A Word From the Webmaster
Alan Schuster
Random Facts Part II
By Alan Schuster
August 25, 2011
Back by popular demand, here's some more Random Facts that I've uncovered after digging deep into the myGameBalls.com database:
Ballhawks who've snagged the most Hit baseballs On the Fly (since the "on the fly" checkbox was implemented):
- zackhample - 127
- jqfc - 103
- bbshagger - 72
Most Balls Snagged On the Fly in a single game:
- zackhample - 8 (August 17, 2011 at Nationals Park)
- zackhample- 6 (August 18, 2011 at Nationals Park)
- bbshagger - 6 (May 6, 2011 at Angel Stadium)
- NicholasPNC - 6 (April 23, 2011 at PNC Park)
- bbshagger - 6 (July 1, 2011 at Angel Stadium)
- NicholasPNC - 6 (July 4, 2011 at Rangers Ballpark)
- zackhample - 6 (August 2, 2011 at Tropicana Field)
Most Balls Snagged With a Ball Retriever in a single game:
- Ballguy - 13 (May 27, 2011 at Rangers Ballpark)
- Ballguy - 8 (April 4, 2011 at Rangers Ballpark)
- zackhample - 8 (June 18, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium)
- zackhample - 8 (April 24, 2009 at U.S. Cellular Field)
- dhaltom - 8 (June 17, 2009 at Minute Maid Park)
- zackhample - 8 (June 16, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium)
Most Hit Balls Snagged in a single game:
- twins47 - 23 (March 28, 2010 at Spring Training)
- Shawn77 - 22 (March 10, 2010 at Spring Training)
- mike357 - 20 (February 16, 2007 at Spring Training)
- mike357 - 19 (February 26, 2006 at Spring Training)
- Shawn77 - 19 (March 9, 2010 at Spring Training)
- mike357 - 18 (February 16, 2008 at Spring Training)
- BBALLMARK - 17 (March 7, 2011 at Spring Training)
- zackhample - 16 (September 15, 2009 at Camden Yards)
Most Lifetime Hit Balls Snagged:
- zackhample - 910
- erikj - 709
- NicholasPNC - 526
- BBALLMARK - 516
- jqfc - 505
- mike357 - 470
- bbshagger - 441
- PadreLeigh - 269
- DevoT - 220
- gbarasch - 212
Most Game Home Runs Snagged in a single game:
- 23 people - 2
Most Foul Balls snagged in a single game:
- mike357 - 3 (February 28, 2009 at Spring Training)
- zackhample - 3 (August 29, 2007 at Camden Yards)
- zackhample - 3 (May 12, 2011 at Camden Yards)
- mike357 - 3 (March 27, 2008 at Spring Training)
Games with the highest combined total of snags by myGameBalls members:
- July 29, 2011 at Nationals Park - 48
- July 27, 2011 at Nationals Park - 46
- May 10, 2011 at Camden Yards - 42
- July 23, 2011 at Camden Yards (BallhawkFest!) - 42
- June 15, 2011 at Safeco Field - 37
Days with the highest combined total of snags by myGameBalls members (at all ballparks):
- June 7, 2011 - 103
- July 1, 2011 - 95
- May 10, 2011 - 84
- June 3, 2011 - 82
- July 29, 2011 - 82
Ballhawks Who Have Outsnagged Zack Hample at a game:
- mhersl - May 12, 2010 at Camden Yards
- ysballhawkec - April 4, 2011 at Yankee Stadium
- piazza - April 4, 2011 at Yankee Stadium
- bhuff - April 7, 2011 at Camden Yards
- NoamSaul - April 22, 2011 at Citi Field
- bhuff - May 10, 2011 at Camden Yards
- gu3 - May 10, 2011 at Camden Yards
- gbarasch - June 28, 2011 at Yankee Stadium
- akopp1 - August 10, 2011 at Camden Yards
- yankees - August 19, 2011 at Nationals Park
- schrag5 - June 7, 2011 at Yankee Stadium
Most Stadiums With at Least One Ball Snagged:
- zackhample - 46
- gbarasch - 28
- cooknsonbats - 27
- piazza - 26
- jqfc - 20
And one final parting fact: In my last Random Facts column I mentioned that Tim Wakefield and Derek Lowe had never thrown a single toss-up to a myGameBalls member. Congratulations to Nick Pelescak, who somehow convinced Lowe to toss him a ball on September 7, 2010.
We're still waiting on Mr. Wakefield.
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