The pitcher who was a drunk, a killer, and an MLB record holder for most home runs given up 

Surely the most remarkable part of this story in that the team had a bus in the 1800's

That dude sounds awesome... He told his boss off, quit and immediately had a three-way. I think i have a new hero.

As the late, great, Colonel Sanders once said... "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken."

Unbreakable record: B.J. Gray is the winning pitcher after throwing 0 pitches. (He picked off a runner to complete an inning.)

We need a 2K / The Show baseball game set in the late 19th century. Half the game is like GTA, carousing in now-forgotten boom towns in north-central Ohio. Fisticuffs & brawls, opium abuse, whiskey. Lots of whiskey. The earliest roots of segregated Black leagues, as well as integrated Black teams, are in the 1880s. Lot's to explore

This is an even more impressive record when you consider that it's in the dead-ball era, when home runs were a lot more difficult.

Do you think the rest of the staff gets tired of these Jon comments???

Actually, tbh, I've really grown to like this guy. And his beard. Or maybe just his beard. But the shows are ... good too

we indubitably need more of this guy. his nonchalant story-telling that is oxymoronically engaging/interesting feels more like listening to a friend instead of a broadcaster or "youtube" personality...either way, i like him.

Unbreakable NBA record: Rasheed Wallace’s 41 technical fouls in a season

Yeah Jon is great, but I like Mike too, why yall complaining about who the host is, just be happy that there is high quality sports content to watch

"Too drunk to pitch? Pitch on acid!" - Dock Ellis

This was-see-the-notification-while-at-work-and-thinking-imma-watch-this-as-soon-as-I'm-home-but-then-completely-forget-about-it-and-come-across-the-video-in-the-notifications-days-later-and then-instantly-click-it good

"Sweeney quit, right there on the mound." These days we would call that Doing A Vontae Davis.

If it ain't Mike or Jon... I mean I'll still watch

Here's the deal SB Nation: your best series are "Pretty Good" and "Chart Party". All other series should be named in relation to those two series: "Not Too Bad" "Could Be Worse" "Statistics Conference" "Quantitative Reunion" "Damn. We Wish We Could Clone Jon Bois So Our Subscribers Could Shut the Hell Up Already"

This guy lived hard... Arthur would be proud :’)

This is the best so far. Mike's narration was great.

Big Hoss Radbourn? BIG Hoss?! You'd best hope @OldHossRadbourn on Twitter doesn't hear about this!

What a great story. Excellent job my friend.

Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court.

This is the perfect video for Jon.

This is such a clever animation. Awesomely done.

Thank you! This is very fun to watch. :-)

Man, I miss this style of video. I’m sure it’s super time consuming, but I love the little characters. They add a lot to the stories imo.

This video was amazing keep it up SB Nation.

I don't even follow baseball but you find the most interesting stories to cover I have to occasionally watch your videos

I love the adorable animations on the figurines.

Unbreakable MLB record: Fernando Tatis' two grand slams in one inning. No one has even ever tied this, let along break it.

Im gonna watch them all but for now this is my favorite.

You're a LEGEND CHARLIE SWEENEY

I love videos like this!

My grandfather Clarence "Hooks' Iott ,in 1941 while pitching for the Paragoul Browns threw 25 strikeouts in a 9 inning game and followed that a few weeks later with 30 strikeouts in a 16 inning game. He was then called up to the majors in the majors St Louis Browns . Then ofcourse 1941 Pearl harbor, Ww2 interrupted baseball. He did make it back to the big leagues in 47 where he pitched 1 shutout but bounced around the minors for 15 years or so. The mlb record is not a good one. But hey , he made it to the bigs. And pitched a shutout at Wrigley field while playing for the NY Giants. He has the highest ERA of any pitcher ever to pitch a shutout in MLB. And was also considered a Rookie in the same year as "Jackie Robinson " in the same year and city and same division. I don't know if he ever pitched against Robinson.

This was good but not pre- Why do I do this to myself

Watching these in 2022 without seeing them prior feels like uncovering some sort of ancient Secret Base manuscripts.

Good to learn of this legendary ball player

Guys Jon's at vacation Please do not bully sbnation

I like how he causally throws the knife on the table.

Dude, your beard could conquer nations. It is awesome!

I love this style

Jack Taylor set the record for the most consecutive complete games pitched in 1904 when he pitched 39 complete games from April 15 through October 6, 1904. Taylor also holds the record for the most consecutive games without being relieved with 202.

My hero!

A legend

I love this guy please let's have a back story video for him

His story needs to be made into a movie make it happen!

What I wanna see is a video on the record for most consecutive games played in all sports

Chris Archer gave up 4 HR in an inning. I think the record is slowly creeping towards the possible realm.

Aaahhh, the sweet life of a ball player.

Unbreakable record: Most consecutive no-hitters (2) by Johnny Vander Meer. While I believe that it might be possible to tie this record, it will never be broken.

a couple things, charles radbourn's nickname was "old hoss", not "big hoss". and charlie sweeney only had one good year in 1884 when he went a combined 41-15. his arm was pretty much mud after that, he went 11-21 the next year and was done. his career was pretty much limited to 2 years and as you mentioned, destroyed his arm.

What a legend

Seems like a great guy.

Wait, they had buses in the 1800s?

Charlie Sweeney the mans man

me too. i remember pitching a 1 hitter on a bad hang over, hit a home run and went 2 for 4. i think it was cherry vodka, but i ended up throwing up and remember still being a bit drunk when the game started. ah, the good times.

St.louis browns ned garver being a 20 game winner on a 100+ game losing team I think is incredible

My guess was David Wells

Grover Cleveland Alexander is my favorite drunken pitcher. He had a Hall-of-Fame career but remembered almost none of it.

Curt Schilling is proud of this guy

If he was 24 when he went to Jail, that meant this dude struck out 19 people when he was like 22 and had almost 100 complete games as a 23 year old.

Old Hoss Radbourn gave the earliest documented instance of flipping the bird; could that have been directed at Sweeney?

Ah yes, BIG Hoss Radbourn. One of the better nicknames out there. Along with Walter "The Old Train" Johnson and Lou "The Iron Giant" Gehrig.

Can we get a Doc Ellis LSD no hitter video?? What a story man I think this would mark a great video

I've always said that the best way to pitch is either hungover or currently drunk.

Do a video about Doc Ellis

The royals are going to have a pitcher break this record this season. Calling it. 3/30/2018.

Cool video style

You should do video on Germany Schaefer stealing second, then stealing first back, then stealing second again.

For drunk and killer in the title I thought you were gonna say Matt bush 😂

Unbeatable record? I was at Carlos Silva's 5/20/2005 74 pitch complete game

Let up 7 home runs in a game when most teams didn't hit that many in a year...

Jon Bois sure looks different today

This story would make a great movie. It could be serious or a comedy. But who would play Sweeney?

Title= CC Sabathia, Aroldis Chapman, and Clayton Kershaw

You could do the unbreakable record currently held by Cal Bowdler.

Anyone else waiting for Jon to do an episode about nc states 1983 championship run?

Going for that Archie Bradley look, I see

What about the ranger oriole game where they had 30 runs did they have seven homers or is it just one pitcher who gave up that many

do a video on the 27 consecutive loses.

Thank you, SB Nation. I, too, can read this guy’s Wikipedia page.

One of these days, there will be a new Jon Bois video.

They should make a movie about Hoss Radbourn

This should have definitely been a pretty good

as a providence dude, this shocks me

So where do I aquire a Sweeney jersey ?

What's the name of the song in the video?

Talk about doc Ellis and when he pitched a no hitter while on LSD

Billy ellish vibes at the beginning

Do Kevin Na’s 16 at the Valero Texas Open

Can you do Rube Wadell?

Rick Sanchez in a dimension when he was a baseball player

my favorite story is dock ellis throwing a no-hitter while on acid.

The only way thus record will be broken is if it’s the first inning and every pitch thrown was a home run

I thought they were talking about Ugeth Ubina.

Richard Pettys 200 Wins

They had a team bus in 1886?

Looking at that Farmer's commercial, now we FINALLY know what "would [my, my, my, my Mitchell's]" momma say?" "Looks like we're in a Farmer's commercial!"

Charlie Sweeney was the Darryl Strawberry of the 1880’s.

Didn't Fox Sports Net do an episode on him?

Do wilts record of either points or rebounds in a game