Monthly Archives: September 2023

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–September 30

Gabby Street (1882)
Nap Rucker (1884)
Bobby Williams (1895)
Johnny Allen (1904)
Robin Roberts (1926)
Johnny Podres (1932)
Craig Kusick (1948)
Dave Magadan (1962)
Yorkis Perez (1967)
Jose Lima (1972)
Carlos Guillen (1975)
Seth Smith (1982)
Kenley Jansen (1987)

Gabby Street was a light-hitting catcher who played in parts of eight major leagues seasons, mostly for the Washington Senators. He was Walter Johnson's primary catcher. He later did some managing and broadcasting. He is best remembered as the first man to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.

Five players born on this day made their major league debut in 2019:  Jesus Luzardo, Travis Demeritte, Trent Thornton, Jack Mayfield, and Brian Moran.  I don't know that that's a record, but I don't know that it isn't, either.

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Keeping Track

Minor Details: Cedar Rapids Kernels Leaders

BATTING

AVERAGE

Tanner Schobel, .288
Noah Cardenas, .272
Jeferson Morales, .262
Andrew Cossetti, .262

OBP

Cossetti, .406
Emmanuel Rodriguez, .400
Kyler Fedco, .398

SLUGGING

Schobel, .493
Cossetti, .492
Kala'i Rosario, .467

OPS

Cossetti, .898
Rodriguez, .863
Schobel, .859

RUNS

Rodriguez, 87
Noah Miller, 71
Rosario, 71

HOME RUNS

Rosario, .21
Ben Ross, 19
Rodriguez, 16

RBIs

Rosario, 94
Ross, 71
Schobel, 61

STOLEN BASES

Jose Salas, 22
Rodriguez, 20
Miller, 12

PITCHING

WINS

Mike Paredes, 7
Orlando Rodriguez, 7
John Stankiewicz, 7

ERA

Jordan Carr, 1.48
Cory Lewis, 2.32
O. Rodriguez, 2.43

GAMES

Malik Barrington, 39
Stankiewicz, 37
Miguel Rodriguez, 33

STARTS

Kyle Jones, 20
Christian MacLeod, 14
3 tied at 13

SAVES

M. Rodriguez, 14
Regi Grace, 5
Stankiewicz, 4

INNINGS

Jones, 99.1
Jaylin Nowlin, 67.2
Zebby Matthews, 66.2

STRIKEOUTS

Jones, 89
Barrington, 80
Nowlin, 79

WHIP

Marco Raya, 0.92
Stankiewicz, 0.99
Carr, 1.04

AVERAGE AGAINST

Raya, .192
Barrington, .195
Carr, .205

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–October 1

Ray Kolp (1894)
Carmen Hill (1895)
Jimmie Reese (1901)
Bob Griffith (1912)
Jim Russell (1918)
Bob Boyd (1919)
Hal Naragon (1928)
Chuck Hiller (1934)
Rod Carew (1945)
Bill Bonham (1948)
Pete Falcone (1953)
Jeff Reardon (1955)
Vance Law (1956)
Mark McGwire (1963)
Roberto Kelly (1964)
Chuck McElroy (1967)
John Thomson (1973)
Brandon Knight (1975)
Matt Cain (1984)
Erik Komatsu (1987)
Robbie Ray (1991)
Xander Bogaerts (1992)
Charlie Barnes (1995)

Jimmie Reese played in the majors only briefly, but was a coach in the majors or minors for most of his life.  He was Babe Ruth's roommate for a short period and uttered the famous line that in reality, he roomed with Babe Ruth's suitcase.  He is also remembered for his skill with a fungo bat, to the extent that he would sometimes pitch batting practice with it.

We would also like to wish Beau a very happy birthday.

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Happy Birthday–September 29

Dave Orr (1859)
Gus Weyhing (1866)
Harry Steinfeldt (1877)
Paul Giel (1932)
Mike McCormick (1938)
Rich Reese (1941)
Steve Busby (1949)
John McLaren (1951)
Warren Cromartie (1953)
Byron McLaughlin (1955)
Tim Flannery (1957)
Craig Lefferts (1957)
Rob Deer (1960)
Derek Parks (1968)
Jake Westbrook (1977)
Heath Bell (1977)
Joe Thurston (1979)
Jake Reed (1992)
Tyler Mahle (1994)

Dave Orr is considered the greatest nineteenth century slugger of all.  His career was cut short when he suffered a stroke in 1890 at the age of 31.

Outfielder Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1972, but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to freealonzo's parents.

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