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Post by inger on Jun 27, 2024 13:33:15 GMT -5
In all, I have on hand 968 different one-hitters that lasted at least nine innings. Exactly 801 different players accounted for those hits.
663 guys did it only once in their careers. 114 did it twice. 21 did it three times. Only one guy, Don Blasingame, did it four times. And two guys—Cesar Tovar and Eddie Milner—did it five times.
Many players provided the game’s only hit for two different teams, but only two players have ever done it for three squads. Rico Brogna did it with the Mets, Phillies, and Red Sox. Jerry Hairston, Jr. did it with the Orioles, Cubs, and Reds...
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 27, 2024 14:48:38 GMT -5
In 1970, the Yankees 2B Horace Clarke, in the span of a month, he also broke up 3 possible no-hitters in the 9th inning, foiling Jim Rooker on June 4th, Sonny Siebert on June 19th, and Joe Niekro on July 2nd.
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 27, 2024 14:56:27 GMT -5
On 07-May-2017, the visiting Yankees outlasted the Cubs, 5–4, in 18 innings. The Yankees struck out 22 times. The Cubs struck out 26 times, which tied the major league record for most batter’s whiffs in a game of any length. The total 48 strikeouts set a new record (by a lot) for most total strikeouts in a game of any length... I believe that was an ESPN Sunday Night game, so it was a long night on the north side. |
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Post by inger on Jun 27, 2024 21:32:33 GMT -5
September 21, 1958, Ted Williams threw his bat in anger and it struck a spectator. Ted was very worried and went back to check on the woman.
60-year-old Mrs. Gladys Heffernan, housekeeper for Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin, fortunately, wasn’t seriously injured. She suffered a contusion of the left forehead and was hospitalized for one night as a precautionary measure. Mrs. Heffernan absolved Williams of any blame, maintaining it was an “accident.”…
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Post by inger on Jun 27, 2024 22:20:06 GMT -5
Don Mattingly, Kirby Puckett, Lenny Dykstra, and Frank Viola all played their entire careers during Cal Ripken’s streak...
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jun 28, 2024 5:19:32 GMT -5
September 21, 1958, Ted Williams threw his bat in anger and it struck a spectator. Ted was very worried and went back to check on the woman. 60-year-old Mrs. Gladys Heffernan, housekeeper for Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin, fortunately, wasn’t seriously injured. She suffered a contusion of the left forehead and was hospitalized for one night as a precautionary measure. Mrs. Heffernan absolved Williams of any blame, maintaining it was an “accident.”… A much less litigious time! Today lawyers would be tripping over each other to take her lawsuit. |
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2024 10:45:17 GMT -5
"Sean Newcomb secured an unusual win during a game on June 21, 2024. Although he didn't face any batters, he still earned the victory. Here's what happened: In a matchup against the San Diego Padres, Newcomb came in as a reliever. With Austin Martin on first base and two outs in the eighth inning, he picked off Martin to end the inning. This unique play allowed him to be credited with the win, even without throwing a pitch to a hitter...
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2024 10:47:50 GMT -5
In all, 11 AL pitchers and 15 NL pitchers have accomplished a victory without throwing a pitch in a game…
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2024 14:01:18 GMT -5
Best defenders in Yankee history?
Defensive WAR †
1. Phil Rizzuto 23.0
2. Willie Randolph 17.0
3. Roger Peckinpaugh 16.1
4. Clete Boyer 15.5
5. Joe Gordon 15.0
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2024 14:06:25 GMT -5
Most fielding runs saved in Yankee history?
four in triple figures:
Brett Gardner 138
Clete Boyer 123
Phil Rizzuto 117
Joe Gordon 103
Rizzuto (SS) and Gordon (2B) were teammates.
three negative:
Tony Lazzeri -2
DiDi Gregorius -4
Gene Michael -12…
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2024 14:16:45 GMT -5
Career dWAR:
Aaron Judge 3.2
Joe DiMaggio 3.2
Career runs saved
Aaron Judge 58
Joe DiMaggio 49…
Aaron Judge is the only RF to appear on the top 50 list of Yankee defenders…
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2024 16:09:24 GMT -5
Best hitters by OPS at each height in MLB history:
Note: the player at 6’1” should be disqualified.
Aaron Judge will displace the hitter at 6’7” at the conclusion of his career.
Tony Clark had no competition at 6’ 8”…
Ft In First Last OPS+ Min OPS+ Found
5 6 Hack Wilson 144 100 5
5 7 Joe Morgan 132 100 5
5 8 Paul Waner 134 105 10
5 9 Mel Ott 155 118 10
5 10 Willie Mays 156 129 10
5 11 Rogers Hornsby 175 137 10
6 0 Lou Gehrig 179 142 10
6 1 Barry Bonds 182 136 11
6 2 Babe Ruth 206 138 10
6 3 Ted Williams 191 139 10
6 4 Willie McCovey 147 128 10
6 4 Jim Thome 147
6 5 Mark McGwire 163 115 10
6 6 Darryl Strawberry 138 100 5
6 7 Frank Howard 142 100 2
6 8 Tony Clark 112 100
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 29, 2024 11:19:02 GMT -5
1954 MLB All Star Game Washington Senator Pitcher Dean Stone from SAR article
Left-hander Dean Stone spent parts of 8 seasons in the major leagues, pitching for 6 different teams and compiling a MLB pitching career record of 29-39 with a 4.47 ERA in 686 innings. His most celebrated moment was almost certainly his being the winning pitcher of the 1954 All-Star Game without officially facing even 1 batter.
Stone, who had replaced the injured Ferris Fain on the AL team, actually did pitch to a batter in that game before 69,751 fans at Cleveland Stadium on July 13th–Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The score was 7-7 after 5 innings. The AL took an 8-7 lead in the bottom of the 6th. In the top of the 8th, Willie Mays singled and pinch-hitter Gus Bell homered, tipping the balance to 9-8 in favor of the National League. With 2 outs, an error and a single put Red Schoendienst on 3rd base and Alvin Dark on 1st. AL Manager Casey Stengel called in the southpaw Stone, the 6th pitcher he’d used, to pitch to Duke Snider. Stone threw his warmup pitches, while 3rd-base coach Leo Durocher whispered to Schoendienst at 3rd.
“He’s just a kid,” Durocher told Schoendienst. “He might balk. I’ll draw a marker down the line and you come that far, maybe on the 1st pitch or 2. Then if he is still watching Dark on 1st, go the next time.” That’s just what happened. Stone was keeping a watchful eye on Dark before each of his 1st 2 pitches. Just before the 3rd pitch, Schoendienst took off for home plate, hoping to steal an insurance run. But Yogi Berra made the tag, and he was called out by plate umpire Bill Stewart. Inning over. Snider was left standing at the plate. Both Durocher and 1st-base coach Charlie Grimm protested that Stone had balked, by hurrying his pitch and not coming to a set position before he pitched. The argument was to no avail.
With 1 out in the bottom of the 8th, Larry Doby pinch-hit for Stone and homered to tie the score. Mickey Mantle singled, Berra singled and Al Rosen drew a walk. Mickey Vernon struck out, but Nellie Fox would singled to center, driving in both Mantle and Berra and the American League had an 11-9 lead. Virgil Trucks would pitched a scoreless top of the 9th and got the save, while Stone earned the win. (It was the highest-scoring midseason classic before the raucous 13-8 affair in Denver’s Coors Field in 1998.) The victory marked the only time in All-Star history in which a pitcher was awarded a win without retiring a batter. Moreover, Stone joined 4-time All-Star righty Dutch Leonard as the only Senators pitchers to ever win the midsummer classic.
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Post by inger on Jun 29, 2024 13:15:30 GMT -5
After the Yankees set the HR record in 1961, they held the MLB record for 35 years. That’s the longest stretch that record was ever held for. No rabbit ball, no PEDs. Just good old alcohol-fueled sports…
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Post by Max on Jun 29, 2024 14:35:49 GMT -5
Best hitters by OPS at each height in MLB history: Note: the player at 6’1” should be disqualified. Aaron Judge will displace the hitter at 6’7” at the conclusion of his career. Tony Clark had no competition at 6’ 8”… Ft In First Last OPS+ Min OPS+ Found 5 6 Hack Wilson 144 100 5 5 7 Joe Morgan 132 100 5 5 8 Paul Waner 134 105 10 5 9 Mel Ott 155 118 10 5 10 Willie Mays 156 129 10 5 11 Rogers Hornsby 175 137 10 6 0 Lou Gehrig 179 142 10 6 1 Barry Bonds 182 136 11 6 2 Babe Ruth 206 138 10 6 3 Ted Williams 191 139 10 6 4 Willie McCovey 147 128 10 6 4 Jim Thome 147 6 5 Mark McGwire 163 115 10 6 6 Darryl Strawberry 138 100 5 6 7 Frank Howard 142 100 2 6 8 Tony Clark 112 100 3' 7" Eddie Gaedel 1.000 OBP |
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