3 Stats That Make You Go……WOW

[SJU85]

Minnie Minoso played returned to play in the majors in 1976 and 1980 at the age of 52 and 56 respectively. He only had 1 hit in 12 at bets during those two stints. Doing so made him the only player to play in 5 decades, but it also dropped his lifetime BA from .2997 (300) to .2993 (299)

Another Bill Veeck promotion.

 

[Knight]

Another Bill Veeck promotion.

Bill Veeck. as in Wreck, was a bit of a showman. I remember the short baseball pants that he had the Chisox wear.

 

[logen]

Well, baseball is over for me, so back to the statistical oddities of the game; Warren Spahn had 363 career victories, 356 with the Braves, 4 with the Mets, 3 with the Giants. He also had 363 hits in his career and you guessed it, the same 356/4/3 split between the teams.
One other Spahn oddity, while obviously a great pitcher, he was also no slouch at the plate. He actually had more consecutive years hitting a home run than pitching a shutout, 17 to 15.

 

[swish]

He was amazing.

Are earned runs taxable ?????

 

[SJU85]

Here’s one courtesy of the NY Posts Vac’s Whacks.

Randy Johnson has a 7-9 record lifetime in the postseason — 5-0 vs. the Yankees, 2-9 vs. everyone else.

 

[GardenCity62]

Babe Ruth hit 54 home runs in 1920. That was more home runs than any other major league team hit that year except for the Philadelphia Phillies who hit 64.