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Post by alum on May 13, 2020 8:32:15 GMT -5
Baseball Reference sends out daily emails with historical stats information. On May 13th in 1947 and 1980, Red Sox players hit for the cycle. One was an infielder and one was an outfielder. Name the two players.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 13, 2020 8:44:29 GMT -5
I’ll go with Johnny Pesky and Dwight Evans
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Post by hchoops on May 13, 2020 8:46:46 GMT -5
Ted Williams and Rico P
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Post by Tom on May 13, 2020 8:57:58 GMT -5
Definitely not Rico, he was retired by 1980.
I'm going to guess Doerr for 47 (he had more pop in his bat than Pesky) and I don't see the 80 Sox middle infielders getting a home run or the corners to have the speed for a triple.
My 80 guess is Fred Lynn
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Post by alum on May 13, 2020 9:09:10 GMT -5
Definitely not Rico, he was retired by 1980. I'm going to guess Doerr for 47 (he had more pop in his bat than Pesky) and I don't see the 80 Sox middle infielders getting a home run or the corners to have the speed for a triple. My 80 guess is Fred Lynn Very well done. Here are the top hitting and pitching performances on this day in history. A few very big names are on the list. Batters: Fred Lewis* (SFG, 2007): 5-6, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, cycle Joey Votto* (CIN, 2012): 4-5, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R Mickey Mantle* (NYY, 1955): 4-4, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R Fred Lynn (BOS, 1980): 4-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, cycle Willie Mays (SFG, 1958): 5-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 1 SB Bobby Doerr (BOS, 1947): 4-6, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, cycle Johnny Mize (STL, 1940): 3-5, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R
Jim Tobin (BSN, 1942): 3-4, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R Tim Salmon (CAL, 1994): 5-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R Tim Wallach (MON, 1990): 4-6, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R Pitchers: Corey Kluber* (CLE, 2015): 8.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 18 K, 98 GmSc Jim O'Toole (CHW, 1967): 10.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 11 K, 98 GmSc Sandy Koufax (LAD, 1965): 9.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 13 K, 94 GmSc
Curt Simmons (PHI, 1952): 9.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 12 K, 93 GmSc Mat Latos (SDP, 2010): 9.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 6 K, 91 GmSc
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Post by Tom on May 13, 2020 10:09:55 GMT -5
I believe that hitting for the cycle is rarer than pitching a no hitter. Three on this day in history is quite the statistical anomaly.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 13, 2020 11:02:16 GMT -5
I believe that hitting for the cycle is rarer than pitching a no hitter. Three on this day in history is quite the statistical anomaly. They are close, if Wikipedia is accurate: 330 players have hit for the cycle while there have been 303 no hitters Other rarities: Triple Plays= 720 in history Stealing home: not as rare as triple plays Ty Cobb did it 50 times and I remember Rid Carew having many. Certainly Jackie Robinson excelled at it. Inside the park home run= over 1,000 but it's pretty rare in our lifetimes
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Post by Tom on May 13, 2020 12:07:51 GMT -5
I believe that hitting for the cycle is rarer than pitching a no hitter. Three on this day in history is quite the statistical anomaly. They are close, if Wikipedia is accurate: 330 players have hit for the cycle while there have been 303 no hitters Other rarities: Triple Plays= 720 in history Stealing home: not as rare as triple plays Ty Cobb did it 50 times and I remember Rid Carew having many. Certainly Jackie Robinson excelled at it. Inside the park home run= over 1,000 but it's pretty rare in our lifetimes The numbers were always close. Cycles must have recently passed no hitters. Although the numbers were always close, there were always a few more no hitters than cycles I got to see someone steal home in person once. Special circumstances. Infield was in a shift. The runner was half way down the third base line and was still closer to third than the third baseman. Also a left handed pitcher who's looking at first base, not third. I remember the Red Sox hitting inside the park home runs in consecutive games. I saw one in person. Adequate (not great) fielding and neither one was a home run. Sometime around 1979, I seem to recall the Red Sox turning 3 triple plays in one season. On a side note, while I can pull these useless facts off the top of my head, if you need some important information, you would be better served asking someone other than me
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Post by hchoops on May 13, 2020 12:15:36 GMT -5
I was at Ebbets Field in ‘55(the best year in baseball history) when Don Zimmer of the Dodgers was beaned and carried off the field unconscious. Most fans thought he was dead. The plate put in his head would give him many airport stories to tell.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 13, 2020 12:22:14 GMT -5
Harmon Killebrew was not a fast runner and had 19 total stolen bases for his career. He had 8 of those in 1969, the year when Rod Carew was stealing home do often. So it was Killebrew on first and Carew on third—Carew makes his lightning move to home and Killebrew saunters into second to complete the double steal
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Post by Tom on May 13, 2020 13:14:24 GMT -5
I was at Ebbets Field in ‘55(the best year in baseball history) when Don Zimmer of the Dodgers was beaned and carried off the field unconscious. Most fans thought he was dead. The plate put in his head would give him many airport stories to tell. Legend has it that Zimmer was still unconscious in the summer of 78
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Post by timholycross on May 13, 2020 15:42:41 GMT -5
I had never seen a 5-4-3 triple play in my (then) 25 years of MLB watching- and the Sox hit into two in the same game (vs the Twins, 1990). Saw these on tv.
This one I saw in person. Didn't hit me right away what happened either.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 13, 2020 22:50:46 GMT -5
Unassisted--impressive-very few of those. Trivia nuts will know that Bill Wambsganss executed the only one in a World Series for the Indians in 1920
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