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Verklempt In A Hurry
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder, since 1954, RP with the most career "L" games where they faced just one batter in the game:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Mike Myers 7 Ind. Games Steve Kline 6 Ind. Games Dave Rucker 5 Ind. Games Ray King 4 Ind. Games Norm Charlton 4 Ind. Games Gary Wayne 3 Ind. Games Greg Swindell 3 Ind. Games Scott Schoeneweis 3 Ind. Games Ricardo Rincon 3 Ind. Games Dennis Powell 3 Ind. Games Dan Plesac 3 Ind. Games Bob McClure 3 Ind. Games Sparky Lyle 3 Ind. Games Graeme Lloyd 3 Ind. Games Dennis Kinney 3 Ind. Games Mike Jackson 3 Ind. Games Mike Holtz 3 Ind. Games Mark Guthrie 3 Ind. Games Rich Gossage 3 Ind. Games Tony Fossas 3 Ind. Games Eddie Fisher 3 Ind. Games John Candelaria 3 Ind. Games Jim Brewer 3 Ind. Games Tom Bolton 3 Ind. Games
Mike Myers has 24 career losses - and in 7 of them he faced only one batter. Then again, Myers pitched in 314 games in the big leagues where he faced only one batter in the contest.
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Productive Gardening
On Friday night Brett Gardner of the Yankees went 5 for 6 with a triple and a home run. It was the third game this year in which Gardner has both homered and tripled (thanks to Peter Abraham for opening my eyes to this). His third such game occurred in the Yankees' 73rd game of the season and the 106th game of Gardner's career.
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Most 10+ K games
Tim Lincecum struck out only 8 batters last night, but check out where he ranks among 10+ strikeout games among the first 74 career cames for pitchers (since 1954):
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Dwight Gooden 27 Ind. Games Herb Score 22 Ind. Games Kerry Wood 18 Ind. Games Mark Prior 16 Ind. Games Hideo Nomo 16 Ind. Games Tim Lincecum 15 Ind. Games Oliver Perez 14 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 13 Ind. Games Bobby Witt 12 Ind. Games Nolan Ryan 11 Ind. Games Vida Blue 11 Ind. Games Bob Turley 10 Ind. Games Tom Phoebus 10 Ind. Games Randy Johnson 10 Ind. Games Cole Hamels 10 Ind. Games Dennis Eckersley 10 Ind. Games Al Downing 10 Ind. Games
In case you're wondering, 74 happens to be the number of games Lincecum has appeared in so far in his major-league career.
If we change it to most games with 8+ strikeouts, look who rises to number 1:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Tim Lincecum 39 Ind. Games Dwight Gooden 38 Ind. Games Kerry Wood 36 Ind. Games Herb Score 36 Ind. Games Mark Prior 35 Ind. Games Hideo Nomo 33 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 28 Ind. Games Frank Tanana 26 Ind. Games Oliver Perez 24 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 24 Ind. Games Vida Blue 24 Ind. Games Bobby Witt 23 Ind. Games Cole Hamels 23 Ind. Games Roy Oswalt 22 Ind. Games Jose DeLeon 22 Ind. Games Bert Blyleven 21 Ind. Games Greg Swindell 20 Ind. Games Ramon Martinez 20 Ind. Games Scott Kazmir 20 Ind. Games Al Downing 20 Ind. Games Dave Boswell 20 Ind. Games Bob Turley 19 Ind. Games A.J. Burnett 19 Ind. Games
Bet you didn't see that coming, eh?
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When did the all-time Saves leaders get their first RBI?
I thought it would be fun to see when each of the top 10 pitchers in career saves got their first RBI as batters. Mariano Rivera got his in the same game as his 500th career save.
Here are the saves leaders through Monday morning:
Cnt Player **SV** From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+ 1 Trevor Hoffman 571 1993 2009 25-41 953 0 0 0 794 57 67 .460 1010.2 779 341 310 279 1074 2.76 146 90 4062 54 8 0 47 TOT-SDP-MIL 2 Mariano Rivera 500 1995 2009 25-39 881 10 0 0 740 69 51 .575 1054.1 828 292 270 247 973 2.30 197 58 4218 31 37 3 11 NYY 3 Lee Smith 478 1980 1997 22-39 1022 6 0 0 802 71 92 .436 1289.1 1133 475 434 486 1251 3.03 131 89 5387 100 10 4 47 CHC-BOS-TOT-STL-BAL-CAL-TOT-MON 4 John Franco 424 1984 2005 23-44 1119 0 0 0 774 90 87 .508 1245.2 1166 466 400 495 975 2.89 137 81 5312 78 22 9 54 CIN-NYM-HOU 5 Dennis Eckersley 390 1975 1998 20-43 1071 361 100 20 577 197 171 .535 3285.2 3076 1382 1278 738 2401 3.50 116 347 13534 91 75 16 28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 6 Billy Wagner 385 1995 2008 23-36 765 0 0 0 637 39 37 .513 818 555 243 218 270 1066 2.40 180 76 3269 23 29 1 40 HOU-PHI-NYM 7 Jeff Reardon 367 1979 1994 23-38 880 0 0 0 695 73 77 .487 1132.1 1000 426 397 358 877 3.16 121 109 4720 65 27 4 20 NYM-TOT-MON-MIN-BOS-CIN-NYY 8 Troy Percival 358 1995 2009 25-39 703 1 0 0 546 35 43 .449 708.2 479 271 250 306 781 3.17 146 85 2915 25 27 2 32 CAL-ANA-DET-STL-TBR 9 Randy Myers 347 1985 1998 22-35 728 12 1 0 548 44 63 .411 884.2 758 338 314 396 884 3.19 122 69 3744 43 12 2 32 NYM-CIN-SDP-CHC-BAL-TOT 10 Rollie Fingers 341 1968 1985 21-38 944 37 4 2 709 114 118 .491 1701.1 1474 615 549 492 1299 2.90 119 123 6942 109 39 7 40 OAK-SDP-MIL
Trevor Hoffman's first RBI came in this game in 1995, and is typical of what I'd expect to see for closers. He came in during extra innings and stayed in the game to bat after throwing 19 pitches in the bottom of the 9th. In the top of the 10th, Hoffman his a 2-run double as part of a 9-run rally. Hoffman pitched the bottom of the 10th, allowing a solor homer to Charlie Hayes but earning the win.
Mariano Rivera got his first RBI on Sunday night, drawing a bases-loaded walk off Francisco Rodriguez. This is particularly surprising given that Mark Teixeira was batting after Rivera. You'd think K-Rod would have gone after Mariano.
Lee Smith's first RBI came in this 1982 game where he was the starting pitcher. He hit a solo homer off Phil Niekro in the top of the 2nd.
John Franco's only career RBI came in 1985, in a very similar situation to that of Trevor Hoffman. He pitched the bottom of the 10th, hit a bases-loaded single to score 1 run as part of a 7-run rally in the top of the 11th, then retired the Braves in the bottom of the inning. 1 win and 1 RBI.
Dennis Eckersley's first RBI came in 1984 when he joined the National League. He hit a run-scoring single as the starting pitcher. Later in 1986, he had 10 RBI in one season!
Billy Wagner's only career RBI to date came in 2003, again in similar fashion to Hoffman and Franco. He finished off the 8th, was part of a 4-run rally in the 9th (getting his RBI on a bases-loaded walk like Rivera) and finished up the 9th. The only difference here was that the Astros were already leading when Wagner came in so he earned a save, not a win.
Jeff Reardon's first RBI came in the same circumstance as Wagner's in this 1982 game. He came in to pitch the 8th inning with the Expos already leading, hit an RBI double during a 2-run 9th inning, then pitched the 9th. As the Expos were already ahead 9-3 when Reardon came in, he didn't get a save or a win.
Troy Percival has never had an RBI! He's had only 5 career plate appearances, 4 of them coming during his lone year in the NL and all of them resulting in strikeouts. He did have a runner on first 3 times.
Randy Myers spelled David Cone with one out in the 8th inning of this 1988 game and then batted in the 9th, doubling in a run. He then retired the side in the 9th for a save.
Rollie Fingers pitched much earlier than rest of these guys and consequently had a fair number of plate appearances even when pitching as a reliever (since, back in those days, even closers often pitched 2 or 3 innings routinely.) But it was a the starting pitcher in this 1970 game that Fingers got his first RBI, coming on a solo homer in the 9th off John Gelnar that padded the score to 4-1. Fingers notched the complete-game victory.
Well that was a fun little exercise. Totally meaningless, but fun!
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Mariano Rivera – saves more than 1 inning
Mariano Rivera recorded his 500th career save last night so this week I'm going to look a bit at his achievement in historical perspective. Don't worry Yankee haters--these posts will not be focused on how wonderful the Yankees (and Rivera) are.
Anyway, last night was also Rivera's 110th career save of more than 1 inning. Here are the career leaders in such saves:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Rollie Fingers 201 Ind. Games Rich Gossage 193 Ind. Games Bruce Sutter 188 Ind. Games Lee Smith 169 Ind. Games Dan Quisenberry 160 Ind. Games Jeff Reardon 152 Ind. Games Sparky Lyle 134 Ind. Games Mike Marshall 127 Ind. Games Gene Garber 127 Ind. Games Hoyt Wilhelm 125 Ind. Games Mariano Rivera 109 Ind. Games Dave Righetti 108 Ind. Games Ron Perranoski 107 Ind. Games Doug Jones 106 Ind. Games Dennis Eckersley 106 Ind. Games Steve Bedrosian 105 Ind. Games Tug McGraw 104 Ind. Games Stu Miller 102 Ind. Games Kent Tekulve 100 Ind. Games
(The database hasn't updated yet today which is why it shows Rivera with 109 such saves.)
It's interesting that Trevor Hoffman, despite having more saves than Rivera, doesn't make this list. This probably has a lot to do with how each player was managed and used and also perhaps the strength of the bullpens of each team. Turns out that Hoffman, despite having 571 career saves, has only 55 saves of more than 1 inning. The last came in 2004 and he has only 3 such saves since 2001. So I guess he really does not get used in such situations very much.
Notice that neither guy is anywhere close to the record for >1 IP saves, thanks in part to the way the game is played. It used to be quite commonplace for a closer like Gossage to pitch the final 2 or 3 innings of a game.
In fact, here's a quick look at the fraction of saves that were greater than 1 inning each year. Here are saves of more than 1 inning, summed by year. Here are saves of 1 inning or less. Using that data, here's a graph showing the fraction of saves each year that are more than 1 IP:
(click on graph for a larger version)
This graph should be called "The LaRussa/Eckersley effect" since that first big drop from about 60% to about 50% occurred in 1988 when LaRussa adopted the model of bringing Eck in for just the 9th inning, and baseball has never looked back. Except for a flew blips about 10 years ago, the percentage of >1 IP saves has been steadily diminishing. Last year was an all-time low of 10.5% and this year has seen just 8.4% of saves going 4 outs or more.
Rivera is certainly a rare bird these days. Since 2005, he leads all of baseball in >1 IP saves and it looks like Papelbon will take over that torch once Rivera retires.
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Four-hit games
Here are the leaders in four-hit games since 1954:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Pete Rose 73 Ind. Games Paul Molitor 62 Ind. Games Wade Boggs 62 Ind. Games George Brett 61 Ind. Games Rod Carew 58 Ind. Games Hank Aaron 49 Ind. Games Kirby Puckett 47 Ind. Games Roberto Clemente 47 Ind. Games Willie Mays 46 Ind. Games Tony Gwynn 45 Ind. Games Al Oliver 44 Ind. Games Willie Davis 43 Ind. Games Ivan Rodriguez 42 Ind. Games Maury Wills 41 Ind. Games Lou Brock 41 Ind. Games Dante Bichette 41 Ind. Games Carl Yastrzemski 40 Ind. Games Ichiro Suzuki 40 Ind. Games Luis Aparicio 40 Ind. Games Eddie Murray 39 Ind. Games
Ichiro registered his 40th such game last night to pull into a tie for 17th place. I found the 1 other active player on here, I-rod, a bit of a surprise.
If you're curious, the next active players on the list are A-rod with 37 games, Johnny Damon with 34, Todd Helton with 33, and Derek Jeter with 32.
Going back to the list above, it's interesting to compare the total number of 4-hit games to the total number of games each guy played.
I went ahead and calculated the percentage of a player's total games that ended up as 4-hit games, and ranked them by highest percentage:
Ichiro Suzuki 3.0%
Kirby Puckett 2.6%
Wade Boggs 2.5%
Dante Bichette 2.4%
Rod Carew 2.3%
Paul Molitor 2.3%
George Brett 2.3%
Maury Wills 2.1%
Pete Rose 2.0%
Roberto Clemente 1.9%
Al Oliver 1.9%
Tony Gwynn 1.8%
Ivan Rodriguez 1.8%
Willie Davis 1.8%
Lou Brock 1.6%
Luis Aparicio 1.5%
Willie Mays 1.5%
Hank Aaron 1.5%
Eddie Murray 1.3%
Carl Yastrzemski 1.2%
There are a lot of neat (if rather obvious) conclusions here:
- Ichiro is AWESOME.
- More recent players do better because with more offense, the number of PAs per game has gone up and therefore the ease of getting 4 hits in any particular game has also gone up
- Guys like Yaz, Aaron, and Eddie Murray make this top 20 list because they were good but also because they played in a lot of games
- Pete Rose, despite being way in the lead for games played compared to most of these guys still makes the middle of the pack, telling us that he was pretty damn good too.
- This stat also favors leadoff hitters since they get a higher number of PAs per game on average than anybody else.
- Just think for a moment about the difference between Ichiro's 3.0% and Yaz's 1.2%. Both of these guys make the top 20 for most 4-hit games since 1954 but Ichiro has done it almost 3 times as often as Yaz did it. (Of course, that's not totally fair to Yaz since Ichiro's rate is likely to slow down over the remainder of his career.)
It's amazing what you can learn when you dig just one level deeper into some of these numbers.
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Venezuelan Hits Leaders
Mlb.com is reporting that with his first inning single tonight, Omar Visquel passed Luis Aparicio as the alltime hits leader among players born in Venezuela. These were the leaders before tonight's game:
Cnt Player **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 Birthplace +----+-----------------+--------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+---------------+ 1 Omar Vizquel 2677 1989 2009 22-42 2707 11153 9811 1370 430 73 77 899 968 25 986 47 241 86 192 389 156 .273 .338 .355 .693 *6/549 SEA-CLE-SFG-TEX Caracas, Venezuela 2 Luis Aparicio 2677 1956 1973 22-39 2601 11230 10230 1335 394 92 83 791 736 22 742 27 161 76 184 506 136 .262 .311 .343 .654 *6 BAL-CHW-BOS Maracaibo, Venezuela 3 Andres Galarraga 2333 1985 2004 24-43 2257 8916 8096 1195 444 32 399 1425 583 106 2003 178 1 58 179 128 81 .288 .347 .499 .846 *3/D5 MON-STL-COL-ATL-TOT-MON-SFG-ANA Caracas, Venezuela 4 Dave Concepcion 2326 1970 1988 22-40 2488 9640 8723 993 389 48 101 950 736 93 1186 21 74 86 266 321 109 .267 .322 .357 .679 *645/381 CIN Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela 5 Bobby Abreu 2016 1996 2009 22-35 1863 8026 6725 1205 468 55 245 1124 1199 101 1448 29 6 67 124 334 105 .300 .404 .495 .899 *9/78D HOU-PHI-TOT-NYY-LAA Maracay, Venezuela 6 Magglio Ordonez 1891 1997 2009 23-35 1600 6751 6083 961 384 18 270 1117 563 34 742 44 3 58 210 90 48 .311 .370 .513 .883 *9/D8 CHW-DET Caracas, Venezuela 7 Ozzie Guillen 1764 1985 2000 21-36 1993 7133 6686 773 275 69 28 619 239 25 511 7 141 60 114 169 108 .264 .287 .338 .625 *6/5347 CHW-TOT-ATL-TBD Ocumare Del Tuy, Venezuela 8 Manny Trillo 1562 1973 1989 22-38 1780 6573 5950 598 239 33 61 571 452 35 742 34 88 49 143 56 57 .263 .316 .345 .661 *45/36 OAK-CHC-PHI-TOT-SFG-CHC-CIN Caripito, Venezuela 9 Cesar Tovar 1546 1965 1976 24-35 1488 6177 5569 834 253 55 46 435 413 23 410 88 73 34 58 226 108 .278 .335 .368 .703 87549/D6321 MIN-PHI-TEX-TOT Caracas, Venezuela 10 Edgardo Alfonzo 1532 1995 2006 21-32 1506 6108 5385 777 282 18 146 744 596 22 617 41 31 55 110 53 17 .284 .357 .425 .782 *54/6D3 NYM-SFG-TOT Santa Teresa, Venezuela
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Hits in the All-Star game
Hey did you know that the PI has an All-Star Game Event Finder? Check it out. Here's the summary page for all hits in All-Star game history. Willie Mays leads the way with 23 hits, followed by Stan Musial with 20. These guys are way in the lead and are unlikely to ever be caught.
How about the 30 hits to lead off an All-Star game? Mays leads there too, with 4. The only active player with as many as 2 is Ichiro, and I'd say he's got a shot of tying Mays.
Here are the 8 hits to end an All-Star game:
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1941-07-08 Ted Williams BOS AL Claude Passeau down 4-5 HR b 9 1-3 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gordon Scores; DiMaggio Scores 2 1 1955-07-12 Stan Musial STL NL Frank Sullivan tied 5-5 HR b12 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run 3 1 1961-07-11 Roberto Clemente PIT NL Hoyt Wilhelm tied 4-4 1B b10 12- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Mays Scores; Robinson to 2B 4 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Callison PHI NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 HR b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Flood Scores; Edwards Scores 5 1 1966-07-12 Maury Wills LAD NL Pete Richert tied 1-1 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; McCarver Scores 6 1 1970-07-14 Jim Hickman CHC NL Clyde Wright tied 4-4 1B b12 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF; Rose Scores; Grabarkewitz to 2B 7 1 1972-07-25 Joe Morgan CIN NL Dave McNally tied 3-3 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single; Colbert Scores 8 1 1994-07-12 Moises Alou MON NL Jason Bere tied 7-7 2B b10 1-- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Gwynn Scores
They were all victories, which isn't always the case. (For example, sometimes a guy gets a hit and a runner is thrown out at the plate to end the game.)
Just out of curiosity, here are the 24 intentional walks in All-Star game history:
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1934-07-10 Charlie Gehringer DET AL Van Mungo ahead 6-4 t 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 2 1 1939-07-11 Ival Goodman CIN NL Red Ruffing ahead 1-0 t 3 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 3 2 George Selkirk NYY AL Bill Lee ahead 3-1 b 6 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 4 1 1946-07-09 Stan Spence WSH AL Kirby Higbe ahead 3-0 b 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 5 1 1949-07-12 Roy Campanella BRO NL Lou Brissie down 5-6 b 5 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 6 1 1950-07-11 Stan Musial STL NL Allie Reynolds tied 3-3 t11 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 7 1 1952-07-08 Granny Hamner PHI NL Bob Lemon ahead 3-2 b 4 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 8 1 1958-07-08 Bob Cerv KCA AL Bob Friend tied 3-3 b 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 9 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Edwards CIN NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 b 9 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 10 1 1966-07-12 Willie McCovey SFG NL Mel Stottlemyre tied 1-1 b 6 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 11 1 1970-07-14 Willie Horton DET AL Claude Osteen tied 4-4 t12 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 12 1 1978-07-11 George Foster CIN NL Jim Kern tied 3-3 b 7 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 13 1 1979-07-17 Roy Smalley MIN AL Joe Sambito ahead 6-5 b 6 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 14 2 Reggie Jackson NYY AL Bruce Sutter tied 6-6 b 8 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 15 3 Dave Parker PIT NL Jim Kern tied 6-6 t 9 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 16 1 1983-07-06 Rod Carew CAL AL Mario Soto tied 1-1 b 2 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 17 2 Robin Yount MIL AL Atlee Hammaker ahead 5-1 b 3 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 18 1 1985-07-16 Tim Wallach MON NL Willie Hernandez ahead 6-1 t 9 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 19 1 1990-07-10 Wade Boggs BOS AL Ramon Martinez tied 0-0 t 3 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 20 2 Ken Griffey SEA AL Dave Smith tied 0-0 t 6 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk 21 1 1991-07-09 Rafael Palmeiro TEX AL Rob Dibble ahead 3-2 b 7 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk 22 1 2008-07-15 Carlos Guillen AL Aaron Cook tied 3-3 b10 1-3 0 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk; Quentin to 2B 23 2 Miguel Tejada NL Joakim Soria tied 3-3 t12 -23 1 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk 24 3 Justin Morneau AL Aaron Cook tied 3-3 b12 --3 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Finally, this is a long list, but here is the last plate appearance of each game. I call your attention to #73 in particular.
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1933-07-06 Tony Cuccinello BRO NL Lefty Grove down 2-4 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 2 1 1934-07-10 Chuck Klein CHC NL Mel Harder down 7-9 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P 3 1 1935-07-08 Jo-Jo Moore NYG NL Mel Harder down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 4 1 1936-07-07 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Lon Warneke down 3-4 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B 5 1 1937-07-07 Frank Demaree CHC NL Mel Harder down 3-8 Out t 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 6 1 1938-07-06 Bob Johnson PHA AL Mace Brown down 1-4 SO t 9 --3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 7 1 1939-07-11 Stan Hack CHC NL Bob Feller down 1-3 SO t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking 8 1 1940-07-09 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Carl Hubbell down 0-4 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 9 1 1941-07-08 Ted Williams BOS AL Claude Passeau down 4-5 HR b 9 1-3 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gordon Scores; DiMaggio Scores 10 1 1942-07-06 Ernie Lombardi BSN NL Al Benton down 1-3 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 11 1 1943-07-13 Billy Herman BRO NL Tex Hughson down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 12 1 1944-07-11 Ken Keltner CLE AL Jim Tobin down 1-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B 13 1 1946-07-09 Emil Verban PHI NL Jack Kramer down 0-12 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C 14 1 1947-07-08 Schoolboy Rowe PHI NL Joe Page down 1-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 15 1 1948-07-13 Stan Musial STL NL Joe Coleman down 2-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 16 1 1949-07-12 Pee Wee Reese BRO NL Vic Raschi down 7-11 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B 17 1 1950-07-11 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Ewell Blackwell down 3-4 Out b14 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B 18 1 1951-07-10 George Kell DET AL Ewell Blackwell down 3-8 SO b 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 19 1 1952-07-08 Stan Musial STL NL Bobby Shantz ahead 3-2 SO b 5 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking 20 1 1953-07-14 Yogi Berra NYY AL Murry Dickson down 1-5 Out t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B 21 1 1954-07-13 Randy Jackson CHC NL Virgil Trucks down 9-11 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C 22 1 1955-07-12 Stan Musial STL NL Frank Sullivan tied 5-5 HR b12 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run 23 1 1956-07-10 Harvey Kuenn DET AL Johnny Antonelli down 3-7 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-2B; Kuenn to 1B 24 1 1957-07-09 Gil Hodges BRO NL Bob Grim down 5-6 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: LF 25 1 1958-07-08 Del Crandall MLN NL Billy O'Dell down 3-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B 26 1 1959-07-07 Harvey Kuenn DET AL Don Elston down 4-5 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B 27 1 1959-08-03 Jim Gilliam LAD NL Cal McLish down 3-5 Out b 9 -23 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted 28 1 1960-07-11 Harvey Kuenn CLE AL Vern Law down 3-5 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF 29 1 1960-07-13 Roger Maris NYY AL Lindy McDaniel down 0-6 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted 30 1 1961-07-11 Roberto Clemente PIT NL Hoyt Wilhelm tied 4-4 1B b10 12- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Mays Scores; Robinson to 2B 31 1 1961-07-31 Roy Sievers CHW AL Stu Miller tied 1-1 SO b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 32 1 1962-07-10 Luis Aparicio CHW AL Bob Shaw down 1-3 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 33 1 1962-07-30 Frank Robinson CIN NL Milt Pappas down 4-9 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 34 1 1963-07-09 Bobby Richardson NYY AL Don Drysdale down 3-5 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B 35 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Callison PHI NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 HR b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Flood Scores; Edwards Scores 36 1 1965-07-13 Joe Pepitone NYY AL Bob Gibson down 5-6 SO b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 37 1 1966-07-12 Maury Wills LAD NL Pete Richert tied 1-1 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; McCarver Scores 38 1 1967-07-11 Ken Berry CHW AL Tom Seaver down 1-2 SO b15 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 39 1 1968-07-09 Carl Yastrzemski BOS AL Jerry Koosman down 0-1 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 40 1 1969-07-23 Carlos May CHW AL Phil Niekro down 3-9 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 41 1 1970-07-14 Jim Hickman CHC NL Clyde Wright tied 4-4 1B b12 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF; Rose Scores; Grabarkewitz to 2B 42 1 1971-07-13 Johnny Bench CIN NL Mickey Lolich down 4-6 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 3B 43 1 1972-07-25 Joe Morgan CIN NL Dave McNally tied 3-3 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single; Colbert Scores 44 1 1973-07-24 Willie Horton DET AL Jim Brewer down 1-7 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 45 1 1974-07-23 Bobby Grich BAL AL Mike Marshall down 2-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted 46 1 1975-07-15 Rod Carew MIN AL Randy Jones down 3-6 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 47 1 1976-07-13 Amos Otis KCR AL Ken Forsch down 1-7 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 48 1 1977-07-19 Thurman Munson NYY AL Rich Gossage down 5-7 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 49 1 1978-07-11 Darrell Porter KCR AL Phil Niekro down 3-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B 50 1 1979-07-17 Rick Burleson BOS AL Bruce Sutter down 6-7 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 51 1 1980-07-08 Lance Parrish DET AL Bruce Sutter down 2-4 SO t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 52 1 1981-08-09 Dave Winfield NYY AL Bruce Sutter down 4-5 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 53 1 1982-07-13 Buddy Bell TEX AL Tom Hume down 1-4 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 54 1 1983-07-06 Dickie Thon HOU NL Dan Quisenberry down 3-13 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 55 1 1984-07-10 Rickey Henderson OAK AL Rich Gossage down 1-3 SO t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking 56 1 1985-07-16 Rich Gedman BOS AL Rich Gossage down 1-6 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 57 1 1986-07-15 Chris Brown SFG NL Don Aase down 2-3 Out b 9 1-3 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B 58 1 1987-07-14 Dave Winfield NYY AL Sid Fernandez down 0-2 Out b13 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 59 1 1988-07-12 Lance Parrish PHI NL Dennis Eckersley down 1-2 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 60 1 1989-07-11 Tony Pena STL NL Doug Jones down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B 61 1 1990-07-10 Tim Wallach MON NL Dennis Eckersley down 0-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 1B 62 1 1991-07-09 Brett Butler LAD NL Dennis Eckersley down 2-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P-1B 63 1 1992-07-14 Norm Charlton CIN NL Dennis Eckersley down 6-13 SO b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 64 1 1993-07-13 Mike Piazza LAD NL Duane Ward down 3-9 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 65 1 1994-07-12 Moises Alou MON NL Jason Bere tied 7-7 2B b10 1-- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Gwynn Scores 66 1 1995-07-11 Mike Stanley NYY AL Randy Myers down 2-3 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF 67 1 1996-07-09 Dan Wilson SEA AL Al Leiter down 0-6 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 68 1 1997-07-08 Moises Alou FLA NL Mariano Rivera down 1-3 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: 2B 69 1 1998-07-07 Moises Alou HOU NL Troy Percival down 8-13 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 70 1 1999-07-13 Jeff Kent SFG NL John Wetteland down 1-4 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B 71 1 2000-07-11 Edgar Renteria STL NL Mariano Rivera down 3-6 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 72 1 2001-07-10 Cliff Floyd FLA NL Kazuhiro Sasaki down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P 73 1 2002-07-09 Benito Santiago SFG NL Freddy Garcia tied 7-7 SO b11 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking 74 1 2003-07-15 Rafael Furcal ATL NL Keith Foulke down 6-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 75 1 2004-07-13 Jim Thome PHI NL Mariano Rivera down 4-9 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: SS 76 1 2005-07-12 Morgan Ensberg HOU NL Mariano Rivera down 5-7 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 77 1 2006-07-11 Carlos Lee MIL NL Mariano Rivera down 2-3 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B 78 1 2007-07-10 Aaron Rowand PHI NL Francisco Rodrig down 4-5 Out b 9 123 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 79 1 2008-07-15 Michael Young AL Brad Lidge tied 3-3 Out b15 123 1 0-0 1 1 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Morneau Scores
They all ended the game, but #73 is the only one where the game was tied and no runs scored. This is because that game was the infamous tie All-Star game.
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Team Splits: Bug Fix
2008 Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Splits - Baseball-Reference.com
Fixed a couple of bugs in the team splits. Tooltips for team splits do not show up for splits we don't keep for players, e.g., "May, GS". They would always be blank.
Second, I fixed the bug that was causing the tooltip for the pitching stats output (e.g., the second output for home/road stats) to fail.
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Search: “The A Rod”
Search Engine Features and Capabilities - Baseball-Reference.com
I just added a mod to the search box on the site. With the addition of all of the minor league pages, getting to someone like Alex Rodriguez's page via a search "A Rod" returns like 50 people. Now, if you type in "the A Rod" it looks through our db and returns the most popular major league player who matches the search "A Rod". Adding "the " to the front of any player search will send you to the most popular player matching that search. This isn't quite perfect. For example, for strings like "the b l" you won't get whoever is the most popular player with B.L. initials. You'll get Bonds due to "b l" matching "Barry Lamar". Still I think this will cut down on the number of clicks people will have to make.
There are lots of good tips on the linked page above that shows all of the things our search box can do.
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