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Not enough people talk about Jimmie Foxx

• .325/.428/.609 (1.038 OPS), 163 OPS+
• 92.7 WAR, 2646 H, 534 HR, 1922 RBI
• Had 30 HR 12x, 40 HR 5x, 50 HR 2x
• 2x Batting Champion, Triple Crown
• 3x MVP, 2x WS Champion w/ PHA
• Had more BB (1452) than K (1311)
• Came up (at Thrice drove in at least 163 runs
• 5x leader in SLG, OPS and OPS+
• Reached 120 RBI 8x, 100 RBI 13x
• Top Similarity Score Ted Williams
• Homered in every WS he played in
• Had multiple seasons with 400 TB
• 1.52 ERA across 23.2 IP as a pitcher
• Retired with 2nd-most HR in history
• Nicknamed "Double X" or "The Beast"
• .344/.425/.609 over 73 postseason PA
• (Almost identical to his reg season slash)
• Hailed from Maryland's rural Eastern Shore
• His 12 years with 30+ HR were consecutive
• His 13 years with 100+ RBI were consecutive
• TOOK HIM 8 BALLOTS TO GET INTO THE HOF
• Only 8 players in MLB history have recorded at least 3 seasons with a .330+ BA and 130+ RBI; Jimmie Foxx did it 6 times, trailing only Ruth and Gehrig

Subscriber nomination by @seaphil68

From 1950-1989, Mickey Mantle ranked:

1st in OPS+
1st in OPS
T-1st in SLG (Willie Mays)
2nd in OBP (Wade Boggs)

One of the greatest to ever do it.

Baseball's funny like that.

Freddy Peralta debuted in 2018 with Brewers and is now the ALCS MVP with Rays.

Jake Bauers debuted in 2018 with Rays and is now the NLCS MVP with Brewers.

Talk about irony!

Yandy Díaz climbed to third place on the Tampa Bay Rays’ all-time postseason hits list.

Two Cuban-born players in the top three.

Drew Rasmussen is one of ten pitchers ever in postseason history to:

- Pitch at least 20 innings
- Manage an ERA under two
- Strike out 7.5 batters per every walk

Not enough people talk about Ralph Kiner

• .279/.398/.548 (.946 OPS), 149 OPS+
• 6x AS, 7x NL HR Champ (led MLB 6x)
• Unprecedented 7 straight HR titles
• (Even George Ruth never did that)
• Reached 40 HR 5x & 100 RBI 6x
• But he only played 10 seasons!
• Back injury forcled the league in walks
• Also thrice in SLG, OPS, OPS+
• Scored 100+ runs 6x in 7 years
• 8 walk-off HR, 2 in extra innings
• Career 41 HR & 112 RBI per 162 G
• Most HR ever at Forbes Field (175)
• Appeared on FIFTEEN HOF ballots
• Served as a Navy pilot during WWII
• (Enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor)
• Second cousin twice removed of IKF
• A most beloved figure in Mets history
• Top BR Similarity Score: David Justice
• Mets broadcaster from 1962 thru 2013
• Hosted "Kiner's Korner" postgame show
• A most genuine and charming gentleman
• Was a legend for his on-air malapropisms
• Like Yogi, was extremely fun and quotable
• Most HR through first 8 MLB seasons (329)
• Went on a date with Elizabeth Taylor in 1949
• (Set up by Bing Crosby, then a Pirates owner)
• Ralph Kiner is the only player in MLB history to lead the league in home runs in 7 consecutive seasons, doing so in the first 7 years of his big league career; Babe Ruth’s 12 home run titles are the most ever, but his longest unbroken streak of years leading the league was 6.

I bet you guys didn’t know that Madison Bumgarner’s Baseball Reference page lists his rodeo competition winnings.

With 9 strikeouts today, Gavin Williams now has 33 strikeouts this postseason.

He is 24 strikeouts away from breaking Curt Schilling’s single postseason record.

If Cleveland makes it to the World Series, the record is in reach.

This near-decade old trade really helped shape the 2026 Championship Series

The updated Marlins one-and-done club: players who made a single MLB regular season appearance for the Fish before going elsewhere.

Welcome, Rece Hinds.

Which of these super-short tenures was the most memorable?

The 2026 Chicago White Sox were a pretty good team

Not enough people talk about Rod Carew

• .328/.393/.429 (.822 OPS), 131 OPS+
• 18x All-Star, 7x batting title winner
• 3x WAR leader, had 200 hits 4x
• 81.2 WAR, 3053 H, 1015 RBI
• Career 200 hits per 162
• 1967 ROY, 1977 MVP
• 649 XBH, 353 SB
• Batted .350+ 5x
• Rbat, 26 Rbaser
• Never struck out 100x
• Stole home 7 times in '69
• Wore #29 his whole career
• Named an All-Star as a rookie!
• Finished top-10 in MVP voting 6x
• Suffered horrific knee injury in 1970
• (Doctor said he wouldn't play again!)
• 42 BBWAA voters didn't vote for him??
• Top Similarity Score: @ChickenMan3010
• Only two players in MLB history had at least 400 Rbat, 20 Rbaser, 10 Rdp, and 10 Rfield: @baseballhall members @RodCarew_29 and @Cdnmooselips33

Subscriber nomination by @bikebrh

It may not surprise you to know that Sam Antonacci has now taken sole possession of the White Sox career postseason hit by pitch leaderboard, with 4.

(This list entering today)

Miguel Vargas became the 10th player in MLB history last night to record a postseason game with 1+ HR and 3+ BB.

He is the first Cuban-born player and the first player in Chicago White Sox franchise history to accomplish the feat.

Ben Rice just had the 2nd highest OPS in a single postseason by a Yankee ever (min. 20 PA’s)

You were failed Ben.

Max Muncy se une a este grupo como el décimo bateador en acumular al menos 19 HR en playoffs.

Puede unirse al club de los 20 HR en los próximos días.

After last night's 0-2 performance at the plate, Shohei Ohtani's career postseason OPS dropped below Kyle Schwarber's career postseason OPS.

You would have to expect there are still many postseason games in both of their futures, but Schwarber does hold the lead as of today.

The White Sox struck out 19 times in their game against the Guardians today.

It's the most in a nine-inning game in postseason history, with the Yankees having the 2nd-most in a 2020 ALDS game against the Rays.

Every player to hit a postseason home run off Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Hilarious polar bear here

the four guys with exactly 17 postseason homers