Un-sung record holders

Hankphenom · #1 06-07-2020, 04:26 PM

Unsung and presumably unrecorded. Germany Schaefer stole first base not once but twice in a game in 1911. He stole second in-between, and said he should be credited with three steals in one attempt.

GeoPoto · #2 06-08-2020, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Germany Schaefer stole first base.

What made Rickey the GOAT was not that he stole all those bases, but that "you can't steal first base" -- his OBP was incredible, especially leading off. The last thing any pitcher wanted to do was to let him get on base. And yet you could "steal" first base, until Schaefer prompted an explicit rule making it unallowable.
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cammb · #3 06-08-2020, 11:33 AM

I remember reading that Richie Allen had two inside the park home runs in a game.

triwak · #4 06-08-2020, 04:01 PM

Great thread!! Keep 'em coming!!

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