Surprising facts

[seanofjapan]

Japan’s NPB draws more fans per game than MLB does.

[ClementeFanOh]

The most prolific MLB hitter of the decade of the 1950s was...Richie Ashburn.
2nd place? Nellie Fox. When I originally was aked this trivia question, my
answer was Stan the Man. He was 3rd... Trent King

[jthorst75]

Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz and Lucille LeSueur have never been in my kitchen.
Good stuff guys, keep em coming

[TUM301]

23 years ago, Fernando Tatis hit 2 grand slams in ONE inning, off the SAME pitcher. Wow talk about taking one for the team !

[D. Bergin]

How much the modern day WAR statistic HATES Dante Bichette.

In 1995 Dante came a Tony Gwynn and a Mike Piazza away in the Batting race from winning the the Triple Crown in the National League, and still WAR only credited him with being worth 1.2 Wins above an average player (baseball reference).

Guy played 14 years, was a lifetime .300 hitter with plenty of pop, led the league in hits twice and slugging once. Defensively, he led his outfield position in assists, several times throughout his career (he must have been awful at all other phases of fielding ).

His lifetime WAR is less then Aaron Judges........in the current season.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...icheda01.shtml

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

How much the modern day WAR statistic HATES Dante Bichette.

In 1995 Dante came a Tony Gwynn and a Mike Piazza away in the Batting race from winning the the Triple Crown in the National League, and still WAR only credited him with being worth 1.2 Wins above an average player (baseball reference).

Guy played 14 years, was a lifetime .300 hitter with plenty of pop, led the league in hits twice and slugging once. Defensively, he led his outfield position in assists, several times throughout his career (he must have been awful at all other phases of fielding ).

His lifetime WAR is less then Aaron Judges........in the current season.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...icheda01.shtml

In 1996 he had a 30/30 season, while batting .313, driving in 141 RBI's and scoring 114 runs.........and was credited with a WAR of 0.7.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Don Drysdale is the 20th Century leader in All-Star appearances by a pitcher, and the all-time leader in innings pitched and strikeouts.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

How much the modern day WAR statistic HATES Dante Bichette.

In 1995 Dante came a Tony Gwynn and a Mike Piazza away in the Batting race from winning the the Triple Crown in the National League, and still WAR only credited him with being worth 1.2 Wins above an average player (baseball reference).

Guy played 14 years, was a lifetime .300 hitter with plenty of pop, led the league in hits twice and slugging once. Defensively, he led his outfield position in assists, several times throughout his career (he must have been awful at all other phases of fielding ).

His lifetime WAR is less then Aaron Judges........in the current season.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...icheda01.shtml

Crazy. In 1999, Bichette's dWar was -3.9 and he was tied for 2nd of all outfielders with 17 assists, but was 55th in putouts. I guess he just didn't cover a lot of ground?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Crazy. In 1999, Bichette's dWar was -3.9 and he was tied for 2nd of all outfielders with 17 assists, but was 55th in putouts. I guess he just didn't cover a lot of ground?

Probably not. Whatever manager gave him the green light should've been shot. Pretty crappy base stealer too, despite that 30/30 season.