Short form notes on things I learn
A.J. Burnett, Josh Johnson, and Josh Beckett all came up through the Marlins organization and had notable MLB pitching careers.
On September 8, 1965, Bert Campaneris became the first player in AL/NL history to play all nine positions in a single game, for the Kansas City Athletics against the California Angels.
Jim Corsi’s 1989 A’s bullpen line was a BABIP standout.
The Athletics opened the 1996 season in Las Vegas at a minor league park while renovations to the Oakland Coliseum were still underway, the first major league games in a minor league venue since 1957.
Robbie Grossman is the only player in AL history to appear for all of the Twins, Tigers, Royals, and White Sox in their career.
Mike Norris won 20 games in 1980 for the A’s, throwing 284.1 innings and 24 complete games, and finished second in the AL Cy Young race to Steve Stone of the Baltimore Orioles while receiving MVP votes that year.
Here are a handful of baseball nuggets I stumbled upon today.
The 1994 all star game, a stacked, great game played in front of 59,568 fans in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium, taught me a cool tidbit about Randy Johnson.
After playing immaculate grid today, I had some learnings while browsing the NL Silver Slugger history.
Kelly Johnson played for each team in the AL East.
Today I learned about this connection between All-Stars Rafael Palmeiro and Brian Roberts.
Jose Fernandez surpassed rookie limits in 2013, the same season as Hyun Jin Ryu, Julio Teheran, Shelby Miller, Chris Archer, Martin Perez, Dan Straily, and Nolan Arenado.
Today in Immaculate Grid, I tried to use Roger Clemens for 2,000 K’s and No Hitter.
Today in Immaculate Grid, I had two really nice picks: Mark DeRosa for Giants and Braves, and Randy Winn for Giants and Cardinals.
Through 2024, 37 players have had both a 200-hit season and a 40-homer season in their career (not necessarily the same season). Source
JD Martinez hit 30 homers in 60 games in 2017, 29 of those homers came after he was traded from Detroit to Arizona on July 18, 2017.
Mike Cuellar was really good from 1969-1974.
Jose Canseco was the beneficiary of an imperfect Rookie of the Year vote in 1986.
Nelson Cruz was in the A’s organization before he made his MLB debut.
Ruben Sierra’s age-27 season with the A’s was a rough year at the plate that still produced a 20/20 season and 101 RBI.
In April 1964, Athletics owner Charlie Finley built the “K.C. Pennant Porch” in right field at Municipal Stadium, bringing the fence in to match Yankee Stadium’s dimensions exactly.