There are 216 single stitches on a baseball (which some people call 108 double stitches).
216 reasons to love baseball, 216 tiny threads holding together a 5 ounce sphere that is only 9 inches in circumference.
216 is a random number, I have no idea why it’s not 214 or 218 or 312 stitches, but it’s 216 and if we look at 216 as a number that is larger in the context of the game than the current exalted state it possesses then we’d find the following:
One man with a lifetime batting average of .216 and that would be Bubba Crosby, who had 250 ab’s with the Dodgers and the Yankees and had 54 hits.
Only 9 men have hit .216 in a season, the last 22 years ago and the first was a rookie CF for the Reds in their second year of existence. Cy Young is the only pitcher to hit .216 in a season.
AVERAGE YEAR AVG AB Pop Corkhill 1883 .216 375 Jay Bell 1987 .216 125 Jim Finigan 1956 .216 250 Eddie Pellagrini 1954 .216 125 Dan Costello 1915 .216 125 Cy Young 1907 .216 125 Willie Crawford 1977 .216 250 Bob O'Farrell 1919 .216 125 Gil Garrido 1971 .216 125
No players have exactly 216 home runs in their career, nine players do have 216 hits in their career, the most famous of them is Tommie Aaron, Hanks brother.
Now if you want to find names that fall next to the number 216 look no farther than the doubles column.. players with 216 career doubles include the following:
DOUBLES 2B AB Jesse Barfield 216 4759 Bob Allison 216 5032 Kid Gleason 216 7452 Julian Javier 216 5722 Johnny Logan 216 5244 Ralph Kiner 216 5205 Aaron Boone 216 3858 Freddie Patek 216 5530 Johnny Evers 216 6137 Ken Henderson 216 4553 Johnny Hopp 216 4260
Question: Who is Sammy Strang ?
Answer: The only player to have a career total of steals that equals 216
Three hurlers have 216 career wins, they are Wilbur Cooper, Charlie Hough and Curt Schilling, only Curt can change that.
Of all the mne in MLB history who have thrown a pitch only Steven Shell and Russ McKelvy have a lifetime era of … you guessed it, 2.16.
15 pitchers have ended a season with that era, including Dazzy vance with over 300 innings pitched and Brad “The Animal” Lesley with 8.1 innings pitched
Seven men have ended the season with 216 strikeouts they are as follows:
INNINGS PITCHED YEAR IP SO SO/9 IP 1 Larry Corcoran 1883 473.2 216 4.10 2 Gaylord Perry 1974 322.1 216 6.03 3 Aaron Harang 2006 234.1 216 8.30 4 Kevin Brown 2000 230 216 8.45 5 Jim Maloney 1966 225 216 8.64 6 Jake Peavy 2005 203 216 9.58 7 Sandy Koufax 1962 184 216 10.57
And….. there are 10 men who have 216 as a career total
INNINGS PITCHED IP SO SO/9 IP 1 Nate Andrews 773 216 2.51 2 Fred Mitchell 718 216 2.71 3 Joe Sullivan 588 216 3.31 4 Ray Fontenot 493.2 216 3.94 5 Luis Sanchez 369.2 216 5.26 6 Ryan Bowen 326 216 5.96 7 Wayne Franklin 323 216 6.02 8 Brian Shouse 322.2 216 6.02 9 Julio Mateo 318.1 216 6.11 10 Ryan Vogelsong 315 216 6.17
Only two pitchers have a career total of 216 innings pitched, one was Dick Brodowski and the other was Michael Bacsik, whose father also pitched in the big leagues, he however only pitched 172.2 innings in his career, which is what Oregon Ducks running back Jonathan Stewart rushed for in 2007 to lead the Pac Ten.
But you probably knew that.
