MOST CONSECUTIVE MULTI-HIT GAMES

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1 Society For American Baseball Research Baseball Records Committee Lyle Spatz, Editor February Not everything that counts is counted; not everything that is counted is worth counting. ---Albert Einstein MOST CONSECUTIVE MULTI-HIT GAMES For a long time, Rogers Hornsby of the 9 Cardinals was thought to hold the record for consecutive multi-hit games with. However, Trent McCotter has uncovered a -straight multi-hit game in 89 by Count Campau of the American Association s St. Louis Browns. Campau had a mediocre season for Detroit (NL) in 888 and played two games for Washington (NL) in 89, but he had a terrific season in 89. Along with his streak, he led the American Association with nine home runs and had the best Power-Speed figure in the league. Here is a list of all those players with at least consecutive multi-hit games. G Player Team LG Year Count Campau STL AA 89 Rogers Hornsby STL NL 9 Paul Hines PRO NL 879 Willie Keeler B NL 897 Billy Herman CHI NL 9 Ross Barnes CHI NL 876 Jack Glasscock CIN UA 88 Dan Brouthers BOS NL 889 Jim O'Rourke NY PL 89 Ed Delahanty PHI NL 89 Tuck Turner PHI NL 89 Jesse Burkett CLE NL 89 Hugh Duffy BOS NL 89 Ed Delahanty PHI NL 896 Joe Jackson CLE 9 Sam Rice WAS 9 Paul Waner PIT NL 97 Tony Perez CIN NL 97 Orator Shaffer STL UA 88 Billy Taylor STL UA 88 Lave Cross PHI NL 89 Billy Hamilton PHI NL 89 Jesse Burkett CLE NL 89 Joe Jackson CLE 9 Baby Doll Jacobson STL 9 Clyde Barnhart PIT NL 97 Rip Repulski STL NL 9 Bob Nieman B 98 Rich Dauer Chuck Knoblauch B MIN Bernie Williams NYY Charles Count Campau MORE THAN STRIKEOUTS, FEWER THAN WKS Al Blumkin reports that Miguel Olivo of the Florida Marlins became the first and only player to strike out more than times in a season while having fewer than walks. What is even more amazing, says Al, is that four of the walks were intentional.

2 TEAMS WITH MOST CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS AND LOSING SEASONS These lists, compiled by Brian Wood with an assist from Ev Cope, show teams who have had streaks of ten or more consecutive winning or losing seasons. MOST CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS 9 NY B CHI NY BOS PIT NL STL NL 99-9 ATL NL 99- CHI NL CHI NL MIL* NL SF NL BOS NL PIT NL 98-9 BRO NL 9-97 CHI NL 9-9 BOS DET TOR BOS CLE LA NL CIN NL PHI NL * 966 season was in Atlanta. MOST CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASONS 7 PIT NL PHI NL 9-98 KC* BOS 99-9 SEA PHI NL 98-9 PHI 9-96 B DET 99- MIL# -NL 99- STL 9-9 STL CIN NL 9-9 BRO NL 9-9 BOS NL 9-9 WAS 9-9 TB MON NL CHC NL 9-96 BOS NL 9-9 PHI 9-9 * 9- seasons were in Philadelphia. # in in NL season was in Baltimore. TEAM TOTS FOR TRIPLE PLAYS: BY AND AGAINST Courtesy of Jim Smith. Teams are listed by current location. National League Team Years By Against Arizona Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Colorado 99-9 Florida 99-9 Houston Los Angeles 89-9 Milwaukee New York Philadelphia 88-9 Pittsburgh St. Louis San Diego San Francisco Washington Extinct Clubs Total 7 7 American League Team Years By Against Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee Minnesota 9-9 New York Oakland 9-9 Seattle Tampa Bay Texas Toronto Total 6 6

3 SHUTOUTS CAUGHT BY KING KELLY AND BUCK EWING For the past few years the newsletter has been running Walt Wilson s lists of starts and shutouts for pitchers. We started with Hall of Famers and continued on with other noteworthy pitchers. Walt has now looked at shutouts from the catchers perspective and has begun compiling lists of shutouts caught by specific catchers. As with pitchers, we will begin with Hall of Famers, starting with two from the nineteenth century: King Kelly and Buck Ewing. Pitchers that had a Game Started with a catcher but no shutouts with him will not be shown. Such a list would be way too lengthy. SHUTOUTS CAUGHT BY KING KELLY King Kelly caught for Cincinnati (NL) ; Chicago (NL) 88-86; Boston (NL) , 89-9; Boston (PL) 89; Cincinnati (AA) 89; Boston (AA) 89; and New York (NL) 89. Overall, Kelly caught 8 games, 8 of which were shutouts. John Clarkson 7 9 Jim McCormick Charley Radbourn 9 Larry Corcoran 6 Kid Madden 7 Kid Nichols Harry Staley Jack Stivetts 8 Mark Baldwin Bobby Mitchell 9 John Hibbard Total 8 One of Kelly's shutouts was with more than one pitcher. SHUTOUTS CAUGHT BY BUCK EWING Buck Ewing caught for Troy (NL) 88-8; New York (NL) 88-89, 89-9; New York (PL) 89; Cleveland (NL) 89-9; and Cincinnati (NL) Overall, Ewing caught 66 games, 6 of which were shutouts. Mickey Welch 77 8 Tim Keefe 6 Ed Crane John Ewing 8 Total 6 One of Ewing's shutouts was with more than one pitcher.

4 MOST PRODUCTIVE PLAYERS WHO MADE THEIR DEBUTS IN THE YEARS The following is a list of players who debuted in a specific year and went on to compile the highest totals in various career categories: games, hits, home runs, etc. This list covers the top five for the years Games: Andre Dawson, 67; Dale Murphy, 8; Willie Wilson, ; Garry Templeton, 79; Alfredo Griffin, 96 Runs: Andre Dawson, 7; Dale Murphy, 97; Willie Wilson, 69; Garry Templeton, 89; Alfredo Griffin, 79 RBI: Andre Dawson, 9; Dale Murphy, 66; Tony Armas, 8; Jason Thompson, 78; Garry Templeton, 78 Hits: Andre Dawson, 77; Willie Wilson, 7; Dale Murphy, ; Garry Templeton, 96; Jim Gantner, 696 B: Andre Dawson, ; Dale Murphy, ; Garry Templeton, 9; Willie Wilson, 8; Jim Gantner, 6 B: Willie Wilson, 7; Garry Templeton, 6; Andre Dawson, 98; Andre Griffin, 7; Dale Murphy, 9; Tony Armas, 9 HR: Andre Dawson, 8; Dale Murphy, 98; Tony Armas, ; Jason Thompson, 8; Ruppert Jones, Games: Eddie Murray, 6; Lou Whitaker, 9; Alan Trammell, 9; Lance Parrish, 988; Ken Oberkfell, 6 Runs: Eddie Murray, 67; Lou Whitaker, 86; Alan Trammell, ; Lance Parrish, 86; Terry Puhl, 676 RBI: Eddie Murray, 97; Lou Whitaker, 8; Lance Parrish, 7; Alan Trammell, ; Jeffrey Leonard, 7 Hits: Eddie Murray, ; Lou Whitaker, 69; Alan Trammell, 6; Lance Parrish, 78; Terry Puhl, 6 B: Eddie Murray, 6; Lou Whitaker, ; Alan Trammell, ; Lance Parrish, ; Ken Oberkfell, 7 B: Lou Whitaker, 6; Gene Richards, 6; Terry Puhl, 6; Alan Trammell, ; Steve Henderson, 9 HR: Eddie Murray, ; Lance Parrish, ; Lou Whitaker, ; Alan Trammell, 8; Jeffrey Leonard, 978 Games: Paul Molitor, 68; Ozzie Smith, 7; Carney Lansford, 86; Lonnie Smith, 6; Pedro Guerrero, 6 Runs: Paul Molitor, 78; Ozzie Smith, 7; Carney Lansford, 7; Lonnie Smith, 99; Pedro Guerrero, 7 RBI: Paul Molitor, 7; Pedro Guerrero, 898; Carney Lansford, 87; Ozzie Smith, 79; Bob Horner, 68 Hits: Paul Molitor, 9; Ozzie Smith, 6; Carney Lansford, 7; Pedro Guerrero, 68; Bob Horner, 88 B: Paul Molitor, 6; Ozzie Smith, ; Carney Lansford, ; Lonnie Smith, 7; Pedro Guerrero, 67 B: Paul Molitor, ; Ozzie Smith, 69; Lonnie Smith, 8; Willie Upshaw, ; Carney Lansford, HR: Paul Molitor, ; Bob Horner, 8; Pedro Guerrero, ; Dwayne Murphy, 66; Carney Lansford, 979 Games: Rickey Henderson, 8; Tim Raines, ; Kirk Gibson, 6; Tommy Herr, ; Dickie Thon, 87 Runs: Rickey Henderson, 9; Tim Raines, 7; Kirk Gibson, 98; Tommy Herr, 676; Gary Ward, 9 RBI: Rickey Henderson, ; Tim Raines, 98; Kirk Gibson, 87; Gary Ward, 97; Tommy Herr, 7 Hits: Rickey Henderson, ; Tim Raines, 6; Kirk Gibson, ; Tommy Herr, ; Gary Ward, 6 B: Rickey Henderson, ; Tim Raines, ; Kirk Gibson, 6; Tommy Herr, ; Gary Ward, 96 B: Tim Raines, ; Rickey Henderson, 66; Kirk Gibson, ; Dickie Thon, ; Tommy Herr, ; Gary Ward, HR: Rickey Henderson, 97; Kirk Gibson, ; Tim Raines, 7; Gary Ward, ; Tony Bernazard, 7 98 Games: Harold Baines, 8; Tim Wallach, ; Tony Pena, 988; Hubie Brooks, 6; Lloyd Moseby, 88 Runs: Harold Baines, 99; Tim Wallach, 98; Lloyd Moseby, 869; Mookie Wilson, 7; Tony Pena, 667 RBI: Harold Baines, 68; Tim Wallach, ; Hubie Brooks, 8; Lloyd Moseby, 77; Tony Pena, 78 Hits: Harold Baines, 866; Tim Wallach, 8; Tony Pena, 687; Hubie Brooks, 68; Lloyd Moseby, 9 B: Harold Baines, 88; Tim Wallach, ; Tony Pena, 98; Hubie Brooks, 9; Lloyd Moseby, 7 B: Mookie Wilson, 7; Lloyd Moseby, 66; Harold Baines, 9; Leon Durham, ; Tim Wallach, 6 HR: Harold Baines, 8; Tim Wallach, 6; Lloyd Moseby, 69; Hubie Brooks, 9; Leon Durham, 7 Dale Murphy Eddie Murray Paul Molitor Tim Raines Harold Baines

5 MOST BLPARKS HOMERED IN, SEASON Courtesy of David Vincent (Season before 9) Harry Stovey PHI AA Harry Stovey BOS NL 89 8 Mike Tiernan NY NL 89 8 Ed Delahanty PHI NL 89 8 Bill Joyce WAS NL 89 8 Babe Ruth BOS 99 8 Harry Stovey PHI AA 88 7 Roger Connor NY NL Bill Dahlen CHI NL 89 7 Ed McKean CLE NL 89 7 Sam Thompson PHI NL 89 7 Dusty Miller CIN NL 89 7 Buck Freeman WAS NL Jesse Burkett STL NL 9 7 Sam Crawford CIN NL 9 7 Harry Lumley BRO NL 96 7 Bobby Veach DET 97 7 (Season 9-96) Babe Ruth NY 99 9 Babe Ruth NY 9 9 Jimmie Foxx Lou Gehrig PHI 9 NY Jimmie Foxx PHI 9 9 Joe DiMaggio NY 97 9 Buddy Lewis WAS 97 9 Hal Trosky CLE 98 9 Johnny Rizzo PIT NL 98 9 Hal Trosky CLE 99 9 Ted Williams BOS 99 9 Sam Chapman PHI 9 9 Jimmie Foxx BOS 9 9 Charlie Keller NY 9 9 Pat Seerey CLE 96 9 Ted Williams BOS 96 9 Eddie Mathews MIL NL 96 9 Willie Mays NY NL 96 9 Frank Robinson CIN NL 96 9 Duke Snider BRO NL 96 9 Ernie Banks CHI NL 96 9 (Season after 96) Sammy Sosa CHI NL Mike Piazza NY NL 8 Mark McGwire* Tms Jeff Bagwell HOU NL Tony Batista# Tms Barry Bonds SF NL 7 Albert Pujols STL NL 6 7 Ken Griffey Jr. SEA Juan Gonzalez TEX Mark McGwire STL NL Sammy Sosa CHI NL 6 Jason Giambi NY 6 Andruw Jones ATL NL 6 Jose Guillen+ Tms 6 David Ortiz BOS 6 6 Ryan Howard PHI NL 6 6 *OAK () and STL (NL) ARI (NL) and TOR () +CIN (NL) and OAK () STEVE YERKES While researching the career of Boston Red Sox player Steve Yerkes for SABR s Biography Project, Tony Bunting discovered an error in Yerkes debut date. Most sources put it at Sept. 9, 99, when in fact it was Sept. 6, 99. The game was played at the Huntington Avenue Grounds against the Chicago White Sox. Both the Boston Globe and Chicago Daily Tribune show Yerkes playing shortstop, batting fourth, and going one-for-four. Yerkes did play on September 9, but he had already appeared in two games by then. His debut date should be changed to September 6, 99. MOST GAMES WON IN A SEASON Ted DiTullio has compiled a list of most total games won in season by adding together wins in the Regular Season (RS), Division Series (DS), League Championship Series (LCS) and the World Series (WS) to come up with a grand total. While I m not enamored of team or individual lists that lump seasons that had multiple playoffs with those that had only the World Series, I am impressed that ten of the teams here are pre-969. RS DS LCS WS Total NY 998 SEA 6 CHI NL NY NL B 97 8 CIN NL 97 8 PIT NL 99 NY 97 NY 9 NY 96 9 B STL NL CHI NL 97 7 NY 9 7 CLE 9 DET 98 ATL NL PHI 9 6 NY 99 7 STL NL 9 6 ANA 99 NY

6 CATCHING DEACON PHILLIPPE AND BILL DINNEEN Courtesy of Walt Wilson, here are the batterymates for two pitchers that between them made nine starts in the 9 World Series. Deacon Phillippe made five starts for Pittsburgh, and Bill Dinneen made four starts for Boston. CATCHING DEACON PHILLIPPE CATCHING BILL DINNEEN Deacon Phillippe pitched for Louisville (NL) 899; and Pittsburgh (NL) 9-. He made 89 starts and threw 7 shutouts. Bill Dinneen pitched for Washington (NL) ; Boston (NL) 9-; Boston () 9-7; and St. Louis () He made starts and threw shutouts. George Gibson Jack O'Connor Ed Phelps Chief Zimmer Heinie Peitz Harry Smith Mal Kittredge Fred Carisch Doc Powers Tacks Latimer Pop Schriver Jimmy Archer Farmer Steelman Art Weaver Total Starts Shutouts All of Phillippe s shutouts were with one catcher. Starts Lou Criger 89 Mal Kittredge Duke Farrell Deacon McGuire 9 John Warner 7 Charlie Armbruster Jim Stephens 8 Billy Sullivan, Sr. 6 Tubby Spencer Boileryard Clarke Pat Moran Bill Carrigan Charlie Graham Jack Clements Bob Peterson Mike Roach Jake Stahl Joe Connor Bert Blue Jim Duncan Art McGovern Frank McManus Aleck Smith Syd Smith Fritz Buelow Dick Butler Al Shaw Wib Smith Total Shutouts One of Dinneen s shutouts was with more than one catcher.

7 CATCHING RUBE WBERG AND GEORGE EARNSHAW Courtesy of Walt Wilson, here are the batterymates for two outstanding pitchers who were teammates on the pennant-winning Philadelphia Athletics of CATCHING RUBE WBERG Rube Walberg pitched for New York (NL) 9; Philadelphia () 9-; and Boston () 9-7. He made 6 starts and threw shutouts. Mickey Cochrane Cy Perkins Rick Ferrell Johnnie Heving Gene Desautels 9 Ed Madjeski 8 Jimmie Foxx Gordie Hinkle Wally Schang Lou Legett Moe Berg Frank Bruggy Total 6 All of Walberg s shutouts were with one catcher. CATCHING GEORGE EARNSHAW George Earnshaw pitched for Philadelphia () 98- ; Chicago () 9-; Brooklyn (NL) 9-6; and St. Louis (NL) 96. He made 9 starts and threw 8 shutouts. Mickey Cochrane 7 Ed Madjeski 7 Al Lopez 8 Ray Berres Johnnie Heving 9 Wally Schang 7 Spud Davis Cy Perkins Babe Phelps Muddy Ruel Merv Shea Luke Sewell Joe Palmisano Jimmie Foxx Bruce Ogrodowski Total 9 8 All of Earnshaw s shutouts were with one catcher.