O/T-Amazing Stat of Mordecai Brown

[WillowGrove]

I was just doing some research on line and noticed a stat of Mordecai Brown that I thought was amazing - in 1909 he led the NL League in Wins - and saves.

And in 1909 and 1910 Brown led the league in complete games and saves.

Anyone else have any cool player stats?

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

Anyone else have any cool player stats?

One of my favorite's (although modern)
In 1996 Vinny Castilla had 40 Home Runs, 113 RBI & hit .304
in 1997 his #'s were the same!

[margoaepi]

Beat me to it Jay!

[milkit1]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

I was just doing some research on line and noticed a stat of Mordecai Brown that I thought was amazing - in 1909 he led the NL League in Wins - and saves.

And in 1909 and 1910 Brown led the league in complete games and saves.

Anyone else have any cool player stats?

Awesome! I'm surprised walsh and Johnson didn't accmplish this as well

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by milkit1

Awesome! I'm surprised walsh and Johnson didn't accmplish this as well

uh, Walsh did in 1908 - the year he won 40. Nice Sean! Wajo didn't. Kinda the only thing Wajo didn't do.

[barrysloate]

Don Mattingly is tied for the major league record of six grand slams in one season (i believe it was 1987).

He never hit another one in his entire career.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Don Mattingly is tied for the major league record of six grand slams in one season (i believe it was 1987).

He never hit another one in his entire career.

This reminded me of this.... Hoyt Wilhelm hit a home run in his 1st at bat
and never hit another in his 20+ year career.

[Sean]

Lefty Grove led the Majors in wins (28) and saves (9) in 1930.

[z28jd]

I remember looking at the back of a 1984 Topps Mike O'Berry card and seeing his yearly hit totals five seasons into his career: 10,10,20,10,10

Going with the old time saves, how many guys have thrown a perfect game in the same year they led the league in saves? Lee Richmond, 1880

[mattsey9]

There's the well-known Stan Musial stat regarding his career hits total:

1815 hits at home
1815 hits on the road

[ErikV]

Every now and again Vin Scully tells this story:

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run."

On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only home run of his career.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by ErikV

Every now and again Vin Scully tells this story:

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run."

On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only home run of his career.

Never heard that before. Great story. On a similar note, Casey Stengel said the same thing about the Mets' chance of winning a World Series.

[JimStinson]

Great stuff !!!! My favorite is "What Hall of Fame Starting Pitcher NEVER gave up a grand slam home run in his career ?"
answer : Jim Palmer !
More amazing in light of the fact that he pitched with a "lively Ball" not a dead ball era pitcher.
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[Gmrson]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

Great stuff !!!! My favorite is "What Hall of Fame Starting Pitcher NEVER gave up a grand slam home run in his career ?"
answer : Jim Palmer !
More amazing in light of the fact that he pitched with a "lively Ball" not a dead ball era pitcher.

"Cakes" is also the only pitcher to win a World Series game in 3 different decades.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by ErikV

Every now and again Vin Scully tells this story:

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run."

On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only home run of his career.

Thats awesome!

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

I was just doing some research on line and noticed a stat of Mordecai Brown that I thought was amazing - in 1909 he led the NL League in Wins - and saves.

And in 1909 and 1910 Brown led the league in complete games and saves.

Anyone else have any cool player stats?

What about the Quintuple Crown of pitching??

1930 Lefty Grove led the AL in Wins, Strikeouts, ERA, Complete Games, and Saves.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

What about the Quintuple Crown of pitching??

1930 Lefty Grove led the AL in Wins, Strikeouts, ERA, Complete Games, and Saves.

That is kind of neat....probably will never happen again with the advent of closers

Z Wheat

[howard38]

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[Eric72]

Rogers Hornsby's .400 average...across a five year span.

[Tabe]

Phil Niekro led the league in both wins and losses in 1979, the last year of a three-year stretch in which he pitched more than 1000 innings.

Greg Minton holds the record for innings without allowing a homer - 270 straight.

[the 'stache]

Here's one of my all-time favorite stats.

Carl Yastrzemski hit .301 in 1968. It was good enough to win him his third batting title. Yaz was the only hitter in the entire American League to hit .300 in the summer of '68. Runner up Danny Carter of the Oakland A's hit .290.

[Vintageclout]

Impossible as it may seem, the 1972 NY Mets didn't have a single player with 100 hits!

Joe T.

[HistoricNewspapers]

Adam Dunn

2005 40 HRS
2006 40 HRS
2007 40 HRS
2008 40 HRS


Fred Lynn did the same thing for four straight years, but with 23 HR's.

[HistoricNewspapers]

Another interesting 'stat':

Carlos May was the only person in MLB to wear his Birthday on the back of his jersey.

He was born on May 17th.

So the back of his jersey read:

MAY
17

[srs1a]

Juan Samuel had double figures in singles, doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases in his first 4 full years in MLB.

[Tanman7baseball]

Joe Sewell only had 4 strikeouts in 1925 and 1929. That's 8 strikeouts total in 1186 plate appearances... Insane

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by HistoricNewspapers

Adam Dunn

2005 40 HRS 168 Strikeouts
2006 40 HRS 194 Strikeouts
2007 40 HRS 165 Strikeouts
2008 40 HRS 164 Strikeouts

Fred Lynn did the same thing for four straight years, but with 23 HR's.

The only similarity between Adam and Joe DiMaggio is the letter "D".

2220 strikeouts in just 13 years.

Question, without checking, does any one know who is in second place with 13 years or less in the bigs?

Hint: It isn't even close.

[barrysloate]

Frank- nice bio in the new Old Cardboard. We may have to start addressing you as Dr. Burkett.

[drmondobueno]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

The only similarity between Adam and Joe DiMaggio is the letter "D".

2220 strikeouts in just 13 years.

Question, without checking, does any one know who is in second place with 13 years or less in the bigs?

Hint: It isn't even close.

Off the top of my head, didn't Mo Vaughn have over 1400 k's in his shortish career?

[ScottFandango]

590
590
591
592
591


official at-bats for Pujols his first 5 years

[JimStinson]

Ok...How about this one ? In 1941 Ted Williams was the last major leaguer to bat .400 or better (.406), The same season Joe DiMaggio logged his 56 game streak .......DiMaggio was voted MVP .....BUT who led the league in hits ?
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[Tabe]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

Ok...How about this one ? In 1941 Ted Williams was the last major leaguer to bat .400 or better (.406), The same season Joe DiMaggio logged his 56 game streak .......DiMaggio was voted MVP .....BUT who led the league in hits ?

Cecil Travis with 218. I had forgotten that one.

My favorite "thing" about Ted Williams. In his career, he:

hit .406
hit .388
won the Triple Crown - twice
won the MVP - twice

None of those 6 things occurred in the same season.

[barrysloate]

The longest major league game ever played was 26 innings....and both pitchers hurled complete games.