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Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 09:33 AM

Will Ferrell: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferrewi01.shtml Kurt Russell: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001kur Michael Jordan: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jordan001mic Art Rooney: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rooney001art Charley Pride: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pride-001cha Randy "Macho Man" Savage: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=poffo-001ran Dave Debusschere: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/debusda01.shtml (It just now strikes me that this is a terrible name for a guy coming up from the minors trying to stick in the majors.) Jim Thorpe: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thorpji01.shtml Zane Grey: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=grey--001zan Bert Convy: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=convy-001ber Jim Reeves: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=reeves005jam Governor Mario Cuomo: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cuomo-001mar Fidél Castro: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=castro000fid Eliot Asinof: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=asinof001eli Possibly President Dwight David Eisenhower: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson080---

MFS62 Apr 08 2021 10:41 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Chuck Connors (better known as an actor) https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/connoch01.shtml Later

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 10:46 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

He's also an oddball in the basketball-reference database.

G-Fafif Apr 08 2021 04:19 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Jeff Wilpon. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilpon000jef

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 04:22 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Good one. I wonder what a fifth round choice in the old January supplemental draft equated to by June standards.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 08 2021 04:35 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Garth Brooks: https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Garth_Brooks

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 04:40 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Ferrell gets a stat page for his spring training appearances, but not Brooks.

Frayed Knot Apr 08 2021 04:45 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Danny Ainge -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aingeda01.shtml Trevor Gretzky -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gretzk000tre

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 05:30 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Edwin Darling: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=darlin001edw Gary Hernandez: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001gar Gordon Carter: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=carter001gor John Maine: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=maine-001joh Gil Hodges, Jr.: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hodges002gil Casey Hodges: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hodges001cas George Giles: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=giles-002geo Vincius "Nish" Williams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia000nis Hank McGraw: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mcgraw001hen

Chad ochoseis Apr 08 2021 05:36 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

John Olerud [url]https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=olerud001joh He shows up in Ball Four as an AAA catcher telling Jim Bouton to stick a fastball in someone's ear.

dinosaur jesus Apr 08 2021 06:01 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

John Henry Williams: [url]https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia012joh

Frayed Knot Apr 08 2021 07:00 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Edgy MD wrote: Gary Hernandez: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001gar John (Pops) Hernandez -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001joh Daniel (son of Gary) Hernandez -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan002dan

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 07:12 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Nice work. It looks like Keith's father served in World War II. I hadn't guessed that. It also looks like he was pretty good.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 08 2021 07:24 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

My eighth-grade science teacher at New York Avenue Junior High School in Smithtown: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=debole001lou

G-Fafif Apr 08 2021 09:10 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

My high school gym teacher and our varsity basketball coach. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=deluca001tho A minor league teammate of three future Mets while in the Cardinal chain.

Edgy MD Apr 08 2021 10:53 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Tommy Piazza: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=piazza001tho Mike Glavine: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavimi01.shtml Natanael Ramos: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ramos-000nat Wally Backman, Jr.: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=backma002wal Glen Johnson: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=johnso002gle L.J. Mazzilli: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mazzil000lj- Cutter Dykstra: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dykstr001cut Kash Beauchamp: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=beauch003jam Shawn Teufel: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=teufel001sha The 1.000-hitting John Paciorek: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paciojo01.shtml

Fman99 Apr 09 2021 05:10 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

The great grandfather of a buddy and former coworker of mine. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischwi01.shtml

G-Fafif Apr 09 2021 06:47 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Author and Tom Seaver companion Pat Jordan. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jordan001pat Nice gap between minor league seasons.

Edgy MD Apr 19 2021 09:41 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Michael Strawberry: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=strawb001mic Phil Wilson: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson004phi

RealityChuck Apr 20 2021 06:51 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

My high school math teacher, Hal "Goldie" Goldsmith: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldsha01.shtml School legend had it he struck out Babe Ruth, but it couldn't have happened in the regular season.

Edgy MD Apr 20 2021 09:01 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Álex Treviño had a brother named Bobby who was 12 years older than him and had a brief run with the 1968 Angels: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trevibo01.shtml In my head, he liked to play golf with Adrian Garrett and Garin Cecchini. And no list of Mets siblings is complete without the greatest one-game career in history: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paciojo01.shtml

Benjamin Grimm Apr 20 2021 09:28 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Wow! I had no idea. What's the story there? Why only that one game? And he was only eighteen years old!

Edgy MD Apr 20 2021 09:36 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

It was the last game of the season I think, over the Mets, and to his credit, I think he not only reached five times, but against four different pitchers. Back surgery robbed him of most of the next two seasons. He played four more years in the minors after that before hanging them up. There was a third Paciorek brother named Jim who played a season with the Brewers before putting together a decent career in Japan.

Frayed Knot Apr 20 2021 09:52 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Edgy MD wrote: It looks like Keith's father served in World War II. I hadn't guessed that. It also looks like he was pretty good. The military is how Keith's dad knew Stan Musial

Frayed Knot May 12 2021 11:56 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Comic actor Joe E. Brown https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-015--- He reportedly turned down an offer to sign with the Yanx in order to pursue his acting career, I guess preferring to make the world laugh instead of cry.

MFS62 May 12 2021 12:17 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Frayed Knot wrote: Comic actor Joe E. Brown https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-015--- He reportedly turned down an offer to sign with the Yanx in order to pursue his acting career, I guess preferring to make the world laugh instead of cry. But he still loved baseball and later was a part owner of a major league team. (the Pirates?) Later

Frayed Knot May 12 2021 12:22 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Nobody's perfect

Edgy MD May 12 2021 12:33 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

I confuse and conflate Joe E. Brown and Joe E. Ross.

RealityChuck May 13 2021 01:30 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Harry Mathewson https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathehe01.shtml For decades, he shared the record for the most wins by two brothers. Dutch Zwilling https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zwilldu01.shtml Played his entire ML career in one city, and played for every major league team that called that city home* *Not counting Negro league teams, nor cities which only had one team.

Edgy MD May 14 2021 06:55 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Pretty cool that John Hernandez had two sons and both were L/L firstbasemen.

MFS62 May 17 2021 02:11 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

When you enter "John Jay" , you don't get his page, not even an option. You get Jay Johnstone. Later

Frayed Knot May 17 2021 02:39 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

That's because his name is Jon Jay

Edgy MD Nov 08 2021 07:22 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

I just found out today that Dick Shawn was set to become a professional baseball player, but his draft notice arrived shortly after his contract offer from the White Sox. In the army, he learned he was better at being funny than playing baseball.

Edgy MD Nov 16 2021 08:10 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Robert Douglas Flynn, Sr.

Edgy MD Apr 24 2022 07:55 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Scott Boras, not a bad player, but got bit by the injury bug. His first client was Manny Trillo. [fimg=350]https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/Scott-boras-minor-league-112214.jpg[/fimg]

Edgy MD Jun 10 2022 04:04 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Rex "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" Rundgren, longtime Marlins infield prospect. https://www.tcdb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/108486/108486-7523555Fr.jpg> When asked why he never made the show, his father answered, "Well, he didn't want to work."

Edgy MD Oct 15 2023 08:37 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Big-shot NFL linebacker/defensive back Shaq Thompson. If you don't want to click that link, I can give you the skinny right here. He was an incredible 0-for-39 with 37 strikeouts. He did manage to walk eight times, so there's that.

nymr83 Oct 15 2023 11:35 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Governor Cuomo left baseball after 1 season with a .383 OBP - no appreciation of the base on balls in 1950!

whippoorwill Oct 15 2023 11:49 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Edgy MD wrote: Rex "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" Rundgren, longtime Marlins infield prospect. https://www.tcdb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/108486/108486-7523555Fr.jpg> When asked why he never made the show, his father answered, "Well, he didn't want to work." I was going to ask if he was related to Todd

Edgy MD Oct 15 2023 12:14 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Can't get much Todd-ier than those lips.

Edgy MD Oct 15 2023 12:19 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Here's Rex with dad Todd and mom Karen Darvin. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6a/b8/60/6ab860d24cdb5da62053b4c7e7b74b86.jpg>

Edgy MD Nov 07 2023 06:44 AM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Larry Bird: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bird--000lar His stats aren't shown, but he apparently played one game and went 1-for-3 with two RBI. [FIMG=350]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/bird.jpg[/FIMG]

metirish Nov 07 2023 01:07 PM Re: Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

Amazing, does Larry Bird never not look like Larry Bird ?