Thread: random sports stats/facts that surprise you when you first hear them
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:46 PM
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(The stat wasn't kept before 1955, so who knows how many times Ruth was IBBd (although probably not many, with Gehrig batting behind him after 1926.)

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Yeah and who knows how many times he was "unintentionally" intentionally-walked. I'm pretty sure pitchers pitched around Ruth quite a bit.
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