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2012 Baseball Calendar |
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| 07-10-2012 |
All-Star Game, Kauffman Stadium, KC, MO |
54
Days |
| 07-20-2012 |
National Baseball Hall of Fame Weekend |
64
Days |
| 09-01-2012 |
Rosters Increased From 25 to 40 Players |
107
Days |
| 09-11-2012 |
September 11 Remembrance |
117
Days |
| 10-03-2012 |
End of 2012 Regular Season |
139
Days |
| 12-03-2012 |
Baseball Winter Meetings (Nashville, TN) |
200
Days |
| 12-06-2012 |
Rule 5 Draft |
203
Days |
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| New Baseball Card Database Sets |
Baseball Fever |
Six Popular Tools |
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1987 Topps Tiffany
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McGwire Confesses |
1. Player Biographies |
1987 Topps |
Andre Dawson to HOF! |
2. Team Rosters |
1988 Glossy Score Traded / Rookies |
Top 100 Players of the Decade |
3. Baseball Card Database |
1988 Score Traded / Rookies |
Top Prospects for 2010 |
4. Team Schedules |
1989 Toys "R" Us Rookies |
Best / Worst Announcer |
5. Opening Day |
1990 Toys "R" Us Rookies |
Fastest Pitch by a Woman |
6. StatMaster TM |
| Updated Baseball Charts |
Baseball Fever Polls |
Fun Scripts / Pages / Menus |
A.L. Opening Day Games |
Baseball's Best Moments |
Baseball News | Autographs |
N.L. Opening Day Games |
Pujols or Jeter? |
Random Player Page |
| Today in Baseball History |
In Memoriam (Obituaries) |
ecommerce / Supporters |
Baseball Players Born Today |
Merritt Ranew |
Baseball Books |
Baseball Players Who Died Today |
Johnny Schmitz |
Baseball Digital ScoreBook |
Today in Baseball History |
Ralph Hodgin |
Football Almanac |
| "Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today." |
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| 05-15: New 2012 rookies now appearing on these baseball colleges: |
2 Updated Baseball College Pgs |
| xx-xx: Kevin Mattison, University of North Carolina at Asheville Players. |
| xx-xx: Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina University Baseball Players. |
| 05-15: Did you know EVERY rookie set is in our Famous Firsts area? |
Baseball Almanac Tip |
| xx-xx: Including this years 2012 American League Rookies / Debuts. |
| xx-xx: Including this years 2012 National League Rookies / Debuts. |
| 05-15: Colby Lewis gave up 5 HRs in a game last Thursday, but didn't |
3 Added Baseball Record Boxes |
| xx-xx: tie the mark for Most Home Runs Allowed in a Game. |
| 05-15: Which pitchers struck out four batters in one inning in April 2012? |
1 Updated Baseball Feat |
| xx-xx: Bud Norris, the fourth Houston Astros instance in history. |
| xx-xx: Ryan Cook, the third Oakland Athletics instance in history. |
| 05-12: Al Leiter: New quote and a GREAT trivia item (Fast Fact #1). |
1 Updated Baseball Player |
05-12: Every baseball player page has several chart ( ) links on it. |
4 Upgraded Baseball Charts |
| xx-xx: The following charts now feature "live" data current this season! |
| xx-xx: Batting Stances, Throwing Arms, Weights & Heights. |
| 05-12: Future Hall of Fame Manager Tony La Russa number gets retired. |
2 Updated Baseball Team Pgs |
| xx-xx: Retired Uniform Numbers in the NL & St. Louis Cardinals updated. |
| 05-12: New 2012 rookies now appearing on these baseball colleges: |
9 Updated Baseball College Pgs |
| xx-xx: A.J. Pollock, University of Notre Dame Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Thad Weber, University of Nebraska Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Dan Jennings, University of Nebraska Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Jeremy Hefner, Oral Roberts University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Tyler Moore, Mississippi State University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Luke Putkonen, University of North Carolina Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Brian Dozier, University of Southern Mississippi Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: D.J. Mitchell, Clemson University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky University Baseball Players. |
| 05-12: Most Total Bases in a Game expanded (not just record holder). |
1 Expanded Baseball Record Bk |
| 05-12: Typo on St. Louis Cardinals Managers fixed, 2012 link added. |
1 Updated Baseball Manager Pg |
| 05-11: Jack Warhop: Nice quote and a good trivia item (Fast Fact #1). |
1 Updated Baseball Player |
| 05-11: Josh Hamilton also tied Most Home Runs in 2 Consecutive Games. |
1 Updated Baseball Record |
| 05-11: Casey Blake officially retired, nice quote & final date added. |
1 Updated Baseball Player |
| 05-11: Andy Van Slyke -> Scott Van Slyke, new Father & Son duo. |
1 Updated Baseball Family Page |
| 05-11: John Bateman: Added High School, Junior College, a GREAT |
1 Updated Baseball Player |
| xx-xx: quote from Lum Harris, AND a good trivia item (Fast Fact #1). |
| 05-11: New 2012 rookies now appearing on these baseball colleges: |
11 Updated Baseball College Pgs |
| xx-xx: Lucas Luetge, Rice University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Stephen Vogt, Azusa Pacific University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Azusa Pacific University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Erik Komatsu, Cal State Fullerton Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Ryan Flaherty, Vanderbilt University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Matt Hague, University of Washington Baseball Players (05-07). |
| xx-xx: Matt Hague, Oklahoma State University Baseball Players (08-08). |
| xx-xx: Dan Otero, University of South Florida Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Nate Jones, Northern Kentucky University Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Drew Smyly, University of Arkansas Baseball Players. |
| xx-xx: Evan Crawford, Auburn University Baseball Players. |
| 05-11: Felix Millan: Added proper accents to his birth name, added his |
1 Updated Baseball Player |
| xx-xx: Spanish nickname, a quote AND a good trivia item (Fast Fact #1). |
| 05-11: Typo on Most Total Bases in a Game fixed (Oliver's team). |
1 Updated Baseball Record |
| xx-xx: Al Oliver: Sourced quote and added 1974 contract data. |
1 Updated Baseball Player |
| 05-09: Josh Hamilton had a pretty good day (05-08) and ended up here: |
A Record Setting Day... |
| xx-xx: The 6th A.L. baseball player to ever hit four home runs in a game. |
| xx-xx: Baseball Record: Tied Most Home Runs in a 9-Inning Game. |
| xx-xx: Baseball Record: Broke A.L. mark Most Total Bases in a Game. |
| 05-09: The 2012 Player of the Week winners for the past two weeks are: |
1 Updated Baseball Award
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4 Updated Baseball Players |
| xx-xx: On 04-30 we added Paul Konerko, Paul Konerko Awards updated. |
| xx-xx: On 04-30 we added Jay Bruce, Jay Bruce Awards updated. |
| xx-xx: On 05-07 we added Jered Weaver, Jered Weaver Awards updated. |
| xx-xx: On 05-07 we added Freddie Freeman, Freddie Freeman Awards... |
| 05-06: Ricky Nolasco ties Dontrelle Willis, Miami Marlins Career Wins. |
1 Updated Baseball Team Pg |
| 05-06: Chipper Jones & Jason Giambi were the first players to ever... |
1 New Baseball First |
| 05-06: Knuckleball (2012) added to Baseball Movie Checklist. |
1 Updated Baseball Movie Page |
| 05-04: Most Strikeouts Through 4th Inning updated, new 11k instances |
1 Updated Baseball Record |
| xx-xx: found by historian / research expert Trent McCotter. |
| 05-04: In respect to the Rookie of the Month Award (from yesterday), the |
1 Updated Baseball Award
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4 Updated Baseball Players |
| xx-xx: links to the 2011 rookies listed below were just added. Sorry about |
| xx-xx: that omission. This year data is daily, it won't happen again. |
| xx-xx: Michael Pineda linked. Michael Pineda Awards tab updated. |
| xx-xx: Jemile Weeks linked. Jemile Weeks Awards tab updated. |
| xx-xx: Eric Hosmer linked. Eric Hosmer Awards tab updated. |
| xx-xx: Dee Gordon linked. Dee Gordon Awards tab updated. |
| 05-03: Jonathan Papelbon won Delivery Man of the Month Award. |
4 Updated Baseball Awards
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7 Updated Baseball Players |
| xx-xx: Jonathan Papelbon Awards tab updated, his 8th major award! |
| xx-xx: Matt Kemp won April N.L. Player of the Month Award. |
| xx-xx: Matt Kemp Awards tab updated, his 10th major award! |
| xx-xx: Josh Hamilton won April A.L. Player of the Month Award. |
| xx-xx: Josh Hamilton Awards tab updated, his 16th major award! |
| xx-xx: Stephen Strasburg won April N.L. Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| xx-xx: Stephen Strasburg Awards tab updated, his 4th major award! |
| xx-xx: Jake Peavy won April A.L.Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| xx-xx: Jake Peavy Awards tab updated, his 12th major award! |
| xx-xx: Wade Miley won April N.L. Rookie of the Month Award. |
| xx-xx: Wade Miley Awards tab updated, his 1st major award. |
| xx-xx: Yu Darvish won April A.L. Rookie of the Month Award. |
| xx-xx: Yu Darvis Awards tab updatred, his 1st major award. |
| 05-03: Jered Weaver throws 10th Angels No-Hitter game in history: |
2 Updated Baseball Team Pgs |
| xx-xx: Bo Belinksy, 05-05-1962; Clyde Wright, 07-03-1970. |
| xx-xx: Nolan Ryan, 05-15-1973, 07-15-1973, 09-28-1974, 06-01-1975. |
| xx-xx: Mike Witt, 09-30-1984; Mark Langston/Mike Witt, 04-11-1990. |
| xx-xx: Ervin Santana, 07-27-2011. American League No-Hitters updated. |
| 05-01: On April 26 I wrote the following here, "Our live 2012 data is |
Baseball Almanac News |
| xx-xx: progressing, slowly, but each day it's a little bit better. Thanks for |
| xx-xx: your patience. An enormous number of updates across the site |
| xx-xx: have been done as well, stay tuned!" Here are just a few of those |
| xx-xx: updates done in the past few days during the live data upgrade: |
| 05-01: What have Derrick Turnbow, Salomon Torres & Frank Francisco |
3 Updated Baseball Players |
| xx-xx: done that no other pitcher has? Fast Fact #1, any player, has it. |
| 05-01: A typo on the 1965 World Series page was fixed. |
1 Updated World Series Page |
| 05-01: Norm Cash: Quote sourced, 1965-1967 contracts added. |
5 Updated Baseball Players |
| xx-xx: New quotes on: Sean Burroughs, Alfonso Soriano, Matt Moore |
| xx-xx: and Mark Hamburger. New nickname on: David Murphy. |
| 05-01: Octavio Dotel broke mark for Most Teams Played For in a Career. |
1 Updated Baseball Record |
| 05-01: Scott Hairston, New York Mets, 10th franchise cycle (on 04-27). |
2 Updated Baseball Team Pgs |
| xx-xx: Hitting for the Cycle in the National League, updated on 04-28. |
| 05-01: Links to box scores on 2011 Walk Off Grand Slams were added. |
1 Updated Baseball Feat |
| 05-01: Record book trivia: Did you know that Mark Reynolds set the AL |
Baseball Record Trivia |
| xx-xx: Record for Strikeouts in a Season by a Righthander in 2011, but |
| xx-xx: already held the NL mark giving him both the AL & NL records? |
| 05-01: Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2012, April: |
Ballplayers Year of Death |
| xx-xx: Allie Clark, Stan Johnson, John O'Neil & Andy Replogle. |
| xx-xx: Al Veigel and Bill "Moose" Skowron. |
| 05-01: Previous month updates moved to Baseball Almanac Updates. |
1 Updated Archive Page
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Baseball Almanac Page Updates and / or Additions |
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