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Post by inger on Oct 7, 2024 14:17:22 GMT -5
LUKE APPLING Appling hit .388 in 1936 for CHW, the highest BA ever for an AL SS. From 1930-43, 45-50, Appling played only for the Chicago White Sox. In addition to 1936 batting title, Appling led the AL w/.328 in 1943. He twice finished second to a Yankee for MVP. In 1936, he was 2nd to Lou Gehrig for AL MVP; in 1943, 2nd to Yankee pitcher Spud Chandler, both in the seasons when Appling won his batting titles… At 75 years old Appling tagged Warren Spahn for a HR in the '82 Cracker Jack Old-Timers Classic... I recall that. Funny since he seldom homered in his career… |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 7, 2024 14:30:24 GMT -5
At 75 years old Appling tagged Warren Spahn for a HR in the '82 Cracker Jack Old-Timers Classic... I recall that. Funny since he seldom homered in his career… Actually I originally thought it happened at the "Denver Dream" old-timers game in '83. Would've made sense at Mile High Stadium with the very short LF line. Double checked to be sure...I had misremembered. It was in '82 at RFK in DC. |
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Post by inger on Oct 7, 2024 16:51:30 GMT -5
I recall that. Funny since he seldom homered in his career… Actually I originally thought it happened at the "Denver Dream" old-timers game in '83. Would've made sense at Mile High Stadium with the very short LF line. Double checked to be sure...I had misremembered. It was in '82 at RFK in DC. If I recall correctly, there was a temp 275’ fence erected. I could be wrong… |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 7, 2024 17:21:43 GMT -5
Actually I originally thought it happened at the "Denver Dream" old-timers game in '83. Would've made sense at Mile High Stadium with the very short LF line. Double checked to be sure...I had misremembered. It was in '82 at RFK in DC. If I recall correctly, there was a temp 275’ fence erected. I could be wrong… That's correct. |
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Post by inger on Oct 8, 2024 22:22:27 GMT -5
GIL HODGES
Was his poor post season performance the reason his HOF induction was delayed?
In the 1952 World Series (NYY 4-3 over BRO), Hodges, by then considered one of the team’s leaders, had 21 AB and exactly 0 hits. Unfortunately, it seemed to overshadow his otherwise stellar career. Turned back 20 X by HOF voters (15 by BWAA + 5 by the Veterans Committee), Hodges was voted inin 2022 by the Golden Days Era Committee. Hodges was born in Princeton, Indiana.
In NYM’s debut G on 11-Apr-1962, Hodges hit their first HR off STL’s Lary Jackson in the 4th inning.
Hodges hit both the last GS for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the first GS for the LA Dodgers. Grand Slams = 01-Aug-1957 & 23-Aug-1958. The L.A. GSHR was the 14th of his career and was then the NL career record…
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Post by Max on Oct 9, 2024 12:10:02 GMT -5
Gil Hodges was well respected by every Yankee fan and Dodger fan that I knew. I remember them saying that he should be in the Hall of Fame when he was still managing the Mets.
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Post by inger on Oct 9, 2024 12:20:44 GMT -5
Gil Hodges was well respected by every Yankee fan and Dodger fan that I knew. I remember them saying that he should be in the Hall of Fame when he was still managing the Mets. His delayed induction was a mystery to me. I’d guess his short peak and failure to reach anywhere near to 500 HR were to blame, but he was a hell of player and man… |
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Post by inger on Oct 9, 2024 12:21:19 GMT -5
MICKEY VERNON
In 1946, Vernon hit 52 doubles & .353 BA that landed him 5th in the MVP vote. In fairness, his WAR of 5.7 that season only ranked him eighth (8th).
In 1953, Vernon hit .337171 for WSH, beating former teammate Al Rosen whose .335559 was just .001612 short, as Vernon blocked his triple crown.
Vernon hit for the cycle on 19-May-1946(2) for WSH. Helping them down CHW 7-1. It was the last cycle for the pre-expansion Washington Senators…
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Post by Max on Oct 9, 2024 12:27:05 GMT -5
Gil Hodges was well respected by every Yankee fan and Dodger fan that I knew. I remember them saying that he should be in the Hall of Fame when he was still managing the Mets. His delayed induction was a mystery to me. I’d guess his short peak and failure to reach anywhere near to 500 HR were to blame, but he was a hell of player and man… Not sure why it took so long for Ernie Lombardi to be inducted in the Hall of Fame. I remember my Dad telling me that Lombardi was a very slow runner, but he could hit. Lombardi retired after the 1947 season. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986. |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Oct 12, 2024 11:46:41 GMT -5
The Baseball Hall of Fame voting is a puzzle. Just take a look at players like Dodgers Gil Hodges, Luis Tiant and others were lost, are now in the hands of veterans committees.
Just look at Former Yankees Owner Jacob Ruppert who died in January 1939, he didn't get elected in the Hall of Fame until 2013. Meanwhile many of his comtemportaries
like Connie Mack, Clark Griffith and others were voted in much sooner.
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Post by Max on Oct 12, 2024 12:00:43 GMT -5
With the Yankees winning their series vs the Royals, it's the first time since 2020 that relief pitcher Will Smith won't win a world series ring.
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Post by inger on Oct 12, 2024 12:43:08 GMT -5
With the Yankees winning their series vs the Royals, it's the first time since 2020 that relief pitcher Will Smith won't win a world series ring. Nice one… |
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Post by inger on Oct 12, 2024 12:50:11 GMT -5
Leo Durocher quotes:
“I made a game effort to argue, but two things were against me. The umpires and the rules”.
He had other gems too: “If you don’t win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you’ve only put off the day you’re going to be fired.”
“I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.”
AND this one, about him, “He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.” ~ Branch Rickey…
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Post by inger on Oct 12, 2024 12:55:36 GMT -5
In 1947, after playing tens games with St. Louis Harry Walker was traded to Philadelphia and went on to lead the NL with a .363 batting average. He was the first NL player to win the award while playing for two teams…
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Post by inger on Oct 12, 2024 12:57:45 GMT -5
"Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits." - Casey Stengel in The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer (Dave Blevins, Scarecrow Press, 12/23/2011, Page 937)…
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