It has actually come to our attention that our info/source at 25:06 was wrong. Mark Teixeira holds this record at 408 regular home runs before a walk-off. Whoops, our bad.
My favorite piece of random baseball trivia is that pre-1920’s, if the umpire couldn’t see the play and make a call, they would pick a fan from the crowd who was near the play and had them make a call for safe or out.
@@budnino8752 No, it's not true. I've read dozens - possibly hundreds - of baseball books over my lifetime, and have never heard that claim made. Furthermore, would anyone expect a fan of the home team to call it the other way? That claim is clearly inaccurate.
Some of the best facts in baseball involve one of the most under rated players ever. Joe Sewell. This guy in 1932 in 503 at bats only struck out 3 times. Pretty sure that will never be broken. Joe also set a record for most consecutive games without recording a strikeout at 115. Another record that won't be broken. Besides his prowess of not striking out his numbers are pretty impressive. Lastly in 7,132 at bats in his career he only struck out 114 times.
Props to you for starting the video saying you "didn't wanna waste our time" and then also making a video exactly 30 minutes. need more youtubers like you
Bobby Cox had 162 ejections in 4,508 games, or 1 ejection every 27.83 games Aaron Boone has 39 ejections in 995 games, or 1 ejection every 25.51 games He's coming for you Bobby
24:58 He's also a Hall of Famer so he's the only person to do all 3. Additionally the player who caught his perfect game (Gus Triandos) also caught Hoyt Wilhelm's no-hitter, making him the first catcher to catch a no-hitter in both leagues.
14:15 I used to be a bread delivery driver. My day used to begin when I got up at 12:30am. Game 1 of the double header was winding down when I was heading to my warehouse. When I pulled out of the warehouse, game 2 was just starting. I was well into my work day when the game ended.
Here's one for you... Rick Wise is the only MLB pitcher to pitch a no-hitter (28 batters faced) and hit 2 home runs in the same game. On June 23, 1971. That day, the 25-year-old Wise pitched a no-hitter and added two home runs to lead the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 over the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium.
That fact about Liam Hendriks being the only Liam in MLB history genuinely shocked me, really seems like there'd be a handful of Liams in baseball with it being a pretty common first name
@@jimwerther Liam was the 2nd most popular baby name of the 2010s in the US. It wasn't common before, but be prepared: a huge rash of Liams and Aidens are coming to MLB.
The Upton brothers draft record might be broken by the Holliday brothers as it’s somewhat likely Ethan goes #1 in the 2025 draft and Jackson went #1 in the 2022 draft
It was called Buhner Buzz Cut Night. There was also a period of time that a local bar sold beers for his batting average. Hitting .240? Beer was $2.40 Had a bad night and is down to .238? Beer is now $2.38
@@horaceball5418 ahh.. that freaking sucks. I guess he can say he got a hit in every single MLB game he ever played in.. but still. Wonder just how long he could have taken it.
He was literally not a baseball player. He didn't know how to take a lead, read and time a pitcher, slide, etc. There's more to basestealing than being fast.
John Paciorek played 1 game for the Houston Colt 45’s. He was 3 for 3 with 4 runs scored , 3 RBIs and 2 BBS. Finished his careeer with the most ABs and a 1.000 BA. He is Tom’s brother.
@@jimwerther Hi Jim I love your passion and politely would like to say the greatest career in baseball history, that of John Paciorek, was in 1963, and he was already battling a bad back when he went 3 for 3, and if the off season his back got worse, and he dangled in the minors for several years but usually hit below .200.
You guys should do a video about how Peter Angelos is wrongly villified. He broke the owner's argument in the 94 strike by refusing to stand with them or sign a document blaming the players for the strike, something that does take a lot of integrity to do with that amount of money on the table. He was a lawyer if he wanted to do mental gymnastics to the public he easily could have. He spent big and got burnt on players like Albert Belle. Then he realized he couldnt compete with the AL east financially so he set up the best farm system in baseball. And Baltimore fans have always said he's the worst owner. I think you should push back on that.
Guy Hecker, American Association/Louisville: as a rookie, no-hitter, 1882 (with six errors behind him). 1884: won 52 games.1886: only 27 wins, but hit .342, winning the AA batting title, the only pitcher ever to do so. August 15 1886, hit 3 home runs & scored 7 runs, both records at the time. October 9, 1887, played first base and became the first major league player to play an *entire game at first base without handling a single chance*. It's that last one that blows my mind. What? How?
Here's my go-to for useless baseball trivia: Austin Jackson is the only player in MLB history whose first and last name are both state capitals. Another fun tidbit is that Prince Fielder was the only player in MLB to have multiple inside-the-park home runs between the '07 and '08 seasons.
Who are the other players with state capitals in their name? Mike Lansing...Columbus Vance...Forrest Dover...Daryl Boston...Mike Lincoln...Madison Bumgarner...Oscar Charleston...Cal Raleigh...the first names are a little more limited. Despite "Columbus Vance," the only real viable first name options are Austin, Lincoln, Madison, and now Jackson.
Hearing Walter Young's name brought back a memory. Walter was not too fast being so heavy. Yet, I saw him stole a base, without drawing a throw from the catcher! I think the catcher was too stunned that he went. Everyone in the park was. Looking at his minor league record, he did steal 13 bases but also was caught 19 times.
Harry Kalas's description of Mitch Williams game winning hit at 4:40 am was priceless - "...RBI hit by Mitchie-poo! Youngblood's 2 hits for 2 different teams in one day was accomplished in 2 different cities, having to fly east from a day game at Wrigley ans arriving in Philly during night game and singled in 6th. Ted Turner's one day in the dugout was May 11. 1977 loss to Pirates. He couldn't go any further in that capacity because of MLB's 'Mack' rule - anyone who has ownership stock in a franchise cannot be a uniformed/or otherwise active member like Connie Mack. BTW - Ted's uni number was 27, he couldn't us 29 - the channel number for WTBS-TV station because Andy Messersmith wore that and for one game the name on the back of his uni was 'channel' and of course that produced another letter of admonishment as well. Should have mentioned Mizell's given name - Wilmer David Mizell
My favorite useless stats: - Kelby Tomlinson, a utility infielder for the Giants in the 2010s, had 3 career home runs in 687 PA. Those 3 home runs were a grand slam, an inside-the-parker, and off Kershaw. - The only retired MLB player with 20+ home runs in every season of his career is Tommy Joseph. - 3 players have hit multiple home runs off Kershaw, multiple home runs off Greinke, and a home run off deGrom: Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Gonzalez, and Madison Bumgarner. - The 2015 Giants had 9 grand slams (franchise record), 9 pitcher home runs (SF era record), 0 walk-off home runs, and 0 splash hits.
More random trivia - Does anyone remember Damian Miller of Dbacks hit a home run against Cubs that went less than 200 feet? Or Aaron Hill hit for the cycle twice in 10 days? Or Texas scoring 30 runs against Baltimore? Love this game!
On August 25th 2011 The Yankees became the first team to hit 3 grand slams in one game. Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson and Russell Martin were the culprits.
Have you ever heard of Warren Morris? The only player in Collegiate or MLB history to ever hit a walk off home run in the championship deciding game with two outs in the 9th inning. (Joe Carters HR occured with 1 out but there was a runner on 1st so a double play could have very well ended it in another timeline)
This video is perfect for a sport that keeps every possible stat, like most strikeouts vs left-handers on moonless nights in July following a rain delay of exactly 43 minutes between the 6th & 7th innings when Joe Buck is calling the game with a French accent. That record, by the way, is held in a tie between Joey Votto and Bryce Harper, each with 4.
I wish baseball would finally have the common sense to acknowledge A) that Babe Ruth at 575 and Mickey Mantle at 565 are complete fairy tales, and B) that those Cy Young era pitching records are complete nonsense in today's context. I mean his manager was the team's 27 year old back up 3rd baseman! This video is awesome btw!!!!!
Read the most recent Mantle bio 'The Last Boy,' where author Jane Leavy goes into the extensive forensic examination of the ball he hit out of Griffith Stadium, I believe, in '53- I recall they came with 631'. Also, if you had been in the old Yankee Stadium, and seen with your own two eyes (I have) where he hit the facade, and how far back on to the field the ball bounced, you wouldn't think the same about that 565'. Looking up at that spot on the facade, and trying imagine a ball hit up there- whew! Almost incomprehensible.
My favorite tidbit; when I was a kid Jim Gentile hit two grand slams in a game. I thought nothing could beat that. Then in 1998 I believe a Cardinal player hit two in one inning! Also Jim Palmer never gave up a grand slam in his entire career.
From their move to Texas in 1972 until realignment in 1994, the only time Texas could play a team not from the AL East in the AL postseason was in 1981.
I got to watch the Rockies play at the old Mile High. My grandma was scared of heights, so they let us move lower. It was really steep and high up. I don't remember how she managed it, but our new seats were way better.
The only player with an unassisted triple play who has also hit for the cycle is Troy Tulowitzki. You will find the name George Burns on both lists but it's not the same player.
I was at that game where Andrew Romine played every position! I was actually keeping a scorecard that day and had no idea that the Tigers had the plan to play Romine everywhere, so after a couple innings my card got very messy and eventually I gave up on trying to write down all his positional changes. I wish I still had that scorecard, but I think it probably got thrown out at some point. It's probably gonna be really hard for something like this to happen again given the 3 batter minimum and new rules for when a position player can pitch. Personally I think they should be able to waive those rules if it involves a guy trying to play every position.
At 14:52 you SERIOUSLY believe that Gold Glove awards actually mean a player is the best defender at a position? I guess you think only the best films and actors win Oscars as well.
The Cardinals not having back to back losing seasons is in jeopardy this year although at the time of this post they are 61-63. And just to show you how sick Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were, in 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 homeruns batting in front of Lou Gehrig. That means that at least 60 times Gehrig came up with no one on base. And he still had 173 RBI.
I've heard that claim about Gehrig before, and it's _way_ off base. Leadoff hitter Earle Combs had a .410 OBP. Ruth an utterly insane .486 OBP. Even if one takes away the 60 PAs where Ruth homered, the rest of the time he had an OBP of .437! Then behind Gehrig in the order was Bob Meusel, who slashed .337/.393/.902 that year. So in fact, Gehrig had possibly the best position in baseball history to drive in runs. I'm not picking on Gehrig, undoubtedly one of the greatest players to ever put on the spikes. Ruth, in fact, credited Gehrig with helping him reach 60 homers, as without Gehrig's protection Ruth could never have had the opportunity, as he would have been pitched around far too often. But let's just set the record straight here.
@@jimwerther Way off base? Gehrig was that good, and had another half dozen seasons with amazing RBI totals, including the 166 in 1934 in Ruth's last Yankee season when he hit only .288. Also don't forget that the #2 hitter in the '27 lineup had a more human OBP of only .320 (I've never seen any explanation on why Huggins hit Mark Koenig in the 2 hole..) Yeah, you could take a few off his '27 RBI total- but on the other hand, he had 185 the following year! I think the cliche of Lou being overshadowed by The Babe has a lot of truth to it- Gehrig was a beast.
@@MarkPear-k6v You misunderstand my comment. Never did I diminish the incredible greatness of Lou Gehrig. All I pointed out was that the notion that 173 RBI was even more impressive because he was batting behind Ruth is totally backwards. When looking to drive in runs, there are few _better_ places to bat in baseball history than behind Ruth.
Heres a fact for you...i personally watched a saturday game on tv and Pete Lacock was thrown out by Dave Laroach....and not one joke was made by the announcers.
Red Sox - Jason Veritek caught 4 no hitters, Clay Buckholtz pitched a no hitter in his 2nd major league game and Danial Nava hit a home run on the first pitch he saw as a major leaguer.
Excellent video. Not only because it is informative. But because you refer to yourself as a "dick" or "idiot" when you make mistakes. Keep up the good work. You just gained another subscriber.
Great video, but you should mention that the great Glenn Williams, who started his career with a 13 game hitting streak injured his shoulder very badly and his career was doo doo.
It has actually come to our attention that our info/source at 25:06 was wrong. Mark Teixeira holds this record at 408 regular home runs before a walk-off. Whoops, our bad.
Useless? You mean useful for trivia
Just don’t weaponize the trivia. Don’t be that person.
@@markeastridge9649 what person? smart?
@@EthanJackson-q6g
A smart person wouldn't use this video as a source. It is riddled with errors.
A glut of trivial information is not the same as intellect nor a wealth of knowledge.
* me busting every single one of these out at every function I ever go to *
@@SRSMike
Beware. This video is riddled with errors.
Ted Wiliams was the first MLB player to steal a base in 4 different decades despite only stealing 24 in his career.
Al "Co Ins" should be Al "Cow Inns"
Bob nightengale is the GOAT, no one is so committed to not even glancing at his tweets before hitting send, and every single time it’s perfect
My favorite piece of random baseball trivia is that pre-1920’s, if the umpire couldn’t see the play and make a call, they would pick a fan from the crowd who was near the play and had them make a call for safe or out.
That’s freaking awesome
Love it!
Is that true? I have my doubts.
Seriously???
@@budnino8752
No, it's not true. I've read dozens - possibly hundreds - of baseball books over my lifetime, and have never heard that claim made. Furthermore, would anyone expect a fan of the home team to call it the other way? That claim is clearly inaccurate.
Some of the best facts in baseball involve one of the most under rated players ever. Joe Sewell. This guy in 1932 in 503 at bats
only struck out 3 times. Pretty sure that will never be broken. Joe also set a record for most consecutive games without recording
a strikeout at 115. Another record that won't be broken. Besides his prowess of not striking out his numbers are pretty impressive.
Lastly in 7,132 at bats in his career he only struck out 114 times.
Great stuff! And he swung a very heavy bat.
well i wasn’t expecting to relieve that horrible 18 inning game tonight. remember, kids: don’t become a mariners fan. never become a mariners fan
Props to you for starting the video saying you "didn't wanna waste our time" and then also making a video exactly 30 minutes. need more youtubers like you
Bobby Cox had 162 ejections in 4,508 games, or 1 ejection every 27.83 games
Aaron Boone has 39 ejections in 995 games, or 1 ejection every 25.51 games
He's coming for you Bobby
I have a project for you. Lol.
162....thats like a whole season!!!
Wonder what the record was in those games.
Raul Mondesi Jr. Don't forget his dad was a hell of a player with probably the best arm in the league. :)
Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, motioning to both players... 23:40
and the Dodgers celebrating in their dugout
WHAT THE HELL DID YOU TRADE JAY BUHNER FOR!
Hits 30 hrs has a cannon for an arm
YOU DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL YR DOING
The seinfeld elite get this.
"Hire this man!"
Buhner was a good prospect- no question about it. But my people loved Ken Phelps' bat. They kept saying "Ken Phelps, Ken Phelps."
24:58 He's also a Hall of Famer so he's the only person to do all 3. Additionally the player who caught his perfect game (Gus Triandos) also caught Hoyt Wilhelm's no-hitter, making him the first catcher to catch a no-hitter in both leagues.
14:15 I used to be a bread delivery driver. My day used to begin when I got up at 12:30am. Game 1 of the double header was winding down when I was heading to my warehouse. When I pulled out of the warehouse, game 2 was just starting. I was well into my work day when the game ended.
I'm currently tied for lowest number of MLB at bats, (both pre and post live ball era) with Zero.
Here's one for you... Rick Wise is the only MLB pitcher to pitch a no-hitter (28 batters faced) and hit 2 home runs in the same game. On June 23, 1971. That day, the 25-year-old Wise pitched a no-hitter and added two home runs to lead the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 over the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium.
That fact about Liam Hendriks being the only Liam in MLB history genuinely shocked me, really seems like there'd be a handful of Liams in baseball with it being a pretty common first name
Not in the US, it isn't, nor Japan, Dominican Republic, Cuba, or any other baseball-friendly country.
@@jimwerther Liam was the 2nd most popular baby name of the 2010s in the US. It wasn't common before, but be prepared: a huge rash of Liams and Aidens are coming to MLB.
Kershaws perfect game in high school was only 5 innings, but striking out all 15 batters he faced is still ridiculous
Didn't the other team ask for them to just not play the rest of the game?
@@northstarjakobs no it was a run rule Kershaw’s team was up 10-0 in the 5th
The Twins turned 2 of those 736 triple plays in the same game, on July 17, 1990 on the road against the Red Sox
And the next night the Twins and Red Sox set a record with 10 combined double plays, 7 by Minnesota.
@@ronaldwayne7092 Which pitcher intentionally walked Mark Koenig to pitch to Babe Ruth (and struck out your Babe with the bases loaded).
Fun fact: Bob Horner of the 1986 Atlanta Braves is the only one of those players to hit them and still lose the game.
The Upton brothers draft record might be broken by the Holliday brothers as it’s somewhat likely Ethan goes #1 in the 2025 draft and Jackson went #1 in the 2022 draft
Fernando Tatis Sr. hit two grand slams in the same inning (8 rbis) against the same pitcher Chan Ho Park.
It's wild that I have never seen the Red Sox lose a World Series in my lifetime thus far
It was called Buhner Buzz Cut Night.
There was also a period of time that a local bar sold beers for his batting average.
Hitting .240?
Beer was $2.40
Had a bad night and is down to .238?
Beer is now $2.38
The 13 game hitting streak one is crazy. That's gotta be frustrating for the player.
He dislocated his shoulder, that is why his career fizzled out.
@@horaceball5418 ahh.. that freaking sucks.
I guess he can say he got a hit in every single MLB game he ever played in.. but still. Wonder just how long he could have taken it.
Cecil and Prince Fielder are the only father and son to hit 50 home runs in a season. They both ended their careers with 319 home runs.
Can't believe the Cardinals had 6 gold glove winners in one season because of Paul Goldman
This video is riddled with errors
What's sad about Herb Washington is that he was worth negative baserunning runs and negative WAR in his career
He actually refused a PA, amazingly enough.
He was literally not a baseball player. He didn't know how to take a lead, read and time a pitcher, slide, etc. There's more to basestealing than being fast.
John Paciorek played 1 game for the Houston Colt 45’s. He was 3 for 3 with 4 runs scored , 3 RBIs and 2 BBS. Finished his careeer with the most ABs and a 1.000 BA. He is Tom’s brother.
I think it was 1968. Poor guy got injured and never played again.
@@jimwerther Hi Jim I love your passion and politely would like to say the greatest career in baseball history, that of John Paciorek, was in 1963,
and he was already battling a bad back when he went 3 for 3, and if the off season his back got worse, and he dangled in the minors for several years but usually hit below .200.
Fun fact: Bumgarner's 6 innings of perfect pitching were broken up by a Jeff Mathis hit.
😂
Peak baseball right there
You guys should do a video about how Peter Angelos is wrongly villified.
He broke the owner's argument in the 94 strike by refusing to stand with them or sign a document blaming the players for the strike, something that does take a lot of integrity to do with that amount of money on the table. He was a lawyer if he wanted to do mental gymnastics to the public he easily could have.
He spent big and got burnt on players like Albert Belle. Then he realized he couldnt compete with the AL east financially so he set up the best farm system in baseball. And Baltimore fans have always said he's the worst owner.
I think you should push back on that.
Two Cub players participated in the National Anthem. In 1972, Carmen Fanzone played the trumpet (I think) . In 1989, Dwight Smith sang it.
8:48 - Jackson and Ethan Holliday are going to break this record next year!
At 20:29 there was a story of Billy Martin doing the same during a Tigers losing streak in the Seventies.
Indeed. This guy clearly is not a baseball fan. He made endless errors of both commission and omission.
I should add that Martin did it a bunch of times, including twice (I think) with the Yankees.
15:38 The player in question that was teammates with Moyer and Wilhelm was Ron Cey
Guy Hecker, American Association/Louisville: as a rookie, no-hitter, 1882 (with six errors behind him). 1884: won 52 games.1886: only 27 wins, but hit .342, winning the AA batting title, the only pitcher ever to do so. August 15 1886, hit 3 home runs & scored 7 runs, both records at the time. October 9, 1887, played first base and became the first major league player to play an *entire game at first base without handling a single chance*. It's that last one that blows my mind. What? How?
Here's my go-to for useless baseball trivia: Austin Jackson is the only player in MLB history whose first and last name are both state capitals.
Another fun tidbit is that Prince Fielder was the only player in MLB to have multiple inside-the-park home runs between the '07 and '08 seasons.
Who are the other players with state capitals in their name? Mike Lansing...Columbus Vance...Forrest Dover...Daryl Boston...Mike Lincoln...Madison Bumgarner...Oscar Charleston...Cal Raleigh...the first names are a little more limited. Despite "Columbus Vance," the only real viable first name options are Austin, Lincoln, Madison, and now Jackson.
Hearing Walter Young's name brought back a memory. Walter was not too fast being so heavy. Yet, I saw him stole a base, without drawing a throw from the catcher! I think the catcher was too stunned that he went. Everyone in the park was. Looking at his minor league record, he did steal 13 bases but also was caught 19 times.
Harry Kalas's description of Mitch Williams game winning hit at 4:40 am was priceless - "...RBI hit by Mitchie-poo!
Youngblood's 2 hits for 2 different teams in one day was accomplished in 2 different cities, having to fly east from a day game
at Wrigley ans arriving in Philly during night game and singled in 6th.
Ted Turner's one day in the dugout was May 11. 1977 loss to Pirates. He couldn't go any further in that capacity because of MLB's 'Mack'
rule - anyone who has ownership stock in a franchise cannot be a uniformed/or otherwise active member like Connie Mack. BTW - Ted's uni number was 27, he
couldn't us 29 - the channel number for WTBS-TV station because Andy Messersmith wore that and for one game the name on the back of his uni was 'channel'
and of course that produced another letter of admonishment as well.
Should have mentioned Mizell's given name - Wilmer David Mizell
My favorite useless stats:
- Kelby Tomlinson, a utility infielder for the Giants in the 2010s, had 3 career home runs in 687 PA. Those 3 home runs were a grand slam, an inside-the-parker, and off Kershaw.
- The only retired MLB player with 20+ home runs in every season of his career is Tommy Joseph.
- 3 players have hit multiple home runs off Kershaw, multiple home runs off Greinke, and a home run off deGrom: Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Gonzalez, and Madison Bumgarner.
- The 2015 Giants had 9 grand slams (franchise record), 9 pitcher home runs (SF era record), 0 walk-off home runs, and 0 splash hits.
Love your content man, thanks for keeping baseball super interesting ⭐️
we love you too
5:45 he was actually the first alaskan raised nba player. he was born in california
I couldnt even turn it off.
The rarest play in Major League baseball is the four base error. As far as anyone knows it has only happened twice.
I like the one: 'Jim Bunning was the only U.S. senator to ever pitch a perfect game.'
Senator Kamala Harris walked a batter.
More random trivia - Does anyone remember Damian Miller of Dbacks hit a home run against Cubs that went less than 200 feet? Or Aaron Hill hit for the cycle twice in 10 days? Or Texas scoring 30 runs against Baltimore? Love this game!
Please send me trivia question Here is ne for you, which team is the last team to have a no hitter thrown at them?
Bobby Cox's 162 ejections is just perfect.
Misspelling “you” on the 2nd Paul Goldschmidt correction text is honestly hilarious.
On August 25th 2011 The Yankees became the first team to hit 3 grand slams in one game. Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson and Russell Martin were the culprits.
Mon-desi!??!??! AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Look I tried ok lol
Bruhhhhh
Your pronunciations of Al Cowens and Trajan Langdon were equally awful.
This information was AWESOME!!!! Thank you!!!!
actually there have been 17 4 home run games in the past 130 years, the first one by bobby lowe happened in may of 1894
He said since 1894
18 total if you count Ed Delahanty in 1896 with two inside the park homers and two outta da park.
That Tyler Austin Aaron Judge stat is wild man. Prob never happen again.
And probably never the radio call again as well- "a back to back, and belly to belly!" Thanks John Sterling!
Have you ever heard of Warren Morris? The only player in Collegiate or MLB history to ever hit a walk off home run in the championship deciding game with two outs in the 9th inning.
(Joe Carters HR occured with 1 out but there was a runner on 1st so a double play could have very well ended it in another timeline)
If Carter grounded into a double play, it would have forced a Game 7
@@alexw0310 and the Phillies would have won that game by at least 6 runs.
@@alexw0310
Molitor at 2nd base and Rickey at 1st base. I'd try for the rare 4-5-3 or 6-5-3 double play.
My parents was at the first game of that Phillies doubleheader…. But left early because of all the rain they had.
This video is perfect for a sport that keeps every possible stat, like most strikeouts vs left-handers on moonless nights in July following a rain delay of exactly 43 minutes between the 6th & 7th innings when Joe Buck is calling the game with a French accent.
That record, by the way, is held in a tie between Joey Votto and Bryce Harper, each with 4.
The idea of Brett Gardner being one of the top 25 Yankees of all time is actually mindblowing to me
Was at yankee stadium in 2008 when gardner got his first hit.
* position players
Even then, it's _career_ WAR. Babe Ruth played 1/3 his career for Boston, so where's he? Let's not rush to annoint Gardner.
Love Gardy- but WAR is complete bullshit.
I wish baseball would finally have the common sense to acknowledge A) that Babe Ruth at 575 and Mickey Mantle at 565 are complete fairy tales, and B) that those Cy Young era pitching records are complete nonsense in today's context. I mean his manager was the team's 27 year old back up 3rd baseman! This video is awesome btw!!!!!
Read the most recent Mantle bio 'The Last Boy,' where author Jane Leavy goes into the extensive forensic examination of the ball he hit out of Griffith Stadium, I believe, in '53- I recall they came with 631'.
Also, if you had been in the old Yankee Stadium, and seen with your own two eyes (I have) where he hit the facade, and how far back on to the field the ball bounced, you wouldn't think the same about that 565'.
Looking up at that spot on the facade, and trying imagine a ball hit up there- whew! Almost incomprehensible.
My favorite tidbit; when I was a kid Jim Gentile hit two grand slams in a game. I thought nothing could beat that. Then in 1998 I believe a Cardinal player hit two in one inning! Also Jim Palmer never gave up a grand slam in his entire career.
Fernando Tatis, both off of Chan Ho Park of the Dodgers.
@@jimwerther thank you. I imagine it would be difficult to come up with something else that’s only happened once in the history of baseball.
Thank God that the MLB has allowed players to wear custom cleats, because we had some bangers since 2020
Yogi Berra has the record for catching both games of a doubleheader the most times
I'm from St. Louis. the tale of Eddie Gaedel the short MLB player is legendary
From their move to Texas in 1972 until realignment in 1994, the only time Texas could play a team not from the AL East in the AL postseason was in 1981.
I got to watch the Rockies play at the old Mile High.
My grandma was scared of heights, so they let us move lower. It was really steep and high up. I don't remember how she managed it, but our new seats were way better.
Kind of interestingly fascinating.
The only player with an unassisted triple play who has also hit for the cycle is Troy Tulowitzki. You will find the name George Burns on both lists but it's not the same player.
The only member of the starting lineup of the 1989 World Series Championships Oakland A's who did not hit a home run was Mark McGwire
I remember Glen Williams hitting streak when it happened. An injured shouldered ended his season and career
I was at that game where Andrew Romine played every position! I was actually keeping a scorecard that day and had no idea that the Tigers had the plan to play Romine everywhere, so after a couple innings my card got very messy and eventually I gave up on trying to write down all his positional changes. I wish I still had that scorecard, but I think it probably got thrown out at some point. It's probably gonna be really hard for something like this to happen again given the 3 batter minimum and new rules for when a position player can pitch. Personally I think they should be able to waive those rules if it involves a guy trying to play every position.
They should get rid of most of the new rules
I just lost another hair, I am going bald!
Of course the Brewers said yes. Can't say no to yourself... you get it.
hey i know that guy at 1:05
hahaha what up my guy
Bro said 📸
The Red Sox are the only team to ever hold a lead in every inning of a World Series (2004).
At 14:52 you SERIOUSLY believe that Gold Glove awards actually mean a player is the best defender at a position?
I guess you think only the best films and actors win Oscars as well.
This video is full of errors
Rafael Palmeiro was the best defensive 1B of 1999 over the course of his 29 games at the position and I refuse to be convinced otherwise.
He never saw Jeter play
Danny jansen about to make history monday
It's a great story...assuming he plays. We'll never forgive Alex Cora if Jansen is not the starting catcher.
@@jimwerther Cora already came out and said lets make history so Danny is catching
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Ah, didn't know that. Excellent news! Thanks for filling me in.
The Brewers, Rays, Rockies and Padres are the ONLY 4 MLB teams who've played in a World Series, but haven't won one in history. ⚾
The Cardinals not having back to back losing seasons is in jeopardy this year although at the time of this post they are 61-63. And just to show you how sick Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were, in 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 homeruns batting in front of Lou Gehrig. That means that at least 60 times Gehrig came up with no one on base. And he still had 173 RBI.
I've heard that claim about Gehrig before, and it's _way_ off base.
Leadoff hitter Earle Combs had a .410 OBP. Ruth an utterly insane .486 OBP. Even if one takes away the 60 PAs where Ruth homered, the rest of the time he had an OBP of .437! Then behind Gehrig in the order was Bob Meusel, who slashed .337/.393/.902 that year. So in fact, Gehrig had possibly the best position in baseball history to drive in runs.
I'm not picking on Gehrig, undoubtedly one of the greatest players to ever put on the spikes. Ruth, in fact, credited Gehrig with helping him reach 60 homers, as without Gehrig's protection Ruth could never have had the opportunity, as he would have been pitched around far too often. But let's just set the record straight here.
@@jimwerther Way off base? Gehrig was that good, and had another half dozen seasons with amazing RBI totals, including the 166 in 1934 in Ruth's last Yankee season when he hit only .288.
Also don't forget that the #2 hitter in the '27 lineup had a more human OBP of only .320 (I've never seen any explanation on why Huggins hit Mark Koenig in the 2 hole..)
Yeah, you could take a few off his '27 RBI total- but on the other hand, he had 185 the following year!
I think the cliche of Lou being overshadowed by The Babe has a lot of truth to it- Gehrig was a beast.
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You misunderstand my comment. Never did I diminish the incredible greatness of Lou Gehrig. All I pointed out was that the notion that 173 RBI was even more impressive because he was batting behind Ruth is totally backwards. When looking to drive in runs, there are few _better_ places to bat in baseball history than behind Ruth.
I subbed because you mentioned Skenes. Great vid!
16:39 Wow a 0-0 playoff game in the 15th
17:22 AND THEN A 0-0 PLAYOFF GAME IN THE 18TH WTF
Thats gold Jerry, gold!
Where was this when I couldn't sleep at 2am last night
when you cnt sleep, thank God for your pillow, your blankets, your bed, your dog .... and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
More about Liam Hendriks, he’s also the only player with the last name “Hendriks”
In 1986,Jamie Moyer hit a sacrifice fly.
He hit his next-and last-in 2009.
From Reagan to Obama.
Nobody will top that.
I loved it. Good stuff. Thank you.
Lou Whitaker is a hall of famer
He had essentialy identical stats as his buddy Alan Trammell and is not in (I don't think either one should be in)
@@horaceball5418 I respect your opinion but I think both guys are equally as deserving as Ryne Sandberg
Heres a fact for you...i personally watched a saturday game on tv and Pete Lacock was thrown out by Dave Laroach....and not one joke was made by the announcers.
The Seattle Mariners, as of 2024, are still the ONLY MLB team in history to never go and play in a World Series.
Red Sox - Jason Veritek caught 4 no hitters, Clay Buckholtz pitched a no hitter in his 2nd major league game and Danial Nava hit a home run on the first pitch he saw as a major leaguer.
Excellent video. Not only because it is informative. But because you refer to yourself as a "dick" or "idiot" when you make mistakes. Keep up the good work. You just gained another subscriber.
"I don't wanna waste time with an intro" Have my like please
23:40 GREG GIBSON THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE 🗣
Baseball is weird and I love it.
Useless? This is pure bliss!
@4:45 his dad played in the mlb also. also, fernando tatis dad once hit two grand slams in one inning
Both off the same pitcher, amazingly. Chan Ho Park
I would love a part 2, this was awesome to get the facts and the history of the game
Skooter Jenette...now theres a baseball name if ive ever heard one.
22:12 the player before Romine to play all 9 positions was Shane Halter, also of the Tigers.
Didn't Bert Campaneris also play all 9 positions in one game?
Great video, but you should mention that the great Glenn Williams, who started his career with a 13 game hitting streak injured his shoulder very badly and his career was doo doo.
Useless? Maybe. A lot of fun? Absolutely.
For some reason I watched the whole video when I don't even watch baseball or know anything about it 😅
if there is a sport for useless facts, baseball is it.
Update: On September 3, 2024, Angels Ben Joyce threw a fastball, just under 106
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the fastest swing-and-a-miss in the staircase era