Baseball Card Facts

Facts from the backs of baseball cards. And, usually, the actual backs of baseball cards.

[BravesPaul @BravesStats]

I left this out:

Game Score math:

Start: 50
+1 per out (+27=77)
+2 per inning completed after 4th (+10=87)
+1 per strikeout (+15=102)
-2 per hit allowed (-2=100)
-4 per earned run (-0=100)
-2 per unearned run (-0=100)
-1 per walk (-0=100)

100 on 95 pitches!

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

@dren_braves AL teams vs Braves: -37
AL teams vs other 14 NL teams: -84 (or -6 each)

So the Braves are 6x better than the average NL team, right?

[dren⚾️ @dren_braves]

baseball cards should list players' hat size

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

@EFHutton123 @BravesStats @StanEastern @_sorrengailll What was wrong about his post? Looks like he carefully worded it to be accurate, avoid careless generalization, and simply answer the question asked.

[Grant McAuley @grantmcauley]

Very fun mail day for @WaxBackThen! We have 1981 and 1985 Topps rack packs in our future.

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@notgaetti I love this one!

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1975 Topps #660: Hank Aaron’s career as a Braves player was over and Babe Ruth’s reign as baseball’s Home Run King was too.

Also on this card: Ernie Banks is OJ Simpson’s cousin.

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@BravesStats @notgaetti @orwellian @immaculategrid Did someone say back of the baseball card?

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1988 Topps Big #196: Pascual Perez passed his driver's exam 8-19-82... then got lost driving to Atlanta Stadium.

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1989 Score Traded 77T: "Randy ranked fifth in the Triple-A American Association with 111 strikeouts. He might have had more if he hadn’t lost six weeks when he broke his right hand punching out the bat rack. As it was, he came back and tossed a no-hitter."

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@Tec872 @RetroCardSnaps I've been slacking lately but you might enjoy my tweet history.

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@RetroCardSnaps @XLTen1 They got the walks and strikeouts right!

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Did someone say "read card backs"?

Clearly I have been slacking on the job.

[RetroCardSnaps @RetroCardSnaps]

Do you read card backs?

First stat I look at is home runs, second is batting average…
What do you do?

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

1993 Pinnacle #58: "Maybe it was the goatee? …the eye exercises? …the 25 muscular pounds gained through weight lifting? Whatever the secret, Mark rebounded from a subpar 1991 season to regain his stature as one of the most prolific power hitters in recent history."

[IDrawBaseballCards @mosley_mark]

Another old piece of art on a new card!

Perimeter Pascal

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@BravesStats @GreggOlson30 Dear @Topps,

Would you consider 1994 Stadium Club style cards (with modern stats in some cases!) for some Heritage and Archives sets? I would probably buy them all.

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

Who is better?

Player A: Vastly more singles, but also more outs.

Player B: Fewer hits but more timee on base, vastly more extra-base hits, more than double the home runs (in fewer plate appearances than Player A).

[Sam Peebles @SPeeblesSports]

If the contracts were the same, who would you rather have as your second baseman?

I want to see this. Please feel free to repost for maximum exposure.

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

@BillShanks This one. 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken.

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

1989 Fleer #616. The infamous Bill Ripken card. Actually, the best fact on the back of this card is where he lives.

[BravesPaul @BravesStats]

1994 Stadium Club may be my favorite set of all time.

Did you know? @GreggOlson30 was first ever to record 20+ saves in his first 5 seasons.

(Only Jonathan Papelbon, Craig Kimbrel, Roberto Osuna since. Note this allows pre-rookie seasons of less than 50 IP / 45 roster days.)

[Baseball Card Facts @BallCardFacts]

Not on this card:

Ozzie Canseco hit .299/.424/.644 in 130 games for the 2000 Newark Bears of the Atlantic League. At age 35 he led the league with 48 HR; only two others hit more than 28 HR.

Bobby Bonds Jr also played on that team.

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1991 Score #346: Ozzie Canseco started his pro career as a pitcher for four years in the Yankees organization before moving to the outfield. Just before his MLB debut in 1990, he hit 11 home runs in 22 games for AA Huntsville.