Baseball Facts - Page 18

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Bartolo Colon supposedly gained 100 pounds during his Major League career, ballooning from 185 pounds to over 285.
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Bartolo Colon became the oldest player to hit his first home run when he went yard in 2016, just a few days before his 43rd birthday.
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Level 58
Mar 24, 2024
Yes Sir Bartolo! Also in that magical 2016 season, he was an All Star and got his first walk as well.
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Level 63
Mar 27, 2024
Bartolo Colon has more HOF votes than 7-time Gold Glove Winner Devon White.

(Colon only has a Cy Young to show. But that Cy Young is questionable because Colon beat out Johan Santana. Santana has a lower WHIP, more strikeouts, and a lower ERA than Colon that year. Colon, however, did have more wins.)

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Level 63
Apr 14, 2024
Wade Boggs once injured himself during a game due to his pair of cowboy boots.
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Level 63
Apr 17, 2024
It was before the game. Not during a game.

Anyways, Randy Johnson was not the only one to kill a bird during a game. Dave Winfield did the same thing years earlier and got arrested in Canada in 1983. The charges were dropped a couple days later.

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Level 57
May 15, 2024
Jim Levey had a -2.7 WAR in 1931. The next year he finished in the top 20 for MVP with a -0.5 WAR. Then in 1933 he had a -3.9 WAR which is the worst of all time.