he had 141 in 1962 finishing second, 141 was one of the very best totals of the entire decadeOriginally Posted by Cowtipper
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he had 141 in 1962 finishing second, 141 was one of the very best totals of the entire decade
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15 years later, I'd love to know why on earth Jeff Shaw was not allowed to don his Reds uniform one last time for the All Star Game that would be his debut in a Dodger uniform, and still the only All Star to represent a team in the game that he hadn't actually play for yet (there are examples though of hastily worn souvenir shirts of the host team for picture/warmup day). I mean he was selected to the All Star Game obviously based on his time as a Red, seeing that he had yet to play a game for the Dodgers at the time of the break.
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yesterday's 15-0 loss to the Giants by STL was the largest shutout loss by a defending world series champion since 1926
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the Giants lead the majors in runs scored per game on the road but are second to last at runs scored per game at home (Seattle)
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A day to celebrate:
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Johnson took the mound Wednesday night against the Seattle Mariners. Little did the crowd know, this would be an extra-special night for the Johnson family. Making his first career start, Steve Johnson was extremely impressive as he dazzled the Baltimore crowd. After pitching six innings, the rookie recorded nine strikeouts while giving up just two earned runs. His performance was more than enough to secure his first MLB victory. The Orioles came away with a 9-2 win, but that was not the special news of the night. Steve Johnson’s victory came exactly 23 years after Dave Johnson recorded his first MLB win. Yes, Dave Johnson is Steve’s father, and Dave also pitched for the Orioles. Dave recorded his first Major League win on August 8, 1989, as he pitched a complete game, defeating the Minnesota Twins 6-1. Something special is in the air, folks. August 8th… Like father, like son.
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according to baseball almanac - The 1940s ended as the only decade in Major League Baseball history not to debut a new ballpark.
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On April 15th, 1924, Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals went two-for-five on Opening Day (against Vic Aldridge of the Chicago Cubs) giving him a .400 batting average with one game under his belt. Later in the season, his .424 batting average would mark the highest Major League batting average of the twentieth century and from Opening Day forward his average never dipped at or below the .400 mark again.
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Baseball-reference game logs has him finishing April 19 at .391, and dipping below .400 for most of June and early July
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^ my source must be wrong then
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Negro League ace Satchel Paige tossed a 4-0 no-hitter on July 4th 1934 against the Homestead Grays in Pittsburgh, and then drove to Chicago to shut out the Chicago American Giants 1-0 (in twelve innings) giving him two shutouts (in two different cities) on the same day.
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Cardinals all the way!!!
The Indians scored over 1000 runs in 1999, and didnt make past the first round.
Last Player to hit for the Cycle: Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers (August 24, 2012)
Last Pitcher to throw a Regular Season No-Hitter: Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds 1-0 (September 28, 2012)
Last Pitcher to throw a Postseason No-Hitter: Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 (October 6, 2010)
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The only player since 1876 who has maintained a .400 batting average over every game of the season was Nap Lajoie in 1901. Sam Thompson did it for 101 out of his 102 games played in 1894, for a 99% rate. Hornsby in 1924 was over .400 for 112 out of 143 games he played, which is 78%. Hornsby's other two .400 seasons were interesting in that they were two of the four of all the .400 seasons ever to pull above .400 during the final game of the season (the other two are Delahanty in 1895 and Jennings in 1897. Ted Williams does not count because his final day was a double header and he was already over .400 after the first game).
Just sayin'...
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He was the Joel Youngblood of his day...
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This year the Washington Nationals road record is BETTER than any team in the ML - HOME RECORD
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Great information, curious where you get the info since 1901 box scores are not generally available. I'm assuming lajoie being over .400 every day means at the end of each game - any idea if he dipped below .400 mid game? Probably could only happen in first few games of the year, like staring 0-1 on opening day
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R.A. Dickey is currently leading the NL in strikeouts with 175. Strasburg is right behind him with 173, but it's been well-stated he won't surpass 180 innings.
As far as I know, Dickey would be just the second knuckle-baller to lead the league in strikeouts. The other being Phil Niekro in 1977.
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Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko are the first teammates to hit their four hundredth home runs in the same season.
You can putitontheboard.... yes!
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Remember a couple years ago when Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye hit their 300th career home runs Back to Back?
Put those on the board as well....Yes!
Weird that Konerko has hit his last two milestone home runs as part of another players milestone home run in a season.
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Two-time NL batting champion HOF Willie Keeler used the shortest bat ever(sorry,Eddie Gaedel doesn`t count)measuring only 30''.Two-time AL batting champion HOF Al Simmons used the longest bat at 38".That is the long and short of it(ouch)!
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this is unconfirmed but reported by comcast sports bay area
the game tonight featuring Bumgarner and Kershaw was only the third time in the live ball era that both starting pitchers had at least ten strikeouts while allowing zero walks
seems to me it would happen about three times a month
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there might be one extra criteria - starting pitchers going at least 8 innings
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You can confirm it. Elias says it's true.
From Elias: The Dodgers and Giants combined for 24 strikeouts without a walk in the Giants' win over the Dodgers on Monday. It was only the fourth major-league game in the modern era (1900 to date) in which the teams combined for 24 or more strikeouts and no walks. The other such games, with the starting pitchers listed: Cubs vs. Expos, Apr. 9, 2003 (27 strikeouts; Mark Prior, Javier Vazquez); Mets vs. Braves, July 14, 1989 (24; Sid Fernandez, John Smoltz); Mets vs. Pirates, Sept. 12, 1984 (24; Dwight Gooden, John Tudor).
Madison Bumgarner and Clayton Kershaw each had 10 strikeouts and no walks on Monday. The only other games since 1900 in which the starters struck out 10 or more without walking a batter were the Prior (12 SO) vs. Vazquez (14) game listed above, and a game on July 12, 1997, in which Roger Clemens had 16 Ks for the Blue Jays against the Red Sox, for whom Aaron Sele had 11 strikeouts.
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^ thanks
speaking of bumgarner, it has come out that actor Jim Garner (Rockford files, etc.) actual last name is also Bumgarner
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Reinstate Pete
I found that out in 1985. His nephew Terry Bumgarner was a sports announcer for WOWK in Huntington, WV. T
he WV Broadcasters association where having a flood relief telethon for WV. Jim called in an talked to him.
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Re: those posts about .400 seasons last week.
I found this fantastic article a few years ago on-line. It makes for really good reading.
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Awesome. Thanks for sharing
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