Monthly Archives: March 2022

Friday Music Day

Friday Music Day – 3/25/22 – Soundtrack edition

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Today's video is the Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow, which I "liked" on Spotify after enjoying the soundtrack on Cruella. The movie was enjoyable enough, but the soundtrack really stood out for me, with a groovy, 60's London rock vibe going, and some exposure to tracks and artists (Ike & Tina!) I'm glad to add to my listening.

What's a favorite soundtrack for you, or one that opened you up to some music you needed to be paying attention to?

And drop your lists.

Have a groovy Friday, folks.

Keeping Track

1970 Rewind: Team Batting Leaders

GAMES

  1.  Cesar Tovar, 161
  2. Leo Cardenas, 160
  3. Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva, 157

PLATE APPEARANCES

  1. Tovar,726
  2. Oliva, 674
  3. Killebrew, 665

AT BATS

  1. Tovar,650
  2. Oliva, 628
  3. Cardenas, 588

RUNS

  1. Tovar,120
  2. Oliva and Killebrew, 96

HITS

  1. Oliva,204
  2. Tovar, 195
  3. Cardenas, 145

DOUBLES

  1.  Oliva and Tovar, 36
  2. Cardenas, 34

TRIPLES

  1. Tovar,13
  2. Oliva, 7
  3. Rich Reese, 5

HOME RUNS

  1. Killebrew,41
  2. Oliva, 23
  3. Brant Alyea, 16

RBIs

  1.  Killebrew, 113
  2. Oliva, 107
  3. Cardenas, 65

STOLEN BASES

  1. Tovar, 30
  2. Oliva and Reese, 5

WALKS

  1.  Killebrew, 128
  2. Tovar, 52
  3. Reese, 48

AVERAGE*

  1. Oliva, 325
  2. Tovar, 300
  3. Killebrew, .271

Rod Carew batted .266, but in just 204 plate appearances.

OBP

  1. Killebrew, .411
  2. Oliva, .364
  3. Tovar, .356

SLUGGING

  1. Killebrew, 546
  2. Oliva, .514
  3. Tovar, .442

OPS

  1.  Killebrew, .957
  2. Oliva, 878
  3. Tovar, .798

OPS+

  1.  Killebrew, 159
  2. Oliva, 137
  3. Tovar, 117

TOTAL BASES

  1. Oliva, 323
  2. Killebrew, 288
  3. Tovar, 287

HIT BY PITCH

  1. Tovar, 8
  2. Reese and Paul Ratliff, 7

SACRIFICE HITS

  1. Cardenas,13
  2. Tovar and Jim Perry, 10

SACRIFICE FLIES

  1. Killebrew, 8
  2. Tovar, 6
  3. Oliva, Reese, and Jim Holt, 4

INTENTIONAL WALKS

  1. Killebrew, 23
  2. Oliva, 12
  3. George Mitterwald, 6
Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–March 25

Frank Dwyer (1868)
Clyde Milan (1887)
John Fetzer (1901)
Dutch Leonard (1909)
Ryohei Hasegawa (1930)
Woodie Held (1932)
Frank Peters (1944)
Lee Mazzilli (1955)
Jeff Kunkel (1962)
Tom Glavine (1966)
Erik Schullstrom (1969)
Travis Fryman (1969)
Dan Wilson (1969)
Neal Cotts (1980)

John Fetzer was the majority owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1961-1983.

Ryohei Hasegawa was a star in Japan in the 1950s and was also a coach, manager, and broadcaster there.

Frank Peters was a minor league player and manager.  On August 31, 1974, while managing the Portland Mavericks, he had each player play each position for one inning.  Portland won the game over the Tri-City Ports, 8-7.

There were six major league players born on March 25, 1969.  In addition to the three listed above, Eric Helfand, Paul Menhart, and Scott Sanders were born on that date.  I don't know whether that's a record, but it seems like it has to be pretty close.

Continue reading Happy Birthday–March 25 →

Keeping Track

1970 Rewind: League Pitching Leaders

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ERA

  1. Diego Segui, 2.56
    8.  Jim Perry, 3.04

WINS

  1. Perry, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, 24

WINNING PERCENTAGE

  1. Cuellar, .750
    3. Perry, .667
    6.  Tom Hall, .647

WHIP

  1. Fritz Peterson, 1.10
  2. Perry, 1.13
    5.   Bert Blyleven, 1.16

HITS PER 9

  1. Andy Messersmith, 6.66
    10.  Blyleven, 7.85

WALKS PER 9

  1. Peterson, 1.38
  2. Perry, 1.84
    6. Jim Kaat, 2.27
    10.  Blyleven, 2.58

STRIKEOUTS PER 9

  1.  Sam McDowell, 8.97
    6.  Blyleven, 7.41

GAMES

  1.  Wilbur Wood, 77
    4.  Stan Williams, 68
    5.  Ron Perranoski, 67

SAVES

  1. Perranoski, 34
    10.  Williams, 15

INNINGS

  1.  Jim Palmer and McDowell, 305
    5.  Perry, 278.2

STRIKEOUTS

  1. McDowell, 304
    8.  Hall, 184
    10.  Perry, 168

STARTS

  1. Perry, Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Catfish Hunter, McNally, 40

COMPLETE GAMES

  1. Cuellar, 21
    7. Perry, 13

SHUTOUTS

  1.  Dobson, Palmer 5
    3.  Perry, 4

K/W RATIO

  1. Peterson, 3.18
  2. Perry, 2.95
  3. Blyleven, 2.87

BATTERS FACED

  1.  Palmer, McDowell, 1257
    6.  Perry, 1141

GAMES FINISHED

  1.  Wood, 62
  2. Perranoski, 52
    8.  Williams, 36

FIP

  1. McDowell, 3.07
  2. Perry, 3.08
    5.  Blyleven, 3.24
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)
Starlin Castro (1990)

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.