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by **FTN** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:09:03

Most team cycles (1B, 2B, 3B and HR in same game) since 1956

CHW 1977 33 Ind. Games
KCR 1979 32 Ind. Games
DET 2001 30 Ind. Games
COL 2001 29 Ind. Games
CHW 1982 29 Ind. Games
TOR 1985 28 Ind. Games
KCR 1977 28 Ind. Games
SFG 2000 27 Ind. Games
MIL 1983 27 Ind. Games
MIL 2007 27 Ind. Games
DET 1985 27 Ind. Games
DET 1983 27 Ind. Games
DET 2004 27 Ind. Games
ARI 1999 27 Ind. Games
ARI 2003 27 Ind. Games
NYY 1977 26 Ind. Games
MON 1980 26 Ind. Games
FLA 2003 26 Ind. Games
DET 1977 26 Ind. Games
NYY 1999 25 Ind. Games
MLN 1957 25 Ind. Games
MIN 2003 25 Ind. Games
KCR 1999 25 Ind. Games
FLA 2006 25 Ind. Games
DET 2007 25 Ind. Games
COL 2006 25 Ind. Games
COL 1993 25 Ind. Games
BOS 1962 25 Ind. Games
STL 1979 24 Ind. Games
SFG 2006 24 Ind. Games
PIT 1979 24 Ind. Games
PHI 2007 24 Ind. Games
PHI 1999 24 Ind. Games
PHI 1987 24 Ind. Games
PHI 2006 24 Ind. Games
HOU 1977 24 Ind. Games
HOU 2000 24 Ind. Games
COL 1998 24 Ind. Games
COL 1997 24 Ind. Games
CIN 1965 24 Ind. Games
CHW 2000 24 Ind. Games
CHC 2006 24 Ind. Games
CHC 1956 24 Ind. Games
BOS 1976 24 Ind. Games
TOR 1987 23 Ind. Games
TOR 1980 23 Ind. Games
PIT 1971 23 Ind. Games
PHI 1980 23 Ind. Games
PHI 1977 23 Ind. Games
NYY 1956 23 Ind. Games
MLN 1956 23 Ind. Games
MIN 1996 23 Ind. Games
KCR 1987 23 Ind. Games
KCA 1959 23 Ind. Games
DET 1984 23 Ind. Games
DET 2005 23 Ind. Games
CLE 1999 23 Ind. Games
CIN 1977 23 Ind. Games
BOS 2003 23 Ind. Games
BOS 1978 23 Ind. Games

by **drsmooth** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:23:06

smitty wrote:
And at 5'9", 168 lbs. he was perhaps the smallest guy ever named Hoss.

Hoss-fly

must have been Ron Guidry, but with a cast-iron pitching arm

by **philliesphhan** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 18:30:30

I've grown more interested in the PCL from the first half of the 20th century partly due to that Golden Age of Baseball or whatever it's called that airs on CSN.

Anyway, I e-mailed the people at baseball-reference to ask them if they ever planned on adding stats from those teams, and he said they planned to this offseason. So, that's pretty cool.

by **smitty** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 18:58:37

philliesphhan wrote:I've grown more interested in the PCL from the first half of the 20th century partly due to that Golden Age of Baseball or whatever it's called that airs on CSN.

Anyway, I e-mailed the people at baseball-reference to ask them if they ever planned on adding stats from those teams, and he said they planned to this offseason. So, that's pretty cool.

Very cool. The PCL teams played a lot of games in a season -- much more than 162. The league had lots of good players and they paid their stars very well. A lot of guys who were good enough to play in the Major Leagues, stayed out on the coast becasue there wasn't any good reason to leave.

Some guys, like Lefty O'Doul, did go to the Major Legues and were big stars. Others went to the majors for a while, did very well, and went back to the coast.

by **philliesphhan** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 19:01:47

Yeah, that's what I've read. I've also heard the season sometimes lasted 200 games

by **Bakestar** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 19:06:10

Lemme tell you a story 'bout Ol' Crawfish McGee. Twelve feet tall he was, played first base AND pitched at the same time for the old Topanga Mulefritters. Once threw 33 innings in the first game of a doubleheader, and hit nine triples in the nightcap! Of course their games were 36 innings long at the time...

by **smitty** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 19:07:39

philliesphhan wrote:Yeah, that's what I've read. I've also heard the season sometimes lasted 200 games

The 1905 San Francisco Seals played 230 games. The 1934 LA Angels had a record of 137-50. It looks like it was pretty normal for a season to go 170-190 games. They often had split seasons with a first half winner and a second half winner.

by **smitty** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 19:09:09

Bakestar wrote:Lemme tell you a story 'bout Ol' Crawfish McGee. Twelve feet tall he was, played first base AND pitched at the same time for the old Topanga Mulefritters. Once threw 33 innings in the first game of a doubleheader, and hit nine triples in the nightcap! Of course their games were 36 innings long at the time...

My name is Chuck Cheek -- I used to ump those games. They wouldn't use gloves in them days. Sometimes they'd hurt their hands mighty bad. Didn't stop them from playing though, Not like the sissy boys who play the game today.

by **bleh** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 22:39:42

I never realized that Connie Mack managed the A's for 50 consecutive years...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/manag ... co01.shtml

by **philliesphhan** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 02:44:35

bleh wrote:I never realized that Connie Mack managed the A's for 50 consecutive years...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/manag ... co01.shtml

Yeah it's especially insane since he was 38 in the first year. I can't imagine an 80+ year old manager.

On another note, Steve Carlton's favorite player

by **21McBride** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:50:44

John McNamara, thought it might be Mauch.

I had no recollection of John pitching for the Angels, dude got around.

by **Werthless** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 19:05:17

Answer, jeopardy style: This member of the 500HR club also pitched, and had the lowest ERA out of all the other 500 HR members.

Hint 1: Not Babe Ruth.

Hint 2: He pitched 23.2 innings in his career, giving up 4 ERs. This gave him a career ERA of 1.52, ERA+ of 255.

Hint 3: In his last season, he played in 89 games for the Phillies.

by **smitty** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 19:21:30

Werthless wrote:Answer, jeopardy style: This member of the 500HR club also pitched, and had the lowest ERA out of all the other 500 HR members.

Hint 1: Not Babe Ruth.

Hint 2: He pitched 23.2 innings in his career, giving up 4 ERs. This gave him a career ERA of 1.52, ERA+ of 255.

Hint 3: In his last season, he played in 89 games for the Phillies.

I guess Jeopardy style would be who is Jimmy Foxx?

Jimmy Foxx probably. Ruth seemed the obvious choice as he was the best pitcher but it's probably one of those guys who only pitched a little bit.

by **philliesphhan** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 22:00:07

Nearly all of those innings are with the Phillies, too. He also seems to have played for them when they were trying to transition to being the Blue Jays as his uniform in looked like this:

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 17:57:35

From 1956 until today, there's been only one player to GIDP 4 times in one game. Congratulations, Joe Torre

by **phorever** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 07:33:20

not baseball reference, but i don't feel like starting a new thread...
howard, nl homer and rbi king, mvp runner-up, was 9th... ninth... on the phillies in warp3 in 2008.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:48:22

Jesus CHrist is b-r awesome. I need to give them more money.

Right now I am looking at how bad old drafts used to be (teams have gotten SOOOOO much more sophisticated about evaluating talent).

Check this out, the top picks of the 1971 draft (the draft that produced Mike Schmidt):

Round 1

1. Danny Goodwin, White Sox. Drafted as a catcher. Doesn't sign with the White Sox, supposedly turning down a $50,000 offer to go to college. Is drafted in 1975, agains as the first pick overall, by the California Angels. He played parts of 7 remarkably unremarkable big league seasons with California, Minnesota, and Oakland, never as a catcher. Career OPS+ 84.

2. Jay Franklin, Padres. Appeared in 3 major league games, the year he was drafted. Apparently got hurt, didn't pitch in 1972, and washed out of the minors for good in 1977.

3. Tommy Bianco, Brewers. Appeared in 18 major league games in 1975. Had one double.

4. Conredge Holloway, Expos. Didn't sign, never played baseball professionally at any level. Played 13 seasons in the CFL instead.

5. Roy Branch, Royals. Started two games in 1979 with the Mariners, to the tune of a 7.94 ERA. That was his entire ML career.

6. Roy Thomas, Phillies. Pitched as a reliever off and on in the big leagues with Houston, St. Louis, and Seattle, ending his career in 1987. The most successful of the group so far, and he didn't pitch in the majors until 1977, and also did not pitch in the majors in 1981, 1982, and 1986.

7. Roger Quiroga, Senators. Never made a ML roster.

8. Ed Kurpiel, Cardinals. Never made a ML roster.

9. David Sloan, Indians. Never made a ML roster.

10. Taylor Duncan, Braves. Played 112 games in the big leagues with St. Louis and Oakland between 1977 and 1978. One suspects he was a regular with Oakland mostly because they were terrible in 1978, losing 93 times.

11. Tom Veryzer, Tigers. Finally, someone who had something of a productive ML career. He played from 1973-1984 with the Tigers, Indians, Mets, and Cubs. He was a SS when shortstops weren't expected to hit much. Still, he hardly lit the world on fire: in 1977, he managed to get 373 plate appearances, and post a 30 OPS+. His best season, oddly enough, was probably the following season, after being traded to the Indians for Charlie Spikes: in 1978, he got 458 plate appearances, and put up a .271/.298/.340/.638 line, "good" for an 80 OPS+. He had one more notable season with the Mets, batting .333 across 58 plate appearances for them in 1982 - when they were awful.

12. Neil Rasmussen, Astros. Never made a ML roster.

13. Frank Tanana, Angels. Won 240 ML games (and lost 236). Career ERA+ of 106. Was on the 1993 New York Mets, losers of 103, in his final year in the majors, before being traded to the Yankees.

So, you have to get down to the 13th pick before you have anyone who had even a decent ML career. Unless you want to count Veryzer, which I guess you could.

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