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Old 01-20-2024, 10:19 AM
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Thanks! The claim sounded reasonable and I guess was correct for many years.

Gehrig had to sit out the 1921 football season at Columbia as a suspension for playing some semi-professional baseball in Hartford the preceding summer under an assumed name ("Lou Lewis" I believe). I do think he played in 1922.

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University of Michigan has George Sisler, Charlie Gehringer and Barrly Larkin.

USC produced Randy Johnson, and both Don Sutton and Tom Seaver also went there for a year.

Still pretty amazing that Columbia produced 3 HOFers.

Speaking of Lou Gehrig--not everyone knows what a well-rounded athlete he was. He had football scholarship to Columbia and was their pitching Ace. His greatest mound performance came on April 18, 1923, the same day that Yankee Stadium opened, in a game against Williams College. Gehrig struck out 17 batters, setting a school record that stands to this day.
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Stan “the man” Musial and Ken Griffey Jr. “the kid” share a birthday (November 21) and a hometown--Donora, PA, population less than 5,000.
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Mario Mendoza's career batting average is above the Mendoza line.
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Roberto Clemente is the only MLB player to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam. His hit gave the Pirates a 9–8 win over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field on July 25th, 1956.

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Mickey Lolich hit his only home run in the 1968 World in Game Three off of Nelson Briles. He also pitched 3 winning complete games.
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Mickey Lolich hit his only home run in the 1968 World in Game Three off of Nelson Briles. He also pitched 3 winning complete games.
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Roberto Clemente is the only MLB player to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam. His hit gave the Pirates a 9–8 win over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field on July 25th, 1956.

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His first homer was of the inside the park variety as well
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His first homer was of the inside the park variety as well
Cool, he must have been an exciting player to watch.

I should have referred to his walk-off inside the park home run as instead a 'run-off' inside the park home run, because walking wouldn't have done the trick unless all 3 outfielders were to collapse.

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Thanks! The claim sounded reasonable and I guess was correct for many years.

Gehrig had to sit out the 1921 football season at Columbia as a suspension for playing some semi-professional baseball in Hartford the preceding summer under an assumed name ("Lou Lewis" I believe). I do think he played in 1922.
If you include Koufax, who attended night classes in Architecture at Columbia during his Rookie season, and actually went to class right after the Dodgers' game 7 when they finally won a World Series, then Columbia can claim 4 HOFers.
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Hall of Famer Joe Sewell had an interesting career:

1) He was called up mid-season by Cleveland to replace Ray Chapman after he tragically died after being hit by a Carl Mays pitch.

2) He used only one bat during his entire major league career. It was a 35-inch, 40-ounce Ty Cobb model Louisville Slugger he dubbed "Black Betsy" and kept in condition by seasoning it with chewing tobacco and stroking it with a Coke bottle.

3. He only struck out 114 times in 7,132 at bats including 115 straight games without a strikeout.
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