Willie Howard Mays (Say Hey Kid)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 6, 1931 in Westfield, AL
High School: Fairfield Industrial HS (Fairfield, AL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1951 (Age 20)   vs. PHI 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mets 1951-1973

Final Game: September 9, 1973 (Age 42)   vs. MON 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1979 (409/432 ballots).
   View Willie Mays Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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• 1/6 Radical Baseball: Home Run Proficiency Career: In 1895, the year Babe Ruth was born, 6' 3", 220 pound Roger Connor at age 37 hit 8 home runs (HR) for St. Louis in the National...
• 1/4 Radical Baseball: Willie Mays was a better home run hitter than Hank Aaron.: Mays v. Aaron HR/AB 1954-1968 on road v. other teams. Sunday, May 29, 2011 Mays v. Aaron OPS on road against the other teams...
• 1/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: Why I Deserve To Be In The Hall Of Fame: All the votes are in, and when the ballot results are released on January 9th, we’ll finally know if I’ve been inducted into...
• 1/4 Radical Baseball: Home Run Proficiency 1961: a bad year for the Babe.: Rk Player HR Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO ...
• 1/4 Radical Baseball: Mickey Mantle: super star or rent-a-star?: Mickey Mantle would have become a free agent after his sixth season, 1956 when he led the majors in triple crown stats: home runs,...
• 1/4 Radical Baseball: Park Factor: how reliable?: Sunday, May 29, 2011 Mays v. Aaron OPS on road against the other teams 1954-1968 v. OPS+ The 15 seasons 1954-1968 cover both...
• 1/4 Radical Baseball: Home Run Proficiency relative to League.: Babe Ruth dominates as do other batters of the 1920s and 1930s.    Ruth took spots 1 through 9, 11, 13.  Of...
• 1/3 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Don Bosch: When Sandy Alderson traded R.A. Dickey to the Toronto Blue Jays last month, he was banking on a high major league yield of the...

• 12/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eighteen Crazy Nights—Looking back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians: Each week during the 2012-13 offseason DTTWLN will take a look back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians season—specifically the 18...
• 12/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Hall of Fame Ballot Newcomers: The BBWAA's Hall of Fame ballot results will be released two weeks from tomorrow, so expect plenty of debate in the meantime....
• 12/20 161st and River: Interviews | Bobby Richardson: The Yankee dynasty of the late 50s and early 60s was defined by its power.  Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, the “M&M...
• 12/20 The Baseball Continuum: My five best position players, pitchers, and managers- just in time for the “End of the World”: Well, here it is. One day until the end of the world, according to the Mayans. Never mind that the Mayans actually didn’t...
• 12/13 Southside Showdown: Southside Showdown Hall of Fame Vote Roundtable: There’s just too much objectivity in baseball these days. Too many places to find thorough and exhaustive statistics, reliable...
• 12/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Lemon Assumes Second Spot in Rotation on All-Time Team: By Ronnie Tellalian One pitcher holds two distinctive records for the Cleveland Indians. The first being the record for most...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Cabrera Won; Deal with It: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 12/4 Mets360.com: Stand Up: The 2012 Winter Meetings are in mid-meeting form. R.A. Dickey is going to be traded. No, wait, he’s going to be extended. Jonathon...
• 12/1 Justin Jabs: A visit to the visitor’s clubhouse: I’m still surprised that I haven’t heard of this sooner. For the 32nd year, the Milwaukee Brewers hosted their Annual...

• 11/30 WasWatching: The Greatest Fielding CF Of All-Time Is…: First, start with this list - Rk Player Rfield From To Age G 1 Willie Mays 183 1951 1973 20-42 2992 2 Paul Blair 174 1964 1980...
• 11/30 Swingin' A's: Former A’s and Their Quest For Cooperstown: If you have ever been to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY you know how overwhelming the experience really...
• 11/29 Diamond Ring: Mighty Mike Trout: There's a fun little "club" in baseball called the 30-30 club. The players in this club are speed/power guys. They have hit 30...
• 11/28 Lasorda's Lair: Blackbeard Wants To Be a Dodger, **** Off Giant Fans: Hey I can’t say I blame Wilson. You can file this under hilarious guys. According to our rival brethren Around The Foghorn,...
• 11/28 Crashburn Alley: Carlos Ruiz Suspended 25 Games for Using Banned Substance: Via Todd Zolecki on Phillies.com: Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz has been suspended...
• 11/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Wrong Place, Wrong Time for Giles: By Craig Gifford If there was ever a case of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time it was outfielder Brian Giles...
• 11/21 MLBRandomFandom: Cabrera Won; Deal with It: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 11/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: GREAT YANKEE MOMENTS OF 2012: There are so many moments that I absolutely loved about 2012 and the New York Yankees.  Some had nothing to do directly...
• 11/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Cy Young voting wasn’t so terrible: There’s been a lot of chatter about the selection of Miguel Cabrera as MVP over Mike Trout. Make no mistake, Trout is and...
• 11/17 Baseball Musings: Say Hey: AZ Snakepit looks at the biggest WAR differences between the MVP winner and the best WAR in the league (position players only)....
• 11/16 Radical Baseball: Miguel Cabrera: how good was his triple crown?: BA: .330    Mike Trout .326 1.2% HR: 44    Josh Hamilton 43 2.3% RBI: 139    Josh Hamilton...
• 11/16 Halo Hangout: Settling For Second: An Unfortunate Mike Trout Story: It was inevitable, really. Progress is being made. Sabermetrics, for the most part, is not quickly and immediately being dismissed...
• 11/13 Call to the Pen: Bryce Harper NL Rookie Of Year: Life is pretty much going the way Bryce Harper planned it. So confident of his baseball ability that he left high school early,...
• 11/13 Radical Baseball: Mays over Aaron.: OPS+ is On Base Plus Slugging adjusted for the batter's home park. seasons OPS+ >= 140 and led league and high and career: Aaron:...
• 11/12 Baseball Musings: Amazing Class: With Mike Trout and Bryce Harper winning the Jackie Robinson Awards, I’m really looking forward to the next decade. Both...
• 11/12 Radical Baseball: Mantle and Mays continue to amaze.: Just when you think you know pretty much everything about childhood baseball legends you learn something new, something hidden...
• 11/11 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Deacon White: Pre-Integration Era Veterans Committee Hall of Fame Candidate: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable...
• 11/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Silver Sluggers Review: The winners of MLB's Silver Slugger awards were announced on Thursday to honor the best hitters at each position. Like Gold...
• 11/4 Baseball With Matt: Charity Is The Way To Be! 11/4/12: Hey baseball fans!Today's post is about a very special ballplayer. This person is one of the most inspirational, famous, and well-liked...
• 11/3 mlbreports.com : Looking to Break the Pete Rose Hits Record: All Eyes Are On Derek Jeter: Saturday November 3rd, 2012 Luke Whitecotton:  Pete Rose likes to talk baseball whenever he gets the chance to. When the subject...
• 11/2 The High Phive: Long Ball Longing…Phillies Need Home Run Hitters: 755, 714, 660, 586, 573…For any baseball fans around 40 years of age and older, these numbers were most likely etched in your...
• 11/2 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces Willie Mays Award Winners For Top Rookies: Yesterday, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) announced the recipients of the 2012 Willie Mays Award which honors the best...
• 11/2 Mets360.com: Hall of Famers who played for the Mets: How many of the 11 players who have been enshrined in Cooperstown who have also played for the Mets can you name? Most of these...
• 11/1 The Baseball Page: Top Shortstops: Ranking the Shortstops The 1990's and early 2000's were the time of...

• 10/31 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces 2012 Connie Mack Award Winners: Today, the BBA announced its 2012 Connie Mack Award winners.  The Connie Mack Award recognizes the accomplishments of the...
• 10/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Swept by the Giants in the World Series? Been There, Done That: By Vince Guerrieri Cheer up, Tigers fans. It could always be worse than being swept by the Giants in the World Series. They could...
• 10/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Brandon Crawford’s journey from childhood dream to World Series reality: Take a look at the picture on the right. That is a five-year-old at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It was 1992 when the Giants...
• 10/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Challenges Facing Shapiro: Recently, Pat McManamon of FOXSportsOhio.com had a conversation with Cleveland Indians’ team president Mark Shapiro, who talked...
• 10/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Cashman needs to pursue moving ARod: Although both Cashman & Girardi have stated that Alex is the Yankees 3B in 2013 and they have no plans to pursue a trade,...
• 10/25 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Giants Unleash Panda-Ball on Helpless Tigers: Pablo Sandoval other wise known as the “Kung Fu Panda” joined the ranks of Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert...
• 10/24 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Preview: Game One Tonight as the Tigers Face the Giants in San Francisco: Wednesday October 24th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  If it’s something you’ve never seen before on baseball’s October...
• 10/23 Mets360.com: Will the Winter Meal Be Enough To Satisfy Mets Fans’ Appetite?: The World Series is about to begin, featuring a matchup between two venerable franchises who — surprisingly — have...
• 10/20 Radical Baseball: OPS regular v. playoff: under-performing stars.: regular playoff dif Dif/Reg Mays 0.941 0.660 0.281 29.86% DiMaggio  0.977 0.760 0.217 22.21% Rodriguez 0.945 0.833...
• 10/19 Radical Baseball: Aging Super Star.: The aging super star had an injury plagued sub-par regular season.  His post season performances over many years have consistently...
• 10/15 Baseball With Matt: Baseball's Mount Rushmore 10/15/12: Hey baseball fans!It is officially time to learn who would be on......baseball's Mount Rushmore! The way I evaluated who made...
• 10/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: American League Postseason Awards: By Bob Toth With the completion of the 2012 regular season, it is that time of year to reflect back on the highs and lows of...
• 10/5 Baseball Musings: Award Voting: I voted for the IBWAA post-season awards. Since there is sometimes confusion about this, this is a group of internet writers,...
• 10/4 High Heat Stats: Omar Vizquel and the experience factor: The 2011 card image on the left identifies Omar Vizquel as a third baseman. Vizquel, though, wrapped up his 24-year career this...
• 10/1 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Braves @ Pirates: The Braves finish their regular season with a road trip to Pittsburgh, hoping to keep the momentum going into Friday’s wild...

• 9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Fernando Rodney’s Season For The Ages: One of the great things about baseball is how the past and present can intermingle. As players climb the all time leaderboards,...
• 9/29 The Baseball Page: Willie Mays Makes The Catch: September 29, 1954 - Willie Mays makes his famous running catch off...
• 9/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: September 29, 1954: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Willie Mays makes his famous running catch off the bat of Cleveland’s Vic Wertz in Game one of...
• 9/24 The Baseball Page: Sexiness of CF hurdle for Cabrera: It has been the location of baseball’s glamour profession, the real...
• 9/20 Baseball With Matt: An Interview with Hank Aaron!!!!!! 9/20/12: Hey baseball fans!I'm here with another interview everyone! I recently sent in some questions to the awesome, the best, the...
• 9/20 Yanks Go Yard: Derek Jeter is mentioned in MVP race because he’s Derek Jeter: Plain and simple the reason New York Yankees captain is Derek Jeter is being mentioned and promoted (granted mostly by Yankees...
• 9/17 The Baseball Page: Tiger fans tear down left field wall on This Day in Baseball: September 17, 1968 Detroit clinches the American League pennant with...
• 9/15 The Baseball Page: The Ripken Brothers homer in same game; Willie Mays and Barry Bonds on TDIBB:   September 15, 1990: Despite solo homers in the 5th by brothers...
• 9/15 The Baseball Page: New York Yankees Lose to Tampa Bay Rays; Derek Jeter Takes Sole Possession of 10th Place on the All-Time Hits List: The New York Yankees lose to the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-4 in this AL East...
• 9/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WITNESSING ANOTHER YANKEE LOSS FROM SECTON 203: Just out of reach, again. Tonight's game began the last home stand for the New York Yankees, and it was a battle of "aces"....
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: Massive Tie Scenario: The AL saw pretty good results in the quest for a five-way tie between the AL East leaders and the wild card contenders. The Rays...
• 9/14 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes: @Orioles 3, Rays 2 (14): “Words fail / Buildings tumble / The ground opens wide; / Light beams / down from heaven / They stand...
• 9/14 Baseball Analytics: #2 is now #10:   Photo by Bill Chuck In the Yankees 2-0 win over the Red Sox last night, Derek Jeter‘s RBI single gave him a...
• 9/14 High Heat Stats: Derek Jeter will finish between 3rd and 5th all-time in hits: Last night, Derek Jeter tied Willie Mays for 11th on the all-time hit list: 1. Pete Rose 4256 2. Ty Cobb+ 4189 3. Hank Aaron 3771...
• 9/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DEREK JETER FOR MVP? CONSIDER IT: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 9/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PUT YOUR BIG BOY PANTS ON, HERE COME THE YANKS: I love that expression of wearing "big boy pants."I love this scene below in The Other Guys. It's funny and a smart line because...
• 9/10 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco-Era Records Being Threatened by Players of the 2012 Giants: The Giants have been in San Francisco since 1958, and that leaves 53 years for records to have been compiled, and it’s always...
• 9/10 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes: Yankees 13, @Orioles 3: Fourteen hits, 7 with RISP, pulled the Bombers clear of their see-saw tie for 1st place. Curtis Granderson came...
• 9/9 mlbreports.com : Ted Williams: Sunday September 9th, 2012 Robert Whitmer: Have you ever had the thought of “what if?”  That old thought of what could have...
• 9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...
• 9/8 El Maquino: IT’S TWO IN THE MORNING. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR OFFENSE IS?: THE POSTGAME The Cards put two up against Yovani Gallardo in the very first inning and didn’t score again for six more innings...
• 9/5 The Baseball Page: Willie Mays Hall of Fame Biography: On the day that Willie Mays got into the Hall of Fame here is Willie...
• 9/5 The Baseball Page: Mays inducted into the Hall and Glavine wins 300th on This Day in Baseball: Historic milestones on this date. August 5, 1979, Willie Mays is inducted...

• 8/31 The Baseball Page: Vin Scully - "BOBBLEHEAD NITE" - (long overdue): Passing out "Bobbleheads" to the first 20-25 thousand fans entering...
• 8/21 The Baseball Page: 5 Years Ago This Month…Hank Aaron and the tainted “Home Run King”: Just five years ago this month, Hank Aaron, the Milwaukee and Atlanta...
• 8/20 The Baseball Page: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto has masterful season: The season is coming to an end. We only have a month and a half remaining...
• 8/20 The Baseball Page: Babe Ruth's bat gets banned and Gehrig hits grand slam number 23 on This Day in Baseball: August 20th, 1923 - A four-piece bat used by Babe Ruth is banned by...
• 8/19 High Heat Stats: Déjà vu – all over again: As has already been remarked upon, the rookie seasons of Mike Trout and Bryce Harper are reminding a lot of people of earlier...
• 8/17 The Baseball Page: Willie Mays hits his 660th and Reggie Jackson hits his 522nd on This Day in Baseball: August 17th, 1966 San Francisco Giant outfielder Willie Mays moves into...
• 8/16 The Baseball Page: Babe Ruth dies of throat cancer at age 53 on This Day in Baseball: “The Babe”, George Herman Ruth, was the first sports superstar....
• 8/11 SocraticGadfly: The baseball Hall of Fame and morals clause hypocrisy: I recently blogged about how I would like for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and other presumed top steroiders...
• 8/10 Giants Nirvana: Melky Cabrera and 200 Hits: A couple days ago, Jon Heyman published an article noting that Melky Cabrera and the Giants will put aside contract talks until...
• 8/7 The Tomahawk Chop: Andruw Jones: A Boy in the Hall?: Unless he pulls a Sandusky, Andruw Jones belongs in the Hall of Fame once his career is over. Based on his offensive numbers...

• 7/29 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 101: Loss to Diamondbacks: Diamondbacks 6 Ike Davis 3 If only Ike Davis could have batted seven or eight more times, the Mets might’ve had a chance...
• 7/26 The Baseball Page: Trout vs. Harper; Baseball's future is strong: Baseball is always looking for its next big superstar(s). My generation...
• 7/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MIKE TROUT AIN'T MICKEY MANTLE... YET: Al Kaline was a great ballplayer and he played with the greats, but  in this world of basball where everyone wants...
• 7/24 High Heat Stats: End of an era – Ichiro leaves Seattle: Everyone has heard the news now of Seattle trading Ichiro to the Yankees. On one level, just a seller/buyer trade and one that...
• 7/24 High Heat Stats: Monday, Monday … hey, look, it’s game notes!: @Giants 7, Padres 1: Four in the 1st matched San Francisco’s season high, and Buster Posey broke it open with a 3-run...
• 7/19 Baseball Musings: The Greatest of the Great: Baseball Past and Present took a vote to determine the inner circle of the Hall of Fame: Over the past month, I’ve run a project...
• 7/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: COULD JETER BE THE FIRST UNANIMOUS HALL OF FAMER?: Craig Calcaterra at Hardball Talk is awesome. I love going there for nuggets and he and his crew never disappoint. ...
• 7/16 High Heat Stats: Have bat (or glove, or arm), will travel: As the dog days of summer approach, a lighter bit of trivia for you. No heavy analysis here, just some idle fun with the Play...
• 7/16 The Baseball Page: A look at Joe DiMaggio (Video): The most complete player of his era, Joe DiMaggio is considered by most...
• 7/11 The Baseball Page: 1973 All-Star Game Has a San Francisco Giants Connection:   Tonight the 83rd All-Star Game takes place in Kansas City with the American and National League battling it out for home-field...
• 7/11 The Baseball Page: 1973 All-Star Game Has a San Francisco Giants Connection:   Tonight the 83rd All-Star Game takes place in Kansas City with...
• 7/10 Baseball With Matt: The Greatest Pitchers You've Never Heard Of 7/10/12: Hey Guys!While all of you have heard of the records of Cy Young (511 career wins) and Nolan Ryan (5,714 career strikeouts and...
• 7/3 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History Double Header: Gm. 1: 1967 – Kranepool and Seaver help to beat out Giants, 5-3, at Shea: What Seaver really displayed was the meaning of the expression, “He knows how to win” — a quality baseball people...
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: Harper Votes for Chipper: Bryce Harper would vote for Chipper Jones for the All-Star team: After hearing he was on among the five finalists, Harper was...

• 6/30 High Heat Stats: Strikeout Milestones and Related Musings: Following up on a post by birtelcom concerning the continually increasing trend to more strikeouts in the game, I noticed that...
• 6/30 Blog Red Machine: Baseball Cards and My Dad: Yesterday marked 17 years since the day my dad passed away. I was only six years old at the time. Generations of boys have learned...
• 6/27 High Heat Stats: A few Tuesday game notes: @Reds 4, Brewers 3: While Bronson Arroyo was holding Milwaukee hitless through 7, winless Marco Estrada was racking up 12...
• 6/27 WahoosOnFirst: Are Kipnis and Cabrera the Best Keystone Combo in Baseball?: In the movie City Slickers, three aspiring cowboys are sitting around reflecting on a simpler time of their youth and talking...
• 6/26 Baseball Musings: Chasing Mays: Derek Jeter collected two hits and Alex Rodriguez homered to help the Yankees to a 6-4 win over Cleveland on Tuesday night. Jeter’s...
• 6/23 Baseball With Matt: All-Around Athletes 6/23/12: Hey Guys!As I promised in my Booming Batters post, today I will be blogging about some of the greatest all-around nicknames in...
• 6/21 Mets360.com: Mack Ade: The changing of baseball: Editor’s note – This is a guest post by friend of the site Mack Ade, Founder of Mack’s Mets and Draft Eligible....
• 6/16 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn and all-or-nothing hitters: Adam Dunn is enjoying a spectacular bounce-back season from his nightmarish 2011 campaign. Presently, he is on pace for 58 HR,...
• 6/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Tony Pena: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 6/11 MLB Dirt: Carlos Beltran and The 300/300 Club: I have always been a fan of players who possess both the skill of speed and power. As a kid I was a big Jose Canseco fan who was...
• 6/5 PaulLebowitz.com: My Annual MLB Draft Rant: I tuned into the draft coverage on the MLB Network last night for a brief moment as they were up to pick 40 or so. When talking...

• 5/30 Call to the Pen: The Melkman Delivers a Historic May: Yesterday, Melky Cabrera went three for four and scored two of the Giants’ three runs. If that’s a surprise, you clearly haven’t...
• 5/28 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 2008: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 5/27 High Heat Stats: Paul Konerko – one of the greatest 34-36 year old players in history: With Paul Konerko reaching 400 career White Sox homers today, it seems like a good time to repeat how amazing he’s been...
• 5/27 The Writer's Journey: Major League Baseball Triple Header (2012): Major League Baseball Triple Header New Video, 2012 3 discs; approx. 6 hrs. 39 mins. total + extras In this newest video package...
• 5/26 The Writer's Journey: Major League Baseball Triple Header (2012): Major League Baseball Triple Header New Video, 2012 3 discs; approx. 6 hrs. 39 mins. total + extras In this newest video package...
• 5/24 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 2007: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 5/23 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 2012 Taylor Whitenton: 2012 BOWMAN TAYLOR WHITENTON Bowman issued its first baseball card set in 1948. At the time, they had the national market for...
• 5/21 James Smyth Broadcast: All-Time Bluefield Team - Ken McBride: Next up on the All-Time Bluefield-to-the-Bigs Team is Ken McBride. A three-time All-Star whose career was derailed by injuries,...
• 5/21 WasWatching: Lowest Season SLG% By Members Of 500-HR Club (Min. 100 PA) – Post Age 30: Here is the list: Rk Player SLG PA Year Age Tm G AB HR RBI BB SO BA OBP 1 Ken Griffey .204 108 2010 40 SEA 33 98 0 7 9 17 .184...
• 5/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY MARIANO MEANS THERE'S PROOF OF GOD: A FAN'S TAKE: For some of us, it’s our nature to seek proof of God’s existence.  Whether we find it in the majesty of a golden,...
• 5/10 WSJ Daily Fix: Mixed Message of Hamilton’s Homers: The Count: Josh Hamilton joined a small group with his four home runs in one game, but his fellow members didn't always combine...
• 5/10 The Writer's Journey: Long gone: Josh Hamilton became only the sixteenth player in MLB history to hit four home runs in one game. Babe Ruth never did it; neither...
• 5/4 High Heat Stats: Dexter Fowler and the return of the running game?: Dexter Fowler has played three qualifying seasons and each time has accomplished what has become a fairly unusual feat, that...
• 5/1 Classic Minnesota Twins: The Phenoms of Minnesota Twins Past: Part IV-Carlos Gomez: HE hope I dreamed of was a dream,   Was but a dream; and now I wakeExceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,For...
• 5/1 High Heat Stats: Delayed recap of Monday games (4/30): – The Pirates scored more than 5 runs for the first time this year. Their streak of 21 straight games of 5 runs or less...

• 4/30 High Heat Stats: Sunday recap (4/29): – Wade Miley held the Marlins hitless into the 6th inning, picked up his third win and dropped his ERA to 1.29. Joining...
• 4/28 WasWatching: Angels Release Bobby Abreu: Via SB Nation - Well, the Los Angeles Angels are shaking up their roster. The Angels announced after Friday’s loss that...
• 4/25 James Smyth Broadcast: All-Time Bluefield Team - Eddie Murray: The All-Time Bluefield-to-the-Bigs Team features two Hall of Famers. Cal Ripken is at shortstop and I wrote about him a couple...
• 4/21 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB All Decade Team 1950s: C Yogi Berra Much more consistent than Roy Campanella, who was an every other year player to the extreme 1B Gil Hodges You...
• 4/20 Baseball Musings: Crushing Clay: Alex Rodriguez just hit the fourth home run of the day off Clay Buchholz, giving the Yankees a 5-1 lead. Eric Chavez hit two already,...
• 4/17 High Heat Stats: Matt Kemp Is Off to One of the Best Power Starts Ever: Led by their marquis slugger Matt Kemp, the Dodgers have the best record in baseball 10 games into the season. Kemp’s 6...
• 4/16 Baseball Musings: Less Dominating than the Score: The Yankees beat the Angels 11-5 on Sunday night, but the game came down to timing. The Angels offense did well, collecting 11...
• 4/15 High Heat Stats: Four-fifteen: Of all the words of baseball history I’ve come across, I think the most beautiful are these attributed to then-NL President...
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Old Teammates Tied: Alex Rodriguez homered in his second plate appearance of the day, the solo shot bringing his career total to 630. That ties him...
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Kinsler, Baker, Trout, Loney: Eight years ago today, Barry Bonds passed Willie Mays on the all-time home run list by taking Ben Ford of the Brewers deep. His...
• 4/7 WasWatching: 6+ Season Opener Homeruns: It’s a small list - Rk Player #Matching   PA HR 6 1 Frank Robinson 8 Ind. Games 37 8 2 Ken Griffey 7 Ind. Games 31 8 3...
• 4/6 High Heat Stats: The four players to homer each of the last 2 opening days: Four players have homered in their team’s first game in both 2011 and 2012: Rk Player #Matching 1 Cameron Maybin 2 Ind....
• 4/6 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit (2011): Baseball’s Greatest Games: Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit New Video, 2011 Approx. 3 hrs. + extras With all of the scandals...
• 4/3 Mets360.com: My first Mets game – what was yours?: Opening Day is two days away. That means a lot of things: it means we’ve crowned an NCAA basketball champion, it means we’re...
• 4/3 WasWatching: What If Jeff Conine & Jorge Posada Had A Race?: Maybe the winner could then race Paul Konerko? Here’s a fun list - From 1955 to 2011, players with 6+ seasons of at least...

• 3/30 High Heat Stats: Dave Gallagher: the High Heat Stats interview: Dave Gallagher played 9 years in the major leagues, including as the starting center fielder for the 1989 White Sox. He also played...
• 3/30 MetsToday.com: Mets vs. Cardinals Notes: Mike Pelfrey‘s velocity was up — his fastball was hanging around 92-93 MPH, touched 94 — but his command was...
• 3/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: March 20, 1955: Compiled by Jason Kaminski In a  rematch of last year’s World Series, an exhibition game between the Cleveland  Indians...
• 3/19 Through The Fence Baseball: 30 greatest offensive players of the modern era, part two: In the second part of the series, we list players 11-20. There’s a lot more hair-splitting needed with this group. The first...
• 3/19 Baseball Musings: Superheroes: Superman and Popeye inspire Bronx Banter to examine some extreme batter/pitcher matchups. I did not realize that Willie Mays and...
• 3/12 Through The Fence Baseball: 1952 NL VS. AL Rookie of the Year battle: Joe Black vs. Harry Byrd: 1952 National League vs. American League:  Joe Black and Harry Byrd The 1952 Rookie class is a war of two right-handers: an inconsistent...
• 3/8 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1983: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...

• 2/27 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 10: “Stuff’s gettin’ better.” — The Postman, quoting “President” Richard Starkey, The Postman...
• 2/23 My Pinstripes: The Yahoo Contributor Network And Me: I'm always looking for some place to write and I have a new spot, the Yahoo Contributor Network. Today, I had my first article,...
• 2/23 WasWatching: 3+ Seasons Of 10+ 2B, 3B, HR & SB: It’s a small list - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Jimmy Rollins 5 2001 2007 22-28 Ind. Seasons 2 Goose Goslin 5 1924 1930 23-29...
• 2/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY SWISHER & ROBERTSON ARE FAN FAVORITES: (In Photo: Nick Swisher, Joanna Garcia, Erin & David Robertson)I guess it’s no surprise. Nick Swisher is larger than life...
• 2/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Countdown To Pitchers And Catchers: #1 Bobby Avila: Today continues our countdown to the start of Indians pitchers and catchers reporting to Goodyear, Arizona on February 20. We’ll...
• 2/17 High Heat Stats: Gary Carter 1954-2012: The inevitable has happened, with Gary Carter’s passing today from cancer. Carter had a very large personality and had a...
• 2/13 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Jeff Bagwell, Fred McGriff, The Hall of Fame, and 400 Home Runs: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table...
• 2/13 Ramblings of Baseball: What To Wear XXIV: Pittsburgh Pirates I’ll be **** if the team with the toughest road the last 20 years wasn’t the easiest to choose a jersey...
• 2/9 22gigantes.com: On this date in Giants history—Feb. 9: There are just 9 days remaining until pitchers and catchers report to spring training and 54 days until Opening Day. On this date...
• 2/8 WasWatching: Power, Speed & Walks: The 250/750/250 Club - Rk Player WAR/pos BB HR SB From To Age G PA R RBI SO OPS 1 Barry Bonds 171.8 2558 762 514 1986 2007 21-42...
• 2/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: February 7, 1996: Compiled by Jason Kaminski After playing his last year for the Indians at aged 43, Dave Winfield announces his retirement. Winfield...
• 2/6 NY Baseball Digest: A Possible Future HOF Available to Mets on the Cheap: Reports indicate that Johnny Damon is looking for a contract in the $5 million dollar range. I doubt he can score that kind of...

• 1/27 The Daily Catch: Color By Numbers: Show Me the Money: This article is courtesy of our friends at Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter Written by:  William Juliano      ...
• 1/27 Mets360.com: Will Carlos Beltran wear Mets hat when elected to Hall of Fame?: Once again Carlos Beltran is being discussed in regards to the Mets. This latest activity is due to comments that Beltran gave...
• 1/27 The Captain's Blog: Show Me the Money: A Chronological History of Baseball’s Best Paid Players: (The following was originally published at Bronx Banter) Alex Rodriguez stood alone as baseball’s only $200 million man for...
• 1/24 Mets360.com: The Cody Ross Rumors and The Winter Of Met Fans’ Discontent: So this is what we’ve been reduced to, apparently. So starved for some good news on the acquisition front are we fans, that...
• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Dodgers Owners, Lincecum, Rockies: Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays were both elected into the Hall Of Fame on this day in 1962 and 1979, respectively.  As you might...
• 1/21 WasWatching: Righty Sluggers, Then & Now: It’s scary when you compare 1963 and 2011, isn’t it? Most career HR, RH-Batters, through 1963 - Rk Player HR From...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: What To Wear XVI: Atlanta Braves This is a trick question. I’m a bit of a Braves fan and do already own some Braves gear. However, given access...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: An Interesting Idea:   Hall of Fame votes have all been tallied and the results released. As expected, the sole BBWAA selection to enter the Hall...
• 1/13 NY Baseball Digest: Which Reserve Clause Star Would Be Most in Demand?: Baseball Prospectus found an interesting interview with Ted Williams from August 23rd, 1940. In it he’s asked who he would...
• 1/10 High Heat Stats: WAAS: Wins Above All-Star Level: (Errors in the HOF list in an earlier version of this post have been corrected.)In two recent columns (insider),...
• 1/10 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT WOULD THURMAN MUNSON HAVE DONE?: When Yogi speaks, please have a tendency to listen… then laugh. But in a statement from Yogi yesterday, you knew he was being...
• 1/6 22gigantes.com: MLB Salaries: How Albert Pujols’ New Contract Compares to Willie Mays’ 1958 Deal: by Troy Nelson, 22gigantes.com Today marks the 54th anniversary of the day that Willie Mays signed a franchise-record contract...
• 1/4 High Heat Stats: Don Mueller, 1927-2011: Don Mueller, a 12-year MLB veteran who led the majors with 212 hits in 1954, passed away on December 28.Mueller, a right fielder, was...

• 12/28 Through The Fence Baseball: 1950 National League vs American League: Walt Dropo and Sam Jethroe: The 1950 season presented two players who were nothing alike. Walt “Moose” Dropo almost captured the MVP his rookie...
• 12/25 High Heat Stats: Most career WAR by number of franchises played for: All totals are 1901-present and for batters onlyHere is the most career WAR for players who played for the given number of franchises:1...
• 12/24 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #43 & #44: Another group of solid Hall of Famers, all first ballot selections for immortality. Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants McCovey...
• 12/20 WasWatching: 3,000 Game Club: Not many have played 3,000+ career games in the majors: Rk Player WAR/pos G From To Age PA Tm 1 Ty Cobb 159.4 3034 1905 1928 18-41...
• 12/17 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #24: Two Hall of Fame managers, three Hall of Fame players, and one of Houston’s first star players make up the retired #24′s...
• 12/13 B-R Blog: B-R: HoF Candidate – Juan Gonzalez: Juan González Juan Alberto (Vazquez) Gonzalez (Juan Gone or Igor) Position: Outfielder Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6'...
• 12/12 High Heat Stats: Win Probability Added (Jose Bautista posts an all-time great season): Here's a look at Win Probability Added (WPA) leaders in 2011. Turns out we saw a little bit of history. Rk Player WPA ...
• 12/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Winter Meetings Day Four: Gio, Cahill, Rule V, Darvish and the Angels: The winter meetings have come to a close and lots has gone on in Major League Baseball yet nothing has gone on with Oakland. Despite...
• 12/9 WasWatching: Baseball’s All-Time Best All-Around Players?: These are the only players in baseball history to have both 120+ WAR Fielding Runs and 120+ WAR Batting runs in their career:...
• 12/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Winter Meetings Day Four: Gio, Cahill, Rule V, Darvish and the Angels: The winter meetings have come to a close and lots has gone on in Major League Baseball yet nothing has gone on with Oakland. Despite...
• 12/8 Classic Minnesota Twins: Tony Oliva: Traveling The Rutted Road To Glory: "Oliva's got real quick hands, like Stan Musial, and he's got bat control like Willie Mays.Tony always gets a piece of the ball...
• 12/8 High Heat Stats: Baseball behemoths: rolling three-year WAR leaders (batters edition): Here are the leaders among batters in total Wins Above Replacement (WAR, from Baseball-reference.com) over each 3-year period...
• 12/8 WasWatching: Pujols To Angels For $250 Million: Report: Albert Pujols to sign with Angels for 10 years, $250 million Sort of like when Jimmie Foxx went from Philly to Beantown?...
• 12/6 High Heat Stats: The 3 players with at least 8 superior offensive and defensive seasons: Since 1901, there are 25 players who have at least 8 seasons with 40+ Rbat, or Batting Runs. These are the cream of the crop offensive...
• 12/5 High Heat Stats: What to expect from Manny Ramirez: Manny Ramirez has reportedly filed for reinstatement and faces only a 50-game ban should he sign with a team.He'll be in his...
• 12/1 The Captain's Blog: Could Steroids Push Bernie Williams’ HoF Candidacy Over the Borderline?: Thirteen new candidates have been added to the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot, but none have overwhelming credentials, which should...

• 11/25 High Heat Stats: 2011: The year of the 24-year-old center fielder: Baseball history is filled with great young center fielders. For some reason, they seem to capture the excitement of the fans...
• 11/23 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB CBA: The Wild Card Play-In And Expanded Replay: Let’s look at some more of the changes to the game in the new collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the MLB Players...
• 11/22 High Heat Stats: Home Runs:One at a Time- Now Complete: A while back, over at the old blog, I took a look at the players who hit the most home runs without hitting more than one in a...
• 11/8 High Heat Stats: POLL: Ken Boyer and the Hall of Fame: Ken Boyer is a Veterans Committee candidate for the Hall of Fame in 2012.The Hall of Fame debate starts below, but first a few...
• 11/5 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Bring Back Jim Thome: The Phillies, as seems to be a common theme these days, shocked the baseball world yesterday when they announced the signing of...

• 10/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IS LANCE BERKMAN DRAGGING BABE RUTH INTO IT?: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 10/21 Giants Nirvana: 2011 Season in Review: Pablo Sandoval: Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2011 24 SFG NL 117 466 426 55 134 26 3 23 32 63 .315 .357 .552 .909...
• 10/17 Kings of Kauffman: Kimbrel, Valverde Awarded Goose Gossage Award by BBA: In earlier voting this postseason by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel won the Willie Mays Award...
• 10/17 i70baseball.com: BBA Selects Kimbrel, Valverde For Goose Gossage AwardCraig Kimbrel takes home his second BBA Award while Jose Valverde gains recognition as well....
• 10/13 i70baseball.com: Kimbrel, Hosmer, **** Selected As Top Rookies From BBAThe Baseball Bloggers Alliance names their Willie Mays Award winners....
• 10/13 Kings of Kauffman: Hosmer, **** and Kimbrel Selected as Top Rookies by BBA: Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves easily won the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s Willie Mays Award for top rookie in the National...
• 10/4 Mets360.com: 1975: One Day With The Mets: As we watch another Metsless playoff – ten years out of the last eleven, if you’re scoring at home – there is little to...
• 10/3 22gigantes.com: Book review: “A Moment In Time” — Ralph Branca: OCT. 3 — When Ralph Branca’s new book A Moment In Time ($25, Amazon) arrived at my house last Thursday, my 7-year...
• 10/2 PaulLebowitz.com: The “Other” Collapse: While the trail of controversy, drastic changes and clubhouse disharmony is surrounding the Red Sox, there was another embarrassing...

• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Sticking it to CanoRobinson Cano does his best Willie Mays, playing stick ball with the children. ...
• 9/22 B-R Blog: Quick coverage of a few games (Wednesday 9/21/11): Yankees 4, Rays 2 (2nd game): Deja vu all over again. The Yankees had clinched a playoff berth in the opener with an 8th-inning...
• 9/12 B-R Blog: The Oldest Member of the 40-10 (HR-3B) Club: Heading into tonight's action Curtis Granderson is on the precipice of becoming the first 30 year old member of the 40-10 club....
• 9/8 B-R Blog: Card of the Week (and Hall of Fame poll): 1997 Bowman Chrome International Refractors #127 Andruw Jones: So much to say about this card... I better keep it in bullet format so that we can get to the Hall of Fame poll below: By 1997,...

• 8/29 i70baseball.com: Rob Rains Inside Baseball: Keep Watching Cards FansTen reasons to watch the Cardinals in September, even without a pennant race....
• 8/26 Baseball Musings: Return to Cleveland: The Twins dealt Jim Thome to the Indians Thursday night, as the slugger returns to his first team. This has actually been a pattern...
• 8/25 MLBTradeRumors: When Great Sluggers Get Traded: With the Twins and Indians discussing a Jim Thome swap, the big slugger could join some elite company. Thome's 601 home runs...
• 8/24 i70baseball.com: Francoeur Signing Signals New EraKansas City may no longer be the Siberia of the major leagues....
• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Going Deep and Running Fast: David Vincent, keeper of the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log for SABR send this list of players who led a league in home runs...
• 8/16 The Writer's Journey: Fun Card: 1985 Donruss “Highlights” Jim Thome: Only the fifth big leaguer in history to legitimately hit 600 home runs, joining Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and Ken Griffey...
• 8/16 B-R Blog: Leading the league in triples and homers: A couple of readers wrote in about this, so here's the answer. Curtis Granderson has a decent shot at leading the AL this year...
• 8/7 PaulLebowitz.com: What To Do With Jason Heyward?: The debate is raging and intense on both sides. Those who are looking at Jason Heyward‘s production as an end unto itself...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: ROE 140+ Times Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have reached base on an error 140 or more times in their career? Here is the list - Rk Player #Matching...
• 8/1 The Writer's Journey: How magical are “magic numbers”? (part 2): In June, I examinded 300 wins and 3000 strikeouts. I intended to jump right into 500 home runs and 3000 hits after that, within...

• 7/31 B-R Blog: 13 Or More 5+ RBI Games Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have 13+ games in their career with 5+ RBI? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B...
• 7/26 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1972 Jim Fregosi: 1972 TOPPS TRADED JIM FREGOSI Right now everyone’s mind is on the trade deadline so what better time to break out this classic...
• 7/19 B-R Blog: 300/300 Club: Players with at least 300 HR and 300 SB: I have posted on this before, but let's do it again anyway. Carlos Beltran has 294 homers and 292 stolen bases and is a good bet...
• 7/18 The Pesky Pole: My Love Letter to Derek Jeter: Derek Jeter reached the 3,000 hit plateau a little over a week ago. My blog has turned into a Jeter blog the last several...
• 7/16 The Pesky Pole: Is This Heaven? No, It's OOTP: When I was a kid I used to create my own little baseball universe. I would take out my wiffle ball, bat, and play my own games....
• 7/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 7.14.2011: Franklin Rabon writes RE the Roger Clemens trial: What double jeopardy motion are you talking about? Double jeopardy doesn’t...
• 7/13 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Prince Fielder Powers NL to 5-1 win in All Star game: Prince Fielder was named the MVP of the All Star game after smashing a three-run homer in the fourth inning to put the National...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: All-Star Games Where Batter Had PA>=0 & WPA>=.18 In Win: The title of this one says it all. Here's the list of those to make the cut - Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR...
• 7/12 El Maquino: WHY THE ALL-STAR GAME IS JACKED UP: Yes, the titanic clash between the National and American Leagues’ best is set to begin tomorrow.  Ideally. Truth is, the...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ Games Of aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5: Fooling around with Play Index, I asked it show me players with the most games where: aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 31 homers in 91 games: Check out the guys with the most homers in his team's first 91 games to see where Jose Bautista ranks: Rk Player Year PA AB HR...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ TB In 9-Inning Game Age 37+ Since 1919: How many players, since 1919, had a game, where the contest was 9 innings or less, where they were at least 37-years old and had...
• 7/6 The Pesky Pole: Box Score Stories: Two Heroes and Two Legends: The greatest website ever created is Baseball Reference. I can spend hours on that site just looking around. One of my favorite...
• 7/6 The Pesky Pole: Willie Would Have Had It: "Willie would have had it." I heard it the first time I went to a baseball game and have heard it or thought about it at every...
• 7/5 NY Baseball Digest: Unanimous HOF, Mo’s Injury, Parnell’s Key to Success: Josh Norris of the Trentonian wonders if Derek Jeter will be the first unanimous Hall of Fame selection in the history of the...
• 7/3 B-R Blog: Sunday Smorgasbord – games of Saturday, July 2: [A Whitman's sampler of Saturday action, with neither leaves nor grass....] -- White Sox 1, Cubs 0 ... for the first time in MLB...

• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Fuld Fields: Sam Fuld just made another Willie Mays catch. He caught the ball with his back to the infeild, then fell and slid gently into...
• 6/27 11th and Washington: From ND to MLB: Ron Reed: I've already profiled a couple of two-sport stars to come out of Notre Dame and make it to the Major Leagues, but Johnny Mohardt's...
• 6/20 B-R Blog: 2500/500/100/200 Club: How many major league players have 2,500+ hits, 500+ doubles, 100+ triples and 200+ homeruns in their career? Here's the list...
• 6/19 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Box Score Stories: Two Heroes and Two Legends: The greatest website ever created is Baseball Reference. I can spend hours on that site just looking around. One of my favorite...
• 6/18 NY Baseball Digest: Morning Digest: First Ever Sports Talk Call Edition: Yesterday, Neil Best of Newsday educated us on the first every sports talk call, which was taken by the legendary Bill Mazer....
• 6/17 B-R Blog: 100+ Career “Runs” From Fielding: Nothing fancy about this list - it's those with 100+ career "Fielding Runs" aka Rfield. Rk Player Rfield From To Age G PA AB R...
• 6/15 The Captain's Blog: What Comes Around: Karma and Baseball Chicanery: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Jose Reyes entered...
• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
• 6/10 B-R Blog: On Base 4000+ Times (Including ROE ): How many players in baseball history have reached base, including via an error, 4,000 times or more in the career? Here's the...
• 6/7 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Willie Would Have Had It: "Willie would have had it." I heard it the first time I went to a baseball game and have heard it or thought about it at every...

• 5/25 B-R Blog: 2,975+ Hits Since 1919 By BABIP: What would it look like if you took all the players to have 2,975+ career hits since 1919 and ordered them by their BA on Balls...
• 5/22 B-R Blog: 11+ HR In 1st 50 Career Games Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players hit 11 or more homeruns in their first 50 big leauge games? Here's the list - Rk Gcar Player Year...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/15 NY Baseball Digest: Yankees Should Release Posada and Move On: Earlier in the week I talked about how sad it is to watch a former star hobble his way out of the game. New York fans always bring...
• 5/11 NY Baseball Digest: Nothing Sadder Than a Star Struggling to Hang On: Thirty nine years ago today Willie Mays was acquired by the Mets from the San Francisco Giants for Charlie Williams and $50,000....
• 5/8 Rising Apple: Willie Mays inspired a rookie teammate in his final campaign: George Theodore was a rookie left fielder for the New York Mets in 1973, when he found himself sharing the outfield with one...
• 5/7 The Captain's Blog: Did Fans of the Past Better Appreciate Star Players? Examining a Radio Talk Show Claim: Toward the end of Friday afternoon’s edition of the Michael Kay radio show, which was being co-hosted by Don La Greca and Bill...
• 5/6 Bay City Ball: Happy Birthday, Willie Mays: Today, 80 years ago, Willie Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama. In my opinion, Mays will always be one of the best overall position...

• 4/25 22gigantes.com: Is Gary Brown the heir apparent to Andres Torres?: Brown leads the Cal League with 12 steals. San Francisco Giants 2010 first round draft pick Gary Brown does everything at...
• 4/21 B-R Blog: Lowest RBI per HR ratios in history: Reader Tony C. wrote in to ask for this old favorite. Let's ease in. First here are the lowest RBI totals for a player with 30...
• 4/15 22gigantes.com: Honoring Jackie Robinson --- and Quinton McCracken: The late, great #42, Jackie Roosevelt Robinson. In 1997, I bought a Jackie Robinson Hallmark Christmas ornament. It goes...
• 4/13 B-R Blog: Single Season HR Records: Have you ever looked at the single season HR records in terms of pre-1987, post-2003 and during the period 1987 through 2003?...
• 4/12 Baseball Musings: Fuld Not Stopping: In regards to Sam Fuld not stopping at first on his last hit Monday night to get the cycle, I found four instances of players...
• 4/11 NY Baseball Digest: Manny Ramirez: Greatest Player to Never Make the Hall: Manny Ramirez left the game of baseball this weekend in the same manner that he played his entire career: controversial. Whether...
• 4/7 B-R Blog: Most Seasons With 150+ Games & .390+ OBA: Who are the leaders, since 1901, for the most seasons with 150+ games played in a season with an On-Base Average of .390 or better?...
• 4/6 Caught Looking: 2011 Season: 4-5-11: LEAD OFF There are three undefeated teams left in the Majors. The Reds defeated the Astros 8-2 to improve to 4-0 while the Rangers...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Cruz Finished: Nelson Cruz went 0 for 2 with a walk as the Rangers downed the Mariners 3-2. That ended Cruz’s home run streak at four,...
• 4/5 Caught Looking: 2011 season: 4-4-11: LEAD OFF Break up the Baltimore Orioles! With a 5-1 victory over the Tigers Monday, the O’s improved to 4-0—their best...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Cruzin’ for a Bruisen’: Nelson Cruz just hit his fourth home run of the season, one in each game to tie a record for the start of a season. Willie Mays...
• 4/4 B-R Blog: Longest home run streaks to start a season: By now you've probably heard that there were a lot of home runs in some ballparks during the first weekend of the season. Here...
• 4/3 B-R Blog: Most HR In 1st 6 Games Of Season Since 1919: Since 1919, who has hit the most homeruns in the first 6 games of his team's season? If I did this correct, here's the leaderboard...
• 4/1 The Captain's Blog: Remembering Forgettable Opening Day Performances: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By going 0-5 with...

• 3/29 B-R Blog: Home run winning percentage: After Steve's post a few days ago about most homers coming in a loss, it got me wondering what the team's winning percentage looks...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Werth Batting Second?: The Washington Nationals have announced their intended lineup to start the season. Their big free agent signing ($126 million...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...
• 3/14 The Daily Catch: Most Strikeouts by a Non-Power Hitter: We are used to seeing sluggers being feast or famine.  Guys that will hit 50 home runs in a season, but strikeout 200 times....
• 3/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 3.10.2011: Mike Fierman writes RE Moneyball, Billy Beane and me: May I say that you seem obsessed with Beane. he’s just not worth the amount...
• 3/9 Crashburn Alley: Raul and the Cliff: No, “Raul and the Cliff” isn’t the name of a new sitcom featuring Raul Ibanez and Cliff Lee. Rather, the title...
• 3/3 NY Baseball Digest: Duke Snider was Underrated: Although growing up in Brooklyn, and spending the first 26 years of my life there, I never had the affinity for the Brooklyn Dodgers....
• 3/3 SocraticGadfly: Reading about Willie, and Mickey ... and the Hammer: Sorry, I've not come across a Duke Snider biography. That said, I have recently read new biographies of (from oldest to newest)...

• 2/28 The Captain's Blog: Who’s a Bum? Remembering the Duke on His Own Terms: Duke Snider’s Hall of Fame baseball career is ably defined by the statistics he compiled. However, it is his position as an...
• 2/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Duke and Jimmy Edmonds: As news about the passing of Duke Snider made its way around various media outlets, two things really stuck with me.  The first...
• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/24 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: Best New Artist: Not too long ago, the internet nearly exploded from pre-teen angst over the upset victory by Esperanza Spalding over Tiger Beat...
• 2/20 The Captain's Blog: Never the Center of Attention, Jim Edmonds Deserves Serious Hall of Fame Consideration: The official announcement of Jim Edmonds’ retirement on Friday went largely unnoticed, which was kind of **** because that’s mostly...
• 2/17 B-R Blog: Extra Inning Home Runs: From 1974-2010 (The era for which the batting event finder is complete.)  forty-eight players hit more home runs than Jack Clark's...
• 2/14 PaulLebowitz.com: And When I Slam Down The Hammer…: …can you feel it in your heart? Much appreciation for the title to the patron saint of the misérables, Morrissey. Being...
• 2/8 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Next to [Insert Milestone Here]: With the Super Bowl now in the record books, I thought it would be interesting to see who will be the next players to pass some...
• 2/7 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Next to [Insert Milestone Here]: With the Super Bowl now in the record books, I thought it would be interesting to see who will be the next players to pass some...
• 2/7 The Captain's Blog: 100 Years of Ronald Reagan and Baseball: One hundred years ago in Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Wilson Reagan began an improbable road to the presidency that culminated in...

• 1/31 The Captain's Blog: Assuming the Position: Will Jeter’s Career End More Like Mantle’s or DiMaggio’s?: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) As is often its custom,...
• 1/31 B-R Blog: Greatest birthday performances from the last 20 years: Following are the best birthday performances by batters for each different age. I determined "best" by highest Winning Probability...
• 1/27 B-R Blog: Trivia challenge: The following players are ranked in the order shown, 1 through 20, for what since 1901? Rk Player 1 Rogers Hornsby 2 Mickey Mantle...
• 1/23 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Andrew Baggarly, Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval: Can't believe I hadn't known this: Giants beat-writer Andrew Baggarly is writing a book on the 2010 Giants. I recommend you pre-order...
• 1/17 SocraticGadfly: Five weeks left on Pujols contract talks - updated: Albert Pujols has again confirmed that the St. Louis Cardinals have until the start of spring training to ink him to a new contract....
• 1/15 SocraticGadfly: Five weeks left on Pujols contract talks: Albert Pujols has again confirmed that the St. Louis Cardinals have until the start of spring training to ink him to a new contract....
• 1/11 SocraticGadfly: The latest on Pujols-Cardinals talks: How much are St. Louis Cardinals management negotiations with Albert Pujols heating up and how serious is it getting? No detailed...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/10 PAAPFLY: Barry Bonds, Cooperstown, steroids, amphetamines, and common sense: Barry Bonds is well within the conversation of the greatest players ever, with Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Ty Cobb....
• 1/8 NY Baseball Digest: Does Kirby Puckett Open up the HOF for Bernie Williams?: NYBD reader “Russ” posted a comment the other day comparing Bernie Williams to other Hall of Fame centerfielders,...
• 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...

• 12/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Will Albert Catch A-Rod?: Seriously.  Give this some thought.  Albert Pujols is currently 45th on the all-time hr list with 408.  Alex Rodriguez is currently...
• 12/24 PAAPFLY: Pablo Sandoval: '10 just a sophmore slump?: The Giants remarkably won the World Series in 2010 despite the horrific season of their young star, Pablo "Panda" Sandoval. Panda...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: My evening with the Giants: By some stroke of absolute luck, I managed to make my way into the private viewing of the 2010 World Series and It’s Magic Inside...
• 12/22 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: Tom Seaver: 1974 TOPPS TOM SEAVER #80 It was all too rare during the Golden Age of Topps (1952-1980) for star players to get cards that matched...
• 12/22 Mets360.com: Former Mets batting coach Cavarretta dies: Former Mets batting coach Phil Cavarretta passed away yesterday at age 94. Cavarretta joined the Mets in 1973 as a batting instructor,...
• 12/20 Jason's Baseball Blog: Hall of Fame Ballot Review – Dale Murphy: Dale Murphy is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the 13th time this year, and received 63 out of 539 votes last year (11.7%). The...
• 12/8 The Writer's Journey: Redsfest 2010: Eric Davis: One of the most exciting players of my youth roamed centerfield for the Reds in the 1980s…the one and only Eric Davis. The...

• 11/29 B-R Blog: Most hits, homers, strikeouts, etc, first 10 seasons: Ichiro, Pujols, and Dunn: Here's more stuff from reader Joseph T. about numerous records set in the 2010 season for totals in the first 10 years of a playing...
• 11/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Dynamic Duo Of Devastation: What do you do? In the off-season of 1965-66, restrained by baseball's reserve clause preventing free movement of the players...
• 11/22 B-R Blog: Seasons Of 60+ RE24 Age 26 Or Younger: In honor of Mr. Votto winning the N.L. MVP Award this season, here's a list of players with seasons where they were age 26 or...
• 11/20 B-R Blog: 4+ SB Games: Since 1920, how many players have 2+ games with 4+ SB in their career? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B...
• 11/5 B-R Blog: 400 HR & Appeared As SS In Line-Up: Have you ever seen this crazy boxscore from September 26, 1954? In this game, Casey Stengel started (and played) Yogi Berra at...

• 10/30 Giants Nirvana: BBA Awards Update: Walter Johnson Award: Roy Halladay So far, the following BBA Awards have been announced: Willie Mays Award:NL - Buster PoseyAL - Neftali Feliz Connie...
• 10/26 B-R Blog: POLL: Lou Whitaker and the Hall of Fame: I know, I know, you Alan Trammell fans are angry that I'm doing a poll on Whitaker and not on Trammell. Deal with it. Lou Whitaker...

• 9/27 B-R Blog: Large HR/PA % Age 29 And Older: This one is a random and simple list: Players age 29 or older, with the most seasons where they qualified for the batting title...
• 9/7 The Captain's Blog: Yanks Can’t Reap Benefits of Arod’s Return, but Hope to Harvest Them in October: The Yankees have gone a remarkable 21-3 in games that Alex Rodriguez has not played, so naturally, they’ve now lost two games...
• 9/3 B-R Blog: The 20 greatest position players in baseball history: Here's one take on the twenty greatest position players in the history of major league baseball. In the comments on other recent...
• 9/2 B-R Blog: 10 Games Of 10+ TB: How many batters since 1920 have 10+ games where they had 10+ TB in the contest? Here's the answer: From 1920 to 2010, Games requiring...

• 8/31 B-R Blog: POLL: Kenny Lofton and the Hall of Fame: Kenny Lofton led the league in stolen bases 5 times, was a 6-time All-Star, and a 4-time Gold Glove winner. He played in the...
• 8/23 B-R Blog: POLL: Ron Santo and the Hall of Fame: Ron Santo played third base for 15 seasons. He was a 9-time All-Star, 5-time Gold Glove winner, never played for any team outside...
• 8/18 B-R Blog: Jim Thome & top OPS+ seasons for a 39-year-old: Jim Thome is raking so far this year. Here are the only players (1901-present) to post an OPS+ of at least 150 in age 39 season,...
• 8/14 B-R Blog: Post 1919 Batters With Most 3+ HR Games: Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in the Yankees game this evening. Since 1920, heading into today, which players had the most...
• 8/9 B-R Blog: Perfect Games – For Batters: How many batters, since 1920, have had 12+ "perfect days" at the plate in games where they had 4+ At Bats? By this, I mean, going...
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: POLL: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker was one of the great young players with the early 1990s Expos and then became a star playing in numbers-inflating...

• 7/29 B-R Blog: Buster Posey extends his hitting streak to 21 games: Buster Posey of the Giants has the longest active hit-streak in the majors at 21 games and is closing in on the longest streak...
• 7/28 The World's Worst Sports Blog: The 600 Home Run Almanac: People are interested in players who hit 600 home runs, at least judging by the Google searches that point people here. With that...
• 7/23 The Captain's Blog: Road Map to 600: A Snapshot of Arod’s Prolific HR History: Alex Rodriguez has hit 599 home runs, including at least one against 365 different pitchers for 26 different teams in 31 different...
• 7/8 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Back when it was hard to hit 55…: Last night was one of those classic Keith Hernandez moments where he started talking and then stopped abruptly, which I always...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....

• 6/30 Caught Looking: Triples cubed: Triples should come in three’s. Twins outfielder Denard Span tied a modern major league record last night with three triples...
• 6/29 B-R Blog: Span’s got 3 triples: Denard Span has 3 triples in tonight's game already. Click through for the list of all 3-triples games in the years 1920-1939,...
• 6/26 B-R Blog: Card of the Week: 1984 Topps #705 NL Active Stolen Base Leaders: (Click images for larger versions) Ahh, the 1984 Topps set. This one is pretty well-liked by many collectors.As Night Owl has...

• 5/25 B-R Blog: Old Sluggers Are Rare To Find: Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - players 35 and older with the most seasons of an ISO of at least...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...