Which major leaguer was toughest to strike out? He struck out just 113 times in his career, and only struck out twice in a game one time in his entire career. Yes, a Hall of Famer. Joe Sewell, primarily of the Indians, then the Yankees. 14 year career, batted .312, OPS of .804, and 436 doubles.
Where is the world's largest publicly-viewable collection of baseball cards? Museum of Modern Art with 31,000.
From the very early, formative days of baseball...what was "patching"? In the early days of baseball, "Patching" meant throwing out a runner by hitting him with a throw when he was running between the bases. It was considered manly and part of the game.
In 1919, Babe Ruth hit 29 home runs, a new record in the last year of the dead ball era. He also added a new innovation to the game. What was that innovation? He was the first to special order Louisville Sluggers which had a knob at the end of the bat.
Sandy Koufax, Elston Howard and Jim Brown have two things in common. What are they? First, they won their respective league's MVP awards. Second, they all wore the number 32.
What is today a ground rule double was a home run in the American league until 1930 and in the National League until 1931. How many of Babe Ruth's home runs fit that description? Zero.
On August 4, 1982, Joel Youngblood was traded from the Mets to the Expos. He played for the Mets against the Cubs during an afternoon game, flew to Philadelphia to play for the Expos against the Phillies, but he wasn't the first major league player to play for two teams on the same day. The Cubs and Cardinals traded Max Flack for Cliff Heathcote between games of a doubleheader on May 30, 1922 and both players played in both games. But Youngblood was unique in one other way. What unique record did he get on that day? You'll see if you check out the Cub v Mets and Phi v Expo box scores. He also is the only major leaguer who got a hit off of two Hall of Famers in the same day, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs and Steve Carlton of the Phillies.
Where is the world's largest publicly-viewable collection of baseball cards? Museum of Modern Art with 31,000.
From the very early, formative days of baseball...what was "patching"? In the early days of baseball, "Patching" meant throwing out a runner by hitting him with a throw when he was running between the bases. It was considered manly and part of the game.
In 1919, Babe Ruth hit 29 home runs, a new record in the last year of the dead ball era. He also added a new innovation to the game. What was that innovation? He was the first to special order Louisville Sluggers which had a knob at the end of the bat.
Sandy Koufax, Elston Howard and Jim Brown have two things in common. What are they? First, they won their respective league's MVP awards. Second, they all wore the number 32.
What is today a ground rule double was a home run in the American league until 1930 and in the National League until 1931. How many of Babe Ruth's home runs fit that description? Zero.
On August 4, 1982, Joel Youngblood was traded from the Mets to the Expos. He played for the Mets against the Cubs during an afternoon game, flew to Philadelphia to play for the Expos against the Phillies, but he wasn't the first major league player to play for two teams on the same day. The Cubs and Cardinals traded Max Flack for Cliff Heathcote between games of a doubleheader on May 30, 1922 and both players played in both games. But Youngblood was unique in one other way. What unique record did he get on that day? You'll see if you check out the Cub v Mets and Phi v Expo box scores. He also is the only major leaguer who got a hit off of two Hall of Famers in the same day, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs and Steve Carlton of the Phillies.
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