Comments on: They Did What? http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: JDV http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24641 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:32:17 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24641 Count up the number of such games recorded by a Dodger (Fairly / Robinson, J. / Garvey / Davis, T. / Campanella / Hodges / Lefebvre / Furillo / Snider / Cey. It looks like Durocher / Alston / Lasorda had something to do with this philosophy. I've always liked it. If a team can manufacture a run every inning, how many games do you think they'd lose when scoring 9+? Teams get too caught up in what a #3 or #4 guy is supposed to do, rather than how best to put a run on the board in the given situation. Pitching staffs are mis-managed the same way. They bring in the 'situational specialist' because they create these fictitious titles and then pay homage to them.

]]> By: Frank Clingenpeel http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24591 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:45:36 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24591 As much as I watched Vada Pinson, I can NEVER recall him bunting. I know he usually batted third instead of fourth; but that memory makes me wonder if it is only his place in the order that kept Pinson off.

And, by the way, Pinson is another of my "Get the Veterans Committee off their duffs, and vote him in" list, along with Schumacher, Stevenson and Mullane.

]]> By: Mike http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24565 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:35:32 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24565 In the Harvey Haddux (1959) game Eddie Mathews sacraficed Felxi Mantilla to 2nd base in the 13th, where he eventually scored the winning run from, in the same year he led the majors in HR.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24450 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:18:50 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24450 A few guys did it at least twice in at least one of their games: Fairly, Hank Thompson, Campanella, Bochte, Pafko were just a few I saw in a quick scan.

Gorman Thomas? Gorman FREAKING Thomas?! With five sacs the year he led the league with 45 home runs? Incroyable. Well, I guess when you also strike out 175 times and you're in a situation in which you need contact ...

]]> By: Gerry http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24447 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:01:55 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24447 Yes Thomas broke the record formerly belonging to Killebrew, 9831 PA without an SH. Vlad Guerrero is the active leader, at 8065.

]]> By: Mark http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24444 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:50:21 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24444 I should add Hank would go 12 years without a SH so it makes sense most of those 13 SH hits were at the start of his career.

]]> By: Mark http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24443 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:48:23 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24443 Hank Aaron with 13!? LOL

]]> By: Vidor http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6702/comment-page-1#comment-24440 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:19:47 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=6702#comment-24440 Frank Thomas (the Big Hurt edition) had 10,074 plate appearances and zero sac bunts. I think that's a record.

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