• in 1933, Ed Walsh (Jr.), son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh, stopped Joe DiMaggio's minor league record 61 game hitting streak?
• the 1996 Opening Day game for the Oakland A's at Cashman Field in Las Vegas marked the first time in 39 years that a regular season major league game was played in a minor league stadium?
• the Detroit Tigers gave the Williamsport Tigers not only their name, but also grandstand seats taken from Briggs Field in Detroit for their minor league baseball stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania?
• the Danville 97s minor league baseball team name of 97s was selected as a tribute to the victims of the Wreck of the Old 97 train accident?
• after New York Mets second baseman Kelvin Chapman made his Major League Baseball debut in 1979, he had to spend more than four years in the minor leagues before returning to the majors?
• Williamsport Bills minor leaguer Dave Bresnahan was thrown off the team for substituting a potato for a baseball?
• baseball player Esix Snead stole 507 bases in the minor-leagues but had just four stolen bases in the major leagues?
• minor league baseball pitcher Kyle Pearson’s 17 losses with the Hickory Crawdads tied him for the all-time team lead?
• Brock Pemberton both played for and managed the minor league baseball Macon Peaches in 1980?
• Pete Young declined to sign with the Cincinnati Reds after being selected in the 1986 minor league baseball draft, but signed with the Montreal Expos three years later?
• baseball pitcher Darryl Scott was demoted to the minor leagues in 1993 while at a hospital with his wife and newborn son?

Facts on topics related to Minor league baseball

Major League Baseball

• "Turn Ahead the Clock" was a promotion originated by the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball franchise in 1998 where the team wore futuristic uniforms that outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. helped design?
• 13 baseball players Fred McAlister scouted for the St. Louis Cardinals became the team's first-round draft picks, and 12 made the major leagues?
• 20 days after he brought his high school baseball team to the state finals, Texas Rangers first-round draft pick David Clyde made his Major League Baseball debut?
• 20 year old tobacco store clerk Eddie Kolb was allowed to pitch the last regular season baseball game for the 1899 Cleveland Spiders in exchange for a box of cigars?
• 1933 Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans Ted Petoskey and Whitey Wistert debuted for the Major League Baseball Cincinnati Reds two days apart in September 1934?
• Albert Pujols (pictured) received more votes than any other player in Major League Baseball's 2006 all-star fan ballot?
• Barry Bonds has won 12 Silver Slugger Awards in his career as an outfielder in Major League Baseball?
• baseball pitcher Nick Carter was the Philadelphia Athletics' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1908, his only season on the Major Leagues?
• baseball pitcher Marc Wilkins balked on Rob Ryan's first at bat, on the day of Ryan's major league debut, making the Arizona Diamondbacks score one run?
• baseball player Don Kelly was drafted by the Detroit Tigers, made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and later played his first game as a Tiger against the Pirates?

Baseball

• "discoveries" by baseball scout Paul Krichell included future Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig and Whitey Ford?
• 13 baseball players Fred McAlister scouted for the St. Louis Cardinals became the team's first-round draft picks, and 12 made the major leagues?
• 20 days after he brought his high school baseball team to the state finals, Texas Rangers first-round draft pick David Clyde made his Major League Baseball debut?
• 1912 Olympic champion Jim Thorpe was stripped of his track and field medals after it was discovered he had played baseball professionally?
• baseball Hall of Famer Fred Clarke was the last Louisville Colonels manager?
• baseball pitcher Nick Carter was the Philadelphia Athletics' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1908, his only season on the Major Leagues?
• baseball pitcher Walter Johnson (pictured) made 14 Opening Day starts for the Washington Senators between 1910 and 1926?
• baseball pitcher Antonio Bastardo had an average of 21.6 strikeouts per game after one start in 2007?
• baseball pitcher Darryl Scott was demoted to the minor leagues in 1993 while at a hospital with his wife and newborn son?
• baseball pitcher Marc Wilkins balked on Rob Ryan's first at bat, on the day of Ryan's major league debut, making the Arizona Diamondbacks score one run?

American League

• Clark Griffith was the first Chicago White Sox manager and led the team to the American League championship in 1901?
• Dick Padden led the Chicago White Sox to an American League championship as a player-manager in 1900, one season before the American League became a major league?
• Bless You Boys is Sparky Anderson's diary as manager of the first American League baseball team since the 1927 Yankees to "lead the race from wire-to-wire" and win the World Series?

National League

• Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers won an American League pennant in 1982 before moving to the National League in 1998?
• Ned Hanlon managed the Baltimore Orioles to three consecutive National League pennants?
• Frederick Brocklander became a Major League Baseball umpire during a 1979 strike and continued umpiring for 12 more years in the National League?
• Jeff Robinson, who played nine seasons in Major League Baseball, was the thirteenth pitcher in the National League to strike out three batters on nine pitches?
• Mickey Morandini turned the first regular-season unassisted triple play by a second baseman in National League history?
• Rosario Rodríguez was the youngest baseball player in the National League during the 1989 season?
• brothers George Wright and Harry Wright both managed the Providence Grays National League baseball team?
• in 1905, Fred Odwell led the National League in home runs with nine, but hit only one home run in the other three seasons he played in Major League Baseball?
• the 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates, the worst Pirates team of the 20th century, were so bad that their catcher Joe Garagiola later said "In an eight-team league, we should've finished ninth"?
• the Whiz Kids, led by Robin Roberts, won the National League pennant in 1950, but never won another with the same players?

International League

• baseball player Jack Lelivelt's International League-record hitting streak set in 1912 was not recognized by the International League until 2007, the year it was broken?
• professional baseball player Ollie Carnegie is the International League's career home run and RBI leader?
• current Colorado Rockies minor league catching instructor Marv Foley is the only baseball manager to win championships in the International League, Pacific Coast League, and American Association?
• the longest extra inning game in professional baseball history was an International League game that lasted 33 innings?

Pacific Coast League

• current Colorado Rockies minor league catching instructor Marv Foley is the only baseball manager to win championships in the International League, Pacific Coast League, and American Association?