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Post by inger on Oct 21, 2024 8:24:03 GMT -5
Roberto Alomar is the only middle infielder to have represented 4 different teams in the All Star game.
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Post by inger on Oct 21, 2024 8:31:17 GMT -5
David Wells HOF team mates:
Roberto Alomar, Harold Baines, Wade Boggs, Roy Halladay, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina, Phil Niekro, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Mariano Rivera, David Ortiz, Frank Thomas, Alan Trammell & Dave Winfield. (It’s possible there’ll be more.)…
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 10:11:59 GMT -5
David Wells HOF team mates: Roberto Alomar, Harold Baines, Wade Boggs, Roy Halladay, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina, Phil Niekro, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Mariano Rivera, David Ortiz, Frank Thomas, Alan Trammell & Dave Winfield. (It’s possible there’ll be more.)… Glad you're doing these things again Inger. Nice list for Wells. Hard to believe he only pitched four years for the Yankees, divided into two stints. He was a remarkable 68-28 for a .708 winning percentage in those years, in addition to being an excellent post-season performer. As far as I have been able to determine, the players with the most HOF teammates were Waite Hoyt and Burleigh Grimes, with 36 each. They are of course both HOFers themselves and benefited from playing for multiple outstanding teams, sometimes briefly, but they all add up. Some of these HOFers are definitely of the dubious variety like Freddy Lindstrom and Travis Jackson and Highpockets Kelly, but they have the plaques. More amazing to me is that the record for playing the most games without ever having had a HOF teammate is 2,986 held by your old favorite Barry Bonds. Hard to believe since he played on some good teams in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, but none so far have made it to Cooperstown. As far as I can tell, his top teammates were players like Jeff Kent and Will Clark and Omar Vizquel and Bobby Bonilla and Andy Van Slyke -- maybe Kent or Vizquel have the best shots still, or maybe I missed someone, that's always a possibility. Most of that info came from a since discontinued service of baseballref called Oracle, but it was accurate at least as of a few years ago. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 10:24:25 GMT -5
In 1934 and 1935, catcher Rollie Hemsley was HBP twice each year. He as never HBP in any other of his 17 seasons… Hemsley was a WWII Yankee… Somewhere in my brother's house is a Rollie Hemsley baseball card that our father had from either 1936 or 1937, which is the only reason I remember "Rollicking Rollie." He got that nickname for standing out, even in that era of heavy drinkers, as a player who was only intermittently sober. He was constantly being suspended for his inability to control his drinking until he discovered Alcoholics Anonymous and turned his life around. He went public with this in 1940, much to the dismay of both MLB (which didn't like seeing things like that getting out) and AA (which had a code of anonymity.) But it turned out the publicity greatly helped AA reach more people. Even though he had only six seasons in which he played over 100 games, Hemsley was a five-time All Star. The Yanks signed him during WWII when Bill Dickey was injured. |
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 21, 2024 10:28:17 GMT -5
David Wells HOF team mates: Roberto Alomar, Harold Baines, Wade Boggs, Roy Halladay, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina, Phil Niekro, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Mariano Rivera, David Ortiz, Frank Thomas, Alan Trammell & Dave Winfield. (It’s possible there’ll be more.)… Glad you're doing these things again Inger. Nice list for Wells. Hard to believe he only pitched four years for the Yankees, divided into two stints. He was a remarkable 68-28 for a .708 winning percentage in those years, in addition to being an excellent post-season performer. David Wells was perfect for those Yankee teams and Joe Torre was the perfect manager for Wells. But this was still the Yankees and George was still alive, so they still chased the big names, like Clemens. That traded didn't need to happen. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 21, 2024 18:22:52 GMT -5
Glad you're doing these things again Inger. Nice list for Wells. Hard to believe he only pitched four years for the Yankees, divided into two stints. He was a remarkable 68-28 for a .708 winning percentage in those years, in addition to being an excellent post-season performer. David Wells was perfect for those Yankee teams and Joe Torre was the perfect manager for Wells. But this was still the Yankees and George was still alive, so they still chased the big names, like Clemens. That trade didn't need to happen. Neither did Giambi or Arod. I was not enthusiastic about either being in Pinstripes. Clemens once was bad enough, but then bringing him back at 30 million?  |
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Post by inger on Oct 21, 2024 21:58:24 GMT -5
JIMMY KEY
Key was the last native Alabaman to start an All Star game.
In the 1994 ASG, Key pitched the 1st 2 innings for the AL, giving up 1 ER & then was pinch-hit for by Paul Molitor. He was replaced on the mound by David Cone, a former teammate. Key pitched for the Clemson University Tigers in college.
Key joined the ASHOF in 2009. Others enshrined there include Joe Louis, Bear Bryant, Jesse Owens, Satchell Paige, Bo Jackson, Ozzie Smith & JoJo Starbuck.
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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 9:07:41 GMT -5
Luis Tiant is the only pitcher to throw four consecutive shutouts on two separate occasions. He did so in 1968 and again in 1972…
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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 10:51:34 GMT -5
Joe Carter is in the Kansas state Hall of Game despite not being from Kansas. Carter was born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He played baseball, however, at Wichita State University in Kansas... He started out as a two sport player, but dropped football after his first year…
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 22, 2024 11:08:32 GMT -5
Joe Carter is in the Kansas state Hall of Game despite not being from Kansas. Carter was born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He played baseball, however, at Wichita State University in Kansas... He started out as a two sport player, but dropped football after his first year… At one time it seemed the "Shockers" would be a perennial presence at the College World Series... |
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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 11:44:45 GMT -5
Who is the only Dominican pitcher not named Pedro to win an AL ERA crown?
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Juan Guzman
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 22, 2024 13:41:15 GMT -5
JIMMY KEY Key was the last native Alabaman to start an All Star game. In the 1994 ASG, Key pitched the 1st 2 innings for the AL, giving up 1 ER & then was pinch-hit for by Paul Molitor. He was replaced on the mound by David Cone, a former teammate. Key pitched for the Clemson University Tigers in college. Key joined the ASHOF in 2009. Others enshrined there include Joe Louis, Bear Bryant, Jesse Owens, Satchell Paige, Bo Jackson, Ozzie Smith & JoJo Starbuck. Jimmy Key was maddeningly fascinating to watch. Key just would not give in and throw a strike even in situations when you were begging him to do so. Key had no problem walking batters to get to someone he knew he could exploit. A master at pitching to and around a line-up. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 22, 2024 13:42:37 GMT -5
Luis Tiant is the only pitcher to throw four consecutive shutouts on two separate occasions. He did so in 1968 and again in 1972… Something we will never see again even once. |
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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 13:45:07 GMT -5
Luis Tiant is the only pitcher to throw four consecutive shutouts on two separate occasions. He did so in 1968 and again in 1972… Something we will never see again even once. 2 in a row seems as unlikely as Van de Meer’s double no hitters… |
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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 14:35:32 GMT -5
More Juan Guzman stuff:
He holds the AL record with 26 WP in a season…
He is the only pitcher in the American or National League to retire before 2001 with at least 225 career Games Started without ever appearing in relief (0)..,
Since then, a dozen other pitchers have either retired with more such appearances, or are on track to do so…
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