10 Fascinating Baseball Facts (Part-2) October 20, 2012 Noreen Embed This Infographic <a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/10/10-fascinating-baseball-facts-part-2"><img title="10 Fascinating Baseball Facts Part 2" src="http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Fascinating-Baseball-Facts-Infographic-Part-2-.jpg" alt="10 Fascinating Baseball Facts Part 2" width="620" border="0" class="nopin" /></a>[Source: <a href='http://www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a>] Expand for References and more Information There Once was a 17 Year Old Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Back to Back Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn Once Struck a Spectator with Foul Balls Twice in the Same at Bat, The Second Time as She was Being Carried Off on a Stretcher Babe Ruth Once Punched an Umpire for Throwing Him Out of the Game. Ruth’s Replacement Then Threw a No Hitter There Once was a Professional Baseball Player Traded for Bats harlie Sheen Bought 2,615 Tickets to a Single Major League Baseball Game So He Could Improve His Odds of Catching a Home Run Ball Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays Were Both For a Time on Major League Baseball’s “Permanently Ineligible List” The Cincinnati Reds Were Briefly Renamed the “Redlegs” Due to the Second Red Scare Earned Run Average (ERA) was Not Originally Meant for Evaluating Pitching Skill The Name “Hot Dog” was Not Coined at a New York Giants Baseball Game Abner Doubleday Did Not Invent Baseball Share the Knowledge! Enjoy this article? Join over 50,000 Subscribers getting our FREE Daily Knowledge and Weekly Wrap newsletters: Subscribe Me To: Daily Knowledge | Weekly Wrap tagged with baseball facts, baseball infographic, fun baseball facts, MLB facts, sports infographic Featured Facts Infographic