Corrections to Sporting News Record Book

[TreAnt985]

Has anyone noticed any errors or omissions in the Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book? I usually write down rare occurrences when they happen and then look in the book to see if they are listed. I also write down some record that I think they should include. Does anyone have any corrections that they can post, to make it a little bit more accurate?
Here are the ones I have found that are omissions, or that I think should be included. I only have limited info. for one or two of them. Also, not all of them I can prove to be records, since I can't look back very far.

Individual Service
Most positions played, season
A.L.-10-Scott Sheldon, Texas, 58 games, 2000.

Youngest player, game
A.A.-14 years, 7 months, 28 days-Fred Chapman, Philadelphia, July 22, 1887 (pitcher).

Youngest pitcher, game
A.A.-14 years, 7 months, 28 days-Fred Chapman, Philadelphia, July 22, 1887.

Club Service
Most pitchers used, season
A.L.-32-Cleveland, 2000.

Most pinch-runners used, inning
A.L.-4-Anaheim vs. Texas, September 23, 2000, seventh inning.

Most pinch-runners used by both clubs, inning
A.L.-5-Anaheim 4, Texas 1, September 23, 2000, seventh inning.
Individual Batting
Most hits, doubleheader
N.L.-9-Ed Delahanty, Philadelphia, July 13, 1897 (consecutive).

Most hits in inning of first career at-bat
A.L.-2-Greg Norton, Chicago, August 19, 1996, ninth inning.
(Norton was used as a pinch-runner on August 18, 1996 in MLB debut but had no official at-bats).

Most consecutive hits as home runs (since 1975)
N.L. - 11-Mark McGwire, St. Louis, July 18 (1), 19 (1), 24 (1), 25 (1), 26 (2), 28 (1), 31 (1), August 1 (1), 11 (1), 12 (1), 2001
A.L. - 8-Albert Belle, Cleveland, September 18 (2), 19 (3), 23 (2), 26 (1), 1995

Most consecutive hits by pitcher
N.L. - 8-Livan Hernandez, San Francisco, July 31 (1), August 5 (3), 11 (4), 2001

Club Batting
Most runs scored in ninth inning with 2 out
N.L.-7-Pittsburgh vs. Houston, July 28, 2001, a.m. game (won 9-8).

Most home runs, game (no other runs)
A.L.-6-Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, September 9, 2000.
N.L.-5
Los Angeles vs. Cincinnati, May 2, 2001.
Los Angeles vs.Arizona, June 4, 2001.

Most home runs by both clubs, game (no other runs)
Interleague-6-Anaheim A.L. 5, Colorado N.L. 1, July 8, 2001.
A.L.-6
Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 0, September 9, 2000.
Detroit 4, Cleveland 2, June 16, 2000.

Most home runs, shutout game (no other runs)
A.L.-6-Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, September 9, 2000.

Scoring 8 or more runs in consecutive innings, team
A.A.-2-St. Louis vs. Cleveland, April 30, 1887; 9 runs in __; 8 runs in __; STL won 28-11.
N.L.-2
Philadelphia vs. Washington, June 16, 1887; 8 runs in __; 8 runs in __; PHI won __-__.
Pittsburgh vs. Boston, June 6, 1894; 12 runs in third; 9 runs in fourth; PIT won 27-11.
Chicago vs. Los Angeles, May 5, 2001; 8 runs in seventh; 8 runs in eighth; CHN won 20-1.
A.L.-2
Boston vs. Philadelphia, May 2, 1901; 9 runs in second; 10 runs in third; BOS won 23-12.
Cleveland vs. New York, July 29, 1928; 8 runs in first; 9 runs in second; CLE won 24-6.

Most runs, shutout game
N.L.-28-Providence vs. Philadelphia, August 21, 1883.
A.A.-23-Cincinnati vs. Baltimore, July 6, 1883.
A.L.-21
New York vs. Philadelphia, August 13, 1939, second game (eight innings).
Detroit vs. Cleveland, September 15, 1901 (eight innings).

Biggest run deficit overcome to tie game
N.L.-15
Cleveland vs. Cincinnati, September 30, 1894, at Cleveland.
Cincinnati..................x x x x x x x x x-16
Cleveland..................x x x x x x 11 x x-16


Most consecutive games scoring 10 or more runs
N.L.-7-Cleveland, July X to July 14, 1894.

Most consecutive games scoring 14 or more runs
N.L.-6-Cleveland, July X to July 14, 1894.

Most consecutive games won in last at-bat
A.L.-4-Kansas City Royals, April 10 vs. Minnesota, 6-5; 11 vs. Baltimore, 7-5, 12 innings; 12 vs. Baltimore, 7-6; 13 vs. Baltimore, 6-5; 2000.

Most hits, all singles, game
N.L.-19-Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland, July 19, 1893.

Individual Pitching
Pitcher leading league in wins and losses, season
N.L.-
Jim Whitney, Boston, 1881, 31 wins, 33 losses.
Phil Niekro, Atlanta, 1979, 21 wins, 20 losses.

Most consecutive strikeouts by relief pitcher, game
N.L.-7-Randy Johnson, Arizona, July 18, 2001, 2 in sixth inning, 3 in seventh inning, 2 in eighth inning.

Most strikeouts, three consecutive games
U.A.-48-Fred Shaw, Boston, July 16 (14), 19 (18), 21 (16), 1884, 28 innings.

Club Pitching
Most blown saves, game
A.L.-3-Chicago vs. Detroit, September 14, 1998, 12 innings.

Most blown saves by both blubs, game
A.L.-4-Chicago 3, Detroit 1, September 14, 1998, 12 innings.

Most holds, game
N.L.-7-St. Louis vs. Los Angeles, September 8, 2001.

[Xanadu Dragon]

TreAnt985 - welcome to the forum!
Greta stuff - - looks like TSN could use you - - ever write them about this?

[TreAnt985]

Originally posted by Xanadu Dragon
TreAnt985 - welcome to the forum!
Greta stuff - - looks like TSN could use you - - ever write them about this?

Thanks!I sent them a list before the end of last season with about 4 or 5 like I listed above, along with several corrections from their 'Fact Book'.

I later sent another letter with just 2 corrections from the Record Book in it.

Of course, the only one I got a response to (I asked them to send me a letter that they has received them) was the shortest letter--the 2 corrections.

I plan on sending this one probably at least twice, maybe once during the season and once right after it, when they should be compiling the new records.

If you want to see the 2 that I got put in, go to pages 51 and 52:
Clubs scoring in every inning of nine-inning game
I got the Louisville vs. Pittsburgh AA record put in.

Most innings with both clubs scoring 10 or more runs in same game (each club scoring)
I got the St. Louis vs. Baltimore AA record put in.

If anyone has the line score for the record listed on my original post (most runs come back to tie the game), please let me know because I don't think TSN would put it in with all the little x's for the innings I don't know!

[Xanadu Dragon]

Originally posted by TreAnt985
If anyone has the line score for the record listed on my original post (most runs come back to tie the game), please let me know because I don't think TSN would put it in with all the little x's for the innings I don't know!

Have you tried the library at Cooperstown?

[TreAnt985]

Originally posted by Xanadu Dragon


Have you tried the library at Cooperstown?

Do you have to go to the library to get them? I bet I could ask them to get it for me, but I have a feeling it would cost more than it should just because someone else has to do it.
I wrote an e-mail to them earlier about a different subject, and their response was very vague and didn't have any info in it about obtaining what I wanted in the way of game logs and box scores...

[Xanadu Dragon]

I thought e-mailing would have worked. There's always SABR.