Word: pitcher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soon, baseball will be back. Will you be ready to spend evenings arguing with friends about who is the better pitcher--Roger Clemens or Orel Hershiser? Will you be ready to listen to Vince Scully every Saturday afternoon...
...Although Ryan can boast of his no-hitter record, he certainly should keep quiet when the subject of base on balls comes up. Mr. No-Hitter has walked more than 150 batters five seasons in his career. He is also only the second pitcher in baseball history to give up more than 200 free passes to first base in a season. Ryan did it twice (1974, 1977). Fortunately for Ryan, one Hall of Famer holds the single-season record for most walks. Name...
...Back to 1904 and the American League. Philadelphia's Rube Waddell led the league in strikeouts and became the first pitcher in the 20th century to chalk up two consecutive 300-plus strikeout seasons. His strikeout tally in 1904 was the most by any pitcher in a single season until Sandy Koufax fanned 382 batters in 1965. How many batters did Waddell strike...
...around Reese, the musical clatter and chatter of baseball training have revived Mesa, Ariz. In the distance a tall rookie without a right hand, No. 60, is sprinting. "This may be the age of the $3 million pitcher," says the old coach, "but the kids just showing up still have the same stars in their eyes. They keep looking down at the front of their shirts. Any day in a major league uniform is great." When No. 60 crosses into view, Reese whispers, "You know, he has as good a stuff as anybody in camp...
Incidentally, Pete Gray lasted just the solitary year because he hit but .218 one-handed. As a pitcher, Abbott is excused from batting chores by the American League's designated-hitter rule, though it may be the other pitchers who should celebrate. At Michigan he came to bat a total of three times. After grounding out to third, he singled in the infield and then cracked a clean hit to right. Two for three. That's .667 lifetime...