Blog Bat Around: Fun Facts Chain

I follow a few baseball-centric groups on Facebook. One day, one of them posted an image with a series of facts that was nothing short of amazing. Check this out:

 

2016 Stadium Club
#214 Madison Bumgarner

Madison Bumgarner has more grand slams than...

 

2016 Topps Archives #9 Prince Fielder

 

Prince Fielder, who has more inside-the-park home runs than...

 

1991 Score #10 Rickey Henderson

Rickey Henderson, who has fewer steals of home than...

 

1994 Megacards Ruthian Shots
#1 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth, who has as many shutouts as...

 

2000 Stadium Club #164 Pedro Martinez

Pedro Martinez! 

 

Here's the image from the post, so I can give proper credit to the media account that came up with this:

 

 

It's fascinating, isn't it? You don't think of pitchers out-slugging hitters, or big burly guys doing things on the bases more than the greatest lead-off hitter of all time. The stats are just wild, and it gave me an idea for a blog bat around. You're assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to post a string of fun facts connecting players. Make it as long as you want, but I think a minimum of 2 facts connecting 3 players is expected. 

 

As I was deciding to try my own, I decided to basically continue with the original poster's chain and come up with a fun fact about Pedro. Did you know that over the course of his career he hit 2 triples? I thought that was noteworthy and with a little finagling I can tell you that...

 

2002 Fleer Tradition - Diamond Tributes
#4DT Pedro Martinez

Pedro Martinez hit more triples in the 1990's than...

 

1990 Upper Deck #171 Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire, who has fewer intentional base on balls than...

 

1991 Score #860 John Olerud (FRAN)

John Olerud, who won as many batting titles as... 

2024 Stadium Club #171 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth, who has more saves than... 

 

2016 Topps #600 Madison Bumgarner

 

Madison Bumgarner! 

 

Look, I even circled back to Bumgarner!  Now it's your turn - have fun with it!