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A user with 34 edits. Account created on 28 August 2007.
6 September 2007
- 16:2916:29, 6 September 2007 diff hist +44 Bill Klem Klem (along with )were first 2 umpires selected for the Hall of Fame - not inducted until following year.
- 16:2416:24, 6 September 2007 diff hist −14 Jocko Conlan Let's get it right.
- 15:3715:37, 6 September 2007 diff hist −14 Jocko Conlan Stop putting your 2 cents in. He was not formally elected - period. What you think or I thin doesn't matter here.
- 14:4514:45, 6 September 2007 diff hist +3 Jocko Conlan No edit summary
- 14:3814:38, 6 September 2007 diff hist +3 Jocko Conlan correcting the facts - even if painful!
5 September 2007
- 21:0821:08, 5 September 2007 diff hist −2 Jocko Conlan Veterans Comittee men were not formally elected (I am a "Hall" expert). Take your pick - selected or chosen (no edit war needed).
- 15:3715:37, 5 September 2007 diff hist +2 Jocko Conlan Veterans Committee choices are selected, rather than elected (technicality).
- 01:4301:43, 5 September 2007 diff hist +1 Paul Waner Pete Rose finished with 10 200-hit seasons (2 more than Keeler and P.Waner).
- 01:4001:40, 5 September 2007 diff hist +101 Paul Waner Tied NL record of 8 200-hit seasons by Keeler, but Pete Rose broke the record with 9 200-hit seasons.
- 00:5000:50, 5 September 2007 diff hist +275 Willard Brown Wilbur Brown 3rd player of figure chosen for Hall in Negro League category to have played in the major leagues (biographies on Hall website; data confirmed also by Negro Lg. & Sabr baseball historian
- 00:4500:45, 5 September 2007 diff hist +136 m Jocko Conlan Conlan is only one of the 8 Hall of Fame umpires to have played in the major leagues (umpire biographies on Hall of Fame website).
31 August 2007
- 17:4417:44, 31 August 2007 diff hist +235 m Eddie Plank Plank chosen by Oldtimers with 10 others in 1946; only 20th century 300-game winner not picked for Hall by BBWAA.
- 17:3517:35, 31 August 2007 diff hist +345 Pee Wee Reese Reese claimed he did not seek a managerial job because of an ulcer condition (coached Dodgers 1 year in 1959). Played on 1955 World Champs and all 44 Subway Series Games (in 7 Series) - Yanks & Dodg
- 13:5913:59, 31 August 2007 diff hist +207 Joe Gordon The year 1940 was only year between 1935 and 1944 when Yankees not pennant winners; Gordon played 1st base part of 1941 before moving back to 2nd base.; early death, short career, & shaky managerial
- 13:5013:50, 31 August 2007 diff hist +5 m Duke Snider Dolph Camilli led Dodgers hin hrs & rbi's same season; Snider did it in separate seasons.
- 13:4613:46, 31 August 2007 diff hist −77 Duke Snider Snider appeared in 6 WS with the Dodgers; Pleaded guilty to tax charges (not reporting income from card & memorabilia shows) along with Willie McCovey (prev entry).
- 13:4313:43, 31 August 2007 diff hist +94 Duke Snider →Biography: Miscellaneous facts on Snider. Helped Dodgers to last Brooklyn pennatnt with 2 hrs and 4 rbi's on final day for 8-6 win; led 3 cons yrs runs scored, tying NL record.
- 13:3513:35, 31 August 2007 diff hist +1,096 Duke Snider →Biography: Miscellaneous batting feats by Snider (3rd with 40+ hrs 5 cons yrs; tied
30 August 2007
- 15:2815:28, 30 August 2007 diff hist −3 Ferguson Jenkins →Trivia
- 15:2715:27, 30 August 2007 diff hist +78 Ferguson Jenkins →Trivia: Jenkins birthyear change (1943 to 1942) first noted in SABR Biographical Committee Newsletter for July/August 2003.
- 15:1715:17, 30 August 2007 diff hist +19 Lou Gehrig Gehrig chosen to Hall by special action (no regular election, and 1 -full season waiting period waived) on December 7.1939.
- 15:1315:13, 30 August 2007 diff hist +246 m Lou Gehrig Gehjrig chosen for Hall by special action 12/7/1939; captain remainder of 1939 season and WS; disease also called amyloptical lateral sclerosis; died in Riverdale, Bronx, New York.
28 August 2007
- 20:1020:10, 28 August 2007 diff hist +240 m Whitey Ford First AL 25-game winner since Parnell of 1949 Red Sox; first Yankee since Lefty Gomez in 1934. (20-game winners listed in AL Red Book & Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book).
- 15:3215:32, 28 August 2007 diff hist −8 Ferguson Jenkins No edit summary
- 15:0815:08, 28 August 2007 diff hist 0 Ferguson Jenkins →External links
- 14:4214:42, 28 August 2007 diff hist +232 Ferguson Jenkins SABR Biographical Committee has conclusively determined a 1942 birthyear for Jenkins.
- 14:3314:33, 28 August 2007 diff hist +2 Mickey Welch No edit summary
- 14:3214:32, 28 August 2007 diff hist +366 Mickey Welch Baseball geneologist discovered that Mickey Welch was born "Walsh." (confirmed by cemetery and Baseball Hall of Fame records).