This is a feature dedicated to listing your "Did you know?"s in baseball. Over the course of our grand game's history, there have been many oddities, rarities and trivia gallore . Strictly for the historian, the purist, the stat junkie and the fantasy-league wannabes. Let the lists begin.....
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Did you know Cy Young is the winningest pitcher in baseball history, with 511 wins. But did you also know he is the losingest pitcher, with 315 losses?
Sidenote: Did you also know that he also holds the record for the lamest real name? Yup - DENTON TRUE YOUNG.
Did you know that The Babe hit the first homer in All-Star history back in 1933? And yes, the A.L. won 4-2.
Did you know that Mickey Mantle, Ken Caminiti, and Eddie Murray share the all time record for most home runs from both sides of the plate in one game?
Did you know that the only team to ever have the best record in baseball in a season never made the post-season? The Cincinatti Reds did that in the strike-shortened season of 1981, never winning the division during the two halves of the season that year.
Did you know that on the 20th of September, 1981, the Yankees signed a Stanford University outfielder who hit .316 his previous season to a Minor League contract? That player's name? John Elway.
Did you know Jeff Bronkey is the first player from the Middle East to ever make it to the major leagues? He played for the Texas Rangers in 1993, and hailed out of Kabul, Afghanistan.
What's your Did You Know?
7 comments:
Did you know...that God loves Dodger fans, too? ;-)
Did you know that Billie Jean King's younger brother, Randy Moffitt, was a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants?
Did you know that this post tanked BIG time??
Honestly, Marcel - I was just giving you a hard time...and I actually hadn't had the time to research any oddities this week.
Yeah, off the top of my head, I can't think of anything. Something will come to me. Did you know that Barry Bonds is the only MLB star to ever appear on an episode of 90210?
See, pretty lame!
It's aaaaal good. But being that I'm in the presence of a prolific writing team, I can't suck. Period. I'll be more accessible in future posts. Time to redeem myself and shine. :)
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