9th November 2008
Here are the players with the most career runs created for each round of the player draft. (The player draft started in 1965.) This list is being presented as is. It is not intended to be the best hitters from each round. There are certainly too many other factors to consider to create such a list. I am including the links if you want to draw your own conclusions.
Today we'll start with rounds 1-10.
1st Round: Barry Bonds 2892, Rafael Palmeiro 2040, Frank Thomas 2003, Ken Griffey 1934, Gary Sheffield 1901
2nd Round: George Brett 1878 Mike Schmidt 1757 Cal Ripken 1729 Jason Giambi 1476 Alan Trammell 1255
3rd Round: Eddie Murray 1941 Tony Gwynn 1636 John Olerud 1455 Tim Salmon 1206 Gary Carter 1184
4th Round: Rickey Henderson 2164 Jeff Bagwell 1788 Luis Gonzalez 1641 Graig Nettles 1265 Paul O'Neill 1241
5th Round: Tim Raines 1636 Dwight Evans 1612 Lou Whitaker 1395 Ray Durham 1177 Amos Otis 1114
6th Round: Hal McRae 1136 Cecil Cooper 1134 Sal Bando 1069 Devon White 1022 5 Eric Karros 935
7th Round: Wade Boggs 1750 Darrell Evans 1499 Jim Edmonds 1364 Willie Randolph 1139 Reggie Sanders 1060
8th Round: Eric Davis 985 Ron Belliard 655 Al Martin 652 Hal Morris 622 Jody Reed 572
9th Round: Fred McGriff 1704 Steve Sax 848 Mark McLemore 797 Bill Russell 757 Jesse Barfield 752
10th Round: Brady Anderson 1118 Mike Sweeney 867 Rusty Greer 731 Vince Coleman 688 Frank Catalanotto 598
Next time we can take a look at later rounds.
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4th November 2008
In honor of election day -
Here are the top five players in career runs created who were born in Washington DC.
1 Lu Blue 947 1921 1933 24-36 1615 7207 5904 1151 1696 319 109 44 695 1092 0 436 43 168 0 0 151 85 .287 .402 .401 .803 *3/8 DET-SLB-CHW-BRO Washington, DC
2 Maury Wills 887 1959 1972 26-39 1942 8304 7588 1067 2134 177 71 20 458 552 26 684 16 119 29 92 586 208 .281 .330 .331 .661 *65 LAD-PIT-TOT-LAD Washington, DC
3 Don Money 845 1968 1983 21-36 1720 6998 6215 798 1623 302 36 176 729 600 45 866 40 90 53 121 80 51 .261 .328 .406 .734 *54D63/7 PHI-MIL Washington, DC
4 Art Devlin 529 1904 1913 24-33 1313 5241 4412 603 1185 164 57 10 505 576 0 105 84 169 0 0 285 0 .269 .364 .338 .702 *5/3647 NYG-BSN Washington, DC
5 Milt Thompson 493 1984 1996 25-37 1359 4155 3761 491 1029 156 37 47 357 336 46 635 22 20 16 60 214 66 .274 .335 .372 .707 879 ATL-STL-PHI-HOU-TOT Washington, DC
The active leader is Emmanuel Burriss who is 31st with 29.
Here are the top five pitchers in career wins who were born in Washington DC.
1 Doc White 189 1901 1913 22-34 427 363 262 45 53 156 .548 5 3041 2743 1115 808 670 1384 2.39 113 33 9414 119 7 62 PHI-CHW Washington, DC
2 Johnny Klippstein 101 1950 1967 22-39 711 161 37 6 275 118 .461 66 1967.2 1915 1059 927 978 1158 4.24 94 203 8656 70 70 6 97 CHC-CIN-TOT-LAD-CLE-WSA-CIN-PHI-MIN-DET Washington, DC
3 Clay Kirby 75 1969 1976 21-28 261 239 42 8 8 104 .419 0 1548 1430 755 660 713 1061 3.84 92 156 6682 57 30 2 83 SDP-CIN-MON Washington, DC
4 Billy Taylor 50 1881 1887 26-32 100 84 83 3 15 36 .581 4 799.2 811 456 282 165 376 3.17 102 11 2330 15 0 8 TOT-PIT-PHA-BAL Washington, DC
5 Bob Barr 49 1883 1891 26-34 158 151 141 6 7 98 .333 1 1327.1 1455 935 565 363 588 3.83 86 31 5764 34 0 52 PIT-TOT-WHS-ROC-NYG Washington, DC
The active leader is Brendan Donnelly who is eighth with 26.
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3rd November 2008
In 1961 Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns without being intentionally walked. Since then only 1 player has hit more homeruns with being intentionally walked than Carlos Quentin did in 2008. Here are the leaders since 1961.
1 Roger Maris 61 0 1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 142 94 67 7 0 7 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .992 *98
2 Alex Rodriguez 42 0 1998 22 SEA AL 161 748 686 123 213 35 5 124 45 121 10 3 4 12 46 13 .310 .360 .560 .920 *6/D
3 Carlos Quentin 36 0 2008 25 CHW AL 130 569 480 96 138 26 1 100 66 80 20 0 3 16 7 3 .288 .394 .571 .965 *7
4 Andruw Jones 36 0 2000 23 ATL NL 161 729 656 122 199 36 6 104 59 100 9 0 5 12 21 6 .303 .366 .541 .907 *8
5 Geronimo Berroa 36 0 1996 31 OAK AL 153 643 586 101 170 32 1 106 47 122 4 0 6 16 0 3 .290 .344 .532 .876 *D97
6 Tony Armas 36 0 1983 29 BOS AL 145 613 574 77 125 23 2 107 29 131 2 0 8 31 0 1 .218 .254 .453 .707 *8D
7 Eric Karros 34 0 1999 31 LAD NL 153 639 578 74 176 40 0 112 53 119 2 0 6 18 8 5 .304 .362 .550 .912 *3
8 Vernon Wells 32 0 2006 27 TOR AL 154 677 611 91 185 40 5 106 54 90 3 0 9 13 17 4 .303 .357 .542 .899 *8/D
9 Ellis Burks 32 0 1997 32 COL NL 119 477 424 91 123 19 2 82 47 75 3 1 2 17 7 2 .290 .363 .571 .934 *8*7
10 Ron Gant 32 0 1990 25 ATL NL 152 631 575 107 174 34 3 84 50 86 1 1 4 8 33 16 .303 .357 .539 .896 *87/9
On the opposite end of the spectrum Omar Vizquel tied for the ninth most IBB in history among players without homerun.
1 Don Kessinger 18 0 1973 30 CHC NL 160 643 577 52 151 22 3 43 57 44 0 7 2 15 6 6 .262 .327 .310 .637 *6
2 Doug Flynn 14 0 1980 29 NYM NL 128 474 443 46 113 9 8 24 22 20 0 6 3 15 2 2 .255 .288 .312 .600 *4/6
3 Ozzie Smith 13 0 1986 31 STL NL 153 609 514 67 144 19 4 54 79 27 2 11 3 9 31 7 .280 .376 .333 .709 *6
4 Jose Lind 12 0 1992 28 PIT NL 135 506 468 38 110 14 1 39 26 29 1 7 4 14 3 1 .235 .275 .269 .544 *4
5 Tim Flannery 10 0 1982 24 SDP NL 122 423 379 40 100 11 7 30 30 32 2 6 6 4 1 0 .264 .317 .330 .647 *4/56
6 Bill Almon 10 0 1978 25 SDP NL 138 442 405 39 102 19 2 21 33 74 0 3 1 6 17 5 .252 .308 .309 .617 *56/4
7 Doug Flynn 10 0 1978 27 NYM NL 156 572 532 37 126 12 8 36 30 50 1 6 3 14 3 5 .237 .277 .289 .566 *46
8 Roger Metzger 10 0 1976 28 HOU NL 152 543 481 37 101 13 8 29 52 63 0 8 2 11 1 1 .210 .286 .270 .556 *6/4
9 Omar Vizquel 9 0 2008 41 SFG NL 92 300 266 24 59 10 1 23 24 29 0 7 3 4 5 4 .222 .283 .267 .550 *6
10 Steve Jeltz 9 0 1986 27 PHI NL 145 510 439 44 96 11 4 36 65 97 1 3 2 9 6 3 .219 .320 .262 .582 *6
11 Tony Scott 9 0 1980 28 STL NL 143 460 415 51 104 19 3 28 35 68 1 5 4 8 22 10 .251 .308 .311 .619 *8
12 Dave Bergman 9 0 1978 25 HOU NL 104 228 186 15 43 5 1 12 39 32 0 1 2 5 2 0 .231 .361 .269 .630 *37
13 Manny Mota 9 0 1973 35 LAD NL 89 327 293 33 92 11 2 23 25 12 1 6 2 11 1 3 .314 .368 .365 .733 *7
14 Rod Carew 9 0 1972 26 MIN AL 142 591 535 61 170 21 6 51 43 60 2 9 2 11 12 6 .318 .369 .379 .748 *4
15 Jake Gibbs 9 0 1969 30 NYY AL 71 245 219 18 49 9 2 18 23 30 0 0 3 3 3 4 .224 .294 .283 .577 *2
16 Dal Maxvill 9 0 1966 27 STL NL 134 439 394 25 96 14 3 24 37 61 2 6 0 11 3 0 .244 .312 .294 .606 *6/47
17 Woody Woodward 9 0 1966 23 ATL NL 144 516 455 46 120 23 3 43 37 54 4 17 3 9 2 2 .264 .323 .327 .650 *4*6
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2nd November 2008
Here are the players with less than 85 RBI in a season in which they hit over .300 with at least 30 homeruns.
Cnt Player **RBI** BA HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+-----+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Hanley Ramirez 67 .301 33 2008 24 FLA NL 153 693 589 125 177 34 4 92 9 122 8 0 4 5 35 12 .400 .540 .940 *6/D
2 Brook Jacoby 69 .300 32 1987 27 CLE AL 155 620 540 73 162 26 4 75 2 73 3 0 2 19 2 3 .387 .541 .928 *5/3D
3 Mark McGwire 73 .305 32 2000 36 STL NL 89 321 236 60 72 8 0 76 12 78 7 0 2 5 1 0 .483 .746 1.229 *3/467
4 Rick Wilkins 73 .303 30 1993 26 CHC NL 136 500 446 78 135 23 1 50 13 99 3 0 1 6 2 1 .376 .561 .937 *2
5 Felipe Alou 74 .327 31 1966 31 ATL NL 154 706 666 122 218 32 6 24 6 51 12 2 2 11 5 7 .361 .533 .894 *378/956
6 Kevin Mitchell 77 .326 30 1994 32 CIN NL 95 380 310 57 101 18 1 59 15 62 3 0 8 12 2 0 .429 .681 1.110 *7/3
7 Barry Bonds 81 .312 37 1994 29 SFG NL 112 474 391 89 122 18 1 74 18 43 6 0 3 3 29 9 .426 .647 1.073 *7
8 Larry Parrish 82 .307 30 1979 25 MON NL 153 595 544 83 167 39 2 41 11 101 2 7 1 8 5 1 .357 .551 .908 *5
9 Ron Gant 84 .303 32 1990 25 ATL NL 152 631 575 107 174 34 3 50 0 86 1 1 4 8 33 16 .357 .539 .896 *87/9
Looks like a record for Hanley Ramirez.
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