27th February 2009
Check out this very surprising result. Here are the longest streaks where a guy appeared in a game as a PH, had at least one PA, and didn't get on base:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Mickey Mantle 1964-06-01 1966-07-06 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NYY
Steve Lyons 1990-07-18 1991-08-25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHW-BOS
Dave Campbell 1971-08-05 1974-09-24 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SDP-STL-HOU
Luis Lopez 2000-08-01 2001-07-08 24 19 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MIL
Frank Tepedino 1971-04-06 1971-09-10 24 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NYY-MIL
Hiram Bocachica 2001-04-11 2001-07-28 23 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 LAD
Jamie Quirk 1983-06-26 1986-05-10 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL-CHW-KCR
Jay Johnstone 1982-09-25 1983-07-14 23 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHC
Ted Uhlaender 1972-04-18 1972-07-07 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CIN
Paul Popovich 1970-09-04 1971-06-23 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHC
Juan Castro 1996-05-05 2001-05-02 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 LAD-CIN
Tyler Houston 1999-06-12 2000-07-22 22 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHC-CLE-MIL
Richie Hebner 1985-08-15 1985-10-02 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHC
Tom Hutton 1979-08-22 1980-05-16 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MON
Alan Zinter 2002-08-16 2004-09-02 21 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 HOU-ARI
Curtis Goodwin 1997-07-23 1998-08-04 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CIN-COL
Jim Tatum 1995-07-21 1998-04-21 21 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 COL-SDP-NYM
Milt Thompson 1996-05-20 1996-07-24 21 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 LAD-COL
Todd Benzinger 1990-08-09 1991-05-31 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CIN
Phil Linz 1965-07-25 1967-05-04 21 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NYY-PHI
Ray Jablonski 1959-07-16 1959-09-09 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL-KCA
Corey Patterson 2004-06-15 2008-04-21 20 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHC-BAL-CIN
Gary Bennett 2003-04-07 2007-04-03 20 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SDP-WSN-STL
Bruce Aven 2000-04-22 2000-06-14 20 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT
Ted Simmons 1987-07-07 1988-05-05 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 ATL
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ivan Murrell 1973-04-13 1973-07-15 20 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SDP
Bob Johnson 1965-05-11 1966-05-15 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 BAL
Cap Peterson 1965-07-22 1966-04-29 20 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SFG
Bob Hale 1956-07-27 1957-04-26 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 BAL
How many guesses do you think you would have needed to come up with Mickey Mantle as first? Mind you, Mantle appeared in lots of other games in the interim and got on base plenty. This search considers only those games in which he appeared as a PH.
As a further complication, this list also includes games where the player may have stayed in the game and played another position when getting a 2nd (or more) plate appearance.
If we restrict the search to games appearing as a PH only, here's what we get:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ivan Murrell 1973-04-13 1974-05-29 36 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SDP-ATL
Paul Popovich 1970-06-06 1971-06-23 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CHC
Ted Uhlaender 1971-04-15 1972-07-07 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE-CIN
Dale Sveum 1986-08-31 1996-09-25 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MIL-PHI-CHW-OAK-SEA-PIT
Quilvio Veras 1996-04-07 1999-09-29 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 FLA-SDP
Mickey Mantle 1964-06-01 1966-07-06 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NYY
John Rabb 1984-04-29 1988-07-31 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SFG-ATL-SEA
Choo Choo Coleman 1961-05-04 1963-05-04 25 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PHI-NYM
Ahh, Dale Sveum. Rhymes with shame. Or blame. Or lame.
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26th February 2009
In 2008 Ron Belliard played 33 games at first base for the Nationals. Belliard became the first 5 ft 8 (or shorter) player since 1971 and only the sixth since 1901 to play at least 20 games at first in one season.
Cnt Player Year Ht 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 Ron Belliard 2008 5.08 33 WSN NL 96 337 296 37 85 22 0 11 46 37 1 58 3 1 0 6 3 2 .287 .372 .473 .845 354/6
2 Roberto Pena 1971 5.08 34 MIL AL 113 293 274 17 65 9 3 3 28 15 3 37 1 3 0 7 2 1 .237 .279 .325 .604 356/4
3 Paul Smith 1953 5.08 22 PIT NL 118 427 389 41 110 12 7 4 44 24 0 23 3 11 0 8 3 0 .283 .329 .380 .709 *37
4 Heinie Mueller 1924 5.08 24 STL NL 92 320 296 39 78 12 6 2 37 19 0 16 2 3 0 0 8 7 .264 .312 .365 .677 83/97
5 Hack Simmons 1910 5.08 25 DET AL 42 126 110 12 25 3 1 0 9 10 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 .227 .303 .273 .576 *3/589
6 Charlie Dexter 1901 5.07 25 CHC NL 116 488 460 46 123 9 5 1 66 16 0 0 7 5 0 0 22 0 .267 .302 .315 .617 3549/827
In fact, in 2008, Belliard was the only player to play at least 20 games at first and admit being less than 6 feet tall. (However, the number of players at 6-0 leads one to believe that there is a lot of liberal rounding involved.) There were however, 21 players who did see some action at 1st despite being under 6 feet.
1 Ron Belliard 5.08 2008 33 WSN NL 96 337 296 37 85 22 0 11 46 37 1 58 3 1 0 6 3 2 .287 .372 .473 .845 354/6
2 Luis Rodriguez 5.09 2008 28 SDP NL 64 225 202 22 58 11 1 0 12 13 0 13 0 7 3 9 1 1 .287 .326 .351 .677 *6/435
3 Howie Clark 5.10 2008 34 MIN AL 4 8 8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 /*345
4 Marco Scutaro 5.10 2008 32 TOR AL 145 592 517 76 138 23 1 7 60 57 0 65 5 6 7 8 7 2 .267 .341 .356 .697 645/37D
5 Javier Valentin 5.10 2008 32 CIN NL 94 144 129 10 33 8 0 4 18 14 0 27 0 0 1 2 0 0 .256 .326 .411 .737 23/5
6 Paul Lo Duca 5.10 2008 36 TOT NL 67 193 173 16 42 9 0 0 15 15 0 11 5 0 0 10 1 0 .243 .321 .295 .616 23/7D
7 Brian Barden 5.11 2008 27 STL NL 9 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 /543
8 Curtis Thigpen 5.11 2008 25 TOR AL 10 21 17 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .176 .263 .353 .616 /*23
9 Jason LaRue 5.11 2008 34 STL NL 61 189 164 17 35 8 1 4 21 15 1 20 5 3 2 6 0 0 .213 .296 .348 .644 *2/3
10 Damion Easley 5.11 2008 38 NYM NL 113 347 316 33 85 10 2 6 44 19 0 38 7 2 3 15 0 0 .269 .322 .370 .692 *4/673D5
11 Marlon Anderson 5.11 2008 34 NYM NL 87 151 138 16 29 6 0 1 10 9 0 27 0 2 2 2 2 1 .210 .255 .275 .530 7/34D
12 Pablo Sandoval 5.11 2008 21 SFG NL 41 154 145 24 50 10 1 3 24 4 1 14 1 0 4 6 0 0 .345 .357 .490 .847 352
13 Henry Blanco 5.11 2008 36 CHC NL 58 128 120 15 35 3 0 3 12 6 1 22 0 2 0 4 0 0 .292 .325 .392 .717 *2/3
14 Ramon Vazquez 5.11 2008 31 TEX AL 105 347 300 44 87 18 3 6 40 38 3 66 0 5 4 4 0 1 .290 .365 .430 .795 *564/3
15 Jose Vidro 5.11 2008 33 SEA AL 85 330 308 28 72 11 0 7 45 18 2 36 0 2 2 5 2 1 .234 .274 .338 .612 *D/3
16 Chris Burke 5.11 2008 28 ARI NL 86 199 165 20 32 5 1 2 12 27 8 33 2 2 3 2 5 0 .194 .310 .273 .583 47/3956
17 Oscar Salazar 5.11 2008 30 BAL AL 34 94 81 13 23 3 0 5 15 12 0 13 0 0 1 1 0 1 .284 .372 .506 .878 3/5D6
18 Brad Ausmus 5.11 2008 39 HOU NL 81 250 216 15 47 8 0 3 24 25 3 41 2 6 1 4 0 2 .218 .303 .296 .599 *2/345
19 Yadier Molina 5.11 2008 25 STL NL 124 485 444 37 135 18 0 7 56 32 4 29 1 3 5 21 0 2 .304 .349 .392 .741 *2/3D
20 Brian Myrow 5.11 2008 31 SDP NL 21 24 21 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 .143 .208 .286 .494 /3
21 Max Ramirez 5.11 2008 23 TEX AL 17 55 46 8 10 1 0 2 9 6 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .345 .370 .715 *2/3D
The last player who was officially listed at under 6 ft., played enough to qualify for a batting title and played at least half his games at first was Ron Coomer in 2000. Here are the qualifiers for the last 20 years.
Cnt Player Year Ht 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 Ron Coomer 2000 5.11 33 MIN AL 140 589 544 64 147 29 1 16 82 36 2 50 4 0 5 25 2 0 .270 .317 .415 .732 *3/D5
2 Gregg Jefferies 1995 5.10 27 PHI NL 114 521 480 69 147 31 2 11 56 35 5 26 0 0 6 15 9 5 .306 .349 .448 .797 *37
3 Orlando Merced 1994 5.11 27 PIT NL 108 431 386 48 105 21 3 9 51 42 5 58 1 0 2 17 4 1 .272 .343 .412 .755 *9*3
4 Gregg Jefferies 1994 5.10 26 STL NL 103 447 397 52 129 27 1 12 55 45 12 26 1 0 4 9 12 5 .325 .391 .489 .880 *3
5 John Kruk 1993 5.10 32 PHI NL 150 651 535 100 169 33 5 14 85 111 10 87 0 0 5 11 6 2 .316 .430 .475 .905 *3
6 Gregg Jefferies 1993 5.10 25 STL NL 142 612 544 89 186 24 3 16 83 62 7 32 2 0 4 15 46 9 .342 .408 .485 .893 *3/4
7 John Kruk 1992 5.10 31 PHI NL 144 607 507 86 164 30 4 10 70 92 8 88 1 0 7 11 3 5 .323 .423 .458 .881 *39/7
8 John Kruk 1991 5.10 30 PHI NL 152 615 538 84 158 27 6 21 92 67 16 100 1 0 9 11 7 0 .294 .367 .483 .850 *378/9
9 Brook Jacoby 1990 5.11 30 CLE AL 155 624 553 77 162 24 4 14 75 63 6 58 2 2 4 20 1 4 .293 .365 .427 .792 *5*3
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26th February 2009
Following up on yesterday's post, here are the all-time leaders in HR for guys who played for at least 5 franchises:
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Frank Robinson 586 5 1956 1976 20-40 2808 11743 10006 1829 2943 528 72 1812 1420 218 1532 198 17 102 269 204 77 .294 .389 .537 .926 97D3/85 CIN-BAL-LAD-CAL-CLE
2 Eddie Murray 504 5 1977 1997 21-41 3026 12817 11336 1627 3255 560 35 1917 1333 222 1516 18 2 128 316 110 43 .287 .359 .476 .835 *3D/57 BAL-LAD-NYM-CLE-BAL-ANA
3 Gary Sheffield 499 7 1988 2008 19-39 2476 10635 8949 1592 2615 454 25 1633 1435 127 1125 133 9 109 225 251 103 .292 .394 .516 .910 957D/63 MIL-SDP-FLA-LAD-ATL-NYY-DET
4 Fred McGriff 493 6 1986 2004 22-40 2460 10174 8757 1349 2490 441 24 1550 1305 171 1882 39 2 71 226 72 38 .284 .377 .509 .886 *3D TOR-SDP-ATL-TBD-CHC-LAD
5 Dave Winfield 465 6 1973 1995 21-43 2971 12358 11003 1669 3110 540 88 1833 1216 172 1686 25 19 95 319 223 96 .283 .353 .475 .828 *97D8/35 SDP-NYY-CAL-TOR-MIN-CLE
6 Jose Canseco 462 7 1985 2001 20-36 1887 8129 7057 1186 1877 340 14 1407 906 64 1942 84 1 81 178 200 88 .266 .353 .515 .868 D97/81 OAK-TEX-BOS-OAK-TOR-TBD-NYY-CHW
7 Dave Kingman 442 7 1971 1986 22-37 1941 7429 6677 901 1575 240 25 1210 608 72 1816 53 16 75 139 85 49 .236 .302 .478 .780 37D59/1 SFG-NYM-SDP-NYY-CAL-CHC-OAK
8 Mike Piazza 427 5 1992 2007 23-38 1912 7745 6911 1048 2127 344 8 1335 759 146 1113 30 0 45 229 17 20 .308 .377 .545 .922 *2D/3 LAD-NYM-FLA-SDP-OAK
9 Andres Galarraga 399 7 1985 2004 24-43 2257 8916 8096 1195 2333 444 32 1425 583 106 2003 178 1 58 179 128 81 .288 .347 .499 .846 *3/D5 MON-STL-COL-ATL-TEX-SFG-MON-ANA
10 Joe Carter 396 6 1983 1998 23-38 2189 9154 8422 1170 2184 432 53 1445 527 86 1387 90 10 105 132 231 66 .259 .306 .464 .770 7983D/45 CHC-CLE-SDP-TOR-SFG-BAL
You can see that Sheffield is the leader for guys playing for at least 7 franchises, so let's see about 8:
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Bobby Bonds 332 8 1968 1981 22-35 1849 8090 7043 1258 1886 302 66 1024 914 75 1757 53 16 64 107 461 169 .268 .353 .471 .824 *98/D7 SFG-NYY-CAL-TEX-CHW-CLE-STL-CHC
2 Ron Gant 321 8 1987 2003 22-38 1832 7320 6449 1080 1651 302 50 1008 770 38 1411 32 12 57 98 243 102 .256 .336 .468 .804 *784/5D9 ATL-CIN-STL-PHI-ANA-OAK-COL-SDP
3 Ruben Sierra 306 9 1986 2006 20-40 2186 8782 8044 1084 2152 428 59 1322 610 102 1239 7 1 120 193 142 52 .268 .315 .450 .765 *9D7/8 TEX-OAK-NYY-DET-TOR-CIN-CHW-TEX-SEA-NYY-MIN
4 Reggie Sanders 305 8 1991 2007 23-39 1777 7043 6241 1037 1666 341 60 983 674 49 1614 71 14 43 121 304 115 .267 .343 .487 .830 *978/D CIN-SDP-ATL-ARI-SFG-PIT-STL-KCR
5 Steve Finley 304 8 1989 2007 24-42 2583 10460 9397 1443 2548 449 124 1167 844 69 1299 53 91 75 152 320 118 .271 .332 .442 .774 *89/7D1 BAL-HOU-SDP-ARI-LAD-LAA-SFG-COL
6 Rickey Henderson 297 9 1979 2003 20-44 3081 13346 10961 2295 3055 510 66 1115 2190 61 1694 98 30 67 172 1406 335 .279 .401 .419 .820 *78D/9 OAK-NYY-TOR-OAK-SDP-ANA-NYM-SEA-SDP-BOS-LAD
7 Bobby Bonilla 287 8 1986 2001 23-38 2113 8255 7213 1084 2010 408 61 1173 912 128 1204 28 5 97 169 45 57 .279 .358 .472 .830 5973/D81 PIT-CHW-PIT-NYM-BAL-FLA-LAD-ATL-STL
8 Matt Stairs 254 11 1992 2008 24-40 1662 5709 4937 737 1313 283 13 864 674 54 1037 54 5 39 107 28 24 .266 .358 .483 .841 9D37/84 MON-BOS-OAK-CHC-MIL-PIT-KCR-TEX-DET-TOR-PHI
9 Todd Zeile 253 11 1989 2004 23-38 2158 8649 7573 986 2004 397 23 1110 945 47 1279 42 8 81 223 53 51 .265 .346 .423 .769 *532/D71 STL-CHC-PHI-BAL-LAD-TEX-FLA-NYM-COL-MON-NYY
10 Deron Johnson 245 8 1960 1976 21-37 1765 6620 5941 706 1447 247 33 923 585 54 1318 20 13 61 164 11 18 .244 .311 .420 .731 35D7/98 NYY-KCA-CIN-ATL-PHI-OAK-MIL-BOS-CHW
Wow, so, Matt Stairs is the leader for guys playing for at least 11 franchises. How about 12, then?
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Mike Morgan 0 12 1978 2002 18-42 597 573 497 13 54 3 1 15 13 0 151 1 59 3 5 0 0 .109 .132 .119 .251 *1 OAK-NYY-TOR-SEA-BAL-LAD-CHC-STL-CIN-MIN-CHC-TEX-ARI
These searches are all from 1901 to present, and Morgan is the only guy who registers as having played with 12 franchises. Even kicking it back to 1871, Morgan is the only one. So does he count as a record holder even though he didn't hit any homers? Well, at least he is the leader for most every other offensive stat--such as career leader in RBI (15) for guys playing with 12 teams.
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25th February 2009
Which player who played his entire career for only one franchise hit the most career homers? Answer is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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24th February 2009
After yesterday's look at longest hitting streaks in 2008, here are the longest non-hitting streaks. Here are the most consecutive games without a hit (but with at least 1 plate appearance.)
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Jay Bergmann 2008-04-03 2008-09-26 20 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 WSN
Mark Sweeney 2008-06-08 2008-07-27 18 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 .000 .050 .000 .050 LAD
Robert Andino 2008-04-12 2008-06-25 17 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 0 0 .000 .182 .000 .182 FLA
Mark Sweeney 2008-04-02 2008-04-27 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 .000 .118 .000 .118 LAD
Marlon Anderson 2008-04-01 2008-04-23 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 .000 .063 .000 .063 NYM
Wow, Mark Sweeney makes the list twice. That's pretty impressive given that he had only 92 AB all year. Of course, hitting .130 will do that for you.
Just at home:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Brian Moehler 2008-04-18 2008-09-26 15 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 .000 .037 .000 .037 HOU
Mark Sweeney 2008-08-01 2008-09-25 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 LAD
Seth Smith 2008-08-14 2008-09-20 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 COL
Braden Looper 2008-06-18 2008-09-11 14 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
Kyle Lohse 2008-04-27 2008-09-09 14 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
Johnny Cueto 2008-04-03 2008-09-06 14 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 .000 .045 .000 .045 CIN
There's Sweeney again, and now we get some pitchers mixed in too, which makes sense.
And just road games:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Mark Sweeney 2008-05-13 2008-08-08 20 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 .000 .107 .000 .107 LAD
Ubaldo Jimenez 2008-04-03 2008-09-28 17 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 .000 .057 .000 .057 COL
John Lannan 2008-04-06 2008-09-27 15 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 WSN
Poor Sweeney.
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24th February 2009
On Sunday, Steve presented a record held by Miguel Dilone. This led me to take a closer look Dilone's numbers and, believe it or not, he actually holds another record and its not even close.
Here are the players who have been caught stealing at least 20 times in one season sorted by the number of times that they reached base.
Cnt Player **TOB** CS Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Miguel Dilone 83 23 1978 23 OAK AL 135 292 258 34 59 8 0 1 14 23 0 30 1 10 0 2 50 .229 .294 .271 .565 798/5
2 Mike Edwards 131 21 1978 25 OAK AL 142 446 414 48 113 16 2 1 23 16 0 32 2 14 0 7 27 .273 .303 .329 .632 *4/6
3 Jimmy Walsh 140 21 1914 28 TOT AL 111 439 352 48 77 12 9 4 47 59 0 48 4 24 0 0 12 .219 .337 .338 .675 *78/9
4 Cliff Heathcote 150 24 1924 26 CHC NL 113 433 392 66 121 19 7 0 30 28 0 28 1 12 0 0 26 .309 .356 .393 .749 *98/7
5 Jimmy Austin 152 23 1914 34 SLB AL 130 523 466 55 111 16 4 0 30 40 0 59 1 16 0 0 20 .238 .300 .290 .590 *5
6 Buck Weaver 158 20 1914 23 CHW AL 136 576 541 64 133 20 9 2 28 20 0 40 5 10 0 0 14 .246 .279 .327 .606 *6
7 Hal Janvrin 158 20 1914 21 BOS AL 145 553 492 65 117 18 6 1 51 38 0 50 3 20 0 0 29 .238 .296 .305 .601 436/5
8 Claudell Washingt 159 20 1976 21 OAK AL 134 530 490 65 126 20 6 5 53 30 1 90 3 3 4 13 37 .257 .302 .353 .655 *98/D
9 Cecil Espy 162 20 1989 26 TEX AL 142 527 475 65 122 12 7 3 31 38 2 99 2 10 2 2 45 .257 .313 .331 .644 *8/D79
10 Clyde Milan 163 21 1914 27 WSH AL 115 481 437 63 129 19 11 1 39 32 0 26 2 10 0 0 38 .295 .346 .396 .742 *8/7
In 1978 Miguel Dilone reached base 83 times an was caught stealing 23. No one else has ever been caught stealing 20 or more times and reached base less than 131 times. And while Dilone did do some pinch running , even if you add his 47 pinch runs to his times on base, he is still one less than Mike Edwards ('78), the #2 man on the list.
On the flip side, during that season Dilone also stole 50 bases, making him the player with the fewest times on base and 50 or more SB. Here however, we can not ignore the pinch runs. Otis Nixon (1990), the number 2 man on this list, who reached base only 3 times more than Dilone, pinch ran 21 times less.
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23rd February 2009
Here are the longest hitting streaks (consecutive games with at least 1 hit) in 2008:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ian Kinsler 2008-06-17 2008-07-13 25 106 25 45 15 2 4 16 13 17 6 0 .425 .508 .717 1.225 TEX
Garret Anderson 2008-07-23 2008-08-20 23 96 12 35 7 0 4 21 11 4 0 1 .365 .390 .563 .953 LAA
Michael Young 2008-05-14 2008-06-10 23 109 27 37 7 1 3 13 19 5 2 0 .339 .368 .505 .873 TEX
Kelly Johnson 2008-09-01 2008-09-24 22 87 17 35 9 3 3 18 14 5 1 2 .402 .435 .678 1.113 ATL
I thought maybe that if we limited it to just home games, there might be a longer streak, perhaps by a Red Sox player, but no:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Akinori Iwamura 2008-06-22 2008-08-19 21 83 14 28 6 2 0 8 13 11 1 2 .337 .421 .458 .879 TBR
Edgar Renteria 2008-06-11 2008-08-15 21 78 14 32 6 0 1 8 9 8 1 0 .410 .465 .526 .991 DET
Ichiro Suzuki 2008-04-14 2008-05-27 20 75 18 27 7 1 1 7 5 9 13 1 .360 .442 .520 .962 SEA
Garrett Atkins 2008-07-06 2008-08-24 19 77 13 26 8 0 1 15 7 7 1 0 .338 .388 .481 .869 COL
Well how about on the road?
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Dustin Pedroia 2008-05-31 2008-08-10 29 128 27 54 9 1 6 16 6 8 4 1 .422 .457 .648 1.105 BOS
Lance Berkman 2008-04-30 2008-06-19 23 87 18 38 7 0 7 17 10 12 2 0 .437 .505 .759 1.264 HOU
Ichiro Suzuki 2008-08-16 2008-09-21 22 97 11 34 4 1 1 5 8 6 5 0 .351 .394 .443 .837 SEA
Adrian Gonzalez 2008-04-11 2008-05-13 19 77 12 28 6 1 6 16 13 4 0 0 .364 .390 .701 1.091 SDP
So, laugh, a Red Sox player had the longest hit streak on the road. Go figure on that one. Also, Ichiro makes both lists--too bad he didn't have the streaks at the same time or he might have ripped off a 40-gamer.
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23rd February 2009
Recently, Andy looked at the unlikely players who hit 3 home runs in a game. I'd like to do the opposite and find the home run hitters who have never have hit 3 in one game. Since 1956, 35 players have 400 or more home runs. Three of those players (the ones on this list whose career home runs are all accounted for) never hit 3 in one game*:
Cnt Player **HR** From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
7 Rafael Palmeiro 569 1986 2005 21-40 2831 12046 10472 1663 3020 585 38 1835 1353 171 1348 87 15 119 231 97 40 .288 .371 .515 .886 *3D7/98 CHC-TEX-BAL
18 Gary Sheffield 499 1988 2008 19-39 2476 10635 8949 1592 2615 454 25 1633 1435 127 1125 133 9 109 225 251 103 .292 .394 .516 .910 957D/63 MIL-SDP-TOT-FLA-LAD-ATL-NYY-DET
19 Fred McGriff 493 1986 2004 22-40 2460 10174 8757 1349 2490 441 24 1550 1305 171 1882 39 2 71 226 72 38 .284 .377 .509 .886 *3D TOR-SDP-TOT-ATL-TBD-TOT-CHC-LAD-TBD
It is interesting that (before the streroid scandall) these players all sort of had the same reputation; players who no one thought of as Hall-of-Famers that all of a sudden had career numbers to warrant a discussion.
* Note: Mickey Mantle hit 415 home runs from 1956 until the end of his career without a three home run game. However, according to this list, Mantle had a 3 home run game on May 13, 1955.
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22nd February 2009
Here are the players (1956--2008) with at least 5 games in their career of at least 5 hits. The list surprised me a bit.
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Pete Rose 10 Ind. Games
Tony Gwynn 9 Ind. Games
Dave Winfield 7 Ind. Games
Ichiro Suzuki 7 Ind. Games
Paul Molitor 7 Ind. Games
Johnny Damon 7 Ind. Games
Roberto Clemente 7 Ind. Games
Rod Carew 7 Ind. Games
Kirby Puckett 6 Ind. Games
Lou Brock 6 Ind. Games
Luis Aparicio 6 Ind. Games
Maury Wills 5 Ind. Games
Bernie Williams 5 Ind. Games
Alfonso Soriano 5 Ind. Games
Rafael Palmeiro 5 Ind. Games
Jorge Orta 5 Ind. Games
Willie Mays 5 Ind. Games
Kenny Lofton 5 Ind. Games
Curt Flood 5 Ind. Games
Andre Dawson 5 Ind. Games
Orlando Cepeda 5 Ind. Games
George Brett 5 Ind. Games
In addition to some great and really good players we also have some good players who didn't walk much.
As difficult as 5 in a career seem, Ichiro and Gwynn both pulled off 4 in a season and Dave Winfield had 3 in June of '84. (Don Mattingly also had 2 such games that month giving the Yankees 5 in one month. They went 2-3 in those games)
On the opposite end of the spectrum, of the 47 players who have 2500 or more hits since 1956, only Barry Bonds and Louis Gonzalez have never had a 5 hit game.
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22nd February 2009
Here's a silly and hopefully fun list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - since "Day One" of the D.H. (1973) how many players have qualified for the batting title (502+ PA), hit zero homeruns that season and yet had a Slugging Percentage over .400? The answer? Just one:
Cnt Player SLG HR PA Year Age
+----+-----------------+-----+--+---+----+---+
1 Miguel Dilone .432 0 566 1980 25
2 Lance Johnson .396 0 579 1993 29
3 Ozzie Smith .383 0 706 1987 32
4 Greg Gross .377 0 676 1974 21
5 Dave Cash .375 0 709 1977 29
6 Willie Randolph .374 0 512 1991 36
7 Harold Reynolds .369 0 677 1989 28
8 Luis Castillo .366 0 563 1999 23
9 Greg Gross .364 0 558 1975 22
10 Juan Pierre .353 0 729 2007 29
11 Frank Taveras .353 0 702 1978 28
12 Omar Vizquel .352 0 527 1992 25
For all his "work" that season, Dilone (the Charlie Hustle of Winter Ball) finished 22nd in the MVP voting. But, in terms of the "Baseball After The Introduction of the D.H." era, he just may have a record that will never be broken.
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