Oddballs in the Baseball-Reference Database

[Edgy MD]

Will Ferrell: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferrewi01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferrewi01.shtml



Kurt Russell: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001kurhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001kur



Michael Jordan: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jordan001michttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jordan001mic



Art Rooney: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rooney001arthttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rooney001art



Charley Pride: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pride-001chahttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pride-001cha



Randy "Macho Man" Savage: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=poffo-001ranhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=poffo-001ran



Dave Debusschere: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/debusda01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/debusda01.shtml

(It just now strikes me that this is a terrible name for a guy coming up from the minors trying to stick in the majors.)



Jim Thorpe: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thorpji01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thorpji01.shtml



Zane Grey: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=grey--001zanhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=grey--001zan



Bert Convy: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=convy-001berhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=convy-001ber



Jim Reeves: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=reeves005jamhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=reeves005jam



Governor Mario Cuomo: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cuomo-001marhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cuomo-001mar



Fidél Castro: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=castro000fidhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=castro000fid



Eliot Asinof: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=asinof001elihttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=asinof001eli



Possibly President Dwight David Eisenhower: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson080---https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson080---

[MFS62]

Chuck Connors (better known as an actor)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/connoch01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/connoch01.shtml

Later

[Edgy MD]

He's also an oddball in the basketball-reference database.

[G-Fafif]

Jeff Wilpon.



https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilpon000jefhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilpon000jef

[Edgy MD]

Good one.



I wonder what a fifth round choice in the old January supplemental draft equated to by June standards.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Garth Brooks: https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Garth_Brookshttps://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Garth_Brooks

[Edgy MD]

Ferrell gets a stat page for his spring training appearances, but not Brooks.

[Frayed Knot]

Danny Ainge -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aingeda01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aingeda01.shtml



Trevor Gretzky -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gretzk000trehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gretzk000tre

[Edgy MD]

Edwin Darling: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=darlin001edwhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=darlin001edw



Gary Hernandez: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001garhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001gar



Gordon Carter: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=carter001gorhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=carter001gor



John Maine: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=maine-001johhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=maine-001joh



Gil Hodges, Jr.: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hodges002gilhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hodges002gil



Casey Hodges: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hodges001cashttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hodges001cas



George Giles: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=giles-002geohttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=giles-002geo



Vincius "Nish" Williams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia000nishttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia000nis



Hank McGraw: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mcgraw001henhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mcgraw001hen

[Chad ochoseis]

John Olerud



https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=olerud001johhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=olerud001joh



He shows up in Ball Four as an AAA catcher telling Jim Bouton to stick a fastball in someone's ear.

[dinosaur jesus]

John Henry Williams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia012johhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia012joh

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Gary Hernandez: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001garhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001gar

John (Pops) Hernandez -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001johhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan001joh



Daniel (son of Gary) Hernandez -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan002danhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hernan002dan

[Edgy MD]

Nice work.



It looks like Keith's father served in World War II. I hadn't guessed that.



It also looks like he was pretty good.

[Benjamin Grimm]

My eighth-grade science teacher at New York Avenue Junior High School in Smithtown: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=debole001louhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=debole001lou

[G-Fafif]

My high school gym teacher and our varsity basketball coach.



https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=deluca001thohttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=deluca001tho



A minor league teammate of three future Mets while in the Cardinal chain.

[Edgy MD]

Tommy Piazza: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=piazza001thohttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=piazza001tho



Mike Glavine: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavimi01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavimi01.shtml



Natanael Ramos: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ramos-000nathttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ramos-000nat



Wally Backman, Jr.: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=backma002walhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=backma002wal



Glen Johnson: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=johnso002glehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=johnso002gle



L.J. Mazzilli: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mazzil000lj-https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mazzil000lj-



Cutter Dykstra: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dykstr001cuthttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dykstr001cut



Kash Beauchamp: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=beauch003jamhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=beauch003jam



Shawn Teufel: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=teufel001shahttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=teufel001sha



The 1.000-hitting John Paciorek: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paciojo01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paciojo01.shtml

[Fman99]

The great grandfather of a buddy and former coworker of mine.



https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischwi01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischwi01.shtml

[G-Fafif]

Author and Tom Seaver companion Pat Jordan.



https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jordan001pathttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jordan001pat



Nice gap between minor league seasons.

[Edgy MD]

Michael Strawberry: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=strawb001michttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=strawb001mic



Phil Wilson: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson004phihttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson004phi

[RealityChuck]

My high school math teacher, Hal "Goldie" Goldsmith: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldsha01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldsha01.shtml



School legend had it he struck out Babe Ruth, but it couldn't have happened in the regular season.

[Edgy MD]

Álex Treviño had a brother named Bobby who was 12 years older than him and had a brief run with the 1968 Angels: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trevibo01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trevibo01.shtml



In my head, he liked to play golf with Adrian Garrett and Garin Cecchini.



And no list of Mets siblings is complete without the greatest one-game career in history: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paciojo01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paciojo01.shtml

[Benjamin Grimm]

Wow! I had no idea. What's the story there? Why only that one game? And he was only eighteen years old!

[Edgy MD]

It was the last game of the season I think, over the Mets, and to his credit, I think he not only reached five times, but against four different pitchers.



Back surgery robbed him of most of the next two seasons. He played four more years in the minors after that before hanging them up.



There was a third Paciorek brother named Jim who played a season with the Brewers before putting together a decent career in Japan.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: It looks like Keith's father served in World War II. I hadn't guessed that. It also looks like he was pretty good.

The military is how Keith's dad knew Stan Musial

[Frayed Knot]

Comic actor Joe E. Brown



https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-015---https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-015---





He reportedly turned down an offer to sign with the Yanx in order to pursue his acting career, I guess preferring to make the world laugh instead of cry.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Comic actor Joe E. Brown https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-015---https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-015--- He reportedly turned down an offer to sign with the Yanx in order to pursue his acting career, I guess preferring to make the world laugh instead of cry.

But he still loved baseball and later was a part owner of a major league team. (the Pirates?)



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Nobody's perfect

[Edgy MD]

I confuse and conflate Joe E. Brown and Joe E. Ross.

[RealityChuck]

Harry Mathewson

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathehe01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathehe01.shtml



For decades, he shared the record for the most wins by two brothers.



Dutch Zwilling

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zwilldu01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zwilldu01.shtml



Played his entire ML career in one city, and played for every major league team that called that city home*



*Not counting Negro league teams, nor cities which only had one team.

[Edgy MD]

Pretty cool that John Hernandez had two sons and both were L/L firstbasemen.