http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662 This and that about baseball stats. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4632 BunnyWrangler Fri, 09 May 2008 16:21:36 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4632 I wasn't criticizing Houk for batting Richardson leadoff; I was commenting on their failure to score despite the lineup's historical power. You're right, though. Of their starters, everyone with a good OBP was a better fit in the middle of the order. I wasn’t criticizing Houk for batting Richardson leadoff; I was commenting on their failure to score despite the lineup’s historical power. You’re right, though. Of their starters, everyone with a good OBP was a better fit in the middle of the order.

]]> http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4631 whiz Fri, 09 May 2008 15:52:54 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4631 Looking at the '61 Yankees players, they didn't really have a lead-off type hitter. Richardson had a .295 OBA (!), but Kubek and Boyer were not much better (.306 and .308, respectively). After that it was Skowron (.318), Berra (.330), Maris (.372), Howard (.387) and Mantle (.448). Not much speed there, except for Mantle. Looking at the ‘61 Yankees players, they didn’t really have a lead-off type hitter. Richardson had a .295 OBA (!), but Kubek and Boyer were not much better
(.306 and .308, respectively). After that it was Skowron (.318), Berra (.330),
Maris (.372), Howard (.387) and Mantle (.448). Not much speed there, except for Mantle.

]]> http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4630 BunnyWrangler Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:36 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4630 Richardson as a leadoff hitter was part of the reason that the '61 Yankees, winners of 100+ games and clubbers of 240+ home runs, didn't lead their league in runs scored. Richardson as a leadoff hitter was part of the reason that the ‘61 Yankees, winners of 100+ games and clubbers of 240+ home runs, didn’t lead their league in runs scored.

]]> http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4629 gerry Fri, 09 May 2008 00:51:18 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4629 So if I've got this right, Bobby Richardson, batting leadoff for the 1961 Maris-Mantle Yankees, failed to score a run in 27 of the Yankees first 35 games? Holy cow! So if I’ve got this right, Bobby Richardson, batting leadoff for the 1961 Maris-Mantle Yankees, failed to score a run in 27 of the Yankees first 35 games? Holy cow!

]]> http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4627 savoyspecial Thu, 08 May 2008 17:54:58 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662#comment-4627 Geez, you're obsessed with Robinson Cano. Maybe he's slumping because he's preoccupied with his stalker. Geez, you’re obsessed with Robinson Cano. Maybe he’s slumping because he’s preoccupied with his stalker.

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