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Old 01-10-2006, 03:29 AM
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Most players in one MLB game?
When the Chicago White Sox played the Seattle Mariners on the 18th of September 1980, 41 players took part in the game. Is this a MLB record?
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Old 01-10-2006, 06:41 AM
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When the Chicago White Sox played the Seattle Mariners on the 18th of September 1980, 41 players took part in the game. Is this a MLB record?
No. I don't know the record, but This year's 14-inning world series game had more (43). I'm sure there were more in a September regular season game
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One more to add to the list. I still don't know the record, but 9/13/82, the Dodgers beat the Padres in 16. The Dodgers used 28 players, the Padres 22, total 50.
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Cubs & Astros supposedly used 53 players in a game completed on 9/3/1986
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Old 01-10-2006, 09:08 AM
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Cubs & Astros supposedly used 53 players in a game completed on 9/3/1986
Good one. Game actually started on 9/2/86, and was completed on 9/3

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RuthMayBond: Cubs & Astros used 53 players in a game completed on 9/3/1986

ah. september baseball at its finest.
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Get that VCR+ recorder on for all those career Triple-A players (and, for a moment, MLB pinch runners) to be able to prove, "Yeah, I was in the Show, back in 19__."

Of course, if you do it right like HiddenGems (who of course has been much more than a September call-up), you hit a home run in your first major league at-bat. Everyone see that in his thread, at this page (post #540)? It still gives me goosebumps. Great swing, and it inspired the instant creation of a teenage auxiliary of the Hidden Gems fan club.
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Good one. Game actually started on 9/2/86, and was completed on 9/3

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Why was Davey Lopes playing CF for the Astros? Is there more to the story than the boxscore?
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Old 01-10-2006, 11:22 AM
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Why was Davey Lopes playing CF for the Astros? Is there more to the story than the boxscore?
Lopes was primarily a utility player in his last few years. By the time he played for the Cubs, he spent more time in the OF than the infield
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