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Monday, December 17, 2012
Pittsburgh Press, December 17, 1912: If La Belle France is looking for somebody to coach her baseball teams, why not get Oui Willie Keeler?
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According to report, Branch Rickey, who had a brief but meteoric career as a catcher in the American league, is to succeed Lloyd Rickert as secretary of the St. Louis Browns.
Nice hire. I think Rickey knows a thing or two about baseball.
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1. Dan Lee prefers good shortstops to great paintings Posted: December 17, 2012 at 06:20 AM (#4326478)C: Charlie Sands
1B: Kent Hadley
2B: Chase Utley
3B: Leo Cardenas
SS: Jerry Adair
LF: Ray Jablonski
CF/Manager: Rebel Oakes
RF: Marvell Wynne
SP: Cy Falkenberg
SP: Bob Ojeda
SP: Bill Hutchinson
SP: Roy Patterson
SP: Steve Parris
RP: Rollie Sheldon
Also, today marks 10,000 days since the Indians traded Bert Blyleven to Minnesota.
The 9th inning of the '04 game is easily the most paralyzing inning I have ever watched. I was terrified throughout.
Cobb
Collins
Wilson
Collins
Wilson
All retired by '35.
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5. Waner 156
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10. Ruth 136
Oops, missed the active part.
Didn't have enough triples to make the list.
Long edit:
Is it well-known that Marvell Wynne's son is a soccer player? The elder Wynne was kind of a balanced version of Nyjer Morgan. The Pirates were amazingly consistent for about 25 years in having a center fielder who was fast, but didn't walk or do much else very well. A witness could be in deep trouble if he had to choose between Wynne, Morgan, and Tike Redman from a police lineup.
As squirrelly as the HOF has been with executives, it wouldn't bother me if Rickey was the only off-field personality in the Hall. So far ahead of everyone else it's disorienting.
In that spirit, Frankie Frisch?
Also, Hornsby?
2. Hornsby 169
3. Goslin 164
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5. Waner 156
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7. Gehrig 141
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9. Frisch 138
10. Ruth 136
Edit: Maranville (active at the end of '35?)
2. Hornsby 169
3. Goslin 164
3t. Traynor 164
5. Waner 156
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7. Gehrig 141
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9. Frisch 138
10. Ruth 136
I was quite surprised that Maranville qualified - he didn't play in the majors in '34, but had 71 PA (and an OPS+ of 2) in '35 before permanently departing MLB (although he appears to have hung around the minors for a while yet - B-R gives him a .323 batting average for Elmira of the New York-Pennsylvania League in '36, at age 44.)
Edit: Not even close.
Not sure what your definition of "well known" is but certainly soccer fans know about Marvell Wynne Jr. though I suspect a lot of them don't know his dad was a professional baseball player. The younger Wynne has actually gotten a few games with the US national team though I don't recall seeing his name recently as being someone expected to contribute in the upcoming World Cup Qualifying effort. Like dad his stock-in-trade is his speed but the rest of his game is a bit lacking.
Trivia attempt - Earle Combs?
2. Hornsby 169
3. Goslin 164
3t. Traynor 164
5. Waner 156
6. Combs 154
7. Gehrig 141
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9. Frisch 138
10. Ruth 136
Sam Rice had 184 triples, but retired after 1934. Al Simmons passed Ruth's career total in 1937.
Lloyd Waner?
Lloyd Waner?
Neither.
Players added since end of 2012:
Trevor Crowe
Sam Demel
Jake Elmore
Philip Humber
Che-Hsuan Lin
Alex White
Players lost since end of 2012:
Fernando Abad
Brian "The Bogus Man" Bogusevic
Brian "Bix Gonna Give It To Ya" Bixler
Travis Buck
Wilton Lopez
Scott Moore
Chris Snyder
Current money committed for 2013:
$5M - Wandy Rodriguez
$1.3M - Philip Humber
$500K - Chris Snyder
$2.9M - Bud Norris (estimated arbitration award)
$1.9M - Jed Lowrie (estimated arbitration award)
$900K - Wesley Wright (estimated arbitration award)
Minimum salary - everyone else
Current starting lineup according to MLB.com:
J. Castro
B. Wallace
J. Altuve
M. Dominguez
J. Lowrie
F. Martinez
B. Barnes
J. Paredes
J. Maxwell
Also no. Man, there were a lot of Hall of Famers in 1935.
If you have Play Index, look for a guy w/ 146 career triples at the end of 1935.
Indeed I have. Should have caught him.
Kiki?
He's neither the gap in the list nor the guy I missed - he was two triples shy of Ruth at the end of '35, then flew past him with 11 the next year.
Out of the now-two guys missing so far, neither is an extraordinarily qualified Hall of Famer. Both of them led the league in triples once, as well as a few more noteworthy categories multiple times.
The guy I already had on the list holds a reasonably significant major league record. He held it alone for several decades; it has been tied once within the last 20 years.
I'm no Branch Rickey, but it seems to me that if you sign a multimillion dollar contract with a DH who's hit .206/.337/.408 over his last ~1800 plate appearances, it might not be a great idea to crow about it.
1. Maranville 177
2. Hornsby 169
3. Goslin 164
3t. Traynor 164
5. Waner 156
6. Combs 154
7. Manush 146
8. Gehrig 141
9. Bottomley 140
10. Frisch 138
11. Ruth 136
Until they trade Norris for minor leaguers.
Cardinals should go after him, just so they don't have to face him.
Norris vs. St. Louis: 8-5, 2.74 ERA.
Against everyone else: 20-32, 4.77
Not until he gets his nose out of his adding machine and watches some games.
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