Comments on: Happy Columbus Day http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/2874 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: DoubleDiamond http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/2874/comment-page-1#comment-9445 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:19:56 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=2874#comment-9445 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.

]]> By: gerry http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/2874/comment-page-1#comment-9442 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:55:38 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=2874#comment-9442 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."

]]> By: TheGoofyOne http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/2874/comment-page-1#comment-9438 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:56:50 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=2874#comment-9438 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

]]> By: Raphy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/2874/comment-page-1#comment-9437 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:56:36 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=2874#comment-9437 4 different cities named Columbus have sported minor league teams: Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska and Ohio
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi

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