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5 unusual facts about Elias Sports Bureau


Darnell McDonald

He also became the first ever member of the Red Sox to collect a game-ending RBI in his debut with the club, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Kazuo Matsui

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the only Major League player to hit a home run in his first plate appearance of his first three seasons.

Matt Keough

From 1978–79, Keough made 28 consecutive starts without a victory, tying Cliff Curtis (1910–11) for the longest streak in MLB history according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Scoring chance

While there is no exact definition of a scoring chance, the Elias Sports Bureau, who is the official statistics recorder of the National Hockey League and many other professional sports leagues, clarifies a scoring chance as an attempt or shot taken from a "home-plate shaped area" that goes from the top of the faceoff circles, through the faceoff dots, then angled to the goal posts.

Tim Jackman

According to the Elias Sports Bureau it was the fastest goal in NHL history by a player on his birthday.



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