MISC. NOTES
- old pitcher officially replaced with first warm-up pitch of new pitcher
- Moose Stubing: 0 for 5 w/4 strikeouts as a player in the majors; 0-8 as a
manager in the majors (1988 California Angels)
- Mike Parrott, P Seattle Mariners 1980 - 1-16 w/7.28 ERA
- Natural righthanders that hit left - Ted Williams, George Brett, Wade Boggs,
Ty Cobb, Yogi Berra
- Since 1875, 19 major league players have hit a grand slam with their team
down by 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth. The first person to do it was
Roger Conner in 1881; the last person was Alan Trammel in 1988. (BQR)
- amphetamines (greenies, speed, diet pills) - supplied by clubs in 50's &
60's. trainer stopped supplying them in 70's, but clubs still winked at
their use. (rose admitted use in 1979 playboy interview. (Hp80)
- LaRussa = 5th laywer to manage in majors - other 4 in Hall of Fame (Monte
Ward, Hughie Jennings, Miller Huggins, Branch Rickey)
- 1988 - Elias Bureau does stats for all ML baseball. Previously, Elias did
NL, Sports Information Center (Pete Palmer) did AL. (BJBA 1988 p.35)
- 1984 KC Royals first team to win any championship after allowing more runs
than they scored (673-684).
- People killed by pitches (BJBA 1985 p.131)
- at least 4 in the minors between 1909 & 1920
- 1920 Ray Chapman (Carl Mays)
- 1951 Ottis Johnson (of Dothan) last player in org. ball to be killed by
pitch
see BJBA p.137 for full list
Sources
- BQR - Baseball Quarterly Review
- BJBA - Bill James Baseball Abstract
- BJGBM - Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers
- BJH - Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
- DM - Discover Magazine
- HGB - The Hidden Game of Baseball - John Thorn & Pete Palmer
- MLBOP90 - Major League Baseball Official Preview 1990
- H - Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose - Michael Sokolove
- SBS - Stats Baseball Scoreboard - Various