9th September 2008
Players who had 500+ home runs for a franchise:
Franchise Number Players Matching
+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+
San Francisco Giants 3 Barry Bonds / Willie Mays / Mel Ott
Chicago Cubs 2 Ernie Banks / Sammy Sosa
New York Yankees 2 Mickey Mantle / Babe Ruth
Atlanta Braves 1 Hank Aaron
Boston Red Sox 1 Ted Williams
Minnesota Twins 1 Harmon Killebrew
Philadelphia Phillies 1 Mike Schmidt
Players who had 3000+ hits for a franchise:
Franchise Number Players Matching
+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+
Detroit Tigers 2 Ty Cobb / Al Kaline
Atlanta Braves 1 Hank Aaron
Baltimore Orioles 1 Cal Ripken
Boston Red Sox 1 Carl Yastrzemski
Cincinnati Reds 1 Pete Rose
Houston Astros 1 Craig Biggio
Kansas City Royals 1 George Brett
Milwaukee Brewers 1 Robin Yount
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Roberto Clemente
San Diego Padres 1 Tony Gwynn
San Francisco Giants 1 Willie Mays
St. Louis Cardinals 1 Stan Musial
Players who had 300+ wins for a franchise:
Franchise Number Players Matching
+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+
Atlanta Braves 2 Kid Nichols / Warren Spahn
Minnesota Twins 1 Walter Johnson
San Francisco Giants 1 Christy Mathewson
I was surprised how few there were.
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9th September 2008
The other day, Gregg Zaun hit a walk-off salami when his team was down by a run. Here are all the walk-off slams so far this season:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2008-04-07 Torii Hunter LAA CLE Joe Borowski down 2-4 b 9 123 1 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Matthews Scores; Guerrero Scores; Anderson Scores
2 1 2008-06-08 Mark Ellis OAK LAA Chris Bootcheck tied 3-3 b12 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Petit Scores; Davis Scores; Buck Scores
3 1 2008-06-11 Dan Uggla FLA PHI Tom Gordon tied 2-2 b 9 123 1 3-1 5 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Ramirez Scores; Cantu Scores; Helms Scores
4 1 2008-07-20 Aaron Miles STL SDP Bryan Corey tied 5-5 b 9 123 1 2-1 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Pujols Scores; Molina Scores; Schumaker Scores
5 1 2008-08-04 Marlon Byrd TEX NYY Damaso Marte tied 5-5 b 9 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Metcalf Scores; Laird Scores; Hamilton Scores
6 1 2008-09-06 Gregg Zaun TOR TBR Troy Percival down 3-4 b13 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Wells Scores; McDonald Scores; Rolen Scores
Zaun and Hunter are the only two to do it when his team was behind. Everybody else, of course, was tied.
Here are all the walkoff grand slams from last year:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2007-04-07 Alex Rodriguez NYY BAL Chris Ray down 6-7 b 9 123 2 1-2 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Cano Scores; Jeter Scores; Abreu Scores
2 1 2007-04-21 Russell Martin LAD PIT Shawn Chacon tied 3-3 b10 123 1 1-2 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pierre Scores; Kent Scores; Gonzalez Scores
3 1 2007-05-12 Ryan Zimmerman WSN FLA Jorge Julio tied 3-3 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Bergmann Scores; Flores Scores; Lopez Scores
4 1 2007-06-28 Carlos Lee HOU COL Brian Fuentes down 4-5 b11 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Biggio Scores; Pence Scores; Berkman Scores
Also two were come-from-behind
And finally, all of them from 2006:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2006-05-13 Jeff Francoeur ATL WSN Chad Cordero down 4-5 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Giles Scores; Renteria Scores; Jones Scores
2 1 2006-06-13 Jason Kubel MIN BOS Julian Tavarez down 1-2 b12 123 1 3-2 7 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Cuddyer Scores; Morneau Scores; Hunter Scores
3 1 2006-06-30 Adam Dunn CIN CLE Bob Wickman down 5-8 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Line Drive); Phillips Scores; Freel Scores; Lopez Scores
4 1 2006-08-08 Richie Sexson SEA TBD Seth McClung tied 1-1 b10 123 1 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Suzuki Scores; Beltre Scores; Ibanez Scores
5 1 2006-08-27 Gary Bennett STL CHC Bobby Howry tied 6-6 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Encarnacion Scores; Belliard Scores; Miles Scores
6 1 2006-09-24 Nomar Garciaparra LAD ARI Luis Vizcaino tied 1-1 b 9 123 2 2-1 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Anderson Scores; Furcal Scores; Lofton Scores
Three more come-from-behind, including Dunn's when his team was down by 3 runs.
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8th September 2008
Most plate appearances while maintaining on OPS > 2.000
Cnt Player **PA** OPS Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Cody Ransom 10 2.550 2008 32 NYY AL 16 8 4 6 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 1.750 *3/65
2 Armando Rios 10 2.129 1998 26 SFG NL 12 7 3 4 0 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .700 1.429 /798
3 Keith McDonald 9 2.270 2000 27 STL NL 6 7 3 3 0 0 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .556 1.714 /*2
4 Jeff Manto 7 2.657 2000 35 COL NL 7 5 2 4 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .857 1.800 /35
5 Bob Natal 7 2.071 1997 31 FLA NL 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .571 1.500 /*2
6 Alan Knicely 7 2.000 1981 26 HOU NL 3 7 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 1.429 /*27
While we're at it:
Most AB for a player batting .750 or higher:
Cnt Player **AB** BA 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 Cody Ransom 8 .750 2008 32 NYY AL 16 10 4 6 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1.750 2.550 *3/65
2 Jeff Manto 5 .800 2000 35 COL NL 7 7 2 4 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857 1.800 2.657 /35
3 Brian Lesher 5 .800 2000 29 SEA AL 5 6 1 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .833 1.400 2.233 /*3
4 Henry Mercedes 5 .800 1992 22 OAK AL 9 5 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1.200 2.000 /*2
5 Darrin Jackson 5 .800 1987 24 CHC NL 7 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1.000 1.800 /87
6 Ray Jansen 5 .800 1910 21 SLB AL 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.600 /*5
While it may be difficult for Ransom to maintain that percentage, here's another goal for him to shoot for.
Highest OPS 15 or more PA
Cnt Player **OPS** PA Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions
----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------
1 George Puccinelli 1.751 16 1930 23 STL NL 11 16 5 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .563 .563 1.188 /79
2 Nyls Nyman 1.596 15 1974 20 CHW AL 5 14 5 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .643 .667 .929 /*7D
3 Greg Walker 1.474 19 1982 22 CHW AL 11 17 3 7 2 1 2 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .412 .474 1.000 /D
4 Charlie Reilly 1.451 26 1889 22 COL AA 6 23 5 11 1 0 3 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 0 .478 .538 .913 /*5
5 J.D. Drew 1.435 41 1998 22 STL NL 14 36 9 15 3 1 5 13 4 0 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 .417 .463 .972 /798
6 Rich Aurilia 1.423 22 1995 23 SFG NL 9 19 4 9 3 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .474 .476 .947 /*6
7 Barry Bonds 1.421 617 2004 39 SFG NL 147 373 129 135 27 3 45 101 232 120 41 9 0 3 5 6 1 .362 .609 .812 *7/D
8 Charley Lau 1.421 17 1966 33 BAL AL 18 12 1 6 2 1 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .588 .833
9 Ted Williams 1.410 110 1953 34 BOS AL 37 91 17 37 6 0 13 34 19 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 .407 .509 .901 *7
10 Rick Short 1.404 17 2005 32 WSN NL 11 15 4 6 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .471 .933 /*43
11 John Gibbons 1.387 22 1986 24 NYM NL 8 19 4 9 4 0 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .474 .545 .842 /*2
12 Babe Ruth 1.382 615 1920 25 NYY AL 142 457 158 172 36 9 54 137 150 0 80 3 5 0 0 14 14 .376 .533 .849 *978/31
13 Barry Bonds 1.381 612 2002 37 SFG NL 143 403 117 149 31 2 46 110 198 68 47 9 0 2 4 9 2 .370 .582 .799 *7/D
14 Barry Bonds 1.378 664 2001 36 SFG NL 153 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 177 35 93 9 0 2 5 13 3 .328 .515 .863 *7/D
15 Joe Lis 1.367 18 1975 28 CLE AL 9 13 4 4 2 0 2 8 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .444 .923 /*3D
Its amazing to see Bonds's and Ruth's names among those seasons of 20 or 30 PAs. Also of note is that the top 6 guys were 23 or younger.
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8th September 2008
First, here are the guys with the most career games pitched with no game starts:
Cnt Player **G** GS From To Ages CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams
+----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+
1 John Franco 1119 0 1984 2005 23-44 0 0 774 90 87 .508 424 1245.2 1166 466 400 495 975 2.89 137 81 5312 78 22 9 54 CIN-NYM-HOU
2 Kent Tekulve 1050 0 1974 1989 27-42 0 0 638 94 90 .511 184 1436.1 1305 526 455 491 779 2.85 132 63 6001 179 17 3 23 PIT-TOT-PHI-CIN
3 Trevor Hoffman 926 0 1993 2008 25-40 0 0 771 56 66 .459 552 984 762 336 305 273 1054 2.79 144 90 3961 53 8 0 45 TOT-SDP
4 Sparky Lyle 899 0 1967 1982 22-37 0 0 634 99 76 .566 238 1390.1 1292 519 445 481 873 2.88 127 84 5794 81 14 10 66 BOS-NYY-TEX-TOT-PHI
5 Mike Myers 883 0 1995 2007 26-38 0 0 195 25 24 .510 14 541.2 525 278 258 256 429 4.29 111 58 2385 33 43 2 10 TOT-DET-MIL-COL-ARI-TOT-BOS-NYY
6 Jeff Reardon 880 0 1979 1994 23-38 0 0 695 73 77 .487 367 1132.1 1000 426 397 358 877 3.16 121 109 4720 65 27 4 20 NYM-TOT-MON-MIN-BOS-CIN-NYY
7 Steve Reed 833 0 1992 2005 27-40 0 0 197 49 44 .527 18 870.2 811 384 351 285 630 3.63 132 107 3662 46 61 5 11 SFG-COL-TOT-CLE-BAL
8 Jeff Nelson 798 0 1992 2006 25-39 0 0 237 48 45 .516 33 784.2 633 329 297 428 829 3.41 132 55 3402 59 64 3 36 SEA-NYY-TOT-TEX-SEA-CHW
9 Billy Wagner 765 0 1995 2008 23-36 0 0 637 39 37 .513 385 818 555 243 218 270 1066 2.40 180 76 3269 23 29 1 40 HOU-PHI-NYM
10 Armando Benitez 762 0 1994 2008 21-35 0 0 527 40 47 .460 289 779 545 296 271 403 946 3.13 139 95 3253 32 16 5 18 BAL-NYM-TOT-FLA-SFG-TOT-TOR
And most career games pitched with no games finished:
Cnt Player **G** GF From To Ages GS CG SHO W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams
+----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+
1 Roger Clemens 709 0 1984 2007 21-44 707 118 46 354 184 .658 0 4916.2 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU
2 Tom Glavine 682 0 1987 2008 21-42 682 56 25 305 203 .600 0 4413.1 4298 1900 1734 1500 2607 3.54 118 356 18604 145 66 7 65 ATL-NYM
3 Mike Mussina 532 0 1991 2008 22-39 531 57 23 267 151 .639 0 3534.2 3433 1549 1448 778 2786 3.69 122 374 14481 28 60 1 71 BAL-NYY
4 Frank Viola 421 0 1982 1996 22-36 420 74 16 176 150 .540 0 2836.1 2827 1303 1175 864 1844 3.73 112 294 11933 39 48 12 86 MIN-TOT-NYM-BOS-CIN-TOR
5 Livan Hernandez 379 0 1996 2008 21-33 378 45 7 145 139 .511 0 2534.2 2783 1326 1231 866 1607 4.37 97 294 10996 65 66 12 34 FLA-TOT-SFG-MON-WSN-ARI
6 Brad Radke 378 0 1995 2006 22-33 377 37 10 148 139 .516 0 2451 2643 1233 1150 445 1467 4.22 112 326 10244 12 62 3 28 MIN
7 John Denny 325 0 1974 1986 21-33 322 62 18 123 108 .532 0 2148.2 2093 967 856 778 1146 3.59 104 137 9077 49 54 12 68 STL-CLE-TOT-PHI-CIN
8 Bartolo Colon 315 0 1997 2008 24-35 312 31 8 150 97 .607 0 2008.1 1992 984 914 688 1568 4.10 112 243 8527 27 42 5 38 CLE-TOT-CHW-ANA-LAA-BOS
9 Tim Hudson 304 0 1999 2008 23-32 303 22 11 146 77 .655 0 2017.1 1909 857 781 619 1372 3.48 126 160 8424 61 75 6 58 OAK-ATL
10 Barry Zito 284 0 2000 2008 22-30 283 9 4 122 92 .570 0 1780.2 1571 828 756 732 1325 3.82 116 186 7550 27 73 5 33 OAK-SFG
Given these, what do you think the record is for most career games pitched with no game starts or games finished? These are guys who appeared only as middle relievers.
Think about it for a while, and then click here to see the list.
Shocking, eh?
It seemed wrong and impossible to me, too, until I looked at it this way. Here are the only guys to ever appear in 10+ games in a season without a start or game finished.
Cnt Player **G** GS GF Year Age Tm Lg CG SHO 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 Omar Daal 28 0 0 1995 23 LAD NL 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 20 29 16 16 15 11 7.20 53 1 100 82 5 0 4 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 .354 .455 .451 .906 156
2 Don Bessent 19 0 0 1958 27 LAD NL 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 24.1 24 14 9 17 13 3.33 123 3 107 89 4 2 0 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 .270 .393 .461 .854 130
3 Mike Schooler 17 0 0 1993 30 TEX AL 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 24.1 30 17 15 10 16 5.55 75 3 111 99 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 .303 .367 .485 .852 130
4 Jim Constable 16 0 0 1957 24 NYG NL 0 0 1 1 .500 0 28.1 27 10 9 7 13 2.86 137 2 115 104 4 2 0 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 .260 .330 .394 .724 102
5 Stan Bahnsen 15 0 0 1982 37 TOT ML 0 0 0 1 .000 0 23 21 8 7 11 14 2.74 140 0 98 86 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 .244 .327 .314 .641 81
6 Travis Hughes 14 0 0 2005 27 WSN NL 0 0 1 1 .500 0 13 18 8 8 8 8 5.54 73 4 64 54 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .429 .556 .985 168 234 137
7 Arnie Munoz 13 0 0 2007 25 WSN NL 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 7 3 6.75 62 2 32 22 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .484 .591 1.075 188 128 66
8 Cliff Politte 13 0 0 1999 25 PHI NL 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 17.2 19 14 14 15 15 7.13 67 2 85 69 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 .275 .405 .449 .854 117
9 Oscar Villarreal 11 0 0 2005 23 ARI NL 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 13.2 11 8 8 6 5 5.27 84 2 57 47 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .234 .327 .404 .731 91 186 107
10 Will Ohman 11 0 0 2001 23 CHC NL 0 0 0 1 .000 0 11.2 14 10 10 6 12 7.71 54 2 54 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .292 .370 .479 .849 129 217 123
11 Curt Schmidt 11 0 0 1995 25 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 15 8 8 9 7 6.97 62 1 54 42 5 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 .357 .491 .548 1.039 175
12 Dave Haas 11 0 0 1991 25 DET AL 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 10.2 8 8 8 12 6 6.75 62 1 50 33 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 .242 .438 .364 .802 118
13 Ron Meridith 11 0 0 1987 30 TEX AL 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 20.2 25 18 14 12 17 6.10 74 7 96 84 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .298 .385 .583 .968 153
14 Chad Orvella 10 0 0 2007 26 TBD AL 0 0 0 2 .000 0 8 18 16 13 10 6 14.62 31 3 56 45 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .400 .518 .756 1.274 235 214 125
15 Jermaine Van Bure 10 0 0 2006 25 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 13 14 17 17 15 8 11.77 40 1 65 48 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 .292 .453 .458 .911 132 301 169
16 Mike Johnson 10 0 0 2001 25 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 13 6 6 4 10 4.76 93 3 50 44 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .295 .380 .591 .971 153 194 116
17 Ray King 10 0 0 1999 25 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 11 8 7 10 5 5.91 76 2 50 38 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289 .449 .526 .975 154
18 Odalis Perez 10 0 0 1998 21 ATL NL 0 0 0 1 .000 0 10.2 10 5 5 4 5 4.22 98 1 45 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .311 .341 .652 77
19 Tim Young 10 0 0 1998 24 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 4 4 4 7 6.00 70 0 29 24 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .357 .333 .690 87
20 Al Osuna 10 0 0 1996 30 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 2 4 2.25 178 0 20 16 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313 .400 .625 1.025 180
21 Kip Gross 10 0 0 1993 28 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 1 1 4 12 0.60 641 0 59 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .236 .288 .273 .561 60
To make the career list, a guy would had to have done that every year of his career. I wonder if Franklin Nunez knows that he holds this MLB record.
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6th September 2008
Alex Rodriguez has 32 home runs this year. If he hits 3 more, it will be his 12th season with 35 or more. Here are the players with 10 or more 35+ homer seasons.
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons
+-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+
Babe Ruth 1920 1932 25-37 12 Ind. Seasons
Alex Rodriguez 1996 2007 20-31 11 Ind. Seasons
Mike Schmidt 1974 1987 24-37 11 Ind. Seasons
Hank Aaron 1957 1973 23-39 11 Ind. Seasons
Sammy Sosa 1995 2004 26-35 10 Ind. Seasons
Rafael Palmeiro 1993 2003 28-38 10 Ind. Seasons
Barry Bonds 1993 2004 28-39 10 Ind. Seasons
Willie Mays 1954 1966 23-35 10 Ind. Seasons
Jimmie Foxx 1930 1940 22-32 10 Ind. Seasons
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6th September 2008
250,000th Home Run Ever Hit - Baseball-Reference.com
The most home runs hit in a day in the last 52 years was 62 on July 2, 2002. Given all of the rainouts on the east coast likely today, I'm guessing we won't exceed that today, so tomorrow looks like the big day.
We are averaging 2 home runs/game this year, so we are about 32 games short of the milestone. Could happen late tomorrow or perhaps in the east coast games on Monday.
UPDATE: Now at 249,969. I'm maintaining a live count at BaseballThinkFactory.org.
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6th September 2008
Longtime major leaguer Brett Myers spent the All-Star break this year in the minors, thanks to a horrendous first half. He was sent down to work some things out, but returned in July to the Phillies.
Obviously, he figured something out in the minors.
Check out his splits so far this year:
I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
+-+------------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+
1st Half 17 17 0 3 9 0 0 0 101.2 5.84 115 70 66 24 44 3 88 3
2nd Half 9 9 0 6 1 0 1 1 63.2 1.55 53 12 11 2 15 1 56 3
More than 4 runs have come off his ERA and his HR rate has all but vanished. His K/BB ratio has improved considerably, as has his hits/9IP.
If the Phillies stand any chance of overtaking the Mets again this year just like they did last season, they'll need Myers to continue his fantastic second half.
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6th September 2008
A reader pointed out that this year the Marlins two highest scoring games have both been losses. It turns out that this is very rare. A couple National Association Teams did it. The 1872 Nationals and the 1873 Maroons, but the 76 Cubs are the only other team to do that. Of course, the Marlins could get out of this group yet this season. The Cubs and Marlins did both win their third highest scoring games.
| year_ID | team_ID | RS2 | Ws | Ls |
+---------+---------+------+------+------+
| 2008 | FLA | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 1976 | CHC | 12 | 0 | 2 |
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4th September 2008
Here's a fun little list that I worked up with Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Pitching Game Finder. It's great relief work in post-season games where the player's team won the game:
Cnt Player Date Series G 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 Moe Drabowsky 1966-10-05 WS 1 BAL @LAD W 5-2 3-9f ,W 6.2 1 0 0 2 11 0 3 1 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2 Bruce Kison 1971-10-13 WS 4 PIT BAL W 4-3 1-7 ,W 6.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 22 19 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
3 Pedro Martinez 1999-10-11 ALDS 5 BOS @CLE W 12-8 4-9f ,W 6 0 0 0 3 8 0 97 57 0 0 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
4 Paul Splittorff 1976-10-10 ALCS 2 KCR NYY W 7-3 3-8 ,W 5.2 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 23 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
5 Larry Sherry 1959-10-08 WS 6 LAD @CHW W 9-3 4-9f ,W 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 22 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
6 Warren Spahn 1948-10-10 WS 5 BSN @CLE W 11-5 4-9f ,W 5.2 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
7 Andy Hawkins 1984-10-10 WS 2 SDP DET W 5-3 1-6 ,W 5.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 54 39 2 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
8 Mike Torrez 1977-10-09 ALCS 5 NYY @KCR W 5-3 3-8 5.1 3 0 0 3 4 0 76 43 1 0 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.00
9 Sparky Lyle 1977-10-08 ALCS 4 NYY @KCR W 6-4 4-9f ,W 5.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 54 40 2 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 Rube Walberg 1929-10-14 WS 5 PHA CHC W 3-2 4-9f ,W 5.1 2 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
11 Joe Price 1987-10-11 NLCS 5 SFG STL W 6-3 5-9f ,W 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 59 43 0 0 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
12 Roger McDowell 1986-10-15 NLCS 6 NYM @HOU W 7-6 9-13 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 53 38 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
13 Joe Page 1947-10-06 WS 7 NYY BRO W 5-2 5-9f ,W 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
As much as Torrez takes heat for Bucky Dent in 1978 and Pedro takes some for Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, you have to respect their games here - considering how important those games were in those series.
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4th September 2008
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 Garret Anderson 2007-08-21 LAA NYY W 18-9 6 6 3 4 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF
2 Alex Rodriguez 2005-04-26 NYY LAA W 12-4 5 5 3 4 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B
3 Nomar Garciaparra 1999-05-10 BOS SEA W 12-4 5 4 3 3 0 0 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th SS
4 Mark Whiten 1993-09-07(2) STL @CIN W 15-2 5 5 4 4 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th CF
5 Fred Lynn 1975-06-18 BOS @DET W 15-1 6 6 4 5 0 1 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th CF
6 Reggie Jackson 1969-06-14 OAK @BOS W 21-7 7 6 2 5 1 0 2 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
Interesting that Mark Whiten's 4-HR game is the only one to make this list.
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