Monthly Archives: March 2019

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–March 24

Kip Selbach (1872)
Roy Thomas (1874)
Mike Mowrey (1884)
Fatty Arbuckle (1887)
Ernie Shore (1891)
George Sisler (1893)
Jesus Alou (1942)
Mark Marquess (1947)
Garry Templeton (1956)
Bruce Hurst (1958)
Wilson Alvarez (1970)
Steve Karsay (1972)
Jose Valverde (1978)
Corey Hart (1982)
Dustin McGowan (1982)
Chad Gaudin (1983)

Silent film comedian Fatty Arbuckle was the owner of the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League from about 1918-1921.

Mark Marquess was the head baseball coach of Stanford from 1977-2017.

No players with connections to the Twins were born on this day; however, we would like to wish a very happy birthday to Mom SBG.

Keeping Track

1969 Rewind: Team Leaders

BATTING LEADERS

Games

Harmon Killebrew, 162
Leo Cardenas, 160
Cesar Tovar, 158

PLATE APPEARANCES

Killebrew, 709
Tony Oliva, 692
Cardenas, 665

AT BATS

Oliva, 637
Cardenas, 578
Killebrew, 555

RUNS

Killebrew, 106
Tovar, 99
Oliva, 97

HITS

Oliva, 197
Cardenas, 162
Tovar, 154

DOUBLES

Oliva, 39
Rod Carew, 30
Tovar, 25

TRIPLES

Tovar, 5
4 tied at 4

HOME RUNS

Killebrew, 49
Oliva, 24
Rich Reese, 16

RBI

Killebrew, 140
Oliva, 101
Cardenas, 70

STOLEN BASES

Tovar, 45
Carew, 19
Ted Uhlaender, 15

CAUGHT STEALING

Oliva, 13
Tovar, 12
Uhlaender, 9

WALKS

Killebrew, 145
Cardenas, 66
Oliva, 45

STRIKEOUTS

Cardenas, 96
Killebrew, 84
Carew, 72

BATTING AVERAGE

Carew, .332
Reese, .322
Oliva, .309

OBP

Killebrew, .427
Carew, .386
Reese, .362

SLUGGING

Killebrew, .584
Reese, .513
Oliva, .496

OPS

Killebrew, 1.011
Reese, .875
Carew, .853

OPS+

Killebrew, 177
Reese, 139
Carew, 134

TOTAL BASES

Killebrew, 324
Oliva, 316
Cardenas, 224

GIDP

Cardenas, 19
Killebrew, 16
Oliva, 10

HIT BY PITCH

Tovar, 9
Killebrew, 5
Reese, 5

SACRIFICE HITS

Cardenas, 8
Tovar, 7
Carew, 6
Dave Boswell, 6

SACRIFICE FLIES

Cardenas, 9
Oliva, 5
Killebrew, 4
Uhlaender, 4

INTENTIONAL WALKS

Killebrew, 20
Cardenas, 12
Oliva, 12
Johnny Roseboro, 12

WAR

Killebrew, 6.2
Carew, 5.5
Cardenas, 5.1
Oliva, 5.1

PITCHING LEADERS

WINS

Jim Perry, 20
Dave Boswell, 20
Jim Kaat, 14

LOSSES

Kaat, 13
Boswell, 12
Ron Perranoski, 10

WINNING PERCENTAGE*

Perry, .769
Boswell, .625
Dick Woodson, .583

*Al Worthington was 4-1 for a winning percentage of .800

ERA

Perranoski, 2.11
Perry, 2.82
Dean Chance, 2.95

GAMES

Perranoski, 75
Bob Miller, 48
Perry, 46
Al Worthington, 46

STARTS

Boswell, 38
Perry, 36
Kaat, 32

GAMES FINISHED

Perranoski, 52
Worthington, 19
Miller, 15

COMPLETE GAMES

Perry, 12
Kaat, 10
Boswell, 10

SHUTOUTS

Perry, 3
Tom Hall, 2

SAVES

Perranoski, 31
Miller, 3
Worthington, 3
Joe Grzenda, 3

INNINGS

Perry, 261.2
Boswell, 256.1
Kaat, 242.1

HITS ALLOWED

Kaat, 252
Perry, 244
Boswell, 215

RUNS ALLOWED

Kaat, 114
Boswell, 105
Perry, 87

EARNED RUNS ALLOWED

Kaat, 94
Boswell, 92
Perry, 82

HOME RUNS ALLOWED

Kaat, 23
Boswell, 18
Perry, 18

WALKS ALLOWED

Boswell, 99
Kaat, 75
Perry, 66

INTENTIONAL WALKS ALLOWED

Perranoski, 16
Kaat, 15
Perry, 10

STRIKEOUTS

Boswell, 190
Perry, 153
Kaat, 139

HIT BATSMEN

Perry, 9
Kaat, 9
Boswell, 8

BALKS

Grzenda, 1

WILD PITCHES

Boswell, 10
Kaat, 9
Grzenda, 7

BATTERS FACED

Perry, 1079
Boswell, 1070
Kaat, 1048

ERA+

Perranoski, 176
Perry, 131
Chance, 126

FIP

Perry, 3.09
Boswell, 3.14
Perranoski, 3.24

WHIP

Perranoski, 1.15
Perry, 1.19
Boswell, 1.23

HITS PER 9 INNINGS

Perranoski, 6.4
Boswell, 7.5
Chance, 7.7

HOME RUNS PER 9 INNINGS

Perranoski, 0.3
Perry, 0.6
Chance, 0.6
Boswell, 0.6

WALKS PER 9 INNINGS

Perry, 2.3
Miller, 2.4
Kaat, 2.8

STRIKEOUTS PER 9 INNINGS

Worthington, 7.5
Boswell, 6.7
Hall, 5.9

K/W RATIO

Worthington, 2.55
Perry, 2.32
Boswell, 1.95

WAR

Perry, 6.3
Perranoski, 4.5
Boswell, 3.6

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–March 23

Mike Smith (1868)
Gavvy Cravath (1881)
Cy Slapnicka (1886)
Ray Kremer (1893)
Johnny Moore (1902)
Johnny Logan (1927)
Jim Lemon (1928)
Lee May (1943)
George Scott (1944)
Pat Bourque (1947)
Lanny Frattare (1948)
Bo Diaz (1953)
Mrs. A (1954)
Mike Remlinger (1966)
Chris Turner (1969)
Joel Peralta (1976)
Mark Buehrle (1979)

Cy Slapnicka was a long-time scout.  Players he is credited with signing include Bob Feller, Lou Boudreau, and Herb Score.  Somehow, "Cy Slapnicka" just sounds like a name a baseball scout should have.

Lanny Frattare was a radio broadcaster for the Pirates from 1976-2008.

Happy birthday to my Hall of Fame wife.

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Friday Music Day

FMD 3-22-19: Did Not Age Well

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I was recently chatting with my brother-in-law about albums that did not age well. One that came to mind for both of us was The Love Below. Now, I enjoy Outkast plenty, and when that album came out, I adored it (along with Speakerboxxx). But upon listening again, it turned out what used to seem brilliant now seemed like, in my brother-in-law's words, "a novelty album with a couple of hits squeezed in for some reason." Yup.

What are other albums or songs that just haven't aged well? Is that a function of personal growth, society changing, musical tastes changing, etc? Is it any different than fashion or film or... anything else? I can think of movies that once seemed great too, that haven't aged well. Is music the exact same? Why are there so many lasting songs then?

So give us songs that didn't stand the test of time, and drop your list if you've got one.

See what I mean?

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–March 22

Jack Boyle (1866)
Ernie Quigley (1880)
Goldie Holt (1902)
Bob Elson (1904)
Marv Owen (1906)
Billy Goodman (1926)
Al Schroll (1932)
Gene Oliver (1935)
Frank Pulli (1935)
Dick Ellsworth (1940)
Ron Wojciak (1943)
Jake Brown (1948)
Eddie Bane (1952)
Bob Costas (1952)
Eric Rasmussen (1952)
Scott Bradley (1960)
Matt Sinatro (1960)
Rich Monteleone (1963)
Glenallen Hill (1965)
Sean Berry (1966)
Ramon Martinez (1968)
Cory Lidle (1972)
Juan Uribe (1979)
Mike Morse (1982)
Joe Smith (1984)
Dexter Fowler (1986)
Ike Davis (1987)

Ernie Quigley was a National League umpire for twenty-six years and then became the NL supervisor of umpires.

Goldie Holt is credited with teaching Charlie Hough to throw the knuckleball.

Bob Elson was a baseball broadcaster for over thirty years, mostly in Chicago.

Frank Pulli was a National League umpire from 1972-1999.

Ron Wojciak helped the Minnesota Golden Gophers win the College World Series in 1964 and played in the Twins’ farm system in 1965.  He passed away from lung cancer in 1966.

Jake Brown was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-third round in 1967, but he did not sign.

Scott Bradley was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1978, but he did not sign.

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