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Checking in on relievers
Collectively, we don't pay enough attention to meaningful stats for relievers. Here are some leaderboards for you.
So far in 2008, lowest BA against for relief pitchers, minimum 30 IP:
Cnt Player **BA** 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 OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str +----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ 1 Grant Balfour .113 32.1 2008 30 TBR AL 26 0 0 0 9 3 1 .750 4 12 5 5 14 49 1.39 304 1 122 106 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .213 .179 .392 8 586 364 2 Brandon Morrow .143 36.2 2008 23 SEA AL 40 0 0 0 24 1 2 .333 10 18 8 6 15 47 1.47 276 5 142 126 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .234 .270 .504 37 616 398 3 Carlos Marmol .146 62.1 2008 25 CHC NL 58 0 0 0 16 2 3 .400 6 31 25 24 32 86 3.47 130 7 252 212 6 0 1 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 .275 .274 .549 47 1115 670 4 Joakim Soria .159 51.2 2008 24 KCR AL 48 0 0 0 44 1 2 .333 32 28 10 9 11 54 1.57 281 4 196 176 5 0 1 5 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 .227 .256 .483 27 784 530 5 Edwar Ramirez .162 40.2 2008 27 NYY AL 37 0 0 0 13 3 0 1.000 0 23 14 14 17 48 3.10 135 4 162 142 7 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 .265 .296 .561 50 642 408 6 Taylor Buchholz .170 51.1 2008 26 COL NL 48 0 0 0 17 4 3 .571 1 31 16 9 14 46 1.58 294 3 199 182 7 0 2 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 2 .232 .258 .490 29 681 420 7 Dan Wheeler .171 49 2008 30 TBR AL 48 0 0 0 13 2 4 .333 4 30 14 12 16 31 2.20 192 6 193 175 5 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 .238 .314 .552 48 748 481 8 Troy Percival .175 35 2008 38 TBR AL 36 0 0 0 31 1 0 1.000 24 22 16 15 15 33 3.86 110 7 144 126 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 .264 .413 .677 80 605 382 9 Mariano Rivera .178 48.1 2008 38 NYY AL 44 0 0 0 42 4 4 .500 26 30 8 8 5 58 1.49 281 3 178 169 4 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 .209 .254 .463 23 684 473 10 Brad Ziegler .184 34 2008 28 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000 0 19 0 0 9 15 0.00 0 0 118 103 0 0 2 1 3 2 11 1 0 2 0 0 .252 .184 .436 22 429 270 11 Billy Wagner .185 47 2008 36 NYM NL 45 0 0 0 34 0 1 .000 27 32 17 12 10 52 2.30 179 4 184 173 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 .228 .289 .517 41 697 465 12 Juan Cruz .187 31.2 2008 29 ARI NL 38 0 0 0 6 2 0 1.000 0 20 11 11 24 47 3.13 146 3 136 107 6 1 0 2 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 1 .341 .346 .687 82 652 391 13 Andrew Brown .187 35 2008 27 OAK AL 31 0 0 0 13 1 0 1.000 0 23 13 12 21 28 3.09 128 3 147 123 5 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .301 .609 69 581 329 14 Joe Nathan .188 46.1 2008 33 MIN AL 47 0 0 0 40 0 0 30 31 6 6 11 50 1.17 349 4 176 165 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 .239 .291 .530 44 716 473 15 Francisco Rodrigu .189 48.2 2008 26 LAA AL 53 0 0 0 49 1 2 .333 45 33 15 13 28 51 2.40 176 4 204 175 10 0 4 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 5 .300 .314 .614 64 839 495 16 Jim Johnson .191 59.1 2008 25 BAL AL 45 0 0 0 13 2 3 .400 1 39 14 13 24 32 1.97 219 0 231 204 2 0 2 1 1 1 13 3 2 0 1 1 .278 .201 .479 31 867 538 17 Jose Arredondo .192 33 2008 24 LAA AL 29 0 0 0 6 4 0 1.000 0 23 8 4 12 30 1.09 388 2 133 120 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 .271 .258 .529 43 528 315 18 Will Ohman .192 46.2 2008 30 ATL NL 59 0 0 0 12 3 0 1.000 1 32 17 14 18 43 2.70 153 2 188 167 6 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 .270 .275 .545 49 730 454 19 Brad Lidge .193 48 2008 31 PHI NL 49 0 0 0 42 2 0 1.000 28 34 14 12 23 63 2.25 198 2 203 176 7 0 3 1 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 5 .289 .267 .556 48 831 510 20 J.C. Romero .194 44 2008 32 PHI NL 55 0 0 0 10 4 3 .571 1 30 11 11 28 37 2.25 198 4 191 155 7 0 5 4 4 0 2 8 0 1 1 1 .332 .316 .648 72 752 426
That's 3 Rays in the top 8, one of many reasons why they are for real. And there's that damn J.C. Romero at 20, somehow having another fluke year.
How about this one: lowest OPS+ against:
Cnt Player **OPS+** 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 Pit Str +----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+ 1 Grant Balfour 8 32.1 2008 30 TBR AL 26 0 0 0 9 3 1 .750 4 12 5 5 14 49 1.39 304 1 122 106 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .113 .213 .179 .392 586 364 2 Brad Ziegler 22 34 2008 28 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000 0 19 0 0 9 15 0.00 0 0 118 103 0 0 2 1 3 2 11 1 0 2 0 0 .184 .252 .184 .436 429 270 3 Mariano Rivera 23 48.1 2008 38 NYY AL 44 0 0 0 42 4 4 .500 26 30 8 8 5 58 1.49 281 3 178 169 4 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 .178 .209 .254 .463 684 473 4 Joakim Soria 27 51.2 2008 24 KCR AL 48 0 0 0 44 1 2 .333 32 28 10 9 11 54 1.57 281 4 196 176 5 0 1 5 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 .159 .227 .256 .483 784 530 5 Taylor Buchholz 29 51.1 2008 26 COL NL 48 0 0 0 17 4 3 .571 1 31 16 9 14 46 1.58 294 3 199 182 7 0 2 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 2 .170 .232 .258 .490 681 420 6 Jim Johnson 31 59.1 2008 25 BAL AL 45 0 0 0 13 2 3 .400 1 39 14 13 24 32 1.97 219 0 231 204 2 0 2 1 1 1 13 3 2 0 1 1 .191 .278 .201 .479 867 538 7 Jonathan Papelbon 34 48.1 2008 27 BOS AL 47 0 0 0 43 4 3 .571 31 35 16 11 7 57 2.05 217 3 186 175 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 .200 .231 .291 .522 726 510 8 Brandon Morrow 37 36.2 2008 23 SEA AL 40 0 0 0 24 1 2 .333 10 18 8 6 15 47 1.47 276 5 142 126 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .234 .270 .504 616 398 9 Billy Wagner 41 47 2008 36 NYM NL 45 0 0 0 34 0 1 .000 27 32 17 12 10 52 2.30 179 4 184 173 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 .185 .228 .289 .517 697 465 10 Dan Giese 41 32.1 2008 31 NYY AL 13 2 0 0 5 1 3 .250 0 24 12 9 10 20 2.51 167 1 132 120 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 .200 .258 .267 .525 489 301 11 Jose Arredondo 43 33 2008 24 LAA AL 29 0 0 0 6 4 0 1.000 0 23 8 4 12 30 1.09 388 2 133 120 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 .192 .271 .258 .529 528 315 12 Hong-Chih Kuo 43 63.1 2008 26 LAD NL 29 3 0 0 5 3 1 .750 0 46 13 13 15 76 1.85 239 2 252 230 11 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .257 .283 .540 994 643 13 Joe Nathan 44 46.1 2008 33 MIN AL 47 0 0 0 40 0 0 30 31 6 6 11 50 1.17 349 4 176 165 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 .188 .239 .291 .530 716 473 14 Carlos Marmol 47 62.1 2008 25 CHC NL 58 0 0 0 16 2 3 .400 6 31 25 24 32 86 3.47 130 7 252 212 6 0 1 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 .146 .275 .274 .549 1115 670 15 Brad Lidge 48 48 2008 31 PHI NL 49 0 0 0 42 2 0 1.000 28 34 14 12 23 63 2.25 198 2 203 176 7 0 3 1 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 5 .193 .289 .267 .556 831 510 16 Dan Wheeler 48 49 2008 30 TBR AL 48 0 0 0 13 2 4 .333 4 30 14 12 16 31 2.20 192 6 193 175 5 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 .171 .238 .314 .552 748 481 17 Will Ohman 49 46.2 2008 30 ATL NL 59 0 0 0 12 3 0 1.000 1 32 17 14 18 43 2.70 153 2 188 167 6 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 .192 .270 .275 .545 730 454 18 Edwar Ramirez 50 40.2 2008 27 NYY AL 37 0 0 0 13 3 0 1.000 0 23 14 14 17 48 3.10 135 4 162 142 7 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 .162 .265 .296 .561 642 408 19 Matt Thornton 50 46.2 2008 31 CHW AL 50 0 0 0 11 4 3 .571 1 34 15 15 12 55 2.89 154 5 186 170 4 0 1 2 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 2 .200 .259 .312 .571 713 481 20 Scott Downs 50 53.2 2008 32 TOR AL 49 0 0 0 14 0 2 .000 5 39 8 8 20 46 1.34 312 2 218 192 6 1 7 2 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 .203 .285 .276 .561 853 509
Yeah, that's not a misprint. Grant Balfour has allowed an OPS+ of EIGHT this year. Not 80, not 88....EIGHT. That means, in a simple sense, that opposing batters are doing about 8% damage against him as compared to an average pitcher.
And here are the leaders in Inherited Runner Scoring %, minimum 20 inherited runners:
Cnt Player **IS/R%** IR Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP 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 Tyler Yates 0.10 21 2008 30 PIT NL 51 0 0 0 12 4 2 .667 1 53.2 53 30 29 36 39 4.86 86 4 248 206 12 1 4 1 4 1 4 3 1 0 0 3 .257 .369 .383 .752 105 933 545 2 Will Ohman 0.10 20 2008 30 ATL NL 59 0 0 0 12 3 0 1.000 1 46.2 32 17 14 18 43 2.70 153 2 188 167 6 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 .192 .270 .275 .545 49 730 454 3 Grant Balfour 0.11 27 2008 30 TBR AL 26 0 0 0 9 3 1 .750 4 32.1 12 5 5 14 49 1.39 304 1 122 106 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .113 .213 .179 .392 8 586 364 4 Justin Miller 0.11 27 2008 30 FLA NL 43 0 0 0 7 4 2 .667 0 44.2 41 24 20 19 42 4.03 103 4 192 169 12 2 2 3 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 .243 .328 .408 .736 101 720 430 5 Bobby Howry 0.12 26 2008 34 CHC NL 54 0 0 0 19 4 4 .500 1 54.1 67 34 32 8 43 5.30 85 11 236 221 19 2 3 2 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 .303 .328 .557 .885 130 902 602 6 Trever Miller 0.13 24 2008 35 TBR AL 46 0 0 0 10 1 0 1.000 0 27 24 15 15 18 22 5.00 85 1 118 97 6 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 .247 .368 .340 .708 93 476 285 7 Jason Frasor 0.13 30 2008 30 TOR AL 37 0 0 0 16 1 1 .500 0 34.1 28 15 14 21 35 3.67 114 3 150 127 7 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 5 .220 .327 .362 .689 85 645 387 8 Jim Johnson 0.15 20 2008 25 BAL AL 45 0 0 0 13 2 3 .400 1 59.1 39 14 13 24 32 1.97 219 0 231 204 2 0 2 1 1 1 13 3 2 0 1 1 .191 .278 .201 .479 31 867 538 9 Arthur Rhodes 0.15 27 2008 38 TOT ML 38 0 0 0 4 2 1 .667 1 23 17 8 7 13 29 2.74 149 0 95 78 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 .218 .326 .244 .570 56 401 256 10 Scott Eyre 0.15 20 2008 36 CHC NL 19 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 0 11.1 15 9 9 4 14 7.15 63 1 53 46 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 .326 .377 .543 .920 142 237 137 11 J.P. Howell 0.16 25 2008 25 TBR AL 44 0 0 0 7 6 0 1.000 2 62.1 44 20 17 31 60 2.45 173 4 263 223 10 0 1 3 5 1 6 9 1 0 0 5 .197 .302 .296 .598 61 1052 632 12 Carlos Marmol 0.16 31 2008 25 CHC NL 58 0 0 0 16 2 3 .400 6 62.1 31 25 24 32 86 3.47 130 7 252 212 6 0 1 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 .146 .275 .274 .549 47 1115 670 13 Tim Byrdak 0.17 23 2008 34 HOU NL 41 0 0 0 5 2 1 .667 0 37.1 29 11 11 26 26 2.65 160 5 163 134 9 0 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 .216 .348 .396 .744 101 632 380 14 Joel Peralta 0.18 22 2008 32 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 8 1 2 .333 0 38.2 40 25 23 8 25 5.35 82 10 161 148 7 1 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 .270 .313 .534 .847 119 570 384 15 Jesse Carlson 0.18 39 2008 27 TOR AL 49 0 0 0 6 4 1 .800 1 41.1 32 11 10 18 43 2.18 193 4 168 147 9 1 7 1 0 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 .218 .304 .374 .678 81 645 425 16 Royce Ring 0.18 34 2008 27 ATL NL 42 0 0 0 8 2 1 .667 0 22.1 32 25 21 10 16 8.46 49 2 113 96 10 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .521 .921 148 403 249 17 Ron Villone 0.19 27 2008 38 STL NL 48 0 0 0 8 1 2 .333 1 39.1 38 24 23 29 41 5.26 81 4 180 147 9 0 1 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .380 .401 .781 113 749 428 18 Sean Green 0.19 43 2008 29 SEA AL 54 0 0 0 10 3 3 .500 0 58.2 50 24 19 24 51 2.91 139 3 253 219 8 0 1 4 2 4 6 0 1 0 1 2 .228 .311 .306 .617 69 971 610 19 Dan Wheeler 0.20 20 2008 30 TBR AL 48 0 0 0 13 2 4 .333 4 49 30 14 12 16 31 2.20 192 6 193 175 5 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 .171 .238 .314 .552 48 748 481 20 Wesley Wright 0.20 41 2008 23 HOU NL 54 0 0 0 11 3 3 .500 1 39.1 31 20 19 24 34 4.35 98 5 173 146 10 1 3 2 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 .212 .331 .397 .728 97 708 413
That's 4 Rays in the top 19. Geez.
But of course, Royce Ring, he of the 8.46 ERA, also makes this list. Hmm.
8 Comments | Posted in Season Finders
Odds & Ends
I was playing around with PI and came across a couple of things that I wouldn't have thought actually happened. They're not related to this season, but interesting none-the-less.
1. Pitching 1 inning and recording all 3 outs via pickoff. Tippy Martinez in 1983.
2. 2 Batters faced, both intentionally walked. Ron Bryant in 1973 and Moe Drabowsky in 1961.
I was also suprised to learn that there have been over 30,015 217 appearances by a pitcher (since 1956) in which the pitcher has intentionally walked the only batter he faced. 4 of those pitchers (including 1 in 2006 and 1 in 2007) received the loss in their game.
6 Comments | Posted in Game Finders
Whiffing Marlins
Whiz posted this on the suggestions page and it seemed worthy of its own thread (I took the liberty to add links to the searches):
I was doing some searches on longest team batting streaks and found that Florida currently has has at least 8 SO in each of the last 13 games, the longest such streak in the PI database (i.e., since 1956).
They also currently have streaks of 15 games with 7 or more SO (longest is 17 by the 1996 Tigers) and 4 games with 10 or more SO (longest is 6 by the 1972 and 2004 Reds and 1997 Giants). It’s not surprising since the Marlins strike out 8.7 times per game, by far the most in the majors, and they are on pace to beat the Brewers total of 1399 in a season.
The streak for 6 or more SO is safe for now — the longest is by the Rays last year, an amazing 47 games (2nd longest is only 28, “achieved” by Florida earlier this year).
Another oddity: the weekend series between Florida and Colorado is (as far as I can tell) the only three-game series since 1956 in which both teams had at least 10 SO each in all three games.
Comment by whiz — August 5, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
1 Comment | Posted in Streak Finders
Longest tenure with one team, active players
Wow I found a really easy way to do this search. Batting Season Finder, sum over career, active players only, franchises played for = 1.
Here are the longest tenured guys:
Cnt Player **DbYr** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+--------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 John Smoltz 1988 1 1988 2008 21-41 720 1151 933 76 150 26 2 5 61 78 0 358 3 136 1 15 3 2 .161 .228 .209 .437 *1 ATL 2 Chipper Jones 1993 1 1993 2008 21-36 1984 8523 7215 1354 2234 441 35 404 1354 1211 130 1124 16 3 78 200 136 43 .310 .406 .548 .954 *57/6D9 ATL 3 Garret Anderson 1994 1 1994 2008 22-36 1967 8293 7812 1003 2313 479 34 268 1265 389 100 1094 6 12 74 174 77 46 .296 .327 .469 .796 *78D9 CAL-ANA-LAA 4 Derek Jeter 1995 1 1995 2008 21-34 1937 8881 7840 1440 2472 409 57 201 982 794 29 1345 136 70 41 187 270 72 .315 .386 .459 .845 *6/D NYY 5 Jorge Posada 1995 1 1995 2008 23-36 1483 5874 4982 762 1379 317 9 221 883 790 67 1177 63 1 38 150 16 18 .277 .380 .477 .857 *2/D3 NYY 6 Mariano Rivera 1995 1 1995 2008 25-38 831 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 NYY 7 Todd Helton 1997 1 1997 2008 23-34 1659 7114 5960 1143 1957 471 31 310 1116 1041 170 808 49 3 61 145 36 26 .328 .428 .574 1.002 *3/79D COL 8 Jason Varitek 1997 1 1997 2008 25-36 1288 4887 4270 558 1126 262 13 156 642 510 49 986 51 19 37 115 25 17 .264 .347 .441 .788 *2/D BOS 9 Eric Chavez 1998 1 1998 2008 20-30 1279 5251 4642 720 1247 273 20 229 776 556 67 884 13 0 40 106 47 17 .269 .346 .484 .830 *5/D673 OAK 10 Roy Halladay 1998 1 1998 2008 21-31 270 39 37 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 .081 .081 .081 .162 *1 TOR 11 Kerry Wood 1998 1 1998 2008 21-31 258 403 345 23 59 6 0 7 32 11 0 113 0 46 1 1 0 0 .171 .196 .249 .445 *1 CHC 12 Rick Ankiel 1999 1 1999 2008 19-28 195 673 607 97 165 30 4 35 107 53 2 150 3 4 6 9 3 1 .272 .330 .507 .837 *8/197 STL 13 Lance Berkman 1999 1 1999 2008 23-32 1318 5579 4627 869 1406 315 23 281 931 849 111 913 58 1 44 96 69 34 .304 .415 .564 .979 7398/D HOU 14 Vernon Wells 1999 1 1999 2008 20-29 1034 4444 4077 601 1149 248 24 166 623 295 11 579 24 2 46 104 67 21 .282 .330 .477 .807 *8/9D TOR 15 Mark Buehrle 2000 1 2000 2008 21-29 281 43 36 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 0 6 0 0 0 0 .083 .108 .083 .191 *1 CHW 16 Pat Burrell 2000 1 2000 2008 23-31 1256 5185 4360 638 1133 245 13 245 807 759 47 1226 26 0 40 96 5 1 .260 .370 .491 .861 *7/3D PHI 17 Joe Crede 2000 1 2000 2008 22-30 791 2984 2743 348 708 142 3 125 421 169 5 401 36 8 28 63 4 12 .258 .307 .449 .756 *5/D6 CHW 18 Jimmy Rollins 2000 1 2000 2008 21-29 1199 5543 5057 819 1400 294 86 122 525 401 33 675 27 30 28 72 275 59 .277 .332 .441 .773 *6/4 PHI 19 Michael Young 2000 1 2000 2008 23-31 1166 5173 4759 713 1435 265 41 111 630 334 8 764 15 25 40 128 66 21 .302 .347 .444 .791 *64/D5 TEX 20 John Parrish 2000 1 2000 2007 22-29 154 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 BAL
Heh, through a statistical oddity, John Parrish makes this list despite having only 1 PA in his career. Interesting that of the top 6 guys, 2 are Braves and 3 are Yankees. The full list is here.
10 Comments | Posted in Uncategorized
’68-’69 Mets Modern Day Kings Of Winning The Close Ones On The Road
Watching the Angels win last night, 1-0, at Yankee Stadium, got me wondering as to which team has won the most 1-0 road games in a season. To find the answer, in terms of "Since 1956," I set Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Team Batting Game Finder to "Team Won, On the Road, (requiring R=1), sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a game" and this is what I found:
Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games +---+----+-----+-------------------------+ NYM 1968 5 Ind. Games LAD 1984 5 Ind. Games CIN 1963 5 Ind. Games TOR 1991 4 Ind. Games STL 1968 4 Ind. Games STL 1996 4 Ind. Games SDP 1985 4 Ind. Games PHI 1971 4 Ind. Games NYM 1969 4 Ind. Games NYM 1965 4 Ind. Games NYM 1985 4 Ind. Games MIN 1966 4 Ind. Games MIL 1971 4 Ind. Games CLE 1989 4 Ind. Games ATL 1993 4 Ind. Games
It's an interesting list. Note the Mets teams of 1968 and 1969 here. Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Team Batting Game Finder, we can also look at those nine wins for those Metsies. Just set the controls for "From 1968 to 1969, Playing for NYM, Team Won, On the Road, (requiring R=1), sorted by most recent date in a game" and here are the results:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs +----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+ 1 1969-09-27 NYM @PHI W 1-0 39 35 1 8 0 1 0 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 2 1969-09-12 NYM @PIT W 1-0 36 32 1 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 9 3 1969-09-12 NYM @PIT W 1-0 35 31 1 7 2 0 0 1 3 1 11 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 10 4 1969-06-17 NYM @PHI W 1-0 35 28 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 5 1968-09-11 NYM @CHC W 1-0 34 32 1 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 14 6 1968-08-26 NYM @STL W 1-0 35 31 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 10 7 1968-07-21 NYM @STL W 1-0 37 31 1 7 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 10 8 1968-06-30 NYM @HOU W 1-0 32 31 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 9 1968-06-10 NYM @LAD W 1-0 38 33 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 Games found: 9.
You expected to see Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman winning some of these games for those Mets. But, Jim McAndrew won two of them in 1968 as well.
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