Nerd Notes

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:24 am

The 2014 Cleveland Indian's pitching staff set a major league record with 1,450 stikeouts

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:49 pm

Sandy Koufax pitched four no hitters with only having a fastball and curve.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:53 am

Carl Hubbell [The Meal Ticket] between 1936 and 1937 he tossed a record 24 consecutive wins.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:11 am

Eddie Plank had 69 career shutouts and 410 complete games

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:31 am

Hoyt Wilhelm [Old Folks] had 124 career wins in relief

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:02 pm

Earl Hamilton, Sam Jones and Ken Holtzman threw no-hitters without striking out a batter.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:27 pm

Rube Waddell and Eddie Plank of Philadelphia threw 497 strikeouts between them.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:13 am

Randy Johnson first and only pitcher to kill a bird with his fastball

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:12 am

Grover Cleveland still holds the record for shutouts in a season....16

also had 28 wins as a rookie

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:03 pm

Yusmeiro Petit of the Giants retired his 46th straight hitters in 2014...longest such streak in baseball history.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:09 am

Strangest No-Hitter

June 21, 1917, Babe Ruth pitched to only one batter, Walking him, before being ejected from the game for punching an umpire in the face. The reliever, Ernie Shore retired 26 straight batters , finishing the strangest no-hitter ever. The batter that walked was double up.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:27 am

The Philadelphia Phillies didn't have a pitcher throw a no-hitter from the end of 1906 to 1964.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:43 pm

When Nap Lajoie won the batting title 1896 at .426 he only struck out nine times.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:31 pm

Sam Crawford had 309 career triples

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:39 pm

In 1972 Rod Carew won the American League batting title with an average of .318. He didn't hit a homerun that year.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:06 pm

Tris Speaker had 792 doubles while playing MLB

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:52 pm

Pete Rose had 3,215 singles

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:49 pm

Rennie Stennett of the Pirates had seven hits in a nine inning game in 1975 as his Pirates beat the Cubs 22 to 0

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 5:38 am

Mickey Mantle in 1956 batted .353 and won the batting title ..........this is a record for a switch hitter.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:17 pm

In 1985 Wade Boggs hit safely in 135 games

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