Random Trivia

[Jason R. Maier]

Please ignore this post because the clock was messed up at the time I orignally posted this

[cubsfan1073]

Lets just place random intersting pieces of information here

[cubsfan1073]

babe ruth is the only player to get caught stealing to end the world series
christy mathewson is the only player to pitch 3 shutouts in one world series
rick monday was the first player taken in the first amateur baseball draft

[Bigrcube]

Did you know that son of HOF pitcher Ed Walsh, Ed Walsh Jr. ended Joe DiMaggio's 61-game hitting streak
in 1933 in the PCL (Pacific Coast League)
while the future Yankee Clipper was playing for the SF Seals.
Both Ed Walsh's pitched for the Chicago White Sox.

[Utter Chaos]

Intentional Walks to the last 3 all time single season home run leaders

2001 - Barry Bonds - 35 intentional walks
1998 - Mark McGwire - 28 intentional walks
1961 - Roger Maris - 0 intentional walks

I guess when you have some guy named Mantle hitting after you, you tend to get better pitches to hit.

[KCGHOST]

Chet Trail - The first player to join a team (1964 Yankees) prior to Sept 1., stay on their 25 man active roster all through the rest of the regular season and post-season and never enter a game.

[Trivia Guy]

The National League is undefeated in the ten extra-inning All-Star Games. The NL won in 1950 (14 innings), 1955 (12 innings), the first All-Star Game of the 1961 season (ten innings), 1966 (ten innings), 1967 (15 innings), 1970 (12 innings), 1972 (ten innings), 1987 (13 innings), and 1994 (ten innings). The 2002 All-Star Game was declared a 7-7 tie after 11 innings because each side ran out of pitchers. However, the NL has never scored more than nine runs in an All-Star Game. The double-digit mark has been reached six times in All-Star competition by the American League. They did it in 1946, 1949, 1954, 1983, 1992, and 1998.

[Bigrcube]

The only pitcher to strike out 4 batters in one inning in a World Series game
is Orval Overall of the 1908 Chicago Cubs, who shutdown Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers.

[Bigrcube]

The three members of the HOF to hit a HR in their first major league at-bat are:
Cleveland's Earl Averill in 1929
Yankees' Yogi Berra in 1946
Oriole's pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm in 1958.

[Bigrcube]

Volatile Detroit Tigers southpaw Earl Whitehill met his future bride, Violet Oliver, in 1924.
She is the California girl who appears on the Sun-Maid raisin box.
He won 22 games for the 1933 Washington Senators and he has the worst ERA of any pitcher with 200 or more wins.
A close second are:
David Wells (4.07)
Jaime Moyer (4.17)
Kenny Rogers (4.19)

[Utter Chaos]

Originally Posted by Bigrcube

The three members of the HOF to hit a HR in their first major league at-bat are:
Cleveland's Earl Averill in 1929
Yankees' Yogi Berra in 1946
Oriole's pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm in 1958.

Yogi did not hit a HR in his frist at bat.

Averill and Wilhelm are the only members of the Baseball Hall of Fame to homer in their first at bat. Football Hall of Famer Ace Parker also accomplished the feat.

[cubsfan1073]

ty cobb hit 300 in 23 consecutive seasons

[cubsfan1073]

hugh duffy batted 440 in 1894
the highest ever
rogers hornsby hit 424, most in modern era

[Bigrcube]

Originally Posted by Utter Chaos

Yogi did not hit a HR in his frist at bat.

Averill and Wilhelm are the only members of the Baseball Hall of Fame to homer in their first at bat. Football Hall of Famer Ace Parker also accomplished the feat.

You are right.....I stand (or sit) corrected. Sorry. Thanx for clearing that up.
I had bad intel on my "Stump The Band" trivia list. It has been fixed.

Ace Parker in April 1937 while playing with the Philadelphia Athletics of the AL.

[Dodgerfan1]

Babe Ruth kept a cabbage leaf under his hat to keep himself cool during games. He changed it every other inning.

In 1963, Sandy Koufax and Elston Howard won their respective league's MVP Awards. In the NFL, Jim Brown did the same. All three players wore #32.

Harmon Killebrew was used as the model for the MLB logo.

The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches

[cubsfan1073]

ive heard that the life expectancy is even shorter-5 or 6 pitches
also back in the 20s and 30s two balls were used the entire game
one of the reason there were so few home runs is that by the 9th inning the ball was so beat up that it was nearly impossible 2 hit far

[cubsfan1073]

the last playe to win a batting title without hitting a single home run was rod carew in 1972

[cubsfan1073]

jason marquis batted 292 and 310 in 2004 and 2005, respectively

[Bigrcube]

Did you know, that in 1925, the Yankees offered to trade Lou Gehrig to the Boston Red Sox
to make up for the Babe Ruth trade blunder from several years before. They declined.

[Bigrcube]

During his last year of high school, the Yankees offered Ted Williams $200 to sign with them.
He declined because his mother wanted him to complete his studies.

[cubsfan1073]

el duque didnt pitch in the majors until he was 29

[cubsfan1073]

when bobby thomson hit his 'shot heard round the world', he knew what pitch was coming
he was tipped off by someone in centerfield with a telescope

[Jason R. Maier]

Wilbur Wood was the last person to start both ends of a doubleheader.

He did this July 20, 1973 against the Yankees and lost both games.

Game 1 he faced 6 batters and didn't retire a single one, giving up 4 hits, walking one and giving up a passed ball. He was charged with 6 runs (5 earned).

Game 2 he lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up 5 hits, 7 runs (5 earned) and walking one.

All info was found on http://www.retrosheet.org

[cubsfan1073]

nolan ryan got his number retired by three different teams
the astros, angels, and rangers

the only pitcher to win the mvp 2 years in a row is hal newhouser in 1944 and 45

[Gee Walker]

Before the 1990's a complete ball team could be made from the nine players who won consecutive MVP awards.

C - Yogi Berra
1B - Jimmie Foxx
2B - Joe Morgan
SS - Ernie Banks
3B - Mike Schmidt
LF - Dale Murphy (actually a CF)
CF- Mickey Mantle
RF - Roger Maris
P - Hal Newhouser