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Post by inger on Aug 6, 2024 13:28:52 GMT -5
During the Eisenhower Presidency, Mickey Mantke led the AL with 283 HR. Eddie Matthews lad the NL with 313… Matthews has become one of the games most underappreciated players, you rarely hear his name mentioned among the great power hitters. He deserves better!… |
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Post by inger on Aug 6, 2024 23:30:54 GMT -5
I discovered this fellow Phil Marchilden while reading an article about 1942 that was written in support of Ted Williams as a more logical MVP than the actual winner, Joe Gordon. Anyway, I found him down ballot. He was down ballot 1946 and 1947 as well. Checking out 1947, he went 19-9 for the Philadelphia A’s who were only 78-76-2. Not exactly Steve Carlton, but a real good season. Take note that a down ballot MVP vote was about all he could get since there wasn’t a CYA then. If you know me, you know it’s awful hard to find a player I have memory of, especially on that had at last one good season… www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marchph01.shtml… |
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Post by inger on Aug 7, 2024 4:22:44 GMT -5
CAL RIPKEN
On 14-Sep-1987, after 8,264 continuous innings of game play, Cal was lifted from the game. Why would he be no longer needed on defense? Because the Orioles’ opponent that day was the Toronto Blue Jays who had already hit 9 HR to set a 1-G record. Fred McGriff added a 10th and the record still stands.
The longest gap between MVP seasons belongs to Cal Ripken, who was the AL MVP in 1983 & again in1991, an 8-year gap…
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Post by inger on Aug 7, 2024 4:30:58 GMT -5
DAVE WINFIELD
He was the first Yankee with 5 straight 100 RBI seasons since Joe D.
Winfield’s 100+ RBI: 1982-86, 106, 116, 100, 114 & 104 respectively. (DiMaggio 1936-42, the 1st 7 seasons of his career.)
He was was the first player to have at least 1,000 hits in each league and join the 3,000 hit club. He had 1,134 H in the NL w/SDP then 1,976 H in the AL w/NYY, CAL, TOR, MIN & CLE. Albert Pujols now also meets those same criteria.
Winfield was an All-Star 12 X, 4 in the NL, 8 in the AL. He hit 7 2B in total. Nine players are tied for second place with 3 doubles each…
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Post by inger on Aug 7, 2024 4:58:54 GMT -5
In 1983, Tony Armas managed only a .707 OPS despite 36 HR and 107 RBI. .218 .254 .453 .707 85
He also homered more times than he walked (29 walks). Of course homered 251 times while walking only 260 times in his career…
Sort of a walking (and homering) anamolie…he had more homers than BB in 7 of his 14 seasons…
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 7, 2024 8:34:21 GMT -5
DAVE WINFIELD He was the first Yankee with 5 straight 100 RBI seasons since Joe D. Winfield’s 100+ RBI: 1982-86, 106, 116, 100, 114 & 104 respectively. (DiMaggio 1936-42, the 1st 7 seasons of his career.) He was was the first player to have at least 1,000 hits in each league and join the 3,000 hit club. He had 1,134 H in the NL w/SDP then 1,976 H in the AL w/NYY, CAL, TOR, MIN & CLE. Albert Pujols now also meets those same criteria. Winfield was an All-Star 12 X, 4 in the NL, 8 in the AL. He hit 7 2B in total. Nine players are tied for second place with 3 doubles each… Big Dave Winfield is such an underappreciated Yankee |
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Post by inger on Aug 7, 2024 8:42:03 GMT -5
DAVE WINFIELD He was the first Yankee with 5 straight 100 RBI seasons since Joe D. Winfield’s 100+ RBI: 1982-86, 106, 116, 100, 114 & 104 respectively. (DiMaggio 1936-42, the 1st 7 seasons of his career.) He was was the first player to have at least 1,000 hits in each league and join the 3,000 hit club. He had 1,134 H in the NL w/SDP then 1,976 H in the AL w/NYY, CAL, TOR, MIN & CLE. Albert Pujols now also meets those same criteria. Winfield was an All-Star 12 X, 4 in the NL, 8 in the AL. He hit 7 2B in total. Nine players are tied for second place with 3 doubles each… Big Dave Winfield is such an underappreciated Yankee I never realized until now he was the first to have 100 ribbies 5x consecutive since Joe… |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 7, 2024 9:05:21 GMT -5
Big Dave Winfield is such an underappreciated Yankee I never realized until now he was the first to have 100 ribbies 5x consecutive since Joe… I thought Mantle would have done it, but maybe the injuries held him back? |
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Post by inger on Aug 7, 2024 12:04:16 GMT -5
I never realized until now he was the first to have 100 ribbies 5x consecutive since Joe… I thought Mantle would have done it, but maybe the injuries held him back? Mantle would have easily done it despite the injuries. If you think Judge is pitched around, compared to Mantle Judge gets pitches grooved to him. Mantle seldom saw a strike from 1954 to the end of his career… especially with runners on base… |
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Post by inger on Aug 7, 2024 13:57:12 GMT -5
Larry Poncino passed away on July 14, 2024. He umpired 1,961 MLB games between 1985 and 2007. He was 67 years old.
"Larry saw things in black or white, balls or strikes, safe or out. One perfect story highlighting this goes when Larry got a ticket for running a stoplight in Tucson he decided to oppose the charge. He got on the stand in front of the district judge and said, 'I have been an umpire for 20 years, and I call them the way I see them. I stopped at the light and the police officer said that I did not … I’m used to making judgement calls and the tie goes to the runner.' The judge laughed and immediately dismissed the case." - The Daily News. Larry Poncino Obituary. 23 July 2024…
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Post by inger on Aug 8, 2024 10:29:35 GMT -5
FERGIE JENKINS
Jenkins was traded on 25-Oct-1973 by CHC to TEX for Vic Harris and Bill Madlock. From 1967 thru 1973, Jenkins posted season’s win/loss records of 20-13; 20-15; 21-15; 22-16; 24-13; 20-12; & 14*-16, each time the best record on the Cubs’ staff. With TEX in 1974, his record was 25-12. *3-way tie
Jenkins led MLB complete G with 20, 24, 30& 29 in 1967, 1970, 1971 & 1974 respectively.
Jenkins was honored with a statue as well as a postage stamp. The statue is outside Wrigley Field & was unveiled 20-May-2022. The stamp has a face value of 59¢ Cdn. & was first issued 01-Feb-2011 in Chatham, Ontario.
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 8, 2024 12:09:08 GMT -5
FERGIE JENKINS Jenkins was traded on 25-Oct-1973 by CHC to TEX for Vic Harris and Bill Madlock. From 1967 thru 1973, Jenkins posted season’s win/loss records of 20-13; 20-15; 21-15; 22-16; 24-13; 20-12; & 14*-16, each time the best record on the Cubs’ staff. With TEX in 1974, his record was 25-12. *3-way tie Jenkins led MLB complete G with 20, 24, 30& 29 in 1967, 1970, 1971 & 1974 respectively. Jenkins was honored with a statue as well as a postage stamp. The statue is outside Wrigley Field & was unveiled 20-May-2022. The stamp has a face value of 59¢ Cdn. & was first issued 01-Feb-2011 in Chatham, Ontario. OK, you confused me at first with the postage stamp because Fergie is still with us, until I realized you're talking a stamp from our friends up north. |
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Post by inger on Aug 8, 2024 12:28:13 GMT -5
FERGIE JENKINS Jenkins was traded on 25-Oct-1973 by CHC to TEX for Vic Harris and Bill Madlock. From 1967 thru 1973, Jenkins posted season’s win/loss records of 20-13; 20-15; 21-15; 22-16; 24-13; 20-12; & 14*-16, each time the best record on the Cubs’ staff. With TEX in 1974, his record was 25-12. *3-way tie Jenkins led MLB complete G with 20, 24, 30& 29 in 1967, 1970, 1971 & 1974 respectively. Jenkins was honored with a statue as well as a postage stamp. The statue is outside Wrigley Field & was unveiled 20-May-2022. The stamp has a face value of 59¢ Cdn. & was first issued 01-Feb-2011 in Chatham, Ontario. OK, you confused me at first with the postage stamp because Fergie is still with us, until I realized you're talking a stamp from our friends up north. It’s important to me that the theme of my posts includes a few pieces of information that is generally unknown… |
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Post by bumper on Aug 8, 2024 14:44:59 GMT -5
I discovered this fellow Phil Marchilden while reading an article about 1942 that was written in support of Ted Williams as a more logical MVP than the actual winner, Joe Gordon. Anyway, I found him down ballot. He was down ballot 1946 and 1947 as well. Checking out 1947, he went 19-9 for the Philadelphia A’s who were only 78-76-2. Not exactly Steve Carlton, but a real good season. Take note that a down ballot MVP vote was about all he could get since there wasn’t a CYA then. If you know me, you know it’s awful hard to find a player I have memory of, especially on that had at last one good season… www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marchph01.shtml… in the minutiae "never heard of the guy" category. jim konstanty was a relief pitcher for the 1950 whiz kids who won the NL mvp that season - the only NL reliever to ever do so. his line was 16-7 w a 2.55 ERA 22 SV and 4 BS. after having not started a game all season, he started game 1 in the WS against the yankees. lost in a 4 hit 8 inning effort. just had that one magical season. was traded to the yanks in 1954. pitched well for us his 1st 2 seasons.
learned a lot about the guy because as a kid i read a book he wrote called "the 3-2 pitch". as a kid in addition to being a yankee fan, on the NL side was a phillie fan and read anything baseball i could find. must have been in the library. probably sold 10 copies and long, long out of print.
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Post by inger on Aug 8, 2024 16:44:15 GMT -5
I discovered this fellow Phil Marchilden while reading an article about 1942 that was written in support of Ted Williams as a more logical MVP than the actual winner, Joe Gordon. Anyway, I found him down ballot. He was down ballot 1946 and 1947 as well. Checking out 1947, he went 19-9 for the Philadelphia A’s who were only 78-76-2. Not exactly Steve Carlton, but a real good season. Take note that a down ballot MVP vote was about all he could get since there wasn’t a CYA then. If you know me, you know it’s awful hard to find a player I have memory of, especially on that had at last one good season… www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marchph01.shtml… in the minutiae "never heard of the guy" category. jim konstanty was a relief pitcher for the 1950 whiz kids who won the NL mvp that season - the only NL reliever to ever do so. his line was 16-7 w a 2.55 ERA 22 SV and 4 BS. after having not started a game all season, he started game 1 in the WS against the yankees. lost in a 4 hit 8 inning effort. just had that one magical season. was traded to the yanks in 1954. pitched well for us his 1st 2 seasons.
learned a lot about the guy because as a kid i read a book he wrote called "the 3-2 pitch". as a kid in addition to being a yankee fan, on the NL side was a phillie fan and read anything baseball i could find. must have been in the library. probably sold 10 copies and long, long out of print.
Konstanty is pretty famous, really. But each of us experiences certain players at different levels and in different ways. His “Whiz Kid season came 4 years before I was born, but as a youngster I found him in my perusals of the baseball Encylopedia… |
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