Useless Trivial Information

Stingray

I was just looking around at some past Baseball information. Did you know that for five years in a row Eddie Murray was in the top 5 in MVP voting for 5 straight years in the 80s!!

Brick

Everyone knows two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

hhmag70

<< <i>I was just looking around at some past Baseball information. Did you know that for five years in a row Eddie Murray was in the top 5 in MVP voting for 5 straight years in the 80s!! >>




I did know that, after you said "for 5 years in a row" he was in the top 5 in MVP voting for "5 straight years"

greencrow

Eddie Murray shares his birthday with Honus Wagner

LodiBrewFan

Dale murphy was first in voting for NLMVP for two years in a row!

Estil

* Mark McGwire's Topps card from 1989 (the year he hit 70 home runs in reverse) happens to be #70.
* Bill Buckner's Fleer card from the year before his infamous 1986 World Series blunder shows him in fielding position; with a ball between his legs. Click here if you don't believe me.
* Everyone knows about Bobby Thomson and his "Shot Heard 'Round the World"; well did you know there was a player with almost the same name, Robby Thompson who played in 1986-96, and both players played for the Giants?
* Plus, when Bobby Thomson hit his famous home run, waiting on deck was a 20 year old rookie outfielder named Willie Mays.
* Both the first National League and the first American League pennants in 1876 and 1901 respectively were won by who we know today as the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, but at the time BOTH teams were called the Chicago White Stockings.
* Contrary to popular belief, Mickey Mantle's rookie card is NOT his famous 1952 Topps; it's really his 1951 Bowman card.
* When Babe Ruth hit his 60 home runs in 1927, he hit more home runs than any other American League teams.
* The first black MLB player was NOT who most think it is. It was actually Moses Fleetwood Walker who played in the American Association in 1884, over sixty years before Jackie Robinson.
* Ban Johnson, the founder of the American League, was inducted into the HOF in its second class (1937). As for the founder of the National League, William Hulbert, he too would be enshrined--58 years later.
* From 1961-91, Roger Maris' 61 homers and the Babe's 60 homers were considered "co-records" at the insistence of Ford Frick (since Maris failed to break the record in the first 154 games; he was at 59 at that time). Contrary to popular belief, there was no asterisk involved or mentioned at all. And incredibly, no other single season record since was split up in 154/162 game records.
* Know how a lot of people thought Bonds didn't deserve to be the career home run champ due to taking 'roids? Well, there were people who didn't think Hank Aaron deserved the record either--because he had 3965 more at-bats than Ruth. Sound familiar?
* Nolan Ryan is the only MLB player with his jersey retired by three different teams.

hhmag70

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* Nolan Ryan is the only MLB player with his jersey retired by three different teams. >>




I think Jackie R has him beat by just a few

greencrow

Jackie Robinson Nolan Ryan and Ernie Banks share the same birthday.

Dboneesq

When the National League began play in 1876, the following three rules were part of the game:

Pitcher - pitches from 6 foot square, must pitch underhand; batter - can request high or low pitch; strikes - only if batter swings and misses. It took NINE balls to walk.

Foul balls - out if caught on fly or after 1 bounce

If an umpire is unable to see whether a catch has been fairly made, he may confer with spectators and players.

hhmag70

<< <i>When the National League began play in 1876, the following three rules were part of the game:

Pitcher - pitches from 6 foot square, must pitch underhand; batter - can request high or low pitch; strikes - only if batter swings and misses. It took NINE balls to walk.

Foul balls - out if caught on fly or after 1 bounce

If an umpire is unable to see whether a catch has been fairly made, he may confer with spectators and players. >>




And I thought Ralph was old, I can't believe you remember playing with those rules!

Dboneesq

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<< <i>When the National League began play in 1876, the following three rules were part of the game: >>



And I thought Ralph was old, I can't believe you remember playing with those rules! >>



Well I THINK those were the rules ... I was very young then.

WinPitcher

I assure you they were the rules, I did not walk many batters.

Estil

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* Nolan Ryan is the only MLB player with his jersey retired by three different teams. >>




I think Jackie R has him beat by just a few >>



It wasn't teams that retired his number (just the Dodgers and later all of MLB) so that doesn't really count.

Estil

1876 was the only year walks were counted as outs for determining batting average. 1884 was the only year walks were counted as hits when determining batting average.

And here's one I bet most people don't know, from 1885-92, it was legal in MLB to use a "half bat" (a bat that is sawed in half lengthwise except the handle where one side is round and the other is flat).