Surprising baseball facts

[Casey2296]

I’ve always liked Warren Spahns career stats:

Pitching: 363 wins — 356 with Braves, 4 with Mets, 3 with Giants
Batting: 363 hits — 356 with Braves, 4 with Mets, 3 with Giants
Playoff pitching: 4 wins
Playoff batting: 4 hits

[bnorth]

In 1919 Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell was hit by lightening during a game. He finished the game and picked up the win.

[Vintagedeputy]

Jim Palmer is the only pitcher in major league history to win World Series games in three different decades; 1966, 1970 (and 1971) and 1983.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Jim Palmer is the only pitcher in major league history to win World Series games in three different decades; 1966, 1970 (and 1971) and 1983.

And never gave up a grand slam in his career.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Hoyt Wilhelm hit his first and only home run in his very first at bat.

[BioCRN]

Rogers Hornsby played until he was 41.

At age 35 he had 2855 hits.

Over the next 6 injury-filled seasons he only managed 75 hits over 305 plate appearances. Even with the injuries he still managed hitting .291 with a .400 ob%.

He finished his career with 2930 hits. He should have been flirting with 3500 hits

[molenick]

Cecil Fielder and Prince Fielder both hit 319 career home runs. Stan Musial had 1815 hits at home and 1815 hits on the road. Adam Dunn hit exactly 40 home runs four years in a row.

[Utter Chaos]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

And never gave up a grand slam in his career.

He did give up a grand slam in the minors in 1967. Some guy named Johnny Bench.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Jesse Fowler went by Pete and spent most of his adult life institutionalized.

[John1941]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Jesse Fowler went by Pete and spent most of his adult life institutionalized.

What source do you have for his having been institutionalized? I couldn't find anything online referring to it.

A surprising fact about Jesse Fowler that I do know is that the age difference between him and his brother Art Fowler (MLB 1954-64) was 23 years, the largest in MLB history. Jesse's professional career began in 1922 and Art's ended in 1970.

[joshuanip]

Originally Posted by bnorth

In 1919 Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell was hit by lightening during a game. He finished the game and picked up the win.

That was randomly cool. Thank you.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

I’ve always liked Warren Spahns career stats:

Pitching: 363 wins — 356 with Braves, 4 with Mets, 3 with Giants
Batting: 363 hits — 356 with Braves, 4 with Mets, 3 with Giants
Playoff pitching: 4 wins
Playoff batting: 4 hits

Speaking of Spahn, 277 of his 363 lifetime wins came AFTER the age of 30….incredible! Only Cy Young (316) and Phil Niekro (287) compiled more wins after turning 30.

[stlcardsfan]

Already posted about stanthe man.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

Speaking of Spahn, 277 of his 363 lifetime wins came AFTER the age of 30….incredible! Only Cy Young (316) and Phil Niekro (287) compiled more wins after turning 30.

Spahn is incredible. Look up his WW2 combat experience.

[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

I’ve always liked Warren Spahns career stats:

Pitching: 363 wins — 356 with Braves, 4 with Mets, 3 with Giants
Batting: 363 hits — 356 with Braves, 4 with Mets, 3 with Giants
Playoff pitching: 4 wins
Playoff batting: 4 hits

Wow amazing.

[ejharrington]

In 1982, Dave Kingman led the NL in HRs with 37 and finished last in batting average at .204.

[ejharrington]

Dick Ruthven pitched for 14 years in MLB and won a World Series in 1980. He made two All Star Games. In one of those years, he led the league in losses and in the other, he had an ERA over 5.00.