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Nerd Notes

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:20 pm
by noreply66
In 1987 when Mark McGwire hit his 39th home run as a rookie he set a rookie record and went on to hit 10 more that year. [49]

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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 5:05 pm
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In 2012 Miguel Cabrera became the first offensive Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski won it in 1967

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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:29 pm
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Alex Rodriguez hit his 24th Grand slam 9/20/13, to pass Lou Gehrig to claim ownership of the slam record.

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:38 am
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In 1911 Rookie Joe Jackson [Shoeless] batted .408. In the Black Sox series Joe batted .375 one good reason to claim his innocence.

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:46 am
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In 1901 Sam Crawford hit 12 inside the park home runs. A little question...Did they have outfield walls then?

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:55 pm
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Sammy Sosa homered in 45 ballparks... Ken Griffey Jr homered 44

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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:31 am
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Willie Keeler [Wee Willie], Keeler hit .300 plus in his first 15 season in the Majors

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:30 am
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Pete Rose had 15,861 plate appearances

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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:45 am
by noreply66
Mickey Mantle had 536 career homers as a switch hitter.

Mantle was voted best switch hitter ever over Pete Rose..[American Baseball Research]

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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 5:55 pm
by noreply66
Rickey Henderson had 81 career leadoff home runs

When he went to the Yankees he was ask how he felt about playing on the same field as Ruth and DiMaggio and he said " I don't care about them " he replied. "It's Rickey Time."

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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:24 pm
by noreply66
May 23,2002....Shawn Green had a total of 19 bases touched in one game.

1 single......1
1 double.....2
4 homers....16

Green is the 14th person in history to hit 4 homers in 1 game

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Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 4:18 pm
by noreply66
During WWII the Japanese tried to get the American GI's mad by yelling ...The Hell with Babe Ruth

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:07 pm
by noreply66
Rafael Palmeiro was the 4th player to have 3000 hits and 500 home runs. He had 569 home Runs without ever leading the league.

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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:08 pm
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Willie Mays..." The Say Hey Kid"...hit 22 extra-inning Home Runs

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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 5:53 am
by noreply66
While playing with Ruth and Gehrig, Earle Combs had 615 hits in his first three full year in the majors.

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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 8:33 pm
by noreply66
Including walks Ted Williams reached base in 84 consecutive games

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Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:33 pm
by noreply66
Pitcher George Uhle had a record 52 hits in 1926

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Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:02 pm
by noreply66
Cap Anson of the national league Chicago team hit .272 or more for 22 straight years.
A bad thing about him is he refused to play integrated games....needing to the ...'Gentlemen's agreement'

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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 9:35 pm
by noreply66
Power Hitters by position-HR

1B Mark McGwire 583
2B Jeff Kent 377
SS Cal Ripkin 431
3B Mike Schmidt 548
Ca.Mike Piazza 527
DH David Ortiz 466
Pi Wes Ferrell 38
LF Barry Bonds 762
CF Willie Mays 660
RF Hank Aaron 755

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Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 2:04 pm
by noreply66
Willie Mays had 7,095 career putouts