http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:31:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I found myself wondering "What's the high mark for most pitchers used by a team in a 9-inning  (or less) game where the team was not throwing a ton of pitches?"  Basically, I was looking for games where a manager was running pitchers in and out of a contest faster ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1932 Manny Ramirez 2009 Batting Gamelogs - Baseball-Reference.com For now this is just for 2009. I've added a note to the Gtm column (Team Game number), that shows cases where the batter missed a series of team games. This is a little funky for pitchers, but for batters it shows ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1930 Loyal reader and all-around genius Brian asked me to post about GIDPs over the last 10 years. Let's start with the top 20 (actually 21) totals for grounded-into-double-plays over the last 10 seasons: Cnt Player **GDP** From To ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1927 Let me start by saying that I like Joe Mauer as much as the next guy. He's the best-hitting catcher in the game and might be the best hitter (period) in the game. Right now, Mauer's hitting .388 and there's tons of excitement that he might hit .400 for the year. ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1924 In tonight's game against the Twins,  AJ Burnett  threw 3 wild pitches in 1 game.  While this stat is not that uncommon, Burnett became the first pitcher since 1954 to do it 3  times in 1 season.  As for the career record, Burnett now has 4 such career games. Here ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1919 (sorry for the very late post today...internet problems.) Another indicator I like to look at to evaluate a team's performance is the innings pitched by starters vs. relievers. There are lots of reasons why any given team's starters might throw more of fewer innings. The two most common are: If the starters ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1917 Since 1954, there have been 20 pitchers to shut out the Red Sox at Fenway Park where the start was among the first 35 games of the player's career: Cnt CarGm Player Date ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1914 Most teams have played half their season now so it's a good time to predict playoff winners. I'm going to make a few posts over the next few days to show you some of the indicators I use to determine which teams have the best shot of making the playoffs. The best ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1910 In my post yesterday I discussed 2 games that involved 14 run first innings.  In the comments of that post, reader ImAShark noted that aside from those 2 there have been very few times when a team scored 14+ runs in any inning.  I didn't realize it at the time, ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1889 The Rangers Chris Davis is heading into the week before the All-Star break with 15 homers and an OBA of .256 (in 277 PA).  So, in the history of baseball, has anyone ever had a 30+ homerun season with an OBA less than .260?  Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1895