By this time, two weeks into the season, Bol's career seemed to be rejuvenated under head coach Don Nelson in Golden State — he was again a defensive force, making threes, and contributing as a starter to create match-up problems.

Catalyzed by a rejuvenated offense, Ottawa finished the season with the best record in the Eastern Conference and the second best in the league.

The next season, in 2008 – 09, Havlát led a rejuvenated Blackhawks team in scoring with a career-high 77 points in 81 games.

In the 2005-06 season, a rejuvenated Servette secured promotion to the Challenge League, the second highest division in Switzerland.

The 2008-2009 season saw a rejuvenated Porter return to his old indomitable form, leading the AFC and finishing second in the NFL with a career-high 17. 5 sacks ; thus, Porter played an integral role in metamorphosing the 1-15 Dolphins of 2007-2008 into a 11-5 AFC East Champion football team.

The switch rejuvenated his career ; he enjoyed a comeback season in 1934 – 35.

The following season, in 2004-05, Johnson rejuvenated his career with the Denver Nuggets, participating in 71 games, and averaging 7. 1 points on 49. 9 percent field goal shooting.

The first two rounds of the NRL season in 2007, saw a rejuvenated Peachey playing with vigour and a seemingly contagious attitude that rubs off on both his fellow players and the fans.

Since the rule was reinstated in its present form, Gil Hodges of the Dodgers holds the record for most sacrifice flies in one season with 19, in 1954 ; Eddie Murray holds the record for most sacrifice flies in a career with 128.

As of the end of the 2008 season, players who have hit 115 or more career sacrifice flies:

Ty Cobb holds the records for most steals of home in a single season ( 8 ) as well as for a career ( 54 ).

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

In his 16-year career in the NFL, Anderson made four trips to the Pro Bowl, won four passing titles, was named NFL MVP in 1981, and set the record for completion percentage in a single season in 1982 ( 70. 66 %).

The Indians had a solid offensive season, led by career years from Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore.

After the season, Young received an offer to play for the minor league Canton team, which started Young's professional career.

When the season ended, he posted a 1. 26 ERA, which gave him not only the lowest in his career, but also gave him a Major League record of being the oldest pitcher with 150 + innings pitched to post a season ERA under 1. 50.

Young was traded back to Cleveland, the place where he played over half his career, before the 1909 season, to the Cleveland Naps of the American League.

The following season, 1910, he won his 500th career game on July 23 against Washington.

Walter Johnson, then in his fourth season, finished his career with 417 wins and, as of 2012, remains second on the list.

Although he won at Darlington, he failed to finish 15 races, and completed the season 12th in points, the worst of his career.

The 1986 season saw Earnhardt win his second career Winston Cup Championship and the first owner's championship for RCR.

The 1962 – 63 season would be the closest Banks would ever get to winning either the league or the FA Cup in his career.

He began the next season with Stoke in his usual unflappable manner, but then his top-flight career would be suddenly and violently brought to an end.

Banks had a short career in management with Alliance Premier League side Telford United, he spent the 1979 – 80 season before being sacked after losing to a cup match against a team lower down the table.

Lineker still helped out on the stall at the height of his playing career during the late 1980s and early 1990s, though usually only in the closed season.

Ryan had four career no-hitters already and had struck out 383 in one season.

The 1970 season saw Aaron reach two more career milestones.

During the strike-shortened season of 1972, Aaron tied and then surpassed Willie Mays for second place on the career home run list.

The 2008 season marked the end of running back Fred Taylor's eleven-year career as a Jaguar.

Belying his future career, baseball was Robinson's " worst sport " at UCLA ; he hit. 097 in his only season, although in his first game he went 4-for-4 and twice stole home.

After a short season, Robinson returned to California in December 1941 to pursue a career as running back for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast Football League.

After playing his rookie season at first base, Robinson spent most of his career as a second baseman.

It is not simply giving a repetition of the program it gave during its New York engagement earlier this season, but has brought back many of the numbers that were on the bill when it paid us its first visit and won everybody's heart.

In 2010, the Marlins continued the trend of changing managers when they fired Fredi Gonzalez midseason and gave Edwin Rodriguez the job through the remainder of the season.

) The reason for the change from BR-549 to BR-1Z1Z was during the 1980 season, Junior gave up the car lot and became a " consumer advocate " whose job was to save the public from dishonest people like himself.

After several years of fruitless searching, Carnarvon became dissatisfied with the lack of results and, in 1922, he gave Carter one more season of funding to find the tomb he was searching for.

" This wish was fulfilled only after Robinson's death: following the 1974 season, the Cleveland Indians gave their managerial post to Frank Robinson ( no relation ), a Hall of Fame-bound player who would go on to manage three other teams.

Gurney took the lead driver role, and the team's first world championship win, while Brabham gave up his car to several other drivers towards the end of the season.

On the last day of the league season, his goal in a 1 – 0 away win over Chelsea gave Liverpool their 16th league title.

In succeeding years, he gave series of lectures on “ Ichthyology ” ( 1847 – 48 season ), “ Comparative Embryology ” ( 1848 – 49 ), “ Functions of Life in Lower Animals ” ( 1850 – 51 ), “ Natural History ” ( 1853 – 54 ), “ Methods of Study in Natural History ” ( 1861 – 62 ), “ Glaciers and the Ice Period ” ( 1864 – 65 ), “ Brazil ” ( 1866 – 67 ) and “ Deep Sea Dredging ” ( 1869 – 70 ).

The quirks of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, including the turf floor and the white roof, gave the Twins a significant home-field advantage that played into their winning the World Series in both 1987 and 1991, at least in the opinion of their opponents, as the Twins went 12 – 1 in post season home games during those two seasons.

The Giants defense finished 13th overall under Sheridan, giving up 324. 9 yards per game, and the final two losses of the season against Carolina and Minnesota, in which the Giants gave up 85 points, ultimately led to the firing.

Clemens finished the season with 4, 317 career strikeouts, and his 18 – 4 record gave him a career record of 328 – 164.

The Dolphins were led by head coach Don Shula and featured a defense that gave up the fifth-fewest points in the NFL in the regular season.

Although the Chargers were tied with three other teams for the worst record of the 2003 NFL season, the league ’ s tie-breaking system gave San Diego the number one pick in the 2004 NFL Draft.

Also, the Patriots secondary only gave up 14 touchdown passes during the season, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Haynes was still a Patriot during the teams ' regular season matchup, and his addition gave the Raiders two shutdown corners.

The show's future was not to be, however, because John Doggett's presence gave only a small ratings boost to the show's eighth season.

Williams said that " just about everybody was rooting for me " to hit. 400 in the season, including Yankee fans, who gave pitcher Lefty Gomez a " hell of a boo " after walking Williams with the bases loaded after Williams had gotten three straight hits one game in September.

However, his cleats caught in the grass and his knee gave way, injuring him and bringing his season and career to an unusual end.

Two wins in Mexico and Portugal gave Patrese his most competitive F1 season thus far and a respectable third place behind Championship contenders Mansell and Ayrton Senna.

However, about half-way through the second season when Rudolf Nureyev appeared, his appearance gave the show so much positive publicity that other celebrities came to the producers instead of the other way around.

" In the 1951 season at Stratford, he gave a critically acclaimed performance and achieved stardom as Prince Hal in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 opposite Anthony Quayle's Falstaff.