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[fightinfunbags]

I think I got it. Just cross referenced:
Koufax
Lincecum
Verlander

 

[msgkings322]

Verlander?

Yep, that's #3

If the Rangers win, Scherzer joins the club

 

[broncosmitty]

Who is the only player to end a World Series by being thrown out stealing?

 

[Cedrique]

Who is the only player to end a World Series by being thrown out stealing?

Jackie Robinson?

 

[broncosmitty]

Jackie Robinson?

Not Jackie.

 

[Cedrique]

Frank Robinson?

 

[broncosmitty]

Frank Robinson?

Nope.

But it is a HOFer.

 

[msgkings322]

Nope.

But it is a HOFer.

Sandy Koufax

 

[broncosmitty]

Sandy Koufax

Nope but the man did once own the World Series consecutive scoreless innings pitched record.

 

[msgkings322]

Nope but the man did once own the World Series consecutive scoreless innings pitched record.

Wow I was just kidding...Babe Ruth?

 

[msgkings322]

Wow I was just kidding...Babe Ruth?

Nice

 

[broncosmitty]

Wow I was just kidding...Babe Ruth?

Yessir!

Game 7 of the 1926 Series. Tagged out by Rogers Hornsby after drawing a walk with two down. Gehrig hit 5th that game and was on deck.

 

[catman]

Here is a scenario for you. A pitcher allows 3 triples, a double and 2 singles in an inning, but doesn't allow a run to score. How?

 

[calsnowskier]

Here is a scenario for you. A pitcher allows 3 triples, a double and 2 singles in an inning, but doesn't allow a run to score. How?

Not possible. But…

Triple.
caught steeling (1)
triple
caught stealing (2)
triple
double (runner on 3rd does not advance)
single (runners don’t advance)
batter gets to first on a “single”, but the runner on third is tagged out before getting home. This would actually end up canceling the “single”, so no single

 

[Cedrique]

Everything in the previous post but the last batter hits a fly ball and passes the baserunner between first and second (I guess he thought it would be caught and went back to tag up) before the guy on third scores.

 

[calsnowskier]

Everything in the previous post but the last batter hits a fly ball and passes the baserunner between first and second (I guess he thought it would be caught and went back to tag up) before the guy on third scores.

Runner interference would work as well.

bases loaded, 2 outs. Batter hits a liner to right. RF throw to the 2B (or 1B, I guess) and the batter collides with the relay man. Single, out due to interference, no run scores.

or the batter rounds 1st and gets tagged out by the 1B before the runner scores.

 

[calsnowskier]

I would assume that the #3 hitter must have broken his leg running out the triple. How the hell could a guy who just hit a triple not score from 3rd on a double? And then not score on a single? Both with 2 outs, so no reason to tag up.

if the runner on 3rd was hold some kind of protest by not advancing (assume this occurs in an extra inning game so the bench was completely empty so getting a PR was not possible), could he be FORCED to advance due to a force? If the last batter were walked, is there a way a “forced” runner could be called out?

 

[catman]

Everything in the previous post but the last batter hits a fly ball and passes the baserunner between first and second (I guess he thought it would be caught and went back to tag up) before the guy on third scores.

Here is the scenario:
In 1890, Joshua Mercer Goar completed the most unlikely half inning in Baseball History as a Pitcher. During the half inning he pitched against the Anderson Tigers in the Indiana state league, he allowed:
3 Triples
1 Double
2 Singles
....... No Runs Scored.
Yeah, I know you’re saying it’s impossible.
Sounds impossible right? The first three batters he faced all hit Triples and then the next three hitters got a double and two singles and NOBODY SCORED !!!!
This is how the box score/play by play happened:
The first batter, Benjamin Ireland hit a triple.
Next up was Edward Wiswell. There was a wild pitch, Ireland tried to score and was thrown out at the plate.
1 triple / 1 Out
Wiswell then hits a triple and tried to stretch it out into an inside-the-park Home Run but was thrown out at the plate.
2 Triples / 2 Outs
The next batter was Rush Shumway and he hits a triple.
3 Triples
Next up, Gene Derby.
Derby hits a bunt down the Third Base line and the Third Baseman followed the ball rolling along the line hoping it would roll foul and it didn’t. The ball stayed in play and by the time the ball was picked up, Derby was standing on 2nd Base with a Successful Bunt Double and Shumway remained on Third.
1 Double.
Next, another bunt. This time just a single.
Gene Fatz beat it out to First and the other runners didn’t advance.
1 Single.
Then, with bases loaded, Frank Fear hit a vicious liner toward right field and it hit Fatz in the arm while he was off the 1st Base bag. Because the base runner touched the ball, Fatz was out but because of MLB rule 5.05, Fear was still awarded a single.
1 more single, 3 outs, inning over.
So there you have it.
In a single inning, a team hits in the following order:
3 Triples
1 Double
2 Singles
......and No Body Scored a Run.

 

[Cedrique]

Here is the scenario:
In 1890, Joshua Mercer Goar completed the most unlikely half inning in Baseball History as a Pitcher. During the half inning he pitched against the Anderson Tigers in the Indiana state league, he allowed:
3 Triples
1 Double
2 Singles
....... No Runs Scored.
Yeah, I know you’re saying it’s impossible.
Sounds impossible right? The first three batters he faced all hit Triples and then the next three hitters got a double and two singles and NOBODY SCORED !!!!
This is how the box score/play by play happened:
The first batter, Benjamin Ireland hit a triple.
Next up was Edward Wiswell. There was a wild pitch, Ireland tried to score and was thrown out at the plate.
1 triple / 1 Out
Wiswell then hits a triple and tried to stretch it out into an inside-the-park Home Run but was thrown out at the plate.
2 Triples / 2 Outs
The next batter was Rush Shumway and he hits a triple.
3 Triples
Next up, Gene Derby.
Derby hits a bunt down the Third Base line and the Third Baseman followed the ball rolling along the line hoping it would roll foul and it didn’t. The ball stayed in play and by the time the ball was picked up, Derby was standing on 2nd Base with a Successful Bunt Double and Shumway remained on Third.
1 Double.
Next, another bunt. This time just a single.
Gene Fatz beat it out to First and the other runners didn’t advance.
1 Single.
Then, with bases loaded, Frank Fear hit a vicious liner toward right field and it hit Fatz in the arm while he was off the 1st Base bag. Because the base runner touched the ball, Fatz was out but because of MLB rule 5.05, Fear was still awarded a single.
1 more single, 3 outs, inning over.
So there you have it.
In a single inning, a team hits in the following order:
3 Triples
1 Double
2 Singles
......and No Body Scored a Run.

Wow, I thought that was a hypothetical

 

[Cedrique]

Name the 3 active players that have the most all-time home runs for an mlb franchise. (active through 2023 anyway)