Carl Hubbell: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1947

Born: June 22, 1903

1926: Signed by Detroit Tigers and released

1928: Discovered by a Giants scout after the Tigers rebuffed him again

Debut: July 26, 1928 (New York Giants)

1929: No Hit the Pirates

1933-1937: Won 20 or more games each season

1933: Pitched 18 inning shutout

1933: Giants win World Series

1933: NL MVP

1934: Struck out five Hall of Famers in succession in All Star Game

1936-37: Won 24 consecutive games (ML Record)

1936: Giants win pennant (Lose WS to Yankees)

1936: NL MVP

1937: Giants win pennant (Lose WS to Yankees)

1943: Retired

1944: Giants retire his #11

1947: Elected to Hall of Fame

1988: Died (Auto accident)

1999: Finalist for All Century Team

Accomplishments:
243-154 Record

1933 World Champion

2x MVP

9x All Star

Struck out 5 straight HOFers in 1934 ASG

No hitter (1929)

24 consecutive wins (ML Record)

18 inning shutout

2.98 ERA

36 shutouts

3590.1 IP

1.166 WHIP

15+ wins: 8x

20+ wins: 5x

Led league in wins: 3x

Led league in win %: 2x

Sub 3 ERA: 6x

Sub 2.50 ERA: 3x

1.66 ERA (1933)

3x ERA Champ

10+ CG: 14x

15+ CG: 9x

20+ CG: 6x

Led league in CG (25): 1934

Led league in SHO (10): 1934

200+ IP: 10x

250+ IP: 7x

300+ IP: 4x

Led league in IP: 1933 (308.2)

1677 strikeouts

Led league in strikeouts (159): 1937

Led league in WHIP: 6x

1.000 WHIP or less: 1933 (0.982)

Postseason: 4-2, 1.79 ERA, 6 starts (3 World Series)

Pete Rose: Timeline

Pete Rose

Born: April 14, 1941

1960: Signed with Reds

1963: During Spring Training, Whitey Ford called Rose “Charlie Hustle” deriding the rookie’s playing style. The nickname stuck.

Debut: April 8, 1963 (Reds)

April 13, 1963: First big league hit after starting 0-for-11

1963: Won Rookie of the Year

1963: Joined army reserves at the end of the season

1964: Reached on an error and scored on an error to beat Houston’s Ken Johnson. Johnson no-hit the Reds, but still got the loss.

1968: 22-game hitting streak and a 19-game hitting streak

1968: Won Batting Title

1968: Won Hutch Award

1969: Won Batting Title

1969: Won Lou Gehrig Award

1970: Injured Ray Fosse at a play at the plate during the All-Star Game.

1970: Reds won the pennant

1972: Reds won the pennant

1973: Won Batting Title

1973: Fought Mets Bud Harrelson on the field during the NLCS

1973: NL MVP

1975: Rose moved to 3b to make room for George Foster’s bat

1975: Reds win World Series

1975: Won World Series MVP

1975: SI’s Sportsman of the Year and Hickok Belt winner as best pro athlete

1975: Reds win World Series

1976: Reds win World Series

1976: Roberto Clemente Award

1978: 3000^th hit off Steve Rogers

1978: 44-game hitting streak

1979: Joined Phillies as a free agent

1980: Phillies win World Series

1980: Makes iconic play with Bob Boone in Game 6 World Series

1981: Breaks Stan Musial’s NL hit record

1983: Phillies win pennant

1984: Joined the Montreal Expos

1984: 4000^th hit off Jerry Koosman

1984: Traded to Reds for Tom Lawless. Becomes player-manager

1985: Breaks Ty Cobb’s hit record

1986: Retires as a player

1988: Suspended 30 days for bumping umpire Dave Pallone

1989: Banned for life for betting on baseball based on information gathered in the Dowd Report

1990: Rose plead guilty of income tax evasion and sentenced to 5 months in prison

1991: The Baseball Hall of Fame voted that permanently ineligible players could not be elected

1997: Rose applied for reinstatement

1998-2000: Rose appeared in various WWE events

1999: Elected to All Century Team. At the ceremony, NBC’s Jim Gray harassed Rose trying to get him to confess on national television resulting in a backlash from players and fans against Gray.

2002: John Dowd (author of the Dowd Report) claims Rose may have bet against the Reds

2004: Rose admits to betting on baseball

2010: Appeared on WWE Raw

Accomplishments:

3x World Champion

3x Batting Champion

1973 NL MVP

1963 Rookie of the Year

1975 World Series MVP

44-game hitting streak (1978)

17x All Star

2x Gold Glove winner

1981 Silver Slugger

.303 career hitter

Hit .300 +: 15x

4256 Hits (#1 all time)

200+ hits: 12x (led league 7x)

3562 Games played (#1 all time)

Led league in GP: 5x

14053 ABs (#1 All time)

Led league in ABs: 4x

2165 runs scored (Led league: 4x)

100+ runs: 9x

746 doubles (led league: 5x)

30+ doubles: 15x

40+ doubles: 7x

51 doubles: 1978

135 triples

160 home runs

1314 RBI

1566 walks

106 walks (1974)

.375 OBP (led league 2x)

.400+ OBP: 5x

.512 slugging (1969)

5752 total bases

300+ total bases: 3x

.940 OPS (1969)

Postseason:

.321, 5 HR, 22 RBI, .828 OPS

Managerial Record:

412-373 (.525)

Michigan Games of the Decade for the Aughts #21-25

21. Red Wings: 2 Flames: 1 (2OT) (April 22, 2007): The Red Wings knock off the Flames in double overtime and win the first round playoff series. Johan Frazen scored the winner. In Game 5, Flames goalie Jamie McLennan slashed Frazen in the stomach. He was suspended, but Frazen got revenge by eliminating Calgary. Silly Canadians!

22. Indiana: 97 Pistons: 82 (November 19, 2004): The Malice at the Palace. The game itself was not memorable. However, Ron Artest started a brawl. Pacers players attacked fans and fans tried fighting Pacers players. One of the crazier incidents we will ever see. Somehow Detroit got the blame for that idiot Artest's actions.

23. AL: 7 NL: 5 (July 12, 2005): Detroit hosted the MLB All Star Game. AL won in a ho-hum game.

24. Spurs: 96 Pistons: 95 (OT) (June 19, 2005): Game 5 NBA Finals. The first four games were blowouts. Detroit had this and then Sheed missed his assignment. Horry scores. Pistons lose in 7. That was a turning point in Piston history.

25. Appalachian State: 34 Michigan: 32 (September 1, 2007): This might be the most embarrassing loss in Division 1 history. Wait...Richrod engineered a loss to a worse team (Toledo) the following year...

Greatest Baseball Games by Decade

I picked one game per decade.

Merkle’s Boner (1908): The Giants beat the Cubs…or did they? Rookie Fred Merkle forgot to touch second base on the game winning hit. Cub Johnny Evers saw Merkle’s mistake, got the ball, and touched the bag for a force out. The game ended in a tie and had to be replayed. The Cubs won the replayed game and the pennant by one game over New York and Pittsburgh. Nice going Merkle!

Game 8 1912 World Series: Game 2 ended in a tie, so it forced an extra game. In Game 8, the Giants and Red Sox went overtime at Fenway. New York scored in the top of the 10th. Boston scored twice to win the World Series. The Giants suffered from mental and physical errors in the 10th and choked the game away with Christy Mathewson on the mound.

Game 7 1924 World Series: Walter Johnson got shelled in this series. He went from goat to hero in Game 7. The Senators trailed 3-1 in the eighth and destiny took over. Bucky Harris hit a ball that struck a pebble and bounced over Giant third baseman Fred Lidstrom. Two scored to tie the game. Johnson came in the game to pitch in the 9th and got the win when the Senators scored the winning run on a bad hop over Lidstrom in the twelfth.

Johnny Vander Meer throws second no-hitter (1938): On June 11, 1938, Vander Meer no hit the Braves. Four days later, he no-hit the Dodgers. No one else has tossed two no-hitters in a row.

1941 All Star Game: The American League trailed 5-4 with two out in the ninth. Ted Williams hit a three-run home run into Tiger Stadium’s upper deck to win the game 7-5.

1951 Pennant Playoff: The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!

Game 7 World Series (1960): The Pirates won 10-9. Hal Smith hit a big homer for the Bucs and Bill Mazeroski hit the first World Series walk-off homer. As a side note, the game lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes.

Game 6 1975 World Series: Bernie Carbo, high on everything, hit a 2-out three run shot in the 8th. Dwight Evans made a great play in right field and doubled a runner off first. Oh yeah, Carlton Fisk hit that home run. Red Sox win.

Game 6 1986 NLCS: Mets beat the Astros in 16 innings at the Astrodome. Houston led 3-0 early. The Mets scored 3 in the 9th to tie. New York scored in the 14th. Billy Hatcher homered to tie the game. In the 16th, New York scored 3. Houston responded with two. Kevin Bass struck out to end the game.

Game 7 1991 World Series: Jack Morris pitched a 10 inning 1-0 shutout in Game 7 of the World Series. We will not see that again.

Game 4 2005 NLDS : Astros beat the Braves 7-6 in 18 innings. It was the longest game in postseason history. Roger Clemens pitched three innings in relief, Brad Ausmus hit a game tying homer in the 9th, Chris Burke ended the game with a walk-off homer in the 18th.

Greatest Games in Michigan History: 1970s #1-10

1. Michigan State: 75 Indiana State: 64 (March 26, 1979): The game that changed basketball. It began the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Their popularity and skills changed the NBA as they joined the two most important franchises. Before Magic and Larry, the NBA Finals were played on tape delay at midnight. A decade later, it was in prime time and the NBA and NCAA experienced amazing growth.

2. American League: 6 National League: 4 (July 13, 1971): The 1971 All Star Game. At Tiger Stadium, six Hall of Famers homered in the game, Mickey Lolich, Bill Freehan, Norm Cash, and Al Kaline all played for the AL. Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Frank Robinson, and Harmon Killebrew homered. Reggie Jackson’s homer hit the power transformer.

3. Tigers: 5 Yankees: 1 (June 28, 1976): The Bird Game. On Monday Night Baseball, Mark Fidrych dominated the Yankees. Rusty Staub homered in the victory. The Bird would win the Rookie of the Year, 19 games, start the All-Star Game, finished 2nd in the Cy Young voting, led the majors in ERA, pitched into extra innings five times, and then blew his arm out in 1977 while playing in the outfield.

4. USC: 17 Michigan: 10 (January 1, 1979): Charles White scored a touchdown while on the 1 yard line on a fumble recovered by the Wolverines and Michigan lost another Rose Bowl in bizarre fashion.

5. UM: 10 Ohio State:10 (November 24, 1973): Both teams entered the game unbeaten. The winner went to the Rose Bowl. They tied 10-10. Big Ten Athletic Directors gave the Rose Bowl to Ohio State. Bo howled. UM quarterback Denny Franklin was injured and the Big Ten wanted to send the team most likely to win, so OSU went. Michigan blamed MSU for this, but the balloting was secret.

6. A’s: 2 Tigers:1 (October 12, 1972): ALCS Game 5. Billy Martin benched Willie Horton and a bad call led to an Oakland run. It was a farewell for this generation of Tigers. All that remained was to play out their careers, reach milestones, and wait for Morris, Parrish, Gibson, Whitaker, and Trammell.

7. Orioles: 5 Tigers: 4 (September 24, 1974): Al Kaline got his 3000th hit. Too bad the team couldn't win for him.

8. Cowboys: 5 Lions: 0 (December 26, 1970): Detroit went 10-4 and won the Wild Card. The Lions had a great defense, but their offense could not score against the Cowboys. Dallas went to the Superbowl and the Lions went home for over a decade.

9. Red Sox: 8 Tigers: 6 (September 9, 1977): The Tigers rapped out 16 hits in a 8-6 loss. Oh yeah, Lou and Tram made their debuts.

10. Lions: 17 Broncos: 14 (Thanksgiving 1978): The Doug English Game. English sacked Craig Morton 4 times and the Lions defense dominated the defending AFC champs.

Greatest Games of the 1950s

1. 1950 Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7: Wings beat the Rangers in double overtime 4-3 to win the Stanley Cup. Ted Lindsay began the parade of champions tradition on the ice after the game.

2. The Snow Bowl: One of the worst blizzards ever hit Columbus. The two teams combined for 45 punts as each side waited for the other to make a mistake. Michigan blocked a punt for a safety and another one for a touchdown. Michigan wins 9-3. Ohio State fired Coach Fesler and hired Woody Hayes.

3. 1954 Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7: The Wings won 2-1 in overtime beating the Canadiens.

4. 1952 Stanley Cup Semi-finals Game 4: Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay got death threats. Wings beat the Leafs 3-1 sweeping the series. After the game, Howe and Lindsay skated around the rink making machine gun motions at the crowd. The Octopus made its first appearance during this playoff run.

5. 1957 Western Conference Playoff Game: Detroit vs. San Francisco: Y.A. Tittle and the 49ers led 24-7 at half time. Lions won 31-27.

6. 1952, 1953, and 1957 NFL Title Game: In 1952, the Lions made their first championship game appearance since 1935. They won 17-7 over Cleveland. In 1953, they repeated 17-16 over the Browns. In 1957, they won 59-14 over those same Cleveland Browns.

7. 1954 Stanley Cup Finals: Game 5: Montreal: 1 Detroit: 0 (Overtime). Yeah, the Wings lost, but what a game.

8. No Hitters: Virgil Trucks went 5-19 in 1952. He no-hit Washington on May 15 and the Yankees on August 25. So, he was 3-19 when he did not no-hit someone!

Jim Bunning no-hit the Red Sox on July 20, 1958. He later threw a perfect game against the Mets while with the Phillies. When he retired, only Walter Johnson had more career strikeouts than Bunning.

9. 1954 Rose Bowl: Michigan State joins the Big Ten and wins the national title. MSU: 28 UCLA: 20.

10. 1951 All Star Game (played at Briggs Stadium): The AL beat the NL 8-3. George Kell homered. Ty Cobb threw out the first pitch and Harry Heilmann died the day before the game.

Greatest Tiger All Star Moments

Charlie Gehringer plays in first ever game at Comiskey. He plays in 6 games overall and hits .500. (1933)

Ted Williams walk off homer off Claude Passeau gives AL 8-7 win in Detroit (1941)

Virgil Trucks saves 11-9 AL win. (1954)

Al Kaline appears in 18 Games hitting .324 with 2 homers. (1955-1974)

Rocky Colavito homers in 1-1 tie (1961)

At Tiger Stadium, six Hall of Famers homer and Mickey Lolich gets the save in rare AL victory. (1971)

Mark Fidrych starts All Star Game in the Year of the Bird (1976)

Lou Whitaker homers off Dwight Gooden (1986)

Game held at Detroit (2005)

Brandon Inge voted in by fans (2009)

Greatest All Star Moments

These are the greatest MLB All Star Moments from games I watched...so no Babe Ruth, Ted Williams...

These are arranged chronologically.

1. Fred Lynn’s Grand Slam (1983)
2. Fernando and Dwight Dwight Gooden strike out six straight (Winfield, Reggie, Brett, Lance Parrish, Lemon, and Alvin Davis) (1984)
3. Lou Whitaker homers off Dwight Gooden. He could have been MVP, but Roger Clemens was at home in Houston, so he got the award (1986)
4. Bo Jackson (1989)
5. Kruk vs. Johnson (1993)
6. Pedro strikesout the side in the 1st (Larkin, Walker, Sosa) and then McGwire in the 2nd (1999)
7. Ted Williams makes an appearance at Fenway and is surrounded by the players in a show of hero worship. (1999)
8. Cal Ripken homers in his last game (2001)
9. I attend the Game at the Copa in Detroit. (2005)
9. Ichiro hits an inside the park home run. This was as exciting a play as I have seen in the game. (2007)