Tom Thress
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Tom Thress
@retrosheettom.bsky.social
· Aug 4
Summer 2025 Release
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Retrosheet is pleased to announce its semi-annual summer 2025 release. Too much great stuff to fit in a skeet. See here for details: www.retrosheet.org/summer2025re...
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
General history: Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lincoln book: Team of Rivals. And a friend from college wrote a book, “We Saw Lincoln Shot”, which is a collection of first-person accounts.
Baseball History: The Pitch that Killed (1920 season; Ray Chapman) and “Our Team” by Luke Epplin (1948 Cleveland)
Baseball History: The Pitch that Killed (1920 season; Ray Chapman) and “Our Team” by Luke Epplin (1948 Cleveland)
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
General history: Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lincoln book: Team of Rivals. And a friend from college wrote a book, “We Saw Lincoln Shot”, which is a collection of first-person accounts.
Baseball History: The Pitch that Killed (1920 season; Ray Chapman) and “Our Team” by Luke Epplin (1948 Cleveland)
Baseball History: The Pitch that Killed (1920 season; Ray Chapman) and “Our Team” by Luke Epplin (1948 Cleveland)
Produced one of my alltime favorite baseball memories. youtube.com/shorts/DVe4K...
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Produced one of my alltime favorite baseball memories. youtube.com/shorts/DVe4K...
Show me a list highlighting the fragility of being a major-league pitcher! Good luck, Paul!
youngest pitchers to win Cy Young, by age at end of season:
1985 Dwight Gooden: 20y 324d (unanimous) 1981 Fernando Valenzuela: 20y 338d 1985 Bret Saberhagen: 21y 178d 1971 Vida Blue: 22y 64d
2025 Paul Skenes: 23y, 122d (unanimous) 1964 Dean Chance: 23y 125d
h/t @EliasSports
1985 Dwight Gooden: 20y 324d (unanimous) 1981 Fernando Valenzuela: 20y 338d 1985 Bret Saberhagen: 21y 178d 1971 Vida Blue: 22y 64d
2025 Paul Skenes: 23y, 122d (unanimous) 1964 Dean Chance: 23y 125d
h/t @EliasSports
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Show me a list highlighting the fragility of being a major-league pitcher! Good luck, Paul!
This is a great read!
Compiling the games from this tour was one of my favorite things I’ve done for Retrosheet (or, really, anywhere). www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
Compiling the games from this tour was one of my favorite things I’ve done for Retrosheet (or, really, anywhere). www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is a great read!
Compiling the games from this tour was one of my favorite things I’ve done for Retrosheet (or, really, anywhere). www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
Compiling the games from this tour was one of my favorite things I’ve done for Retrosheet (or, really, anywhere). www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
Interesting ballot. I see three possible ways this goes.
(1) Steroids are not disqualifying - Bonds and Clemens elected
(2) Steroids are disqualifying, give us clean stars - Murphy and Delgado are elected
(3) The electorate is split between (1) and (2) - nobody is elected
(1) Steroids are not disqualifying - Bonds and Clemens elected
(2) Steroids are disqualifying, give us clean stars - Murphy and Delgado are elected
(3) The electorate is split between (1) and (2) - nobody is elected
Big news.
The candidates for the 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee ballot have been released.
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Carlos Delgado
Jeff Kent
Don Mattingly
Dale Murphy
Gary Sheffield
Fernando Valenzuela
The candidates for the 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee ballot have been released.
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Carlos Delgado
Jeff Kent
Don Mattingly
Dale Murphy
Gary Sheffield
Fernando Valenzuela
@adarowski.bsky.social From the Memories and Dreams magazine. Saw this floating around on FB.
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Interesting ballot. I see three possible ways this goes.
(1) Steroids are not disqualifying - Bonds and Clemens elected
(2) Steroids are disqualifying, give us clean stars - Murphy and Delgado are elected
(3) The electorate is split between (1) and (2) - nobody is elected
(1) Steroids are not disqualifying - Bonds and Clemens elected
(2) Steroids are disqualifying, give us clean stars - Murphy and Delgado are elected
(3) The electorate is split between (1) and (2) - nobody is elected
Man, what a tough way to lose for the Blue Jays! Well, congratulations to the Dodgers!
Outstanding postseason!!
Outstanding postseason!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Man, what a tough way to lose for the Blue Jays! Well, congratulations to the Dodgers!
Outstanding postseason!!
Outstanding postseason!!
Golden pitch! Double play or a home run would both end the World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Golden pitch! Double play or a home run would both end the World Series.
Attaboy, Vladdy!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Attaboy, Vladdy!!
Holy shit! This game has everything!
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Holy shit! This game has everything!
Is Yamamoto really the best option here. I know he’s an ace. But he threw 96 pitches YESTERDAY!
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Is Yamamoto really the best option here. I know he’s an ace. But he threw 96 pitches YESTERDAY!
Okay, Wrobleski hit a Blue Jay so a Blue Jay hit Wrobleski. Seems fair. All square.
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Okay, Wrobleski hit a Blue Jay so a Blue Jay hit Wrobleski. Seems fair. All square.
Well, I was not expecting a bench-clearing incident in Game 7 of the World Series!
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Well, I was not expecting a bench-clearing incident in Game 7 of the World Series!
Wow! Man, I love watching great defense!
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wow! Man, I love watching great defense!
My wife went to high school with Wrobleski’s dad. She had a little crush on him (she’s sitting next to me reminiscing).
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
My wife went to high school with Wrobleski’s dad. She had a little crush on him (she’s sitting next to me reminiscing).
The baseball gods really dislike intentional walks. I approve!
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The baseball gods really dislike intentional walks. I approve!
Tough and weird game-ending inning for the Blue Jays. But, hey, Game 7! Those are always fun!
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Tough and weird game-ending inning for the Blue Jays. But, hey, Game 7! Those are always fun!
The baseball gods did NOT like that intentional walk to Ohtani!
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The baseball gods did NOT like that intentional walk to Ohtani!
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
sabr.org/journal/arti...
sabr.org/journal/arti...
The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023) – Society for American Baseball Research
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October 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
sabr.org/journal/arti...
sabr.org/journal/arti...
I was a soft-tossing left-handed Orioles fan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Needless to say, I was a huge Scott McGregor fan!
Scott McGregor
Pitcher
Debut: 1976 - Retired: 1988
BAL
Pitcher
Debut: 1976 - Retired: 1988
BAL
Scott McGregor at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Scott McGregor
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October 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I was a soft-tossing left-handed Orioles fan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Needless to say, I was a huge Scott McGregor fan!
I just posted this to SABR’s mail list but thought y’all might like it too. There are four players in Retrosheet’s database who hit 3 HR in one game as a batter and had 10 K in one game as a pitcher (not necessarily the same game): Shohei Ohtani and three Hall-of-Famers. (cont.)
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I just posted this to SABR’s mail list but thought y’all might like it too. There are four players in Retrosheet’s database who hit 3 HR in one game as a batter and had 10 K in one game as a pitcher (not necessarily the same game): Shohei Ohtani and three Hall-of-Famers. (cont.)
Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays!
Condolences to the Seattle Mariners and their fans. They had a helluva season. What a great series!
Condolences to the Seattle Mariners and their fans. They had a helluva season. What a great series!
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays!
Condolences to the Seattle Mariners and their fans. They had a helluva season. What a great series!
Condolences to the Seattle Mariners and their fans. They had a helluva season. What a great series!
If I did this right, the only game in Retrosheet’s database in which a pitcher struck out 10 or more batters and hit more home runs than he allowed hits was on June 6, 1921 when Bill Gatewood threw the first no-hitter in Negro National League history.
retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Stars (DT1) 4 Cincinnati Cubans (CNN) 0
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October 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If I did this right, the only game in Retrosheet’s database in which a pitcher struck out 10 or more batters and hit more home runs than he allowed hits was on June 6, 1921 when Bill Gatewood threw the first no-hitter in Negro National League history.
retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...
That was a sad day for 11-year-old me. But this is a gorgeous painting!
On this day in 1979, Willie Stargell went 3-for-4 in the 7th game of the World Series, lifting the Pirates to a 4-1 victory over Baltimore to capture the title. One of those three hits was a 6th inning homer, his third of the series. Here’s my painting depicting Pops about to unleash.
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That was a sad day for 11-year-old me. But this is a gorgeous painting!
This used to be a thing. www.retrosheet.org/courtesy.htm
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This used to be a thing. www.retrosheet.org/courtesy.htm
Retrosheet has added two new research papers - from Herm Krabbenhoft and Mike O'Brien - and has added Mike O'Brien's website, tracking his Base Movement Percentage statistic, to our list of Retrosheet data users.
www.retrosheet.org/resources/re...
www.retrosheet.org/resources/re...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Retrosheet has added two new research papers - from Herm Krabbenhoft and Mike O'Brien - and has added Mike O'Brien's website, tracking his Base Movement Percentage statistic, to our list of Retrosheet data users.
www.retrosheet.org/resources/re...
www.retrosheet.org/resources/re...