April MLB Quirkjians -- From Jazz and Pop to Ryan, Ryan, Ryan and Brian

The Quirkjians are of my own making, an obsession for nearly 60 years. I've always loved arcane stats, odd connections of arbitrary names and numbers, amazing coincidences that baseball, more than any other sport, always provides. Every night that you go to a major league game, or watch one on TV, you might see something you've never seen before. Some Quirkjians are pointless. There will be no apologies for that here. Baseball can be pointless some days, and some days it's another marvelous feature of a beautiful game. So, with some stat confirmations from the Elias Sports Bureau, here are The Quirkjians for April.

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The White Sox's Yermin Mercedes went 5-for-5…