Comments on: Perfect saves http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1866 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1866/comment-page-1#comment-7102 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:26:29 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=1866#comment-7102 Tomepp, I'll write these up and post them tomorrow.

]]> By: tomepp http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1866/comment-page-1#comment-7101 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=1866#comment-7101 It wasn't a save, but didn't an Orioles position player take the mound a few years back and finish a game facing no batters? If memory serves, he got the third out of the inning by picking a runner off first base. My question is, how often has it happened that a pitcher ended a game (save or non-save) without facing a batter? To extend beyond game-ending situations, how often has a pitcher come into a game and recoreded at least 1/3 IP while facing no batters in the game?

]]> By: JDV http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1866/comment-page-1#comment-7099 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:42:31 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=1866#comment-7099 Is it assumed that a 'perfect save' also means that no inherited runners scored (SF, PB, WP, SH, etc.)? If not, would that change the list? How about if no base runners even advanced? That would be even more 'perfect'. Would the list change again?

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1866/comment-page-1#comment-7097 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:18 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=1866#comment-7097 Well in looking at the box score, Notterbart's triple play was scored Triple Play: Groundout: SS-2B-1B-C

Sounds to me like there was a regular double play turned and then a throw home to nail the runner from 3rd trying to score. But even that seems weird--the runner must either have gotten a terrible jump or turned around for some odd reason. And in any event, it would seem that there was a double play turned. Hmmm.

I found an account of the play here:

http://tripleplays.sabr.org/tp_1960.htm

It says that Cepeda made a delayed dash for home, which makes sense. But I still don't get why no GIDP was credited. Oddly enough, note that this was not the only triple play to occur on May 30th in the decade of the 1960s.

]]> By: Raphy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1866/comment-page-1#comment-7096 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:16:23 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=1866#comment-7096 Interesting.
Any idea why there would be no GDP credited in the Nottebart line?

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