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Post by inger on Jul 19, 2024 13:15:59 GMT -5
HAROLD BAINES Baines is the only #1 pick the White Sox ever had that went one to have a positive WAR in his career. Baines was the #1 overall pick, right out of high school in 1977. His career WAR was 38.8. CHW’s only other #1 overall pick was Danny Goodwin in 1971 who spent 7 years in the majors, retiring with a -1.7 WAR. Baines received the gift of Free Agency from BAL 4 times. 01-Nov-1993; 20-Oct-1994; 06-Nov-1995; & 29-Oct-1997. Harold owns the biggest gap between 100 RBI seasons in MLB history. Baines had 113 RBI for CHW in 1985. Didn’t have another 100+ until playing for BAL & CLE w/103 in 1999—a 14-year stretch… Is that why he is in the Hall of Fame? It’s as good of a reason as any I can think of… other than that he played for nearly a hundred years… |
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Post by inger on Jul 19, 2024 13:52:43 GMT -5
Walter Johnson easily leads all pitchers in career triples. He hit 41, with one coming as a pinch hitter, leaving 40 as a pitcher.
Deadball hurler George Mullin is second with a distant 23…
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Post by inger on Jul 19, 2024 14:01:57 GMT -5
Wes Ferrell hot 38 doubles, the most on modern times. Bob Gibson is second with 24…
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Post by inger on Jul 19, 2024 14:11:05 GMT -5
Wes Ferrell had a career slash when batting off .280/.390/.463. He almost had as many walks as K’s and he scored more than 50
runs 4 times in a single season…
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 20, 2024 14:23:20 GMT -5
54 years ago.
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Post by inger on Jul 20, 2024 17:05:32 GMT -5
Al Leiter threw a 3 pitch 8th inning on the way to pitching a no-hitter in 1996. He’s the only one to do this...
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Post by inger on Jul 20, 2024 18:25:29 GMT -5
To think, we have deniers to this day that say it was a hoax… |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jul 20, 2024 19:13:14 GMT -5
July 21,1892- In a match up of 300-game winners at Philadelphia Baseball Grounds,Philadelphia Phillies submariner Tim Keefe sinks Jim "Pud" Galvin and the St. Louis Browns, 2-0. The next time two National League pitchers with 300 or more victories will face each other will occur in 2005 when Greg Maddux of the Cubs beats Astros ace Roger Clemens at Minute Maid Park, 3 - 2.
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jul 20, 2024 19:26:29 GMT -5
July 26,1936-An unusual double play occurs when a line drive hit by Yankee batter Jesse Hill bounces off Senator pitcher Ed Linke's head in the air to catcher Jack Redmond, who throws to second to double off runner Ben Chapman. Linke will be hospitalized for 2 days.
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Post by inger on Jul 20, 2024 20:49:19 GMT -5
Brock Holt became the first player ever to hit for the cycle in the postseason but the home run to complete it came off Austin Romine, a position player...
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Post by inger on Jul 20, 2024 20:50:41 GMT -5
David Ross hit his first home run off of Mark Grace…
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Post by inger on Jul 20, 2024 20:52:49 GMT -5
Trevor Plouffe's final career home run was a walk-off against Kiké Hernandez…
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 20, 2024 21:11:54 GMT -5
Brock Holt became the first player ever to hit for the cycle in the postseason but the home run to complete it came off Austin Romine, a position player... Not a great moment in Yankee playoff history. |
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Post by inger on Jul 20, 2024 21:24:36 GMT -5
Brock Holt became the first player ever to hit for the cycle in the postseason but the home run to complete it came off Austin Romine, a position player... Not a great moment in Yankee playoff history. I thought it was best left unsaid… 🤓 |
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Post by inger on Jul 21, 2024 7:34:38 GMT -5
Carlos Narveaz has become MLB’s 483 Venezuelan player. I think the first time I learned there WAS a Venezuela was on a Looie Aparicio baseball card.
I just realized that I owe a significant amount of my education to Topps and those little cardboard rectangles…
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