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19th June 2008
I see that at the moment, Gavin Floyd has allowed 7 runs in his start today, but only 1 earned run.
Here are the leaders for most runs allowed in the game while allowing only 1 earned run.
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16th June 2008
Seeing the Yankees' Worm Killer Wang recently lose most of his 2008 season to an injury running the bases in an N.L. park got me wondering...How many A.L. pitchers, since inter-league started, have been "caught stealing" while his team played in an N.L. park? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder, it's easy to find the answer. When I set the controls for "From 1997 to 2008, Playing in the AL, Against the NL, Played: P, (requiring CS>=1), sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a game" this is what I found:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Jason Standridge 1 Ind. Games Games found: 1.
Just one pitcher: Jason Standridge - back on June 21, 2003.
I wonder if that's a record that will stand for a long time now?
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16th June 2008
Here are the guys to do it since 1956:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB **SO** HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+------+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Jon Rauch 2006-04-26 WSN CIN L 0-5 8-8 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 31 18 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 2 Mike Stanton 2004-08-03 NYM @MIL W 12-3 8-8 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 21 14 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3 Octavio Dotel 2003-06-11 HOU @NYY W 8-0 8-8 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 15 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 4 Kazuhiro Sasaki 2003-04-04 SEA @TEX W 6-4 9-9f ,S 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 14 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 5 Jerry Spradlin 1999-07-22 SFG SDP L 7-8 7-7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 24 18 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 6 Derek Wallace 1996-09-13 NYM ATL W 6-4 9-9f ,S 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 21 14 0 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 7 Bruce Ruffin 1996-07-25 COL CHC L 8-10 9-9f ,L 1 3 2 2 1 4 0 32 22 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8 Mark Wohlers 1995-06-07 ATL CHC W 4-3 9-9f ,S 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 17 12 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 9 Paul Shuey 1994-05-14 CLE DET W 9-3 9-9f 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 35 21 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 10 Paul Assenmacher 1989-08-22 ATL STL L 5-10 5-5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 16 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 11 Mike Stanton 1985-07-22 CHW DET W 9-4 8-9 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Note that this is 1 IP, 4 K's. It doesn't include any of the numerous cases where a guy pitched more than one inning and struck out four during one of the innings he pitched. There's no way to search for that with the PI.
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15th June 2008
Lately, we've talked a bit about games where a relief pitcher throws very few pitches and gets one or more outs in a game. Here I am looking specifically at games where a relief pitcher threw just one pitch and gave up a hit.
Let's start out right here, with the list of games where a pitcher threw exactly one pitch and gave up at least one hit, ranked by innings pitched. As you know, pitch data is far from complete, and as a result we get a bunch of bogus entries on this search. Numbers 1 through 5 as well as 7 are all incorrectly listed at 1 pitch, but if you open up the box score you can see that this is not the case. (For this reason, I am not searching for appearances with 0 pitches, as they are tons and tons that incorrectly have 0 pitches listed.)
#6 on that list, though, is extremely interesting. Here's the box score from the game, a match between Oakland and Minnesota from last year that the Twins won, 6-2. Scrolling down to the bottom of the 7th:
Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-2, Joe Kennedy facing 3-4-5 O --- 4 93% J Mauer Groundout: 2B-1B --- 3 95% M Cuddyer Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) --3 2 96% J Morneau Hit By Pitch Kiko Calero replaces Joe Kennedy pitching ROO 1-3 1 96% T Hunter Double Play: Single to LF (Line Drive); Cuddyer Scores; Morneau out at 3B/LF-SS-2B; Hunter out at 2B 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 6.
So Kiko Calero came in with runners on 1st and 3rd with one out. On Calero's first pitch, Torii Hunter singled, scoring the run from third, then the runner from first was throw out tried to stretch to 3rd base. Meanwhile, Hunter himself tried to stretch to 2nd base and was also thrown out. Now, runs score on double plays all the time, but rarely do we see an "ROO" play where the batter gets credit for an RBI, as Hunter did in this case.
Very weird.
The rest of the games on that list are of a much more common variety, such as can be seen in this game from earlier this season. Jesse Carlson relieved Shaun Marcum with runners on first and second. On Carlson's first pitch, Mark Teahan singled but the runner from second was thrown out at home. One pitch, one out, and then Carlson came out of the game. Of course, there are many more appearances where a pitcher throws one pitch in a game and records and out WITHOUT giving up a hit as well. They are just much less interesting.
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11th June 2008
I was just reading Jay Gibbons' letter to all 30 major league teams and noticed this nearly-worthless but interestingly quirky stat: most seasons batting exactly .277 over the last 5 years.
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9th June 2008
I've gotten a bunch of requests for this, so I'll post it here. I had completely forgotten about Nomar in 200. He finished at .372 (and finished 9th in the MVP balloting).
| name_common | year_game | dateg | ABs | Hs | BA | +--------------------+-----------+-------+------+------+-------+ | George Brett | 1980 | 09-04 | 384 | 154 | 0.401 | | John Olerud | 1993 | 08-02 | 365 | 146 | 0.400 | | Nomar Garciaparra | 2000 | 07-20 | 278 | 112 | 0.403 | | Larry Walker | 1997 | 07-17 | 343 | 138 | 0.402 | | Tony Gwynn | 1997 | 07-14 | 356 | 143 | 0.402 | | Rod Carew | 1983 | 07-13 | 254 | 102 | 0.402 | | Rod Carew | 1977 | 07-10 | 317 | 127 | 0.401 | | Andres Galarraga | 1993 | 07-05 | 255 | 102 | 0.400 | | Tony Fernandez | 1999 | 06-28 | 255 | 102 | 0.400 | | Rod Carew | 1974 | 06-27 | 265 | 106 | 0.400 | | Rico Carty | 1970 | 06-17 | 212 | 85 | 0.401 | | Paul O'Neill | 1994 | 06-16 | 200 | 81 | 0.405 | | Rod Carew | 1975 | 06-16 | 180 | 72 | 0.400 | | Hank Aaron | 1959 | 06-15 | 244 | 98 | 0.402 | | Lenny Dykstra | 1990 | 06-11 | 207 | 83 | 0.401 | | Willie Mays | 1958 | 06-11 | 220 | 88 | 0.400 | | Stan Musial | 1958 | 06-11 | 170 | 69 | 0.406 | | Todd Helton | 2000 | 06-10 | 205 | 82 | 0.400 | | Roberto Alomar | 1996 | 06-10 | 235 | 95 | 0.404 | | Mickey Mantle | 1956 | 06-08 | 185 | 74 | 0.400 | | Billy Williams | 1964 | 06-07 | 180 | 73 | 0.406 | | Wade Boggs | 1986 | 06-07 | 202 | 81 | 0.401 | | Carney Lansford | 1988 | 06-06 | 229 | 92 | 0.402 | | Ted Williams | 1957 | 06-05 | 142 | 57 | 0.401 | | Rod Carew | 1969 | 05-31 | 144 | 58 | 0.403 | | Manny Ramirez | 1995 | 05-28 | 105 | 42 | 0.400 | | Dale Long | 1956 | 05-28 | 129 | 53 | 0.411 | | Matt Williams | 1995 | 05-28 | 115 | 46 | 0.400 | | Barry Bonds | 1993 | 05-28 | 162 | 65 | 0.401 | | Billy Grabarkewitz | 1970 | 05-27 | 122 | 49 | 0.402 | | Reggie Jackson | 1974 | 05-27 | 141 | 57 | 0.404 | | Steve Kemp | 1979 | 05-27 | 134 | 54 | 0.403 | | Larry Walker | 1999 | 05-26 | 130 | 52 | 0.400 | | Manny Ramirez | 2001 | 05-26 | 180 | 72 | 0.400 | | Ron LeFlore | 1976 | 05-25 | 117 | 47 | 0.402 | | Harvey Kuenn | 1959 | 05-24 | 120 | 48 | 0.400 | | Willie Mays | 1964 | 05-23 | 130 | 52 | 0.400 | | Rod Carew | 1978 | 05-22 | 154 | 62 | 0.403 | | Doug Mientkiewicz | 2001 | 05-22 | 144 | 58 | 0.403 | | Reggie Smith | 1974 | 05-20 | 137 | 55 | 0.401 | | George Brett | 1983 | 05-20 | 106 | 43 | 0.406 | | Roy Smalley | 1979 | 05-20 | 147 | 60 | 0.408 | | Roberto Clemente | 1967 | 05-20 | 117 | 47 | 0.402 | | Ralph Garr | 1971 | 05-20 | 165 | 66 | 0.400 | | Willie Mays | 1965 | 05-19 | 125 | 50 | 0.400 | | Tony Oliva | 1971 | 05-19 | 124 | 50 | 0.403 | | Terry Francona | 1984 | 05-18 | 130 | 52 | 0.400 | | Ken Boyer | 1956 | 05-18 | 101 | 41 | 0.406 | | Tony Oliva | 1964 | 05-16 | 125 | 51 | 0.408 | | Dave Winfield | 1988 | 05-16 | 132 | 53 | 0.402 |
I hope to make this a feature on the site at some point.
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8th June 2008
Johnny Damon is currently batting .326 on the season. When was the last time that a Yankees left fielder played 100+ games and batted .320 or better that season? Check out these stats, via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder:
Cnt Player Year BA G Age Tm +----+-----------------+----+-----+---+---+---+ 1 Dion James 1993 .332 115 30 NYY 2 Bob Meusel 1927 .337 135 30 NYY 3 Babe Ruth 1926 .372 152 31 NYY 4 Bob Meusel 1924 .325 143 27 NYY 5 Babe Ruth 1921 .378 152 26 NYY 6 Birdie Cree 1911 .348 137 28 NYY 7 Kip Selbach 1902 .320 128 30 BLA 8 Mike Donlin 1901 .340 121 23 BLA Seasons/Careers found: 8.
So, you have to go back to 1993 with Dion James. That was a while ago. But, before James, you have to go back to the 1920's to find the last time this happened.
In terms of being a Yankees left fielder, Johnny Damon is on pace to put together a special season - at least in terms of bating average.
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8th June 2008
Johnny Damon went 6-for-6 against the Royals yesterday. Here are the 20 most recent times a player went 6-for-6:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Willie Harris 2007-07-21 ATL STL W 14-6 6 6 4 6 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st CF LF 2 Chone Figgins 2007-06-18 LAA HOU W 10-9 6 6 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2nd 3B 3 Raul Ibanez 2004-09-22 SEA @ANA W 16-6 6 6 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd RF LF 4 Carlos Pena 2004-05-27 DET @KCR W 17-7 6 6 4 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th 1B 5 Alfonso Soriano 2004-05-08 TEX DET W 16-15 6 6 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2B 6 Frank Catalanotto 2004-05-01(2) TOR @CHW W 10-6 6 6 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd LF 7 Nomar Garciaparra 2003-06-21 BOS @PHI L 5-6 7 6 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd SS 8 Shawn Green 2002-05-23 LAD @MIL W 16-3 6 6 6 6 1 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF 9 Damion Easley 2001-08-08 DET @TEX W 19-6 6 6 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th 2B 10 Paul Lo Duca 2001-05-28 LAD COL W 11-10 6 6 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st C 11 Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-08-30 NYM @HOU W 17-1 6 6 6 6 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 12 Cal Ripken 1999-06-13 BAL @ATL W 22-1 6 6 5 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 3B 13 Lance Johnson 1995-09-23 CHW @MIN W 14-4 6 6 4 6 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF 14 Andres Galarraga 1995-07-03 COL HOU W 15-10 6 6 4 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B 15 Kevin Reimer 1993-08-24(2) MIL OAK W 7-6 7 6 4 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF DH 16 Sammy Sosa 1993-07-02 CHC @COL W 11-8 6 6 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4th RF 17 Wally Backman 1990-04-27 PIT @SDP W 9-4 6 6 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 3B 18 Kirby Puckett 1987-08-30 MIN @MIL W 10-6 6 6 4 6 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd CF 19 Kevin Seitzer 1987-08-02 KCR BOS W 13-5 6 6 4 6 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 3B 20 Jorge Orta 1980-06-15 CLE MIN W 14-5 6 6 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
This list shows guys who had at least 6 hits and includes a number of 6-for-7 performances.
And if you're wondering, following are the guys to have 7 or more hits in a game since 1956:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Rennie Stennett 1975-09-16 PIT @CHC W 22-0 7 7 5 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B 2 Cesar Gutierrez 1970-06-21(2) DET @CLE W 9-8 7 7 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2nd SS 3 Rocky Colavito 1962-06-24 DET NYY L 7-9 11 10 1 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF
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5th June 2008
Today is the first birthday of this blog. There have been 642 posts and a whole lot of comments.
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5th June 2008
Edinson Volquez turned in another great performance last night, overcoming Brett Myers' no-hit bid into the 7th inning to beat the Phillies. He once again allowed 2 ER or fewer, which he has done in all 12 starts so far this year.
Here are the pitchers since 1956 with the most starts allowing 2 or fewer ER in his team's first 60 games.
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Joe Coleman 1972 15 Ind. Games Wilbur Wood 1972 14 Ind. Games Greg Maddux 1994 13 Ind. Games Tom Bradley 1971 13 Ind. Games Wilbur Wood 1973 12 Ind. Games Bill Travers 1976 12 Ind. Games Tom Timmermann 1972 12 Ind. Games Zane Smith 1986 12 Ind. Games Tom Seaver 1975 12 Ind. Games Mike Scott 1986 12 Ind. Games J.R. Richard 1980 12 Ind. Games Gaylord Perry 1972 12 Ind. Games Gaylord Perry 1974 12 Ind. Games Jim Palmer 1972 12 Ind. Games Jim Palmer 1978 12 Ind. Games Sam McDowell 1969 12 Ind. Games Juan Marichal 1965 12 Ind. Games Juan Marichal 1967 12 Ind. Games Sandy Koufax 1966 12 Ind. Games Sam Jones 1960 12 Ind. Games Randy Johnson 2000 12 Ind. Games Tommy John 1966 12 Ind. Games Joe Horlen 1968 12 Ind. Games Ken Holtzman 1973 12 Ind. Games Ken Holtzman 1972 12 Ind. Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Danny Haren 2007 12 Ind. Games Tom Glavine 2002 12 Ind. Games Woodie Fryman 1968 12 Ind. Games Whitey Ford 1964 12 Ind. Games Juan Eichelberger 1981 12 Ind. Games Don Drysdale 1968 12 Ind. Games John Denny 1983 12 Ind. Games Vida Blue 1971 12 Ind. Games
Keep in mind that Volquez has only had 12 opportunities so far, and has converted all 12. Back in the days of 4-man rotations, pitchers had more opportunities in the first 60 games.
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