@AlexanderKLee If you don’t count the Hamill loss, I think Jones/Reyes. The only other time I can think of this happening is Rashad/Machida.
Costa only had 5 UFC fights when he fought Izzy, so they don’t count
@AlexanderKLee Lesnar got one off of a single UD win, but he’s a special case. There are a couple others who got title fights in their debut (Soto, Melendez)
@MLBRandomStats Lefty O’Doul was actually an amazing baseball story. After this season, he got converted to a full time outfielder, slashed .349/.413/.512 over his MLB career, and was a big reason baseball became so popular in Japan. (It was his idea to name them the Yomiuri “Giants.”)
@BenVerlander If we’re going really old school, I see two options:
1945 Detroit Tigers; Awful offence, carried by Hal Newhouser and Al Benton
1937-38 Chicago Blackhawks; They went 14-25-9. Need I say more?
@Caleb_Mezzy@jaysonst@dougglanville Ooh, this one seems fun
P: Hal Newhouser (first B2B winner IIRC)
C: Campanella
1B: Foxx
2B: Morgan
3B: Schmidt
SS: Banks
OF: Murphy
OF: Maris
OF: Mantle?