31st July 2008
With Matt Garza throwing a shutout two days ago, Tampa Bay has joined Cleveland as the only teams in 2008 with 4 complete-game shutouts.
Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games
+---+----+-----+-------------------------+
TBR 2008 4 Ind. Games
CLE 2008 4 Ind. Games
TOR 2008 3 Ind. Games
LAD 2008 3 Ind. Games
PHI 2008 2 Ind. Games
MIN 2008 2 Ind. Games
MIL 2008 2 Ind. Games
BOS 2008 2 Ind. Games
TEX 2008 1 Ind. Games
STL 2008 1 Ind. Games
SFG 2008 1 Ind. Games
OAK 2008 1 Ind. Games
LAA 2008 1 Ind. Games
COL 2008 1 Ind. Games
ATL 2008 1 Ind. Games
ARI 2008 1 Ind. Games
And here are the leaders for overall shutouts in 2008 (not necessarily complete games by the starting pitcher):
Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games
+---+----+-----+-------------------------+
CLE 2008 11 Ind. Games
BOS 2008 11 Ind. Games
TBR 2008 10 Ind. Games
TOR 2008 9 Ind. Games
NYY 2008 9 Ind. Games
LAD 2008 9 Ind. Games
LAA 2008 8 Ind. Games
ARI 2008 8 Ind. Games
WSN 2008 7 Ind. Games
SFG 2008 7 Ind. Games
MIN 2008 7 Ind. Games
For some reason (probably the team name change) the "Ind. Games" links for the Rays are broken. But here's a bit more info on the CG SHOs:
Cleveland:
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 C.C. Sabathia 2008-06-10 CLE MIN W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 106 77 82 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
2 C.C. Sabathia 2008-05-14 CLE OAK W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9 5 0 0 2 11 0 117 77 86 32 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
3 Fausto Carmona 2008-05-12(1) CLE TOR W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9 5 0 0 4 3 0 108 69 76 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
4 Cliff Lee 2008-04-24(2) CLE @KCR W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 0 9 0 120 86 90 29 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
So they got 2 from Sabathia (who of course no longer plays for them) and 1 each from Carmona and Lee.
And for Tampa Bay:
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 Matt Garza 2008-07-29 TBR @TOR W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9 5 0 0 1 5 0 106 74 81 30 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2 James Shields 2008-05-09 TBR LAA W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9 1 0 0 0 8 0 92 61 93 28 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
3 James Shields 2008-04-27 TBR BOS W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9 2 0 0 1 7 0 99 66 89 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
4 Andy Sonnanstine 2008-04-19 TBR CHW W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 1 4 0 106 77 84 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Two from Shields, one from Sonnanstine, and Garza's the other day. They haven't gotten one yet from arguably their best pitcher, Scott Kazmir.
I know that the Rays stumbled badly around the All-Star break, and almost certainly Boston will win the division, but they have a very solid pitching staff. They are going to be playoff contenders for the next 5 years.
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30th July 2008
The last time I ripped a player, it caused a bit of a firestorm. Somehow I think I'll get less resistance this time.
Let me start off by saying that I have no reason to believe that Patterson is anything but a lovely human being, no reason to believe he used or uses performance enhancing drugs, and that I fully recognize that he has more baseball ability in his pinky than I have in my entire body.
But this guy is a bad baseball player and I don't understand why any team plays him.
So far this year, lowest batting averages among players with at least 200 AB:
Cnt Player **BA** AB Year Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Corey Patterson .183 208 2008 28 CIN NL 82 221 28 38 9 1 6 16 8 0 27 1 3 1 1 10 5 .216 .322 .538 *8
2 Eric Byrnes .209 206 2008 32 ARI NL 52 224 28 43 13 1 6 23 16 0 36 2 0 0 5 4 4 .272 .369 .641 *7/8
3 Kenji Johjima .209 268 2008 32 SEA AL 78 287 17 56 12 0 3 23 10 0 25 6 1 2 8 2 0 .252 .287 .539 *2/D
4 Austin Kearns .211 227 2008 28 WSN NL 62 261 25 48 8 0 5 27 27 0 43 6 0 1 7 1 2 .310 .313 .623 *9
5 Carlos Ruiz .211 213 2008 29 PHI NL 75 245 29 45 8 0 2 21 26 5 30 4 2 0 11 1 1 .309 .277 .586 *2
6 Paul Konerko .213 291 2008 32 CHW AL 78 335 33 62 11 1 9 35 37 2 58 5 0 2 12 1 0 .310 .351 .661 *3/D
7 Khalil Greene .215 386 2008 28 SDP NL 104 420 30 83 15 2 10 35 22 1 99 5 0 7 6 5 1 .262 .342 .604 *6
8 Jason Varitek .215 288 2008 36 BOS AL 87 324 21 62 16 0 8 31 32 1 82 3 0 1 10 0 0 .299 .354 .653 *2
9 Franklin Gutierre .216 245 2008 25 CLE AL 85 264 29 53 14 2 4 20 11 1 57 4 4 0 4 4 2 .262 .339 .601 *9/87D
10 Gary Sheffield .218 238 2008 39 DET AL 66 276 28 52 12 0 8 28 34 0 53 3 0 1 11 6 1 .322 .370 .692 *D/7
And how about lowest OBP for the same criterion:
Cnt Player **OBP** AB Year Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA SLG OPS Positions
----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------
1 Corey Patterson .216 208 2008 28 CIN NL 82 221 28 38 9 1 6 16 8 0 27 1 3 1 1 10 5 .183 .322 .538 *8
2 Kenji Johjima .252 268 2008 32 SEA AL 78 287 17 56 12 0 3 23 10 0 25 6 1 2 8 2 0 .209 .287 .539 *2/D
3 Franklin Gutierre .262 245 2008 25 CLE AL 85 264 29 53 14 2 4 20 11 1 57 4 4 0 4 4 2 .216 .339 .601 *9/87D
4 Khalil Greene .262 386 2008 28 SDP NL 104 420 30 83 15 2 10 35 22 1 99 5 0 7 6 5 1 .215 .342 .604 *6
5 Mike Lamb .263 219 2008 32 MIN AL 70 240 18 50 10 2 1 28 13 3 29 0 0 8 3 0 1 .228 .306 .569 *5/D3
6 Freddy Sanchez .267 399 2008 30 PIT NL 98 426 47 97 16 0 7 42 12 0 50 3 6 6 10 0 1 .243 .336 .603 *4/D
7 Yuniesky Betancou .267 365 2008 26 SEA AL 101 378 36 93 23 2 3 30 6 0 22 1 3 3 12 2 2 .255 .353 .620 *6
8 Jose Vidro .269 292 2008 33 SEA AL 80 314 27 66 11 0 7 45 18 2 36 0 2 2 4 1 1 .226 .336 .605 *D/3
9 Eric Byrnes .272 206 2008 32 ARI NL 52 224 28 43 13 1 6 23 16 0 36 2 0 0 5 4 4 .209 .369 .641 *7/8
10 Miguel Olivo .276 207 2008 29 KCR AL 58 217 18 51 15 0 9 29 7 2 56 2 0 1 4 2 0 .246 .449 .725 *2D
Whoa! Nice lead for Patterson there. I'd say he's got it locked up.
This is a guy who was paid $9.9 million over the last 3 years. That's about average, but Patterson's not even close to being an average player. On his main page, his defensive stats suggest that he is a slightly below-average defender. Taken on the whole, all of this suggests that he must be one of the very worst full-time players in the majors. Why not cut him loose?
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30th July 2008
Blah blah, I'm plugging my other blog that uses stat from the PI on every post.
Some highlights for you:
The blog, 88 Topp Cards, has these and more than five hundred additional facts, plus images of all the 1988 Topps baseball cards, if you're into that sort of thing.
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28th July 2008
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26th July 2008
Lowest WHIP, minimum 38 years old, minimum 40 IP
Cnt Player **WHIP** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str
----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----
1 Mariano Rivera 0.669 46.1 2008 38 NYY AL 42 0 0 0 40 4 3 .571 26 27 6 6 4 57 1.17 353 2 169 161 4 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 .168 .196 .230 .426 14 653 453
2 Hoyt Wilhelm 0.824 81.1 1966 43 CHW AL 46 0 0 0 30 5 2 .714 6 50 21 15 17 61 1.66 190 6 308 281 6 0 2 1 7 2 4 9 1 0 0 3 .178 .226 .263 .489 48
3 Hoyt Wilhelm 0.833 144 1965 42 CHW AL 66 0 0 0 45 7 7 .500 20 88 34 29 32 106 1.81 176 11 545 502 12 3 7 2 8 5 10 9 1 1 0 10 .175 .226 .277 .503 51
4 Cy Young 0.867 320.2 1905 38 BOS AL 38 33 31 4 5 18 19 .486 0 248 99 65 30 210 1.82 148 3 1238 10 0 6 0
5 Dick Hall 0.883 65.2 1969 38 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 17 5 2 .714 6 49 14 14 9 31 1.92 187 3 246 230 9 0 6 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 .213 .244 .291 .535 53
6 Doug Jones 0.884 80.1 1997 40 MIL AL 75 0 0 0 73 6 6 .500 36 62 20 18 9 82 2.02 231 4 307 289 11 1 1 3 1 5 5 2 3 0 0 2 .215 .242 .301 .543 41
7 Cy Young 0.893 299 1908 41 BOS AL 36 33 30 3 3 21 11 .656 2 230 68 42 37 150 1.26 194 1 1143 2 0 4 0
8 Randy Johnson 0.900 245.2 2004 40 ARI NL 35 35 4 2 0 16 14 .533 0 177 88 71 44 290 2.60 177 18 964 898 34 9 1 10 7 5 4 17 10 1 1 3 .197 .241 .315 .556 44 3629 2505
9 Joe Berry 0.907 111.1 1944 39 PHA AL 53 0 0 0 47 10 8 .556 12 78 32 24 23 44 1.94 179 4 445 2 0 1 0
10 Russ Springer 0.909 66 2007 38 STL NL 76 0 0 0 18 8 1 .889 0 41 18 16 19 66 2.18 201 3 257 226 6 2 1 3 3 6 4 3 3 0 0 1 .181 .248 .265 .513 37 1068 682
Best ERA+, minimum 38 years old, minimum 40 IP
Cnt Player **ERA ** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str
----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----
1 Mariano Rivera 353 46.1 2008 38 NYY AL 42 0 0 0 40 4 3 .571 26 27 6 6 4 57 1.17 2 169 161 4 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 .168 .196 .230 .426 14 653 453
2 Marv Grissom 241 80.2 1956 38 NYG NL 43 2 0 0 20 1 1 .500 7 71 15 14 16 49 1.56 3 323 295 9 3 3 1 8 3 2 0 3 1 0 2 .241 .279 .322 .601 56
3 Doug Jones 231 80.1 1997 40 MIL AL 75 0 0 0 73 6 6 .500 36 62 20 18 9 82 2.02 4 307 289 11 1 1 3 1 5 5 2 3 0 0 2 .215 .242 .301 .543 41
4 Hoyt Wilhelm 229 89 1967 44 CHW AL 49 0 0 0 30 8 3 .727 12 58 21 13 34 76 1.31 2 360 317 8 0 4 4 4 1 3 8 6 0 0 2 .183 .270 .227 .497 57
5 Ellis Kinder 227 107 1953 38 BOS AL 69 0 0 0 51 10 6 .625 27 84 30 22 38 39 1.85 8 441 2 1 1 0
6 Roger Clemens 226 211.1 2005 42 HOU NL 32 32 1 0 0 13 8 .619 0 151 51 44 62 185 1.87 11 838 761 26 3 5 3 9 3 16 8 4 2 1 3 .198 .261 .284 .545 46 3200 2036
7 Takashi Saito 203 41.1 2008 38 LAD NL 39 0 0 0 34 3 3 .500 17 34 11 10 12 53 2.18 1 170 154 9 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .221 .282 .299 .581 56 728 469
8 Mike Timlin 202 80.1 2005 39 BOS AL 81 0 0 0 27 7 3 .700 13 86 23 20 20 59 2.24 2 342 311 24 2 5 2 3 6 6 6 1 1 0 3 .277 .319 .386 .705 84 1169 778
9 Russ Springer 201 66 2007 38 STL NL 76 0 0 0 18 8 1 .889 0 41 18 16 19 66 2.18 3 257 226 6 2 1 3 3 6 4 3 3 0 0 1 .181 .248 .265 .513 37 1068 682
10 Terry Leach 200 73.2 1992 38 CHW AL 51 0 0 0 21 6 5 .545 0 57 17 16 20 22 1.95 2 292 265 9 3 5 4 2 1 4 7 3 1 0 0 .215 .279 .294 .573 62
Thanks, David in Toledo.
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25th July 2008
A reader asked about this on another post, and I had forgotten the answer until I looked it up.
Fewest IP in a 20-win season:
Cnt Player **IP** W Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
+----+-----------------+---------+--+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
1 Bob Grim 199 20 1954 24 NYY AL 37 20 8 1 8 6 .769 0 175 78 72 85 108 3.26 105 9 825 3 0 4 0
2 Pedro Martinez 199.1 20 2002 30 BOS AL 30 30 2 0 0 4 .833 0 144 62 50 40 239 2.26 202 13 787 726 35 3 1 15 2 4 10 8 5 2 0 3 .198 .254 .309 .563 47 3086 2052
3 Josh Beckett 200.2 20 2007 27 BOS AL 30 30 1 0 0 7 .741 0 189 76 73 40 194 3.27 145 17 822 772 45 3 0 5 3 2 12 14 6 1 0 3 .245 .286 .377 .663 69 3088 2041
4 Tim Hudson 202.1 20 2000 24 OAK AL 32 32 2 2 0 6 .769 0 169 100 93 82 169 4.14 113 24 847 746 32 3 5 7 5 7 17 24 3 1 0 7 .227 .306 .374 .680 75 3227 1918
5 Scott Erickson 204 20 1991 23 MIN AL 32 32 5 3 0 8 .714 0 189 80 72 71 108 3.18 134 13 851 762 39 5 3 6 5 7 22 4 10 0 0 4 .248 .314 .364 .678 83
6 David Cone 207.2 20 1998 35 NYY AL 31 31 3 0 0 7 .741 0 186 89 82 59 209 3.55 124 20 866 784 41 2 1 15 4 4 9 21 6 0 0 6 .237 .302 .371 .673 77
7 John Smiley 207.2 20 1991 26 PIT NL 33 32 2 1 0 8 .714 0 194 78 71 44 129 3.08 117 17 836 774 38 6 0 3 11 4 11 18 13 0 1 3 .251 .292 .381 .673 94
8 Andy Pettitte 208.1 21 2003 31 NYY AL 33 33 1 0 0 8 .724 0 227 109 93 50 180 4.02 109 21 896 835 34 6 3 1 5 5 18 13 1 0 0 5 .272 .312 .402 .714 89 3383 2185
9 Jamie Moyer 209.2 20 2001 38 SEA AL 33 33 1 0 0 6 .769 0 187 84 80 44 119 3.43 121 24 851 781 34 3 4 10 5 11 14 12 7 1 0 1 .239 .285 .383 .668 79 3093 1940
10 Russ Ortiz 212.1 21 2003 29 ATL NL 34 34 1 1 0 7 .750 0 177 101 90 102 149 3.81 112 17 912 793 41 3 7 4 6 7 9 22 5 2 0 5 .223 .312 .347 .659 76 3567 2102
11 Randy Johnson 213 20 1997 33 SEA AL 30 29 5 2 0 4 .833 0 147 60 54 77 291 2.28 196 20 850 758 32 1 2 10 4 1 11 13 16 3 0 4 .194 .277 .318 .595 56
12 Pedro Martinez 213.1 23 1999 27 BOS AL 31 29 5 1 1 4 .852 0 160 56 49 37 313 2.07 243 9 835 780 38 0 1 9 3 6 11 21 10 0 0 6 .205 .248 .288 .536 35
13 Jamie Moyer 215 21 2003 40 SEA AL 33 33 1 0 0 7 .750 0 199 83 78 66 129 3.27 132 19 897 810 39 1 3 8 7 6 19 11 6 4 0 0 .246 .307 .367 .674 81 3440 2134
14 Johnny Beazley 215.1 21 1942 24 STL NL 43 23 13 3 15 6 .778 3 181 67 51 73 91 2.13 162 4 890 3 0 7 0
15 Matt Morris 216.1 22 2001 26 STL NL 34 34 2 1 0 8 .733 0 218 86 76 54 185 3.16 137 13 909 823 45 2 3 13 14 5 18 11 5 2 1 5 .265 .318 .372 .690 82 3331 2162
16 Rick Helling 216.1 20 1998 27 TEX AL 33 33 4 2 0 7 .741 0 209 109 106 78 164 4.41 109 27 922 827 44 5 6 1 6 10 7 11 12 0 0 10 .253 .314 .416 .730 85
17 Bob Forsch 217.1 20 1977 27 STL NL 35 35 8 2 0 7 .741 0 210 97 84 69 95 3.48 111 20 915 835 33 2 2 3 4 4 21 15 6 2 1 9 .251 .310 .368 .678 88
18 Derek Lowe 219.2 21 2002 29 BOS AL 32 32 1 1 0 8 .724 0 166 65 63 48 127 2.58 177 12 854 787 30 3 0 12 5 2 28 19 7 0 0 5 .211 .266 .302 .568 49 3068 1956
19 Ray Sadecki 220 20 1964 23 STL NL 37 32 9 2 2 11 .645 1 232 104 90 60 119 3.68 104 16 935 850 32 4 4 1 16 8 22 7 7 2 1 7 .273 .319 .376 .695 94
20 Roger Clemens 220.1 20 2001 38 NYY AL 33 33 0 0 0 3 .870 0 205 94 86 72 213 3.51 128 19 918 833 44 3 1 5 4 4 21 34 6 3 0 14 .246 .309 .375 .684 78 3590 2274
21 Tommy John 220.1 20 1977 34 LAD NL 31 31 11 3 0 7 .741 0 225 82 68 50 123 2.78 138 12 906 842 34 4 3 3 10 1 32 8 10 0 0 6 .267 .310 .360 .670 84
22 Andy Pettitte 221 21 1996 24 NYY AL 35 34 2 0 1 8 .724 0 229 105 95 72 162 3.87 129 23 929 844 37 3 2 3 7 3 23 10 11 10 1 6 .271 .330 .404 .734 83
23 Bartolo Colon 222.2 21 2005 32 LAA AL 33 33 2 0 0 8 .724 0 215 93 86 43 157 3.48 122 26 906 847 42 5 0 3 9 4 21 2 4 0 1 2 .254 .291 .407 .698 85 3236 2200
24 Dave McNally 224.1 21 1971 28 BAL AL 30 30 11 1 0 5 .808 0 188 75 72 58 91 2.89 116 24 899 822 36 3 2 5 10 4 24 1 4 4 0 5 .229 .282 .367 .649 90
25 Tom Glavine 225 20 1992 26 ATL NL 33 33 7 5 0 8 .714 0 197 81 69 70 129 2.76 133 6 919 839 37 4 7 2 2 6 18 13 10 0 0 5 .235 .293 .310 .603 72
Mike Mussina is on pace to turn the trick this year, although odds are that he won't achieve it.
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23rd July 2008
Here are the most complete game losses anybody has had since 2003:
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Roy Halladay 8 Ind. Games
Randy Johnson 7 Ind. Games
Livan Hernandez 7 Ind. Games
Jake Westbrook 6 Ind. Games
Bartolo Colon 5 Ind. Games
Tim Wakefield 4 Ind. Games
Javier Vazquez 4 Ind. Games
Ben Sheets 4 Ind. Games
Mark Redman 4 Ind. Games
Mark Mulder 4 Ind. Games
Barry Zito 3 Ind. Games
C.C. Sabathia 3 Ind. Games
Brad Radke 3 Ind. Games
Jamie Moyer 3 Ind. Games
Matt Morris 3 Ind. Games
Kevin Millwood 3 Ind. Games
Derek Lowe 3 Ind. Games
John Lackey 3 Ind. Games
Ryan Franklin 3 Ind. Games
Mark Buehrle 3 Ind. Games
Joe Blanton 3 Ind. Games
Halladay's got 3 already this year and had 3 last year as well. Can you imagine if he'd been healthy so far in his career? He'd probably be considered the best starting pitcher over the last 10 years.
And here are all compete game no-decisions since 2003:
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Mike Mussina 1 Ind. Games
Pat Hentgen 1 Ind. Games
Trivia question: how does one get a complete game no-decision? Can you figure it out? If not, click on the "Ind. Games" links above and you'll see how.
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22nd July 2008
Mariner second baseman Jose Lopez is tied for the American League lead in sacrifice flies with 9. He is also one off the league lead in sacrifice bunts with 6. I thought that these two statistics combined were an interesting mix, so I wondered if Lopez's season is common. The answer is not usually, but this year may be different.
Since 1954 when baseball started keeping separate SH and SF records there have been 11 players to have 10 or more sacrifice flies and bunts in the same season. Here is the list.
Cnt Player Year SH SF Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+----+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Juan Uribe 2005 11 10 25 CHW AL 146 540 481 58 121 23 3 16 71 34 0 77 4 7 4 6 .252 .301 .412 .713 *6
2 Ricky Gutierrez 2001 17 11 31 CHC NL 147 606 528 76 153 23 3 10 66 40 0 56 10 13 4 3 .290 .345 .402 .747 *6
3 Roberto Alomar 1999 12 13 31 CLE AL 159 694 563 138 182 40 3 24 120 99 3 96 7 13 37 6 .323 .422 .533 .955 *4/D
4 Kevin Elster 1996 16 11 31 TEX AL 157 596 515 79 130 32 2 24 99 52 1 138 2 8 4 1 .252 .317 .462 .779 *6
5 Omar Vizquel 1995 10 10 28 CLE AL 136 622 542 87 144 28 0 6 56 59 0 59 1 4 29 11 .266 .333 .351 .684 *6
6 Jerry Browne 1990 12 11 24 CLE AL 140 610 513 92 137 26 5 6 50 72 1 46 2 12 12 7 .267 .353 .372 .725 *4
7 Wally Joyner 1986 10 12 24 CAL AL 154 674 593 82 172 27 3 22 100 57 8 58 2 11 5 2 .290 .348 .457 .805 *3
8 Rob Wilfong 1979 25 10 25 MIN AL 140 485 419 71 131 22 6 9 59 29 3 54 2 2 11 4 .313 .352 .458 .810 *4/879
9 Bert Campaneris 1976 18 11 34 OAK AL 149 631 536 67 137 14 1 1 52 63 0 80 3 4 54 12 .256 .331 .291 .622 *6
10 Brooks Robinson 1962 10 10 25 BAL AL 162 697 634 77 192 29 9 23 86 42 3 70 1 18 3 1 .303 .342 .486 .828 *5/64
11 Johnny Temple 1959 11 13 31 CIN NL 149 696 598 102 186 35 6 8 67 72 2 40 2 11 14 3 .311 .380 .430 .810 *4
As rare as this seems, Lopez is not alone yet. Here are the players who have amassed 6 of each so far this season.
Cnt SH SF Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+---+---+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Freddy Sanchez 6 6 2008 30 PIT NL 92 403 376 42 88 14 0 6 39 12 0 48 3 9 0 1 .234 .259 .319 .578 *4/D
2 Jose Lopez 6 9 2008 24 SEA AL 96 425 394 49 117 26 1 6 51 15 2 36 1 11 4 1 .297 .317 .414 .731 *4/D
3 Ian Kinsler 6 6 2008 26 TEX AL 97 469 413 84 134 34 4 14 59 38 1 56 6 7 24 1 .324 .384 .528 .912 *4
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22nd July 2008
Last Night Miguel Cabrera had 5 hits and 6 RBI. He is the 45th player since 1956 to do this.
What intrigues me are the dates for the last 4 times that this has been accomplished.
Cabrera accomplished his feat on July 21, 2008.
Before him Willie Harris did it on July 21, 2007.
Before that Andruw Jones did it on July 18, 2006.
Before that Craig Monroe did it on July 22, 2005.
In 4 consecutive years the feat has been accomplished on almost the same date and in the last 3 of those years (so far) it wasn't done on any other date.
Some of you will tell me that I'm nuts, but I found this intriguing.
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21st July 2008
As the older pitchers of the 80s and 90s begin to fade away, there are still some who are going strong. For a while, it became common for older pitchers to win a lot of games, but this year it doesn't look like there will be all that many. However, there is this one thing. The 2 pitchers age 36 or older (Defined by June 30) with the most wins are both on the same team. Mike Mussina, with his resurgence at age 40, has 12 wins and Andy Pettitte, who makes the age 36 cutoff by 2 weeks, has 11. Is this a big deal? Probably not. However, I would like to point out that no team in the history of major league baseball has had two pitchers 36 or older win 18 games and the only team to have two such pitchers win 17 games is the 1915 Chicago Whales.
Other than the Whales, there have been 5 teams with 2 pitchers 36 or older who each won at least 15 games. All 5 of those made the playoffs. However, their stays there were not all that successful. The teams combined to go 2-5 in their postseason series, with both series victories going to the 2003 Yankees.
Here are the players with their regular season stats and their playoff stats:
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