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Career Runs Created Leaders by Draft Round: Rounds 1-10

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 2003Ken Griffey 1934Gary 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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Most starts with no strikeouts

6th November 2008

Just got curious as to who the leaders were for this.

In 2008:

                   Year Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+
 Paul Byrd         2008     6 Ind. Games
 Carlos Silva      2008     4 Ind. Games
 Greg Reynolds     2008     4 Ind. Games
 Kyle Kendrick     2008     4 Ind. Games
 Nick Blackburn    2008     4 Ind. Games
 Brian Moehler     2008     3 Ind. Games
 John Lannan       2008     3 Ind. Games
 Matt Harrison     2008     3 Ind. Games
 Zach Duke         2008     3 Ind. Games
 Kevin Correia     2008     3 Ind. Games             

Last 10 years:

                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Kirk Rueter          32 Ind. Games
 Tom Glavine          18 Ind. Games
 Scott Erickson       16 Ind. Games
 Paul Byrd            16 Ind. Games
 Jarrod Washburn      15 Ind. Games
 Carlos Silva         15 Ind. Games
 Kenny Rogers         15 Ind. Games
 Joe Mays             15 Ind. Games
 Josh Fogg            15 Ind. Games              

Holy crap, did anybody out there know that Rueter had so many zero-K games?

Since 1956:

                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Tommy John           75 Ind. Games
 Bob Forsch           51 Ind. Games
 Jim Kaat             50 Ind. Games
 Jim Barr             48 Ind. Games
 Mike Torrez          45 Ind. Games
 Claude Osteen        44 Ind. Games
 Mike Caldwell        44 Ind. Games
 Paul Splittorff      43 Ind. Games
 Lary Sorensen        40 Ind. Games
 Kirk Rueter          40 Ind. Games
 Jerry Reuss          40 Ind. Games
 Ross Grimsley        40 Ind. Games

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Best Players Born in DC

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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Lots of Homers, not Enough Fear

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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Fewest RBI with a .300+ BA and 30+ HR

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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