Sunday, April 17, 2005

Major League Records the Pirates may set this year and should not be proud about

Matt Lawton: Most balls misplayed into triples

Kip Wells: Most full counts reached

Kip Wells: Most full counts reached after going up 0-2 on a batter

*Rick White: Worst baseball player to ever wear #88

Lloyd McClendon: 162 games, 162 lineups

*Ty Wigginton and Daryle Ward: Least athletic pair of corner infielders in history

Rob Mackowiak: Most constantly out of position player

Bobby Hill, Rob Mackowiak, Freddy Sanchez: Players benched the most for people considerably worse than them (Ty Wigginton, Daryle Ward, and Jose Castillo).

Full team: Most times loading the bases without scoring

*- denotes record has already been set