re: Obscure MLB records that'll never be broken

Good ones

While not all "records", very interesting;

STEAL A BASE, GO BACK AND STEAL AN EARLIER BASE, THEN STEAL IT AGAIN

On September 3, 1908, while on first base, Herman "Germany" Schaefer of the Detroit Tigers stole second base, then ran in reverse and stole first base, then stole second base again! Germany remains the only player ever to steal second base twice in the same base-running series. Before 1920, there was no official rule that you couldn't steal bases in reverse order.


RICHIE ASHBURN HITS THE SAME LADY TWICE WITH TWO FOUL BALLS

On August 17, 1957, Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies hit spectator Alice Roth with a foul ball, breaking her nose. As Alice was being carried off the field on a stretcher, Ashburn hit her with another foul ball, breaking a bone in her knee.

ONLY PLAYER KILLED BY A PITCH

On August 16, 1920, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was struck by a submarine pitch from Yankee hurler Carl Mays. Unsteadily, Chapman took a few steps toward first base before collapsing.

He died in the hospital the next day and remains the only Major League baseball player ever killed by a pitch. Incredibly, batting helmets did not come into common use by players until 1941, over 20 years after Chapman's fatality.

STRIKING OUT MORE IN ONE GAME THAN YOUR TOTAL CAREER WINS

On September 12, 1962, Tom Cheney, a pitcher for the Washington Senators, set a still-standing record by striking out 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16-inning game.

Cheney's lifetime record was 19 wins and 29 losses, and thus he is the only player in history to record more strikeouts in one game than he had wins in his entire career.

**I don't know what criteria they used but I'm sure there are several pitchers who have more K's than wins in career ? Possibly a minimum # of innings or games was used ?


As I posted earlier I thought Toby Harrah had an assist, after looking it up he did not. He only touched the ball in throw arounds and warm ups in that double header. Unreal !

Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in a 9 inning game. Not sure that we'll see something like that again.

Tom Chaney is probably not the only pitcher with that mark... any pitcher who struck someone out and never won a game shares that mark

Tom Glavine didn't miss a start in 20 seasons. That'll never happen again.

Pete Rose made the most outs (10,328)