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Created in 2014
The following shows articles created in 2014 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 9/28/22.
Rank | Title | Creation date |
Article Size |
Page views |
Description |
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1 | Shamir (musician) | 2014-07-21 | 22,453 | 490,792 | Musician/singer |
2 | De'Veon Smith | 2014-08-30 | 14,944 | 154,440 | UM running back 2013-2016 |
3 | Mason Cole | 2014-09-01 | 14,404 | 138,809 | UM center 2014-2017 |
4 | Chicago–Michigan football rivalry | 2014-08-25 | 84,040 | 19,312 | Football rivalry 1892-1939 |
5 | Northtown (EP) | 2014-07-21 | 4,511 | 17,409 | Shamir album |
6 | Mike Anderson (linebacker) | 2014-08-28 | 3,024 | 13,901 | LSU linebacker, All-American 1970 |
7 | Dick Bumpas | 2014-08-28 | 17,905 | 12,824 | Arkansas defensive tackle 1967-1970 |
8 | Forest K. Ferguson | 2014-09-25 | 15,460 | 9,503 | Florida end 1939-1941 |
9 | Peter Hauser (American football) | 2014-08-16 | 10,758 | 9,155 | Fullback at Haskell and Carlisle, All-American 1907 |
10 | Chris Smith (tight end) | 2014-08-29 | 9,308 | 8,852 | BYU tight end, All-American 1990 |
11 | Peter Demmerle | 2014-08-28 | 4,313 | 7,617 | Notre Dame wide receiver, All-American in 1974 |
12 | Charles Casey (American football) | 2014-09-02 | 7,843 | 6,919 | Florida end, All-American in 1965 |
13 | Frederick K. Stearns | 2014-05-14 | 4,306 | 7,421 | Pharmaceutical businessman, owner of Detroit Wolverines baseball team |
14 | Larry Dupree | 2014-09-02 | 7,590 | 6,537 | Florida back, All-American in 1964 |
15 | Peter Anderson (American football) | 2014-08-29 | 4,200 | 6,508 | Georgia center, All-American in 1985 |
16 | John Provost | 2014-08-28 | 2,402 | 5,866 | Holy Cross defensive back, All-American in 1974 |
17 | 1889 Yale Bulldogs football team | 2014-08-14 | 9,021 | 5,565 | Compiled 15–1 record, Walter Camp as coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg at end, Pudge Heffelfinger at guard |
18 | 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team | 2014-08-14 | 7,621 | 5,570 | 13–1 record, Walter Camp as coach, Thomas McClung at halfback, Pudge Heffelfinger at guard |
19 | Red Bethea | 2014-09-02 | 9,448 | 5,448 | Florida halfback, All-Southern in 1930 |
20 | Esco Sarkkinen | 2014-08-17 | 3,243 | 5,369 | Ohio State end, All-American in 1939 |
21 | If It Wasn't True | 2014-07-21 | 7,562 | 5,208 | Shamir song 2014 |
22 | Jeff Beard | 2014-09-03 | 4,781 | 5,307 | Auburn athletic director 1951-1972 |
23 | Eddie Tryon | 2014-08-30 | 3,786 | 5,199 | Colgate halfback, 1925 All-American, CFHOF |
24 | Edgar C. Jones | 2014-09-01 | 10,943 | 5,196 | Florida football 1923-1924, athletic director 1930-1936 |
25 | Ted Payseur | 2014-09-03 | 2,716 | 5,182 | Northwestern athletic director 1945-1956 |
Expanded in 2014
The following shows articles expanded in 2014 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 9/28/22.
Rank | Title | Creation date |
Article Size |
Page views |
Description |
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1 | Lewis (baseball) | 102,034 | Played one game in MLB 1890 | ||
2 | Sam Thompson | 5/13-5/14 | 32,359 | 92,592 | MLB 1885-1898, Baseball HOF |
3 | Tip O'Neill (baseball) | 7/31-8/1 | 28,124 | 81,193 | MLB 1883-1892, Baseball HOF |
4 | Ned Hanlon (baseball) | 7/5-7/6 | 59,064 | 59,801 | MLB outfielder 1880-1892, Baseball HOF |
5 | Martin Manulis | 9/9 | 26,081 | 57,375 | Producer Playhouse 90' 1956-1958 |
6 | Nig Clarke | 1/4-1/5 | 20,775 | 46,402 | MLB catcher 1905-1920 |
7 | Len Ford | 8/2-8/7 | 53,350 | 47,240 | Defensive end at UM and in pros (1948-1958), Pro Football HOF |
8 | Dave Orr | 1/11-1/14 | 25,870 | 34,365 | MLB 1883-1890, .342 career batting average, stroke ended career 1890 |
9 | Will White | 8/5-8/8 | 35,476 | 43,276 | MLB pitcher 1877-1886, first MLB player to wear glasses |
10 | Alex Moffat (American football) | 24,067 (15,213 + 8,854) | Founding member of football rules committee | ||
11 | Charlie Bennett | 7/9-7/11 | 49,607 | 29,314 | MLB catcher 1878-1893, career ended in 1894 when train crushed his legs |
12 | Deacon McGuire | 7/14-7/14 | 59,621 | 27,075 | Catcher 1884-1912, set MLB records for games caught |
13 | Victor Orsatti | 1/6-1/7 | 14,411 | 24,204 | Hollywood agent and producer |
14 | Chief Zimmer | 6/7 | 35,341 | 21,857 | MLB catcher 1884-1903, first president of Players' Protective Association |
15 | Baby Doll Jacobson | 2/4-2/5 | 24,728 | 19,808 | MLB 1915-1927 |
16 | John Mohardt | 1/5-1/9 | 20,319 | 19,033 | MLB and NFL |
17 | Pete Fox | 5/8-5/9 | 15,126 | 17,504 | MLB outfielder 1933-1945 |
18 | Dan Casey | 7/25 | 18,669 | 16,441 | MLB pitcher 1884-1890, claimed to be namesake of "Casey at the Bat" |
19 | Lady Baldwin | 2/6 | 14,395 | 16,259 | MLB pitcher 1884-1890, 42 wins for Detroit in 1886 |
20 | Joe Coleman (baseball, born 1947) | 12/10-12/11 | 27,575 | 15,566 | MLB pitcher 1965-1979, 23 wins in 1973 |
21 | Gary Sutherland | 12/4 | 16,281 | 15,373 | MLB second baseman 1966-1978 |
22 | Hooks Dauss | 5/28 | 18,225 | 14,072 | Detroit Tigers pitcher 1912-1916, holds Detroit record with 223 career wins |
23 | Hardy Richardson | 7/13-7/14 | 32,107 | 14,034 | MLB 1879-1892, part of the "Big Four" hitters in 1880s |
24 | Bill Watkins (baseball) | 11,474 (10,069 + 1,375) | |||
25 | George Wood (baseball) | 6/9 | 14,408 | 10,935 | Canadian-born MLB player 1880-1892 |
26 | Prince Oana | 5/27 | 26,776 | 10,719 | Hawaiian outfielder, World Series in 1945 with Detroit |
27 | Jimmy Outlaw | 5/9 | 18,884 | 10,571 | MLB 1937-1949, World Series champion 1945 with Detroit |
28 | Bill Armour | 1/5 | 29,473 | 8,322 | Detroit Tigers manager 1905-1906, Ty Cobb's first MLB manager |
29 | Bun Troy | 6/4 | 10,136 | 8,108 | |
30 | Tom Timmermann | 12/9 | 8,252 | 8,040 | MLB pitcher 1969-1974 |
31 | Phenomenal Smith | 7/25-7/26 | 14,737 | 7,629 | MLB pitcher 1884-1891 |
32 | Doc Casey | 1/10-1/11 | 12,926 | 7,224 | MLB third baseman 1898-1907 |
33 | Count Campau | 6/9 | 25,508 | 7,213 | Outfielder 1888-1890, led AA in home runs 1890 |
34 | Jack Rowe | 7/12 | 19,025 | 6,855 | MLB 1879-1890, part of the "Big Four" in 1880s |
35 | Slim Love | 2/5-2/6 | 23,414 | 6,510 | MLB pitcher 1913-1920 |
Baseball
Detroit Wolverines
- 1883 Detroit Wolverines season
- Lady Baldwin
- Ed Beatin
- Charlie Bennett
- Frank Brill
- Cal Broughton
- Dick Burns
- Count Campau
- Dan Casey
- Chub Collins
- Frank Cox
- George Derby
- Jim Donnelly
- Mike Dorgan
- Joe Farrell
- Charlie Ganzel
- Ed Gastfield
- Bill Geiss
- Joe Gerhardt
- Pretzels Getzien
- Henry Gruber
- Ned Hanlon
- Sadie Houck
- Jumping Jack Jones
- Robert Leadley
- Jim Manning
- Mike McGeary
- Deacon McGuire
- Frank Mountain
- Mike Moynahan
- Parson Nicholson
- Marr Phillips
- Martin Powell
- Walter Prince
- Joe Quest
- Hardy Richardson
- Frank Ringo
- Yank Robinson
- Jack Rowe
- Edward Santry
- Ted Scheffler
- Frank Scheibeck
- Milt Scott
- Dupee Shaw
- Billy Smith*
- Phenomenal Smith
- Frederick K. Stearns
- Sy Sutcliffe
- Sam Thompson
- Sam Trott
- Dasher Troy
- Larry Twitchell
- Bill Watkins
- Stump Weidman
- Will White
- Art Whitney
- Julius Willigrod
- George Wood
- Chief Zimmer
Detroit Tigers
- 1901 Detroit Tigers season
- Samuel F. Angus
- Bill Armour
- Heinie Beckendorf
- Donie Bush
- Doc Casey
- George Caster
- Nig Clarke
- Flea Clifton
- Joe Coleman (baseball, born 1947)
- Hooks Dauss
- Delos Drake
- Tex Erwin
- John Eubank
- Pete Fox
- Gus Hetling
- Joe Hoover
- Baby Doll Jacobson
- Bill Lelivelt
- Slim Love
- George Maisel
- Scat Metha
- John Mohardt
- Prince Oana
- Jimmy Outlaw
- Erwin Renfer
- Topper Rigney
- Lou Schiappacasse
- Gary Sutherland
- Suds Sutherland
- Jackie Tavener
- Tom Timmermann
- Bun Troy
- Skeeter Webb
- Bill Zepp
Others
Football
All-Americans
1880s/1890s
- John A. Hall* (end, Yale)
- James P. Lee* (halfback, Harvard)
- Lew Palmer* (end, Princeton)
- Charles Romeyn* (fullback, Army)
- Phillip Stillman* (center, Yale)
1900s
- Dave Campbell (end, Havard)
- Hamilton Corbett* (fullback, Harvard)
- William Erwin* (guard, Kansas)
- Joseph Gilman (guard)* (guard, Dartmouth)
- William Goebel* (guard, Yale)
- Patrick Grant* (center, Harvard)
- Edwin Harlan* (halfback, Princeton)
- Peter Hauser* (fullback, Carlisle)
- Ed Lange* (quarterback, Navy)
- George Lee* (guard, Harvard)
- Charles Nourse* (center, Harvard)
- Bernard O'Rourke* (guard, Cornell)
- Frederick Tibbott* (halfback, Princeton)
- Arthur Tipton* (center, Army)
- John Wendell* (halfback, Harvard)
1910s
- Clinton Black* (guard, Yale)
- Charles Bolen* (end, Ohio St.)
- Charles Carpenter* (center, Wisconsin)
- Bum Day (center, Ga. Tech)
- Neno DaPrato* (fullback, Mich. Agr.)
- Buck Flowers (halfback, Ga. Tech.)
- Joseph Gilman* (tackle, Harvard)
- Leonard Hilty* (tackle, Pitt)
- Frank T. Hogg* (guard, Princeton)
- Ray Keeler* (guard, Wisconsin)
- John Logan*
- Eugene Neely* (guard, Dartmouth)
- Lyman Perry* (guard, Navy)
1920s
- Carl Bacchus (end, Missouri)*
- George Bogue* (halfback, Stanford)
- Hal Broda* (end, Brown)
- Fiske Brown* (guard, Harvard)
- Edward Burke* (guard, Navy)
- Tim Callahan* (guard, Yale)
- Emerson Carey* (guard, Cornell)
- John Charlesworth* (center, Yale)
- Harry Connaughton* (center, Georgetown)
- Jim Dixon* (tackle, Oregon St.)
- Peggy Flournoy* (halfback, Tulane)
- Edgar Garbisch (center, Army)
- Bertrand Gulick* (tackle, Syracuse)
- Ed Hake* (tackle, Penn)
- Ed Hess* (guard, Ohio St.)
- Redman Hume* (halfback, SMU)
- Armant Legendre* (end, Princeton)
- Richard Luman* (end, Yale)
- Ed McMillan* (center, Princeton)
- Danny McMullen* (guard, Nebraska)
- Pete MacRae* (end, Syracuse)
- Dave Mishel* (halfback, Brown)
- Irvine Phillips* (end, Cal)
- Joe Pondelik* (guard, Chicago)
- Roy Randall* (quarterback, Brown)
- Orland Smith*
- Wendell Taylor* (end, Navy)
- George Thayer* (end, Penn)
- Eddie Tryon* (halfback, Colgate)
- Polly Wallace* (center, Iowa St.)
- Bill Webster* (guard, Yale)
- Phil White* (halfback, Oklahoma)
- Tom Woods* (guard, Harvard)
1930s
- Ted Beckett* (guard, Cal)
- Marty Below (tackle, Wisconsin)
- Andy Bershak* (end, N. Carolina)
- Bill Bevan* (guard, Minnesota)
- Paul Geisler* (end, Centenary)
- Chuck Hartwig* (guard, Pitt)
- Frank Larson* (end, Minnesota)
- Dallas Marvil* (tackle, Northwestern)
- Jack Robinson* (center, Notre Dame)
- Esco Sarkkinen* (end, Ohio State)
- Milton Summerfelt* (guard, Army)
1940s/1950s
- Vince Banonis (center, Detroit)
- Don Dohoney* (end, Mich. St.)
- Dick Hightower* (center, SMU)
- David Rankin* (end, Purdue)
- Elmer Wilhoite* (guard, USC)
1960s/1970s
- Mike Anderson* (linebacker, LSU)
- Jim Barnes* (guard, Arkansas)
- Tom Brzoza* (center, Pitt)
- Dick Bumpas* (DT, Arkansas)
- Peter Demmerle* (WR, Notre Dame)
- Robert Popelka* (WR, SMU)
- Don Popplewell* (center, Colorado)
- John Provost* (DB, Holy Cross)
- John Roush* (OG, Oklahoma)
- Ron Rusnak* (OG, North Carolina)
- Bill Wyman* (center, Texas)
1980s/1990s
- Peter Anderson* (center, Georgia)
- Keith English* (punter, Colorado)
- Joe Kristosik* (punter, UNLV)
- Brian Lee* (DB, Wyoming)
- Carlton McDonald* (cornerback, Air Force)
- Brian Robinson* (safety, Auburn)
- Chris Smith* (tight end, BYU)
Michigan Wolverines
Detroit NFL
Florida Gators
Season articles
- Harvard: 1873, 1876-1884, 1886-1889, 1891-1897, 1900, 1902-1907, 1911, 1914-1918, 1921-1922
- Princeton: 1876, 1882-1883, 1887-1888, 1890-1892, 1895, 1897, 1900-1902, 1904-1905, 1907-1910, 1912-1919, 1921, 1923-1932, 1934
- Yale: 1873, 1875, 1878, 1885, 1889, 1890, 1896, 1898-1899, 1903-1904, 1908, 1910-1917, 1919-1926, 1928
Other football
AfD rescue
Miscellaneous
DYKs
Article (DYK date) | Image | DYK views | DYK hook |
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1056-1059. Tootie Perry, Goldy Goldstein, Red Bethea, Larry Dupree (11/24/14) | 3,095 (Perry) | ... that the American football players inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as "Gator Greats" include "All-American Waterboy" Tootie Perry, attorney Goldy Goldstein, and halfbacks Red Bethea and Larry Dupree? | |
1055. Buck Flowers (10/11/14) | na | ... that after College Football Hall of Fame inductee Buck Flowers returned two punts for touchdowns, a writer suggested that the opposition Auburn Tigers made a dying request: "Please omit Flowers"? | |
1054. Len Ford (10/3/14) | 10,233 | ... that in his NFL debut season, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Len Ford (pictured) was injured so severely in a game he required plastic surgery to "virtually rebuild" his face? | |
1053. Martin Manulis (9/26/14) | na | ... that Martin Manulis was the producer of Playhouse 90, voted the greatest television series of all time in a 1970 poll of television editors? | |
1052. Dick Burns (9/20-9/21/14) | 3,781 | ... that the baseball player Dick Burns's "up-shoot" was called "a beauty"? | |
1051. Vince Banonis (9/19/14) | 2,888 | ... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Vince Banonis (pictured) was an All-American center for the University of Detroit and All-NFL for the Chicago Cardinals? | |
1050. Charles Romeyn (9/14/14) | na | ... that Charles Romeyn, an All-American fullback for the Army football team, was sent to Montana in 1902 with the charge of "quieting" the Cheyenne Indians? | |
1049. Arthur Tipton (9/13/14) | na | ... that 1898 All-American football player Arthur Tipton prompted a rule change when he kicked a loose ball down the field and fell on it for a touchdown after it crossed the goal line? | |
1047-1048. If It Wasn't True, Shamir (9/1/14) | na | ... that "If It Wasn't True" from countertenor Shamir's 2014 Northtown EP was called "Your Favorite Breakup Song" by Vogue and "semidissonant pulses tickled by antsy snares and hi-hats" by Dazed? | |
1046. Will White (9/1/14) | 1,786 | ... that Will White, the first Major League Baseball player to wear glasses, holds the records of 75 complete games and 680 innings pitched in one season? | |
1045. Eugene Neeley (8/31/14) | 1,750 | ... that the one-armed football player Eugene Neeley became a consensus first-team All-American? | |
1044. Charlie Guy (8/30/14) | 1,232 | ... that Charlie Guy, who served in the Ambulance Corps during World War I, sent Cleveland's star halfback to the hospital with a broken shoulder and ribs in the first game of the 1920 NFL season? | |
1043. Neno DaPrato (8/26/14) | 1,700 | ... that Michigan State halfback Neno DaPrato was called "the greatest scoring machine of the year" after scoring 130 points, in just six games, during the 1915 season? | |
1042. Jim Manning (8/26/14) | 623 | ... that baseball's Jim Manning was one of the organizers of both the Western League and its successor the American League? | |
1041. Lynn Bomar (8/29/14) | 9,013 | ... that "The Blonde Bear" supervised the ransacking of black households in the 1946 Columbia Race Riot? | |
1040. Peter Hauser (8/27/14) | 3,700 | ... that Native American football player Peter Hauser has been credited with throwing the first spiral pass? | |
1039. Joe Quest (8/24/14) | 2,300 | ... that stories involving Joe Quest are among the many theories about the origin of the term "Charley horse"? | |
1038. Bill Watkins (8/24/14) | 545 | ... that Bill Watkins led Detroit to the 1887 World Series and by 1894 had won more pennants than any other manager? | |
1037. Steamer Horning (8/23/14) | 800 | ... that Steamer Horning was an All-American football player for Colgate and a two-time All-NFL player for Toledo? | |
1036. Jumping Jack Jones (8/23/14) | 3,900 | ... that baseball pitcher, dentist, and voice trainer Jumping Jack Jones (pictured) leapt into the air before throwing, making him "the twirling marvel of his time"? | |
1035. Dan Casey (8/21/14) | 3,500 | ... that in later life, baseball player Dan Casey claimed he was "Casey at the Bat"? | |
1034. Hugh Lowery (8/20/14) | 2,000 | ... that Hugh Lowery taught formation flying in World War I and later played in the National Football League's first season? | |
1033. Joe Fitzgerald (8/19/14) | 2,300 | ... that Joe Fitzgerald was the first player in NFL history to return an interception for a touchdown? | |
1032. June Krauser (8/16/14) | 1,700 | ... that swimmer June Krauser set 154 American records and 73 world records? August 16, 2014 | |
1031. Eddie Moegle (8/16/14) | 800 | ... that halfback Eddie Moegle scored the first touchdown for Detroit in the first season of the NFL? August 16, 2014 | |
1030. Cal Broughton (8/15/14) | 3,128 | ... that baseball catcher Cal Broughton later became a police chief who captured a gang of train robbers after a gun fight in Wisconsin? August 15, 2014 | |
1029. Bill Adamaitis (8/13/14) | 1,337 | ... that Catholic University's Bill Adamaitis was hailed as the "hero of the Orange Bowl" after both catching and throwing touchdown passes in the 1936 game? | |
1028. Frank Brill (8/9/14) | 554 | ... that Frank Brill was a pitcher in Major League Baseball and later won the United States' first national bowling championship? August 9, 2014 | |
1027. Tip O'Neill (8/7/14) | 5,200 | ... that Tip O'Neill won the triple crown and set at least eight Major League Baseball batting records? | |
1025-1026. Jack Rowe, Hardy Richardson (8/3-8/14/14) | 3,270 (JR only) | ... that baseball players Jack Rowe (pictured) and Hardy Richardson were two of the "Big Four", a group "regarded for many years as the greatest quartette in the history of the national pastime"? | |
1024. Ned Hanlon (7/28/14) | 6,628 | ... that "Foxy Ned" Hanlon (pictured), inventor of the "Baltimore chop", was "The Father of Modern Baseball"? July 28, 2014 | |
1023. Art Whitney (7/26/14) | na | ... that Art Whitney helped the New York Giants win the 1888 and 1889 World Series? July 26, 2014 | |
1022. Deacon McGuire (7/24/14) | 17,330 | ... that an x-ray of catcher Deacon McGuire's gnarled left hand (pictured) showed "36 breaks, twists or bumps all due to baseball accidents"? | |
1021. Emil Gross (7/23-7/24/14) | 25,861 | ... that Emil Gross set a Major League Baseball record by appearing in 87 games as catcher? | |
1020. Jim Donnelly (7/22/14) | na | ... that in 1896 The Sporting Life wrote of Baltimore Orioles third baseman Jim Donnelly that a "prettier or headier fielder ... would be difficult to find"? July 22, 2014 | |
1019. Charlie Bennett (7/15-7/16/14) | 20,537 | ... that the baseball career of Charlie Bennett (pictured), who reportedly invented the chest protector, ended when both legs were run over by a train? | |
1018. Mike McGeary (7/13/14) | na | ... that 19th century baseball player Mike McGeary was suspected of game-fixing and using a yellow umbrella to communicate with gamblers in the stands? July 13, 2014 | |
1017. Sy Sutcliffe (7/13/14) | na | ... that catcher Sy Sutcliffe, who reportedly "threw like a catapult", died of Bright's disease four months after his final major league game? | |
1016. Milt Scott (7/12/14) | na | ... that professional baseball player "Mikado Milt" Scott gained his nickname amid a "Mikado" craze that invaded the sport in 1886? | |
1015. Dasher Troy (7/11/14) | na | ... that in 1888 baseball player Dasher Troy hit a game-winning home run after his manager fulfilled his request for a beer from the bar beneath the field's grandstand?' July 11, 2014 | |
1014. Ed Beatin (7/10/14) | 2,959 | ... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner? July 10, 2014 | |
1013. Jerry Dorgan (7/10/14) | 4,774 | ... that professional baseball player Jerry Dorgan suffered from an "unconquerable appetite for liquor" and died after being discovered inebriated in a barn with an empty liquor bottle by his side? | |
1012. Frank Ringo (7/9/14) | 7,125 | ... that baseball player Frank Ringo, who was "inordinately fond" of whiskey, married in January 1889 and killed himself in April of that same year? July 9, 2014 | |
1011. Larry Twitchell (7/5/14) | na | ... that in 1889 Cleveland Spiders baseball player Larry Twitchell hit for the cycle, hitting a single, a double, three triples, and a home run in six at bats? | |
1010. Yank Robinson (7/2/14) | na | ... that Yank Robinson, who set a major league record for single-season walks, died of tuberculosis at 34? | |
1009. George Derby (6/30/14) | ... that in his first season playing Major League Baseball, Detroit Wolverines pitcher George Derby pitched 55 complete games, won 29 games, and led the National League in strikeouts? June 30, 2014 | ||
1008. Count Campau (6/25/14) | 3,485 | ... that 19th-century baseball player Count Campau could reportedly run the bases in 14 seconds, and once converted an infield popup into a home run? | |
1007. Martin Powell (6/25/14) | na | ... that rookie baseball player Martin Powell finished second to Cap Anson for the 1881 batting title, but retired three years later and died of consumption at age 31? | |
1006. Robert Leadley (6/22/14) | na | ... that Bob Leadley managed Major League Baseball teams in Detroit and Cleveland, and later lived in Mexico City as a fugitive from embezzlement charges? | |
1005. Chief Zimmer (6/21/14) | na | ... that Chief Zimmer set multiple catching records, was the first president of the Players' Protective Association, and invented a popular mechanical baseball game? | |
1004. Bun Troy (6/20/14) | 2,302 | ... that baseball pitcher Bun Troy, who won a doubleheader while pitching all nine innings of both games, was killed in action during World War I? | |
1003. Dupee Shaw (6/16/14) | 4,520 | ... that Dupee Shaw's delivery may have been the first pitching wind-up, created "a genuine sensation" and led baseball writers of his day to call him "a monkey, a mountebank and other harsh names"? | |
1002. Jackie Tavener (6/15/14) | na | ... that Jackie Tavener is one of only four players in Major League Baseball history to steal second, third and home in the same inning on more than one occasion? June 15, 2014 | |
1001. Prince Oana (6/13/14) | 1,726 | ... that professional baseball player "Prince" Oana was falsely advertised by his promoters as a full-blooded Hawaiian royal? | |
1000. Sadie Houck (6/9/14) | 5,703 | ... that Sadie Houck was blacklisted by the National League for being "addicted to drink" despite being acknowledged as "one of the best short stops in the country and a thorough ball player"? | |
999. Baby Doll Jacobson (3/1/14) | 2,372 | ... that Baby Doll Jacobson (pictured) received his nickname after hitting a home run while a band played "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" on opening day of the 1912 season? | |
998. Bill Armour (1/29/14) | 3,488 | ... that Bill Armour (pictured) was manager of the Cleveland Bronchos when they signed Nap Lajoie to the most lucrative contract in baseball up to that time, and of the Detroit Tigers when they signed Ty Cobb? | |
997. John Mohardt (1/19/14) | na | ... that John Mohardt played baseball for the Detroit Tigers with Ty Cobb and football for the Chicago Bears with Red Grange? | |
996. Frank Scheibeck (1/16/14) | ... that Frank Scheibeck played professional baseball in Detroit in three different decades and three different leagues between 1888 and 1906? | ||
995. Gus Hetling (1/15/14) | na | ... that Gus Hetling was awarded an automobile in 1912 as the most valuable player in the Pacific Coast League? |