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10 starts and 10 saves in a season
A reader on my 88 Topps Cards blog noted that Bob Stanley had 17 starts and 14 saves in 1980 and wondered how many other players have had similar seasons. Here are the most reason seasons with at least 10 starts and 10 saves:
Cnt Player Year GS SV Age Tm Lg G CG SHO GF W L W-L% 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 Dustin Hermanson 2004 18 17 31 SFG NL 47 0 0 26 6 9 .400 131 132 71 66 46 102 4.53 96 15 565 504 29 4 5 3 5 7 8 5 2 1 0 4 .262 .323 .425 .748 96 2098 1296 2 Byung-Hyun Kim 2003 12 16 24 TOT ML 56 0 0 35 9 10 .474 122.1 104 55 45 33 102 3.31 141 12 517 464 18 0 3 12 6 2 6 15 1 0 0 1 .224 .292 .341 .633 63 1950 1308 3 Octavio Dotel 2000 16 16 26 HOU NL 50 0 0 25 3 7 .300 125 127 80 75 61 142 5.40 92 26 563 480 27 2 3 7 7 8 5 17 3 4 0 6 .265 .351 .492 .843 109 2229 1407 4 Tim Wakefield 1999 17 15 32 BOS AL 49 0 0 28 6 11 .353 140 146 93 79 72 104 5.08 99 19 635 548 30 2 2 5 1 8 9 35 6 0 0 1 .266 .352 .432 .784 96 5 Tom Gordon 1997 25 11 29 BOS AL 42 2 1 16 6 10 .375 182.2 155 85 76 78 159 3.74 125 10 774 686 30 2 1 3 3 4 14 20 7 1 0 5 .226 .306 .319 .625 63 6 Anthony Young 1992 13 15 26 NYM NL 52 1 0 26 2 14 .125 121 134 66 56 31 64 4.17 83 8 517 470 23 9 5 1 11 4 10 10 6 1 1 3 .285 .328 .423 .751 118 7 Scott Garrelts 1986 18 10 24 SFG NL 53 2 0 27 13 9 .591 173.2 144 65 60 74 125 3.11 114 17 717 624 20 2 11 2 10 7 20 28 6 1 1 9 .231 .311 .351 .662 92 8 Bob Stanley 1980 17 14 25 BOS AL 52 5 1 25 10 8 .556 175 186 75 66 52 71 3.39 125 11 737 668 20 8 8 7 5 5 32 13 7 1 0 1 .278 .335 .382 .717 91 9 Tom Hume 1979 12 17 26 CIN NL 57 2 0 33 10 9 .526 163 162 54 50 33 80 2.76 137 12 669 618 33 4 9 0 9 9 17 6 2 0 0 2 .262 .295 .387 .682 89 10 Don Stanhouse 1977 16 10 26 MON NL 47 1 1 17 10 10 .500 158.1 147 72 60 84 89 3.41 111 12 689 586 28 1 9 4 10 5 19 15 6 0 0 4 .251 .346 .363 .709 98 11 Terry Forster 1973 12 16 21 CHW AL 51 4 0 29 6 11 .353 172.2 174 69 62 78 120 3.23 124 7 744 655 21 0 6 0 7 5 22 14 5 0 1 6 .266 .341 .330 .671 86 12 Mike Caldwell 1973 13 10 24 SDP NL 55 3 1 27 5 14 .263 149 146 77 62 53 86 3.74 92 8 632 561 25 4 10 2 14 2 18 2 5 2 0 10 .260 .325 .362 .687 103 13 Bart Johnson 1971 16 14 21 CHW AL 53 4 0 24 12 10 .545 178 148 67 58 111 153 2.93 123 9 784 652 29 3 6 6 10 5 13 16 7 0 0 11 .227 .342 .322 .664 92 14 Stan Williams 1969 15 12 32 CLE AL 61 3 0 26 6 14 .300 178.1 155 86 78 67 139 3.94 95 25 754 661 26 0 6 12 4 11 17 8 2 0 0 4 .234 .312 .387 .699 99 15 Vicente Romo 1969 11 11 26 TOT AL 55 4 1 27 8 10 .444 135.1 123 54 47 53 96 3.13 123 14 569 499 23 2 7 1 12 4 12 8 5 0 1 5 .246 .318 .385 .703 95 16 Jack Hamilton 1966 13 13 27 NYM NL 57 3 1 29 6 13 .316 148.2 138 89 65 88 93 3.93 92 13 662 555 18 3 4 5 9 4 15 11 7 1 0 18 .249 .354 .362 .716 108 17 Bob Shaw 1963 16 13 30 MLN NL 48 3 3 27 7 11 .389 159 144 51 47 55 105 2.66 121 10 664 592 16 3 12 4 9 4 17 5 7 0 8 6 .243 .310 .331 .641 87 18 Johnny Antonelli 1960 10 11 30 SFG NL 41 1 1 19 6 7 .462 112.1 106 51 47 47 57 3.77 93 7 480 420 21 7 10 2 4 7 10 3 3 3 0 1 .252 .326 .386 .712 106 19 Brooks Lawrence 1959 14 10 34 CIN NL 43 3 0 22 7 12 .368 128.1 144 74 68 45 64 4.77 85 17 564 512 29 3 9 4 2 1 15 4 8 0 0 4 .281 .343 .449 .792 114 20 Ray Narleski 1957 15 16 28 CLE AL 46 7 1 24 11 5 .688 154.1 136 65 53 70 93 3.09 121 14 662 586 13 3 6 4 5 5 9 3 2 0 0 1 .232 .316 .336 .652 85
These are, for the most part, guys converted mid-season from starter to closer or vice versa.
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Pettitte’s Had His Share Of Bad October Moments
Here's an interesting list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Pitching Game Finder -
It's the most post-season starts in a career where the starter went 5 innings or less and allowed 5 earned runs or more in those outings. (Guys with 3 or more games like this are shown.)
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Andy Pettitte 6 Ind. Games
Jaret Wright 4 Ind. Games
Tim Wakefield 4 Ind. Games
Bret Saberhagen 4 Ind. Games
Tom Glavine 4 Ind. Games
Catfish Hunter 3 Ind. Games
Whitey Ford 3 Ind. Games
David Cone 3 Ind. Games
Roger Clemens 3 Ind. Games
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Bringing Up The Rear
A fun list via B-R.com Play Index...
The only batters in history to have 4 hits in a post-season game while batting 9th in the line-up:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Jose Vizcaino 1 Ind. Games Spike Owen 1 Ind. Games Adam Kennedy 1 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 1 Ind. Games Luis Alicea 1 Ind. Games Games found: 5.
Alicea is the only one to do it in a game that his team lost.
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Five hits in a post-season game
Carl Crawford just got his 5th hit of the game tonight and will likely finish 5-for-5.
Here are the only guys to get 5 hits in a post-season game before tonight:
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Derek Jeter 2006-10-03 ALDS 1 NYY DET W 8-4 5 5 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2nd SS 2 Hideki Matsui 2004-10-16 ALCS 3 NYY @BOS W 19-8 6 6 5 5 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF 3 Mike Stanley 1999-10-10 ALDS 4 BOS CLE W 23-7 6 6 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 1B 4 Marquis Grissom 1995-10-07 NLDS 4 ATL COL W 10-4 5 5 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st CF 5 Paul Molitor 1982-10-12 WS 1 MIL @STL W 10-0 6 6 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 3B 6 Paul Blair 1969-10-06 ALCS 3 BAL @MIN W 11-2 6 6 1 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF Crawford joins Jeter and Grissom as the only guys ever to go 5-for-5 in a post-season game. He also has set the record for most total bases in a post-season game without a homer. With 2 doubles, a triple, and 2 singles, that's 9 total bases. Here were the previous record holders, with 8 total bases: Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR **TB** RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+------+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Mike Stanley 1999-10-10 ALDS 4 BOS CLE W 23-7 6 6 3 5 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 1B 2 Billy Hatcher 1990-10-17 WS 2 CIN OAK W 5-4 5 4 2 4 2 1 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF 3 Frank Isbell 1906-10-13 WS 5 CHW @CHC W 8-6 5 5 3 4 4 0 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2B 4 Tommy Leach 1903-10-01 WS 1 PIT @BOS W 7-3 5 5 1 4 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd 3B Finally, Crawford is the 3rd player this year to have 3 extra-base hits in a post-season game: Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Evan Longoria 2008-10-11 ALCS 2 TBR BOS W 9-8 5 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 3B 2 Shane Victorino 2008-10-02 NLDS 2 PHI MIL W 5-2 5 4 1 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2nd CF
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Kevin Foster
Some very sad news today about the passing of former big-league pitcher Kevin Foster at the age of just 39.
Foster's top 10 career game scores:
Cnt 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 1995-07-04 CHC @NYM W 3-0 GS-8 ,W 8 6 0 0 2 9 0 115 73 77 30 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 1994-07-23 CHC CIN L 1-3 GS-8 8 5 1 1 1 10 0 119 78 77 29 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 3 1997-04-25 CHC PIT W 11-1 CG 9 ,W 9 5 1 1 2 5 1 102 65 76 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.00 4 1996-08-30(1) CHC ATL W 3-2 GS-8 ,W 8 3 2 2 1 8 0 97 67 75 29 27 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 5 1996-09-09 CHC MON W 3-1 CG 9 ,W 9 6 1 1 0 2 1 94 68 73 32 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 6 1995-09-22 CHC PIT W 6-3 GS-8 ,W 8 2 3 2 2 6 0 109 68 72 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 7 1994-06-03 CHC MON L 1-3 GS-7 7 3 0 0 4 5 0 107 66 72 29 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 8 1997-05-21 CHC PHI W 7-0 GS-7 ,W 7 3 0 0 3 3 0 102 59 71 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9 1995-05-17 CHC @SFG L 1-2 GS-7 ,L 7 2 2 2 1 5 1 84 51 69 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 10 1994-06-25 CHC STL W 3-1 GS-8 ,W 7.1 2 1 1 4 3 0 112 63 69 27 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.23
His lowest OPS against values, minimum 10 PAs:
PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG **OPS** SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss +-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+ Moises Alou 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0 1 Midre Cummings 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .166 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Girardi 10 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 0 0 0 0 0 Archi Cianfrocco 10 9 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Lansing 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .167 .182 .349 0 0 0 1 0 Fred McGriff 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0 0 0 0 0 Reggie Sanders 12 12 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 .083 .083 .333 .416 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Vaughn 10 8 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 0 0 0 0 0 Quilvio Veras 19 15 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 .133 .263 .200 .463 0 1 0 0 0 Chipper Jones 15 13 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 .231 .267 .231 .498 0 1 0 0 0
Alou, McGriff, Sanders, Vaughn, Jones...some great players there.
And here is a game where Foster not only got the win but also hit a homer.
Of course I did not know Foster personally, but I remember when he came up with the Phillies. He smiled a lot and always seemed like a happy guy. Rest in peace.
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Oldest player to hit a pinch HR in the post-season
Way to go, Matt Stairs. For a guy who has hit very well his entire career, you just had the biggest hit of your life.
Cnt AgeY.D Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+------+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 40.229 Matt Stairs 2008-10-13 NLCS 4 PHI @LAD W 7-5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 2 39.270 Johnny Mize 1952-10-03 WS 3 NYY BRO L 3-5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 3 38.139 Eric Young 2005-10-04 NLDS 1 SDP @STL L 5-8 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st PH CF 4 38.007 Ruben Sierra 2003-10-13 ALCS 4 NYY @BOS L 2-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th PH 5 37.293 Hank Majeski 1954-10-02 WS 4 CLE NYG L 4-7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 6 37.097 So Taguchi 2006-10-07 NLDS 3 STL SDP L 1-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH LF 7 37.068 Jay Buhner 2001-10-20 ALCS 3 SEA @NYY W 14-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd PH RF 8 37.004 Mark McGwire 2000-10-05 NLDS 2 STL ATL W 10-4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 9 35.338 Jay Johnstone 1981-10-24 WS 4 LAD NYY W 8-7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 10 34.278 Jim Leyritz 1998-10-01 NLDS 2 SDP @HOU L 4-5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th PH 1B 11 34.180 Turner Ward 1999-10-08 NLDS 3 ARI @NYM L 2-9 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 12 34.072 Troy O'Leary 2003-10-15 NLCS 7 CHC FLA L 6-9 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 13 33.083 Harry Spilman 1987-10-09 NLCS 3 SFG STL L 5-6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st PH 14 33.029 Eduardo Perez 2002-10-10 NLCS 2 STL SFG L 1-4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 15 32.288 Jason Giambi 2003-10-23 WS 5 NYY @FLA L 4-6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 16 32.249 John Lowenstein 1979-10-03 ALCS 1 BAL CAL W 6-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd PH 17 32.222 J.T. Snow 2000-10-05 NLDS 2 SFG NYM L 4-5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th PH 1B 18 32.181 Greg Myers 1998-10-12 NLCS 5 SDP ATL L 6-7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th PH 19 31.321 Paul Sorrento 1997-10-04 ALDS 3 SEA @BAL W 4-2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th PH 1B 20 31.278 Chili Davis 1991-10-22 WS 3 MIN @ATL L 4-5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 21 31.225 Elston Howard 1960-10-05 WS 1 NYY @PIT L 4-6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 22 31.210 Mike Pagliarulo 1991-10-11 ALCS 3 MIN @TOR W 3-2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 3B 23 31.140 Kirk Gibson 1988-10-15 WS 1 LAD OAK W 5-4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 24 31.084 Bobby Kielty 2007-10-28 WS 4 BOS @COL W 4-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH 25 29.246 Bake McBride 1978-10-07 NLCS 4 PHI @LAD L 3-4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH
Hell yes, #23!
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Wade Boggs – HOF if he didn’t play for Boston?
Over on my 88 Topps Cards blog (on the Brook Jacoby card for some odd reason) a reader postulated that if Wade Boggs hadn't played for the Red Sox, he wouldn't have been a HOFer. My initial reaction was extreme incredulity, but let's look a bit into the numbers.
Taking a quick first swing, let's look at Boggs' career home/road splits:
I Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip tOPS+ Split +-+------------+----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+ Home 1242 1193 5415 4590 849 1623 362 29 70 532 757 97 387 13 12 43 60 119 11 17 .354 .443 .491 .934 .372 118 Home Away 1197 1131 5325 4590 664 1387 216 32 48 481 655 83 358 10 17 53 71 117 13 18 .302 .387 .395 .781 .316 82 Away
Wowsers, right away the case is looking pretty bad for Boggs. His batting average was more than 50 points higher at home, as was his OBP. His OPS+ split is 118 at home, pretty darn good, and 82 on the road, not all that good. Interesting that he was right at 100 for his career.
But those splits include his years with the Yankees and (then) Devil Rays. Let's look at his home/road splits during just his years with Boston, 1982-1992.
First home:
I Year G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip tOPS+ Year
+-+-------+---------+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
1982 55 45 207 180 34 64 12 1 4 30 21 3 12 0 2 4 2 5 1 0 .356 .415 .500 .915 .357 116 1982
1983 80 80 356 302 53 120 34 3 2 37 53 1 18 0 1 0 5 6 1 2 .397 .487 .550 1.037 .418 123 1983
1984 79 78 371 318 58 112 17 3 5 27 48 4 22 0 4 1 7 6 1 1 .352 .436 .472 .908 .366 121 1984
1985 80 80 367 311 60 130 24 2 6 39 51 2 38 3 1 1 6 10 1 1 .418 .503 .566 1.069 .463 130 1985
1986 73 73 331 277 53 99 29 0 3 36 51 6 24 0 2 1 4 6 0 0 .357 .456 .495 .951 .382 102 1986
1987 75 75 339 282 60 116 28 3 10 50 53 12 24 0 1 3 2 6 1 1 .411 .500 .638 1.138 .422 117 1987
1988 79 79 367 285 74 109 29 3 4 35 76 11 18 3 0 3 5 12 0 2 .382 .512 .547 1.060 .395 119 1988
1989 78 78 366 300 62 113 37 4 2 27 57 8 21 4 0 5 5 11 1 4 .377 .475 .547 1.022 .394 132 1989
1990 80 80 363 309 51 111 30 1 3 32 52 10 42 0 0 2 3 7 0 0 .359 .449 .492 .941 .406 134 1990
1991 69 66 301 252 50 98 28 2 6 32 47 15 12 0 0 2 3 8 0 1 .389 .482 .587 1.069 .390 142 1991
1992 75 71 306 251 39 61 13 3 4 26 48 12 12 3 0 4 2 4 1 2 .243 .366 .367 .733 .238 106 1992
That's 823 games with 1133 hits in 3067 AB (.369 BA.)
Now his away:
I Year G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip tOPS+ Year
+-+-------+---------+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
1982 49 38 174 158 17 54 2 0 1 14 14 1 9 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 .342 .395 .373 .769 .358 82 1982
1983 73 73 329 280 47 90 10 4 3 36 39 1 18 1 2 7 4 9 2 1 .321 .398 .418 .815 .327 76 1983
1984 79 79 355 307 51 91 14 1 1 28 41 2 22 0 4 3 2 7 2 1 .296 .376 .358 .734 .314 78 1984
1985 81 80 391 342 47 110 18 1 2 39 45 3 23 1 2 1 6 10 1 0 .322 .401 .398 .799 .340 72 1985
1986 76 75 362 303 54 108 18 2 5 35 54 8 20 0 2 3 6 5 0 4 .356 .450 .479 .929 .367 98 1986
1987 72 71 328 269 48 84 12 3 14 39 52 7 24 2 0 5 0 7 0 2 .312 .421 .535 .956 .297 82 1987
1988 76 75 352 299 54 105 16 3 1 23 49 7 16 0 0 4 3 11 2 1 .351 .438 .435 .872 .364 81 1988
1989 78 77 376 321 51 92 14 3 1 27 50 11 30 3 0 2 9 8 1 2 .287 .386 .358 .744 .312 70 1989
1990 75 75 350 310 38 76 14 4 3 31 35 9 26 1 0 4 4 7 0 0 .245 .320 .345 .665 .256 65 1990
1991 75 74 340 294 43 83 14 0 2 19 42 10 20 0 0 4 8 8 1 1 .282 .368 .350 .718 .293 64 1991
1992 68 64 292 263 23 72 9 1 3 24 26 7 19 1 0 2 5 6 0 1 .274 .339 .350 .689 .284 94 1992
That's 802 games with 965 hits in 3146 AB (.307 BA.)
Certainly Boggs was no slouch on the road, although he was primarily a singles hitter away from Fenway, as the differential between his road SLG and road BA is much smaller than the differential between his home SLG and home BA.
Let's do a quick back-of-the envelope calculation. If we apply Boggs' road BA to his home ABs, he would have had 940 hits instead of 1133, a loss of 193. That takes him down to 2817 hits in his career, and if he had a career SLG under .400 like his road numbers, he probably would not have made the HOF.
But, if we click the "neutralize stats" link on his page, he moves up to 3092 career hits, although his batting average is mainly unchanged.
It's tough to say what would have happened to Boggs if he hadn't played for Boston. There's no doubting that he was an excellent hitter, and I'm sure he would have tailored his game to wherever his home park was.
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October 11th…Big Day For Big Ed
Using Play Index to find great starts for pitchers in the post-season, I noticed that the best game pitched, on this date (October 11th), probably belongs to Big Ed Walsh - with the game being Game 3 of the 1906 World Series between the White Sox and the Cubs. (His effort was 3 baserunners over a perfect game.)
The attendance that day? According to the boxscore, it was 13,667. Then again, the ballpark only held 16,000.
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3 hits in a post-season game by a pitcher
Brett Myers did it last night.
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Brett Myers 2008-10-10 NLCS 2 PHI LAD W 8-5 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 2 Dontrelle Willis 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 FLA SFG W 7-6 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 3 Orel Hershiser 1988-10-16 WS 2 LAD OAK W 6-0 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 4 Art Nehf 1924-10-04 WS 1 NYG @WSH W 4-3 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 5 Dutch Ruether 1919-10-01 WS 1 CIN CHW W 9-1 4 3 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 6 Rube Foster 1915-10-09 WS 2 BOS @PHI W 2-1 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 7 Charley Hall 1912-10-15 WS 7 BOS NYG L 4-11 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 8 Jack Coombs 1910-10-20 WS 3 PHA @CHC W 12-5 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9th P
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Players Weigh Up
I knew that this was a trend, but I didn't realize how sharp a trend it was.
Number of MLB players weighing 250 lbs. or more.
2008 23 Prince Fielder / Jose Valverde / Tyler Walker / Bobby Jenks / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Boof Bonser / Carlos Zambrano / Justin Masterson / Nick Blackburn / Adam Russell / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / Jason Botts / Chris Britton / Jeff Fulchino / Brad Nelson / Bartolo Colon / Chad Paronto / Jeff Niemann / Eddie Kunz / Jason Hirsh / Ryan Bukvich 2006 19 Prince Fielder / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Bobby Jenks / Andrew Sisco / Chad Paronto / Chris Britton / Jose Valverde / Carlos Zambrano / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / Tyler Walker / Jason Botts / Boof Bonser / Bartolo Colon / Jason Hirsh / Joel Guzman / Colter Bean / Jeff Fulchino 2007 18 Prince Fielder / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Bobby Jenks / Jose Valverde / Jason Botts / Ryan Bukvich / Chad Paronto / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Boof Bonser / Chris Young / Andrew Sisco / Bartolo Colon / Jason Hirsh / Joel Guzman / Tyler Walker / Jonathan Albaladejo 2005 17 Andrew Sisco / Tyler Walker / J.J. Putz / Jose Valverde / Prince Fielder / Carlos Zambrano / Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Bobby Jenks / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / J.J. Davis / Walter Young / Jason Botts / Calvin Pickering / Ryan Bukvich / Colter Bean 2004 13 Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Tyler Walker / Bucky Jacobsen / Calvin Pickering / Bartolo Colon / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Jose Valverde / J.J. Davis / Ryan Bukvich / Chris Young / Jeff D'Amico 2003 10 Frank Thomas / Jose Valverde / Bartolo Colon / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Jeff D'Amico / J.J. Davis / Ryan Bukvich / Chad Paronto / J.J. Putz 2002 10 Frank Thomas / C.C. Sabathia / Carlos Zambrano / Chad Paronto / Jeff D'Amico / Rich Garces / Ryan Bukvich / Bartolo Colon / J.J. Davis / Tyler Walker 2001 9 Rich Garces / Bartolo Colon / C.C. Sabathia / Chad Paronto / Frank Thomas / Calvin Pickering / Bobby Munoz / Jeff D'Amico / Carlos Zambrano 1999 7 Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Calvin Pickering / Steve Rain / Jeff Juden / Jeff D'Amico 1998 6 Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Calvin Pickering / Bobby Munoz / Jeff Juden 1997 6 Frank Thomas / Jeff D'Amico / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Bobby Munoz / Jeff Juden 2000 5 Frank Thomas / Rich Garces / Steve Rain / Bartolo Colon / Jeff D'Amico 1996 5 Frank Thomas / Rich Garces / Jeff Juden / Jeff D'Amico / Bobby Munoz 1995 5 Frank Thomas / Jeff Juden / Sam Horn / Rich Garces / Bobby Munoz 1993 5 Frank Thomas / Bobby Munoz / Sam Horn / Rich Garces / Jeff Juden 1994 4 Frank Thomas / Bobby Munoz / Willie Smith / Jeff Juden 1990 4 Sam Horn / Frank Thomas / Chuck Malone / Rich Garces 1991 3 Frank Thomas / Sam Horn / Jeff Juden 1989 3 Joey Meyer / Sam Horn / Tim Stoddard 1988 3 Joey Meyer / Tim Stoddard / Sam Horn
In every other season there were no more than 2.
Of course there are many different reasons that a player can weigh that much...
Here are the teams with the most in 2008.
2008 NL Milwaukee Brewers 3 Prince Fielder / C.C. Sabathia / Brad Nelson 2008 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Justin Masterson / Bartolo Colon 2008 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Bobby Jenks / Adam Russell 2008 NL Houston Astros 2 Jose Valverde / Chad Paronto 2008 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Boof Bonser / Nick Blackburn 2008 AL Baltimore Orioles 1 Ryan Bukvich 2008 NL Chicago Cubs 1 Carlos Zambrano 2008 AL Cleveland Indians 1 C.C. Sabathia 2008 NL Colorado Rockies 1 Jason Hirsh 2008 AL Kansas City Royals 1 Jeff Fulchino 2008 NL New York Mets 1 Eddie Kunz 2008 AL New York Yankees 1 Chris Britton 2008 AL Oakland Athletics 1 Frank Thomas 2008 NL San Diego Padres 1 Chris Young 2008 AL Seattle Mariners 1 J.J. Putz 2008 NL San Francisco Giants 1 Tyler Walker 2008 AL Tampa Bay Rays 1 Jeff Niemann 2008 AL Texas Rangers 1 Jason Botts 2008 AL Toronto Blue Jays 1 Frank Thomas
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