Nerd Notes

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1966 Pittsburgh Pirates had 215 Double Plays

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The Human Vacuum Cleaner....Brooks Robinson lead the American league in fielding PCT for 11 seasons

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Greg Maddux won 18 Golden glove awards more than anyone else....his last one was at the age of 42

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Pittsburgh's Bill Mazeroski had 1,706 double plays from 2nd base

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PETE ROSE Over 4,000 Hits REDS POWER Back in the day. not 3000 4+

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Omar Vizquel turned 1,734 Double plays in his 6 team both league career.

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Luis Aparicio played 2,583 games without ever trying another position
Luis was the first Venezuelan elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

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As a rookie Don Newcombe had a record of 17 and 8...3.19 ERA and won all three major awards in the process.

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Mike Redmond had 253 consecutive errorless games. He committed 13 errors in his 13 year career.

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in 1979 ole bait gradiated from dear old ironton high school.

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Troy Tulowitzki had a .9856 career fielding Percentage....he also won 2 Silver Sluggers.

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On February on Valentines day in 1987. Mr. and Mrs. Bait were Wed in Holy Matrimony over 28 years ago.

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Bob Feller had 31 wins as a teenager in the majors

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Randy Johnson, Kerry Wood and Roger Clemens had 20 strike out in a 9 inning game....Roger Clemens also struck out 20 in nine inning but left the game before the extra innings started

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Bobby Cox, former Atlanta Braves manager has been ejected from 161 games as a manager. That is the most ever.

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Tom Zachary won all 11 of his starts and one game in relief in 1929. In 1927, he surrendered Babe Ruth's 60th home run.

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Walter Johnson pitched three shutouts in four days.

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Nolan Ryan stuck out 10+ batters in 215 games

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A. G. Spalding has the best career win percentage of .795.........1st pitcher to win 200 games........later became owner of the CWS

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Kid Nichols completed 532 games out of 561 starts