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Runs created by young and old
Most runs created in a season by a player no older than 19 years old:
Cnt Player **RC** Year 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 Mel Ott 90 1928 19 NYG NL 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 52 0 36 2 10 0 0 3 0 .322 .397 .524 .921 *9/4785 2 Buddy Lewis 81 1936 19 WSH AL 143 657 601 100 175 21 13 6 67 47 0 46 4 5 0 0 6 6 .291 .347 .399 .746 *5 3 Phil Cavarretta 76 1935 18 CHC NL 146 636 589 85 162 28 12 8 82 39 0 61 2 6 0 9 4 0 .275 .322 .404 .726 *3 4 Tony Conigliaro 72 1964 19 BOS AL 111 444 404 69 117 21 2 24 52 35 1 78 5 0 0 11 2 4 .290 .354 .530 .884 *78/9 5 Ken Griffey 65 1989 19 SEA AL 127 506 455 61 120 23 0 16 61 44 8 83 2 1 4 4 16 7 .264 .329 .420 .749 *8 6 Robin Yount 64 1975 19 MIL AL 147 607 558 67 149 28 2 8 52 33 3 69 1 10 5 8 12 4 .267 .307 .367 .674 *6 7 Bob Kennedy 56 1940 19 CHW AL 154 655 606 74 153 23 3 3 52 42 0 58 0 7 0 17 3 7 .252 .301 .315 .616 *5 8 Cesar Cedeno 53 1970 19 HOU NL 90 377 355 46 110 21 4 7 42 15 2 57 2 3 2 8 17 4 .310 .340 .451 .791 *89 9 Al Kaline 53 1954 19 DET AL 138 535 504 42 139 18 3 4 43 22 0 45 0 7 2 21 9 5 .276 .305 .347 .652 *9 10 Ed Kranepool 51 1964 19 NYM NL 119 461 420 47 108 19 4 10 45 32 2 50 2 3 4 9 0 1 .257 .310 .393 .703 *3/98 11 Rusty Staub 51 1963 19 HOU NL 150 585 513 43 115 17 4 6 45 59 8 58 5 6 2 10 0 0 .224 .309 .308 .617 *39/8 12 Mickey Mantle 51 1951 19 NYY AL 96 386 341 61 91 11 5 13 65 43 0 74 0 2 0 3 8 7 .267 .349 .443 .792 *9/8 13 Phil Cavarretta 51 1936 19 CHC NL 124 486 458 55 125 18 1 9 56 17 0 36 5 6 0 8 8 0 .273 .306 .376 .682 *3
And the most runs created in a season by a player in his 20th season or later:
Cnt Player **RC** Year 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 Ty Cobb 117 1924 37 DET AL 155 726 625 115 211 38 10 4 78 85 0 18 1 15 0 0 23 14 .338 .418 .450 .868 *8 2 Babe Ruth 116 1933 38 NYY AL 137 575 459 97 138 21 3 34 103 114 0 90 2 0 0 0 4 5 .301 .442 .582 1.024 *97/13 3 Ty Cobb 113 1925 38 DET AL 121 490 415 97 157 31 12 12 102 65 0 12 5 5 0 0 13 9 .378 .468 .598 1.066 *8/91 4 Hank Aaron 104 1973 39 ATL NL 115 465 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 13 51 1 0 4 7 1 1 .301 .402 .643 1.045 *79 5 Tris Speaker 104 1926 38 CLE AL 150 661 539 96 164 52 8 7 86 94 0 15 0 28 0 0 6 1 .304 .408 .469 .877 *8 6 Ty Cobb 101 1927 40 PHA AL 134 574 490 104 175 32 7 5 93 67 0 12 5 12 0 0 22 16 .357 .440 .482 .922 *98 7 Barry Bonds 99 2007 42 SFG NL 126 477 340 75 94 14 0 28 66 132 43 54 3 0 2 13 5 0 .276 .480 .565 1.045 *7/D 8 Barry Bonds 98 2006 41 SFG NL 130 493 367 74 99 23 0 26 77 115 38 51 10 0 1 9 3 0 .270 .454 .545 .999 *7/D 9 Willie Mays 98 1971 40 SFG NL 136 537 417 82 113 24 5 18 61 112 11 123 3 1 4 8 23 3 .271 .425 .482 .907 *83 10 Rickey Henderson 96 1999 40 NYM NL 121 526 438 89 138 30 0 12 42 82 1 82 2 1 3 4 37 14 .315 .423 .466 .889 *7/D 11 Gary Sheffield 94 2007 38 DET AL 133 593 494 107 131 20 1 25 75 84 2 71 9 0 6 10 22 5 .265 .378 .462 .840 *D/79 12 Stan Musial 94 1962 41 STL NL 135 505 433 57 143 18 1 19 82 64 4 46 3 0 5 13 3 0 .330 .416 .508 .924 *79 13 Joe Morgan 92 1982 38 SFG NL 134 554 463 68 134 19 4 14 61 85 4 60 2 1 3 3 24 4 .289 .400 .438 .838 *4/5 14 Mel Ott 91 1945 36 NYG NL 135 532 451 73 139 23 0 21 79 71 0 41 8 2 0 6 1 0 .308 .411 .499 .910 *9
Who's on both lists? The one and only Mel Ott.
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Leading off the game in 2008
Here are the splits for the leadoff hitter by team in 2008. This data is available here.
G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP ROE BA OBP SLG OPS SEA 162 162 56 7 2 2 5 16 1 3 0.359 0.383 0.468 0.851 MIL 162 162 37 8 1 5 22 37 2 3 0.268 0.377 0.449 0.826 NYM 162 162 54 9 4 4 6 26 0 2 0.346 0.370 0.532 0.902 STL 162 162 47 8 0 1 12 18 1 3 0.315 0.370 0.389 0.760 CLE 162 162 41 10 1 8 17 33 0 1 0.283 0.358 0.531 0.889 LAD 162 162 46 8 0 4 11 26 1 0 0.307 0.358 0.440 0.798 PIT 162 162 42 11 0 2 12 15 4 1 0.288 0.358 0.404 0.762 FLA 161 161 47 11 2 10 7 30 3 2 0.311 0.354 0.609 0.963 SFG 162 162 40 2 3 4 17 30 0 1 0.276 0.352 0.414 0.766 NYY 162 162 35 7 1 4 20 24 2 1 0.250 0.352 0.400 0.752 ARI 162 162 43 7 1 4 13 30 0 0 0.289 0.346 0.430 0.775 CHW 163 163 42 6 0 2 14 17 0 0 0.282 0.344 0.362 0.706 CIN 162 162 44 10 1 4 10 26 1 1 0.291 0.340 0.450 0.790 BOS 162 162 43 8 1 3 11 27 1 2 0.287 0.340 0.413 0.753 BAL 161 161 42 13 0 1 11 24 0 2 0.280 0.329 0.387 0.716 SDP 162 162 46 12 3 7 7 31 0 2 0.297 0.327 0.548 0.876 COL 162 162 37 4 1 0 16 24 0 3 0.253 0.327 0.295 0.622 LAA 162 162 37 4 0 3 15 19 0 4 0.252 0.321 0.340 0.661 HOU 161 161 43 7 0 3 8 27 0 2 0.281 0.317 0.386 0.702 WSN 161 161 43 9 1 1 7 28 1 0 0.281 0.317 0.373 0.689 TBR 162 162 39 2 4 3 12 30 0 3 0.260 0.315 0.387 0.701 ATL 162 162 34 7 1 4 15 22 1 1 0.233 0.309 0.377 0.685 KCR 162 162 40 4 2 1 9 26 1 2 0.263 0.309 0.336 0.644 MIN 163 163 33 5 1 2 16 27 0 2 0.224 0.301 0.313 0.614 CHC 161 161 40 8 0 5 7 35 1 1 0.261 0.298 0.412 0.710 TOR 162 162 32 4 3 2 12 25 4 3 0.219 0.296 0.329 0.625 PHI 162 162 39 6 1 2 6 19 2 1 0.253 0.290 0.344 0.634 DET 162 162 30 6 1 5 15 29 0 0 0.204 0.278 0.361 0.638 TEX 162 162 36 10 3 5 7 20 1 4 0.234 0.272 0.435 0.707 OAK 161 161 33 5 1 2 7 25 2 1 0.217 0.261 0.303 0.564
I looked at this data because I was curious to see if the leadoff hitter getting on base correlated much at all with team wins. The answer is that it doesn't correlate at all. There are playoff teams all over the list, including the Brewers and Dodgers near the top of the list and the Phillies and the Cubs near the bottom of the list. The 100-win Angels are middle-of-the-pack. The team that got its leadoff hitter on most was the Mariners, and they were one of the worst teams in the majors.
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Most strikeouts by a winning team
Here are the most strikeouts in a game by a winning team (extra innings excluded):
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB **SO** HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs +----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+------+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+ 1 1997-06-24 OAK @SEA W 4-1 37 37 4 11 3 0 2 4 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 10 2 1969-09-15 NYM @STL W 4-3 38 36 4 9 0 0 2 4 2 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 12 3 2007-04-25 ARI SDP W 3-2 33 29 3 4 0 0 2 3 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 4 2006-05-22 ATL @SDP W 3-1 33 32 3 5 1 0 2 3 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 5 2005-04-10 NYM @ATL W 6-1 42 38 6 13 3 0 3 6 2 1 18 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9 9 6 1997-07-13 TEX @SEA W 4-2 41 33 4 7 3 1 1 4 6 1 18 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 12 7 1992-09-27 TEX SEA W 3-2 38 31 3 7 1 0 0 3 5 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 14 8 1989-07-25 TOR @TEX W 4-0 44 40 4 9 3 0 0 3 4 2 18 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 13 11 9 2007-09-21 BOS @TBD W 8-1 45 35 8 9 1 1 3 6 6 0 17 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 10 10 2003-06-26 MIL @CHC W 5-3 33 32 5 6 1 0 2 5 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14 11 2000-05-06 TBD @BOS W 1-0 34 33 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 9 12 1999-09-12 OAK @TBD W 4-3 38 33 4 6 1 0 2 4 5 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 13 1999-06-30 CIN ARI W 2-0 30 30 2 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12 14 1998-08-29 MON @SDP W 3-1 33 33 3 6 1 0 2 3 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 15 1998-05-16 CHC @CIN W 5-4 42 36 5 11 2 0 1 5 6 1 17 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 10 14 16 1997-07-21 PIT @PHI W 3-2 34 32 3 7 1 1 2 3 1 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 16 17 1997-07-05 DET BAL W 6-5 35 30 6 8 2 0 2 5 5 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13 18 1970-05-21 PHI STL W 4-3 37 33 4 11 1 1 1 4 3 1 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 15 19 1968-09-18 BOS BAL W 4-0 34 27 4 5 0 0 0 4 5 0 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 20 1961-05-10 BOS @LAA W 3-2 35 34 3 6 0 0 1 3 1 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 11
Hey, I was actually at that Mariners game, #1. It was a pretty weird game. First of all, in the 5th inning, McGwire hit an incredible moon shot homer that went way into the upper deck in the Kingdome. It was easily the most towering homer I've ever seen, seemingly approaching the roof.
Secondly, everybody was aware that Johnson had a shot at the single-game (9-inning) record of 20 strikeouts, which at that time had been done just twice, both times by Roger Clemens. RJ had 15 strikeouts through 6 innnings, and it seemed that he was definitely going to break the record. In the 7th, he got the first out on a fly ball, and the home crowd booed since it was not a strikeout. Then he gave up a single and the crowd cheered, since that wasn't an out and gave him the chance to record another K. It was crazy--the home team was cheering backwards. So what do you think happened when he got the next guy to hit into a double play to end the inning? Yep, massive booing. He was stuck on 15 K's through 7 innings.
But then, in the 8th inning, he struck out the side (including McGwire and Canseco no less) to bring his total up to 18. That meant he needed two to tie the record and three to break it.
The Athletics game up to bat in the top of the 9th already leading the game 3-0. Scott Brosius flew out (boos heard.) George Williams homers to push the lead to 4-0, but the Mariners crowd cheers. Mark Bellhorn strikes out to give Johnson 19 K's--massive cheering of course, which momentarily sets my brain back to normal since the home team is cheering a positive event. But then Jason McDonald lines out to end the inning. First there are massive boos, but they quickly turn to cheers to congratulate Randy on his excellent effort. I guess most fans realized at that point that the Mariners were likely to lose in the bottom of the frame, which they did.
That was an immensely fun game to attend.
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6 times on base, no R or RBI
Here's another tidbit gleaned from Jayson Stark's year-in-review column on ESPN.com. He noted that Matt Holliday had a game this year where he got on base 6 times but didn't score or drive in a run.
Including Holliday's game, that's been done 17 times since 1956:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB TOB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Matt Holliday 2008-04-17 COL @SDP W 2-1 9 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4th LF 2 Ryan Howard 2006-09-09 PHI @FLA L 3-4 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 3 Bernie Williams 1996-09-21 NYY BOS W 12-11 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th CF 4 George Brett 1991-06-06 KCR TEX W 4-3 9 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd DH 5 Kal Daniels 1990-07-27 LAD ATL W 5-4 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd LF 6 Andre Dawson 1990-05-22 CHC CIN W 2-1 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4th RF 7 Marvell Wynne 1987-09-23 SDP @CIN W 6-4 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6th CF LF 8 Roy Howell 1980-10-04(1) TOR @BOS W 7-6 8 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 3B 9 Jerry White 1976-08-21 MON @SFG L 4-5 8 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1st CF LF 10 Billy North 1973-09-17 OAK CAL W 3-2 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1st CF 11 Dick Allen 1972-08-10 CHW @OAK L 3-5 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3rd 1B 12 Steve Brye 1972-05-12 MIN MIL L 3-4 10 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7th LF 13 Wayne Garrett 1971-08-05 NYM @ATL L 1-2 8 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 3B 14 Rich Reese 1969-07-19 MIN @SEP W 11-7 10 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 15 Ellie Hendricks 1968-08-25 BAL BOS W 3-2 8 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th C 16 Roberto Clemente 1968-07-13 PIT PHI L 2-3 8 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF 17 Lou Skizas 1956-07-27 KCA NYY L 9-10 8 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd LF
George Brett and Steve Brye actually got on base 7 times without getting a R or RBI. This sort of "record" has a lot more to do with the player's teammates than it does himself, of course.
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5 SB, no runs scored
Happy 2009!
Jayson Stark's year-in-review column on ESPN right here notes that Willy Tavarez stole 5 bases in a game but didn't score a run.
In fact, he's the only guy to do that since 1956. Here are all the guys to steal at least 4 bases with no runs scored since 1956. You'll note that Tavarez is the only guy with 5.
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 Willy Taveras 2008-06-14 COL @CHW W 2-0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1st CF 2 Kenny Lofton 2007-06-29 TEX @BOS L 1-2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st CF 3 Tony Womack 2005-05-15 NYY @OAK W 6-4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2nd LF 4 Angel Berroa 2004-06-19 KCR @PHI L 2-4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 6th SS 5 Brady Anderson 1998-07-05 BAL @NYY L 0-1 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2nd CF 6 Lou Frazier 1998-04-19 CHW @TOR L 4-5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1st CF 7 Vince Coleman 1993-06-23 NYM MON L 3-4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1st LF 8 Vince Coleman 1992-06-26 NYM @STL L 3-4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1st LF 9 Luis Polonia 1992-06-10 CAL @CHW L 2-3 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st LF 10 Gary Pettis 1988-09-11 DET @NYY L 4-5 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st CF 11 Rickey Henderson 1987-05-03 NYY @MIN L 3-4 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st CF 12 Vince Coleman 1986-06-30 STL NYM L 0-7 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st LF 13 Dave Collins 1984-08-05 TOR @BAL W 4-3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2nd LF 14 Gary Redus 1984-06-03 CIN ATL L 0-4 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1st LF 15 Garry Maddox 1978-05-29 PHI PIT W 4-3 6 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6th CF 16 Davey Lopes 1978-04-30 LAD @STL L 0-4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st 2B 17 John Lowenstein 1974-06-16(2) CLE MIN W 3-1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3rd LF 1B 18 Maury Wills 1962-09-07 LAD PIT L 1-10 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1st SS
Wow, Vince Coleman did it 3 different times. Although it says more about his teammates than it does about him, it also helps support the argument that he was not a terribly valuable player.
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