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Post by inger on Mar 19, 2023 23:17:30 GMT -5
"This boy (Bill Dickey) will be better than (Muddy) Ruel, better than (Wally) Schang, better than any of them." - Miller Huggins (Spring of 1929)…
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Post by inger on Mar 19, 2023 23:26:47 GMT -5
While Bill Dickey wasn’t officially “platooned” during his career, he often had a righty hitting back up. This resulted in Dickey completing his career with 78% of his plate appearances vs. RHP and a rather unbalanced slash.
.322 .390 .506 .896 2431 (Total bases)
.282 .349 .427 .777 573 (Total bases)…
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Post by inger on Mar 20, 2023 12:30:50 GMT -5
On June 20, 1969 Joe Pepitone hit a first inning grand slam vs. the Red Sox, only to see the game rained out one batter later. The game was restarted the next day. The Red Sox won 6-5, and Pepi?poor Pepi. He was 0 for 6…
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Post by inger on Mar 20, 2023 12:31:40 GMT -5
Mickey Mantle still holds the record for most times struck out in all star games, with 16…
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 20, 2023 18:04:00 GMT -5
Mickey Mantle still holds the record for most times struck out in all star games, with 16… You have to play a lot to K a lot. |
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Post by domeplease on Mar 20, 2023 18:55:06 GMT -5
INGER: Have you heard from Sierchio? Recently sent him message and email but no response. Hoping he is doing ok? Let me know please.
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Post by inger on Mar 20, 2023 19:07:03 GMT -5
INGER: Have you heard from Sierchio? Recently sent him message and email but no response. Hoping he is doing ok? Let me know please. To update you and all others, he’s had the same job now for several months. He’s told me he’s working long hours and trying to keep putting money aside. I haven’t heard a lot from him, either, but I think he’s doing well… |
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Post by domeplease on Mar 21, 2023 14:01:32 GMT -5
INGER: Have you heard from Sierchio? Recently sent him message and email but no response. Hoping he is doing ok? Let me know please. To update you and all others, he’s had the same job now for several months. He’s told me he’s working long hours and trying to keep putting money aside. I haven’t heard a lot from him, either, but I think he’s doing well… Great Sierchio update = Wishing him only the best.
NOW THIS:
'Urgent threat': CDC warns against Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus invading health care facilities (The Last Of Us ???).
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Post by inger on Mar 21, 2023 14:05:17 GMT -5
To update you and all others, he’s had the same job now for several months. He’s told me he’s working long hours and trying to keep putting money aside. I haven’t heard a lot from him, either, but I think he’s doing well… Great Sierchio update = Wishing him only the best.
NOW THIS:
'Urgent threat': CDC warns against Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus invading health care facilities (The Last Of Us ???).
Oh, Candida, We can make it together The further from here girl The better Where air is fresh and clean… |
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Post by inger on Mar 21, 2023 14:20:11 GMT -5
On 6/27/2003, Johnny Damon had a single, double, and triple all in one inning. No one had done that before, and it hadn’t been done since…
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 21, 2023 18:37:10 GMT -5
While Bill Dickey wasn’t officially “platooned” during his career, he often had a righty hitting back up. This resulted in Dickey completing his career with 78% of his plate appearances vs. RHP and a rather unbalanced slash. .322 .390 .506 .896 2431 (Total bases) .282 .349 .427 .777 573 (Total bases)… At least in terms of power numbers, Bill Dickey probably took more advantage of the short right field at Yankee Stadium than any other Yankee great. He was a big-time pull hitter, hitting 135 HRs at home and 67 on the road. But he consciously tailored his home run swing for the Stadium. He actually had a higher BA (.316-.309) and higher OBP (.384-.380) on the road than at home. |
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Post by inger on Mar 21, 2023 19:09:34 GMT -5
While Bill Dickey wasn’t officially “platooned” during his career, he often had a righty hitting back up. This resulted in Dickey completing his career with 78% of his plate appearances vs. RHP and a rather unbalanced slash. .322 .390 .506 .896 2431 (Total bases) .282 .349 .427 .777 573 (Total bases)… At least in terms of power numbers, Bill Dickey probably took more advantage of the short right field at Yankee Stadium than any other Yankee great. He was a big-time pull hitter, hitting 135 HRs at home and 67 on the road. But he consciously tailored his home run swing for the Stadium. He actually had a higher BA (.316-.309) and higher OBP (.384-.380) on the road than at home. Dickey wasn’t a natural pull hitter, so it took him a few seasons to learn how to turn on the ball. Once he did, he became a huge part of the Yankee offense… |
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Post by inger on Mar 21, 2023 23:31:26 GMT -5
Johnny Lindell is the only Yankee of to ever hit 4 doubles in a game. With all the great of, it seems Johnny would not be the one you’d expect to do that, just as one would never expect light-hitting Jim Mason to hit four in a game 30 years later.
Lindell had quite a career track. In MiLB he he went 18-7 and 23-4 in 1940 and 41. After working 23 games for the Yanks in 1942 and pitching to a 3.76 ERA he was quickly switch to the OF and lead the AL in triples each of his first two seasons. For the time being he was no longer a pitcher.
Once his bat became ineffective, Lindell, now in the Pirates organization switched back to pitching and on 1952 he posted a MiLB mark of 24-9. In 1953 he pitched at least 8 innings in 15 of 32 starts for Pittsburgh, the 36 year old struggled along with the rest of his team mates, posting a 6-15 before they dealt him to the Phillies where he worked to a 1-1 mark.
Lindell ( .273 .344 .429 .773 114) was a successful MLB of, but one must wonder what kind of pitcher he might have been, but he had lost some of his fastball after his short MLB test and manager McCarthy said he would have play OF if he wanted to stay…
Quite a career…
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Post by inger on Mar 22, 2023 7:04:18 GMT -5
We all recall the Yankees plucking a player away from the Red Sox in part because he both pitched and played in the field. A fella named Babe Ruth, right? Well, Ruth easnt the first one. First there was:
. HARRY WOLTER
Wolter was a handy two-way player for the 1909 Red Sox, appearing in 11 games on the mound, 18 more at 1B & another 9 in the OF. On 12-Jan-1910, he was selected off waivers by NYY [Highlanders] from BOS for $1,500.
Wolter became a regular in New York & posted the best 4-year stretch of his career with a strong Dead Ball Era composite OPS+ of 121.
Wolter doubled his career-best in HRs in 1910, bashing four (4!) & finishing with the 6th highest HR total in the AL. Of his 12 career HRs, 10 were inside-the-park & the 11th was of the “bounce” variety allowed at the time. His only outside-the-park HR was hit to RF at the Polo Grounds where the distance to the bleachers was a mere 258’ down the line…
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 22, 2023 8:25:14 GMT -5
We all recall the Yankees plucking a player away from the Red Sox in part because he both pitched and played in the field. A fella named Babe Ruth, right? Well, Ruth easnt the first one. First there was: . HARRY WOLTER Wolter was a handy two-way player for the 1909 Red Sox, appearing in 11 games on the mound, 18 more at 1B & another 9 in the OF. On 12-Jan-1910, he was selected off waivers by NYY [Highlanders] from BOS for $1,500. Wolter became a regular in New York & posted the best 4-year stretch of his career with a strong Dead Ball Era composite OPS+ of 121. Wolter doubled his career-best in HRs in 1910, bashing four (4!) & finishing with the 6th highest HR total in the AL. Of his 12 career HRs, 10 were inside-the-park & the 11th was of the “bounce” variety allowed at the time. His only outside-the-park HR was hit to RF at the Polo Grounds where the distance to the bleachers was a mere 258’ down the line… Those balls must have been like livermush back then. |
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