Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

On May 12, 11:00=A0pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Stats guys in the basebal booth rule.
>
> I'm watching the Angels and the White Sox. =A0Each team has a player in
th=
e
> game whose last name starts with "Q". =A0The Real Stats Guy came up with
> this: no two players whose names begin with "Q" have ever homered in the
> same major league game.

That is the sort of datum that makes me really appreciate Vin Scully.
He had an uncanny ability to keep quiet, if he didn't have anything
interesting to say.

> BlinkyBonusPanel: =A0A Cleveland player got an unassisted triple play
toda=
y.
> The last one was performed in 2007. =A0I wonder if this indicates a
trend,=

> since in over a hundred years of major league ball today's was only the
> 14th. :) =A0BonusBonus: =A0Cleveland also had the first two, in 1909 and
1=
920.
> They are the alpha and omega of unassisted triple plays; but had none in
> between.

I have seen like exactly one triple play of any sort, a 4-6-3.  There
are two plays I would like to see before I die.  An unassisted triple
play, which could happen, and an unassisted double play by an
outfielder, which is rather less likely.  Tris Speaker had several of
them back in the day:  man on second, Speaker playing shallow center,
charging a weak line drive, catching it and just continuing on to tag
second before the runner gets back.  This would be very unlikely
today.

Richard R. Hershberger