Nerd Notes

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In 1987 when Mark McGwire hit his 39th home run as a rookie he set a rookie record and went on to hit 10 more that year. [49]

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In 2012 Miguel Cabrera became the first offensive Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski won it in 1967

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Alex Rodriguez hit his 24th Grand slam 9/20/13, to pass Lou Gehrig to claim ownership of the slam record.

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In 1911 Rookie Joe Jackson [Shoeless] batted .408. In the Black Sox series Joe batted .375 one good reason to claim his innocence.

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In 1901 Sam Crawford hit 12 inside the park home runs. A little question...Did they have outfield walls then?

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Sammy Sosa homered in 45 ballparks... Ken Griffey Jr homered 44

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Willie Keeler [Wee Willie], Keeler hit .300 plus in his first 15 season in the Majors

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Pete Rose had 15,861 plate appearances

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Mickey Mantle had 536 career homers as a switch hitter.

Mantle was voted best switch hitter ever over Pete Rose..[American Baseball Research]

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Rickey Henderson had 81 career leadoff home runs

When he went to the Yankees he was ask how he felt about playing on the same field as Ruth and DiMaggio and he said " I don't care about them " he replied. "It's Rickey Time."

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May 23,2002....Shawn Green had a total of 19 bases touched in one game.

1 single......1
1 double.....2
4 homers....16

Green is the 14th person in history to hit 4 homers in 1 game

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During WWII the Japanese tried to get the American GI's mad by yelling ...The Hell with Babe Ruth

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Rafael Palmeiro was the 4th player to have 3000 hits and 500 home runs. He had 569 home Runs without ever leading the league.

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Willie Mays..." The Say Hey Kid"...hit 22 extra-inning Home Runs

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While playing with Ruth and Gehrig, Earle Combs had 615 hits in his first three full year in the majors.

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Including walks Ted Williams reached base in 84 consecutive games

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Pitcher George Uhle had a record 52 hits in 1926

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Cap Anson of the national league Chicago team hit .272 or more for 22 straight years.
A bad thing about him is he refused to play integrated games....needing to the ...'Gentlemen's agreement'

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Power Hitters by position-HR

1B Mark McGwire 583
2B Jeff Kent 377
SS Cal Ripkin 431
3B Mike Schmidt 548
Ca.Mike Piazza 527
DH David Ortiz 466
Pi Wes Ferrell 38
LF Barry Bonds 762
CF Willie Mays 660
RF Hank Aaron 755

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Willie Mays had 7,095 career putouts