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Some Other Interesting Baseball Facts Back to Baseball Trivia
In April of 1961 Maris hit only one home run, but had 50 before September 1st. The only player to reach that mark before September until Sosa and McGwire did it in '98. Maris had no stolen bases that year. Ted Williams won the AL batting titles when he was 39 and again at 40. The last At Bat of Ted's career was a homerun on the last day of the 1960 season.The first "Babe" in baseball was Babe Adams who pitched from 1906 to 1926. Joe DiMaggio is the only person to play on four World Championship teams in his first four years in the big leagues, the 1936-39 Yankees. Mickey Lolich, who pitched for 16 years, hit his only home run in his first World Series game (1968). Reggie Jackson had four consecutive home runs spanning Games Five and Six of the 1977 World Series. Hank Bauer of the Yankees had hits in 17 consecutive World Series games spanning 1956 to 1958. These are some of the players that went straight to the majors having
never played in the minor leagues: Dave Winfield, and Robin Yount.  Apparently Kaline didn't need time in the Minors because at age 20 he became the youngest player ever to win a batting title by hitting .340 in 1955. Kaline, shown here in 1957, went on to appear in 16 All Star games and win 10 Gold Gloves. He was the first person to win a Gold Glove at two different positions. He played the entire 1971 season without committing an error. In 1980 Al was only the tenth player elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Cy Young Award facts: First reliever to win was Mike Marshall in 1974. The youngest player to win was Dwight Gooden in 1984. Rookie of the Year award fact: Johnny Bench was the first catcher to get the award, 1968. Pete Rose: Pete has now admitted to gambling, but will he be forgiven, and get into the Hall of Fame? Pete's lifetime achievements are: 1st in number of games played, 1st in at bats, 1st in hits, 2nd in doubles, 6th in total bases, 4th in runs scored, 7th in fielding pct. among outfielders, etc.
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