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| Mantle's Speed | 4/8/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: I read that Mickey Mantle went from home to first base in 3.1 seconds.Do you know if this is true.If ...
A: Charles, He ran like a bullet. I'm sure that this is true, although I cannot document the fact. I ...
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| 3 Career ABs, 6 Outs | 4/8/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: I'm looking for a player who apparently had a really short major league career... He had six outs in ...
A: Marco, His name was Ron Wright, a DH for the Seattle Mariners for one game. He accounted for the ...
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| Championship rings | 4/6/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: Did the 1951 New York Giants baseball team receive National League Championship rings? My ...
A: Dan, The practice of presenting rings did not exist in 1951, so you are correct that the Giants ...
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| 3 lefty Starters on Staff | 4/5/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: When was the last time a Major League team had 3 lefty starters on staff? (Like our 2008 Mariners)
A: Josh, Not that long ago, actually. Last year, two National League teams had 3 lefties that ...
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| 20 or More Runs Scored in a Game: 2007 | 4/3/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: A friend of mine want to bet me that 20 runs were scored by one team more than 10 times last year. ...
A: Mike, You will have to scan the scores, but it's not a big problem to check this out. It will only ...
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| baseball scoring | 4/3/2008 | Matt Smith |
Q: A friend of mine want to bet me that 20 runs were scored by one team more than 10 times last year. ...
A: Good question. I do remember alot of runs scored last year, most runs scored in a single game was ...
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| Last to Steal from First to Home in an Inning | 4/2/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: Who was the last player to steal 2nd, 3rd and home all in one inning?
A: Cathy, Oddly enough, the last instance in both leagues was in 1996. AL -- Chris Stynes, Kansas ...
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| 200 hits in 2007 | 4/1/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: Can you please tell me the names and team of individual players in 2007 who had 200 or more hits for ...
A: Jim, Sure. In the American League: Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, 238 Magglio Ordonez, Detroit, 213 ...
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| Balls in the dirt | 3/28/2008 | Mo |
Q: When a ball is pitched into the dirt by the pitcher, the ball is almost always replaced. Yet when a ...
A: There are multiple reasons for this. 1. When it is a pitched ball the catcher is right next to the ...
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| Age of BB Players at Debut and Prime | 3/26/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: What is the average age of a player that makes it to the majors (big leagues) to stay? Basically, at ...
A: Ron, I am going to venture an educated guess on the average age a player arrives in the bigs to ...
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| strikeouts | 3/25/2008 | Jamie Selko |
Q: Why is the letter "K" used to signify a strikeout?? Thank you for your time and effort!! Mike
A: Howdy- there are two schools of thought on this: 1) Henry Chadwick, who invented the box score, had ...
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| Six Questions | 3/25/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: 1. What year did the BREWERS first start playing in Milwaukee? 2. How many CUBS are retired in ...
A: 1. In 1970: the Seattle Pilots transfered to Milwaukee after a single season in 1969. 2. I don't ...
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| barry bonds grand slam | 3/1/2008 | Jamie Selko |
Q: could you tell me against which team barry bonds hit a grand slam in the 2001 season please
A: Howdy- he hit 2 Grand Slams in '01: First one, 26 July, to left field in the 5th inning off of Curt ...
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| Ways of Scoring from Third | 2/29/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: How many ways can a player score from third base. I've come up with 9, but I've been told it's more ...
A: Ryan, I came up with thirteen, and a buddy came up with another for a total of fourteen. These ...
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| History of the Baseball | 2/22/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: What year did baseballs start being made by machines and is there any difference in the baseballs ...
A: Jim, http://www.fogdog.com/fog-the-history-of-the-baseball--bg-527303.html ...
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| World Series | 2/13/2008 | Jamie Selko |
Q: Who were the winning pitchers for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 World Series, and how many games did each ...
A: Howdy- I assume that you mean the winner of the Wprld Series clinching fourth victory. so here you ...
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| Most PA for .300+ Hitter w/o BB or HBP, Season | 2/10/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: What player had the most plate appearences for a .300+ hitter without a walk or hit by pitch in a ...
A: Damon, Interesting question. In 1877, a player named Levi Meyerle of the Chicago Cubs hit .327 with ...
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| Going 5 for 5 | 2/1/2008 | Patrick Clevenger |
Q: Hey! Hope you're having a great off season. I'm reading a book by Pete Rose in which he says he ...
A: I can't wait till Pitchers and Catchers report. However, I'm confused by your question. A lot of ...
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| NYY HR from both sides of plate | 1/31/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: Who was the first Yankee player not named Mickey Mantle to hit home runs from both side of the plare ...
A: Tom Tresh hit homers from both sides as a Yankee three times, the first time on September 1, 1963. ...
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| Most Runs by a Team in 9th Inning | 1/29/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: In the early '60s I read in Sports Illustrated the twice this happened twice within two weeks or so. ...
A: Dick, Here's the best I can do on this question. I cannot find a record of anything like you ...
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| triplecrown minor league records | 1/28/2008 | Jamie Selko |
Q: i m trying to find out if roberto estellela won a minor league triple crown with a washington ...
A: Howdy- Yep, he sure did. Playing for Charlotte in the Piedmont League, he did the following: He hit ...
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| First Batting Helmet | 1/10/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: Was Pee Wee Reese credited with being the first player in pro ball to wear a hard helmet and what ...
A: Wilbur: same message. I just changed the subject for my records. TES Wilbur, The sources differ ...
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| Tommy Raub | 1/2/2008 | Tom Schott |
Q: Tom I am looking for information about Tommy Raub, who player in the major league in 1903 and ...
A: Bob, Here's his page at baseball-reference.com: ...
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| Josh Gibson | 12/22/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: Fact or fiction? Was Josh Gibson the only person to have hit a home run which left Yankee Stadium? ...
A: Bill, Don't know whether it's fact or fiction. I cannot definitively answer your question because ...
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| Last AL Pitcher to Hit before the DH Rule | 12/11/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: WHO WAS THE LAST AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER TO BAT BEFORE THE DESIGNATED HITTER RULE WENT INTO EFFECT?
A: Robert, The last pitcher to hit before the DH rule went into effect in 1973 was Nolan Ryan of ...
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| mlb managers and coaches | 11/3/2007 | Jamie Selko |
Q: Who are the coaches that have not played the game. I think the managers are: Jack McKeon:Florida ...
A: Howdy- Carlos Tosca never played pro ball, but... Bucky Showalter played seven years in the minors ...
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| Baseball | 10/30/2007 | Jamie Selko |
Q: What is the game called Pepper in baseball?
A: Howdy- According to THE DICKSON BASEBALL DICTIONARY, it is derived form "peppy' or "peppery" and the ...
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| world series | 10/28/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: has any team ever won the world series after losing the first three games?
A: Ann, It's never happened in the World Series, and it's only happened one time in all of ...
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| Most foul balls at 1 bat | 10/15/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: What is the most foul balls hit at one at bat?
A: Chris, I don't know how official this is, but here is something I found on the Baseball Fever web ...
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| World Series Rings | 10/14/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: you may have answered this question before so here goes...when was the 1st world series ring made ...
A: Joseph, I have answered it . . . back in September. The first team to get rings was the NY ...
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| Ballpark most conducive to home runs? | 10/10/2007 | Jamie Selko |
Q: I read an answer re: which ballpark has seen the most home runs, but I was wondering which current ...
A: but I just went to my pending question file and found this glaring oversight. Please accept my ...
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| 1941 World Series | 10/8/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: What was the name of the catcher from the Dodgers who dropped the third strike in the 6th game of ...
A: The year was 1941, and the catcher was Mickey Owen, and it was in the 9th inning of the 4th game. ...
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| Sweeps in Post-season Playoffs | 10/6/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: Tom. Has there ever been a year in which all the winners of the playoffs swept their opponents? ...
A: Diane, Since the beginning of the (insane) wild card playoffs in 1995, it's never happened; it's ...
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| Most Games w/o Making Playoffs | 10/4/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: Which active player(s) have played the most games without making the playoffs?
A: Thirteen guys have played over a thousand games withou ever making it to the post-season. Here's the ...
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| baseball records | 10/4/2007 | Jamie Selko |
Q: myHow many runs scored in a single inning by one team - before recording an out? Yankees scored 8 ...
A: Howdy- The all-time record dates from way back in 1883 when Chicago scored 13 runs against Detroit ...
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| MVPs Not on All-Star Team | 10/3/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: any player to win league mvp who was not on the all star team that season?
A: Martin, Good question! It's rare, but it's not unheard of for this to happen. It happened more ...
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| Managers w/o Big League Experience as Player | 10/3/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: Are there any major league managers that were never first an active major league player?
A: Mark, I'm not sure if you're asking about current managers, or managers in baseball history. I'm ...
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| Gold Glove | 9/30/2007 | Jamie Selko |
Q: Who was the last White Sox player to win a gold glove?
A: Howdy- the last Chisox winner was Robin Ventura at third in 1996. In case you're interested, here ...
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| First World Series rings | 9/26/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: What year were the rings first given to the world champs?
A: Mark, According to an article in “Sports Illustrated” from April 29, 1985, the first championship ...
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| First and Last HRs of 20th Century | 9/23/2007 | Tom Schott |
Q: since you specialise in 19th century baseball who hit the first and last homeruns in the last ...
A: I'll quote my source directly: The Last Home Run of the 20th Century Stepping up to the plate in ...
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