somewhat related story on the late le grand orange as a not-quite-hof on-base machine: 4,050 Reasons to Appreciate Rusty Staub https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/sports/baseball/rusty-staub-statistics.html
nothing against joe mauer (or respy), but worth mentioning in a similar vein: two more number-one songs would arguably make mariah carey the greatest recording artist of all time.
les straker, 1987 world series game 3 start: 6ip, 4h, 0r, 2w, 4k, departed with a 1-0 lead. twins lost 3-1 after juan berenguer faced five batters in the 7th and blew the save: 1/3ip, 4h, 3er. some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you.