I thought I had heard somewhere that Official Scorers were told to be less lenient on stolen bases and call defensive indifference more often in the later...
======================================================================== === In the October 2007 Newsletter of the SABR Research Baseball Records Committee...
In my work on the 1931 Yankees, I came across a very ineresting game. The Yanks played a doubleheader vs. the A's on Sept 7, and here's how the first inning...
This note is from Bill Nowlin concerning what he thought might be a missing game played by Jack Stansbury of the 1918 Red Sox. It confirms a similar finding by...
Trent McCotter wrote about the September 7, 1931 game: "As you can see, the A's used three pitchers to start the game, none of which got a single out! Rommel...
Is that 'tossed out' as in called out, or is it 'tossed out' as in ejected? If ejected, who played the rest of the game in center? Wayne McElreavy ... ...
This probably doesn't have anything to do with the Records Committee, but Dennis Pajot wrote how Adonis Terry's 1898 Western League "contract had an unusual...
My 1989 edition of Total Baseball shows that Pat Luby won 17 straight games in 1890. However, using Retrosheet I count 18. Does anyone have a correct list?...
I have attached a newspapaer clipping photo of 1916 Ceylon "Cy" Wright. I tseems that he is a RH hitter but SABR has him listed as a Lefty hitter. Is there...
I am not sure where you saw the BL indication but the Biographical Committee database lists him as BR. David Vincent In a message dated 1/14/2008 8:11:55 P.M....
Hi Ren - A few things here. No attachment was received, and actually it is not good practice to send file attachments via Yahoogroups because they are not...
David is correct, that the current encyclopedias show Cy Wright as a righty hitter. David would know, he's the vice-chair of the SABR Biographical Research...
The progession of record for pitcher with lowest winning percentage during regular season for a team and then started at least one game in the World Series...
I've been researching the 1931 Sporting News boxes (thanks to "Paper of Record") and I'm having difficulty distinguishing between Hub Walker and Gee Walker. ...
Interesting dilemma. Other than contemporary newspaper accounts, it's possible that this feature article would have touched on whether the two played...
Sorry to stupidly send a blank message a minute ago. According to the official totals (from the daily pages kept at the Hall of Fame), Gee Walker's first game...
Trent, I'm up to 1907 in my batting champion project, and that means I have finally caught up to Ty Cobb. Your website below doesn't open up anymore. Has it...
John Bowker of the Giants had an extra-base hit in each of his first three games in the majors, although he didn't get one in his fourth. The last person I...
What I found fascinating was that Bowker is the first player in the entire history of the Giants to hit home runs in his first two games. Neither Mays,...
Alex Rios of the Blue Jays currently has a 23-game hitting streak vs. the Yankees. Elias Sports Bureau says that it's the longest hitting streak vs. the Yanks...
As Rod Nelson just posted, Lance Berkman has been on an incredible hot streak. I've sent some notes about the streals to the Astros, which I've copied below: ...
Trent - Thanks for the detailed analysis. It was my great pleasure to follow the Ellis Burks and Larry Walker streaks with the Rockies (and Galarraga also had...
Sorry to those who'll see this on the retrosheet group, too. Jay Bruce of the Reds reached base safely in his first 6 plate appearances in the majors; I...
... However, while Bruce's streak ended, note that Paciorek's is still active. Bill Deane Sorry to those who'll see this on the retrosheet group, too. Jay...
I recently came across a small item in The Sporting News, 10/19/11 edition. It states that Hendrix had but 4 hits all season: A single, double, triple, and...
Madison McEntire published an article in Baseball Research Journal about 10 years ago dealing with this "season cycle." The other ones who have done it are: ...
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