This week (Sept. 20) inESPN The Magazine

September 10, 2010 · 2 comments

The annual List Issue features some interesting baseball items including a feature on September call-ups, by Jeff Bradley. But the fun part is the lists which feature

  • Most postseasons without winning a World Series (led by Kenny Lofton’s 11)
  • The most common surnames by decade (Johnson, 5, followed by Smith, 4)
  • Most games played all for one manager (Chipper Jones/Bobby Cox)
  • Guys who have played all nine positions in one game (this surprised me; I thought there would have been more than four)
  • World Series hosted by states (NY is No. 1, but who’s No. 2?)
  • Players since 2000 who homered in last career at-bat (More than you;d think for this storybook finish)
  • MLB players who have killed birds during a game (Besides Winfield and Johnson, how many can you name?)
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1 Bill Lewers September 11, 2010 at 1:09 pm

“The most common surnames by decade (Johnson, 5, followed by Smith, 4) ” —
That doesn’t sound right. What about Hernandez? Rodriguez?

2 Anonymous September 11, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Here’s the Breakdown, according to the magazine:

1900 — Donahue
1910 — Smith
1920 — Smith
1930 — Moore
1940 — Brown, Johnson
1950-70 — Johnson
1980 — Davis, Smith
1990 — Smith
2000 — Johnson
2010 — Johnson, Rodriguez

There’s no mention of the sources used to compile the data.

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