A list of 25 things that are 'quiet' records or Stuff that some didn't know about....
1. At the age of 39, Ted Williams hit .388
2. Williams once shot out the Balls/Strikes/Outs lights on the Fenway scoreboard with a 22.
3. In the 1980's there were 10 first ballot Hall of Famers.
In the 1990's, there were 10 first ballot Hall of Famers.
In the 2000's, there were 10 first ballot Hall of Famers.
4. The Yankees do not have the most Hall of Famers.
The Giants have 23. The Cardinals, 16. The Yanks, 15.
5. Hall of Famers, Eddie Murray and Ozzie Smith played on the same Little League team,
6. Eddie Murray has the most sacrifice flies in baseball history. He had 128.
Teammate Cal Ripken is second with 127.
7. Brooks Robinson hit into FOUR triple plays.
8. Tommy Brown is the youngest Major Leaguer to hit a home run. He was 17 years, 2 months, 7 days old.
He also became the second youngest player to hit a homer when he parked one 19 days later.
9. Tony Conigliaro has the most home runs as a teenager. He hit 24.
Mel Ott had 19. Ken Griffey Jr, 16.
10. Roger Maris had zero intentional bases on balls during his 61 in '61.
11. Nolan Ryan threw 277 wild pitches.
12. Dennis Martinez threw a perfect game.
He was born in Nicaragua.
Every other perfect game in baseball has been thrown by an American born pitcher.
13. In 1917, Babe Ruth started a game by walking Ray Morgan on four pitches. Incensed by the calls of each pitch, he stormed towards the umpire and took a swing at him.
Ejected, he was replaced by Ernie Shore. Morgan was caught stealing on Shore's first pitch. Shore would then retire the next 26 hitters in order.
Originally, he was given a perfect game. Since, it was taken away since he did not start the game.
14. Ruth led baseball in starts and shutouts for pitchers in 1916.
Three years later he set a record for most home runs.
15. Hank Aaron's 6856 total bases are almost 1,000 more than Barry Bonds lifetime total.
16. Sandy Koufax struck out a record 12 consecutive times.
17. Terry Forster, a reliever for 16 years, and a pitcher called out by David Letterman as being fat had a lifetime batting average of .397
If he had retired one year earlier, his lifetime batting average would have been over .400
18. Cy Young had 749 complete games.
Only two pitchers in baseball history have even started that many games.
Nolan Ryan and Don Sutton.
19.Last year, James Shields gave up six homers in one game.
Before that, knuckleballers Tim Wakefield and RA Dickey did the same thing.
Before that, no pitcher had done it since 1940.
20. Pedro Martinez had a WHIP of .737 in 2000.
The A.L. ERA average for pitchers that year was 4.91
The closest to Mussina in WHIP was Mike Mussina with a WHIP of 1.187
21. No team has ever dropped 20 games below .500 during the course of a season and come back to finish at .500 or higher.
The Twins are 46-52 and gaining.
22. Bill Veeck hired midgets as vendors at Comiskey Park, affording fans better views during the ballgame.
23. Mike Marshall threw 208 1/3 RELIEF innings in 1974.
24. Ted Kluzewski enjoyed cutting off his sleeves to show off his massive arms. Especially for baseball cards.
For four years, Klu did something on the field just as massive.
He hit 171 home runs while striking out just 140 times during the same time frame.
George Brett led the league in hitting three times.
Once during the 70's
Once during the 80's
Once during the 90's
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Great stuff as usual Doughboys. Ted Williams .388 at 39. Amazing!
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Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
24. Ted Kluzewski enjoyed cutting off his sleeves to show off his massive arms. Especially for baseball cards.
For four years, Klu did something on the field just as massive.
He hit 171 home runs while striking out just 140 times during the same time frame.
The unibomber played baseball?
24. Ted Kluzewski enjoyed cutting off his sleeves to show off his massive arms. Especially for baseball cards.
For four years, Klu did something on the field just as massive.
He hit 171 home runs while striking out just 140 times during the same time frame.
The unibomber played baseball?
