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Since it’s the weekend, I thought I’d recycle a bunch of PI searches that I’ve posted over at the 88 Topps Cards blog.

For example:

Scott Garrelts makes the top 10 list for lowest WHIP in a season in the 1980s with 190+ IP.
Who had the most RBI in any season in the 1980s for a catcher? You might be surprised.
Ron Karkovice once had two go-ahead plate appearances in the same game where both were reaches-on-error. (Note I linked to the wrong box score in that post, but somebody else picked it up in the comments.)
HoJo is still rockin’ the career 30/30 list.
Jose Oquendo has among the fewest total bases among players with 3500+ PAs.
Dan Petry was one of the winningest pitchers from 1982 to 1985.
Who has the most career saves among pitchers with at least 100 complete games? If you call yourself a baseball fan, you’d better be able to get this one.
Ken Oberkfell had some big walk-off walks.
Like Oquendo, Dave Magadan was not so hot with the total bases either.

That’s it for now. We’ve got a contest over there that ends on Monday, if you’d like to enter.

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