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August 31, 2008
Here are the all-time HR leaders playing for 5 or more franchises:
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Frank Robinson 586 5 1956 1976 20-40 2808 11743 10006 1829 2943 528 72 1812 1420 218 1532 198 17 102 269 204 77 .294 .389 .537 .926 97D3/85 CIN-BAL-LAD-CAL-CLE
2 Eddie Murray 504 5 1977 1997 21-41 3026 12817 11336 1627 3255 560 35 1917 1333 222 1516 18 2 128 316 110 43 .287 .359 .476 .835 *3D/57 BAL-LAD-NYM-CLE-BAL-ANA
3 Gary Sheffield 493 7 1988 2008 19-39 2454 10540 8868 1579 2597 452 25 1619 1423 125 1114 131 9 109 221 249 102 .293 .394 .516 .910 957D/63 MIL-SDP-FLA-LAD-ATL-NYY-DET
4 Fred McGriff 493 6 1986 2004 22-40 2460 10174 8757 1349 2490 441 24 1550 1305 171 1882 39 2 71 226 72 38 .284 .377 .509 .886 *3D TOR-SDP-ATL-TBD-CHC-LAD
5 Dave Winfield 465 6 1973 1995 21-43 2971 12358 11003 1669 3110 540 88 1833 1216 172 1686 25 19 95 319 223 96 .283 .353 .475 .828 *97D8/35 SDP-NYY-CAL-TOR-MIN-CLE
6 Jose Canseco 462 7 1985 2001 20-36 1887 8129 7057 1186 1877 340 14 1407 906 64 1942 84 1 81 178 200 88 .266 .353 .515 .868 D97/81 OAK-TEX-BOS-OAK-TOR-TBD-NYY-CHW
7 Dave Kingman 442 7 1971 1986 22-37 1941 7429 6677 901 1575 240 25 1210 608 72 1816 53 16 75 139 85 49 .236 .302 .478 .780 37D59/1 SFG-NYM-SDP-NYY-CAL-CHC-OAK
8 Mike Piazza 427 5 1992 2007 23-38 1912 7745 6911 1048 2127 344 8 1335 759 146 1113 30 0 45 229 17 20 .308 .377 .545 .922 *2D/3 LAD-NYM-FLA-SDP-OAK
9 Andres Galarraga 399 7 1985 2004 24-43 2257 8916 8096 1195 2333 444 32 1425 583 106 2003 178 1 58 179 128 81 .288 .347 .499 .846 *3/D5 MON-STL-COL-ATL-TEX-SFG-MON-ANA
10 Joe Carter 396 6 1983 1998 23-38 2189 9154 8422 1170 2184 432 53 1445 527 86 1387 90 10 105 132 231 66 .259 .306 .464 .770 7983D/45 CHC-CLE-SDP-TOR-SFG-BAL
11 Graig Nettles 390 6 1967 1988 22-43 2700 10226 8986 1193 2225 328 28 1314 1088 94 1209 50 12 90 197 32 36 .248 .329 .421 .750 *5/739D68 MIN-CLE-NYY-SDP-ATL-MON
12 Harold Baines 384 5 1980 2001 21-42 2830 11092 9908 1299 2866 488 49 1628 1062 187 1441 14 9 99 298 34 34 .289 .356 .465 .821 *D9/87 CHW-TEX-OAK-BAL-CHW-CLE
13 Orlando Cepeda 379 6 1958 1974 20-36 2124 8695 7927 1131 2351 417 27 1365 588 154 1169 102 4 74 218 142 80 .297 .350 .499 .849 *37D/95 SFG-STL-ATL-OAK-BOS-KCR
14 Jeff Kent 376 6 1992 2008 24-40 2294 9529 8490 1319 2457 560 47 1516 801 61 1522 125 10 103 224 94 60 .289 .355 .499 .854 *453/D6 TOR-NYM-CLE-SFG-HOU-LAD
15 Rocky Colavito 374 6 1955 1968 21-34 1841 7559 6503 971 1730 283 21 1159 951 58 880 29 16 60 182 19 27 .266 .359 .489 .848 *97/31 CLE-DET-KCA-CLE-CHW-NYY-LAD
16 Gary Gaetti 360 6 1981 2000 22-41 2507 9817 8951 1130 2280 443 39 1341 634 57 1602 96 32 104 236 96 65 .255 .308 .434 .742 *53/D67149 MIN-CAL-KCR-STL-CHC-BOS
17 Greg Vaughn 355 5 1989 2003 23-37 1731 7070 6103 1017 1475 284 23 1072 865 54 1513 37 11 54 101 121 59 .242 .337 .470 .807 *7D/89 MIL-SDP-CIN-TBD-COL
18 Luis Gonzalez 353 6 1990 2008 22-40 2575 10492 9123 1409 2582 593 68 1433 1150 150 1212 111 10 98 210 128 87 .283 .367 .479 .846 *7/D9835 HOU-CHC-DET-ARI-LAD-FLA
19 Ellis Burks 352 5 1987 2004 22-39 2000 8176 7232 1253 2107 402 63 1206 793 33 1340 60 29 62 171 181 84 .291 .363 .510 .873 *89D7 BOS-CHW-COL-SFG-CLE-BOS
20 Dick Allen 351 5 1963 1977 21-35 1749 7314 6332 1099 1848 320 79 1119 894 138 1556 16 19 53 164 133 52 .292 .378 .534 .912 357/46D8 PHI-STL-LAD-CHW-PHI-OAK
And the all-time HR leaders playing for just 1 franchise:
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------
1 Mike Schmidt 548 1 1972 1989 22-39 2404 10062 8352 1506 2234 408 59 1595 1507 201 1883 79 16 108 156 174 92 .267 .380 .527 .907 *53/64 PHI
2 Mickey Mantle 536 1 1951 1968 19-36 2401 9909 8102 1677 2415 344 72 1509 1733 126 1710 13 14 47 113 153 38 .298 .421 .557 .978 *8397/645 NYY
3 Ted Williams 521 1 1939 1960 20-41 2292 9791 7706 1798 2654 525 71 1839 2021 86 709 39 5 20 197 24 17 .344 .482 .634 1.116 *79/1 BOS
4 Ernie Banks 512 1 1953 1971 22-40 2528 10395 9421 1305 2583 407 90 1636 763 198 1236 70 45 96 229 50 53 .274 .330 .500 .830 36/57 CHC
5 Mel Ott 511 1 1926 1947 17-38 2730 11337 9456 1859 2876 488 72 1860 1708 0 896 64 109 0 82 89 0 .304 .414 .533 .947 *958/74 NYG
6 Lou Gehrig 493 1 1923 1939 20-36 2164 9660 8001 1888 2721 534 163 1995 1508 0 790 45 106 0 2 102 101 .340 .447 .632 1.079 *3/976 NYY
7 Willie Stargell 475 1 1962 1982 22-42 2360 9026 7927 1195 2232 423 55 1540 937 227 1936 78 9 75 143 17 16 .282 .360 .529 .889 *73/98 PIT
8 Stan Musial 475 1 1941 1963 20-42 3026 12712 10972 1949 3630 725 177 1951 1599 127 696 53 35 53 243 78 31 .331 .417 .559 .976 3798/1 STL
9 Carl Yastrzemski 452 1 1961 1983 21-43 3308 13991 11988 1816 3419 646 59 1844 1845 190 1393 40 13 105 323 168 116 .285 .379 .462 .841 *73D8/59 BOS
10 Jeff Bagwell 449 1 1991 2005 23-37 2150 9431 7797 1517 2314 488 32 1529 1401 155 1558 128 3 102 221 202 78 .297 .408 .540 .948 *3/D9 HOU
11 Cal Ripken 431 1 1981 2001 20-40 3001 12883 11551 1647 3184 603 44 1695 1129 107 1305 66 10 127 350 36 39 .276 .340 .447 .787 *65/D BAL
12 Chipper Jones 406 1 1993 2008 21-36 2004 8611 7288 1368 2257 445 35 1365 1225 132 1135 16 3 79 202 136 43 .310 .406 .547 .953 *57/6D9 ATL
13 Al Kaline 399 1 1953 1974 18-39 2834 11597 10116 1622 3007 498 75 1583 1277 131 1020 55 45 104 271 137 65 .297 .376 .480 .856 *98D3/75 DET
14 Johnny Bench 389 1 1967 1983 19-35 2157 8669 7658 1091 2048 381 24 1376 891 135 1278 19 11 90 201 68 43 .267 .342 .476 .818 *253/798 CIN
15 Jim Rice 382 1 1974 1989 21-36 2089 9058 8225 1249 2452 373 79 1451 670 77 1423 64 5 94 315 58 34 .298 .352 .502 .854 *7D/98 BOS
16 Joe DiMaggio 361 1 1936 1951 21-36 1736 7671 6821 1390 2214 389 131 1537 790 0 369 46 14 0 130 30 9 .325 .398 .579 .977 *8/793 NYY
17 George Brett 317 1 1973 1993 20-40 2707 11624 10349 1583 3154 665 137 1595 1096 229 908 33 26 120 235 201 97 .305 .369 .487 .856 *5D3/796 KCR
18 Albert Pujols 311 1 2001 2008 21-28 1213 5275 4490 930 1502 334 13 950 679 150 497 60 1 45 150 44 25 .335 .425 .622 1.047 *37/59D64 STL
19 Todd Helton 310 1 1997 2008 23-34 1659 7114 5960 1143 1957 471 31 1116 1041 170 808 49 3 61 145 36 26 .328 .428 .574 1.002 *3/79D COL
20 Edgar Martinez 309 1 1987 2004 24-41 2055 8672 7213 1219 2247 514 15 1261 1283 113 1202 89 10 77 190 49 30 .312 .418 .515 .933 *D5/3 SEA
Can you believe that Albert Pujols is already on this list? Holy mackerel. If he sticks with the Cardinals and hits just 30 HR a year for the next 4-5 years, he can crack the top 10. In this day and age of player movement, it’s hard to believe. Of course, if 12 years from now, Pujols finishes up with another team, he drops right off this list.
August 29, 2008
Here’s a fun little list via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Post-Season Pitching Game Finder…
The only pitchers who have allowed 8 earned runs, or more, in a post-season game:
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Jay Witasick 1 Ind. Games
David Wells 1 Ind. Games
Chien-Ming Wang 1 Ind. Games
C.C. Sabathia 1 Ind. Games
Steve Reed 1 Ind. Games
Jake Peavy 1 Ind. Games
Greg Maddux 1 Ind. Games
Matt Clement 1 Ind. Games
Guy Bush 1 Ind. Games
Pete Alexander 1 Ind. Games
Paul Abbott 1 Ind. Games
Games found: 11.
Now, if you really want to get fancy, look at each of these outings ranked by fewest batters faced:
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS **BF** AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Jay Witasick 2001-11-03 WS 6 NYY @ARI L 2-15 3-4 1.1 10 9 8 0 4 0 49 36 2 2 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54.00
2 Steve Reed 1999-10-10 ALDS 4 CLE @BOS L 7-23 4-5 1.1 7 8 8 1 1 1 34 18 0 0 14 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.00
3 Pete Alexander 1928-10-05 WS 2 STL @NYY L 3-9 GS-3 ,L 2.1 6 8 8 4 1 1 10 17 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30.86
4 Matt Clement 2005-10-04 ALDS 1 BOS @CHW L 2-14 GS-4 ,L 3.1 7 8 8 0 0 3 64 41 14 18 15 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21.60
5 Paul Abbott 2001-10-13 ALDS 3 SEA @CLE L 2-17 3-6 3 9 8 8 5 3 3 81 43 0 0 22 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.00
6 Greg Maddux 1989-10-04 NLCS 1 CHC SFG L 3-11 GS-4 ,L 4 8 8 8 1 3 2 83 54 16 22 19 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00
7 Jake Peavy 2005-10-04 NLDS 1 SDP @STL L 5-8 GS-5 ,L 4.1 8 8 8 3 3 2 70 44 15 23 20 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.62
8 C.C. Sabathia 2007-10-12 ALCS 1 CLE @BOS L 3-10 GS-5 ,L 4.1 7 8 8 5 3 0 85 44 15 24 17 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.62
9 David Wells 2002-10-05 ALDS 4 NYY @ANA L 5-9 GS-5 ,L 4.2 10 8 8 0 0 1 59 43 12 24 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.43
10 Chien-Ming Wang 2007-10-04 ALDS 1 NYY @CLE L 3-12 GS-5 ,L 4.2 9 8 8 4 2 2 94 58 12 25 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.43
11 Guy Bush 1932-09-28 WS 1 CHC @NYY L 6-12 GS-6 ,L 5.1 3 8 8 5 2 1 27 26 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50
Games found: 11.
Jay Witasick and Steve Reed really did something special, huh? They allowed 8 earned runs in their games while facing less than 15 batters. Well, if you ever need someone to kick-off an October Conga Line, these two have the resumes to apply for the job.
August 27, 2008
Last night, Chris Coste pinch-hit in the 8th inning of the game for the Phillies, and stayed in to eventually get the game-winning hit in the bottom of the 13th. Overall, he went 4-for-4 despite not starting the game.
Nine guys have done exactly that since 1956:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Chris Coste 2008-08-26 PHI NYM W 8-7 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH C
2 Shawn Wooten 2002-08-05 ANA @DET W 6-3 4 4 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th PH 1B
3 Randy Milligan 1991-06-23(2) BAL @KCR W 9-8 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th PH DH
4 Paul O'Neill 1990-04-18 CIN SDP W 11-7 4 4 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th PH RF
5 Rufino Linares 1982-04-13 ATL @CIN W 8-5 4 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd PR LF
6 Claudell Washingt 1979-07-04 CHW @CLE W 16-4 4 4 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
7 Jay Johnstone 1970-04-12 CAL @KCR W 7-5 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th CF
8 Felix Mantilla 1962-05-25 NYM @LAD L 8-17 4 4 1 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th SS
9 Matty Alou 1961-07-25 SFG @PIT W 16-7 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3rd LF
I suspect that most of these performances happened as injury replacements, where the guy who got the 4-for-4 came into the game fairly early on to replace an injured player. I notice that #3, Randy Milligan, was not like that, however. Milligan pinch-hit in the 7th inning for Sam Horn, and the game went into extra innings, just like last night’s Phillies-Mets game.
Here are all the games since 1956 where a sub got 4 or more hits:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Chris Coste 2008-08-26 PHI NYM W 8-7 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH C
2 Quinton McCracken 2005-07-18 ARI FLA W 8-7 5 5 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9th CF
3 Shawn Wooten 2002-08-05 ANA @DET W 6-3 4 4 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th PH 1B
4 Chad Fonville 1995-06-17 LAD @CHC W 12-5 5 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
5 Randy Milligan 1991-06-23(2) BAL @KCR W 9-8 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th PH DH
6 Paul O'Neill 1990-04-18 CIN SDP W 11-7 4 4 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th PH RF
7 Kelly Gruber 1988-04-11 TOR NYY W 17-9 6 6 3 4 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 3B
8 Tom Paciorek 1984-05-08 CHW MIL W 7-6 10 9 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6th LF 1B
9 Julio Gonzalez 1982-10-03 STL @CHC W 5-4 5 5 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
10 Rufino Linares 1982-04-13 ATL @CIN W 8-5 4 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd PR LF
11 Jim Wohlford 1980-05-24 SFG @PIT W 10-9 6 6 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th PH LF
12 Claudell Washingt 1979-07-04 CHW @CLE W 16-4 4 4 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
13 Jay Johnstone 1970-04-12 CAL @KCR W 7-5 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th CF
14 Hawk Taylor 1964-06-20 NYM PHI W 7-3 5 5 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C
15 Felix Mantilla 1962-05-25 NYM @LAD L 8-17 4 4 1 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th SS
16 Matty Alou 1961-07-25 SFG @PIT W 16-7 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3rd LF
17 Harry Simpson 1958-05-30(1) NYY WSH L 8-13 5 5 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st PH RF
There are some really cool games in there.
August 26, 2008
The Chicago White Sox currently lead the majors with 4 pitchers who have thrown 150 innings or more. The team is continuing a run of getting the most out of their starters that began 3 years ago. In 2007 they led the majors with 3 pitchers who pitched at least 200 innings. They also led in 2006 and 2005 with 4 in each of those years.
Here are the teams with the most 150 IP pitchers this season:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching
----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------
2008 AL Chicago White Sox 4 Mark Buehrle / Javier Vazquez / John Danks / Gavin Floyd
2008 AL Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3 Ervin Santana / Jon Garland / Joe Saunders
2008 NL Chicago Cubs 3 Ryan Dempster / Ted Lilly / Carlos Zambrano
2008 NL Cincinnati Reds 3 Johnny Cueto / Edinson Volquez / Bronson Arroyo
2008 AL Detroit Tigers 3 Kenny Rogers / Justin Verlander / Nate Robertson
2008 NL Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Chad Billingsley / Derek Lowe / Hiroki Kuroda
2008 NL New York Mets 3 Oliver Perez / Johan Santana / Mike Pelfrey
2008 AL Tampa Bay Rays 3 Andy Sonnanstine / James Shields / Matt Garza
2008 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Brandon Webb / Danny Haren
2008 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Jeremy Guthrie / Daniel Cabrera
2008 NL Colorado Rockies 2 Ubaldo Jimenez / Aaron Cook
2008 NL Florida Marlins 2 Ricky Nolasco / Scott Olsen
2008 NL Houston Astros 2 Brandon Backe / Roy Oswalt
2008 AL Kansas City Royals 2 Gil Meche / Zack Greinke
2008 AL New York Yankees 2 Mike Mussina / Andy Pettitte
2008 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Cole Hamels / Jamie Moyer
2008 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Zach Duke / Paul Maholm
2008 NL San Francisco Giants 2 Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum
2008 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Kyle Lohse / Braden Looper
2008 AL Toronto Blue Jays 2 A.J. Burnett / Roy Halladay
2008 NL Atlanta Braves 1 Jair Jurrjens
2008 AL Boston Red Sox 1 Jon Lester
2008 AL Cleveland Indians 1 Cliff Lee
2008 NL Milwaukee Brewers 1 Ben Sheets
2008 AL Minnesota Twins 1 Nick Blackburn
2008 NL San Diego Padres 1 Greg Maddux
2008 AL Seattle Mariners 1 Felix Hernandez
2008 NL Washington Nationals 1 Tim Redding
Mike Pelfrey pitched his second consecutive complete game win for the Mets yesterday. He has a way to go for the franchise record, though:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Tom Seaver 1969-08-26 1969-09-27 8 8 0 8 8 3 0 0 72 39 9 8 16 50 2 1.00 2 1 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1970-06-09 1970-07-09 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 63 40 19 18 15 59 4 2.57 0 0 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1971-08-16 1971-09-11 6 6 0 6 6 2 0 0 54 33 6 4 15 50 2 0.67 0 1 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1976-07-30 1976-08-21 5 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 45 28 7 7 11 36 2 1.40 0 1 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1975-05-26 1975-06-15 5 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 45 25 6 6 12 32 1 1.20 0 0 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1969-09-08 1969-09-26 5 5 0 5 5 3 0 0 45 26 5 5 15 34 1 1.00 1 1 0 NYM
Dwight Gooden 1988-04-15 1988-05-01 4 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 33 20 6 5 4 29 1 1.36 0 1 0 NYM
Dwight Gooden 1985-07-25 1985-08-10 4 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 36 26 7 6 7 31 2 1.50 0 0 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1976-09-01 1976-09-16 4 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 36 18 6 5 9 33 2 1.25 0 0 0 NYM
Jon Matlack 1976-05-31 1976-06-15 4 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 36 22 4 4 8 22 2 1.00 0 1 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1973-07-18 1973-08-01 4 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 36 26 5 4 5 37 1 1.00 1 0 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1970-04-17 1970-05-01 4 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 36 20 3 3 6 43 2 0.75 0 0 0 NYM
Dwight Gooden 1985-09-26 1986-04-08 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 23 4 4 7 23 1 1.33 0 1 0 NYM
Craig Swan 1979-06-04 1979-06-15 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 15 3 3 2 17 3 1.00 1 0 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1974-06-15 1974-06-25 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 27 22 3 3 3 13 1 1.00 0 0 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1973-05-07 1973-05-18 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 15 5 4 5 18 2 1.33 0 0 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1973-04-19 1973-04-29 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 15 3 2 5 10 1 0.67 0 0 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1969-07-08 1969-07-18 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 27 22 8 8 9 20 3 2.67 1 0 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1969-04-30 1969-05-10 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 27 18 4 4 11 17 1 1.33 1 3 0 NYM
Jerry Koosman 1968-04-11 1968-04-23 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 15 1 1 7 24 0 0.33 0 0 0 NYM
Tom Seaver 1967-09-13 1967-09-23 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 15 3 3 10 23 0 1.00 1 0 0 NYM
Al Jackson 1963-09-02 1963-09-11 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 27 21 9 8 8 15 3 2.67 0 0 0 NYM
Carl Willey 1963-04-24 1963-05-10 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 15 4 1 5 15 1 0.33 0 0 0 NYM
That Tom Seaver…he was pretty good.
August 25, 2008
While nobody can deny that Francisco Rodriguez is having a great season, it’s interesting to note that he’s never been as dominant, at least in terms of WHIP, as the typical closer who racks up 45 or more saves.
Here’s the complete list of 46 pitchers to reach 45 saves in a season (which already includes K-Rod this year, but nobody else from 2008 since nobody else has more than 35 saves at the moment.) Currently, Rodriguez has the 6th-worst WHIP for such a season, and his two previous 45-save seaons (2004 and 2005) come in at #13 and #17. Dennis Eckersely in 1990 (0.61 ERA AND 0.61 WHIP…wow!) he’s not.
Cnt Player **WHIP** SV Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
+----+-----------------+---------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
1 Antonio Alfonseca 1.514 45 2000 28 FLA NL 68 0 0 0 62 5 6 .455 70 82 35 33 24 47 4.24 104 7 311 282 13 2 3 1 3 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 .291 .347 .426 .773 105 1074 731
2 Joe Borowski 1.431 45 2007 36 CLE AL 69 0 0 0 58 4 5 .444 65.2 77 39 37 17 58 5.07 91 9 292 266 12 0 4 2 3 4 1 9 2 1 0 2 .289 .332 .436 .768 98 1179 761
3 Jose Mesa 1.374 45 2002 36 PHI NL 74 0 0 0 64 4 6 .400 75.2 65 26 25 39 64 2.97 130 5 331 281 15 0 7 4 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 9 .231 .332 .338 .670 86 1265 789
4 Rod Beck 1.320 51 1998 29 CHC NL 81 0 0 0 70 3 4 .429 80.1 86 33 27 20 81 3.02 144 11 349 320 14 3 4 2 2 5 3 8 1 0 0 2 .269 .311 .434 .745 97
5 Francisco Cordero 1.284 49 2004 29 TEX AL 67 0 0 0 63 3 4 .429 71.2 60 19 17 32 79 2.13 237 1 304 265 12 0 2 1 5 1 4 5 2 2 2 3 .226 .311 .283 .594 51 1285 827
6 Francisco Rodrigu 1.270 49 2008 26 LAA AL 60 0 0 0 54 2 2 .500 54.1 40 18 16 29 60 2.65 162 4 228 198 12 0 4 0 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 6 .202 .304 .323 .627 67 942 556
7 Bob Wickman 1.258 45 2005 36 CLE AL 64 0 0 0 55 0 4 .000 62 57 17 17 21 41 2.47 170 9 257 231 8 0 3 1 2 2 11 11 0 0 1 0 .247 .310 .398 .708 90 933 582
8 Mike Williams 1.223 46 2002 32 PIT NL 59 0 0 0 59 2 6 .250 61.1 54 24 20 21 43 2.93 144 6 258 232 8 1 3 1 4 0 3 6 0 0 0 2 .233 .299 .353 .652 74 975 601
9 Randy Myers 1.208 53 1993 30 CHC NL 73 0 0 0 69 2 4 .333 75.1 65 26 26 26 86 3.11 128 7 313 283 15 1 2 1 1 2 8 1 1 0 0 3 .230 .295 .364 .659 83
10 Randy Myers 1.156 45 1997 34 BAL AL 61 0 0 0 57 2 3 .400 59.2 47 12 10 22 56 1.51 291 2 241 217 7 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 2 0 3 .217 .289 .286 .575 53
11 Lee Smith 1.155 46 1993 35 TOT ML 63 0 0 0 56 2 4 .333 58 53 25 25 14 60 3.88 103 11 239 222 9 3 2 0 0 3 1 12 2 0 0 1 .239 .280 .455 .735 101
12 Dave Righetti 1.153 46 1986 27 NYY AL 74 0 0 0 68 8 8 .500 106.2 88 31 29 35 83 2.45 168 4 435 389 15 0 7 2 5 4 13 4 3 0 0 1 .226 .291 .296 .587 60
13 Francisco Rodrigu 1.144 45 2005 23 LAA AL 66 0 0 0 58 2 5 .286 67.1 45 20 20 32 91 2.67 158 7 279 245 7 2 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 .184 .277 .314 .591 59 1107 677
14 Lee Smith 1.137 47 1991 33 STL NL 67 0 0 0 61 6 3 .667 73 70 19 19 13 67 2.34 157 5 300 281 8 3 5 0 5 1 3 10 2 0 0 1 .249 .281 .352 .633 82
15 Jose Valverde 1.119 47 2007 27 ARI NL 65 0 0 0 59 1 4 .200 64.1 46 21 19 26 78 2.66 177 7 265 235 8 1 1 3 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 1 .196 .283 .328 .611 58 1065 701
16 Jeff Shaw 1.106 48 1998 31 TOT NL 73 0 0 0 69 3 8 .273 85 75 22 20 19 55 2.12 198 8 339 312 8 0 5 1 5 2 10 7 0 1 0 0 .240 .284 .343 .627 69
17 Francisco Rodrigu 1.096 47 2006 24 LAA AL 69 0 0 0 58 2 3 .400 73 52 16 14 28 98 1.73 264 6 296 264 18 0 5 1 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 10 .197 .276 .333 .609 57 1209 769
18 Mariano Rivera 1.081 53 2004 34 NYY AL 74 0 0 0 69 4 2 .667 78.2 65 17 17 20 66 1.94 231 3 316 289 7 0 3 5 2 0 11 5 1 0 0 0 .225 .287 .280 .567 50 1141 781
19 Bruce Sutter 1.076 45 1984 31 STL NL 71 0 0 0 63 5 7 .417 122.2 109 26 21 23 77 1.54 229 9 477 445 15 1 4 1 4 4 18 9 3 0 0 2 .245 .281 .344 .625 82
20 Eddie Guardado 1.049 45 2002 31 MIN AL 68 0 0 0 62 1 3 .250 67.2 53 22 22 18 70 2.93 153 9 270 247 11 0 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 .215 .269 .368 .637 67 1052 735
21 Bobby Thigpen 1.038 57 1990 26 CHW AL 77 0 0 0 73 4 6 .400 88.2 60 20 18 32 70 1.83 210 5 347 307 8 2 3 1 4 3 12 3 0 0 0 2 .195 .271 .283 .554 56
22 Jason Isringhause 1.035 47 2004 31 STL NL 74 0 0 0 66 4 2 .667 75.1 55 27 24 23 71 2.87 149 5 308 276 16 1 4 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .199 .265 .319 .584 53 1177 734
23 John Smoltz 1.033 55 2002 35 ATL NL 75 0 0 0 68 3 2 .600 80.1 59 30 29 24 85 3.25 128 4 314 287 12 2 1 0 2 1 9 2 1 0 1 1 .206 .266 .303 .569 52 1169 793
24 Duane Ward 1.033 45 1993 29 TOR AL 71 0 0 0 70 2 3 .400 71.2 49 17 17 25 97 2.13 203 4 282 254 6 0 2 1 0 2 7 3 0 0 0 7 .193 .266 .264 .530 43
25 Jose Mesa 1.031 46 1995 29 CLE AL 62 0 0 0 57 3 0 1.000 64 49 9 8 17 58 1.12 415 3 250 227 4 0 2 0 4 2 8 3 1 0 0 5 .216 .268 .273 .541 40
+----+-----------------+---------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
Cnt Player **WHIP** SV Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
+----+-----------------+---------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
26 Robb Nen 1.030 45 2001 31 SFG NL 79 0 0 0 71 4 5 .444 77.2 58 28 26 22 93 3.01 133 6 312 286 8 2 6 1 0 3 3 17 1 0 0 2 .203 .260 .308 .568 55 1173 801
27 Tom Gordon 1.008 46 1998 30 BOS AL 73 0 0 0 69 7 4 .636 79.1 55 24 24 25 78 2.72 173 2 317 288 8 1 1 0 2 2 4 7 0 0 0 9 .191 .254 .247 .501 30
28 Jeff Montgomery 1.008 45 1993 31 KCR AL 69 0 0 0 63 7 5 .583 87.1 65 22 22 23 66 2.27 203 3 347 316 14 2 4 2 5 1 3 7 1 0 0 3 .206 .263 .291 .554 45
29 Chad Cordero 0.969 47 2005 23 WSN NL 74 0 0 0 62 2 4 .333 74.1 55 24 15 17 61 1.82 224 9 300 278 3 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 .198 .248 .306 .554 52 1206 805
30 Trevor Hoffman 0.968 46 2006 38 SDP NL 65 0 0 0 50 0 2 .000 63 48 16 15 13 50 2.14 189 6 248 234 8 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 .205 .250 .316 .566 55 922 629
31 Dan Quisenberry 0.928 45 1983 30 KCR AL 69 0 0 0 62 5 3 .625 139 118 35 30 11 48 1.94 210 6 536 515 18 4 2 0 6 4 19 3 1 1 0 0 .229 .243 .315 .558 52
32 Dennis Eckersley 0.913 51 1992 37 OAK AL 69 0 0 0 65 7 1 .875 80 62 17 17 11 93 1.91 196 5 309 294 11 1 6 1 3 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 .211 .242 .306 .548 57
33 Eric Gagne 0.911 45 2004 28 LAD NL 70 0 0 0 59 7 3 .700 82.1 53 24 20 22 114 2.19 187 5 326 293 9 0 3 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .181 .248 .263 .511 39 1264 867
34 Mariano Rivera 0.905 50 2001 31 NYY AL 71 0 0 0 66 4 6 .400 80.2 61 24 21 12 83 2.34 191 5 310 292 4 0 2 1 4 1 5 3 3 0 0 1 .209 .242 .274 .516 34 1160 836
35 Kazuhiro Sasaki 0.885 45 2001 33 SEA AL 69 0 0 0 63 0 4 .000 66.2 48 24 24 11 62 3.24 129 6 261 246 16 1 2 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 .195 .241 .341 .582 56 987 669
36 Mariano Rivera 0.884 45 1999 29 NYY AL 66 0 0 0 63 4 3 .571 69 43 15 14 18 52 1.83 259 2 268 245 7 1 3 3 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 2 .176 .239 .237 .476 24
37 Rod Beck 0.882 48 1993 24 SFG NL 76 0 0 0 71 3 1 .750 79.1 57 20 19 13 86 2.16 180 11 309 284 5 0 4 3 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 4 .201 .241 .335 .576 58
38 John Smoltz 0.870 45 2003 36 ATL NL 62 0 0 0 55 0 2 .000 64.1 48 9 8 8 73 1.12 383 2 244 235 12 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 2 .204 .230 .281 .511 36 893 648
39 Dennis Eckersley 0.867 45 1988 33 OAK AL 60 0 0 0 53 4 2 .667 72.2 52 20 19 11 70 2.35 162 5 279 263 4 0 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 .198 .230 .270 .500 42
40 Bryan Harvey 0.864 46 1991 28 CAL AL 67 0 0 0 63 2 4 .333 78.2 51 20 14 17 101 1.60 256 6 309 286 7 0 3 1 3 2 3 12 0 0 2 2 .178 .225 .266 .491 36
41 Eric Gagne 0.862 52 2002 26 LAD NL 77 0 0 0 68 4 1 .800 82.1 55 18 18 16 114 1.97 192 6 314 291 11 2 4 2 3 2 4 2 3 0 0 1 .189 .235 .302 .537 49 1235 864
42 Trevor Hoffman 0.849 53 1998 30 SDP NL 66 0 0 0 61 4 2 .667 73 41 12 12 21 86 1.48 263 2 274 249 6 2 2 1 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 8 .165 .232 .229 .461 30
43 Bryan Harvey 0.841 45 1993 30 FLA NL 59 0 0 0 54 1 5 .167 69 45 14 13 13 73 1.70 253 4 264 242 1 0 2 0 3 6 3 15 0 0 1 0 .186 .222 .240 .462 25
44 Armando Benitez 0.818 47 2004 31 FLA NL 64 0 0 0 59 2 2 .500 69.2 36 11 10 21 62 1.29 317 6 262 237 7 0 4 0 3 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 .152 .220 .257 .477 29 1032 696
45 Eric Gagne 0.692 55 2003 27 LAD NL 77 0 0 0 67 2 3 .400 82.1 37 12 11 20 137 1.20 335 2 306 279 6 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .133 .199 .176 .375 4 1187 824
46 Dennis Eckersley 0.614 48 1990 35 OAK AL 63 0 0 0 61 4 2 .667 73.1 41 9 5 4 73 0.61 606 2 262 257 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 .160 .172 .226 .398 13
August 23, 2008
Over at 88 Topps Cards, we just saw Steve Balboni’s card and a reader noted that he still holds the single-season record for HR for the Royals franchise.
Indeed here are the top 20 seasons by HR count for Kansas City:
Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
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1 Steve Balboni 36 1985 28 KCR AL 160 662 600 74 146 28 2 88 52 4 166 5 0 5 14 1 1 .243 .307 .477 .784 *3
2 Gary Gaetti 35 1995 36 KCR AL 137 578 514 76 134 27 0 96 47 6 91 8 3 6 7 3 3 .261 .329 .518 .847 *53/D
3 Dean Palmer 34 1998 29 KCR AL 152 639 572 84 159 27 2 119 48 3 134 6 0 13 18 8 2 .278 .333 .510 .843 *5D
4 Danny Tartabull 34 1987 24 KCR AL 158 667 582 95 180 27 3 101 79 2 136 1 0 5 14 9 4 .309 .390 .541 .931 *9/D
5 John Mayberry 34 1975 26 KCR AL 156 683 554 95 161 38 1 106 119 16 73 4 1 5 8 5 3 .291 .416 .547 .963 *3D
6 Jermaine Dye 33 2000 26 KCR AL 157 679 601 107 193 41 2 118 69 6 99 3 0 6 12 0 1 .321 .390 .561 .951 *9D
7 Bo Jackson 32 1989 26 KCR AL 135 561 515 86 132 15 6 105 39 8 172 3 0 4 10 26 9 .256 .310 .495 .805 *7D/8
8 Danny Tartabull 31 1991 28 KCR AL 132 557 484 78 153 35 3 100 65 6 121 3 0 5 9 6 3 .316 .397 .593 .990 *9/D
9 Chili Davis 30 1997 37 KCR AL 140 567 477 71 133 20 0 90 85 16 96 1 0 4 15 6 3 .279 .386 .509 .895 *D
10 George Brett 30 1985 32 KCR AL 155 665 550 108 184 38 5 112 103 31 49 3 0 9 12 9 1 .335 .436 .585 1.021 *5/D
11 Carlos Beltran 29 2002 25 KCR AL 162 722 637 114 174 44 7 105 71 1 135 4 3 7 12 35 7 .273 .346 .501 .847 *8D
12 Mike Sweeney 29 2001 27 KCR AL 147 632 559 97 170 46 0 99 64 13 64 2 1 6 13 10 3 .304 .374 .542 .916 *3D
13 Mike Sweeney 29 2000 26 KCR AL 159 717 618 105 206 30 0 144 71 5 67 15 0 13 15 8 3 .333 .407 .523 .930 *3D
14 Steve Balboni 29 1986 29 KCR AL 138 562 512 54 117 25 1 88 43 2 146 1 0 6 8 0 0 .229 .286 .451 .737 *3
15 Jeff King 28 1997 32 KCR AL 155 647 543 84 129 30 1 112 89 4 96 2 1 12 9 16 5 .238 .341 .451 .792 *3/D
16 Bo Jackson 28 1990 27 KCR AL 111 456 405 74 110 16 1 78 44 2 128 2 0 5 10 15 9 .272 .342 .523 .865 *87D
17 Steve Balboni 28 1984 27 KCR AL 126 488 438 58 107 23 2 77 45 5 139 4 0 1 9 0 0 .244 .320 .498 .818 *3/D
18 Jermaine Dye 27 1999 25 KCR AL 158 673 608 96 179 44 8 119 58 4 119 1 0 6 17 2 3 .294 .354 .526 .880 *9/D
19 Hal McRae 27 1982 36 KCR AL 159 676 613 91 189 46 8 133 55 7 61 5 1 2 8 4 4 .308 .369 .542 .911 *D/7
20 Bob Oliver 27 1970 27 KCR AL 160 662 612 83 159 24 6 99 42 4 126 3 2 3 15 3 3 .260 .309 .451 .760 *35
It’s amazing how low the leading totals are, plus how few seasons from the Steroids Era make the top 20. I joked over on the other blog that the Royals suck even at taking steroids 
I’ve been trying to find a way with the PI to easily list the single-season HR leaders by franchise, but haven’t found a way to do that. I’m pretty sure that Balboni’s total is the lowest for all teams, ever since Carlos Pena hit 46 for the Rays last year.
August 21, 2008
This is a guest post from Martin Abramowitz, creator to the Jewish Ballplayers card set.
Ian Kinsler has hit the 2500th homer by a Jewish player in the history of the Game. The historic blow came in the 9th inning off Scott Kazmir on May 26 this season. The Texas second-baseman, who was leading the American League in hits and runs this season before going on the DL on August 18, also hit number 2499 a day earlier, this one coming off C.C. Sabbathia at Cleveland. Getting a good start toward the next milestone, Ryan Braun hit number 2501 May 30 against the Astros.
These calculations were reported yesterday by Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc., a Boston-based not-for-profit organization which produces Jewish baseball cards as part of its mission to “document American Jews in America’s Game. The Kinsler/Braun milestones will be commemorated in next season’s cards. When asked to explain the three-month delay in reporting this historic finding, Jewish Major Leaguers President Martin Abramowitz could only respond, “it took a while to comb through all of Baseball-Reference.Com’s box-scores.”
Overall, coming into the 2008 season Jewish players had tallied 2, 467 of the 245, 898 homers hit since the 1870’s. “That happens to be almost precisely one percent of all home runs, while 158 Jewish players were about nine-tenths of one percent of the roughly 16,700 players who have played the game, so we’ve clearly held our own..and with Kinsler,Braun, Youkilis, Kapler, and Ausmus this year, the prospects are encouraging.”
August 20, 2008
Here are the leaders so far this year in walk-off wins. The Reds (!) have done it 10 times followed by the Rays, Cardinals, and Marlins with 9. The Cardinals have also lost the most walk-off games, with 10, followed by the Mariners and Orioles with 9 each.
Five players have 3 walk-off plate appearances so far this year: Andre Ethier, Skip Schumaker, Miguel Cabrera, Jason Bay, and Gabe Gross.
An event in a minor league game last night made me wonder about this unusual line. A pitcher who allows only one run via homerun and yet its unearned. This can occur if the batter who homers has his at-bat extended by a dropped foul ball.
Here are the pitchers with this line since 1956.
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