Forum: History, Trivia & Memorabilia

I’m sure the Yanks are taking a break after inducting the Core 4 a few years back, but I’m still amazed at a bunch of legends still on the outside looking in: Hall of Famers: Just about all of the ones left that don’t fall into the category of “well he’s in for another franchise” like Dave Winfield and Rickey Henderson, are from the 1920s teams, so are they waiting on the Golden Anniversary for Waite Hoyt, Earle Combs and Herb Pennock to get Monument Park plaques added to their Cooperstown...

The White Sox's Tim Anderson leads the AL at .334, and LeMahieu is second at .328. Anderson debuted on June 10, 2016, and he started the year with a .258 career average.

Boston's Brandon Workman went 10-1 (.909). In 2014, he went 1-10 (.091), for a gap of .818. Excluding seasons with only wins or only losses, do any other pitchers have that big a gap between their best and worst season winning percentages?

ESPN's Keith Law has Scherzer second, Strasburg third, and Corbin fourth for NL Cy Young. Have teammates ever finished second, third, and fourth in awards voting?

After Tampa Bay plays in Saturday, Tyler Glasnow will not have enough innings to qualify. Charlie Morton raised his ERA from 2.32 to 2.65, which moved Justin Verlander to second behind Glasnow in ERA, with Detroit's Spencer Turnbull in third. Verlander has a 2.38 ERA, and Turnbull has a 2.40 ERA. Turnbull is a rookie who went 0-2 in 16 1/3 innings last September. I'm not saying Turnbull will win it, but if he even leads at some point in May or later, that's surprising.

Marc Rzepczynski's first two years were with Toronto. He made his MLB debut on July 7, 2009. His first game of 2010 was on July 7. What other players played their first game of consecutive seasons on the same date in May or later?

In a doubleheader on September 9, 2004, Kansas City beat Detroit 26-5, and then Detroit won 8-0. What's the most runs a team has scored a game before or after being shut out? What's the most runs a team has allowed a game before or after pitching a shutout (not necessarily a complete game)?

We know that Mussina won 20 games for the first time in his last year in 2008. O'Neill had his only season with at least 20 home runs and at least 20 stolen bases in his last year in 2001.

San Francisco's Williams Jerez pitched the 15th and 16th against the Mets before San Francisco won walkoff in the 16th after 2:30 A.M. What the latest inning for a pitcher's first career win. I checked Hector Noesi, who won his MLB debut for the Yankees at Baltimore on May 18, 2011. He pitched the 12th through the 15th, so Jerez's win was later.

Justin Verlander has 213 wins and is scheduled to pitch on Sunday. What pitcher had the most career wins before facing the Yankees on Old-Timers' Day? Is there a website with the dates of every Old-Timers' Day?

What's the biggest standings gap between consecutive teams in a division or a league before there were divisions? https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1137884690004754434 has the AL East standings for the last 162 games for each team, and Tampa Bay won 101 of 162 for the first time: Tampa Bay: 101-61 (.623) Boston: 98-64 (.605) Yankees: 97-65 (.599) Toronto: 66-96 (.407) Baltimore: 48-114 (.296, and the opposite record of the 1998 Yankees) The Yankees won over twice as many games...

In 2006, Matt Smith pitched 12 scoreless innings. Then he was among the four players traded for Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle. Smith pitched 18 2/3 innings before allowing his first earned run. He didn't last long, as his last game was in 2007 only 1 year and 11 days after his debut. What players left the Yankees with a 0.00 ERA, and how many career innings did they have when they left? The players do not have to have made their MLB debut with Yankees. They could have debuted with another...

Jacob deGrom faced Max Scherzer two starts ago, Clayton Kershaw one start ago, and will face Zack Greinke tonight. Does anybody know of another Cy Young winner who had three consecutive starts against Cy Young winners? All of them must have won the Cy Young before the streak of games.

When Francisco Rodriguez broke the MLB record with 62 saves in 2008, he got 1 first place MVP vote but no first place Cy Young votes. Cliff Lee got 24 first place Cy Young votes, and Roy Halladay got the other 4. Halladay finished second for Cy Young with 71 points, but didn't get any MVP votes.

With 248 wins and 3,500 1/3 innings, Sabathia will hopefully reach 250 wins and 3,500 this year. Here are the players who did that: 1. Randy Johnson of the Yankees in 2005 2. Tom Glavine of the Mets in 2003 3. Roger Clemens of the Yankees in 2000

Before Steinbrenner wanted to trade Rivera for Felix Fermin, Fermin did something rare, and I'm going to try to find out how rare. On September 4, 1993, Jim Abbott pitched a no-hitter hosting Cleveland. Fermin batted second for Cleveland, and made 5 outs, which was possible because the first batter of the game was Kenny Lofton, who walked, and Fermin grounded into a double play. Many players only get 3 plate appearances when their teams get no hit, so to get 4 plate appearances and make more...

Houston has Josh Reddick tied for first in batting average at .333, Michael Brantley third at .329, George Springer first in home runs with 16, Alex Bregman second in home runs with 14, and Springer first in RBI with 40, which is 3 above Domingo Santana. All of those ranks are within the AL. Have three teammates ever led their league in one of the categories each?

Felix Hernandez was an All-Star in 2009, won Cy Young without being an All-Star in 2010, and was an All-Star in 2011 (and every year through 2015). Does anybody know of other players with three consecutive seasons in which they were All-Stars in the first and third ones and won MVP or Cy Young without being an All-Star in between.