Toronto Blue Jays’ rookie outfielder Lourdes Gurriel is in the midst of an amazing streak. Gurriel, with all of 38 games of experience in the Majors, has an 11-game hit streak, and has collected at least two hits in every one of those games. In baseball history, this is only the seventh such streak of … Read moreLourdes Gurriel’s Amazing Hit Streak
Here’s a topic that was brought to me by friend of the VORG Kurt Blumenau: @dianagram (This inspired by ’62 Mets, who had four appear in their first-ever game. Probably not a record but it got me thinking.) — Kurt, still. (@kblumenau) December 7, 2015 Well it turns out that while four is quite a … Read moreMost Future Managers in a Lineup
Rogers Hornsby McKee, a pitcher for the Phillies in 1943-4, passed away last week. That got the VORG wondering what other players have a first and middle name that is the same as the first and last name of another player. Using the Master table of the Lahman Baseball Database, I separated out the birth … Read morePlayers with the First and Middle Names of Other Players