MLB "Did you know?" Thread

[Rock Strongo]

lets start one...

 

[Rock Strongo]

did you know...

phil plantier of the A's has the best hit to RBI ratio for a 100 RBI season in history?

111 hits, 100 RBI (34 homeruns) in 1993

 

[broncosmitty]

did you know...

phil plantier of the A's has the best hit to RBI ratio for a 100 RBI season in history?

111 hits, 100 RBI (34 homeruns) in 1993

I did not know that.


Did you know Dickie Noles is one of four players to be traded for himself? (Cubs to Tigers, Tigers back to Cubs 33 days later.)

 

[Rock Strongo]

I did not know that.


Did you know Dickie Noles is one of four players to be traded for himself? (Cubs to Tigers, Tigers back to Cubs 33 days later.)

ha! no shit?

 

[broncosmitty]

Did you know that ambidextrous pitcher Pat Vindette uses a six fingered glove?

Heres the six-fingered baseball glove that ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte uses - MarketWatch

 

[broncosmitty]

ha! no shit?

I think it's crazy that three other guys were too. (Harry Chitti, John McDonald and Brad Gulden)

 

[Rock Strongo]

did you know? the first perfect game in MLB history was pitched in my home city of Worcester, Mass in 1887?

the site is marked by a plaque in a bunch of overgrowth.

when the red sox were given a franchise, MLB asked Worcester (a city about 50 miles west) to close with "the promise of a new MLB team" to replace it eventually.

MLB still owes worcester a team, and its still on the books.

 

[Rock Strongo]

The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches

 

[Rock Strongo]

Prior to the 1930 American League season, and prior to the 1931 National League season, fly balls that bounced over or through the outfield fence were home runs! All batted balls that cleared or went through the fence on the fly or that were hit more than 250 feet in the air and cleared or went through the fence after a bounce in fair territory were counted as home runs. After the rule change the batter was awarded second base and these were called "automatic doubles" (ground-rule doubles are ballpark-specific rules) and are covered by rule 6.09(d)-(h) in the MLB Rule Book.
Babe Ruth reportedly had no "bounce" home runs; Lou Gehrig had a few, so did Rogers Hornsby and many, many other players of that era.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Until 1920, in the last of the ninth inning or in the bottom of an extra inning, home runs that drove in the winning run ahead of them were scored only as singles, doubles, or triples, according to how many bases the baserunner needed to advance to score the winning run. For example, if the batter hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with a teammate on third base and the score tied, the batter was credited with only a single. Under current rules, the batter would be credited with a "walk-off" home run and the home team would win by two runs. In 1918 Babe Ruth hit a "home run" with a teammate on first base in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tied game. Under the rules of the day, Ruth was credited with a triple.
In 1968 the Special Baseball Records Committee voted to restore home runs to players who had lost credit for them because of the above-mentioned pre-1920 rule. But even people in power tinker with baseball's traditions and statistics at great peril. After a hyper-decibel outcry by casual and serious fans, the committee changed its mind in 1969.

 

[Rock Strongo]

The baseball tradition of spring training came about because in 1885 the Chicago White Stockings went to Hot Springs in Arkansas to prepare for the new season.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I did not know that.


Did you know Dickie Noles is one of four players to be traded for himself? (Cubs to Tigers, Tigers back to Cubs 33 days later.)

Who are the others? I know that Clinton "Scrap Iron" Courtney was one.

Edit: ah, I see you answered. But you missed one

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• January 24, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jim Archer, Bob Boyd, Wayne Causeyand Al Pilarcik to the Kansas City Athletics forWhitey Herzog and Russ Snyder. Clint Courtneyreturned to original team on April 15, 1961.

Clint Courtney Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

Courtney was returned to the Orioles as the PTBNL in the package that they received when they dealt him originally.

 

[calsnowskier]

I have used the "player rental ptbnl" trick in fantasy football before.

It lead the commish to abolish ptbnls permanently

 

[bksballer89]

Did you know Rock Strongo is an idiot? YES I DID

 

[broncosmitty]

Until 1920, in the last of the ninth inning or in the bottom of an extra inning, home runs that drove in the winning run ahead of them were scored only as singles, doubles, or triples, according to how many bases the baserunner needed to advance to score the winning run. For example, if the batter hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with a teammate on third base and the score tied, the batter was credited with only a single. Under current rules, the batter would be credited with a "walk-off" home run and the home team would win by two runs. In 1918 Babe Ruth hit a "home run" with a teammate on first base in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tied game. Under the rules of the day, Ruth was credited with a triple.
In 1968 the Special Baseball Records Committee voted to restore home runs to players who had lost credit for them because of the above-mentioned pre-1920 rule. But even people in power tinker with baseball's traditions and statistics at great peril. After a hyper-decibel outcry by casual and serious fans, the committee changed its mind in 1969.

Is there a list of walk off homers that were scored that way?

I've seen guys hit walks off and cut them short to celebrate, since they didn't matter once the touched the bag. But I never knew of the pre-1920 deal. I wonder who the career leader is in those? Or if there is one?

 

[soxfan1468927]

Did you know Warren Spahn finished his career with 363 wins....and exactly 363 hits?

 

[soxfan1468927]

Did you know that Tony Armas holds the record for most career starts (167) without a complete game? And did you know that Bud Norris is 5 starts away from tying that record?

 

[SilverFalco8]

Did you know that ambidextrous pitcher Pat Vindette uses a six fingered glove?

Heres the six-fingered baseball glove that ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte uses - MarketWatch

Is it possible to have a sixth finger?

 

[SilverFalco8]

Did you know that Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. didn't miss a game in 16 years. He played in 2,632 consecutive games from April 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998

 

[soxfan1468927]

Did you know that from July 11, 1991, to June 22, 1994; Greg Maddux made 106 straight starts without allowing more than 4 earned runs? That is longer than Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and Roger Clemens longest streaks combined.