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: ...
You are older than you think, Fred --- it's actually been almost 15 years ago. At that time I did not have access to pitcher's hitting stats and did not find...
My old Macmillan records 2 singles, a double, a triple, and no homer for Hendrix. ... From: Madison McEntire To: SABR_Records@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
Lee Sinins says 2 singles, Retrosheet and Baseball-reference.com say one of each hit. So who is right?? Dr. Fred Worth, Professor Department of Mathematics ...
... Retrosheet has play-by-play from the Pittsburg(h) Post for all 4 of the hits, which seem to corroborate the one of each type theory. Retrosheet also...
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Theodore Turocy <drarbiter@...> ... To those w/ProQuest... Pirates Hit Ball Hard and Win. New York Times (1857-Current...
Well, Ted is correct that we have proofed against the daily totals for our most recently released seasons, but that is not the case for all seasons. For some...
I have done a little more checking in the official records for the events of 9-2-1911 (G1). The record shows 1 error for St. Louis in that, as do we. We agree...
SABR's Home Run Log lists an inside the park homer in the third inning on 9/2/1911 (G1). David Vincent **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers....
From the Tattersall-McConnell Home Run Log: http://members.sabr.org/members.cfm?a=rtl&rtl=enc&enc=hrl&pid=6135&yr=1911&hrv=b 09/02/1911 1 Bob Harmon (opposing...
The Sporting News record book lists Pittsburgh as having a record four sacrifices during the 8th inning of their 5-3 win over Brooklyn on May 21, 1913. The NY...
I just checked the microfilmed official daily pages for this game and they have the following Pirates with sacrifices: Byrne (with 3 AB, whereas the Times box...
From my work proofing the 1911, 1921 and 1922 NL events (created. for the most part, from newspaper accounts) against the official dailies, I found that it was...
Tom, Where does one get the official dailies? I don't need them, I was just wondering. Steve ... From: tjruane To: SABR_Records@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
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