Anthony Rizzo and the fewest hits for a career cycle

Posted by John Autin on June 18, 2011

B-R reader Zuke posed the following question in a recent thread:

"The Padres' Anthony Rizzo has four career hits: a single, a double, a triple and a home run. Is he the first player to do that? Is that even searchable?"

Now, if the question means, "Has anyone ever gotten a single, double, triple and HR as his first 4 hits?", I cannot answer. But if it means, "Is Rizzo the only player with exactly 4 career hits, including one of each kind?", then it is searchable, and the answer (as first reported by reader Spindlebrook) is "no". Here are the two players who, as of this moment, have exactly one of each type of hit in their careers:

Rk	Player	Year	HR	3B	2B	1B	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Anthony Rizzo	2011	1	1	1	1	2011	2011	21-21	8	33	25	2	4	1	7	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.364	.400	.764	/*3	SDP
2	Jerry Brooks	1996	1	1	1	1	1993	1996	26-29	17	16	14	4	4	4	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	/93	LAD-FLA

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As I looked at Rizzo's game log, related questions came to mind:

How many others have had exactly 1 of each flavor of hit in a season?:

Rk	Player	Year	H	3B	2B	HR	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Anthony Rizzo	2011	4	1	1	1	21	SDP	NL	8	33	25	2	1	7	9	1	0	1	0	.160	.364	.400	.764	/*3
2	Matt Diaz	2004	4	1	1	1	26	TBD	AL	10	24	21	3	3	1	6	2	0	0	0	.190	.292	.476	.768	/D79
3	Curtis Pride	1993	4	1	1	1	24	MON	NL	10	9	9	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	1.111	1.556	/7
4	Fred Manrique	1985	4	1	1	1	23	MON	NL	9	14	13	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.769	1.126	/645
5	Bruce Kison	1978	4	1	1	1	28	PIT	NL	28	29	29	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	.138	.138	.345	.483	*1
6	Ray Poat	1947	4	1	1	1	29	NYG	NL	7	23	21	3	5	1	7	0	1	0	0	.190	.227	.476	.703	/*1
7	Claude Hendrix	1911	4	1	1	1	22	PIT	NL	22	42	41	2	2	1	15	0	0	0	0	.098	.119	.244	.363	*1

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Matt Diaz, a September callup for Tampa in 2004, went 0 for his first 12 before ticking off the cycle one by one in his last 4 games that year (HR, 2B, 1B, 3B).

I also noticed that Rizzo collected the hits in inverse order of their general frequency: first the triple (in his June 9 debut); then the HR and the double (in his 3rd game); and finally, after an 0 for 13 stretch, the single. I have no way to check the rarity of that; but it did occur to me that, had Rizzo been sent back down to the minors when his average fell to .176, he could have become just the 2nd player ever to have a season with at least one of each extra-base hit, but NO singles:

Rk	Player	Year	1B	3B	2B	HR	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Dixie Howell	1957	0	1	1	3	37	CHW	AL	42	29	27	4	5	3	2	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.185	.241	.630	.871	*1

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Which leads to our accustomed tangent. Take a deep breath or turn back now; the cave is vast, and there is little air below....

Dixie Howell, from Harold, KY, was a pitcher who had an unusual MLB career, mostly in relief and mostly from the ages of 35 to 37. He is not to be confused with the catcher Dixie Howell, from Louisville, KY, who was active in some of the same seasons. Dixie the pitcher started sooner and stayed later, but Dixie the catcher got more playing time. It's confusing.

Anyway, Dixie Howell the pitcher was just OK at his primary task, with a career 106 ERA+. But he was one of the best-hitting pitchers in a short career that MLB has ever seen. Howell and Micah Owings are the only pitchers with at least 50 career AB and a slugging percentage of at least .500:

Rk	Player	SLG	AB	From	To	Age	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Micah Owings	.526	190	2007	2011	24-28	151	204	26	55	14	2	9	34	8	0	65	1	3	2	2	0	0	.289	.318	.845	*1	ARI-TOT-CIN
2	Dixie Howell	.500	74	1940	1958	20-38	124	79	8	18	2	1	5	9	4	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.243	.282	.782	*1	CLE-CIN-CHW

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And now for the minutiae....

Howell hit 3 HRs in 1957, all in Comiskey Park, which was quite a feat. The rest of the White Sox hit just 37 HRs in Comiskey that year in over 2,500 AB, a rate of 1 HR per 69 AB; Howell did all his damage in just 14 AB, including the 3 HRs, a triple and a double. On the road, he went 0 for 13.

Two of those HRs came in one game, on June 16, 1957, the nightcap of a doubleheader that the 1st-place ChiSox swept from the last-place Senators. Howell relieved starter Jack Harshman in the 5th, an inning that ended with the Senators ahead, 6-0. Howell led off the home 6th with a home run off Tex Clevenger. The Sox scored twice more that inning, but trailed, 6-3, when Howell came up again in the 6th with 2 out and none on, and hit another HR, off Bud Byerly. Chicago scored 4 in the 8th, the last 2 runs scoring on walks, and won the game, 8-6; Howell earned the win, charged with no runs in 3.2 IP.

Howell's other HR that year was a walk-off job against the Athletics on Sept. 6, 1957. He came on in relief to start the 8th with the A's ahead by 2 runs, and gave up a leadoff triple to Joe DeMaestri, but Howell struck out Gus Zernial, then retired Lou Skizas and Billy Martin to strand the runner. Chicago tied it in their 8th, and after Howell worked out of another jam in the 9th (snaring a 2-out liner by Vic Power with 2 runners in scoring position), he came up with 1 out in the home 9th and hit a blast off Wally Burnette. (Burnette, incidentally, holds the unique distinction of having once been traded for Tommy Lasorda.)

Howell had 4 games in which he homered as a reliever, tying him with 4 others for 2nd in the live-ball era.

Rk	Player	#Matching		PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
1	Chad Kimsey	6	Ind. Games	10	9	6	0	0	6	8	1	0	.667	.700	2.667	3.367	0	0		0

2	Ken Tatum	4	Ind. Games	5	5	4	0	0	4	6	0	0	.800	.800	3.200	4.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lou Sleater	4	Ind. Games	6	6	4	0	0	4	8	0	1	.667	.667	2.667	3.333	0	0	0	0	1
4	Mickey McDermott	4	Ind. Games	7	7	4	0	0	4	4	0	1	.571	.571	2.286	2.857	0	0	0	0	0
5	Dixie Howell	4	Ind. Games	6	6	5	0	0	5	6	0	1	.833	.833	3.333	4.167	0	0	0	0	0
6	Clint Hartung	4	Ind. Games	6	6	4	0	0	4	6	0	1	.667	.667	2.667	3.333	0	0	0	0	0

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Howell is also one of 4 relief pitchers with 2 HRs in one game since 1919, and the last to do so:

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	IBB	SO	ROE	GDP	WPA	RE24	aLI	BOP	Pos. Summary
1	Dixie Howell	1957-06-16 (2)	CHW	WSH	W 8-6	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0.016	1.429	1.227	9	P
2	Babe Birrer	1955-07-19	DET	BAL	W 12-4	2	2	2	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0.211	4.326	.785	9	P
3	Jack Knight	1926-06-24 (1)	PHI	NYG	L 7-12	4	4	2	2	2	5		0			0.000	0.000		9	P
4	Jess Doyle	1925-09-28 (2)	DET	NYY	L 6-7	2	2	2	2	2	3		0			0.000	0.000		9	P

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Finally, for you intrepid few who have not yet lost the will to live, here are relief pitchers who have hit a home run since 2000:

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	ROE	WPA	RE24	aLI	BOP	Pos. Summary
1	Gustavo Chacin	2010-05-31	HOU	WSN	L 4-14	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.094	1.000	.900	9	P
2	Micah Owings	2010-05-07	CIN	CHC	L 7-14	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0.023	2.032	.207	9	P
3	Russ Ortiz	2009-05-19	HOU	MIL	L 2-4	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.157	1.000	1.360	9	P
4	Mark Worrell	2008-06-05 (2)	STL	WSN	L 9-10	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.121	2.603	.700	8	P
5	Carlos Marmol	2006-09-07	CHC	PIT	L 5-7	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.123	1.000	1.260	9	P
6	Jorge Sosa	2006-07-17	ATL	STL	W 15-3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.000	1.000	.000	9	P
7	Adam Wainwright	2006-05-24	STL	SFG	W 10-4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.072	0.626	1.255	9	P
8	Randy Keisler	2005-06-07	CIN	TBD	W 9-7	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0.119	1.386	.650	9	P
9	Brooks Kieschnick	2003-09-12	MIL	SFG	L 2-8	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.019	1.000	.280	9	P
10	Brooks Kieschnick	2003-08-06	MIL	ATL	L 2-10	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.001	1.614	.010	3	P
11	Guillermo Mota	2003-07-13	LAD	COL	W 9-3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.081	1.000	.700	9	P
12	Brooks Kieschnick	2003-05-12	MIL	CHC	L 5-11	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.041	1.873	.270	9	P
13	Mike Matthews	2001-08-21	STL	CIN	W 11-6	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.002	1.000	.020	9	P
14	Omar Olivares	2001-06-29	PIT	MON	L 3-12	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.116	1.609	1.220	9	P
15	Danny Graves	2001-06-21	CIN	HOU	W 8-7	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.123	1.311	1.160	9	P
16	Felipe Lira	2000-07-08	MON	TOR	L 3-6	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.122	1.000	1.260	9	P
17	Gabe White	2000-06-10	COL	TEX	W 12-6	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.040	1.000	.270	9	P
18	Danny Graves	2000-05-12	CIN	HOU	W 7-3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.025	1.000	.170	2	P

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37 Responses to “Anthony Rizzo and the fewest hits for a career cycle”

Anon Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Owings also has 2 pinch-hit HRs that were not in relief appearances but straight PH opportunities. I'm pretty sure when he did it 1st in 2008, he was the 1st pitcher with a PH HR in 20 or 30 years (Bill Robinson IIRC).
Anon Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
WEll, it wasn't Bill Robinson so I mis-remembered that part. But I'm pretty sure about the 20-30 years. . . .
DaveKingman Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Dixie Howell? Harrumph.

A poor man's Terry Forster.
Voomo Zanzibar Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Brooks Kieschnick, wow. Three in one year.
And, he had homers that year as a P, a PH, and as a DH.
Spindlebrook Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
@ Voomo Zanzibar - He's the only player to ever hit home runs as a P, PH, and DH.

They don't call him "Toolshed" for nothing!
Gerry Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
"Howell relieved starter Jack Harshman in the 5th...." Harshman was also a pitcher who could hit with power - 6 home runs in 1956, another 6 in 1958. His OPS+ was 101 in 1957, 123 in 1958 (in 101 PA). His career OPS was not so good, just 73. I think he's just outside the top 20 in career SLG for a pitcher with 500+ PA.
Morten Jonsson Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
@3

Actually, Dixie Howell was the poor man's Dixie Howell--both he and the catcher got their names from the real Dixie Howell, the legendary halfback at the University of Alabama. Any Southerner named Howell in the thirties and forties stood a good chance of being called Dixie. The real Dixie Howell played minor league baseball for eight years--he was pretty good, but never quite made the majors.
John Autin Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
What a great set of comments! Every one of them made me think, laugh, or both. Commendations to all you spelunkers.

And if there's one thing I like, it's a good, old-fashioned harrumph!

(Even if Dave Kingman is a poor man's Dick Stuart.)
DoubleDiamond Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Curtis Pride! One of my special favorites, for a few reasons.

1993 was his debut year. He was a September call-up for the Expos that year. He was originally with the Mets organization but did not do well in the minors for them because he was going to school at and playing basketball for the College of William and Mary.
Thomas Court Says:
June 18th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Sorry to be off topic... but has anyone seen the trailer for Moneyball? It looks pretty good. Brad Pitt is nicely cast as Billy Beane, and Aaron Sorkin contributing to the writing? Nice.
Doug Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 12:43 am
The earliest in a career for recording a game cycle: Gary Ward of the Twins, in his 14th career game.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198009181.shtml

Ward achieved 3/4 of the cycle 2 games earlier (his first two career XBHs), but the cycle game was his first career homer, so was also the game he first achieved a career cycle.
Doug Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 1:01 am
"Burnette, incidentally, holds the unique distinction of having once been traded for Tommy Lasorda."

Indeed, he does. And, interestingly, that trade was the one Lasorda transaction that didn't involve the Dodgers. After 7 seasons in the Dodger organization, Lasorda was sold to the As during spring training of the '56 season. With the As, Tommy got his first (and only) real shot in the bigs, with 5 starts and 13 relief appearances in half a season before the Burnette trade to the Yankees in July of '56. The Yankees would, in turn, sell Lasorda back to the Dodgers the next season.

Lasorda never again appeared in a major league game after that stint with the As, eventually being released by the Dodgers in 1960. But, he did get his only gray ink there - dubiously ranking 3rd in the AL in wid pitches, with 7 in just 45 innings work.
zuke Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 1:05 am
wow, nice post john. thanks for following up on that little query. i did, in fact, mean "is rizzo the first to hit for the 'career cycle' with his first four hits?" obviously he's not. some fine tangents too!
John Autin Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 1:06 am
Well done, Doug @11!

Gary Ward hit .463 that year (19 for 41) -- the 4th highest BA in modern history for a player with 40+ ABs.

Ward never had another cycle, though he did have a game that one of our readers (sorry, but it's late and your name escapes me) has dubbed a "cycle-plus" -- i.e., a game with 4+ hits and at least 2 of some kind of XBH such that, by "scaling down" one or more of the XBH, the gap(s) in the cycle could be filled in:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198305230.shtml

Ward also had this pseudo-cycle game, with the hits coming in reverse order. He homered, tripled, singled and stole 2nd, then singled, and scored all 4 times:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198408140.shtml
Doug Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 2:16 am
@14.

John, thanks for mentioning the super-cycle.

J.P. Arencibia is the record holder in that category with a super cycle (HR, 2B, 1B, HR) in his first career game.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR201008070.shtml

But, the magic didn't last. Starting with an out in his 5th AB of that first game, Arencibia went 1 for 31 for the remainder of his first season.

Honorable mention (and I'd better mention it since only 393 attended the game) goes to Ed Freed of the Phillies, who had a single, 2 doubles and a triple in his first career game, the only other player with 4+ hits, including 3+ XBH in his first career game.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI194209110.shtml

The 22 year-old Freed went .303 / .378 / .455 in 13 games with the Phils that September, but he never again played in the majors.
Doug Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 3:14 am
@15.

Don't know why I called it a super cycle. Your term, "cycle-plus", is what I'm talking about.
Charles Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 7:32 am
http://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/howell_millard.htm

Biography of Dixie Howell
Dave M Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 8:29 am
Bill Hall came up with Milw. in 2002. His first four Major League hits in order were; HR,3B,2B, and 1B.
JW Lewis Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 11:54 am
@1 and 2 Anon:

Might that have been Don Robinson? Teammate of Bill on late 70s, early 80s Pirates, "good hitter for a pitcher"?
Dvd Avins Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Uh, Mike, since those were Brooks' only hits, you can safely conclude they were his first four hits, as well. So as it happens, you can answer the original question.
John Autin Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
@20 -- Good point, there ... uh ... Jim. (?)
Dvd Avins Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Whoops. I quickly looked up top to see who'd posted this and looked at accidentally looked at the previous post title instead. So is an apology appropriate when one mis-identifies a person who made a mistake?
Charles Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Claude Hendrix first 4 hits were for the cycle.
Doug Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Speaking of good hitting pitchers, here are all the players who have homered 5+ times in a season in which 75% of their appearances were pitching. Take a look at some of those slash lines. Carlos Z's season looks pretty tame compared to most of these seasons.

Seems like the 60s were the decade of the pitcher, only if you weren't a pitcher. If you were, then you were raking (unless you were Dean Chance).

Wes Ferrell, 9, 1931, 0.319 / 0.373 / 0.621
Earl Wilson, 7, 1966, 0.240 / 0.299 / 0.500
Earl Wilson, 7, 1968, 0.227 / 0.253 / 0.489
Don Drysdale, 7, 1958, 0.227 / 0.261 / 0.591
Don Drysdale, 7, 1965, 0.300 / 0.331 / 0.508
Bob Lemon, 7, 1949, 0.269 / 0.331 / 0.556
Sonny Siebert, 6, 1971, 0.266 / 0.289 / 0.532
Rick Wise, 6, 1971, 0.237 / 0.260 / 0.464
Jim Tobin, 6, 1942, 0.246 / 0.344 / 0.421
Jack Harshman, 6, 1956, 0.169 / 0.277 / 0.437
Hal Schumacher, 6, 1934, 0.239 / 0.258 / 0.453
Fergie Jenkins, 6, 1971, 0.243 / 0.282 / 0.478
Earl Wilson, 6, 1965, 0.177 / 0.301 / 0.405
Carlos Zambrano, 6, 2006, 0.151 / 0.160 / 0.397
Tony Cloninger, 5, 1966, 0.234 / 0.261 / 0.414
Don Drysdale, 5, 1961, 0.193 / 0.244 / 0.386
Don Cardwell, 5, 1960, 0.208 / 0.208 / 0.416
Dizzy Trout, 5, 1944, 0.271 / 0.317 / 0.429
Bob Lemon, 5, 1948, 0.286 / 0.331 / 0.487
Bob Lemon, 5, 1956, 0.194 / 0.272 / 0.355
Bob Gibson, 5, 1965, 0.240 / 0.261 / 0.404
Bob Gibson, 5, 1972, 0.194 / 0.202 / 0.398
Art Nehf, 5, 1924, 0.228 / 0.302 / 0.509
Dvd Avins Says:
June 20th, 2011 at 12:19 am
Jenkins was a terrible hitter, except for that one year when me must have kep lifting the ball into Wrigley's winds. I used to think that Seaver was jobbed in the Cy Young voting in 1971, but if you include a pitcher's offense (and I think you should) then Jenkins was better.
John Autin Says:
June 20th, 2011 at 1:23 am
@22, Dvd Avins -- Actually, given how often people write my name as "Austin," being called "Mike" was kind of a refreshing change of pace. I took no offense.

As to your question in general ... while I am no more an expert on etiquette than Larry "Bud" Melman was a lawyer, I would say that any time you even ask yourself "is an apology appropriate?", it's probably appropriate. 🙂
Charles Says:
June 20th, 2011 at 7:26 am
Your pitching list left off Mike Hampton in 2001 with 7 homers because he fell just short of the 75% (43/58), but all 7 were hit in games where he was the starting pitcher, so he deserves an honorable mention.
Pete R Says:
June 22nd, 2011 at 8:27 am
Still another odd thing about Dixie Howell: his major league career (as measured from his debut to his last game) lasted 17.5 years; and he died aged 40. That means that his career was 43% of his lifetime: is this a record?
John Autin Says:
June 22nd, 2011 at 11:41 am
@28, Pete R. -- Good point about Dixie Howell. I don't know what the "record" is in that regard, but it's not him. Roberto Clemente died at 38 having played 18 seasons in the majors, over 47% of his lifespan.
Charles Says:
June 23rd, 2011 at 6:42 am
Anthony Rizzo
Jerry Brooks
Curtis Pride
Claude Hendrix
JR Phillips (HR, 3B, 2B, 1B)
Carlos Perez
Ken Hubbs
Bill Hall (HR, 3B, 2B, 1B)
Todd Dunwoody
Charles Says:
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:16 am
Frank Ernaga first 8 hits 2 cycles
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June 23rd, 2011 at 11:56 am
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John Autin Says:
June 23rd, 2011 at 12:16 pm
@30-31, Charles -- Excellent! Thank you very much.

Frank Ernaga, what an amazing story. All he did in his big-league debut was hit a HR and a triple -- against Warren Spahn, who would win the Cy Young Award that year! And in his 2nd start, a HR and a double against Juan Pizarro. His next hit was a triple, so his first 5 hit were all XBH.
John Autin Says:
June 23rd, 2011 at 12:17 pm
@30 -- Hard to believe that Todd Dunwoody gets mentioned 3 times in a week in these pages!
CHARLES Says:
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Jose Moreno
Brandon Berger
Buster Maynard
Frank Welch
Johnny Allen

Greg Walker 8 hits 2 cycles (lead off 2nd year with a triple)
Gerald Williams 16 hits 3 cycles (3 HR's first season, 3 3B's second)
Charles Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 12:12 am
Eddie Pellagrini (5th hit a homer)
Lloyd Merriman
Starlin Castro (HR 3B 2B 1B)
Bill Russell (1st 2 games)
John Autin Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 12:22 am
Charles, I hope that you're compiling this all in a safe place for presentation at a future SABR convention!

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