Ted Lyons did something amazing with complete games in the 1940s. Here's the story.

A few baseball records that are either impossible or highly unlikely to ever be broken.

Is this going to be Sluggers of the 1940s part 5 or something else? We asked the piublic, and the puiblic responded- and here it is! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yep, we're still in the 1940s, and this time there's an awful lot about Stan Musial, with side tracks into the 'lost homer', Nate Colbert, Alex Johnson, and more close batting races. NOTE- we are aware there are some volume issues. The cable on Indy's mike was cutting in and out, and we didn't disover it until it was too late to re-record and still get the episode out on time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

More tales and numbers about Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams and the sluggers of the 1940s, but also- sidetracks into Joe Wilhoit and the longest hitting streak, Dick Wakefield, Joe McCarthy and the 1948 pennant race, and much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Picking up where we left off last time, we get into a couple of DiMaggio brothers this week, and talk a bit about Ted Williams. There's also side tracks about Dale Alexander and the two closest batting title races ever. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we look at those mighty power hitters of the 1940s- prewar, postwar, and during the war- and talk about how slugging in that decade was different from in the 1930s and the 1950s. Also, sidetracks on the Balata ball and Lip Pike. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conclusion of the list of pitchers with 10% or more shutouts in their career starts

Well, we didn't nearly cover the whole list of those pitchers who threw shutouts in 10% of their career starts or more last time, so we're picking it up again here. There are some surprises on the list, but there are also a few fun sidetracks into other stuff like Rube Waddell's 1902 season and Berns' recent tour with his metal band through SE Europe. A classic episode, of course. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Those pitchers with 40+ career shutouts who threw shutouts in over ten percent of their career starts.

A deep dive into the 1973 American League Cy Young Award

This is part two of two episodes about those heroes who, at the end of a baseball season at some point in their careers, had a higher career batting average than Ty Cobb finished his career with.

Because of the events in our lives this summer, we have changed our podcasting schedule a bit.

Today we look at those major leaguers who, at some point in their careers, had higher lifetime batting averages than Ty Cobb's record mark.

Today we look at those pitchers in baseball history who've had a season where 25% or more of their starts were shutouts.

This week we continue our breaking the color barrier trilogy and look at the other four African-Americans who debuted in the National and American Leagues in 1947 besides Jackie Robinson.

Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in Minor League and Major League baseball in 1946 and 1947.

A deep dive into the those African-American players who played in the Major Leagues before the color barrier began.

A deep dive into the 1886 world series when the American Association was at its peak.

Indy and Berns look at the 19th century origins of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry.