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2 wins in a row to make it to 38-120. The 1962 Mets record still stands for now. So the Chicago White Sox are 39-120 heading into the last weekend of the season. The White Sox therefore need at least two victories to better the .250 record of the 1962 New York Mets.
The audience was in a state of rapture. When Hopper finished, the place went wild with cheering. Tim Keefe’s incredible streak of 19 straight victories ended on the afternoon of August 14, 1888, but DeWolf Hopper’s streak—reciting “Casey at The Bat” well into the next century (10,000-15,000 times by his estimate)—had just begun.
If MLB truly wants to add more excitement to the offensive side of the game, then that is the way to go. Now and then, an MLB ump will call a strike a ball, but for each one of those types of calls, there are about nine calls saying that a ball is a strike.
Fisheye print flaw, see posts #11 and #15 in this thread that mention a similar 86 Topps Jamie Easterly. ETA, late by a minute as usual, jacksoncoupage beat me to it.
Player #158D: Cecil H. Travis Part 4. Infielder for the Washington Senators in 1933-1941 and 1945-1947. 1,544 hits and 27 home runs over 12 MLB seasons. 3-time All-Star. One of two to get 5 hits in first game. Led American League in hits in 1941 despite DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak and Ted Williams hitting .406.
Today's focus is on: Daniel R. "Dan" Bankhead. Pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and 1950-1951. 9 wins and 4 saves in 3 MLB seasons. He was the first African American to pitch in MLB. Before signing with Brooklyn, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Memphis Red Sox in Negro league baseball.
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In the 1925 season a 32-year old Scott was slipping at shortstop and at the plate. When Yankee manager Miller Huggins saw fit to bench Scott and end the streak, he turned to the rookie Wanninger. On May 5th, 1925 Wanninger started in place of Scott to end what is still the third longest run in MLB history.
Here's a pretty beat-up 1953 IL Orioles program, their last year as a AAA club (if you don't count some of those 1990s Orioles teams! Lastly my oldest hockey program, from a Rangers game in 1943. I picked it up because of the cover art. The awesome US Armed Forces content was a nice bonus. _____
Joseph A. "Joe" Kuhel (pronounced "Cool"). First baseman for the Washington Senators in 1930-1937 and 1944-1946. 2,212 hits and 131 home runs in 18 MLB seasons. He had 107 RBIs in Washington's pennant-winning 1933 season, but his best season was probably 1936 as he posted an OBP of .392 with 118 RBIs and 107 runs scored in 660 plate appearances.