On this day in 1971 Rick Wise hit two home runs while throwing a complete game. Oh yeah, he also threw a no-hitter. Later in the season he also had a two-homer game. He finished with 15 career homers partly because he spent 6 of his 18 years in the AL.
Eight of those home run came against pitchers good enough to get onto a Kellogg's baseball card. Maybe I should find out which players hit more home runs off of pitchers who have a Kellogg's card?
On this day in 1973 Ken Brett homers in his fourth consecutive start on the mound. He finished with 10 career homers because he played in the AL a lot and only got 347 official at-bats in his career.
I read that Brett wore 13 different uniform numbers in his career. That could be hard to top. I will need to see if anyone has surpassed that count. More later. See http://www.baseball-reference.com/
for more amazing baseball data.
On this day in 2008 Felix Hernandez of the Mariners hits a homer in an inter-league game. It the the first home run for a Mariners pitcher. Remember, the Mariners entered the AL after the designated hitter rule was in place.
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