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Did you know that the only player to be traded for himself was Jose Uribe? He got traded for Jose Gonzalez in 1984.....what they didn't know is that He legally changed his name from Jose Gonzalez to Jose Uribe in 1983.....so he got traded for himself
That's part of it, but if Greg Maddux pitched for 50 years, he still wouldn't catch Ryan.
Speaking of Greg Maddux...
Did you know...that despite it being more difficult for starting pitchers to attain high single-season win totals since the five-man rotation came into use, Greg Maddux had 20 consecutive seasons with 10 or more wins (1988-2007) and 17 consecutive seasons with 15 or more wins (1988-2004). Both are the longest such streaks in major league history.
Also, despite fewer starts for pitchers in five-man rotations in order for them to compile high strikeout totals, Randy Johnson has the most consecutive seasons with 300 or more (1998-2002). This included a season in which the Big Unit was traded across league lines from Seattle to Houston. That year, when Johnson was traded to the Astros, he made his only five starts in the Astrodome - 5-0 record, four complete-game shutouts and a 0.42 ERA. He only gave up two earned runs in 43 innings. He has only pitched more shutouts in the Kingdome (14) and Bank One Ballpark/Chase Field (9) than in the Astrodome, despite playing there only a short time. The Astros did give up a price for their two-month rental of the Unit, trading then-prospects Freddy Garcia and Carlos Guillen. Both became All-Stars.
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Did you know........that the Texas Rangers franchise did not have a petroleum company (i.e. Citgo, Conoco, Fina, etc) on the outfield wall ads at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington this season?? It's been that way for a couple of years and I still don't know why. Every other major league team has at least one petroleum company sponsorship, and the Rangers used to have Fina for many years. Why there isn't one today is a mystery, but I find that to be pretty odd.
What can happen is that, say, Jose Uribe is traded for a "player to be named later." At that point, Uribe goes to a team that owes Uribe's old team a player. They can decide to make that "player to be named later" Uribe, which is effectively a trade of Uribe for Uribe (it basically cancels the deal).
This did not happen in Uribe's case, but it happened with a catcher named Harry Chiti in 1962 in a deal involving the Cleveland Indians and the New York Mets.
Jose Gonzalez Uribe played as Jose Gonzalez in 1984 with St. Louis, but upon being traded to San Francisco, began using his mother's surname Uribe. (Spanish naming customs often use both parents' surnames.) His reason was, indeed, that there were too many players named Gonzalez in baseball. In fact, during Uribe's playing career there was also a reserve outfielder named Jose Gonzalez who played mostly with the Dodgers.
Sadly, Jose Uribe died in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic in 2006.
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Did you know........that from 1994 to 2001, a Houston Astro player led the National League in doubles five times?? Craig Biggio did it in '94, '98', and '99, Jeff Bagwell in '96, and Lance Berkman in 2001.
Did you know....that since the Philadelphia Phillies' franchise began in 1883, that only in 1976 and 1977 did they exceed 100 wins in a season? The Phillies had a 101-61 record both years but did not get to the World Series either time. This year marks only their sixth World Series appearance; the Phils won 90 games in 1915 to get to the WS, 91 in 1950 and 1980, 90 in 1983, 97 in 1993 and 92 in 2008. Their only championship was in 1980....but that could change soon.
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