No wonder Andres Galarraga is the first former Colorado Rockies star inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. The best $500,000 the Rockies ever spent went into the contract Galarraga signed as a free agent on November 16, 1992.
What does Andres Galarraga do now?
Where he is now: Retired and enjoying life, Galarraga turned 53 last month and lives in a huge estate on a golf course in West Palm Beach, where he played in the minors in 1979 when he was a 17-year old out of Caracas, Venezuela.
Is Armando Galarraga related to Andres Galarraga?
. Ex-first baseman Andres Galarraga, no relation, was “The Big Cat.” Armando is younger and somehow smaller.
Has an umpire ever had a perfect game?
Umpire Scorecards’ database actually goes all the way back to the start of the 2015 season – and Hoberg’s Game 2 performance is still the only perfect game it has ever recorded.
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Has any Detroit Tiger ever pitched a perfect game?
In the long and mostly storied history of the Detroit Tigers, no one has ever hurled a perfect game. Verlander is the first to throw two no-hitters since Virgil Trucks threw two in 1952 and finished 5-19. Trucks is still alive—born in 1917, same year as Jack Kennedy.
What umpire ruined the perfect game?
Facing the Cleveland Indians, Galarraga retired the first 26 batters he faced. His bid for a perfect game was ruined one out short when first-base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled that Indians batter Jason Donald reached first base safely on a ground ball.
Who throws the slowest pitch in MLB?
This 35.1 MPH Frank Schwindel pitch is the slowest (known/measured) MLB pitch to ever get hit for a home run!
Is a 27 pitch game possible?
Seventy years ago on this date, he pitched one of the more ridiculous games in organized baseball history. The Pirates Minor Leaguer, at just 19 years old, struck out 27 batters, while giving up no hits, in a regulation nine innings. It’s the only time that’s ever been done at the professional level.
What is the rarest thing in baseball?
The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs.
How rare is a 100 mph pitch?
In the pitch-tracking era (since 2008), there have been 223 MLB pitchers to hit 100 on the radar gun, according to Baseball Savant’s Statcast.
What pitch is illegal in baseball?
An illegal pitch may be quick pitch (i.e. a pitch made before the batter is properly set in the batter’s box), a pitch made while the pitcher is not in contact with the pitching rubber, or one in which he takes an extra step while making his delivery.
What is an Uncle Charlie in baseball?
One of the early nicknames of the curveball was Uncle Charlie, or sometimes, Lord Charles. This was derived from the name of Harvard President Charles Elliot, who was opposed to the adoption of the curveball and considered it to be cheating. No surprise there, because Harvard was the curveball’s original victim.