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What Do These Things Have in Common?

1) How many Dodgers in 2008 scored two or more runs?

2) How many HR did Jim Lefebvre hit when he was the youngest Dodger in history to match his age in HR?*

3) How many intentional walks was Eddie Murray issued in his first season as a Dodger?

4) Who went 1 for 18 against the Dodgers in the 1952 World Series

Answers after the jump

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Jack Bauer kicks the door in on Season 7 of 24 tonight at 8pm on Fox!

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1) 24 Dodgers scored two or more runs in 2008, led by Matt Kemp's 93

2) Jim Lefebvre hit 24 HR as a 24-year old in 1966.  The complete list of Dodgers to HR their age:

Player Year HR Age
Dolph Camilli 1941 34 34
Gil Hodges 1956 32 32
Jimmy Wynn 1974 32 32
Reggie Smith 1977 32 32
Todd Zeile 1997 31 31
Jim Lefebvre 1966 24 24

It is worth noting that Manny Ramirez will be 37 in 2009.  He hit 37 HR in 2008.

3) Eddie Murray was issued 24 intentional walks in 1989, in a season in which he batted .247 (although he did put up a 113 OPS+).  A young Greg Maddux led the way by issuing four of those walks!

4) Hank Bauer went 1 for 18 in the 1952 World Series for the Yankees against the Dodgers, but the Yankees won in 7 games anyway

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What does Hank Bauer have to do with the others?

“What do these things have in common?” goes the lead. the other three questions are all answered by “24”. The last question is answered by “Hank Bauer” and the question contains an 18. Is there a hidden 24 in there somewhere? Was that his player number on the Yankees? Neither Baseball Reference nor MLB.com gives that information.

by berkowit28 on Jan 11, 2009 9:54 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bauer

shares a last name with the lead character on the show “24.”

-Eric

by Eric Stephen on Jan 11, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh.

I didn’t realize I need to know stuff like that. ;-) I always fall down on these pop culture questions. (Not that there aren’t TV shows I wouldn’t know character names of, just not all of them and not this one.)

Anyway, on Baseball Almanac I found his uniform number on the 1952 Yankees – it was 9. Tom Gorman had 24. Bet you didn’t know that. ;-)

by berkowit28 on Jan 11, 2009 10:05 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I didn't know that! :)

But I love Baseball Almanac for many things, including the uniform number database and the many baseball card checklists through the years.

-Eric

by Eric Stephen on Jan 11, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just an FYI

but the Payroll Sidebar has been updated.

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Jan 11, 2009 10:45 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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