Ed Kranepool’s Ironman Performance
Ed Kranepool is the career leader in games played for the Mets and played a fascinating doubleheader as a teenager in 1964.
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Non-HOF Players Quirky
Non-HOF Players
Stories that center around players not in the Hall of Fame.
Non-HOF Players Quirky
Baseball’s Worst Hitter
Among players with at least 750 plate appearances in the majors, no one has been remotely as bad as Bob Buhl.
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Non-HOF Players
The Other Larkin
The only player to make it to the majors with a pacemaker needed to assist his heart rhythm, was the brother of a Hall of Famer.
Non-HOF Players
Bobby Richardson in the 1960 World Series
The only time the World Series MVP award went to a member of the losing team was in 1960.
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Non-HOF Players
The Other DiMaggio Streak
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak is well-remembered, but few know that younger brother Dom DiMaggio had his own historic batting streak.
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Non-HOF Players
“The Best of Us”
Pitcher Carl Erskine was the last living member of the 1955 World Champions known as “The Boys of Summer.” He was also one of the best men, period, to represent major league baseball.
Non-HOF Players Quirky
Jack “Home Run” Harshman
The career leader in homer rate by a pitcher-batter (minimum of 14 HR as a pitcher) is not Babe Ruth or Shohei Ohtani, but rather a largely forgotten 178-pound beanpole of a pitcher.
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Non-HOF Players
Pete Browning
Pete Browning was a three-time batting champion with a career average of .341, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame.
Non-HOF Players
Tony Kubek
Tony Kubek became so well known as a baseball broadcaster that few remember what an outstanding young star he had been until the injury that forced him out of the game.
Non-HOF Players
Don Newcombe’s Second Life (#2 of 2)
Don Newcombe was a sensational ballplayer in his first life. He was a better man in his second life. This is #2 in a 2-part series.
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