Baseball Photo Trivia

[fan_since79]

Not a question. Just some interesting trivia.

100 years ago today.

[fan_since79]

(just adding to the post above)

more like 552 feet, 8 inches.

There's an awesome video of Ruth's swing at this link: 

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/babe-ruth-s-longest-home-run

[Jay]

11 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

There's an awesome video of Ruth's swing at this link: 

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/babe-ruth-s-longest-home-run

What? No bat flip?

 

[fan_since79]

Two all-time greats for the Phillies.

Guy on the right is a Hall of Famer. In 1930 he had 445 total bases, 4th best season total ever. 

Guy on the left was an outfielder and also a pitcher in his earlier days. He hit .398 in 1929 with 254 hits and 152 runs scored. 4th highest career batting average, .349

 

[Roy Hobbs]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Two all-time greats for the Phillies.

Guy on the right is a Hall of Famer. In 1930 he had 445 total bases, 4th best season total ever. 

Guy on the left was an outfielder and also a pitcher in his earlier days. He hit .398 in 1929 with 254 hits and 152 runs scored. 4th highest career batting average, .349

 

Lefty O'doul and Chuck Klein

[Angel Oracle]

4 hours ago, Roy Hobbs said:

Lefty O'doul and Chuck Klein

1930 season saw some ridiculous offensive numbers throughout MLB.   The aforementioned duo, plus Hack Wilson’s 56 HRs and 190 rbis amongst others, plus six of the eight NL teams had a .300+ team BA.

[fan_since79]

Lefty O'Doul started out in MLB as a relief pitcher. He once gave up 16 runs in three innings of relief, an all-time record. He was converted to a power hitting outfielder after a sore arm ended his pitching days. After his playing days he became a minor league manager, and ended up the most successful manager in PCL history. One of the players he developed as manager of the San Francisco Seals was Joe DiMaggio. He refused to take credit for DiMaggio's success, saying "I was just smart enough to leave him alone." O'Doul was also instrumental in the development of professional baseball in Japan.

 

[Stradling]

42 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Lefty O'Doul started out in MLB as a relief pitcher. He once gave up 16 runs in three innings of relief, an all-time record. He was converted to a power hitting outfielder after a sore arm ended his pitching days. After his playing days he became a minor league manager, and ended up the most successful manager in PCL history. One of the players he developed as manager of the San Francisco Seals was Joe DiMaggio. He refused to take credit for DiMaggio's success, saying "I was just smart enough to leave him alone." O'Doul was also instrumental in the development of professional baseball in Japan.

 

I have no idea how much of this stuff you commit to memory or how much you copy and paste, (it feels as though you remember all of this stuff), but either way I appreciate you bringing it here.  Thanks.  

[fan_since79]

29 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I have no idea how much of this stuff you commit to memory or how much you copy and paste, (it feels as though you remember all of this stuff), but either way I appreciate you bringing it here.  Thanks.  

Actually, I didn't know a whole lot about him. I just highlighted some of the more important stuff from internet sources.

Appreciate your comments. 

[Angelsfan1984]

Which one of these is not like the others...

sometimes you take a chance on rookie cards 

[Slegnaac]

1 hour ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Which one of these is not like the others...

sometimes you take a chance on rookie cards 

One didn't come to the majors through tha Angels' farm system.

One has never been given grief about their hitting abilities.

One was an MLB washout.

[Blarg]

There is a black guy. 

[Angelsfan1984]

Lol

[Angelsfan1984]

Trivia, what angel was selected 1 pick before Albert pujols in the 13th round....?

[fan_since79]

18 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Trivia, what angel was selected 1 pick before Albert pujols in the 13th round....?

[Blarg]

Too easy.

[fan_since79]

3.1 career WAR, .640 OPS

The broken machine.

 

[Angelsfan1984]

6 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

 

5 hours ago, Blarg said:

Too easy.

#firescioscia.....even though he didn’t pick him 

[fan_since79]

The guy standing next to Ty Cobb is one of only three players who hit .390 or better for four seasons. The other two are Cobb and Rogers Hornsby.

The guy standing next to him later became the first general manager of the Angels in 1961.

The other guys? I have no idea.

 

 

[T.G.]

They all look constipated.

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, True Grich said:

They all look constipated.

Too much meat, not enough salad.

[makepeac]

15 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

The guy standing next to Ty Cobb is one of only three players who hit .390 or better for four seasons. The other two are Cobb and Rogers Hornsby.

The guy standing next to him later became the first general manager of the Angels in 1961.

The other guys? I have no idea.

Given the stats, Harry Heilmann has to be the guy to Cobb's right. Fred Haney was the first Angel GM but I had no idea he played on this (or any) team.

 

 

[fan_since79]

1923 was Haney's second year with the Tigers. The photo is from that year.

He later won two pennants and a World Series as manager of the Milwaukee Braves. A long and fruitful career in major league baseball.

And yes, that is Heilmann standing next to Cobb.

 

[makepeac]

A quick Wikipedia check and I'm pleasantly surprised to read about Fred Haney's long successful career first as a player with the Tigers and others, then as the manager of the 1958 WS champion Milwaukee Brewers in addition to his Angel tenure as first GM. 

[Angel Oracle]

Beat me to it, have read up a little on Harry Heilmann over the years, great hitter.   What Fred Haney did in putting together the Halos in the beginning was crazy good.   An era that saw expansion teams win generally 50-60 games in their first year and not much more in the second year, and yet the Halos went 70-91 and 86-76 in those first two years.