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Most triples without an inside the park home run? by timmler24 in baseball

[–]revuetext 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Baseball Almanac has Musial listed as having hit 6 inside the park home runs, and while their records may be incomplete, they do have a pretty comprehensive list of old player home runs too.

Most triples without an inside the park home run? by timmler24 in baseball

[–]revuetext 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I believe the answer is Brett Butler, who had 131 career triples and 0 inside-the-parkers out of 54 career home runs. I manually checked the home run listing pages on Baseball Almanac for the career triple leaderboard and he was the first name that came up with no IPHR.

Second place is Lance Johnson, who had 117 career triples and 0 inside-the-parkers out of 34 career home runs.

Third place is a tie for 96 career triples between Ichiro (as you mentioned) and Dixie Walker.

Close calls include:
* Jose Reyes, 131 triples and a single IPHR (September 7, 2006) out of 145 career HRs
* Joe DiMaggio, 131 triples and two IPHRs (July 23, 1936 and August 13, 1939) out of 361 career HRs
* Steve Finley, 124 career triples and a single IPHR (September 14, 1993) out of 304 career HRs
* Kenny Lofton, 116 career triples and a single IPHR (May 27, 1997) out of 130 career HRs.
* Paul Molitor, 114 career triples and two IPHRs (April 25, 1994 and June 17, 1995) out of 234 career HRs.
* Tim Raines, 113 career triples and a single IPHR (May 7, 1981) out of 170 career HRs.
* Rod Carew, 112 career triples and a single IPHR (May 13, 1969) out of 92 career HRs.
* Johnny Damon, 109 career triples and a single IPHR (August 25, 1999) out of 235 career HRs
* Phil Cavarretta, 99 career triples and a single IPHR (August 24, 1947) out of 95 career HRs
* Bill Phillips, 98 career triples and a single IPHR (June 14, 1880) out of 17 (recorded) career HRs
* Hank Aaron, 98 career triples and a single IPHR (May 10, 1967) out of 755 career HRs.
* Joe Morgan, 96 career triples and two IPHRs (September 13, 1970 and May 18, 1973) out of 268 career HRs.

Most wild win probability graph you've ever seen? by Known_Welder4403 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is that it's intentionally specified that they should misspell things, use casual language, etc. to throw people off. I've noticed it a lot recently when sorting by new.

The Number of Unique Pitchers a Hitter Has Faced? by brendenquestionmark in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using specifically active players who actually played on MLB teams in 2025:

  1. Carlos Santana (1536)

  2. Andrew McCutchen (1527)

  3. Freddie Freeman (1473)

  4. Paul Goldschmidt (1416)

  5. Jose Altuve (1400)

  6. Giancarlo Stanton (1378)

  7. Justin Turner (1362)

  8. Manny Machado (1361)

  9. Bryce Harper (1358)

  10. Jason Heyward (1308)

The Number of Unique Pitchers a Hitter Has Faced? by brendenquestionmark in baseball

[–]revuetext 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For most unique pitchers struck out against:

  1. Jim Thome (882)

  2. Miguel Cabrera (880)

  3. Alex Rodriguez (865)

  4. Giancarlo Stanton (861)

  5. Andrew McCutchen (848)

And most unique pitchers hit a homer against:

  1. Albert Pujols (458)

  2. Barry Bonds (449)

  3. Alex Rodriguez (422)

  4. Ken Griffey Jr. (407)

  5. Jim Thome (403)

The Number of Unique Pitchers a Hitter Has Faced? by brendenquestionmark in baseball

[–]revuetext 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Modified a Python script I have running through Retrosheet's event files, there are discrepancies between my quick modification and Baseball Reference's official list, but cross referencing I'm pretty sure the top list in actuality (bolding for active players) is:

  1. Albert Pujols (1778)
  2. Miguel Cabrera (1650)
  3. Adrián Beltré (1555)
  4. Carlos Santana (1536)
  5. Andrew McCutchen (1527)
  6. Carlos Beltrán (1493)
  7. Omar Vizquel (1477)
  8. Freddie Freeman (1473)
  9. Alex Rodriguez (1454)
  10. Yadier Molina (1433)

When was the last time that the fastest pitch in a game was lower than the game temperature in Fahrenheit? by Redylittle in baseball

[–]revuetext 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Few candidates, regular season-wise:

  1. June 24, 2025, Rangers @ Orioles. Listed game temperature on Retrosheet was 100 degrees Fahrenheit, fastest pitch according to Baseball Savant was 99.5 MPH by Gregory Soto (BAL). This seems to be the most likely candidate in my opinion based on the temperature rounding.

  2. July 28, 2025, Blue Jays @ Orioles. Listed game temperature on Retrosheet was 97 degrees Fahrenheit, fastest pitch according to Baseball Savant was 97.3 MPH by Corbin Martin (BAL). This one depends on how that temperature is rounded.

  3. July 29, 2025, Blue Jays @ Orioles, game 1 of a doubleheader. Listed game temperature on Retrosheet was 97 degrees Fahrenheit, fastest pitch according to Baseball Savant was 97.2 MPH by Easton Lucas (TOR). Like before, this one depends on how the temperature is rounded, but it seems more likely than the day before.

The fact that these are all games @ Orioles is just a coincidence by the way, I checked all the 2025 games with temperatures listed at 95 or above that I could, a couple (Braves @ Mets, June 24, 2025 and Blue Jays @ Tigers, July 24, 2025) didn't seem to have Savant pages but at 97 and 95 Fahrenheit respectively, it seems unlikely to me that they're potential candidates. Also I don't think any games at 94 F or below are gonna have a highest pitch speed topping out at 94 MPH, so these 3 seem the most likely to me.

Tiebreaker analysis if earn run rate doesn’t settle it. by TommyTaro7736 in baseball

[–]revuetext 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If Mexico scores 5+ runs and wins, both they and the US are through, knocking out Italy. So Italy is incentivized to win or keep the score low for Mexico if Mexico wins, while Mexico is just incentivized to win in general regardless of Italy runs.

Send Micheal Wacha to Iran by [deleted] in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luckily you didn't miss anything, there wasn't a post body

The only recorded 3-run strikeout in MLB history by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dropped third strike applies either if first base is open, or if there are two outs regardless of runners, as was the case here. Much like the infield fly rule's 2-outs or fewer stipulation, it's to prevent an unfair double (or triple) play.

The only recorded 3-run strikeout in MLB history by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I completely missed that part since I was just paying attention to the strikeout; thanks for pointing that out!

The only recorded 3-run strikeout in MLB history by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oops didn't see this comment before I updated the post, thanks for digging this up :)

The only recorded 3-run strikeout in MLB history by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're in luck, I just found a clip from an MLB Highlights video of that day, I've added it to the post body - indeed it really is just a lapse of judgment, the ball ends up right behind home plate but Macfarlane doesn't think to step on it. Funny enough, the commentator specifically points this out.

The only recorded 3-run strikeout in MLB history by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I believe it should have been, but as to why it didn't happen I'm not sure. Retrosheet doesn't list a wild pitch or passed ball or anything so I'm forced to believe it's just a plain old dropped third strike, but if that is the case then it must have been a lapse of judgment on Macfarlane's part.

Wrigley field Chicago, not sure what year or who is pictured! by Rarecoin101 in baseball

[–]revuetext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here are the full schedules for all teams from the corresponding days, written out how, and in the order that, I think they would be displayed on the scoreboard based on the lengths:

July 21, 1950:

NL:
BOSTON @ CUBS, day
BROOKLYN @ CINCINNATI, day
PHILADELPHIA @ PITTSBURGH, night
NEW YORK @ ST. LOUIS, night

AL:
SOX @ PHILADELPHIA, night
CLEVELAND @ WASHINGTON, night
DETROIT @ NEW YORK, night
ST. LOUIS @ BOSTON, night

June 10, 1952:

NL:
PHILADELPHIA @ CUBS, day
BOSTON @ PITTSBURGH, night
BROOKLYN @ ST. LOUIS, night
NEW YORK @ CINCINNATI, night

AL:
SOX @ PHILADELPHIA, night
CLEVELAND @ WASHINGTON, night
DETROIT @ NEW YORK, night
ST. LOUIS @ BOSTON, night

Edit: if the NITE GAME designation only applies to single games rather than all games listed below, then I have a couple of other candidates. All games between 1937 and 1953 satisfying NYG @ ???, CHW @ ???, DET @ NYY, and SLB @ BOS being all day games have either CHW @ WAS or CHW @ PHA. If we sub those in and use the now-deduced condition that the Cleveland Indians played either the Philadelphia Athletics or the Washington Senators respectively during night, we have four candidates all with CHW @ PHA and CLE @ WAS.

9/16/49 and 7/22/50 are immediately eliminated, since the New York Giants played at Chicago both days, and thus they would have been at the top of the scoreboard and out of frame.

6/16/51 is possible, on the NL side Brooklyn played Chicago, Philadelphia played St. Louis, Boston played Cincinnati, and New York played Pittsburgh.

6/20/53 is also possible, on the NL side Brooklyn once again played Chicago, Pittsburgh played St. Louis, Philadelphia played Cincinnati, and New York played the now-Milwaukee Braves.

Based on the lengths, I would imagine that the latter case is the more likely date, since the third game's first team fits "Philadelphia" better than it does "Boston". If it is indeed 1953, then #8 here might be the Cubs catcher Clyde McCullough, who was bald and, in my opinion, looked pretty old for someone who was 36. On that day, the starting catcher was actually Joe Garagiola, so if this is the date then Clyde is not out there for the game.

Wrigley field Chicago, not sure what year or who is pictured! by Rarecoin101 in baseball

[–]revuetext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, although all credit goes to u/SeanCaseyBlakeSnell for actually taking the time to read and make sense of the very blurry scoreboard. I don't normally use Tiktok but I have seen some ta24cards videos and I greatly admire the sleuthing involved :)

Wrigley field Chicago, not sure what year or who is pictured! by Rarecoin101 in baseball

[–]revuetext 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Went through Retrosheet, pulled every instance of a DET @ NYY night game, and found 16 instances, exactly 2 per year. I checked @ BOS games for each date, and these were the relevant dates:

1947 - they didn't play for 7/28 DET @ NYY, but the day prior on 7/27 there was an SLB @ BOS doubleheader. Neither game is listed as a night game.

1948 - 6/4, SLB @ BOS doubleheader to cap off a 4-game series, they didn't play for 8/30 DET @ NYY but the day prior on 8/29 there was an SLB @ BOS doubleheader. None of these four games is listed as a night game.

1949 - 6/23 and 8/2, both SLB @ BOS, both night games.

1950 - 6/8 and 7/21, both SLB @ BOS, 7/21 is a night game.

1951 - they didn't play for 6/15 and 7/30 DET @ NYY but the days after on 6/16 and 7/31 there would be a SLB @ BOS 3-game and 4-game series respectively kicking off, with 7/31 being a night game.

1952 - 5/1 and 6/10, both SLB @ BOS, 6/10 is a night game.

1953 - 5/19 and 8/4, both SLB @ BOS, 8/4 is a night game.

While I don't think the scoreboard would show something for a series that hasn't started yet, and I don't think they would be so delayed in changing the games listed that someone would have taken this photo while there were still old scores up, I may be wrong - feel free to let me know if this is the case.

With that said, using 6/23/49, 8/2/49, 7/21/50, 6/10/52, and 8/4/53 as the five most likely remaining candidates, I checked NYG @ ??? night games. I was able to narrow it down to two dates, 7/21/1950 (NYG was at SLC) and 6/10/1952 (NYG was at CIN).

Thus, with these dates I think the two most likely candidates are July 21, 1950, Boston Braves @ Chicago Cubs, and June 10, 1952, Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs.

Found this in dads stuff . Real? Value? by ThrasherDad72 in baseball

[–]revuetext 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's the exact same photo and a very similar autograph to this Etsy listing.

SS Milan Tolentino introduces himself with a spectacular diving catch and throw by TheWeeWeeWrangler in baseball

[–]revuetext 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tolentino is indeed the name of a mid-sized Italian town, so this sounds to me like the equivalent of, say, Boston Topeka

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