Bet You Didn't Know...Strange Facts and Stats
Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008
by Aidan Hall
http://www.statimagician.com
Tampa Triples up M's
The Seattle Mariners ran out of luck fast in the first inning of a game on September 2, 2006, against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Seattle 's Raul Ibanez struck out swinging, then Adrian Beltre was thrown out at second, and then the D-Rays proceeded to throw out Jose Lopez trying to steal home.
Walks to Remember
Money Balls
MLB spends about $5,500,000 a year on baseballs.
Spooky Numbers
On 7/7/07, New York Mets closer Billy Wagner notched his 17th save of the season in the 17th inning of a game against the Houston Astros. It took him 17 pitches.
Coming in Handy
A total of 944 major leaguers came to bat in 2006. Of those, 60% were righties, 29% were lefty, and 11% were switch-hitters.
Biggio Avoids Double Trouble
In 1997 Astros second baseman Craig Biggio played the entire 162 games in a season without grounding into a double play.
Just recently in 2007 Curtis Granderson of the Detroit Tigers almost became the 2nd player in history to do that but in the 161st game he played that year he grounded into a double play.
One and Done
There are 911 players in major league history who have played in only one game.
Weather or Not
On April 12, 1997, eight games were canceled because of bad weather, the most ever on a single day.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Aidan, Very interesting stats and article. Thanks.
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