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Trey Yesavage

Trey Yesavage (Trey David Yesavage) is a Toronto Blue Jays right-handed pitcher, 2024 first-round pick (20th) from East Carolina, whose 2025 rookie postseason set MLB rookie strikeout records, including 12 Ks with no walks in World Series Game 5.

Triple Crown (baseball)

Triple Crown (baseball): leading a league in batting average, home runs, and RBI (pitchers: wins, strikeouts, ERA). 17 batting winners; Miguel Cabrera 2012 was the last, the first since Yastrzemski 1967; no MLB-wide winner since Mantle 1956.

Triple-A (baseball)

Triple-A (Class AAA), highest level of Minor League Baseball, one step below MLB; International and Pacific Coast leagues; 120 affiliates since 2021; ABS tested there since 2022.

Tris Speaker

Tris Speaker (Tristram Edgar Speaker, 1888–1958), "the Grey Eagle," American MLB center fielder for the Red Sox, Indians, Senators, and Athletics; all-time doubles leader (792), 3,514 hits, .345 average, 1920 World Series player-manager, Hall of Fame 1937.

Tristan Peters

Tristan Dimitri Peters, Canadian MLB center fielder for the Chicago White Sox; 2021 Brewers 7th-round pick traded twice, debuted 2025 with Tampa Bay, 2026 AL All-Star who hit for the cycle.

Tropicana Field

Tropicana Field, locally the Trop and opened in 1990 as the Florida Suncoast Dome, is the domed St. Petersburg, Florida ballpark home to MLB's Tampa Bay Rays.

Trouble with the Curve

Trouble with the Curve (2012), also called Trouble With the Curve, is a Warner Bros. baseball drama directed by Robert Lorenz, starring Clint Eastwood as aging scout Gus Lobel with Amy Adams; grossed $48.9 million and drew a 51% Tomatometer.

Troy Tulowitzki

Troy Tulowitzki (Tulo), born 1984, American MLB shortstop for Rockies, Blue Jays, Yankees; 2005 draft pick 7, .290/225 HR/780 RBI, 5 All-Stars, 2 Gold Gloves; retired 2019, now Texas Longhorns coach.

Truist Park

Truist Park, formerly SunTrust Park, is the Atlanta Braves' MLB ballpark in Cobb County, Georgia, opened in 2017. Known for The Battery Atlanta mixed-use district, 25-year naming rights, and debated public financing.

Tug McGraw

Tug McGraw (Frank Edwin McGraw, 1944–2004), left-handed screwball relief pitcher for the Mets and Phillies; 180 saves, 1969 and 1980 World Series champion, "Ya Gotta Believe" mantra, father of Tim McGraw.

Tulsa Drillers

Tulsa Drillers, Double-A Texas League baseball team in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate since 2015; plays at ONEOK Field (2010), champions 1982, 1988, 1998, 2018.

Turkey Stearnes

Turkey Stearnes (Norman Thomas Stearnes, 1901-1979) was a Negro leagues center fielder for the Detroit Stars, a seven-time home run champion, and a 2000 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee with a .349 career average.

Turner Field

Turner Field was a baseball park in Atlanta and home of the Atlanta Braves from 1997 to 2016, converted from Centennial Olympic Stadium and named for Ted Turner.

Turner Hill (baseball)

Turner Hill (born 1999, Marietta, Ohio) is a Giants outfielder, undrafted out of Marietta College, signed from the Frontier League in 2023; MLB debut August 15, 2026.

Two-seam fastball

Two-seam fastball (sinker, two-seamer): fastball gripped along the two close seams, thrown with arm-side run and sink, a few mph slower than a four-seamer, used to induce ground balls.

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb (Tyrus Raymond Cobb, "The Georgia Peach"), 1886–1961, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics outfielder; .366 career batting average, 4,189–4,191 hits, first inductee of the 1936 Hall of Fame class, batting-average lead later passed by Josh Gibson.

Tyler Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow (born 1993) is a 6'8" MLB starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, formerly Pirates and Rays; traded to LA in December 2023 on a five-year, $136.5 million deal, known for 100 mph fastballs, 7.5-foot extension, and Tommy John surgery in 2021.

Tyler Mahle

Tyler Mahle (born 1994) is an MLB right-handed starting pitcher from Newport Beach, CA, drafted by the Reds in 2013; also pitched for the Twins, Rangers, Giants, and Braves, with a 2.18 ERA in 2025.

Tyler Phillips

Tyler Phillips (born 1997, Lumberton, NJ) is an MLB right-handed pitcher for the Miami Marlins, formerly the Phillies; 2024 debut, July 2024 complete-game shutout, traded to Miami for cash in March 2025.

Tyler Skaggs

Tyler Skaggs was an American left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels from 2012 until his death in July 2019 at age 27.

Tyler Tolbert

Tyler Mangual Tolbert is an American utility player for the Kansas City Royals, born in 1998 in Birmingham, Alabama, and known chiefly for his baserunning speed.

Tyler Uberstine

Tyler Uberstine (YU-ber-steen), born 1999, is an American right-handed pitcher; drafted 19th round 2021 by Boston from Northwestern, debuted April 5, 2026, traded to Atlanta for Eli White.

Tyrone Taylor

Tyrone Anthony Taylor (born 1994) is an American MLB outfielder from Torrance, California; a 2012 Brewers second-round pick who debuted in 2019, played for the Mets 2024-2026, and was traded to the Chicago Cubs in August 2026.

Ugueth Urbina

Ugueth Urbina (Ugueth Urtain Urbina), Venezuelan MLB relief pitcher 1995-2005, nicknamed Oogie; 237 saves, two-time All-Star, 2003 World Series champion with Florida Marlins; later convicted of attempted murder in Venezuela.

Umpire (baseball)

In baseball, an umpire is the official on the field who enforces the rules, calls players safe or out, and judges each pitch a ball or strike.

United States national baseball team

United States national baseball team (Team USA), run by USA Baseball since 1978; WBC champions 2017, runners-up 2023 and 2026; Olympic gold 2000, silver Tokyo 2020; Premier12 silver 2015.

United States women's national softball team

United States women's national softball team (USA Softball WNT): three straight Olympic golds 1996-2004, silvers 2008 and 2020, 12 WBSC World Championship titles, main rival Japan.

University and college baseball in Canada

University and college baseball in Canada is played by a few dozen schools as club teams, since U Sports does not recognize baseball as a varsity sport.

USA Softball Hall of Fame

The USA Softball Hall of Fame, also known as the National Softball Hall of Fame, is USA Softball's hall of fame in Oklahoma City, dedicated in 1973.

USSSA Space Coast Complex

USSSA Space Coast Complex, in Viera/Melbourne, Florida, is USSSA's 15-field all-turf baseball and softball tournament venue with an 8,100-seat stadium, converted from the former spring training home of the Nationals, Expos, and Marlins.