Batters with at least 250 hits in a single season.
Player Hits Year
Hornsby........... 250........ 1922
Klein................ 250........ 1930
O'Doul............. 254........ 1929
Simmons......... 253........ 1925
Sisler............... 257........ 1920
Suzuki............. 262........ 2004
Terry................ 254........ 1930
ICHIRO SUZUKI [Wiki] finished his career tied with Ty Cobb on the all-time home run list, with 117 HR. Ichiro won a Gold Glove Award in each of his first ten seasons, 2001-2010. He went on a hit streak of 20 or more games seven times in his career. George Sisler also had 7 such streaks. Willie Keeler, Ty Cobb and Pete Rose had 8 each. He is the only player to hit an inside-the-park home run in a major league All-Star game, on 10-Jul-2007 at AT&T Park In San Francisco. He was voted MVP of that game.
BILL TERRY [SABR Bio] was the last first baseman to hit twenty triples in a season, in 1931. Led the majors. Counterintuitively, he was the first player to have 600+ at-bats in a season without a stolen base. In 1934 602 AB. He was the first Hall of Famer to hit a grand slam on Opening Day, on 12-Apr-1927. He drove in Hall of Famers Edd Roush and Rogers Hornsby as well as LF Ty Tyson ahead of himself on that blast. Terry also finished the day a triple short of the cycle (Tyson had one that day, but he wasn’t giving it up).
GEORGE SISLER [SABR Bio] the one-time Washington Senator’s final career pitching victory was a 1-0 shutout over Walter Johnson. Won on 17-Sep-1916 Sisler’s only career shutout in his 24-game MLB pitching career. He finished 5-6 with a sparkling 2.35 ERA. Sisler played for WSH for 20 games in 1928. As a qualifying batter, he owns the second-highest single-season American League batting average of the 20th century. Hit .420 in 1922 (Nap Lajoie’s .426 in 1901 being the gold standard). In his fifteen-year career in the majors, he received MVP votes only once—the year he won it - MVP 1922 In three successive season, he hit the exact same number of triples, once leading the majors, once leading the league, once leading his team. Playing for SLB, he hit 18 3B in 1920, 18 3B in 1921 & 18 3B in 1922.
CHUCK KLEIN [SABR Bio] is tied with Barry Bonds for the most National League extra-base hits in a season - 107 XBH in 1930 wth 59 doubles, eight triples, and 40 home runs. Klein was the first outfielder to hit four home runs in a game - 4 HR on 10-Jul-1936. Ed Delahanty, in Cooperstown as a LF and played 73% of his career G as an OF, was playing 1B on 13-July-1896 when he hit 4 HRs. Klein won an MVP, placing second in the voting the year prior and the year following - NL MVP 1932; 2nd in 1931 (behind Frankie Frisch) & 1933 (behind Carl Hubbell).
LEFTY O’DOUL [SABR Bio] holds the major league record for most runs allowed by a left-handed relief pitcher in a single appearance. He debuted in the majors as a pitcher and had a disastrous day 7-Jul-1923. Pitching for the Red Sox, he gave up 16 runs in just 3 innings of work. The fielding behind him was most of the problem: Only three of the runs were earned, but his 11 hits and eight walks allowed certainly didn’t help much either. He led the majors in hitting as a Phillie and as a Dodger. Hit .398 in 1929 for PHI. Hit .368 in 1932 for BRO. He was born in San Francisco. The SABR chapter in that area (the Lefty O’Doul Chapter) frequently meets at “Lefty” O’Doul’s at 145 Jefferson Street. Twice he finished in the top three in National League Most Valuable Player voting. Finished 2nd in MVP voting in 1929 then 3rd in 1932.
The supposed real story of the first Thanksgiving, shared by Aunt Corrine:
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Busy here at work, despite working six hours on Friday. It’s the last day of the month.
Saturday I watched KY@FL, Pitt@Clemson, and GA@SC. TV too complicated to find Duke@GT. I was able to follow Duke@GT football on my phone. Same with the two basketball upsets GeorgiaState@GT and Mercer@GT. Could be a long year for the Jackets. Much easier to find games on my TV at home. Later we had on Bears@Packers. Last night I watched Seinfeld on last Thursday night’s Tonight Show. Peyton Manning has new episodes of his show “Peyton’s Places” out, that I need to watch.
Got up Sunday and packed the car. Didn’t leave until almost 11 am. Stopped in Augusta at Ceil’s store. While she was there I got gas and McDonalds. Traffic not too bad except on I-20 just before 285. Made it home by 5 pm. Watched a little Saints@Denver and KC@Tampa. Grits and eggs for supper.
When writing, be mindful about the tone you are projecting. Tone is how attitude and emotion are expressed in writing. Ask how do you feel about what you are writing about? What are you trying to accomplish? Consider what you want your reader to feel - Intent and Empathy. Tools to use: vocabulary finding the right word for what you’re trying to communicate, and style – formal vs informal. Read your words out loud: Helps to find phrases that may trip up your reader. Reread your writing to look for mistakes. Reread to make sure the message will be received as intended. Avoid contractions or fragments.
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