By my count, Greg Maddux participated in his 84th career DP as a pitcher, which breaks his tie for the top mark with Phil Niekro. And he breaks it on a 3-5-1...
Bob Timmerman mentioned that Greg Maddux is now the all-time leader in Double plays by a pitcher. Maddux is likely to retain that record for quite a while. The...
I found three times from 1957 through yesterday: 6-29-1961 (G1) San Francisco (Billy O'Dell) at Philadelphia (Ken Lehman) 6-07-1977 San Diego (John D'Acquisto)...
Obviously because each P had dropped a letter grade ... From: David W. Smith To: SABR_Records@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:51 AM ...
Curt Schilling gave up 9 doubles in a game the other day; this would have been considered the new AL record for doubles allowed by an AL pitcher in a game, but...
It appears that the Elias Sports Bureau is not going to consider the 8 hours and 40 minutes duration for the day/night doublheader between the Yankees and Red...
Bob - ... Just to clarify, I assume you mean two straight games played on the *same day*, not just two straight games. I have to agree with you. While the...
... *same day*, not just two straight games. Yes, that's what I meant, thanks for clarifying. ... a "doubleheader" is two games for one admission price,...
Folks, Let me make several observations without integrating them in an essay. . . . It does begin stretching toward essaydom before I sign off. Bob Timmermann...
Phil Lowry described the record-breaking this way to SABR-L today. ... The Yankees at Red Sox doubleheader today not only set new professional, major league,...
I have derived from this essay that apparently I have no idea of what I am speaking of. ... the 8 ... Bureau." ... News ... record ... without ... research. ...
If it helps any, I thought I was following the discussion pretty well, too, until Paul clarified matters. It's still three strikes and yer out, right? btimmer...
I agree that, for records' sake, a doubleheader should be when two scheduled games are played on the same calendar date. I know that Elias is given a lot of...
I recall someone telling me that Elias is somewhat "sore" (for want of a better word) that there are others like STATS, Inc., SABR, RetroSheet, etc who also...
Just because I'm a start alec, I assume we mean two games "starting" on the same day 8-) Tom Stillman ... __________________________________________________ Do...
With respect to Ty Cobb, he was the declared batting champ for 1910 by Ban Johnson. They have to include the extra game to keep him ahead of Lajoie, who should...
SABR Baseball Records CommitteeI would agree that for the purpose of baseball records two games played on the same day, whether they be a morning and afternoon...
According to Elias, does the "time" of the double-header include simply the sum of the two individual games, or is it the time from the first pitch of the day...
... The acknowledged record by Elias is 7 hours, 39 minutes by Texas and Chicago on May 24, 1995. The two games were 4:01 and 3:38. I apologize for any dead...
Houston's Taveras currently has a 28-game hitting streak. Here are some facts that I put together about it: --Taveras went 1-for-1 on 7/27 as a pinch-hitter....
... to ... Elias reported that Taveras is the first player to have an 0-for-10 (or longer) streak take place during a 20+ game hitting streak, at least in the...
I noticed that Chicago Colt (NL) gave up 10+ hits in each of ten consecutive games in which he pitched in 1894. Nine of the games were starts, the other was a...
Florida's Anibal Sanchez threw a no-hitter tonight (9/6) in his 13th career start. Does anyone have a list of the fewest career starts before throwing a...
... On May 6, 1953, St. Louis Brown pitcher Bobo Holloman pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start. I know he appeared in some earlier games in...
Wilson Alvarez' no-hitter for the White Sox at Baltimore on August 11, 1991 occurred in his second major league start. In his first ML start two years...
In the 8/2002 issue of Baseball Digest (p.32), George Vass writes that, prior to his 5/6/1953 start, Bobo Holloman "made four relief appearances, losing once."...
The ProQuest article from the Chicago Daily Tribune (May 7, 1953), "It was Holloman's fourth appearance on the mound. In one of his three relief stints he was...
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