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#OTD in #MLB history (4/27/1896): Second baseman/MLB coach Rogers Hornsby was born. #STLCards #Giants (NY) #BostonBraves #Cubs #Reds #STLBrowns #Mets #HOF sabr.org/bioproj/person… 1926 WS champion 2X NL home run leader/NL MVP 4X NL RBI leader 7X NL batting champion
Trivia: Can you name the only AL player to win the batting title from 1901 to 1928 and not be in the Hall of Fame? If you guessed St. Louis Browns outfielder George Stone (in 1906), you are correct. Here is his Sweet Caporal back T206, a recent addition. #T206 #STLBrowns
Born #OTD in 1893, George Sisler. The #StLBrowns slugger was a 1922 MVP, a 2x Batting champ (both over .400), 4x SB leader, lifetime .340 batter (with 2,812 hits), Sisler became a Hall of Famer with the Class of 1939.
Bill Veeck and Satchel Paige, Olive Memorial Stadium, Burbank, CA, #SpringTraining 1952. Paige would win 12 games for the #StLBrowns in 1952 with a 2.85 ERA, earning his first AL All-Star nod at age 46. Photo by Ed Clark, LIFE Magazine
Irving Burns hit a rock solid .286 as 1B for #StLBrowns, all the while enduring the anxieties of playing in London during #TheBlitz. 😬😉
Named winner of the Ford C. Frick Award #OTD in 1992, broadcaster Milo Hamilton. He worked with the #StLBrowns (1953) #Cardinals (1954) #Cubs (1956-57) #WhiteSox (1962-65) #Braves (1966-75) #Pirates (1976-79) Cubs (1980-84) & #Astros (1985-2012).
Holy Cow! Born #OTD in 1914, broadcaster Harry Caray. He spent 25 years calling St. Louis #Cardinals and #StLBrowns games, #Athletics 1yr, Chicago #WhiteSox 11yrs and #Cubs 16yrs. He was a 1989 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. He repopularized "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
#OTD in 1991, Bill Veeck was added to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The innovative executive was part of the #StLBrowns, #Indians and #WhiteSox organizations for over 40 years.
@OleTimeHardball Interesting stats, hit 400 twice, 420 & 407, interesting base stealing stats, got thrown out a lot. #STLBrowns #Braves baseball-reference.com/players/s/sisl…
For the record, there have been 3 pitchers in MLB history throw a no-no w/out recording a strikeout: Holtzman in ‘69👆🏻, #SadSam Jones w/ #Yankees in ‘23 & #StLBrowns Earl Hamilton in ‘12.
Got my 1st landscape #T206 yesterday!😍 This #StLBrowns hurler has MLB mark for most wins w/ a career losing record. Jack went 245-254 w/ 2.97 career ERA (106 ERA+) winning 15+ 9x, 20+ 4x, but w/ some lowly clubs he lost 15+ 11x. 31% of runs his last 7 yrs were unearned.😬🤷♂️
#OTD In 1953, Dizzy Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1934, he not only led the NL with 30 wins, he propelled the #Cardinals to win it all. He was named MVP. He was a 4x K's leader and 2x Wins leader. The 4x All-Star had a very short 12-yr career #Cubs #StLBrowns
3600 home runs by franchise: AL: #STLBrowns - 586 #Athletics - 579 #Tigers - 526 #WhiteSox - 525 (56 by Ted Lyons) #RedSox - 477 #Senators - 427 #Indians / #Guardians - 421
#OTD in 1888, the Kansas City Cowboys joined the American Association. The cowpokes would be terrible, finishing 8th (last) 47.5 games out from the #StLBrowns. They would play one more season before folding.
#OTD in 1888, the New York #Giants OF/P George Van Haltren tossed an exhibition no-hitter vs. the #StLBrowns. Side note: Van Haltren has the 2nd-highest hits-to-at bats ratio of any eligible player not in the Hall of Fame (2,544 H in 9,020 AB).
1/4/1942: On this date in 1942, Rogers Hornsby became the 14th player selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hornsby won the Triple Crown twice (‘22 & ‘25), and his .424 batting average in 1924 was the highest mark of the 20th century. #MLB #OTD #BaseballOTD #STLCards #STLBrowns
#OTD in #MLB history (12/31/1919): Lefthanded pitcher, MLB scout, and Wake Forest, NC mayor Tommy Byrne was born. #Yankees #STLBrowns #WhiteSox #WashingtonSenators #Mets sabr.org/bioproj/person… 1950 All-Star 2X World Series champion
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