Surprising baseball facts

[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.

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by molenick

Cecil Fielder and Prince Fielder both hit 319 career home runs.

2010 Topps Prince Fielder is an all-time great baseball card. If it was made a decade later it would be a SP/SSP at best.

[packs]

In 1974 Herb Washington appeared in 92 games for the A’s. He scored 29 runs and stole 29 bases, appeared in 3 World Series game and won a ring without ever getting an official at bat.

[G1911]

Joe Niekro hit only one home run in his career. The victim was his brother, Phil, in 1976.

[GeoPoto]

In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 consecutive games, got stopped, and then hit safely in the next 16 games as well. Meanwhile, Ted Williams went 6-for-8 on the final day of the season to hit .406. But neither led the American League in hits that season.

[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.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by John1941

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.

First-hand family accounts. You're not going to find that information online.

Also, his nickname of Pete was originally "Peach". He fell out of a peach tree as a kid. At some point, "Peach" morphed into Pete.

By the time Art was born, Pete had aready been married for nearly four years.