Comments on: Strand The Rod, Spoil The Game http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553 This and that about baseball stats. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:02:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553/comment-page-1#comment-3779 kingturtle Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:04:35 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/553#comment-3779 Oops. I see that Carew did it three times. Oops. I see that Carew did it three times.

]]> By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553/comment-page-1#comment-3778 kingturtle Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:03:32 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/553#comment-3778 Okay. Looking at Carew's stats I saw that he twice hit 100 points over the lgBA. So the obvious question is...how unusual is that? Well Cobb did it 12 times (11 in a row). The highest differences came pre-liveball (except for Rajah): *Fred Dunlap +.165 (1884) *Ross Barnes +.149 (1876) *Tip O'Neill +.142 (1887) *Ty Cobb +.140 (1912) *Nap Lajoie +.137 (1901) *Rogers Hornsby +.137 (1924) *Ty Cobb +.133 (1911) Here's who achieved +.100 or more since 1941: *Ted Williams +.128 (1941) *Rod Carew +.123 (1977) *Tony Gwynn +.123 (1994) *George Brett +.121 (1980) *Ted Williams +.118 (1957) *Barry Bonds +.110 (2002) *Ichiro Suzuki +.105 (2004) *Rod Carew +.105 (1970) *Mickey Mantle +.104 (1957) *Wade Boggs +.101 (1988) *Rod Carew +.101 (1974) *Jeff Bagwell +.100 (1994) *Mike Piazza +.100 (1997) I did this all by hand during a 2 AM insomniac stupor. So I may have made mistakes or omissions. Is there a way to do this using PI? How about the highest lifetime differences? Okay. Looking at Carew's stats I saw that he twice hit 100 points over the lgBA. So the obvious question is...how unusual is that? Well Cobb did it 12 times (11 in a row).

The highest differences came pre-liveball (except for Rajah):

*Fred Dunlap +.165 (1884)
*Ross Barnes +.149 (1876)
*Tip O'Neill +.142 (1887)
*Ty Cobb +.140 (1912)
*Nap Lajoie +.137 (1901)
*Rogers Hornsby +.137 (1924)
*Ty Cobb +.133 (1911)

Here's who achieved +.100 or more since 1941:

*Ted Williams +.128 (1941)
*Rod Carew +.123 (1977)
*Tony Gwynn +.123 (1994)
*George Brett +.121 (1980)
*Ted Williams +.118 (1957)
*Barry Bonds +.110 (2002)
*Ichiro Suzuki +.105 (2004)
*Rod Carew +.105 (1970)
*Mickey Mantle +.104 (1957)
*Wade Boggs +.101 (1988)
*Rod Carew +.101 (1974)
*Jeff Bagwell +.100 (1994)
*Mike Piazza +.100 (1997)

I did this all by hand during a 2 AM insomniac stupor. So I may have made mistakes or omissions.

Is there a way to do this using PI? How about the highest lifetime differences?

]]> By: mikeyjax http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553/comment-page-1#comment-3777 mikeyjax Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:56:55 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/553#comment-3777 Inside the box score..... I do find it ironic that the game ended with Rod in the on-deck circle. Danny Thompson went 0-10 that day, which would end up costing him 5 points on his average for the YEAR! Danny pulls the big donut and yet he scored a run! Look at all the IW's that day! Fun Stuff Help me gang to get Sean to put a random box score application up! Inside the box score..... I do find it ironic that the game ended with Rod in the on-deck circle. Danny Thompson went 0-10 that day, which would end up costing him 5 points on his average for the YEAR! Danny pulls the big donut and yet he scored a run! Look at all the IW's that day!

Fun Stuff

Help me gang to get Sean to put a random box score application up!

]]> By: bahamuto http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553/comment-page-1#comment-3773 bahamuto Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:15:20 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/553#comment-3773 I noticed that Blyleven got the loss to... man that guy was unlucky. I noticed that Blyleven got the loss to... man that guy was unlucky.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553/comment-page-1#comment-3768 Andy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:20:44 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/553#comment-3768 That must have been incredibly frustrating for Carew. He should have just stolen home. That must have been incredibly frustrating for Carew. He should have just stolen home.

]]> By: bravesfan513 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/553/comment-page-1#comment-3762 bravesfan513 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:18:16 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/553#comment-3762 Hit into three double plays behind him, haha. Hit into three double plays behind him, haha.

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