Sales and Leasing Consultant, Tim Hoyt, is back in action for the April edition of "Did You Know?!"
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It's April which means only one thing...baseball is back! Here are some facts and tidbits on the great American pastime.
Did you know that...
- The Seattle Mariners have the most single season wins with 116 in 2001, but no World Series appearances ever.
- The Washington Nationals, formerly known as the the Montreal Expos, have never been in the World Series either.
- Stan Musial had 3630 hits: 1815 at home and 1815 on the road.
- Willie Mays had 7092 outfield put outs.
- Ernie Banks and Harmon Killebrew were never ejected from a game in their 41 combined years.
- Manager Bobby Cox was ejected 158 times.
- Jim Palmer pitched 3,947 innings without allowing a grand slam.
- Craig Biggio was hit by 285 pitches.
- Ricky Henderson walked 2,558 times and scored 2,295 times.
- A-Rod has hit 23 grand slams.
- The 1968 St.Louis Cardinals had 30 shutouts- Bob Gibson threw 13 of them
- Jamie Moyer is the oldest pitcher to win an MLB game at the age of 49.
- Mike Trout is the youngest player to hit 100 home runs at the age of 23.
- Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood and Randy Johnson all have struck out 20 batters in a single game.
- Greg Maddux has the most Gold Gloves (18).
- Yogi Berra had 71 hits in 14 World Series
- Micky Mantle has the most World Series homers with 18.
- Baseball has more stats than any other sport
- When it comes to the Cubs/Cardinals rivalry, the Cubbies hold the edge with 1,190 wins to 1,138 wins.
- Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet go together in the ole U.S.A.
Stay tuned for next month's edition...
