OCT: THE BASEBALL GURU ARTICLE
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My grandson Todd is
seventeen years old now
and is an avid
baseball fan. Over the
years he has asked questions about the
game. Some stumped me.
Some of them I was able to answer.
WHAT WAS
THE WORST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES?
THE
DID ANY
TWO BROTHERS EVER FACE EACH OTHER IN A ML GAME?
MORT AND WALKER
COOPER.
WHO HAD
THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HRs IN A 10 YEAR CAREER OR OVER?
DUANE KUIPER:
1 HR: 3,379 AT BATS.
SINCE THE
60s WHAT TEAM HAD THE WORST RECORD FOR A SEASON?
THE
WHO HAS
THE WORST BA FOR A 10 YEAR CAREER OR MORE?
BOB BROWN:
.226.
WHO HAS
THE WORST PITCHING RECORD FOR A 10 YEAR CAREER OR OVER?
MILT GASTON:
97-164.
HIGHEST
BATTING AVERAGE IN THE MAJORS FOR A
CAREER?
TY COBB:
.365.
MOST PINCH
HIT HOMERUNS?
CLIFF JOHNSON:
20 HRs.
WHAT PLAYER
HIT FOR THE CYCLE THE MOST?
BABE HERMAN:
3.
MOST HOMERUNS
IN A GAME?
NIG CLARKE: 8:
IN THE MINOR LEAGUES.
DID ANY
PITCHER EVER STRIKE OUT EVERY BATTER IN A GAME?
RON NECCIAI: ALL 27 BATTERS: IN THE MINOR LEAGUES.