Showing posts with label Ichiro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ichiro. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Greatest Rightfielders in AL history by team

Baltimore Orioles: Frank Robinson (1966-71)
Boston Red Sox: Dwight Evans (1972-90)
New York Yankees: Babe Ruth (1920-34)
Tampa Bay Rays: Matt  Joyce (2009-14)
Toronto Blue Jays: Jose Bautista (2008-Present)
Chicago White Sox: Harold Baines (1980-89; 1996-7; 2000-01)
Cleveland Indians: Manny Ramirez (1993-2000)
Detroit Tigers: Al Kaline (1953-74)
Kansas City Royals: Jermaine Dye (1997-2001)
Minnesota Twins: Sam Rice (via Washington) (1915-33)
Houston Astros: Terry Puhl (1977-90)
Los Angeles Angels: Tim Salmon (1992-2006)
Oakland A's: Reggie Jackson (1967-75; 1987)
Seattle Mariners: Ichiro Suzuki (2001-12)
Texas Rangers: Juan Gonzalez (1989-99; 2002-03)

Sunday, October 30, 2011

All Time single season baseball leaders (in my lifetime)

Batting Average:
George Brett .390 (1980)

Tony Gwynn .394 (1994)

OBP:
Barry Bonds .609 (2004)

Non-Steroid OBP:
Frank Thomas .487 (1994)

Wade Boggs .476 (1988)

SLG:
Barry Bonds .863 (2001)

Jeff Bagwell .750 (1994)

Larry Walker .720 (1997)

At Bats:
Jimmy Rollins 716 (2007)

Runs:
Jeff Bagwell 152 (2000)

Hits:
Ichiro: 262 (2004)

Doubles:
Todd Helton 59 (2000)

Triples:
Curtis Granderson 23 (2007)

Home Runs:
Barry Bonds 73 (2001)

Ryan Howard 58 (2006)

RBI:
Manny Ramirez 165 (1999)

Andres Galarraga 150 (1996)

Walks:
Barry Bonds 232 (2004)

Jeff Bagwell 149 (1999)

Strikeouts:
Mark Reynolds 223 (2009)

Steals:
Rickey Henderson 130 (1982)

OPS:
Barry Bonds 1.421 (2004)

Frank Thomas 1.217 (1994)

Larry Walker 1.171 (1997)

Pitchers

ERA :

Dwight Gooden 1.53 (1985)

Wins:
Steve Carlton 27 (1972)

Bob Welch 27 (1990)

Games:
Mike Marshall 106 (1974)

Saves:
Francisco Rodriguez 62 (2008)

IP:
Wilbur Wood 376 2/3 (1972)

Strikeouts:
Nolan Ryan 383 (1973)

Complete Games:
Catfish Hunter 30 (1975)

Shutouts:
John Tudor 10 (1985)

Game Starts:
Wilbur Wood 49 (1972)

Walks:
Nolan Ryan 204 (1977)

Losses:
Steve Arlin 21 (1972)

Steve Bahnsen 21 (1973)

Mike Maroth 21 (2003)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

George Sisler: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1939

Born: March 24, 1893

1915: Graduated from the University of Michigan

Debut: June 28, 1915 (St. Louis Browns)

1920: Played every inning of the season

1920: Set MLB record of 257 hits (Broken by Ichiro)

1920: Batting Champ (.407)

1922: 41-game hitting streak

1922: AL MVP

1922: Batting Champ (.420)

1923: Sinusitis caused double vision and missed entire season

1924: Returned to baseball, but he was not the same

1924-26: Managed the Browns (218-241 record)

1928: Sold to the Senators

1929: Sold to the Boston Braves

1930: Retired. He became a scout to several teams.

1939: Elected to Hall of Fame on fourth ballot

Died: March 26, 1973

2009: Ichiro visited Sisler’s gravesite

Accomplishments:
1922 AL MVP

41-Game Hit Streak (1922)

Record 257 hits (1922)

.340 average

2812 hits

375 steals

Led league in games played: 1920 (154)

Led league in runs: 1922 (134)

100+ runs: 4x

Led league in hits: 2x

200+ hits: 6x

30+ doubles: 7x

40+ doubles: 3x

Led league in triples: 2x

10+ triples: 8x

100+ RBI: 4x

Led league in steals: 4x

30+ steals: 6x

40+ steals: 3x

51 steals (1922)

Hit .300+: 14x

Hit .400+: 2x

.400+ OBP: 4x

.500+ Slugging: 4x

.632 slugging (1920)

.900+ OPS: 4x

1.000+ OPS: 2x

Led league in total bases: 1920 (399)

300+ total bases: 4x

As a pitcher:
5-6, 2.35 ERA

As a manager:
218-241 (.475)

Friday, September 9, 2011

Wee Willie Keeler: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1939

Born: March 3, 1872

Debut: September 30, 1892 (New York Giants)

1893: Sold to the Brooklyn Grooms

1894: Traded to the Baltimore Orioles

1894-98: May have invented the hit-and-run (speculation)

1894-1896: Baltimore were NL Champs

1897: 44-Game hitting streak (broken by Joe Dimaggio and tied by Pete Rose)

1897: Hit .424 and won batting title

1898: Hit a record 206 singles (broken by Ichiro)

1898: Won batting title (.385)

1899: Shipped to the Brooklyn Superbas

1899-1900: Brooklyn was NL Champions

1903: Left NL for the New York Yankees (Highlanders at the time)

1905: Set Yankee record for sacrifices in a season with 42

1910: Signed with the NY Giants as a free agent

1910: Played final game on September 5

Died: January 1, 1923

1939: Elected to Hall of Fame on 4th ballot

1999: Finalist for the All Century Team

Accomplishments:
Played on five NL Championship teams

.341 career hitter

2x Batting Champion (1897, 1898)

44-Game hitting streak (1897)

2932 hits

206 singles (1898)- ML Record since broken

Led league in singles: 7x

1719 runs

Led league in runs in 1899 (140)

100+ runs: 8x

Led league in hits: 3x

200+ hits: 8x

10+ triples: 7x

22 triples (1894)

30+ steals: 6x

40+ steals: 5x

60+ steals: 2x

495 career steals

Hit .300+: 13x

Hit .350+: 7x

Hit .424 in 1897

.400+ OBP: 7x

.500+ slugging: 2x

.900+ OPS: 4x

Led league in OPS in 1897 (1.003)

3562 total bases

300+ total bases: 2x

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Top 10 Seattle Mariners Moments

1990: Randy Johnson throws no-hitter (against Detroit): Also became the first lefty to strikeout Wade Boggs three times that season.

1991: First winning season: First season: 1977. First winning season: 1991

1993: Junior homers in 8 straight

1993: Chris Bosio no-hitter (against the Red Sox)

1995: Game 145- The M’s and Angels tied in the strike shortened season. They beat the Angels in the tie breaker. Luis Sojo’s double was the big hit.

1995 LDS (Game 5): The Double: The M’s beat the Yankees in the LDS. Edgar Martinez hit a GW double scoring Ken Griffey Jr sending Seattle to the LCS and saving baseball in Seattle.

2000: Carlos Guillen’s bunt: In Game 3 of the ALDS laid a perfect bunt down scoring Rickey Henderson and finishing the White Sox off in a sweep.

2001: 116 wins

2002: Mike Cameron hits 4 HR (off of the White Sox)

2004: Ichiro gets 258th hit breaking the single season hit record