Comments on: 100 SB, 250 RBI, in 800 or fewer career games

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:10:13 +0000

You know, I never noticed that it went back further than 1901. I stand corrected again.

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:05:52 +0000

You can change it to start in 1876, or whenever you want. I think I defaulted mine to begin in 1893, with the 60'6" pitching distance, unless I'm looking for something else specific.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:11:55 +0000

Johnny, nice catch there. The batting season finder runs from 1901 to present, so for all intents and purposes, it ignores any years played before 1901. If a player played from 1895 to 1905, then, it counts that player's career as starting in 1901 and ending in 1905. You're right that several of those names don't belong.

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:55:07 +0000

"Now, I think the last 8 guys on here qualify because the game was different back then. Run-scoring was higher in that period" The last 8 guys are in the deadball era -- run scoring was lower. Stolen bases were higher. But several of those guys actually played over 800 games. Corcoran played over 2000. Did you only run your search from 1900? "presumably this search finds only guys who finished a season with fewer than 800 career games and the applicable career totals. It would not pick up any guys who reached 100SB/250 RBI in under 800 games midseason, but then went over 800 games before season end." It's only supposed to find guys who finished a _career_ with fewer than 800 games. Per my above comment, it doesn't do that. But anyone who played over 800 career games should not show up on the list at all, regardless when during a season they passed that milestone.

By: sohanley

sohanley — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:19:09 +0000

expanding the search to include players who finished their careers at 900 games or less gives a somewhat larger list (37 players), but still a very long gap from 1925 to 1982:

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/RnUk

it looks like eric byrnes qualified for the original criteria for a short while during the 2007 season.

By: birtelcom

birtelcom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:14:25 +0000

Just a nitpick here, but presumably this search finds only guys who finished a season with fewer than 800 career games and the applicable career totals. It would not pick up any guys who reached 100SB/250 RBI in under 800 games midseason, but then went over 800 games before season end.