Did You Know?!: Batter UP!

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...