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