Also in the San Francisco Call 100 years ago today:

The B'nai B'rith 145 pounders defaulted to the Swastika team.

:-O

An excellent group of position players on today's Birthday Team:
C: Bob Brenly
1B: Cesar Cedeno
2B: Howard Earl
3B: Ron Santo
SS: Jack Lohrke
LF: Monte Irvin
CF: Andy Pafko
RF: Paul O'Neill

SP: Denny Lemaster
SP: Al Hollingsworth
SP: Ed Lynch
SP: Jim Britt
SP: Dana Kiecker
RP: Ken Dayley

Manager: Johnny Kling
General Manager: Syd Thrift
Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf

The B'nai B'rith 145 pounders defaulted to the Swastika team.

Giving Seth Macfarlane material for another dozen incredibly lame Oscar jokes.

Baseball history item at THT notes that today marks 40,000 days since the Pirates all-time franchise record was last at .500. They've been over .500 ever since.

So which hitter/pitcher has had the most plate appearances/innings pitched for having all of their appearances in September?

An excellent group of position players on today's Birthday Team:

Nitpick, but I'd probably reverse roles for Brenly and Kling. Kling was the better catcher, and Brenly managed 3.5 times more games than Kling. That is one butt-ugly pitching staff.

Nitpick, but I'd probably reverse roles for Brenly and Kling. Kling was the better catcher, and Brenly managed 3.5 times more games than Kling.

Good call. This is what happens when I build rosters before I'm completely awake.

Trivia from Dag Nabbit's book: Only one team in MLB history has had three managers in the same season, all of whom won 1,000+ games in their career. Name the team and season.

Hint: None of the managers are still active as managers, but all are still alive.

General Manager: Syd Thrift
Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf

As a Bulls fan, my gut instinct is to turn this into some kind of "Jerry Reinsdorf is cheap" joke, even though that probably applies less to baseball.

Maybe that's why the pitching staff on this birthday team isn't very good.

Trivia from Dag Nabbit's book: Only one team in MLB history has had three managers in the same season, all of whom won 1,000+ games in their career. Name the team and season.

I figured it out after having to confirm who the 2nd (place holder) manager was for that season.
I knew #1 and #3 had 1000+ wins, but I couldn't remember who the middle guy was.
When I saw the name, I knew I had the answer.

My first instinct is one of the early 80s Yankees years with Billy Martin and Lou Piniella, but I don't think they ever overlapped, and I don't know who the third would be.

Whitey Herzog and Dick Williams both managed the Angels one year, but Bobby Winkles didn't win 1000. Herzog also managed with Billy Martin, but Del Wilber didn't win 1000 (and Wilber and Martin are dead).

So....I'm stumped.

Interesting little tidbit I found while researching the trivia. Dusty Baker has never been hired nor fired mid season.

You're on the right track, RoyalsRetro. One of the guys you mentioned is part of the trio...and only two of the 1000-game winners you mentioned are still alive.

BTW, the fifth image that comes up if you do a Google Image Search for Lou Piniella is spectacular.

Whitey Herzog and Dick Williams both managed the Angels one year, but Bobby Winkles didn't win 1000. Herzog also managed with Billy Martin, but Del Wilber didn't win 1000 (and Wilber and Martin are dead).

So....I'm stumped.

You're nearly there.

For watching college baseball, which series should I see and which Friday games should I make a point of seeing?

UNC, NC State, Clemson, Miami, Va Tech.

UNC for best team.
NC State on a Friday for best pitcher.

Why is there no college baseball thread?

My first thought was when Whitey Herzog replaced Jack McKeon as manager of the Royals. Both those guys won 1000 games, and those guys fit the still alive/not active clue.... but there was no third interim manager.

So which hitter/pitcher has had the most plate appearances/innings pitched for having all of their appearances in September?

The first guy who came to mind was Gene Roof, whose major-league career consisted of 100 PAs in September/October and five in April, over three seasons. Not the right answer, obviously.

While looking up this answer I saw the 1980 Cardinals had four managers - Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, and Red Schoendheist. Aside from the "College of Coaches", has any team ever had five managers in one year?

While looking up this answer I saw the 1980 Cardinals had four managers - Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, and Red Schoendheist. Aside from the "College of Coaches", has any team ever had five managers in one year?

Oops, sorry for the double post. Finally found the right answer. Hint: After the third manager was eventually fired a few seasons later, and his interim was let go, the team hired an other 1000 win manager.

While looking up this answer I saw the 1980 Cardinals had four managers - Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, and Red Schoendheist. Aside from the "College of Coaches", has any team ever had five managers in one year?

The 1977 Rangers had four managers in 8 days, but they never did add the fifth.

Man, everyone is circling right around the answers, but no one's quite there. ..

While looking up this answer I saw the 1980 Cardinals had four managers - Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, and Red Schoendheist. Aside from the "College of Coaches", has any team ever had five managers in one year?

Check the 1890s Cardinals. I had five managers in a year three different times. And two more seasons w/ four managers. That Chris von der Ahe sure was something.

Last summer 1B Lars Anderson was a Red Sox minor leaguer. He was then traded to Cleveland in July for P/comedian Steven Wright. Cleveland dealt him to Arizona in the Shin Soo Choo/Trevor Bauer deal. Arizona DFAed him and the White Sox claimed him. The White Sox DFAed him, and today the Blue Jays claimed him.

The final update from Birthday League 2:

February 6          100  54  .649 ----  
February 5          100  54  .649 ----        
January 31           97  57  .630  3.0 
February 10          97  57  .630  3.0        
February 17          86  68  .558 14.0 
February 18          85  69  .552 15.0        
February 15          85  69  .552 15.0
February 21          43 111  .279 57.0

News and Notes:
* February 5 and February 6 both went 7-3 in their final ten games, both losing game 150 and winning games 151-154.
* February 6 run differential: +226
* February 5 run differential: +220
* Head to Head: February 5 won season series 3-1.
* Babe Ruth (February 6) won everything there is to win. In addition to a (tie) pennant and his team's 100 wins, Ruth won the triple crown (.370-62-140) and led the league in runs scored (159), walks (137), intentional walks (24), strikeouts (137), slugging (.812), on-base percentage (.493), runs created per 27 outs (16.7), total bases (446), home runs vs. LHP (17), home runs vs. RHP (45), wins (24), winning percentage (.960), ERA (1.58), complete games (13), hits per nine innings (6.35), home runs per nine innings (0.07), and run support (6.32). Oh, and he had a 24-1 win-loss record.
* Charlie Jamieson (February 7) led the league with 210 hits.
* Honus Wagner (February 24) led the league with 50 doubles.
* Sliding Billy Hamilton (February 15) led the league with 68 stolen bases. Wagner swiped 66 bags.
* Unsurprisingly, Hank Aaron (February 5) was second in RC/27 (9.4).
* Bob Wickman (February 6) won 21 games. Pretty good pitcher plus Babe Ruth playing out of his mind equals wins galore.
* Nolan Ryan (January 31) went 20-9 with a 2.70 ERA and 294 strikeouts in 287 innings.
* J.J. Putz (Debruary 22) led the league with 34 saves.
* There were no no-hitters. One-hitters thrown: Orval Overall (February 2), Devern Hansack (February 5), Nolan Ryan, John Wyckoff (February 19), Buck Ross (February 3), Scott Elarton (February 23).

Stats, standings, box scores, and league leaders here.

Birthday League 3 (February 26-March 25) will begin within a few days.

I think if I owned Honus Wagner in this league I'd feel a little let down by his performance.

Thanks to the hints above, I guessed the 3 manager group, in the right order. I didn't know the year though.

It was Herzog, Schoendienst, and Joe Torre. And I knew it as soon as I saw the question, but I didn't see the question until 10pm tonight.

EDIT: I'm going to guess 1990 was the year. Let's see if that's right.
EDIT2: And it is right.

Why is there no college baseball thread?

Because no one has even watched college baseball, ever.

The 1977 Rangers had four managers in 8 days, but they never did add the fifth.

No, but watching that team certainly made you want to drink a fifth.

February 6 100 54 .649 ----
February 5 100 54 .649 ----

So, will we see a one-game playoff? On TBS, maybe?

So, will we see a one-game playoff? On TBS, maybe?

We're working on getting Eckersley and Victorino into the studio for the pregame show.