pete@umcp-cs.UUCP (Pete Cottrell) (06/26/85)
Well, it's a bit late in coming (studying for comprehensives seem to
take up all my time...) but here are some neat facts from the month of
May. If I forgot something, let me know.
5/3 Cal Ripken of the Orioles played in his 463rd consecutive game,
tying the team record held by Brooks Robinson. Ripken's 2-run
homer in the 8th inning won the game for the O's. Ripken's streak
started May 30th, 1982, and since June 5th, 1982, he has played
EVERY SINGLE INNING (4,171 innings). In 1984, he became the 1st
player to play every inning of 2 consecutive seasons since Detroit's
Rudy York did it in 1940-41. Buck Freeman and Candy LaChance of
the Boston Red Sox are the only players to play every inning for
3 consecutive years; they both did it in 1902-03-04.
(Orioles 8, Twins 7)
Bert Blyleven got his first victory of the season after 2 losses,
hurling his 47th career shutout, moving him into 25th place on
the all-time list.
(Indians 4, Rangers 0)
5/10 Fred Lynn hit a 1-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning off
of the Twins' Ron Davis to win the game 6-5. It was his 200th career
home run. The following day, the Twins were leading 2-1 into the
bottom of the ninth. Davis gave up singles to Cal Ripken and
Eddie Murray, each on the first pitch to them. Billy Gardner,
hoping to avoid a repeat of the previous night, brought in
Curt Wardle. He made one pitch to Fred Lynn, who hit it out to
win the game, 4-2. It was the first time an Oriole had ever won
back-to-back games with homers in the ninth. The following day,
Lynn hit another ninth inning 3-run home run to avoid a shutout
by the Twins.
(Orioles 6, Twins 5)
(Orioles 4, Twins 2)
(Twins 7, Orioles 3)
Joe Niekro, tied with Larry Dierker with 137 career victories for
the Astros, didn't get the decision, but did strike out 5 to
reach the 1,500 career mark
(Reds 5, Astros 2)
Larry Bowa of the Cubs played his 2,154th game at shortstop, a
NL record.
(Cubs 6, Padres 2)
5/11 Dave Concepcion got his 2,000th career hit, a 5th-inning single.
This made the Reds the only team in history to have 4 players on
the team at once who have 2,000 or more hits. The other players
are Tony Perez, Cesar Cedeno, and of course, Pete Rose.
(Astros 10, Reds 7)
5/12 Tony Armas hit his 199th and 200th career home runs, but Don Sutton
won his 283rd game, tying him with Jim Kaat for 21st place on the
all-time victory list.
(A's 5, Red Sox 3)
Rollie Fingers got a save in his 907th career pitching performance,
moving him past Cy Young into 3rd place.
(Brewers 7, Angels 4)
Carlton Fisk hit his 6th homer of the year, tying him with Gabby
Harnett for 4th place among catchers with 236 career home runs.
(White Sox 4, Tigers 0)
David Palmer of the Expos pitched a club record 4th consecutive
shutout, extending their scoreless inning streak to 39. The major
league record is 56 by the Pirates in 1903. The shutout was also
the 4th consecutive suffered by Atlanta, for a total of 36
consecutive innings without a score. The major league record is
48 by the 1908 Philadelphia A's and the 1968 Cubs.
Toby Harrah had his streak of 16 consecutive games with a base-on-
balls broken when he singled in his only at-bat against Cleveland.
His 16 is 6 short of the record 22 by Detroit's Roy Cullenbine in
1947 (34 in 22 games). Harrah's mark is better than the NL record of
15 by Atlanta's Darrell Evans in 1976.
5/19 Padre Graig Nettles went 4 for 4, getting his 2,000th career hit.
(Padres 8, Expos 3)
Davey Lopes of the Cubs had his streak of 33 consecutive successful
steal attempts broken in Atlanta. He hadn't been caught since 1983.
Lopes holds the major league record of 38, set in 1975. The AL mark
is 32, set by Willie Wilson of the Royals in 1980 and by Julio Cruz
of the Mariners in 1981.
(Braves 3, Cubs 0)
5/22 Pete Rose scored on a home run hit by Alan Knicely, for the 2,108th
run of his career, eclipsing Hank Aaron as the all-time NL leader.
Ty Cobb holds the major league record with 2,245.
(Cubs 7, Reds 4)
5/27 Bert Blyleven, got his 3rd victory of the season, all by shutouts.
Blyleven, 3-5, allowed only 3 hits, struck out 10, and walked none.
The shutout tied him for 20th place on the all-time list with 49
with Don Drysdale, Luis Tiant, Ferguson Jenkins and Early Wynn.
(Indians 8, Brewers 0)
NOTES -
As of this posting (6/26), Cal Ripken's consecutive inning streak is
still growing.
I saw something last month which I have to admire. The kids who hang
outside of Wrigley Field waiting for the balls hit over the outfield
bleachers will throw the ball back into the park if it is hit by an
opposing player. Now, that's loyalty!
For some strange reason that I can't see, Dave Kingman was left off of
the All-Star ballot. There was already a stink last year when Joe
Altobelli left him off the squad, and then this. Some might give
arguments about his varied career, and his singular ability to clobber
the ball, and the fact that he is only a DH, but the ballot has Don
Baylor and Mike Easler listed with (DH) next to the name, and if
35 homers and 118 RBIs (he also hit .268) aren't enough to at least
get your name on the ballot, I don't know what is... So far this
year, he 14-34-.237 (as of 6/21, although I think he is up to 17 HRs
by now).
Take care.
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ARPA: pete@marylandgates@bdmrrr.UUCP (Al Gates) (06/27/85)
> 5/3 Cal Ripken of the Orioles played in his 463rd consecutive game, It's too bad Cal never gets any rest. I think he would be more effective playing 154 games or so a year. > He made one pitch to Fred Lynn, who hit it out to > win the game, 4-2. It was the first time an Oriole had ever won > back-to-back games with homers in the ninth. The following day, > (Orioles 4, Twins 2) I was at Memorial stadium for that one. What was truly amazing was that the Orioles drew 46,000+ fans on a Friday night in May against the Twins. Memorial Stadium doesn't really have 46,000 unobstructed seats in it. > 5/27 Bert Blyleven, got his 3rd victory of the season, all by shutouts. > Blyleven, 3-5, allowed only 3 hits, struck out 10, and walked none. > The shutout tied him for 20th place on the all-time list with 49 > with Don Drysdale, Luis Tiant, Ferguson Jenkins and Early Wynn. > (Indians 8, Brewers 0) Is the 'Dutchman' back? > For some strange reason that I can't see, Dave Kingman was left off of > the All-Star ballot. If I was a manager in the major leagues I wouldn't mind having his stick in my lineup--dh or no dh. -- Al Gates BDM Corporation {seismo,rlgvax}!bdmrrr!gates 7915 Jones Branch Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 (My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the BDM Corporation)