Teams with the most batters over 40
Posted by Andy on September 8, 2007
Using the PI Batting Season Finder, setting Age to at least 40, and sorting by teams give you:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching +----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+ 2007 NL New York Mets 6 Moises Alou / Julio Franco / Tom Glavine / Orlando Hernandez / Jeff Conine / Sandy Alomar 1947 AL Chicago White Sox 5 Luke Appling / Earl Caldwell / Thornton Lee / Red Ruffing / Joe Kuhel 1983 NL Philadelphia Phillies 4 Pete Rose / Tony Perez / Ron Reed / Bill Robinson 1958 AL New York Yankees 4 Enos Slaughter / Virgil Trucks / Sal Maglie / Murry Dickson 1945 NL Brooklyn Dodgers 4 Babe Herman / Curt Davis / Clyde Sukeforth / Ray Hayworth 1945 AL New York Yankees 4 Jim Turner / Red Ruffing / Paul Schreiber / Paul Waner 1944 NL Brooklyn Dodgers 4 Paul Waner / Curt Davis / Ray Hayworth / Johnny Cooney 1928 AL Philadelphia Athletics 4 Ty Cobb / Tris Speaker / Eddie Collins / Jack Quinn
I had to set plate appearances to 1 or more, or else a few pitchers showed up on the list.
Here are the teams from just this year ranked by 40-year old batters:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching +----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+ 2007 NL New York Mets 6 Moises Alou / Julio Franco / Tom Glavine / Orlando Hernandez / Jeff Conine / Sandy Alomar 2007 NL San Diego Padres 3 Doug Brocail / Greg Maddux / David Wells 2007 NL Atlanta Braves 2 John Smoltz / Julio Franco 2007 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Tim Wakefield / Curt Schilling 2007 NL Cincinnati Reds 2 Jeff Conine / Mike Stanton 2007 NL Houston Astros 2 Craig Biggio / Woody Williams 2007 NL San Francisco Giants 2 Omar Vizquel / Barry Bonds 2007 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 1 Randy Johnson 2007 AL Cleveland Indians 1 Kenny Lofton 2007 NL Colorado Rockies 1 Steve Finley 2007 AL Detroit Tigers 1 Kenny Rogers 2007 NL Los Angeles Dodgers 1 David Wells 2007 AL New York Yankees 1 Roger Clemens 2007 NL Philadelphia Phillies 1 Jamie Moyer 2007 AL Texas Rangers 1 Kenny Lofton
Hard to believe Jeff Conine is 40 already...