Comments on: B-R Cross Links to SR Sites

By: Ian W.

Ian W. — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:33:08 +0000

Quan Cosby (thanks, Wikipedia).

By: DoubleDiamond

DoubleDiamond — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:17:24 +0000

At least three NFL quarterbacks active in the 1980s/1990s time frame played minor league baseball. John Elway is probably the best known. Jay Schroeder may also be fairly well known as a notorious Blue Jays draft bust. The third one is Bubby Brister. Like Schroeder, he went into baseball out of high school and then went to college to be a quarterback after his baseball career didn't pan out. If I recall correctly, he was in the Detroit Tigers' farm system.

By: Chipmaker

Chipmaker — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:51:04 +0000

Josh Booty, if he ever played in an NFL game.

By: Sean Forman

Sean Forman — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:17:13 +0000

I'll add that to the list of to do things.

Re: uniforms. We just haven't gotten a source for historical baseball jerseys.

By: lar @ wezen-ball

lar @ wezen-ball — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:11:50 +0000

Pretty cool stuff.

The question now becomes, is there an easy place to see everyone who is on more than one site? Seems like something that could easily be added to the Frivolities section, maybe...

Great stuff, anyhow, Sean!

By: Djibouti

Djibouti — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:43:22 +0000

Random question...how come the player pages at pro-football-reference and basketball-reference have jersey numbers, but the ones here at baseball-reference don't?

By: statboy

statboy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:39:40 +0000

Hmmmm...

baseball: Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.
football: Height: 5-10 Weight: 226 lbs.

Usually people don't get shorter until they reach age 70 or 80.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:06:12 +0000

How did I not know that Williams played minor league baseball?

By: Sean Forman

Sean Forman — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:11:32 +0000

Let us know if you come across a player for whom we are missing a link.