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kairos12

(12,858 posts) Thu Jun 13, 2019, 01:05 AM Jun 2019

Lou Gehrig

Stole home 15 times in his career.

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Lou Gehrig (Original Post) kairos12 Jun 2019 OP

Wow! GeoWilliam750 Jun 2019 #1

And Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson True Dough Jun 2019 #3

Babe Ruth 10 times. kairos12 Jun 2019 #4

If the late great Yogi Berra was still around he'd tell you Robinson stole home only 18 times Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #5

Question from someone who doesn't know all the ways which baseball numbers are parsed...: RockRaven Jun 2019 #2

GeoWilliam750

(2,522 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 01:27 AM

Jun 2019

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And Jackie Robinson did it 19 times

And Ty Cobb did it 54 times

True Dough

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3. And Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson

Reply to GeoWilliam750 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 06:53 AM

Jun 2019

wouldn't have gotten along very well if they played for the same team!

kairos12

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4. Babe Ruth 10 times.

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Thu Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

Jun 2019

Brother Buzz

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5. If the late great Yogi Berra was still around he'd tell you Robinson stole home only 18 times

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Thu Jun 13, 2019, 12:18 PM

Jun 2019

RockRaven

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2. Question from someone who doesn't know all the ways which baseball numbers are parsed...:

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 01:53 AM

Jun 2019

does "stealing home" necessitate that the pitcher either threw the ball to the catcher as a pitch, or did nothing...

or does stealing home include advancing from 3rd to home while the pitcher is trying to pick off a runner (excluding errors, of course)?

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