Tuesday Fact

With the upcoming start to the 2014 MLB Season approaching quickly, here are a few facts about baseball.

• Jimmy Piersall (Debut in Sept. 7, 1950 - Last appearance May 1, 1967) celebrated hitting his 100th home run by running the bases backwards.

• Don Baylor is one of two players in history to reach the World Series in three consecutive years with three different organizations. 1986 Boston Red Sox, 1987 Minnesota Twins and 1988 Oakland Athletics. The other player was Eric Hinske with the 2007 Boston Red Sox, 2008 Tampa Bay Rays and 2009 New York Yankees.

• Jack McCarthy, while playing for the Cubs in 1905, threw out three runners at home plate in the same inning.

• The Minnesota Twins, on July 17th, 1990 against the Boston Red Sox, turned two triple plays in the same game. Both occurred in the same fashion - 5-4-3 Triple Play in the 4th inning and 8th inning. The Red Sox won the game 1 - 0.

• Joel Youngblood in 1982 recorded a hit for two different teams in the same day. He has recorded a hit while playing for the New York Mets only to be informed later that he was traded to the Montreal Expos where he joined the team in Philadelphia mid-way through the game and came on as a pinch hitter and recorded a hit for the Expos.

• Ken Ash, while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, was brought into a game against the Cubs with two on and no outs. With one pitch, the Reds completed a triple play to bail out the reliever. In the bottom of the inning, Ash was a pinch-hit which prompted a rally for the Reds to help them go on to win the game 6 - 5. This made Ken Ash as the only man in history to record a win on one pitch.