http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd This and that about baseball stats. Thu, 08 May 2008 13:12:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a fun little sort via Play Index: From 1956 to 2008, Playing for NYY, In team's first 35 games, (requiring R=0), sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a game ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/662 Joey Votto just hit 3 homers in his 57th career game. Here are all the players before Votto to have a 3+ HR game among their first 57: Games Link to Individual ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/660 Gavin Floyd just missing throwing hte 17th no-hitter in WHite Sox history.  The PI doesn't let you look up all baseball history, but you can get a list of all ChiSox no-nos in the retrosheet era. http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/659 Interesting posts over on the suggestions thread: I was trying to find the most career games by a pitcher (Starts or Games) who never came to the plate to bat (without a PA). I thought Jack Morris would make the starter answer easy, but he batted once. Comment by fabio — May ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/658 This is the 20th anniversay of Kerry Wood's big 20 K game.  Shane Reynolds, opposing him, had a nice day as well, posting a game score of 68. That leads to a  question: what's the worst game score ever in a loss?  It's these games.  Well, it ain't perfect.  The top two ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/657 Ages and relative production are a pretty close comp for these two - over the first three years of their big league careers, huh? Just some of the fun you have have playing around with B-R.com's PI. http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/656 Tony LaRussa is up to his old tricks again, batting pitchers 8th quite often this year. Check it out here--these are all the times this season a pitcher has faced another pitching batting in the 8th spot. I did it as a Team Pitching Event Finder instead of as a Team ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/655 Micah Owings (a pitcher) hit a pinch-homer for Arizona today. I can't figure out a way to use the PI to search for this type of event, but it's got to be pretty damn rare. Owings is incredible. http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/652 Phil Hughes has created quite a stir here in New York, by pitching miserably in his first 6 starts. Andrew Miller has been just as bad, if not worse, for the Marlins. I thought that it might be interesting to look at the players who have had a similar experience ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/651 Thanks to my buddy Eric for this idea. (Not you, Eric H, this time it's Eric P.) Last night, Roy Halladay lost his third straight complete game. I am willing to bet than in the early 1900s, such a streak was very common since most starts were CGs. But, it's rare ... http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/650