2nd July 2009
Last night Hanley Ramirez knocked in a run for the tenth consecutive game. According to the linked article, this is the longest streak for a National League shortstop since RBI became an official statistic in 1920. Here are the longest streaks by shortstops in both leagues since 1954:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Carlos Guillen 2007-06-16 2007-06-28 11 35 11 16 3 0 4 17 3 5 1 1 .457 .500 .886 1.386 DET
Hanley Ramirez 2009-06-21 2009-07-01 10 40 10 19 5 0 5 24 3 4 3 2 .475 .523 .975 1.498 FLA
Alex Rodriguez 2001-07-30 2001-08-09 10 46 11 15 1 0 5 15 12 2 1 0 .326 .347 .674 1.021 TEX
Miguel Tejada 2005-04-08 2005-04-17 9 39 10 16 4 1 3 18 6 3 0 0 .410 .442 .795 1.237 BAL
Derek Jeter 2004-05-23 2004-06-02 9 44 9 18 7 0 4 12 9 0 2 0 .409 .435 .841 1.276 NYY
Miguel Tejada 2002-08-03 2002-08-11 8 36 4 11 1 0 3 12 4 2 0 0 .306 .350 .583 .933 OAK
Miguel Tejada 2002-07-17 2002-07-25 8 37 6 11 1 0 5 10 5 0 0 0 .297 .316 .730 1.046 OAK
Miguel Tejada 2001-09-08 2001-09-22 8 30 9 12 1 0 3 12 2 4 1 1 .400 .457 .733 1.190 OAK
Carlos Guillen 2000-07-19 2000-08-08 8 34 8 16 3 0 1 8 2 2 0 1 .471 .500 .647 1.147 SEA
Rich Aurilia 2000-07-01 2000-07-09 8 30 4 13 0 0 2 11 7 1 0 0 .433 .452 .633 1.085 SFG
Nomar Garciaparra 1998-07-25 1998-08-02 8 33 11 15 1 0 5 17 3 2 0 0 .455 .472 .939 1.411 BOS
Dale Sveum 1987-04-09 1987-04-17 8 30 7 14 5 0 1 10 4 5 0 1 .467 .543 .733 1.276 MIL
Billy Grabarkewit 1970-05-03 1970-06-24 8 33 12 12 4 1 1 13 10 4 0 1 .364 .436 .636 1.072 LAD
Miguel Tejada is really well represented here.
What about other positions? Here are the leaders since 1954:
Position Leader StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pitcher Carlos Zambrano 2008-07-19 2008-08-26 8 19 4 8 2 0 3 8 4 0 0 0 .421 .421 1.000 1.421 CHC
Catcher Mike Piazza 2000-06-14 2000-07-02 15 63 14 22 3 0 8 28 9 4 0 0 .349 .388 .778 1.166 NYM
1B Bob Watson 1978-06-24 1978-07-03 11 38 4 17 4 0 1 13 2 5 2 0 .447 .489 .632 1.121 HOU
2B Jorge Cantu 2005-09-19 2006-04-05 11 41 7 13 1 0 4 16 3 1 0 0 .317 .304 .634 .938 TBD
Frank White 1983-06-10 1983-06-22 11 42 4 10 3 0 1 13 3 1 3 0 .238 .239 .381 .620 KCR
3B Jorge Cantu 2008-05-30 2008-06-10 11 47 9 17 5 0 5 13 5 0 0 0 .362 .360 .787 1.147 FLA
Doug DeCinces 1978-09-22 1979-04-06 11 41 7 15 3 0 4 14 5 4 1 0 .366 .422 .732 1.154 BAL
SS Carlos Guillen 2007-06-16 2007-06-28 11 35 11 16 3 0 4 17 3 5 1 1 .457 .500 .886 1.386 DET
LF Cliff Floyd 2000-09-21 2001-04-09 14 49 16 22 5 0 6 24 8 9 2 0 .449 .532 .918 1.450 FLA
CF Kirby Puckett 1988-09-15 1988-09-25 11 48 10 23 6 0 1 15 7 1 0 2 .479 .480 .667 1.147 MIN
Andy Van Slyke 1988-06-09 1988-06-20 11 41 7 16 3 2 2 16 9 5 1 0 .390 .420 .707 1.127 PIT
Ron LeFlore 1979-09-07 1979-09-30 11 43 10 18 2 2 4 13 11 2 8 1 .419 .444 .837 1.281 DET
RF Larry Parrish 1984-06-10 1984-06-20 11 40 10 16 4 0 5 18 9 4 1 1 .400 .457 .875 1.332 TEX
Gary Woods 1980-09-05 1980-10-02 11 40 7 16 3 0 2 14 4 2 1 0 .400 .429 .625 1.054 HOU
DH Mike Sweeney 1999-06-08 1999-07-04 11 46 12 22 5 0 3 18 4 4 1 0 .478 .528 .783 1.311 KCR
Jorge Cantu - RBI machine?!?
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24th June 2009
The title says it all. Here they are.
Hitting:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Derrek Lee 2009-05-30 2009-06-23 20 81 15 30 5 0 6 18 15 11 0 0 .370 .452 .654 1.106 CHC
Jason Bartlett 2009-05-15 2009-06-23 17 64 17 25 6 3 2 18 8 6 5 0 .391 .431 .672 1.103 TBR
Scott Rolen 2009-06-08 2009-06-23 12 52 12 24 4 0 2 7 4 3 1 1 .462 .500 .654 1.154 TOR
Andrew McCutchen 2009-06-11 2009-06-23 11 49 8 16 2 3 1 9 9 3 2 0 .327 .365 .551 .916 PIT
Shane Victorino 2009-06-11 2009-06-23 11 41 9 17 5 0 0 4 7 10 2 1 .415 .538 .537 1.075 PHI
Lee’s got a long way to go to match Ryan Zimmerman’s 30-gamer from earlier this season.
On-base:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Derrek Lee 2009-05-16 2009-06-23 30 118 18 44 7 0 8 22 20 15 0 0 .373 .448 .636 1.084 CHC
Pablo Sandoval 2009-06-04 2009-06-23 19 68 10 29 8 0 5 13 13 9 0 0 .426 .494 .765 1.259 SFG
Brett Gardner 2009-05-21 2009-06-23 18 55 10 19 1 1 0 3 6 7 6 1 .345 .419 .400 .819 NYY
Justin Upton 2009-06-02 2009-06-23 18 70 10 23 5 0 5 16 14 11 3 1 .329 .420 .614 1.034 ARI
Again, Lee has a way to go to match Ichiro and Zimmerman, who each had a 43-game streak this season.
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4th June 2009
The longest hit streaks of 2009:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-12 30 131 26 50 11 0 8 26 23 11 0 0 .382 .427 .649 1.076 WSN
Ichiro Suzuki 2009-05-06 2009-06-03 27 118 13 47 8 0 3 7 8 6 5 2 .398 .432 .542 .974 SEA
Jacoby Ellsbury 2009-05-02 2009-05-27 22 100 16 34 6 1 0 4 9 5 11 4 .340 .371 .420 .791 BOS
Justin Upton 2009-04-24 2009-05-11 18 65 17 25 4 0 7 17 15 10 3 1 .385 .467 .769 1.236 ARI
Robinson Cano 2009-04-12 2009-05-01 18 80 14 29 5 0 4 14 8 2 0 0 .363 .373 .575 .948 NYY
Ichiro’s is the longest active streak, followed by Miguel Tejada with a 17-gamer. Derek Jeter had a 16-game streak snapped last night.
Longest streaks with at least one time on base so far this season:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-25 43 179 36 64 13 0 11 35 29 21 0 0 .358 .421 .615 1.036 WSN
Ichiro Suzuki 2009-04-28 2009-06-03 34 152 16 56 8 1 3 10 11 10 7 3 .368 .411 .493 .904 SEA
Victor Martinez 2009-04-21 2009-05-21 29 112 21 47 11 1 3 23 9 17 0 0 .420 .492 .616 1.108 CLE
Albert Pujols 2009-04-06 2009-05-07 28 101 29 36 5 0 11 32 9 19 4 1 .356 .460 .733 1.193 STL
Orlando Hudson 2009-04-29 2009-05-27 27 110 19 40 11 0 1 21 23 15 0 0 .364 .430 .491 .921 LAD
Justin Morneau 2009-05-06 2009-06-02 26 93 21 35 8 1 8 26 17 19 0 0 .376 .474 .742 1.216 MIN
Nick Markakis 2009-04-06 2009-05-04 26 100 29 37 10 0 4 27 14 16 1 1 .370 .454 .590 1.044 BAL
Again, Ichiro’s streak is the longest active streak. Justin Morneau had a 26-gamer broken last night and the next-longest active streak is Phat Albert at 22.
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2nd June 2009
A quick and fun list from Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Streak Finder - guys, since 1954, with 3 or more games in a row with 9+ IP and 3 hits or less allowed:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Roger Clemens 1998-08-20 1998-08-30 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 8 0 0 5 31 0 0.00 0 0 0 TOR
Teddy Higuera 1987-08-26 1987-09-06 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 28 6 0 0 7 26 0 0.00 1 0 0 MIL
Nolan Ryan 1976-09-29 1977-04-07 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 0 0 17 31 0 0.00 0 0 0 CAL
Burt Hooton 1971-09-15 1972-04-16 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 5 2 2 12 27 1 0.67 0 0 0 CHC
Woodie Fryman 1966-06-26 1966-07-05 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 0 0 1 20 0 0.00 0 0 0 PIT
Jim Maloney 1964-09-25 1965-04-19 3 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 29 5 0 0 7 29 0 0.00 0 2 0 CIN
John Tsitouris 1963-09-15 1963-09-27 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 8 1 1 5 17 1 0.33 0 0 0 CIN
Sandy Koufax 1963-07-03 1963-07-12 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 9 0 0 2 26 0 0.00 0 0 0 LAD
Bob Gibson 1962-07-08 1962-07-18 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 9 2 2 11 21 1 0.67 3 0 0 STL
Billy Pierce 1957-05-30 1957-06-08 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 28 8 1 1 6 22 0 0.32 0 1 0 CHW
To be candid, I’ve heard of all these pitchers, before, sans John Tsitouris. That’s the beauty of baseball, ain’t it?
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28th May 2009
Roy Halladay did it again last night, pitching 7 innings in the Blue Jays’ eventual 12-10 loss (their 9th straight–ouch!) He’s gone at least 7 innings in every one of his 11 starts so far this year, but as you might except he’s a long way from the record for most starts with 7+ IP to start a season:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bob Gibson 1968-04-10 1968-09-27 34 22 9 34 28 13 0 0 304.2 198 49 38 62 268 11 1.12 7 4 0 STL
Tom Seaver 1970-04-07 1970-08-15 27 17 7 27 18 2 0 0 231.2 163 65 62 60 226 19 2.41 2 3 0 NYM
Gaylord Perry 1972-04-15 1972-06-13 15 10 5 15 11 3 0 0 131.2 93 28 26 29 90 5 1.78 5 4 0 CLE
Roger Clemens 1992-04-07 1992-06-16 14 9 4 14 6 3 0 0 112.1 80 24 22 24 104 5 1.76 3 0 0 BOS
Curt Schilling 2001-04-04 2001-06-06 13 10 1 13 4 1 0 0 100.1 86 30 29 12 108 16 2.60 0 1 0 ARI
Mark Fidrych 1976-05-15 1976-07-20 13 11 2 13 12 2 0 0 120.1 93 26 23 28 50 5 1.72 1 2 0 DET
Phil Niekro 1969-04-08 1969-06-16 13 9 4 13 11 3 0 0 112 78 28 23 22 80 4 1.85 3 5 0 ATL
Ron Darling 1988-04-06 1988-06-04 12 6 3 12 3 2 0 0 93 66 24 23 23 60 6 2.23 1 1 2 NYM
Jack Morris 1984-04-03 1984-05-28 12 10 1 12 7 1 0 0 100.1 65 26 21 32 68 5 1.88 2 6 0 DET
Rick Langford 1981-04-10 1981-06-10 12 5 7 12 11 0 0 0 103 93 41 33 38 49 5 2.88 0 0 0 OAK
Nelson Briles 1968-04-11 1968-06-08 12 7 4 12 5 1 0 0 97.2 99 27 25 19 61 6 2.30 1 1 0 STL
Bill Singer 1968-04-11 1968-06-05 12 5 5 12 5 2 0 0 97.1 68 24 19 24 94 2 1.76 2 4 1 LAD
Bob Shaw 1962-04-16 1962-06-18 12 9 2 12 8 1 0 0 105.2 96 29 23 14 59 8 1.96 2 1 0 MLN
Ned Garver 1954-04-17 1954-06-16 12 4 3 12 6 1 0 0 101 78 25 17 25 27 6 1.51 2 0 0 DET
Roy Halladay 2009-04-06 2009-05-27 11 8 1 11 1 0 0 0 82 76 26 24 11 68 6 2.63 2 1 0 TOR
Pedro Martinez 2000-04-04 2000-06-08 11 9 2 11 3 2 0 0 85.1 45 10 9 16 114 3 0.95 7 1 0 BOS
Curt Schilling 1998-03-31 1998-05-23 11 5 5 11 4 1 0 0 85.2 57 22 19 20 117 6 2.00 0 3 0 PHI
Kevin Brown 1993-04-11 1993-06-04 11 5 3 11 6 1 0 0 89.2 73 28 19 19 52 5 1.91 4 1 0 TEX
Bill Wegman 1992-04-06 1992-05-29 11 5 4 11 2 0 0 0 90.1 80 27 26 18 39 10 2.59 5 0 1 MIL
Chris Bosio 1988-04-06 1988-05-26 11 6 5 11 8 1 0 0 90 83 27 22 15 35 5 2.20 2 1 2 MIL
Dave Stieb 1984-04-07 1984-05-30 11 7 1 11 2 1 0 0 86 58 21 20 28 63 5 2.09 3 0 0 TOR
Kip Young 1978-07-24 1978-09-17 11 6 5 11 6 0 0 0 89.1 80 26 25 21 40 8 2.52 2 0 0 DET
Jerry Augustine 1977-04-09 1977-05-28 11 6 5 11 7 0 0 0 91.2 77 36 33 31 27 9 3.24 2 1 0 MIL
Steve Busby 1975-04-07 1975-05-25 11 7 3 11 7 2 0 0 92.1 70 26 25 29 61 3 2.44 2 3 0 KCR
Ken Holtzman 1973-04-08 1973-05-22 11 9 2 11 9 1 0 0 96.2 63 20 14 19 55 6 1.30 1 5 0 OAK
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Don Sutton 1972-04-15 1972-06-09 11 8 1 11 5 3 0 0 93.2 53 18 13 18 66 4 1.25 1 1 0 LAD
Dave Giusti 1968-04-13 1968-06-02 11 4 5 11 6 1 0 0 90 61 20 18 25 60 6 1.80 1 3 1 HOU
Bob Friend 1960-04-12 1960-06-01 11 6 2 11 5 3 0 0 90 68 22 21 12 66 5 2.10 0 1 0 PIT
Warren Spahn 1958-04-15 1958-05-31 11 8 1 11 9 1 0 0 98.2 83 28 26 27 45 7 2.37 0 1 0 MLN
Bob Keegan 1954-04-17 1954-06-09 11 9 1 11 9 2 0 0 96.1 86 27 23 33 26 5 2.15 0 0 1 CHW
A note on Bob Gibson’s incredible 1968 season. Those 34 starts to start the season with 7 IP? Those were all of his starts that year. Yeah, that’s right…the guy threw at least 7 innings in every start. In fact, he completed 28 of those 34 games (and also won the Cy Young, MVP, ERA and strikeout titles, and threw 13 shutouts.)
So Halladay has a long, long way to go to approach that post-1954 record (don’t hold your breath.) But the only guys ahead of him from the last 20 seasons are Roger Clemens, 14 in 1992, and Curt Schilling, 13 in 2001.
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22nd May 2009
Which big league pitcher, since 1954, has the longest streak of pitching at least 7 innings in a game from the start of his career? According to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Streak Finder, here’s the answer:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Joe McClain 1961-04-14 1961-06-01 9 5 3 9 3 1 0 0 72 59 23 21 13 21 3 2.63 2 1 0 WSA
Steve Rogers 1973-07-18 1973-08-18 7 4 2 7 4 2 0 0 59.2 36 8 8 19 27 3 1.21 0 0 0 MON
Tom Browning 1984-09-09 1985-04-21 6 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 47.1 41 6 5 8 28 0 0.95 0 1 0 CIN
Steve Gromek 1954-04-13 1954-05-14 6 5 1 6 5 1 0 0 54 47 14 14 5 25 5 2.33 2 1 0 DET
Curt Simmons 1954-04-14 1954-05-12 6 4 2 6 6 1 0 0 54 46 14 9 21 28 1 1.50 0 0 0 PHI
Amazing. If not for this game, the streak would have been 14 games for McClain. For more on Joe, click here.
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21st May 2009
Nice to see Dontrelle Willis get back to winning. With his victory the other day, he snapped the second-longest winless start streak of his career:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2007-06-03 2007-08-08 13 0 9 13 0 0 0 0 70 92 49 40 33 44 5 5.14 6 3 0 FLA
2007-09-30 2009-05-13 9 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 30.1 28 29 29 40 20 5 8.60 2 6 0 FLA-DET
2006-04-19 2006-05-27 8 0 6 8 1 0 0 0 50.2 62 37 34 20 31 4 6.04 5 3 0 FLA
2007-08-19 2007-09-09 5 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 29.1 38 23 23 10 19 9 7.06 1 1 0 FLA
2003-08-11 2003-09-02 5 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 24.2 32 20 19 13 18 3 6.93 0 0 0 FLA
2006-07-13 2006-07-29 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 22 28 17 15 11 18 3 6.14 2 1 0 FLA
2005-09-27 2006-04-09 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 24 26 14 10 8 22 1 3.75 0 0 0 FLA
2004-08-20 2004-09-11 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 25 28 14 13 10 16 6 4.68 1 0 0 FLA
2004-06-19 2004-07-06 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 30 18 15 10 11 4 7.11 1 1 0 FLA
I don’t know him personally, but Willis seems like a good guy and I certainly hope he can get back on top.
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18th May 2009
John Lackey is getting set to pitch against the Mariners and presumably he will throw more than 25 pitches. If he doesn’t, he will join a group of 3 other pitchers since 1988 who have gone 2 consecutive games, both starts, without throwing more than 25 pitches:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Brad Radke 2002-05-13 2002-05-30 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3.86 0 0 0 MIN
Scott Scudder 1992-09-17 1992-09-24 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 7 6 3 1 0 162.00 0 1 0 CLE
Brian Bohanon 1992-04-22 1992-04-27 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 8 9 7 2 1 2 94.50 0 0 0 TEX
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18th May 2009
Last year in 2008, Brad Lidge had an amazing season, finishing a perfect 41-for-41 in saves while striking out 11.9 batters per nine innings. His ERA was 1.95, close to a career best.
This year, it’s a very different story.
He recently broke this horrible streak of most consecutive games by a reliever allowing at least 1 ER:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Brad Lidge 2009-05-05 2009-05-15 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 11 9 9 3 5 2 13.50 0 0 0 PHI
Hunter Jones 2009-04-30 2009-05-13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 8 8 4 4 2 14.40 0 1 0 BOS
Jeff Fulchino 2009-04-21 2009-05-04 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.2 9 7 7 4 6 2 8.22 0 0 0 HOU
Geoff Geary 2009-04-19 2009-04-28 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 6 5 3 4 1 7.50 1 0 0 HOU
Wilfredo Ledezma 2009-04-06 2009-04-18 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.2 8 7 6 4 8 1 9.53 0 1 0 WSN
Jesse Crain 2009-05-10 2009-05-15 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 8 5 5 2 1 2 16.88 0 1 1 MIN
Kip Wells 2009-05-09 2009-05-15 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5.1 7 7 7 6 4 1 11.81 0 0 0 WSN
Geoff Geary 2009-05-03 2009-05-13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 10 10 4 3 2 16.88 0 0 0 HOU
Javier Lopez 2009-04-30 2009-05-09 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 11 9 9 2 2 1 18.69 0 0 0 BOS
Eddie Bonine 2009-04-06 2009-04-23 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 16 8 8 2 5 3 9.00 0 0 0 DET
Jose Veras 2009-04-11 2009-04-18 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 4 6 6 4 3 1 12.46 0 0 0 NYY
His strikeout rate (9.7 per 9 IP) is still good so far this year but his walk rate (5.4 per 9) and hit rate (12.4 per 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) are career-worsts so far. Oh and his HR per 9 is 2.7 per 9 innings, as compared to a career value of 0.8.
Looking at his career splits, June and July have typically been Lidge’s best months, allowing the lowest opposing BA and OBP.
Let’s see if he can turn things around.
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15th May 2009
Damon is the hottest hitter in baseball right now. Following up on yesterday’s post (including very helpful comments by reader leatherman) here are all the times since 1954 that a player has had 10 straight games with at least one extra-base hit and one run scored:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Chipper Jones 2006-07-01 2006-07-16 10 39 14 22 5 1 6 18 2 7 0 0 .564 .630 1.205 1.835 ATL
Bobby Abreu 2005-05-08 2005-05-18 10 34 11 19 3 0 9 18 6 9 1 0 .559 .636 1.441 2.077 PHI
Ken Griffey 1993-07-19 1993-07-29 10 43 15 17 2 0 8 14 7 2 1 1 .395 .422 1.000 1.422 SEA
Don Mattingly 1987-07-07 1987-07-19 10 46 14 22 4 0 10 22 2 2 0 0 .478 .500 1.217 1.717 NYY
(Damon is on this list too, but for some reason it appears the database hasn’t gotten its daily update yet…)
The Yankees play the Twins at the New Stadium tonight. It will be interesting to see if Damon can break this post-1954 record.
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