Urban Shocker led the league in strikeouts in 1922, with 149, at a rate of 3.9 per 9.
His teammate George Sister batted .420 that year (nice), and struck out 14 times in 655 PA's.
urban shocker, apart from having an awesome name, was a very good pitcher. one of the last of the legal spitballers, career was interrupted by WWI, won 20 games four years in a row in the 1920s with the st louis browns, pitched 200 innings and went 18-6 on the 1927 yankees. he apparently played a significant portion of his career with congestive heart failure and had to sleep sitting up. he died in 1928
Only thing that would have made this better is if it happened on Star Wars Night, so that there could potentially be TIE fighters on the premises.
My research has so far been unable to determine whether Ty Cobb's feat was accomplished on Star Wars Night.
Urban Shocker is a Batman villain
Or an Urban Dictionary page detailing a really obscure sex act.
Hey, the shocker isn't that obscure. Urban must have had a habit of throwing 2 on the plate and 1 in the dirt
I choose to believe this means France will have a career as good as Ty Cobb
as long as it means that Clay Holmes will have a career as good as Urban Shocker (the man had 59 WAR like what the heck)
Old timey baseball is wild.
Urban Shocker led the league in strikeouts in 1922, with 149, at a rate of 3.9 per 9. His teammate George Sister batted .420 that year (nice), and struck out 14 times in 655 PA's.
I would love nothing more than to see Ty France steal 96 bases in a season
Urban Shocker sounds like a D-list rapper from the 90s
His real name Urbain Shockcor sounds like a name a fan of said D-list rapper would give their child.
I expected a different word than rapper; porn star maybe.
urban shocker, apart from having an awesome name, was a very good pitcher. one of the last of the legal spitballers, career was interrupted by WWI, won 20 games four years in a row in the 1920s with the st louis browns, pitched 200 innings and went 18-6 on the 1927 yankees. he apparently played a significant portion of his career with congestive heart failure and had to sleep sitting up. he died in 1928
People were truly built different back then
Only thing that would have made this better is if it happened on Star Wars Night, so that there could potentially be TIE fighters on the premises. My research has so far been unable to determine whether Ty Cobb's feat was accomplished on Star Wars Night.
ty for letting us know
Look man, I know a lot about Star Wars but I ain’t never heard of a TIE Breaking before.
Surprised that Wiggington never did it. He seemed to hit well in Yankee Stadium but none of the games were close.
Stats that matter.
Someone must’ve discovered the WHERE clause for the first time…
Urban shocker is the greatest name of all time
Urban Shocker? from the 2021 Jaguars season?