Fatty Fothergill
It was said that the 5-foot-10 Bob Fothergill had to go on a strict diet to keep his weight down to 256 pounds, but oh, he could hit!
Non-HOF Players
Non-HOF Players
Harvard’s Best Baseball Player
W.C. Mathews, Harvard’s best baseball player, was coached in 1902 by a major league outfielder in the midst of a Hall of Fame career, but Harvard’s best was denied his own chance to play in the majors.
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Non-HOF Players
Steve Barber
By age 22 Steve Barber was the hardest throwing pitcher in the majors. Wrestling with control problems, in 1966 he became the first pitcher to be removed from a game when he was one out away from a no-hitter.
Quirky
Quick Games of the Dead Ball Era
The style of play in the Dead Ball Era was conducive to very fast games. The first three known 9-inning games to be played in under an hour all happened in the closing days of the 1919 season.
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Hall of Fame
Cochrane and Cobb
Late in Ty cobb’s career and early in Mickey Cochrane’s, the two Hall of Famers forged a friendship that lasted the rest of their lives.
Non-HOF Players Quirky
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
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.
Hall of Fame
Barry Larkin
Some BBWAA voters predicted Barry Larkin would never be elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Not only were they wrong, he probably should have been elected on his first ballot rather than his third.
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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