Portal:Baseball/Did you know/8

... that brothers George Wright and Harry Wright both managed the Providence Grays National League baseball team?
... that Mike Cather earned his first major-league win in an 11-inning Atlanta Braves’ win, the same night the Braves earned the National League Eastern Division title?
... that in 1975, his only full season, Stan Perzanowski's earned run average was the lowest on the Texas Rangers?
... that Josh Gibson Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is named for Negro League star Josh Gibson, who has been called the "black Babe Ruth?"
... that Ryota Igarashi used to hold the Nippon Professional Baseball record for the fastest pitch thrown?