Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 10:59:00 AM (view original):
19th century counts and Cap Anson was one of the two who accomplished the feat the same year. The other actually ended up with 1 career hit more than Anson a's of the enday of that season. It was not LaJoie

Jim O'Rourke?

Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 10:37:00 AM (view original):
Who were the first two major leaguers to get 1,000 hits?

Jimmy Ryan? He's got 1138 in his first five years in a progressive.

Posted by contrarian23 on 4/12/2016 11:22:00 AM (view original):

Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 11:01:00 AM (view original):

2nd question: who was the only 20th century pitcher to pitch a no-hitter in his first major league start?

This guy.

Yep, that's him.

Posted by thejuice6 on 4/12/2016 11:41:00 AM (view original):

Reading that article, I thought this quote by Bill Veeck about that no-hitter was classic reading:

Big Bobo went out and pitched against the Athletics, the softest competition we could find, and everything he threw up was belted. And everywhere the ball went, there was a Brownie there to catch it. It was such a hot and humid and heavy night that long fly balls which seemed to be heading out of the park would die and be caught against the fence. Just when Bobo looked as if he was tiring, a shower would sweep across the field, delaying the game long enough for him to get a rest. Allie Clark hit one into the left-field stands that curved foul at the last second. A bunt just rolled foul on the last spin. Our fielding was superb. The game went into the final innings and nobody had got a base hit off Big Bobo. On the final out of the eighth inning, Billy Hunter made an impossible diving stop on a ground ball behind second base and an even more impossible throw. With two out in the ninth, a ground ball was rifled down the first base line — right at our first baseman, Vic Wertz. Big Bobo had pitched the quaintest no-hitter in the history of the game.^[10]

there is even more to the story: Bobo was about to be sent down to the minors - this was his only season in the big leagues, he had pitched a reliever to that point and not well- he finished his career 3-7 with a 5.23 ERA. But he asked Veeck for a chance to start and Veeck let him, and he pitched the no-hitter.

This now screwed up Veeck's plans, which were to use $31,000 to purchase the contract of a minor league Shortstop named...Ernie Banks !

So now, with the fans wanting more of their rookie sensation, he was obliged to spend $25,000 on the option for Bobo, and couldn't get Ernie Banks for the Browns.

Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 2:14:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thejuice6 on 4/12/2016 11:41:00 AM (view original):

Reading that article, I thought this quote by Bill Veeck about that no-hitter was classic reading:

Big Bobo went out and pitched against the Athletics, the softest competition we could find, and everything he threw up was belted. And everywhere the ball went, there was a Brownie there to catch it. It was such a hot and humid and heavy night that long fly balls which seemed to be heading out of the park would die and be caught against the fence. Just when Bobo looked as if he was tiring, a shower would sweep across the field, delaying the game long enough for him to get a rest. Allie Clark hit one into the left-field stands that curved foul at the last second. A bunt just rolled foul on the last spin. Our fielding was superb. The game went into the final innings and nobody had got a base hit off Big Bobo. On the final out of the eighth inning, Billy Hunter made an impossible diving stop on a ground ball behind second base and an even more impossible throw. With two out in the ninth, a ground ball was rifled down the first base line — right at our first baseman, Vic Wertz. Big Bobo had pitched the quaintest no-hitter in the history of the game.^[10]

there is even more to the story: Bobo was about to be sent down to the minors - this was his only season in the big leagues, he had pitched a reliever to that point and not well- he finished his career 3-7 with a 5.23 ERA. But he asked Veeck for a chance to start and Veeck let him, and he pitched the no-hitter.

This now screwed up Veeck's plans, which were to use $31,000 to purchase the contract of a minor league Shortstop named...Ernie Banks !

So now, with the fans wanting more of their rookie sensation, he was obliged to spend $25,000 on the option for Bobo, and couldn't get Ernie Banks for the Browns.

OMG wow.

The other player to arrive at 1,000 hits is Paul Hines.

Anson at the of the 1884 season had 1,026 hits lifetime (not counting his 1871-1875 seasons in the NA before the National League), and Hines had 1,027 at the end of the same year.



Another question:

Who is the only player to open both games of a double header with home runs? He did it on a Memorial Day.

When you say open both games, does that mean he was batting leadoff, or just in his first PA of the game?

Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 2:26:00 PM (view original):
The other player to arrive at 1,000 hits is Paul Hines.

Anson at the of the 1884 season had 1,026 hits lifetime (not counting his 1871-1875 seasons in the NA before the National League), and Hines had 1,027 at the end of the same year.



Another question:

Who is the only player to open both games of a double header with home runs? He did it on a Memorial Day.

Is it like a big name in baseball or is it some unknown player in baseball history?
My guess would be Derek Jeter

Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 2:26:00 PM (view original):
The other player to arrive at 1,000 hits is Paul Hines.

Anson at the of the 1884 season had 1,026 hits lifetime (not counting his 1871-1875 seasons in the NA before the National League), and Hines had 1,027 at the end of the same year.



Another question:

Who is the only player to open both games of a double header with home runs? He did it on a Memorial Day.

I looked this one up. It was actually done twice - the time you are looking for(the 1st time), and one other time...and I'll just leave it at that, for I fear any more info might be a hint

I have a link to the article I found, but I'll let the question linger for the true trivia guys(I couldn't resist this time)

Posted by dahsdebater on 4/12/2016 2:50:00 PM (view original):
When you say open both games, does that mean he was batting leadoff, or just in his first PA of the game?

Batting leadoff.

I confess I did not know it has been done twice and I only know about the first one to do it. So we have a double mystery here.

Anyway, as to the one I know about, he played with Babe Ruth. More than that I won't say.

No, I looked it up and it has actually been done THREE TIMES. Three different players in ML history have hit home runs to lead off both games of a double header. Who were they?

One played with the Babe. The other two are more recent.

Posted by d_rock97 on 4/12/2016 3:22:00 PM (view original):

Posted by italyprof on 4/12/2016 2:26:00 PM (view original):
The other player to arrive at 1,000 hits is Paul Hines.

Anson at the of the 1884 season had 1,026 hits lifetime (not counting his 1871-1875 seasons in the NA before the National League), and Hines had 1,027 at the end of the same year.



Another question:

Who is the only player to open both games of a double header with home runs? He did it on a Memorial Day.

Is it like a big name in baseball or is it some unknown player in baseball history?
My guess would be Derek Jeter

Three people have done it, not just one (sorry about that, didn't know).

Jeter was not one of them. One played with Babe Ruth at some point in his career. The other two were more recent.

I think Rickey did it. In fact I can almost hear Rickey saying, "Rickey did it, for sure." No idea who the first was, but if he played with Ruth I'll guess Earle Combs.

Yeah, I really think Rickey did it too.

I think the one that played with Ruth played with him on a different team than you're thinking of.

I have no idea who the 3rd one is.

Rickey Henderson did do it.

And yes, the guy who played with Babe Ruth who was the first to ever do it did not play on the Yankees.

The third remains unnamed as well.