Random Baseball Facts

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Tony Gwynn only struck out 434 times in his 20 year career, which came down to 1 strikeout per 23.6 plate appearances.

Last season, Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds combined for 401 strikeouts, or 1 strikeout per 3.2 plate appearances

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Prior to 1930, any ball that landed in fair territory and bounced over the wall was considered a home run.

Babe Ruth lost around 75 home runs due to a rule that said foul lines were infinitely long, so any home run that hooked around the foul pole were foul balls.

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until 1920, hitting a walk off home run with a man on base only credited the batter with the amount of bases needed to advance the winning runner. So a winning home run in a tied game with a man on third would only go down as a single in the official scorecard.

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Jaime Moyer has pitched to 8% of people who have ever stepped onto a MLB field as a player.

Jaime Moyer has faced 17,179 batters. If every person who has ever played in the MLB had a chance to bat against him once, only 584 players, or 3.3%, would be left out.

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In 1920, the Brooklyn Robins (who would make a final name change to the dodgers 12 years later) played 58 innings in approximately 48 hours. The first and third game was played in Boston while the second was a home game. Only three pitchers were used.

 

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Tony Gwynn only struck out 434 times in his 20 year career, which came down to 1 strikeout per 23.6 plate appearances.

Last season, Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds combined for 401 strikeouts, or 1 strikeout per 3.2 plate appearances

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Prior to 1930, any ball that landed in fair territory and bounced over the wall was considered a home run.

Babe Ruth lost around 75 home runs due to a rule that said foul lines were infinitely long, so any home run that hooked around the foul pole were foul balls.

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until 1920, hitting a walk off home run with a man on base only credited the batter with the amount of bases needed to advance the winning runner. So a winning home run in a tied game with a man on third would only go down as a single in the official scorecard.

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Jaime Moyer has pitched to 8% of people who have ever stepped onto a MLB field as a player.

Jaime Moyer has faced 17,179 batters. If every person who has ever played in the MLB had a chance to bat against him once, only 584 players, or 3.3%, would be left out.

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In 1920, the Brooklyn Robins (who would make a final name change to the dodgers 12 years later) played 58 innings in approximately 48 hours. The first and third game was played in Boston while the second was a home game. Only three pitchers were used.

Darn it, that was going to be mine!

Okay, here's one. There has been at least one Major League Baseball player with a last name beginning with every letter of the alphabet except "X." There has not been a single Major Leaguer with an X-name.