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I just finished running an 1871-2010 sim and am looking through the history for the first time as I type this. Recalc was off. Some things that have caught my eye:
Darryl Strawberry is the only man to hit 4 HRs in a game, doing so in 1988 against Seattle while playing for Detroit. 4-5, 6 RBIs.
Sam Trott (1882), Paul Richards (1945) and Ivan Rodriguez (1992) are the only men with 7 hits in a game. Pudge was a perfect 7 for 7.
Herb Score (1958) K'd 19 guys in a 9 inning game, Drysdale did 19 in a 10 inning game five years later.
George Mullin (1909), Jim Beattie (1980), Mike Krukow (1982), Shawn Boskie (1991) and Jason Schmidt (2004) have each thrown a perfect game. I was surprised to see such a gap between Mullin and Beattie. Mullin's name must have been legendary for a long time as the only man to throw a perfect game.
Ken Griffey hit 63 HRs in 1994, breaking McGwire's 1986 record of 62 HRs, breaking Roman Mejias' record of 54 that was set in 1962 that itself broke Ruth's 50 HR mark from 1922. Ruth would also hit 50 in '24. McGwire had 167 RBIs that season, passing Fred Dunlap's 160 that had stood since 1895.
The Triple Crown was accomplished sixteen times, five of those were by Babe Ruth. Ruth's 1375.65 VORP is the best all time. Jim Thome (1330.80) has a chance to pass him, but I doubt he will. Ted Williams, Hornsby, Wade Bogg and Chuck Klein round out the others over 1000 VORP.
Seven guys have 3000 hits, Hornsby leads the way with 3837. Thome's 697 HRs lead the twelve person 500 club. Fred McGriff has 1927 career RBIs, Thome has 1921. Billy Hamilton has 1391 steals, more than four hundred ahead of Ed McKean.
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