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Archive for October, 2009
Driving ‘em In; Keeping ‘em Out
Today, Chris Carpenter drove in 6 runs while allowing none.
Here are all the previous pitchers since 1954 with 6 or more RBI in a single game:
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 Tony Cloninger 1966-07-03 ATL @SFG W 17-3 5 5 2 3 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 2 Robert Person 2002-06-02 PHI MON W 18-3 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 3 Micah Owings 2007-08-18 ARI @ATL W 12-6 5 5 4 4 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 4 Blue Moon Odom 1969-05-04(2) OAK SEP W 11-7 3 3 1 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 5 Dave Giusti 1966-08-21 HOU CIN W 11-0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 6 Babe Birrer 1955-07-19 DET BAL W 12-4 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
Birrer was the only pitcher since '54 to do it in relief.
Carpenter is just the 5th pitcher since 1954 to drive in 6 more runs than he allowed. No one has done better:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt **RBI** Runs Allowed Net +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-------+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Tony Cloninger 1966-07-03 ATL @SFG W 17-3 9 3 6 2 Robert Person 2002-06-02 PHI MON W 18-3 7 1 (unearned) 6 3 Dave Giusti 1966-08-21 HOU CIN W 11-0 6 0 6 4 Babe Birrer 1955-07-19 DET BAL W 12-4 6 0 6
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Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
The Phillies have hit a whopping 11 grand slams this year.
There are a couple of ways to find this data but the easiest is to go the the major league batting splits for 2009.
Here's a shared table from there for batting with the bases loaded.
| Rk | G | PA | HR ▾ | RBI | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHI | 85 | 190 | 11 | 133 | 17 | .245 | .305 | .491 | .796 |
| 2 | WSN | 86 | 192 | 7 | 122 | 21 | .244 | .323 | .406 | .729 |
| 3 | STL | 78 | 170 | 7 | 108 | 13 | .248 | .312 | .448 | .760 |
| 4 | CHW | 69 | 141 | 7 | 107 | 9 | .314 | .340 | .562 | .902 |
| 5 | DET | 76 | 139 | 7 | 121 | 11 | .357 | .370 | .625 | .995 |
| 6 | FLA | 84 | 188 | 6 | 123 | 15 | .241 | .298 | .395 | .693 |
| 7 | LAD | 92 | 178 | 6 | 129 | 15 | .279 | .315 | .490 | .804 |
| 8 | CLE | 84 | 170 | 5 | 114 | 12 | .271 | .306 | .436 | .742 |
| 9 | CHC | 84 | 218 | 5 | 140 | 20 | .282 | .339 | .459 | .798 |
| 10 | BAL | 74 | 167 | 5 | 117 | 17 | .301 | .359 | .466 | .825 |
| 11 | TBR | 86 | 178 | 5 | 130 | 13 | .295 | .337 | .503 | .840 |
| 12 | COL | 74 | 139 | 5 | 117 | 13 | .319 | .374 | .540 | .914 |
| 13 | MIN | 87 | 159 | 5 | 134 | 14 | .351 | .390 | .542 | .932 |
| 14 | NYM | 75 | 159 | 4 | 88 | 8 | .221 | .252 | .350 | .602 |
| 15 | SFG | 67 | 144 | 4 | 103 | 11 | .273 | .306 | .479 | .785 |
| 16 | MIL | 90 | 203 | 4 | 151 | 18 | .313 | .350 | .458 | .808 |
| 17 | OAK | 80 | 168 | 4 | 139 | 14 | .316 | .357 | .541 | .898 |
| 18 | ARI | 77 | 149 | 3 | 86 | 13 | .223 | .289 | .369 | .658 |
| 19 | TOR | 80 | 167 | 3 | 106 | 9 | .275 | .299 | .394 | .694 |
| 20 | TEX | 67 | 142 | 3 | 91 | 4 | .291 | .296 | .417 | .713 |
| 21 | KCR | 75 | 132 | 2 | 68 | 8 | .191 | .227 | .278 | .506 |
| 22 | NYY | 90 | 192 | 2 | 126 | 11 | .268 | .292 | .363 | .655 |
| 23 | PIT | 63 | 139 | 2 | 87 | 11 | .267 | .324 | .362 | .686 |
| 24 | HOU | 63 | 110 | 2 | 72 | 6 | .290 | .309 | .419 | .728 |
| 25 | SEA | 58 | 123 | 2 | 82 | 7 | .324 | .336 | .490 | .826 |
| 26 | SDP | 87 | 194 | 1 | 105 | 16 | .245 | .304 | .294 | .599 |
| 27 | CIN | 68 | 136 | 1 | 78 | 6 | .267 | .294 | .342 | .636 |
| 28 | BOS | 88 | 220 | 1 | 137 | 17 | .279 | .327 | .369 | .696 |
| 29 | ATL | 85 | 173 | 0 | 105 | 17 | .303 | .347 | .359 | .706 |
| 30 | LAA | 77 | 148 | 0 | 103 | 13 | .306 | .338 | .405 | .743 |
| TOT | 2349 | 4928 | 119 | 3322 | 379 | .278 | .321 | .432 | .753 |
Pretty big discrepancy there, with the Phillies whacking 11 grannies and the Braves and Angels both coming up empty.
For comparison, last year the White Sox hit 12 grand slams. In 2007, four teams tied for the lead with 8. In 2006 the leader was the Indians with 14.
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