falling down the visitor's dugout steps on his first play of his first game, badly spraining his ankle. Vaughn was nevertheless seen as a viable middle of the line-up producer prior to the 2002 season and was traded to the New York Mets on December 27, 2001 for Kevin Appier.

Following Vaughn's departure from Anaheim, Angels closer Troy Percival took a shot at him saying "We may miss Mo's bat, but we won't miss his leadership. Darin Erstad is our leader." This prompted the normally mild-mannered Vaughn to go off on a profanity-laced tirade, saying that Percival and the Angels "ain't done (expletive) in this game." He remarked "They ain't got no flags hanging at friggin' Edison Field, so the hell with them." Ironically, Angels would go on to win the World Series that year and hang a flag on that field.

With the Mets, Vaughn was unable, however, to resurrect his glory days of Boston or kick the injuries which had been nagging him. In 2003, after a poor 2002 season, Vaughn played only 27 games because of a left knee injury. He was advised by several doctors that attempting to play baseball again might lead to disability. These diagnoses put a close to Vaughn's career.


[edit] Post playing career
He now owns and operates the Mo Vaughn Hit Dog baseball clinic and Hot Dog Stand, which runs at Tufts University.

He currently owns and operates OMNI New York LLC which has bought and rehabilitated 1,142 units of distressed housing in the New York metropolitan area. The company also manages these properties to provide low cost housing using government tax credits. He recently purchased the Noble Drew Ali Plaza in Brownsville, Brooklyn for $21 million, and plans to add massive security upgrades and renovate it.[1] He has also been involved in refurbishing the Whitney Young Manor in Yonkers, New York, a development first constructed by a company owned by his hero Jackie Robinson. Besides the New York metropolitan area, his company is also involved in projects in Cheyenne, Miami and Las Vegas and has expressed an interest in Boston.[2]


[edit] Trivia
July 11, 1994 was declared Mo Vaughn Day in the City of Boston by mayor Thomas Menino.
Vaughn wore the number 42 throughout his career in honor of Jackie Robinson. In 1997 Robinson's number was retired throughout the Major Leagues, but a grandfather clause enabled Vaughn to continue to wear it for the remainder of his career. Mariano Rivera, closer for the New York Yankees is the only current player to wear number 42, and will be the last player in the history of the league to wear that number.
When playing for Seton Hall in college, Vaughn hit a home run that broke the window of a pharmacy an estimated 400 feet to left-center field.
In 2002, after being traded from the Anaheim Angels to the New York Mets, Mo Vaughn stated that he was happy to get off of the sinking ship that was the Angels. Ironically the Angels would go on to win their first World Series Championship that season.
His cousin is fellow major league baseball player Greg Vaughn.
His work at the OMNI New York LLC was featured on the episode of Outside the Lines.

[edit] Accomplishments
All-Star (1995, 1996, 1998)
American League MVP award winner (1995)
Finished 4th in American League MVP voting (1998)
Finished 5th in American League MVP voting (1996)

[edit] Teams
Boston Red Sox (1991-1998)
Anaheim Angels (1999-2000)
New York Mets (2002-2003)

[edit] See also
Top 500 home run hitters of all time
List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

[edit] References
^ RICH CALDER (2007-01-10). MO'S THE MAN OF THE HOUSE. New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
^ Stan Grossfeld (2007-06-17). Vaughn is in rebuilding mode. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.

[edit] External links
Mo Vaughn's career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
USA Today article
Accomplishments
Preceded by
Kirby Puckett American League RBI Champion
1995
(with Albert Belle) Succeeded by
Albert Belle
Preceded by
Frank Thomas American League Most Valuable Player
1995 Succeeded by
Juan González
Preceded by
Frank Thomas American League Player of the Month
May, 1996 Succeeded by
Mark McGwire



Categories: 1967 births | Living people | American League All-Stars | American League RBI champions | American baseball players | Anaheim Angels players | Boston Red Sox players | Major league first basemen | Major league players from Connecticut | New York Mets players | People from Norwalk, Connecticut | People from Boston, Massachusetts | People from Manhattan | People from New York City | African American sportspeople


Boston Red Sox Career Leader in Hit By Pitch (71)


Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut), nicknamed "Hit Dog", (a nickname given to him by his Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers at Seton Hall University) was a Major League Baseball first baseman from 1991 to 2003. Vaughn won the American League MVP award in 1995 and was a key factor in the Boston Red Sox's 1995 and 1998 playoff teams.

He was noted for "crowding the plate"; his stance was such that his front elbow (protected by plastic armor) often appeared to be hovering in the strike zone, which intimidated pitchers into throwing wide and outside. The office of the Commissioner of Baseball issued directives to the umpires that put emphasis on calling the strike zone as it is defined in the rule book, with particular emphasis on the "high strike".

Contents
1 Very Early career
2 Best years
3 Last season with the Sox
4 Anaheim and beyond
5 Post playing career
6 Trivia
7 Accomplishments
8 Teams
9 See also
10 References
11 External links



[edit] Very Early career
A young stocky Mo played his first organized baseball game in the Cranbury League of Norwalk,Ct on a team sponsored by and called "Village Green Realty".(1975)

Vaughn was given the nickname 'Mo' while attending Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York.He was not actually born lefty but his grandmother, who raised him, was lefty and taught him how to bat. A 12-varsity letter athlete (in football, basketball, and baseball), he was given the nickname by basketball and baseball coach Miles Hubbard. Mo Vaughn was inducted into Trinity-Pawling's Hall of Fame in 2006. He gave a speech during the ceremony and would later sign autographs for the students.

In the summer of 1988, while attending Seton Hall, Vaughn played first base for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. His teammates included future MLB All-Stars Chuck Knoblauch and Craig Biggio, as well as John Valentin, who was his teammate on the Red Sox and Mets.

Vaughn was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1989 amateur draft and made his Major league debut on June 27, 1991.


[edit] Best years
Vaughn became the center of the Red Sox's line-up in 1993, hitting 29 home runs and contributing 101 RBIs. In 1995, he established a reputation as one of the most feared hitters in the American League when he hit 39 home runs with 126 RBIs and a .300 average. He also garnered 11 stolen bases, although he was considerably slimmer earlier on. His efforts, which led the Red Sox to the playoffs (only to lose to the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series), were rewarded with the American League MVP award.

Vaughn continued to improve over the next several seasons, batting .315 or higher from 1996 to 1998 and averaging 40 home runs and 118 RBIs. The Red Sox lost in the American League Division Series in 1998, once again to the Cleveland Indians, although Vaughn played well, hitting two home runs and driving in seven runs in game one.


[edit] Last season with the Sox
Though Vaughn's powerful personality and extensive charity work made him a popular figure in Boston, he had many issues with the Red Sox management and local media; his disagreements with Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy and Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette were particularly acute. As an outspoken clubhouse leader, Vaughn repeatedly stated that the conservative Sox administration did not want him around. Incidents in which he allegedly punched a man in the mouth outside of a nightclub and crashed his truck while returning home from a strip club in Providence led to further rifts with the administration. Vaughn formed a formidable middle of the lineup with shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. The two combined for 75 home runs in 1998, Vaughn's final year with the club.

Vaughn hit a walkoff grand slam in the ninth inning of Opening Day at Fenway Park against the Seattle Mariners in 1998. Despite this auspicious start, the season was filled with acrimony, as Vaughn and the Sox administration sniped at each other throughout the year. After the Cleveland Indians knocked Boston out of the playoffs in the first round, Vaughn became a free agent. Almost immediately, he signed a six-year, $88-million deal with the Anaheim Angels, the highest contract in the game at that time. The Red Sox made little effort to retain him.


[edit] Anaheim and beyond
While he hit well for Anaheim when he played―he hit 30-plus home runs and knocked in over 100 runs in both 1999 and 2000―Vaughn was plagued by injuries in 1999 and didn't play a single game in the 2001 season. He started his Anaheim career by falling down the visitor's dugout steps on his first play of his first game, badly spraining his ankle. Vaughn was nevertheless seen as a viable middle of the line-up producer prior to the 2002 season and was traded to the New York Mets on December 27, 2001 for Kevin Appier.

Following Vaughn's departure from Anaheim, Angels closer Troy Percival took a shot at him saying "We may miss Mo's bat, but we won't miss his leadership. Darin Erstad is our leader." This prompted the normally mild-mannered Vaughn to go off on a profanity-laced tirade, saying that Percival and the Angels "ain't done (expletive) in this game." He remarked "They ain't got no flags hanging at friggin' Edison Field, so the hell with them." Ironically, Angels would go on to win the World Series that year and hang a flag on that field.

With the Mets, Vaughn was unable, however, to resurrect his glory days of Boston or kick the injuries which had been nagging him. In 2003, after a poor 2002 season, Vaughn played only 27 games because of a left knee injury. He was advised by several doctors that attempting to play baseball again might lead to disability. These diagnoses put a close to Vaughn's career.


[edit] Post playing career
He now owns and operates the Mo Vaughn Hit Dog baseball clinic and Hot Dog Stand, which runs at Tufts University.

He currently owns and operates OMNI New York LLC which has bought and rehabilitated 1,142 units of distressed housing in the New York metropolitan area. The company also manages these properties to provide low cost housing using government tax credits. He recently purchased the Noble Drew Ali Plaza in Brownsville, Brooklyn for $21 million, and plans to add massive security upgrades and renovate it.[1] He has also been involved in refurbishing the Whitney Young Manor in Yonkers, New York, a development first constructed by a company owned by his hero Jackie Robinson. Besides the New York metropolitan area, his company is also involved in projects in Cheyenne, Miami and Las Vegas and has expressed an interest in Boston.[2]


[edit] Trivia
July 11, 1994 was declared Mo Vaughn Day in the City of Boston by mayor Thomas Menino.
Vaughn wore the number 42 throughout his career in honor of Jackie Robinson. In 1997 Robinson's number was retired throughout the Major Leagues, but a grandfather clause enabled Vaughn to continue to wear it for the remainder of his career. Mariano Rivera, closer for the New York Yankees is the only current player to wear number 42, and will be the last player in the history of the league to wear that number.
When playing for Seton Hall in college, Vaughn hit a home run that broke the window of a pharmacy an estimated 400 feet to left-center field.
In 2002, after being traded from the Anaheim Angels to the New York Mets, Mo Vaughn stated that he was happy to get off of the sinking ship that was the Angels. Ironically the Angels would go on to win their first World Series Championship that season.
His cousin is fellow major league baseball player Greg Vaughn.
His work at the OMNI New York LLC was featured on the episode of Outside the Lines.

[edit] Accomplishments
All-Star (1995, 1996, 1998)
American League MVP award winner (1995)
Finished 4th in American League MVP voting (1998)
Finished 5th in American League MVP voting (1996)

[edit] Teams
Boston Red Sox (1991-1998)
Anaheim Angels (1999-2000)
New York Mets (2002-2003)

[edit] See also
Top 500 home run hitters of all time
List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

[edit] References
^ RICH CALDER (2007-01-10). MO'S THE MAN OF THE HOUSE. New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
^ Stan Grossfeld (2007-06-17). Vaughn is in rebuilding mode. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.

[edit] External links
Mo Vaughn's career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
USA Today article
Accomplishments
Preceded by
Kirby Puckett American League RBI Champion
1995
(with Albert Belle) Succeeded by
Albert Belle
Preceded by
Frank Thomas American League Most Valuable Player
1995 Succeeded by
Juan González
Preceded by
Frank Thomas American League Player of the Month
May, 1996 Succeeded by
Mark McGwire



Categories: 1967 births | Living people | American League All-Stars | American League RBI champions | American baseball players | Anaheim Angels players | Boston Red Sox players | Major league first basemen | Major league players from Connecticut | New York Mets players | People from Norwalk, Connecticut | People from Boston, Massachusetts | People from Manhattan | People from New York City | African American sportspeople