Category: Trivia

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Lopsided All-Star Games

Year Winner Score Location 1. 1946 American 12-0 Fenway Park, Boston 2. 1983 American 13-3 Comiskey Park, Chicago 3. 1992 American 13-6 Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego 4. 1993 American 9-3 Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore 5. 1969 National 9-3 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington 6. 1944 National 7-1 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 7. 1973 American … Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Most Lopsided All-Star Games”












































































Year Winner Score Location
1. 1946 American 12-0 Fenway Park, Boston
2. 1983 American 13-3 Comiskey Park, Chicago
3. 1992 American 13-6 Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego
4. 1993 American 9-3 Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
5. 1969 National 9-3 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington
6. 1944 National 7-1 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
7. 1973 American 7-1 Royals Stadium, Kansas City
8. 1960 (2nd) National 6-0 Yankee Stadium, New York
9. 1996 National 6-0 Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
10. 7 tied with 5 runs difference

Glavine in pretty good company

With his win against Toronto on June 23, Tom Glavine has joined an elite group of pitchers. According to The Hardball Times, Glavine is now 100 games over .500 with a record of 286-186. At this point, there are only twenty pitchers who can claim that. Of those twenty, fourteen are in the Hall of … Continue reading “Glavine in pretty good company”

With his win against Toronto on June 23, Tom Glavine has joined an elite group of pitchers. According to The Hardball Times, Glavine is now 100 games over .500 with a record of 286-186. At this point, there are only twenty pitchers who can claim that. Of those twenty, fourteen are in the Hall of Fame. The rest are still active.


















































































table courtesy of The Hardball Times
185 Christy Mathewson (373-188)
168 Roger Clemens (341-173)
165 Grover Alexander (373-208)
164 Cy Young (439-275; also 72-41 before 1893)
159 Lefty Grove (300-141)
137 Walter Johnson (416-279)
134 Eddie Plank (327-193)
130 Whitey Ford (236-106)
129 Greg Maddux (325-196)
129 Randy Johnson (271-142)
118 Warren Spahn (363-245)
117 Pedro Martinez (204-87)
116 Jim Palmer (268-152)
113 Kid Nichols (269-156; also 92-52 before 1893)
106 Tom Seaver (311-205)
104 Bob Feller (266-162)
103 Joe McGinnity (247-144)
103 Mike Mussina (233-130)
101 Juan Marichal (243-142)
100 Tom Glavine (286-186)

Of course, with the nature of this kind of record, Glavine could be easily taken off this list with a loss. He’s had a heckuva year but his last few starts have been iffy.

Tuesday Top Ten: Most IBB in a Season by a Player not named Bonds

Actually because of a tie, there are eleven. 1. Willie McCovey 45 1969 2. Willie McCovey 40 1970 3. Sammy Sosa 37 2001 4. John Olerud 33 1993 Ted Williams 33 1957 6. Vladimir Guerrero 32 2002 Kevin Mitchell 32 1989 8. George Brett 31 1985 9. Frank Howard 29 1970 Dale Murphy 29 1987 … Continue reading “Tuesday Top Ten: Most IBB in a Season by a Player not named Bonds”

Actually because of a tie, there are eleven.




































































1. Willie McCovey 45 1969
2. Willie McCovey 40 1970
3. Sammy Sosa 37 2001
4. John Olerud 33 1993
Ted Williams 33 1957
6. Vladimir Guerrero 32 2002
Kevin Mitchell 32 1989
8. George Brett 31 1985
9. Frank Howard 29 1970
Dale Murphy 29 1987
Adolfo Phillips 29 1967

.300 TEN YEARS IN A ROW

In the last fifty years there have been three major leaguers to bat .300 or better for ten straight years. Right now Vladimir Guerrero has done it nine consecutive years and is well on his way to number ten. He’ll be the first righthanded hitter to accomplish this task. Can you name the lefthanded hitters … Continue reading “.300 TEN YEARS IN A ROW”

In the last fifty years there have been three major leaguers to bat .300 or better for ten straight years. Right now Vladimir Guerrero has done it nine consecutive years and is well on his way to number ten. He’ll be the first righthanded hitter to accomplish this task. Can you name the lefthanded hitters who have done it?

NO 10 K GAMES

Brian Moehler Watching today’s Cub game on TV the announcers said Moehler was one of three starters in the majors who’ve started 175 games without a ten strikeout game. Can you name the other two???

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Brian Moehler Watching today’s Cub game on TV the announcers said Moehler was one of three starters in the majors who’ve started 175 games without a ten strikeout game. Can you name the other two???