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23rd January 2009
The PI says that SB% is accurate back to 1956. Since then no right handed pitcher has pitched more than 1000 innings and allowed a lower percentage of successful base stealers than Chris Carpenter.
Here are the top 20:
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22nd January 2009
This questions came up on an earlier post so here are the answers.
Youngest players to hit 30 HR in a season:
Cnt HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+---+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Mel Ott 42 1929 20 NYG NL 150 674 545 138 179 37 2 151 113 0 38 6 10 0 0 6 0 .328 .449 .635 1.084 *9/4 2 Ted Williams 31 1939 20 BOS AL 149 677 565 131 185 44 11 145 107 0 64 2 3 0 10 2 1 .327 .436 .609 1.045 *9 3 Frank Robinson 38 1956 20 CIN NL 152 668 572 122 166 27 6 83 64 7 95 20 8 4 14 8 4 .290 .379 .558 .937 *78 4 Tony Conigliaro 32 1965 20 BOS AL 138 586 521 82 140 21 5 82 51 6 116 5 6 3 9 4 2 .269 .338 .512 .850 *9/8 5 Alex Rodriguez 36 1996 20 SEA AL 146 677 601 141 215 54 1 123 59 1 104 4 6 7 15 15 4 .358 .414 .631 1.045 *6 6 Jimmie Foxx 33 1929 21 PHA AL 149 638 517 123 183 23 9 118 103 0 70 2 16 0 0 9 7 .354 .463 .625 1.088 *3/5 7 Hal Trosky 35 1934 21 CLE AL 154 685 625 117 206 45 9 142 58 0 49 2 0 0 0 2 2 .330 .388 .598 .986 *3 8 Eddie Mathews 47 1953 21 MLN NL 157 681 579 110 175 31 8 135 99 0 83 2 1 0 6 1 3 .302 .406 .627 1.033 *5 9 Bob Horner 33 1979 21 ATL NL 121 515 487 66 153 15 1 98 22 6 74 3 0 3 9 0 2 .314 .346 .552 .898 *53 10 Jose Canseco 33 1986 21 OAK AL 157 682 600 85 144 29 1 117 65 1 175 8 0 9 12 15 7 .240 .318 .457 .775 *79/D
Youngest to hit 40 in a season:
Cnt HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+---+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Mel Ott 42 1929 20 NYG NL 150 674 545 138 179 37 2 151 113 0 38 6 10 0 0 6 0 .328 .449 .635 1.084 *9/4 2 Eddie Mathews 47 1953 21 MLN NL 157 681 579 110 175 31 8 135 99 0 83 2 1 0 6 1 3 .302 .406 .627 1.033 *5 3 Joe DiMaggio 46 1937 22 NYY AL 151 692 621 151 215 35 15 167 64 0 37 5 2 0 0 3 0 .346 .412 .673 1.085 *8 4 Eddie Mathews 40 1954 22 MLN NL 138 601 476 96 138 21 4 103 113 0 61 2 3 7 9 10 3 .290 .423 .603 1.026 *57 5 Alex Rodriguez 42 1998 22 SEA AL 161 748 686 123 213 35 5 124 45 0 121 10 3 4 12 46 13 .310 .360 .560 .920 *6/D 6 Juan Gonzalez 43 1992 22 TEX AL 155 632 584 77 152 24 2 109 35 1 143 5 0 8 16 0 1 .260 .304 .529 .833 *87/D9 7 Johnny Bench 45 1970 22 CIN NL 158 671 605 97 177 35 4 148 54 9 102 0 1 11 12 5 2 .293 .345 .587 .932 *273/985 8 Orlando Cepeda 46 1961 23 SFG NL 152 636 585 105 182 28 4 142 39 11 91 9 0 3 21 12 8 .311 .362 .609 .971 *379 9 Troy Glaus 47 2000 23 ANA AL 159 678 563 120 160 37 1 102 112 6 163 2 0 1 14 14 11 .284 .404 .604 1.008 *5/6D 10 Albert Pujols 43 2003 23 STL NL 157 685 591 137 212 51 1 124 79 12 65 10 0 5 13 5 1 .359 .439 .667 1.106 *73/D
Youngest to hit 50:
Cnt HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+---+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Prince Fielder 50 2007 23 MIL NL 158 681 573 109 165 35 2 119 90 21 121 14 0 4 9 2 2 .288 .395 .618 1.013 *3/D 2 Jimmie Foxx 58 1932 24 PHA AL 154 701 585 151 213 33 9 169 116 0 96 0 0 0 0 3 7 .364 .469 .749 1.218 *35 3 Ralph Kiner 51 1947 24 PIT NL 152 666 565 118 177 23 4 127 98 0 81 2 1 0 12 1 0 .313 .417 .639 1.056 *7 4 Mickey Mantle 52 1956 24 NYY AL 150 652 533 132 188 22 5 130 112 6 99 2 1 4 4 10 1 .353 .464 .705 1.169 *8 5 Willie Mays 51 1955 24 NYG NL 152 670 580 123 185 18 13 127 79 13 60 4 0 7 12 24 4 .319 .400 .659 1.059 *8 6 Alex Rodriguez 52 2001 25 TEX AL 162 732 632 133 201 34 1 135 75 6 131 16 0 9 17 18 3 .318 .399 .622 1.021 *6/D 7 Babe Ruth 54 1920 25 NYY AL 142 615 457 158 172 36 9 137 150 0 80 3 5 0 0 14 14 .376 .533 .849 1.382 *978/31 8 Alex Rodriguez 57 2002 26 TEX AL 162 725 624 125 187 27 2 142 87 12 122 10 0 4 14 9 4 .300 .392 .623 1.015 *6 9 Roger Maris 61 1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 142 94 0 67 7 0 7 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .992 *98 10 Cecil Fielder 51 1990 26 DET AL 159 673 573 104 159 25 1 132 90 11 182 5 0 5 15 0 1 .277 .377 .592 .969 *3D
Bookended by father and son!
Youngest to hit 20:
Cnt HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+---+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Tony Conigliaro 24 1964 19 BOS AL 111 444 404 69 117 21 2 52 35 1 78 5 0 0 11 2 4 .290 .354 .530 .884 *78/9 2 Mel Ott 42 1929 20 NYG NL 150 674 545 138 179 37 2 151 113 0 38 6 10 0 0 6 0 .328 .449 .635 1.084 *9/4 3 Ted Williams 31 1939 20 BOS AL 149 677 565 131 185 44 11 145 107 0 64 2 3 0 10 2 1 .327 .436 .609 1.045 *9 4 Willie Mays 20 1951 20 NYG NL 121 524 464 59 127 22 5 68 57 0 60 2 1 0 11 7 4 .274 .356 .472 .828 *8 5 Mickey Mantle 23 1952 20 NYY AL 142 626 549 94 171 37 7 87 75 0 111 0 2 0 5 4 1 .311 .394 .530 .924 *89/5 6 Eddie Mathews 25 1952 20 BSN NL 145 593 528 80 128 23 5 58 59 0 115 1 5 0 9 6 4 .242 .320 .447 .767 *5 7 Al Kaline 27 1955 20 DET AL 152 681 588 121 200 24 8 102 82 12 57 5 0 6 13 6 8 .340 .421 .546 .967 *9 8 Frank Robinson 38 1956 20 CIN NL 152 668 572 122 166 27 6 83 64 7 95 20 8 4 14 8 4 .290 .379 .558 .937 *78 9 Orlando Cepeda 25 1958 20 SFG NL 148 644 603 88 188 38 4 96 29 7 84 3 0 9 18 15 11 .312 .342 .512 .854 *3 10 Vada Pinson 20 1959 20 CIN NL 154 706 648 131 205 47 9 84 55 3 98 1 2 0 9 21 6 .316 .371 .509 .880 *8
Not a single guy after 1964!
Youngest to hit 10:
Cnt HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+---+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Mel Ott 18 1928 19 NYG NL 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 77 52 0 36 2 10 0 0 3 0 .322 .397 .524 .921 *9/4785 2 Mickey Mantle 13 1951 19 NYY AL 96 386 341 61 91 11 5 65 43 0 74 0 2 0 3 8 7 .267 .349 .443 .792 *9/8 3 Tony Conigliaro 24 1964 19 BOS AL 111 444 404 69 117 21 2 52 35 1 78 5 0 0 11 2 4 .290 .354 .530 .884 *78/9 4 Ed Kranepool 10 1964 19 NYM NL 119 461 420 47 108 19 4 45 32 2 50 2 3 4 9 0 1 .257 .310 .393 .703 *3/98 5 Ken Griffey 16 1989 19 SEA AL 127 506 455 61 120 23 0 61 44 8 83 2 1 4 4 16 7 .264 .329 .420 .749 *8 6 Mike Tiernan 10 1887 20 NYG NL 103 442 407 82 117 13 12 62 32 0 31 3 0 0 0 28 0 .287 .344 .452 .796 *978/1 7 Travis Jackson 11 1924 20 NYG NL 151 633 596 81 180 26 8 76 21 0 56 0 16 0 0 6 7 .302 .326 .428 .754 *6 8 Jimmie Foxx 13 1928 20 PHA AL 118 473 400 85 131 29 10 79 60 0 43 1 12 0 0 3 8 .328 .416 .548 .964 *532 9 Mel Ott 42 1929 20 NYG NL 150 674 545 138 179 37 2 151 113 0 38 6 10 0 0 6 0 .328 .449 .635 1.084 *9/4 10 Buddy Lewis 10 1937 20 WSH AL 156 733 668 107 210 32 6 79 52 0 44 3 10 0 0 11 5 .314 .367 .425 .792 *5
And while we're at it, youngest to hit 1!
Cnt HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions ----+-----------------+---+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- 1 Pat Callaghan 2 1884 17 IND AA 61 266 258 38 67 8 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .282 .353 .635 *5 2 Phil Cavarretta 1 1934 17 CHC NL 7 23 21 5 8 0 1 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .381 .435 .619 1.054 /*3 3 Tommy Brown 2 1945 17 BRO NL 57 204 196 13 48 3 4 19 6 0 16 0 2 0 3 3 0 .245 .267 .332 .599 *6/9 4 Danny Murphy 1 1960 17 CHC NL 31 81 75 7 9 2 0 6 4 0 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 .120 .175 .187 .362 *8/9 5 Paul Hines 1 1873 18 WAS NA 39 182 181 33 60 6 3 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .331 .335 .414 .749 *7/42 6 John Cassidy 1 1875 18 TOT NA 47 188 188 17 32 4 2 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .170 .170 .229 .399 3 7 Henry Luff 2 1875 18 NHV NA 38 166 166 15 45 10 3 18 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .271 .271 .404 .675 *51/986 8 Lew Brown 2 1876 18 BSN NL 45 198 195 23 41 6 6 21 3 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 .222 .333 .555 *2/89 9 John Ward 1 1878 18 PRO NL 37 140 138 14 27 5 4 15 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 .207 .312 .519 *1 10 Pete Conway 1 1885 18 BUF NL 29 95 90 7 10 5 0 7 5 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .158 .200 .358 *1/963
Those are some young pups.
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22nd January 2009
In 2008 Cole Hammels went the entire season without throwing a wild pitch. Hammels also only hit 1 batter. An impressive display of control, no doubt, but there have been players who have done better. Since 1901, 34 pitchers have qualified for the ERA title in their respective leagues without registering a HBP or WP. The most recent was Greg Maddux on 2006. Here is the list ranked by BB/9IP.
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21st January 2009
Jeff Kent has just announced his retirement.
I don't have the time to write a full column right now, but I think a reasonable HOF argument can be made for Kent. I believe it's possible to successfully argue that he's the 3rd-best offensive 2B of all time, behind Rogers Hornsby and Joe Morgan, and just ahead of Ryne Sandberg.
His HOF Standards is 50.9 (average HOFer is 50) and his HOF Monitor is 122.5 (likely HOF is > 100.) A lot higher than you thought, eh?
Let's hear your arguments for why Kent deserves to be in the HOF.
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21st January 2009
From 1994-1998 Roger Clemens was the second oldest pitcher to throw 1000 innings. Nevertheless, Clemens would continue pitching strong and over the next 5 years (1999-2003) he would once again pitch 1000 innings, this time as the oldest pitcher to do so (during that time period). Second to Clemens was a pitcher less than a year younger than Roger, Jamie Moyer. Amazingly enough, over the next five years Moyer would still be able to throw another 1000 innings, as he became the oldest to do it during that time frame. This seems to bode well for the number 2 man on the current list. Who was it? None other than Greg Maddux.
Cnt Player **BrYr** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS Pk ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+--- 1 Jamie Moyer 1962 1009 2004 2008 41-45 165 164 5 1 1 61 53 .535 0 1091 539 505 294 591 4.50 99 150 4358 17 40 1 12 SEA-TOT-PHI .276 .330 .458 .788 105 38 28 229 21 81 69 31 17 2 Greg Maddux 1966 1039.2 2004 2008 38-42 169 169 6 1 0 66 64 .508 0 1101 521 481 161 606 4.16 103 119 4304 23 28 2 17 CHC-TOT-SDP .274 .304 .429 .733 93 66 35 217 23 84 144 33 3 3 Derek Lowe 1973 1033 2004 2008 31-35 170 168 7 2 1 68 60 .531 0 1056 532 449 285 668 3.91 114 91 4368 14 20 5 14 BOS-LAD .264 .315 .386 .701 83 41 20 188 13 118 107 27 3 4 Livan Hernandez 1975 1101.2 2004 2008 29-33 168 168 14 2 0 63 60 .512 0 1252 591 560 367 618 4.57 96 139 4801 34 35 5 11 MON-WSN-TOT-ARI .291 .349 .454 .803 111 64 38 228 26 104 67 34 11 5 Javier Vazquez 1976 1041.1 2004 2008 27-31 163 162 7 1 0 63 61 .508 0 1035 550 521 273 939 4.50 102 145 4397 13 44 2 33 NYY-ARI-CHW .257 .309 .431 .740 91 28 26 210 28 73 33 18 6 6 Bronson Arroyo 1977 1035.1 2004 2008 27-31 170 164 5 1 1 62 56 .525 0 1057 538 476 296 745 4.14 112 127 4426 21 58 1 26 BOS-CIN .264 .322 .431 .753 94 41 23 240 25 71 21 21 4 7 Roy Oswalt 1977 1120 2004 2008 26-30 169 166 12 5 1 86 47 .647 0 1116 430 401 255 875 3.22 135 90 4653 20 42 4 13 HOU .261 .307 .392 .699 84 49 28 246 22 101 20 17 2 8 Aaron Harang 1978 1023 2004 2008 26-30 160 158 11 5 0 59 56 .513 0 1054 496 469 262 875 4.13 109 139 4332 24 31 2 33 CIN .267 .315 .448 .763 98 60 31 248 24 65 62 34 0 9 John Lackey 1978 1012.1 2004 2008 25-29 156 155 10 5 0 72 43 .626 0 1006 449 412 295 842 3.66 121 93 4273 14 50 2 59 ANA-LAA .259 .318 .390 .708 86 24 14 198 16 91 68 28 5 10 Barry Zito 1978 1039 2004 2008 26-30 169 168 0 0 0 62 64 .492 0 980 541 500 454 736 4.33 102 121 4492 21 43 3 20 OAK-SFG .250 .332 .403 .735 93 42 40 199 18 90 56 29 10 11 Mark Buehrle 1979 1105.2 2004 2008 25-29 164 164 12 3 0 69 52 .570 0 1192 534 474 236 667 3.86 121 133 4616 20 28 3 7 CHW .277 .317 .429 .746 91 26 28 217 17 137 24 28 36 12 Jon Garland 1979 1054.1 2004 2008 24-28 163 161 8 5 0 72 49 .595 0 1138 559 515 280 528 4.40 105 128 4471 16 29 0 14 CHW-LAA .278 .326 .438 .764 96 34 36 220 25 113 22 25 2 13 Johan Santana 1979 1146.2 2004 2008 25-29 168 168 9 6 0 86 39 .688 0 911 388 359 261 1189 2.82 157 126 4556 6 22 4 35 MIN-NYM .215 .264 .358 .622 63 28 14 182 21 61 26 27 10 14 Brandon Webb 1979 1135 2004 2008 25-29 169 169 14 7 0 77 53 .592 0 1054 486 416 365 891 3.30 140 78 4745 30 36 5 47 ARI .247 .310 .358 .668 74 51 34 191 22 128 131 42 9 15 C.C. Sabathia 1980 1071.1 2004 2008 23-27 158 158 22 9 0 74 48 .607 0 1004 444 405 274 932 3.40 130 95 4410 9 36 3 14 CLE-TOT .248 .300 .375 .675 77 32 26 209 8 94 64 31 5 16 Carlos Zambrano 1981 1052 2004 2008 23-27 161 161 5 2 0 78 40 .661 0 865 437 403 455 907 3.45 131 96 4434 16 57 3 29 CHC .224 .313 .354 .667 75 41 15 172 21 89 24 28 9 Seasons/Careers found: 16.
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21st January 2009
Wins & losses are ridiculously overrated stats for starting pitchers. I mean, sure, the pitcher himself has a lot to do with whether he gets a W or a L in a given game. But there are numerous other factors that are largely out of his control, the three biggest ones being offensive run support, quality of the opposing starting pitcher, and the range & performance of his defense.
Anyway, to illustrate my point, here are the "worst" 20-win seasons from the last 40 years, as ranked by lowest K/BB ratio:
Cnt Player **K/BB** W Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF 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 Mike Torrez 0.89 20 1975 28 BAL AL 36 36 16 2 0 9 .690 0 270.2 238 103 92 133 119 3.06 115 15 1144 994 36 4 5 5 7 5 35 9 12 2 1 10 .239 .331 .329 .660 92 2 Joe Niekro 1.11 21 1979 34 HOU NL 38 38 11 5 0 11 .656 0 263.2 221 102 88 107 119 3.00 117 17 1095 970 26 7 1 7 6 5 27 31 9 1 0 19 .228 .308 .322 .630 83 3 Mel Stottlemyre 1.16 20 1969 27 NYY AL 39 39 24 3 0 14 .588 0 303 267 105 95 97 113 2.82 123 19 1244 1119 36 2 11 6 15 7 39 7 8 0 0 6 .239 .301 .325 .626 84 4 Ed Figueroa 1.19 20 1978 29 NYY AL 35 35 12 2 0 9 .690 0 253 233 96 84 77 92 2.99 121 22 1038 939 44 4 4 3 13 6 21 18 10 6 1 6 .248 .305 .374 .679 92 5 Mike Cuellar 1.23 22 1974 37 BAL AL 38 38 20 5 0 10 .688 0 269.1 253 106 93 86 106 3.11 111 17 1111 1004 33 5 4 2 11 8 31 18 10 5 0 2 .252 .310 .346 .656 91 6 Ron Bryant 1.24 24 1973 25 SFG NL 41 39 8 0 1 12 .667 0 270 240 125 106 115 143 3.53 109 23 1165 1027 34 3 12 9 9 5 13 12 7 2 1 8 .234 .315 .340 .655 84 7 Ross Grimsley 1.25 20 1978 28 MON NL 36 36 19 3 0 11 .645 0 263 237 103 89 67 84 3.05 115 17 1068 975 45 8 6 2 16 8 26 11 7 2 2 4 .243 .291 .358 .649 87 8 Clyde Wright 1.25 22 1970 29 CAL AL 39 39 7 2 0 12 .647 0 260.2 226 97 82 88 110 2.83 127 24 1086 975 27 4 4 7 10 6 19 7 6 1 0 8 .232 .298 .342 .640 85 9 Richard Dotson 1.29 22 1983 24 CHW AL 35 35 8 1 0 7 .759 0 240 209 92 86 106 137 3.23 130 19 997 872 34 3 1 8 4 7 33 29 5 2 0 7 .240 .325 .351 .676 83 10 Tom Glavine 1.33 22 1993 27 ATL NL 36 36 4 2 0 6 .786 0 239.1 236 91 85 90 120 3.20 127 16 1014 910 50 4 7 2 10 2 25 9 5 1 0 4 .259 .327 .376 .703 92 11 Joaquin Andujar 1.37 21 1985 32 STL NL 38 38 10 2 0 12 .636 0 269.2 265 113 102 82 112 3.40 105 15 1127 1019 51 4 12 11 11 4 32 29 9 2 0 2 .260 .321 .362 .683 97 12 Bob Forsch 1.38 20 1977 27 STL NL 35 35 8 2 0 7 .741 0 217.1 210 97 84 69 95 3.48 111 20 915 835 33 2 2 3 4 4 21 15 6 2 1 9 .251 .310 .368 .678 88 13 Tommy John 1.39 22 1980 37 NYY AL 36 36 16 6 0 9 .710 0 265.1 270 115 101 56 78 3.43 114 13 1089 1007 50 12 1 6 15 5 33 2 12 1 0 5 .268 .309 .380 .689 89 14 Jim Palmer 1.40 22 1973 27 BAL AL 38 37 19 6 1 9 .710 1 296.1 225 86 79 113 158 2.40 156 16 1190 1064 36 9 5 3 5 5 23 16 10 0 0 7 .211 .288 .307 .595 69 15 Paul Splittorff 1.41 20 1973 26 KCR AL 38 38 12 3 0 11 .645 0 262 279 135 116 78 110 3.98 102 19 1119 1026 51 6 7 5 5 6 40 11 5 4 1 9 .272 .325 .389 .714 96 16 Jim Palmer 1.42 21 1978 32 BAL AL 38 38 19 6 0 12 .636 0 296 246 94 81 97 138 2.46 143 19 1197 1085 33 6 1 1 10 4 21 18 17 1 1 5 .227 .290 .321 .611 76 17 J.R. Richard 1.42 20 1976 26 HOU NL 39 39 14 3 0 15 .571 0 291 221 105 89 151 214 2.75 116 14 1218 1044 36 2 4 4 13 6 26 34 11 4 2 13 .212 .312 .290 .602 84 18 Claude Osteen 1.45 20 1972 32 LAD NL 33 33 14 4 0 11 .645 0 252 232 82 74 69 100 2.64 127 16 1033 947 34 8 4 4 12 1 22 4 12 4 0 5 .245 .299 .348 .647 91 19 Russ Ortiz 1.46 21 2003 29 ATL NL 34 34 1 1 0 7 .750 0 212.1 177 101 90 102 149 3.81 112 17 912 793 41 3 7 4 6 7 9 22 5 2 0 5 .223 .312 .347 .659 76 3567 2102 20 Steve Stone 1.48 25 1980 32 BAL AL 37 37 9 1 0 7 .781 0 250.2 224 103 90 101 149 3.23 123 22 1048 930 39 5 3 6 6 3 20 18 16 1 0 7 .241 .318 .365 .683 87 21 Andy Messersmith 1.48 20 1971 25 CAL AL 38 38 14 4 0 13 .606 0 276.2 224 112 92 121 179 2.99 108 16 1170 1028 33 6 6 7 9 5 18 26 5 2 0 9 .218 .303 .308 .611 85 22 Vida Blue 1.50 20 1973 23 OAK AL 37 37 13 4 0 9 .690 0 263.2 214 108 96 105 158 3.28 108 26 1083 956 29 6 2 4 8 10 28 14 7 2 2 15 .224 .300 .348 .648 86
While there are a number of good-to-great names on this list, I challenge you to come up with another list of 20-game winners that is less impressive overall in terms of collective career achievements. Even this list, most losses in a 20-win season, isn't as bad.
Strikeouts are an important part of the game and very few starting pitchers with a low strikeout rate (or a high walk rate) experience long-term success in the game.
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20th January 2009
In honor of today's inauguration of a new American president, here are a few "presidential" facts about El Presidente, Dennis Martinez:
Most PAs against Martinez:
**PA** AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss +-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+ Barry Bonds 100 92 21 5 1 1 7 8 8 .228 .290 .337 .627 0 0 2 0 0
None other than Barry "U.S." Bonds.
Most HR against Martinez:
PA AB H 2B 3B **HR** RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss +-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+------+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+ Jim Rice 95 85 32 4 4 7 26 7 8 .376 .421 .765 1.186 0 2 0 1 2
None other than outgoing Secretary of State Jim "Condoleeza" Rice.
He gave up a homer to Randy "George" Bush:
Car# Year Date Tm Opp Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit Play Desc. +-----+----+-------------+---+----+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1983 1983-05-25 MIN @BAL ahead 2-0 t 1 12- 1 - Flyball: CF (Deep CF) Car# Year Date Tm Opp Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit Play Desc. +-----+----+-------------+---+----+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 2 1984 1984-07-04 MIN BAL tied 0-0 b 2 --- 0 - Strikeout 3 down 1-3 b 4 --- 1 - Groundout: 2B-1B 4 down 1-5 b 7 --- 0 - Home Run Car# Year Date Tm Opp Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit Play Desc. +-----+----+-------------+---+----+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 5 1985 1985-07-09 MIN @BAL tied 0-0 t 1 --- 2 - Ground-rule Double 6 ahead 1-0 t 3 12- 1 - Walk; Puckett to 3B; Hatcher to 2B 7 ahead 4-0 t 4 1-3 2 - Lineout: 1B
And so on...
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19th January 2009
I couldn't find too many major stat totals equaling exactly 2009.
Carlos Delgado has 2009 games played:
Cnt Player Year G From To Ages PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Carlos Delgado 2008 2009 1993 2008 21-36 8545 7189 1226 2010 476 17 469 1489 1097 186 1725 168 0 91 149 14 8 .280 .383 .546 .929 *3D/72 TOR-FLA-NYM
And Gil Hodges had 2009 runs produced:
Cnt Player Year RPd 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 Gil Hodges 1963 2009 1943 1963 19-39 2071 8104 7030 1105 1921 295 48 370 1274 943 31 1137 25 56 50 165 63 31 .273 .359 .487 .846 *3/275984 BRO-LAD-NYM But that's it! As a teaser for next year, there are 3 different guys with exactly 2010 career hits: Cnt Player Year H From To Ages G PA AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Carlos Delgado 2008 2010 1993 2008 21-36 2009 8545 7189 1226 476 17 469 1489 1097 186 1725 168 0 91 149 14 8 .280 .383 .546 .929 *3D/72 TOR-FLA-NYM 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2008 2010 1995 2008 25-38 1772 7484 6942 936 391 36 90 629 356 24 944 104 40 42 170 131 52 .290 .332 .395 .727 *46/5D MON-TOT-LAD-CHC-STL-KCR 3 Bobby Bonilla 2001 2010 1986 2001 23-38 2113 8255 7213 1084 408 61 287 1173 912 128 1204 28 5 97 169 45 57 .279 .358 .472 .830 5973/D81 TOT-PIT-NYM-TOT-BAL-FLA-NYM-ATL-STL Interestingly, Delgado is on that list too, but of course he'll fall off both lists once he plays one or more games this coming season.
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16th January 2009
Today, I was wondering, from 2002 through 2008, how many big league pitchers younger than age 29 have posted four or more seasons where they made at least 32 starts, threw at least 190 innings, and won at least 10 games?
Look at the list:
From To Ages Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+ Jon Garland 2002 2008 22-28 7 Barry Zito 2002 2007 24-29 6 Mark Buehrle 2002 2008 23-29 6 Johan Santana 2004 2008 25-29 5 John Lackey 2003 2007 24-28 5 Javier Vazquez 2002 2006 25-29 5 Roy Oswalt 2002 2007 24-29 5 Brandon Webb 2005 2008 26-29 4 Danny Haren 2005 2008 24-27 4 Dontrelle Willis 2004 2007 22-25 4 Jason Marquis 2004 2007 25-28 4 Carlos Zambrano 2003 2007 22-26 4
We can see that Jon Garland is the only pitcher to make this cut in all seven seasons (between 2002 and 2008). Is that young and durable, or what?
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16th January 2009
Four hundred total bases in a season is one of the truly magical numbers. It's far rarer than hitting .300 or driving in 100 runs in a season. In fact, in baseball history, it's been done just 29 times:
Cnt Player Year TB Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Sammy Sosa 2001 425 32 CHC NL 160 711 577 146 189 34 5 64 160 116 37 153 6 0 12 6 0 2 .328 .437 .737 1.174 *9 2 Todd Helton 2001 402 27 COL NL 159 696 587 132 197 54 2 49 146 98 15 104 5 1 5 14 7 5 .336 .432 .685 1.117 *3 3 Luis Gonzalez 2001 419 33 ARI NL 162 728 609 128 198 36 7 57 142 100 24 83 14 0 5 14 1 1 .325 .429 .688 1.117 *7 4 Barry Bonds 2001 411 36 SFG NL 153 664 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 177 35 93 9 0 2 5 13 3 .328 .515 .863 1.378 *7/D 5 Todd Helton 2000 405 26 COL NL 160 697 580 138 216 59 2 42 147 103 22 61 4 0 10 12 5 3 .372 .463 .698 1.161 *3 6 Sammy Sosa 1998 416 29 CHC NL 159 722 643 134 198 20 0 66 158 73 14 171 1 0 5 20 18 9 .308 .377 .647 1.024 *9/8 7 Larry Walker 1997 409 30 COL NL 153 664 568 143 208 46 4 49 130 78 14 90 14 0 4 15 33 8 .366 .452 .720 1.172 *9/38D 8 Jim Rice 1978 406 25 BOS AL 163 746 677 121 213 25 15 46 139 58 7 126 5 1 5 15 7 5 .315 .370 .600 .970 *7D9/8 9 Hank Aaron 1959 400 25 MLN NL 154 693 629 116 223 46 7 39 123 51 17 54 4 0 9 19 8 0 .355 .401 .636 1.037 *98/5 10 Stan Musial 1948 429 27 STL NL 155 694 611 135 230 46 18 39 131 79 0 34 3 1 0 18 7 0 .376 .450 .702 1.152 987/3 11 Joe Medwick 1937 406 25 STL NL 156 677 633 111 237 56 10 31 154 41 0 50 2 1 0 11 4 0 .374 .414 .641 1.055 *7 12 Joe DiMaggio 1937 418 22 NYY AL 151 692 621 151 215 35 15 46 167 64 0 37 5 2 0 0 3 0 .346 .412 .673 1.085 *8 13 Hal Trosky 1936 405 23 CLE AL 151 671 629 124 216 45 9 42 162 36 0 58 3 3 0 0 6 5 .343 .382 .644 1.026 *3/4 14 Lou Gehrig 1936 403 33 NYY AL 155 719 579 167 205 37 7 49 152 130 0 46 7 3 0 0 3 4 .354 .478 .696 1.174 *3 15 Lou Gehrig 1934 409 31 NYY AL 154 690 579 128 210 40 6 49 165 109 0 31 2 0 0 0 9 5 .363 .465 .706 1.171 *3/6 16 Jimmie Foxx 1933 403 25 PHA AL 149 670 573 125 204 37 9 48 163 96 0 93 1 0 0 0 2 2 .356 .449 .703 1.152 *3/6 17 Chuck Klein 1932 420 27 PHI NL 154 711 650 152 226 50 15 38 137 60 0 49 1 0 0 0 20 0 .348 .404 .646 1.050 *9 18 Jimmie Foxx 1932 438 24 PHA AL 154 701 585 151 213 33 9 58 169 116 0 96 0 0 0 0 3 7 .364 .469 .749 1.218 *35 19 Lou Gehrig 1931 410 28 NYY AL 155 738 619 163 211 31 15 46 184 117 0 56 0 2 0 0 17 12 .341 .446 .662 1.108 *3/9 20 Lou Gehrig 1930 419 27 NYY AL 154 703 581 143 220 42 17 41 174 101 0 63 3 18 0 0 12 14 .379 .473 .721 1.194 *3/7 21 Babe Herman 1930 416 27 BRO NL 153 699 614 143 241 48 11 35 130 66 0 56 4 15 0 0 18 0 .393 .455 .678 1.133 *9 22 Chuck Klein 1930 445 25 PHI NL 156 719 648 158 250 59 8 40 170 54 0 50 4 13 0 0 4 0 .386 .436 .687 1.123 *9 23 Hack Wilson 1930 423 30 CHC NL 155 709 585 146 208 35 6 56 191 105 0 84 1 18 0 0 3 0 .356 .454 .723 1.177 *8 24 Chuck Klein 1929 405 24 PHI NL 149 679 616 126 219 45 6 43 145 54 0 61 0 9 0 0 5 0 .356 .407 .657 1.064 *98 25 Rogers Hornsby 1929 409 33 CHC NL 156 712 602 156 229 47 8 39 149 87 0 65 1 22 0 0 2 0 .380 .459 .679 1.138 *4 +----+-----------------+----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ Cnt Player Year TB Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 26 Babe Ruth 1927 417 32 NYY AL 151 691 540 158 192 29 8 60 164 137 0 89 0 14 0 0 7 6 .356 .486 .772 1.258 *97 27 Lou Gehrig 1927 447 24 NYY AL 155 717 584 149 218 52 18 47 175 109 0 84 3 21 0 0 10 8 .373 .474 .765 1.239 *3 28 Rogers Hornsby 1922 450 26 STL NL 154 704 623 141 250 46 14 42 152 65 0 50 1 15 0 0 17 12 .401 .459 .722 1.181 *4 29 Babe Ruth 1921 457 26 NYY AL 152 693 540 177 204 44 16 59 171 145 0 81 4 4 0 0 17 13 .378 .512 .846 1.358 *78/13
A few things to notice about this list:
There have been some near misses recently, although it's surprising that this list is actually shorter than the guys to break 400.
Cnt Player Year TB Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Derrek Lee 2005 393 29 CHC NL 158 691 594 120 199 50 3 46 107 85 23 109 5 0 7 12 15 3 .335 .418 .662 1.080 *3 2 Albert Pujols 2003 394 23 STL NL 157 685 591 137 212 51 1 43 124 79 12 65 10 0 5 13 5 1 .359 .439 .667 1.106 *73/D 3 Alex Rodriguez 2001 393 25 TEX AL 162 732 632 133 201 34 1 52 135 75 6 131 16 0 9 17 18 3 .318 .399 .622 1.021 *6/D 4 Sammy Sosa 1999 397 30 CHC NL 162 712 625 114 180 24 2 63 141 78 8 171 3 0 6 17 7 8 .288 .367 .635 1.002 *98 5 Albert Belle 1998 399 31 CHW AL 163 706 609 113 200 48 2 49 152 81 10 84 1 0 15 17 6 4 .328 .399 .655 1.054 *7/D 6 Ken Griffey 1997 393 27 SEA AL 157 704 608 125 185 34 3 56 147 76 23 121 8 0 12 12 15 4 .304 .382 .646 1.028 *8/D7 7 Ellis Burks 1996 392 31 COL NL 156 685 613 142 211 45 8 40 128 61 2 114 6 3 2 19 32 6 .344 .408 .639 1.047 *78 8 Jimmie Foxx 1938 398 30 BOS AL 149 685 565 139 197 33 9 50 175 119 0 76 0 1 0 0 5 4 .349 .462 .704 1.166 *3 9 Hank Greenberg 1937 397 26 DET AL 154 701 594 137 200 49 14 40 183 102 0 101 3 2 0 0 8 3 .337 .436 .668 1.104 *3 10 Bill Terry 1930 392 31 NYG NL 154 710 633 139 254 39 15 23 129 57 0 33 1 19 0 0 8 0 .401 .452 .619 1.071 *3 11 Al Simmons 1930 392 28 PHA AL 138 611 554 152 211 41 16 36 165 39 0 34 1 17 0 0 9 2 .381 .423 .708 1.131 *7/8 12 Lefty O'Doul 1929 397 32 PHI NL 154 731 638 152 254 35 6 32 122 76 0 19 4 13 0 0 2 0 .398 .465 .622 1.087 *79 13 Al Simmons 1925 392 23 PHA AL 153 696 654 122 253 43 12 24 129 35 0 41 1 6 0 0 7 14 .387 .419 .599 1.018 *8 14 Babe Ruth 1924 391 29 NYY AL 153 681 529 143 200 39 7 46 121 142 0 81 4 6 0 0 9 13 .378 .513 .739 1.252 *97/8 15 Babe Ruth 1923 399 28 NYY AL 152 699 522 151 205 45 13 41 131 170 0 93 4 3 0 0 17 21 .393 .545 .764 1.309 97/83 16 George Sisler 1920 399 27 SLB AL 154 692 631 137 257 49 18 19 122 46 0 19 2 13 0 0 42 17 .407 .449 .632 1.081 *3/1
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