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ShareThisHappy Columbus Day
Posted by Andy on October 12, 2009
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Cnt Player Year G From To +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+ 1 Bob O'Farrell 1935 1492 1915 1935
Cnt Player Year SO From To +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+ 1 Bill Donovan 1918 1492 1901 1918
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October 12th, 2009 at 11:56 am
4 different cities named Columbus have sported minor league teams: Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska and Ohio
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi
October 12th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
All-time leaders for MLB's Columbus teams:
AVG Jim McTamany .263(only guy with 1,500 PA)
R McTamany 312
H McTamany 342
HR Tom Brown/Charlie Duffee/Pop Smith 10
SB Jack Crooks 117
RBI Spud Johnson 192
ERA Frank Mountain 3.12
W Hank Gastright 52
W% Gastright .515
SV Jack Easton/Frank Knauss 2
IP Gastright 907 2/3
K Gastright 423
October 12th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Several of those Columbus players are well-known to trivia buffs. Tom Brown, in 1892, had 660 at-bats, which stood as a record for almost 30 years. He had only 150 hits, so 510 outs (bbref uses a more complicated definition for outs), which stood as a record until 1970. Also in 1892, Jack Crooks had 136 walks and only 95 hits. That 41 walk excess I think stood as a record until Bonds broke it in 2002 - not often that a record gets broken after standing for 110 years. Crooks also had more walks than hits in 1893. Frank Mountain won 20 games twice, but only 58 in his career. Only Ed Beatin had fewer career wins, among pitchers with two 20-win seasons. In 1890, Jim McTamany scored 140 runs on 120 hits. I don't think anyone has ever had more than 20 more runs than hits, apart perhaps from Finley's "designated runners."
October 13th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
I put "the Christopher" in the Search box. Since Christopher was one of the most common male names a generation ago, there are a lot of Chris's in the major leagues right now or in the past few years, including two Chris Youngs (and a Chris Carpenter and a Cris Carpenter, although the latter's real name turns out to be Cris), so I wondered which one it would be or if it would be some old-timer such as Christy Mathewson.
The response turned out to be David Christopher Justice.