Thomas Michael Glavine

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 25, 1966 in Concord, MA
High School: Billerica HS (Billerica, MA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1987 (Age 21)   vs. HOU 3.2 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 5 BB, 6 ER, L
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1987-2008
Agents: Gregg Clifton, previously: Gregg Clifton [*]
Final Game: August 14, 2008 (Age 42)   vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother of Mike Glavine
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• 1/9 Blog Red Machine: And None Shall Pass: Shall pass the voting requirement, that is. At 2 PM ET today, Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson announced on MLB Network...
• 1/9 Splash Hit Blog: Hall of Fame: Who’s Next: With the addition of nobody to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown this year for Baseball’s Hall of Fame, we prepare for 2014,...
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• 1/9 The Captain's Blog: Hall of Fame or Shame? Breaking Down the 2013 Cooperstown Vote: For the first time since 1996 and eighth time in history, the Hall of Fame podium will be empty this July. Despite many strong...
• 1/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: It’s the Best Day of the Year: …because after the Hall of Fame ballot is announced today, we’re the longest possible time away from having to deal...
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• 12/12 The Baseball Haven: The Case For Dale Murphy: For those of us who grew up being able to watch the Chicago Cubs on WGN and the Atlanta Braves on TBS, an infatuation with good...
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• 12/5 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Hall of Fame Ballot Profile: David Wells: The 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been released to the Baseball Writers of America Association, and as expected, it has...

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• 3/30 i70baseball.com: The Bruce Chen All-StarsA fun look at the various superstar players that have shared a clubhouse with Bruce Chen over the years....
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• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Age takes no Halladay: Over the past 4 years, Roy Halladay leads the majors with 77 wins, a 160 ERA+ (min. 500 IP), 969 IP and 27.7 bWAR. With 188 career...
• 3/12 MLB Dirt: A Twitterview with Jack Leathersich: Twitter is an excellent tool to assist people in keeping up with friends, family, and others that they may not have an opportunity...
• 3/7 Phillies Nation: “Guys We Despise”: Missed the Cut: Over the next few weeks, we’ll be unveiling a list. After careful consideration by the lot of Phillies Nation writes, we’ve...

• 2/21 High Heat Stats: Normalized strikeout rates of the all-time greats: As strikeouts have become so much more frequent than they used to be, it’s useful to gain a little perspective on how the...
• 2/20 High Heat Stats: How likely was Sabathia’s leap?: If you’e reading this, you know what a star pitcher CC Sabathia is today. In each of the last 6 years, Sabathia has qualified...
• 2/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Wakefield Retires: Tim Wakefield, the 45 year-old knuckleballer, retired yesterday after 19 seasons, all but two of which he spent as...
• 2/7 Royally Speaking: The Mendoza Lines: In my last post I listed Luis Mendoza as a longshot to make the rotation, and I believe that's certainly true. His two late season...
• 2/4 High Heat Stats: 100 wins and still with his original team: Thanks to offseason transactions, Justin Verlander is now the only active 100-game winner who is still with his original team....

• 1/30 For Baseball Junkies: All-Decade Team: 2000's NL: Today, we're taking a look at our 2000's NL All-Decade team. Selecting this team will officially wrap up our All-Decade selections...
• 1/21 Phillies Nation: Prospect Nation 2012: #22 RHP David Buchanan: Righty hurler David Buchanan has proven himself as a guy on the fast track upward in the developmental ranks. The 22-year-old...
• 1/19 MetsToday.com: It’s Official: Mets Are Irrelevant: ESPN has released their Sunday Night Baseball Schedule for 2012 — and not one game features the Mets. Do you know why? Because...
• 1/13 Fire Brand of the American League: The Crowded Ballot: On Monday afternoon, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that former Cincinnati Reds shortstop, Barry Larkin, had been elected...
• 1/12 Mets360.com: Now or never for Mike Pelfrey: When the Mets tendered Mike Pelfrey a contract in December, the club went ahead and gave the soon-to-be 28 year old one last chance...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Boras Blast From The Past: Maddux Accepts Arbitration: Nearly three years have passed since I did an entry in the Boras Blast From The Past series, but Ryan Madson's surprising one-year,...
• 1/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Larkin gets the only call to the Hall this year: The question of who deserves to get voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame has always been a very debatable topic. There are arguments...
• 1/10 Fragile Freddy's: Hall of Fame Voting Reviewed: With the Hall elections complete I want to take a moment to look at the voting.  As always there is something of interest...
• 1/9 The Writer's Journey: I want to wish congratulations to Barry Larkin: I will be asleep when the announcement is made today whether anyone was selected by the BBWAA for the Hall of Fame. I want to...
• 1/5 District On Deck: Around the NL East: Chatting with Tomahawk Take, Part 2: Two days ago I shared a link over to Tomhawk Take, our Atlanta Braves partner site here at the FanSided Network. One of their...
• 1/3 NY Baseball Digest: Remembering Melvin Mora with the Mets: How often does a late season call-up make an impact on a team in the postseason? Some names that come up off the top of my head...

• 12/25 High Heat Stats: Most career PITCHING WAR by number of franchises played for: Earlier today, Andy took a look at the batting/fielding leaders in WAR categorized by number of franchises played for.  Here...
• 12/24 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #45-#50: Only Gibson has been elected to the Hall of Fame so far, though Glavine will no doubt be inducted also. Ron Guidry, New York Yankees...
• 12/19 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #31: This is an interesting one. Three guys are honored…one of them (Maddux) twice. Three teams are represented…one of...
• 12/7 WasWatching: Mark Buehrle, A Special Lefty: Mark Buehrle, Marlins agree to deal. In terms of age, throwing hand, and accomplishments, Buehrle is a special pitcher. See: From...
• 12/5 WasWatching: Santo Makes Hall, Kaat Missed By Two Votes: Here’s the story.  Guys to throw 4,000+ innings in the bigs since 1901: Rk Player ERA+ IP From To Age G GS W L SV BB SO...
• 12/2 i70baseball.com: P1ay1ng Wi7h Numb3r5Since 1964, only 5 men have held the career saves record for longer than one year....

• 11/26 Obstructed View: Some thoughts on the new CBA: Earlier this week MLB owners reached an agreement with the MLBPA on a new collective bargaining agreement. There was never any...
• 11/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Don’t Scoff at Bruce Chen: With certain pitchers the strike zone plots you see on BrooksBaseball.net indicate a profound lack of control because the points...
• 11/24 NY Baseball Digest: Oakland Moneyball Trio in Historical Context: When the movie Moneyball was released in September, the main gripe by the public was how Michael Lewis never addressed how that...
• 11/23 MetsToday.com: Now You’re Talking Turkey: Mets Transactions During Thanksgiving Week: In my household, the week before Thanksgiving has traditionally been one of preparation. Since we host the annual family gathering,...
• 11/18 High Heat Stats: Projecting C.J. Wilson in 2012: C.J. Wilson is one of the prized pitchers on the free-agent market, though some might call him a boobie prize.Let's take a guess...
• 11/9 WasWatching: 6+ Seasons Of W>2*L: As the title suggests, here’s the list - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Pedro Martinez 10 1994 2009 22-37 Ind. Seasons 2 Randy...
• 11/1 Mets360.com: A Mets Fan looks Back At The Cardinals’ Previous Title: Congratulations to the newest man of leisure, Tony LaRussa and his hearty band of Birds. The St. Louis Cardinals’ ascension...

• 10/29 NY Baseball Digest: Where Does the ’11 World Series Rank For You?: Ranking all-time World Series is an impossible task. How do I rank the ’75 Series between the Reds and Red Sox when I wasn’t...
• 10/26 Motor City Bengals: Drawing Conclusions from the Tigers’ Post-Season Run – Is Starting Pitching Over Rated?: Starting Pitching has long been the most valuable commodity in Major League Baseball.  Looking back on many of the great teams...
• 10/20 B-R Blog: Walking 6+ In Less Than 6 IP In Post-Season Game: C.J. Wilson walked 6 last night - in less than 6 IP of work. How often does this happen? Who else has walked 6+ batters in less...
• 10/14 Philly Phanatics: Phillies’ best team ever?: If I asked you which Phillies group got the most out of its talent, and whose whole was greater than the sum of its parts, which...
• 10/8 B-R Blog: Postseason 1-0 games: In a classic pitcher's duel, Chris Carpenter bested Roy Halladay in game 5, shutting out the Phils on 3 hits and 1 HBP. Only...
• 10/3 B-R Blog: Most Career Post-Season Starts With Game Score >70: Here are the starting pitchers with 5+ career post-season games with a Game Score greater than 70: Rk Player #Matching   W L...

• 9/28 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: Tom Glavine/Mike Piazza: 2004 LEAF CORNERSTONES TOM GLAVINE/MIKE PIAZZA This card is a tale of one city, and two players. It was the best of times, it...
• 9/20 Puckett's Pond: Should You Root for the Atlanta Braves?: As we make peace with the fact that the Twins are not in the playoffs, it’s time to find another team to root for. Previously,...
• 9/17 Johngy's Beat: Celeb Jersey Cards #70 Peyton Manning & Dan Marino: This is a regular series which combines my passion for trading cards with my interest in celebs. Baseball season is ending, but...
• 9/16 Phillies Nation: Dr. Strangeglove: On Mainlining Maalox: Now that the Phillies are officially in the playoffs, we can start discussing what might happen when they get there. I’m...
• 9/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Blunt Group Therapy For Red Sox And Brewers Fans: It won’t help, but I know what Red Sox and Brewers fans are going through. You’re counting the days and games; scouring...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: The long road back: September is a time of many debuts, but once in a while a graybeard slips in unnoticed among the hopeful young faces. And so...
• 9/9 Crashburn Alley: Best Rotation of All Time?: Back in February, in an article I wrote for ESPN, I pondered the historical possibilities for the 2011 Phillies starting rotation....
• 9/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Santana May Come Back As A “Crafty” Lefty: When a pitcher has been a gunslinger—even a thoughtful, strategic gunslinger—it’s not an easy transition to...
• 9/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: The One That Got Away, Ian Kennedy: Last night, former Yankee farmhand Ian Patrick Kennedy put on a virtuoso performance for the Arizona Diamondbacks facing their...
• 9/2 PaulLebowitz.com: The Cardinals’ Last Stand: Having swept three straight from the Brewers at Miller Park, the Cardinals have kept themselves alive in the NL Central race....

• 8/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Atlanta Braves payroll and future contracts part one: Starting Pitchers: After seeing our top prospects come up this year and do well (especially the bullpen), I wanted to focus an article on next year...
• 8/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Nationals, Morrison, Thome: Top Nationals prospect Bryce Harper had to leave last night's Double-A contest with a hamstring injury and Washington's medical...
• 8/17 NY Baseball Digest: Remembering El Duque, Cone Argues Sabermetrics, Zambrano’s Legacy, Munson Bio on SABR, Batting Stance Guy Imitates the MLB Network: It appears Orlando Hernandez is finally going to hang up his spikes and announce his retirement. I believe El Duque has been...
• 8/16 Brotherly Glove: Congratulations, Big Jim: Jim Thome blasted his 599th and 600th career home runs Monday night in a 9-0 rout of the Tigers. He became just the eighth major...
• 8/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Braves showcasing minor league talent: Randall Delgado to start:   By looking at the record of the Atlanta Braves, one would think nothing was wrong and everyone was healthy. But they’re...

• 7/30 B-R Blog: Derek Holland has 4 shutouts and a 4.14 ERA: Derek Holland shut out the Blue Jays in Toronto Saturday, his 4th shutout of the year and 3rd in his last 5 starts. He threw just...
• 7/28 NY Baseball Digest: Morning Digest: Carlos Beltran and Zack Wheeler Edition: The Mets signed Carlos Beltran on January 5th, 2005 to a 7 year/$119 million dollar contract. Did the Mets get their money’s...
• 7/26 Boys of Summer: Yankees Don't Need King Felix: The New York Yankees have the second best record in the American League, currently 60-40, a season high 20 games above the .500...
• 7/26 B-R Blog: 5+ Seasons Since 1973 With 200+ IP and ERA+ >=120: How many pitchers, since 1973, have 5+ seasons with 200+ IP with an ERA+ of 120 or more? Here's the list - Rk   Yrs From To Age...
• 7/19 B-R Blog: Longest Streaks With 6+ IP On The Road Since 1919: From Doc Halladay to Sloppy Thurston! Here is the leader board on this one - Rk   Strk Start End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: More Than One All-Star Game SP Assignment: How many starting pitchers have started more than one All-Star Game in their career? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching  ...
• 7/6 B-R Blog: 3+ CG Shutouts Since 1973 With Less Than 100 Pitches: Since 1973, how many pitchers had 3+ CG shutouts where they threw less than 100 pitches in the contest? Here is the list - Rk...

• 6/28 NY Baseball Digest: Getting to Know Chris Capuano: FULL NAME: Christopher Frank Capuano HEIGHT, WEIGHT:  6-2, 220 BORN: August 19, 1978 in West Springfield, Massachusetts MAJOR...
• 6/24 For Baseball Junkies: HOF Debate - Curt Schilling: Time for another HOF Debate battle with Curt Schilling our subject. Apart from being somewhat controversial with opinions and...
• 6/23 B-R Blog: Cliff Lee’s consecutive shutouts and Kyle Lohse’s 0 BB, 0 K game: In last night's Phillies-Cardinals game, both starting pitchers did something pretty unusual. Cliff Lee pitched his second consecutive...
• 6/22 DC Pro Sports Report: Our Pitching’s Peachy, Especially Beachy: Our pitchers pitched, the hitters hit and everything was right with the world today as the Braves ruined Jo-Jo Reyes’ return...
• 6/22 Tomahawk Take: Our Pitching’s Peachy, Especially Beachy: Our pitchers pitched, the hitters hit and everything was right with the world today as the Braves ruined Jo-Jo Reyes’ return...
• 6/11 B-R Blog: Game Snippets for Friday, June 10: Ho-Hum, Halladay: -- Placido Polanco hit a grand slam that sent Carlos Zambrano to the showers having allowed 7 ER on 7 hits and 7 walks in 6.2...

• 4/20 B-R Blog: One Time All-Stars, Most Seasons Without 20 Wins Or Saves: Of all the pitchers to once make an All-Star team, who has the most seasons where he did not win or save 20 games? Here's the...
• 4/20 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Pitchers whose first PA of a game came before their first pitch: B-R reader Blake had an interesting question this morning: "You folks are great at acquiring information like this, so I would...
• 4/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 4.18.2011: Jeff at Red State Blue State writes RE the commenter who called me an idiot and my retort: I can hear this dude sizzlin’ and...
• 4/7 Mets Merized: For Mike Pelfrey, The Hits Just Keep On Comin’: Mike Pelfrey is entering his sixth season with the Mets, compiling a 43-41 record over his first five seasons in New York (43-42...
• 4/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 4.3.2011: Jeff at Red State Blue State writes RE the Mariners and Jack Zduriencik: I bet if the “GENIUS” Jack Z. changed the club’s...
• 4/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Classic Yankees: Mike Mussina: editor’s note: Mike Mussina got quite the standing ovation when he went out to the mount to throw out...

• 3/28 NY Baseball Digest: Mike Hampton’s Impact Greater than Just 2000: Former Mets starter Mike Hampton announced his retirement this weekend after giving up 12 runs, 18 hits, and 8 walks in 9 innings...
• 3/22 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Most Expensive Starters (Per Inning, 2008-2010): B-R reader Don recently asked about the most expensive starters per inning pitched (apropos of the Yankees' infamous Carl Pavano...
• 3/21 Diamond Sports Digest: The Dilution of Hall of Famers in the World Series: I’m a regular reader of Joe Posnanski, and while I sometimes skip his non-baseball posts, I came across this post in which he...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Mike Mussina and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/13 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Is the Pitching Enough in Philly: Cliff Lee was a great addition to an already dominant pitching staff.  The 32 year old pitched like an ace during his 12...
• 3/10 B-R Blog: 2003:Inexperienced Opening Day Starters: Andy's post on Tuesday and the ensuing discussion in the comments, made me wonder about recent inexperienced Opening Day starters. ...

• 2/23 The Rally Cap: Top 5: Starting Pitching Staffs: These are heady days for baseball fans.  Every team is undefeated, and hope springs eternal.  With the first games of Spring...
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Extend Frank Wren: The Braves signed GM Frank Wren to a two-year contract extension through 2013, according to MLB.com's Mark Bowman (on Twitter). Wren,...
• 2/17 NY Baseball Digest: The $200 Million Dollar Mediocre Pitching Staff: The whole off-season drama with the Yankees is; “Who’s going to pitch for us?” The Yankees have a talented minor...
• 2/14 B-R Blog: Opening Day complete games: From my recent post on Opening Day starts, we saw that Ben Sheets has an Opening Day complete game. Indeed, here are the most...
• 2/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Ten Years of Spending | 1990s edition: Much to my delight, I recently stumbled onto an excellent article by THT’s Matt Binder contemplating league spending from 2001-2010....
• 2/7 B-R Blog: Winning More Than Losing, Last Quarter Century: Since 1986, how many pitchers (min. 100 decisions) have "Wins > 1.5*Losses"? Here's the list: Rk Player W L Dec From To Age...
• 2/7 B-R Blog: 4+ Post-Season Games With GS = 65+: How many pitchers have 4+ post-season games in their career with a Game Score of 65 or better? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching...
• 2/2 Tomahawk Take: How Wrong Can I Be Today: RoY- Freddie Freeman: A week away from pitchers and catchers reporting and everywhere you look pundit predictions are in bloom. Who will be rookie of...

• 1/31 Tomahawk Take: Odds and Ends on Ending an Odd Week: Bits and pieces for the weekend because the news is weak… Following up on Bob’s Mike Minor story Dave Shovein over at...
• 1/18 The Captain's Blog: Yanks Considering “Innings Eater” Millwood, but Will They Be Able to Stomach Results; Lefties Have Feasted Off Veteran: Apparently not to content with sweeping the 1999 Atlanta Braves in the World Series, the Yankees have belatedly gone about signing...
• 1/14 Fungoes.net: Hall of Fame: What’s next after Blyleven and Alomar?: Kudos to the latest Hall of Famers, Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar, as well as to those writers who smartly voted them in. They...
• 1/13 Subjective Baseball: All-Time Team: New York Mets (pitchers): Continuing my most recent entry, here is the Mets' all-time rotation.  Don't worry, fans of the other 29 teams, your team's...
• 1/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Check ‘Ya Self: The NFL banned excessive celebrating for a reason: The reason, I think, is that it starts fights. Mostly. But there are other...
• 1/6 WSJ Daily Fix: Blyleven Celebrates; Brown Is Rejected: The Count: Bert Blyleven got his overdue induction into Cooperstown, but Kevin Brown got almost no support despite a strong case...
• 1/5 B-R Blog: Bert Blyleven & Roberto Alomar Elected To Cooperstown: Congrats to Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar! I'll have more here shortly. In the interim, please feel free to use this entry...
• 1/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: How good would Andy Pettitte be if he came back?: Whatever decision Andy Pettitte ends up making, things will get mushy around here when he makes it. If he retires, anti**** a...
• 1/3 Baseball Musings: Future Inductees: Beyond the Boxscore uses Peak-Weighted WAR to rank players eligible for Hall of Fame elections in upcoming years. Interestingly,...

• 12/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: On The Topic of “Aces”: Other than pointing out that Jack Morris wasn’t really any better than Orel Hershiser the other day, I’ve tried to...
• 12/30 Call to the Pen: Jack Morris, the Hall of Fame and the Most Wins in a Decade: For whatever reason, Jack Morris has a seemingly large group of fans that believe he deserves a spot in the Major League Baseball...
• 12/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: I Dreamed A BBA Hall of Fame Ballot: Please do not be alarmed.  Nobody has been foolish enough to actually entrust yours truly with a vote that actually helps determine...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: Is the Phillies’ rotation the best ever? Part II: So, in good fun and with respect, Geoff and I have continued to disagree on this subject. For the record, I enjoy Geoff’s blog...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: Is the Phillies’ rotation the best ever?: Last night as everyone caught their collective breath and gathered themselves, as if a boxer pulling himself up by the ropes,...
• 12/21 Braves Journal: My Hall of Fame ballot (UPDATED because I **** up): 2011 Official/Potential Hall of Fame Ballot – Baseball-Reference.com. For some reason, I don’t get a vote, but if...
• 12/11 The Captain's Blog: Seven-Year Itch: A Look at Starters in Their Age 32 to 38 Seasons: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) In an effort to evaluate...
• 12/3 PaulLebowitz.com: An Evil Megalomaniac: Bent on world domination: With his trusty assistant/enforcer Nuclear Ozzie Guillen at his side, White Sox GM Kenny Williams...

• 11/29 NY Baseball Digest: Jeter and Mets Would Be Terrible Marriage: Jon Lewin at Subway Squawkers asks this question over the weekend. Yes, as Lewin points out, Minaya’s first big move as...
• 11/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 11.21.2010: Jim Leyritz's future: Former Yankees post-season hero Jim Leyritz was acquitted on charges of manslaughter in his trial for...
• 11/19 B-R Blog: WAR Leader and Cy Young Winner in the Same Season: As Andy noted yesterday, King Felix won the AL Cy Young after also leading the AL in Wins Above Replacement. I was wondering how...
• 11/16 B-R Blog: Most Cheap Wins Since 1920: Bill James says that it's a “Cheap Win” when a starting pitcher wins a game where his Game Score was under 50. So, what pitchers...
• 11/2 The Captain's Blog: Giants Are Kings of the Hill in 2010, but 1996 Braves Remain Best Postseason Pitching Staff in the Division Era: If 2010 was the new “Year of the Pitcher”, than the outcome of the World Series was a **** tribute. With a 3.36 ERA (121 ERA+),...
• 11/1 The Crazy Crabbers: Digging into Madison Bumgarner’s Game 4 Gem: Madison Bumgarner was on last night and when a pitcher is on it is a beautiful thing to watch.For all the talk about how young...

• 10/26 B-R Blog: Best Ever World Series Game 1 Pitcher’s Duel: Is Game 1 of the 1949 Fall Classic the greatest pitchers duel ever in the first game of a World Series? Check out this list -...
• 10/21 B-R Blog: Data Dump: Postseason Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio Leaders: B-R user Simmy Cohen noticed that we don't have a K/BB leaderboard on our all-time playoff pitching leaders page, and asked if...
• 10/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Notable postseason comebacks: If Joe Girardi hasn’t smashed his fist down on the big red panic button yet, he ought to consider it. The Yankees find themselves...
• 10/19 NY Baseball Digest: Pettitte in the Postseason: Andy Pettitte pitched one of the best games in the World Series anyone has ever seen. 1996, Game 5 against John Smoltz and the...
• 10/18 WasWatching: The 21 Times A Starting Pitcher Excelled In A Post-Season Game Against The Yankees – But His Team Lost Anyway: Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO HR 1 Carl Pavano 2009-10-11 ALDS 3 MIN NYY L 1-4 7.0 5 2 2 0 9 2 2 Josh...
• 10/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Walk The Line: The Yankees are playing a dangerous game of chicken: Losing game 2 to the Rangers has put the Yankees in a very dicey situation....
• 10/18 B-R Blog: 7+ ER & 4 IP Or Less In A Post-Season Game: In Game 2 of the 2010 ALCS, the Yankees Phil Hughes allowed 7 earned runs while only throwing 4 innings. How often does that happen?...
• 10/15 B-R Blog: Lucky Starters In October: How many pitchers have more than one start in the post-season where they had a Game Score of 50 or less and still ended up with...
• 10/13 B-R Blog: Great 1-2-3 Rotation Combos In a Best-of-7 Series: Last week I posted about how often the team with the best Game 1 starter by WAR wins the Division Series (only 55%, as it turns...
• 10/12 Sabernomics: So Long, Bobby…and Thank You: Last night, the Braves 2010 season came to an end, along with Bobby Cox’s managerial career. I was a good fan this year,...
• 10/6 B-R Blog: More Random Division Series Notes: Tacking on to Andy's playoff thoughts from earlier today... Familiarity Breeds Contempt The 2010 Yankees-Twins ALDS represents...
• 10/6 B-R Blog: Most Career Starts – Game 1 In Post-Season Series: CC Sabathia, this evening, will make his 6th career post-season start where he's opening up a post-season series for his team....
• 10/4 B-R Blog: ALDS Game One SP All Left: By most accounts, it will be the Yankees' CC Sabathia against the Twins' Francisco Liriano in Game 1 of one ALDS this year. And,...

• 9/28 B-R Blog: POLL: John Smoltz and the Hall of Fame: John Smoltz was a cornerstone of the dynastic Braves teams of the 1990s and 2000s. He was a top starting pitcher in the late 1990s,...
• 9/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: A look at some notable historical collapses: Prior to last night’s walk-off walk, the Yankees' odds of reaching the playoffs were a staggering 98.9%. Considering the team...
• 9/21 B-R Blog: Can Brett Myers Match Schilling’s 2002 Streak?: Since 1996, how many starting pitchers had 15+ games in a row, to start a season, where they pitched at least 6 innings in each...

• 8/28 MLBTradeRumors: The Tigers' 2011 Rotation: Justin Verlander knows exactly which past rotation he’d like the Tigers to model themselves after. "Braves," Verlander said,...
• 8/25 B-R Blog: Ross Ohlendorf starts and loses–despite throwing only 10 pitches: Eagle-eyed reader Erik K sent me a tip on something very unusual that happened two nights ago. Ross Ohlendorf started for the...
• 8/18 PaulLebowitz.com: It's Worth A Shot: Mets swing for the fences....in trying to get rid of K-Rod: The Mets placed Francisco Rodriguez on the disqualified list...
• 8/17 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Aramis, Kemp, K-Rod: August 17th was a busy transaction day one year ago, as the Tigers acquired Aubrey Huff and the Rangers and Red Sox released Vicente...
• 8/6 Foul Ground: Standing Around On 599: Monday morning, Tschanen and my friend Jason decided we would embark on trying to witness history: Alex Rodriguez’s 600th home...
• 8/4 Baseball Musings: Switch Hitters Hurting?: Joseph Pawlikowski writes an interesting piece at River Ave. Blues suggesting the Yankees switch hitters should not turn around...

• 7/21 NY Baseball Digest: CC Sabathia: Best Bet for 300 Wins?: This tweet from Tyler Kepner of the NY Times got me thinking: CC Sabathia has 148 wins and turns 30 tomorrow. Last pitcher with...
• 7/13 B-R Blog: POLL: Kevin Brown and the Hall of Fame: Let's take a look at Kevin Brown's chances for the Hall of Fame. He'll be on the ballot for the first time coming up in January. I'm...
• 7/6 B-R Blog: Roy Halladay has 7 first-half complete games: Yesterday Roy Halladay threw a complete game in the Phillies' 81st contest of the year becoming the first guy in a while to reach...
• 7/3 B-R Blog: Not Pitching Like An All-Star: Via Play Index, here are the only pitchers to allow 5+ ER in an All-Star appearance - Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR GSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS PO BK WP ERA WPA RE24 aLI 1 Sandy...
• 7/2 NY Baseball Digest: DL on the DL: Keep the Exiles Away: As I started my car and merged with the happy traffic leaving Citi Field on SUN, the Mets had just put a bow on a 4-2 home stand....

• 6/30 NY Baseball Digest: The Fallacy of 300 Wins & Andy Pettitte: One of baseball’s stupidest tropes is the magic number for the Hall of Fame. 300 wins and your in the Hall of Fame. Don’t...
• 6/12 B-R Blog: Jamie Moyer: Both ends of the spectrum: Earlier this season, Jamie Moyer became the oldest player to pitch a complete-game shutout. Last night, he set a record equally...
• 6/1 B-R Blog: Jumping Jimenez – More On Über Ubaldo: Somewhat adding on to Raphy's post on Ubaldo Jimenez, via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder - starting...

• 5/20 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Starting Pitchers Not In the Hall of Fame: Yesterday, I looked at the best eligible position players not in the Hall of Fame by WAR, and you responded with your votes by...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Tom Glavine's number to be retired: Former Atlanta Braves and New York Mets SP Tom Glavine will have his number 47 retired by the Braves, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 5/6 B-R Blog: The 3,000 hit club (but not the one you think): The "3,000 hit club" is one of the most recognizable phrases among baseball fans. It ranks up there with "a .300 hitter", the...