This Week In Baseball History
Hosted by Bill and Mike · Mike Bates and Bill Parker
4.3from 253 ratings
- 494
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 253
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About This Week In Baseball History
This Week In Baseball History is a weekly podcast devoted to the history of baseball, hosted by Mike Bates and Bill Parker, the co-founders of The Platoon Advantage and writers on many fine websites.
- Publisher
- Mike Bates and Bill Parker
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Jun 2017
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
134 of 494 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 423 - The Imperfect Man
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 422 - Our Idiot Brothers, Part 4: The Quest For Peace
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 421 - Cy Young Wins His Last
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Episode 423 - The Imperfect Man
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Everyone was seemingly scared off by his rotator cuff, so Charlie retired at the age of 37. He finished with 140 wins and 119 losses in 394 games, 346 of which were starts. He had a 3.71 ERA that was 8% better than average, and he was around 33.5 wins above replacement for his career. Lee Brandt and his family settled in Atlanta, where he has worked as a part of the Braves alumni network over the years, been a spring training instructor, and coached high school baseball. He and his wife Corinne have three sons and a daughter. His middle son, Brody, played some college ball, but it was his youngest, Brandon, who really followed in his dad's footsteps. […]
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- Adam Daroski
- Dan Cichalski
- Mike Veeck
- TR Sullivan
- Steven Goldman
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- 4.3 / 5
- 253 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts This Week In Baseball History?
Bill and Mike host the show. Published by Mike Bates and Bill Parker.
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