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ShareThisTK note #5: Trivia
Here's some nice trivia, courtesy of Tim Kurkjian. Rickey Henderson, Cleon Jones, Hal Chase, and Hick Carpenter are the only 4 players to play 1000 games and what?
(Bizarrely, Steve posted on this EXACT subject yesterday even though he and I didn't discuss it at all.)
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March 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Bat right and throw left.
I did my own unscientific search and found 10 1B, 26 OF and 419 pitchers. I wonder if a brain scan on all of them would yield as delightful findings as I would expect one on Rickey would reveal?
March 19th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Rube Bressler played 1305 games, BR, TL. Johnny Cooney played 1172. What gives?
March 20th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Not sure, Gerry. I don't have the book in front of me and I can't remember why they didn't make Kurkjian's list. Perhaps it was just from the last 50 years. I'm sure he didn't overlook them--maybe I did.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
If it was just from the last 50 years, he wouldn't list Hal Chase & Hick Carpenter.
Maybe Bressler & Cooney are ruled out because each was a pitcher for part of his career.
Or maybe the author just goofed - it wouldn't be the first time a baseball trivia book had mistakes in it.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Well--whatever the case, let's not blame it on TK!