Surprising baseball facts

[doug.goodman]

Roy Gleason
1.000 lifetime batting average
2.000 slugging

[seanofjapan]

Isao Harimoto is the only professional baseball player in history to have a nuclear bomb dropped on him (as a kid he was in Hiroshima in 1945 when the bomb was dropped. His sister died in the blast).

In an unrelated earlier incident when he was four years old his hand was severely burned in an accident which severely disfigured it, forcing him to play ball left handed for the rest of his life.

He would go on to become Japan’s all time career hits leader (until overtaken by Ichiro, though he still holds the NPB record).

And he is still alive today.

Nothing can stop that guy.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Roy Gleason
1.000 lifetime batting average
2.000 slugging

Well in 5 times as many plate appearances John Paciorek batted, slugged and had an OBP all of 1.000

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Well in 5 times as many plate appearances John Paciorek batted, slugged and had an OBP all of 1.000

Yeah, Paciorek was where my mind went as well. I've never really looked in to his story, but how do you have such a formidable debut and then...nothing?

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Yeah, Paciorek was where my mind went as well. I've never really looked in to his story, but how do you have such a formidable debut and then...nothing?

Apparently he had a back injury.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b.../John_Paciorek

[JimC]

Despite his famously gaudy 1956 stat line, the Mick had a higher WAR in 57.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Yeah, Paciorek was where my mind went as well. I've never really looked in to his story, but how do you have such a formidable debut and then...nothing?

There's a book about Paciorek but it's really bad. It's pretty obviously an 8-page magazine article stretched, stuffed and filled to become a book.

[Topnotchsy]

Yogi Berra played baseball in New England under a pseudonym towards the end of the WWII. (Years ago I won a few Cranston Firesafes programs with Cusano in the lineup. Interestingly, they spelled his name differently in different programs).

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety....-assumed-name/

[Peter_Spaeth]

Bumping my thread for a new one I just noticed -- for all his outstanding seasons including 18 wins last year, and the fact that he's been around for well over a decade, Chris Sale has only 138 lifetime wins.

[BobbyStrawberry]

He has missed significant time with injuries in his career. Still, I would have guessed a higher number for sure.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Bumping my thread for a new one I just noticed -- for all his outstanding seasons including 18 wins last year, and the fact that he's been around for well over a decade, Chris Sale has only 138 lifetime wins.

Note that surprising really, considering how starting pitchers are used these days. Jacob deGrom only had 84 wins in 3 less seasons.

Currently, there are only 20 active pitchers with 100 or more wins. Sale is actually 7th on the list.