Posted by Andy on August 13, 2009
How many guys do you think have played at least 35 games at all 3 outfield positions in a single season?
Surprisingly, it's been done 35 times since 1901.
Here are the 24 such seasons with an OPS+ of at least 100:
Cnt Player **OPS+** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Stan Musial 200 1948 27 STL NL 155 694 611 135 230 46 18 39 131 79 0 34 3 1 0 18 7 0 .376 .450 .702 1.152 987/3
2 Brian Giles 157 2000 29 PIT NL 156 688 559 111 176 37 7 35 123 114 13 69 7 0 8 15 6 0 .315 .432 .594 1.026 879
3 Merv Rettenmund 149 1971 28 BAL AL 141 589 491 81 156 23 4 11 75 87 2 60 4 4 3 13 15 6 .318 .422 .448 .870 *978
4 Richard Hidalgo 147 2000 25 HOU NL 153 644 558 118 175 42 3 44 122 56 3 110 21 0 9 13 13 6 .314 .391 .636 1.027 *897
5 Carl Reynolds 146 1930 27 CHW AL 138 602 563 103 202 25 18 22 104 20 0 39 7 12 0 0 16 4 .359 .388 .584 .972 897
6 Shane Mack 140 1991 27 MIN AL 143 489 442 79 137 27 8 18 74 34 1 79 6 2 5 11 13 9 .310 .363 .529 .892 *978
7 Max West 136 1939 22 BSN NL 130 513 449 67 128 26 6 19 82 51 0 55 5 8 0 9 1 0 .285 .364 .497 .861 987
8 Fred Valentine 131 1966 31 WSA AL 146 578 508 77 140 29 7 16 59 51 1 63 10 6 3 12 22 10 .276 .351 .455 .806 987/3
9 Pat Seerey 129 1946 23 CLE AL 117 476 404 57 91 17 2 26 62 65 0 101 1 6 0 12 2 3 .225 .334 .470 .804 987
10 Woodie Held 127 1965 33 WSA AL 122 390 332 46 82 16 2 16 54 49 1 74 3 2 4 9 0 0 .247 .345 .452 .797 798/546
11 Jim Northrup 121 1971 31 DET AL 136 524 459 72 124 27 2 16 71 60 9 43 2 0 3 14 7 4 .270 .355 .442 .797 *8793
12 Milt Byrnes 120 1944 27 SLB AL 128 487 407 63 120 20 4 4 45 68 0 50 0 12 0 8 1 7 .295 .396 .393 .789 879
13 Alex Metzler 120 1928 25 CHW AL 139 567 464 71 141 18 14 3 55 77 0 30 6 20 0 0 16 8 .304 .410 .422 .832 798
14 Jim Northrup 119 1970 30 DET AL 139 576 504 71 132 21 3 24 80 58 6 68 7 2 5 12 3 6 .262 .343 .458 .801 *987
15 Gary Ward 115 1984 30 TEX AL 155 659 602 97 171 21 7 21 79 55 3 95 0 1 1 22 7 5 .284 .343 .447 .790 879/D
16 Russ Snyder 112 1962 28 BAL AL 139 443 416 47 127 19 4 9 40 17 0 46 2 7 1 9 7 4 .305 .335 .435 .770 798
17 Jim Northrup 111 1967 27 DET AL 144 542 495 63 134 18 6 10 61 43 6 83 3 0 1 15 7 1 .271 .332 .392 .724 *879
18 Ralph Garr 107 1976 30 CHW AL 136 558 527 63 158 22 6 4 36 17 2 41 2 8 4 6 14 5 .300 .322 .387 .709 978/D
19 Eli Marrero 104 2002 28 STL NL 131 446 397 63 104 19 1 18 66 40 11 72 0 5 4 5 14 2 .262 .327 .451 .778 9278/3
20 Cesar Tovar 104 1971 30 MIN AL 157 718 657 94 204 29 3 1 45 45 5 39 3 11 2 5 18 14 .311 .356 .368 .724 *798/54
21 Jim Northrup 102 1972 32 DET AL 134 469 426 40 111 15 2 8 42 38 6 47 2 3 0 16 4 7 .261 .324 .362 .686 *978/3
22 Endy Chavez 101 2006 28 NYM NL 133 390 353 48 108 22 5 4 42 24 3 44 0 11 2 7 12 3 .306 .348 .431 .779 978
23 Chad Curtis 100 1992 23 CAL AL 139 507 441 59 114 16 2 10 46 51 2 71 6 5 4 10 43 18 .259 .341 .372 .713 978
24 Jerry Mumphrey 100 1977 24 STL NL 145 512 463 73 133 20 10 2 38 47 6 70 1 1 0 4 22 15 .287 .354 .387 .741 879
Special kudos to Eli Marrero in particular, who also caught 44 games that year!
Incidentally, lowering the requirement to 30 games at each outfield position increases the list to 77 such seasons. Dropping it further to 25 games at each position produces 148 such seasons. Here are the 29 of those seasons occurring since 2000:
Cnt Player **OPS+** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Brian Giles 157 2000 29 PIT NL 156 688 559 111 176 37 7 35 123 114 13 69 7 0 8 15 6 0 .315 .432 .594 1.026 879
2 Richard Hidalgo 147 2000 25 HOU NL 153 644 558 118 175 42 3 44 122 56 3 110 21 0 9 13 13 6 .314 .391 .636 1.027 *897
3 Marlon Byrd 123 2008 30 TEX AL 122 462 403 70 120 28 4 10 53 46 3 62 9 2 2 10 7 2 .298 .380 .462 .842 897/D
4 Carl Everett 123 2003 32 TOT AL 147 602 526 93 151 27 3 28 92 53 6 84 15 4 4 7 8 4 .287 .366 .510 .876 *879/D
5 Jayson Werth 121 2008 29 PHI NL 134 482 418 73 114 16 3 24 67 57 1 119 4 0 3 2 20 1 .273 .363 .498 .861 *987
6 Michael Tucker 121 2000 29 CIN NL 148 323 270 55 72 13 4 15 36 44 1 64 7 0 2 6 13 6 .267 .381 .511 .892 978/4
7 Craig Monroe 116 2004 27 DET AL 128 481 447 65 131 27 3 18 72 29 1 79 2 0 3 8 3 4 .293 .337 .488 .825 *798
8 Melky Cabrera 108 2009 24 NYY AL 104 358 319 46 90 19 1 11 43 33 4 41 0 3 3 10 5 2 .282 .346 .451 .797 *897
9 Jeromy Burnitz 105 2003 34 TOT NL 126 505 464 63 111 22 0 31 77 35 9 112 5 0 1 5 5 4 .239 .299 .487 .786 *798
10 Craig Monroe 104 2005 28 DET AL 157 623 567 69 157 30 3 20 89 40 4 95 3 1 12 16 8 3 .277 .322 .446 .768 *978
11 Eli Marrero 104 2002 28 STL NL 131 446 397 63 104 19 1 18 66 40 11 72 0 5 4 5 14 2 .262 .327 .451 .778 9278/3
12 Skip Schumaker 102 2008 28 STL NL 153 594 540 87 163 22 5 8 46 47 2 60 2 4 1 19 8 2 .302 .359 .406 .765 *879
13 Endy Chavez 101 2006 28 NYM NL 133 390 353 48 108 22 5 4 42 24 3 44 0 11 2 7 12 3 .306 .348 .431 .779 978
14 Danny Bautista 100 2000 28 TOT NL 131 388 351 54 100 20 7 11 59 25 4 50 3 4 5 11 6 2 .285 .333 .476 .809 *978
15 Terrence Long 97 2001 25 OAK AL 162 687 629 90 178 37 4 12 85 52 8 103 0 0 6 17 9 3 .283 .335 .412 .747 879
16 Reggie Willits 96 2007 26 LAA AL 136 518 430 74 126 20 1 0 34 69 2 83 3 11 5 7 27 8 .293 .391 .344 .735 798D
17 Jay Payton 95 2005 32 TOT AL 124 435 408 62 109 16 1 18 63 24 2 47 0 0 3 8 0 1 .267 .306 .444 .750 789
18 So Taguchi 95 2004 34 STL NL 109 206 179 26 52 10 2 3 25 12 1 23 2 10 3 6 6 3 .291 .337 .419 .756 789
19 Jay Payton 94 2006 33 OAK AL 142 588 557 78 165 32 3 10 59 22 1 52 4 0 5 12 8 4 .296 .325 .418 .743 789/D
20 So Taguchi 91 2005 35 STL NL 143 424 396 45 114 21 2 8 53 20 2 62 2 2 4 11 11 2 .288 .322 .412 .734 978
21 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 90 2001 29 NYM NL 123 438 400 46 107 23 1 10 56 25 3 70 7 4 2 8 4 5 .268 .320 .405 .725 879
22 Eric Owens 90 2000 29 SDP NL 145 636 583 87 171 19 7 6 51 45 4 63 4 0 4 16 29 14 .293 .346 .381 .727 978/4
23 Jayson Werth 89 2005 26 LAD NL 102 395 337 46 79 22 2 7 43 48 2 114 6 1 3 10 11 2 .234 .338 .374 .712 *798
24 Michael Tucker 89 2001 30 TOT NL 149 500 436 62 110 19 8 12 61 46 4 102 2 10 6 8 16 8 .252 .322 .415 .737 *8*79/3
25 Jacoby Ellsbury 87 2008 24 BOS AL 145 609 554 98 155 22 7 9 47 41 2 80 7 4 3 9 50 11 .280 .336 .394 .730 879
+----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
Cnt Player **OPS+** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
26 Gary Matthews 82 2003 28 TOT ML 144 513 468 71 116 31 2 6 42 43 0 95 2 0 0 8 12 8 .248 .314 .361 .675 *897
27 Reed Johnson 79 2004 27 TOR AL 141 582 537 68 145 25 2 10 61 28 2 98 12 3 2 17 6 3 .270 .320 .380 .700 798/D
28 Gary Matthews 77 2008 33 LAA AL 127 477 426 53 103 19 3 8 46 45 2 95 4 0 2 12 8 3 .242 .319 .357 .676 978D
29 Raul Gonzalez 72 2003 29 NYM NL 107 246 217 28 50 12 2 2 21 27 1 34 1 0 1 8 3 0 .230 .317 .332 .649 798
Several players did it last year, including Marlon Byrd and Jayson Werth.
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Posted by Raphy on August 12, 2009
It took a little over a month, but AJ Burnett has racked up another game with 3 wild pitches. As I mentioned at the time Burnett was already the (post 1954) record holder for most 3+ WP games in a season. Now he has 4 such games. Yet , remarkably his 17 wild pitched are nowhere near the league record, even among recent starters. Here are the single season leaders since 1901:
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Posted by Raphy on August 12, 2009
After his unusual "pinch running" assignment for the Red Sox last night, Mike Lowell stayed in the game and hit 2 home runs. He became the 3rd player since 1954 to enter a game as a PR and hit 2 or more homers.
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B **HR** RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+------+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Mike Lowell 2009-08-11 BOS DET W 7-5 3 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th PR 3B
2 Craig Kusick 1979-05-08 MIN TOR W 16-6 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd PR 1B
3 Chuck Essegian 1961-06-11(1) CLE KCA W 7-3 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd PR CF
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Posted by Andy on August 12, 2009
Here are all the players to have an OPS+ of at least 100 while playing at least 10 games at each infield position:
Cnt Player **OPS+** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Mark Bellhorn 133 2002 27 CHC NL 146 529 445 86 115 24 4 27 56 76 3 144 6 2 0 6 7 5 .258 .374 .512 .886 *4536/7
2 Rich Aurilia 115 2006 34 CIN NL 122 481 440 61 132 25 1 23 70 34 1 51 1 2 4 10 3 0 .300 .349 .518 .867 5364/D
3 Mark Loretta 112 1998 26 MIL NL 140 491 434 55 137 29 0 6 54 42 1 47 7 4 4 14 9 6 .316 .382 .424 .806 *3654/7
4 Dave Stapleton 109 1981 27 BOS AL 93 382 355 45 101 17 1 10 42 21 1 22 1 3 2 11 0 4 .285 .325 .423 .748 6543/D
5 John Kelleher 105 1921 27 CHC NL 95 341 301 31 93 11 7 4 47 16 0 16 1 23 0 0 2 5 .309 .346 .432 .778 5463/7
6 Jose Oquendo 102 1988 24 STL NL 148 518 451 36 125 10 1 7 46 52 7 40 0 12 3 8 4 6 .277 .350 .350 .700 4563/98721
7 Jeff Reboulet 101 1995 31 MIN AL 87 246 216 39 63 11 0 4 23 27 0 34 1 2 0 3 1 2 .292 .373 .398 .771 6534/2
8 Scott Sheldon 100 2000 31 TEX AL 58 138 124 21 35 11 0 4 19 10 0 37 1 1 2 2 0 0 .282 .336 .468 .804 6543/27981
Mark Bellhorn had only two very good years in his career: 2004 and the above 2002 season with the Cubs. It's pretty incredible that he posted a 133 OPS+ over 146 games while playing 77 games at 2B, 36 games at 3B, 22 games at 1B, 12 games at SS, and one game in the outfield.
Since turning 30, Rich Aurelia hasn't been nearly the offensive player he was earlier in his career, but he has extended that career by displaying great defensive utility. He's played multiple infield positions every year since 2004.
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Posted by Andy on August 11, 2009
I was curious to see the seasonal leaders in hit-by-pitch among pitchers, meaning which pitcher got hit the most while batting.
Here are the leaders since 1901:
Cnt Player **HBP** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 7 1906 24 BSN NL 60 172 158 10 31 3 3 1 11 5 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .196 .253 .272 .525 *1/978
2 Sam Jones 5 1922 29 NYY AL 45 102 87 14 23 9 0 1 8 6 0 28 4 0 0 1 0 .264 .347 .402 .749 *1
3 Snake Wiltse 5 1902 30 TOT AL 56 206 189 25 49 4 6 2 26 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .259 .314 .376 .690 *13/4
4 Joe Yeager 5 1901 25 DET AL 41 136 125 18 37 7 1 2 17 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .296 .343 .416 .759 *16/4
5 Eddie Plank 5 1901 25 PHA AL 33 111 99 10 18 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .182 .257 .182 .439 *1
6 Steve Carlton 4 1970 25 STL NL 34 88 80 4 16 2 0 0 4 1 0 28 3 0 1 1 1 .200 .247 .225 .472 *1
7 Don Wilson 4 1969 24 HOU NL 34 92 81 7 8 2 0 0 5 3 0 36 2 2 0 0 0 .099 .167 .123 .290 *1
8 Eddie Plank 4 1910 34 PHA AL 38 94 86 6 11 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .128 .185 .151 .336 *1
9 Bob Ewing 4 1908 35 CIN NL 37 104 94 5 14 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .149 .200 .181 .381 *1
10 Christy Mathewson 4 1907 26 NYG NL 41 119 107 8 20 3 1 0 7 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .187 .250 .234 .484 *1
11 Frank Smith 4 1905 25 CHW AL 41 118 106 11 24 6 0 1 11 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226 .299 .311 .610 *1
It clearly used to be a lot more common in the early part of the 20th century. I don't know if this is because players got hit more back then or pitchers specifically were thrown at more. Somebody (gerry?) must know.
Here is the list since 1970. I notice that the majority of the names are better pitchers. I'm not sure if this is because they're getting hit due to pitching well or if they just get enough HBP to make the list because they are pitching more innings.
Here are career leaders among pitchers since 1901:
Cnt Player **HBP** From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Eddie Plank 24 1901 1917 25-41 630 1778 1607 130 331 39 7 3 122 71 0 72 76 0 0 13 1 .206 .250 .245 .495 *1 PHA-SLM-SLB
2 Sam Jones 22 1914 1935 21-42 713 1489 1243 151 245 44 5 6 99 139 0 346 85 0 0 7 4 .197 .289 .255 .544 *1/79 CLE-BOS-NYY-SLB-WSH-CHW
3 Christy Mathewson 17 1901 1916 20-35 640 1874 1673 150 360 48 12 7 164 115 0 74 69 0 0 20 1 .215 .273 .271 .544 *1/397 NYG-TOT
4 Reb Russell 15 1913 1923 24-34 420 1062 976 142 262 48 25 22 172 42 0 130 29 0 0 9 3 .268 .309 .436 .745 *19/7 CHW-PIT
5 Don Wilson 13 1966 1974 21-29 268 664 597 36 87 18 1 1 35 9 0 230 42 3 12 0 0 .146 .175 .184 .359 *1 HOU
6 Freddie Fitzsimmo 13 1925 1943 23-41 513 1262 1155 112 231 35 7 14 103 36 0 177 58 0 15 0 0 .200 .233 .279 .512 *1 NYG-TOT-BRO
7 Walter Johnson 13 1907 1927 19-39 933 2517 2324 241 547 94 41 24 255 110 0 251 70 0 0 13 4 .235 .274 .342 .616 *1/897 WSH
8 Frank Smith 13 1904 1915 24-35 369 879 766 81 156 41 9 2 85 64 0 34 36 0 0 3 0 .204 .276 .289 .565 *1/7 CHW-TOT-CIN-BAL
9 Phil Niekro 12 1964 1987 25-48 866 1707 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 17 0 314 129 12 35 0 1 .169 .183 .211 .394 *1 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT
10 Lew Burdette 12 1950 1967 23-40 666 1124 1011 101 185 27 4 12 75 32 0 271 63 6 14 2 0 .183 .216 .253 .469 *1 NYY-BSN-MLN-TOT-CAL
11 Dolf Luque 11 1914 1935 23-44 559 1189 1043 96 237 31 10 5 90 70 0 114 65 0 1 7 4 .227 .283 .291 .574 *1/5 BSN-CIN-BRO-NYG
12 Urban Shocker 11 1916 1928 25-37 412 1046 798 89 167 23 3 1 70 139 0 211 98 0 0 1 3 .209 .334 .249 .583 *1 NYY-SLB
13 Steve Carlton 10 1965 1988 20-43 745 1877 1719 123 346 49 6 13 140 41 0 406 94 13 33 2 2 .201 .223 .259 .482 *1 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN
14 Dick Donovan 10 1950 1965 22-37 371 801 694 67 113 14 0 15 64 78 1 292 18 1 13 0 0 .163 .257 .248 .505 *1 BSN-DET-CHW-WSA-CLE
15 Nick Altrock 10 1902 1933 25-56 219 573 521 48 90 9 1 2 25 27 0 0 15 0 0 4 1 .173 .228 .205 .433 *1/379 BOS-TOT-CHW-WSH
16 Chief Bender 10 1903 1925 19-41 507 1274 1147 102 243 40 10 6 116 75 0 48 42 0 0 20 0 .212 .266 .280 .546 *1/38475 PHA-BAL-PHI-CHW
17 Bob Ewing 10 1902 1912 29-39 311 946 872 77 170 27 7 3 58 33 0 16 31 0 0 5 0 .195 .233 .252 .485 *1/789 CIN-PHI-STL
18 Ed Karger 10 1906 1911 23-28 167 432 400 31 88 14 2 6 35 12 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 .220 .261 .310 .571 *1 TOT-STL-BOS
Again, mostly guys from pretty far back. Johnson, Carlton, and Niekro seem to be helped by coming to plate a lot more total times. Then you see a guy like Altrock who got plunked 10 times in just 573 career plate appearances. That's got to be down either to his batting style or deliberate plunking.
Here are the leaders among active pitchers:
Cnt Player **HBP** From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Mike Hampton 5 1993 2009 20-36 437 843 723 97 176 22 5 16 78 47 0 195 63 5 12 3 4 .243 .292 .354 .646 *1 SEA-HOU-NYM-COL-ATL
2 Scott Elarton 5 1998 2008 22-32 233 203 166 13 23 3 0 0 3 5 0 53 27 0 4 0 0 .139 .188 .157 .345 *1/8 HOU-TOT-COL-CLE-KCR
3 Livan Hernandez 4 1996 2009 21-34 417 955 846 58 193 34 2 9 75 7 0 112 95 3 29 0 0 .228 .237 .305 .542 *1 FLA-TOT-SFG-MON-WSN-ARI-NYM
4 Roy Oswalt 4 2001 2009 23-31 277 654 546 25 88 7 0 1 33 21 0 147 82 1 5 0 0 .161 .198 .179 .377 *1 HOU
5 Matt Clement 4 1998 2006 23-31 239 410 348 22 33 5 1 0 12 14 0 174 43 1 2 0 0 .095 .139 .115 .254 *1 SDP-FLA-CHC-BOS
6 Kyle Lohse 3 2001 2009 22-30 267 215 180 6 28 3 0 0 12 2 0 55 29 1 1 0 1 .156 .177 .172 .349 *1 MIN-TOT-STL
7 Darren Oliver 3 1993 2009 22-38 515 243 217 17 48 11 0 1 20 8 0 74 15 0 5 0 0 .221 .259 .286 .545 *1 TEX-TOT-STL-TEX-BOS-COL-NYM-LAA
8 Jake Peavy 3 2002 2009 21-28 217 473 405 38 73 14 1 2 26 18 0 116 45 2 6 0 2 .180 .220 .235 .455 *1 SDP
9 Brad Penny 3 2000 2009 22-31 272 529 485 25 76 16 2 2 30 3 0 155 38 0 3 0 0 .157 .167 .210 .377 *1 FLA-TOT-LAD-BOS
10 John Smoltz 3 1988 2009 21-42 728 1153 935 76 150 26 2 5 61 78 0 360 136 1 15 3 2 .160 .227 .209 .436 *1 ATL-BOS
11 Jeff Suppan 3 1995 2009 20-34 406 480 393 26 70 6 0 1 21 21 0 83 63 0 3 1 1 .178 .225 .201 .426 *1 BOS-TOT-KCR-STL-MIL
12 Adam Eaton 3 2000 2008 22-30 225 402 341 29 66 16 1 3 25 32 0 113 26 0 4 5 1 .194 .269 .273 .542 *1 SDP-TEX-PHI
13 Shawn Estes 3 1995 2008 22-35 311 596 498 50 79 15 2 4 28 15 0 166 78 2 7 1 1 .159 .187 .221 .408 *1 SFG-TOT-CHC-COL-ARI-SDP
14 Pedro Martinez 3 1992 2008 20-36 468 502 420 22 42 6 2 0 17 14 0 184 62 3 5 0 0 .100 .134 .124 .258 *1/5 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM
For the most part, these are guys who pitched a lot of innings. Elarton and Lohse stick out as guys who haven't pitched much by comparison and have many fewer plate appearances, but with such low overall HBP totals it's tough to know why it happened--could just be random chance.
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Posted by Andy on August 10, 2009
I was unaware that in 2006 Miguel Olivo became the first player to strike out at least 100 times in a season with no more than 10 walks. In fact he struck out 103 times against just 9 bases on balls.
Cnt Player **SO** BB Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Miguel Olivo 103 9 2006 27 FLA NL 127 452 430 52 113 22 3 16 58 4 7 3 3 9 2 3 .263 .287 .440 .727 *2/3
2 Chris Truby 98 10 2002 28 TOT ML 124 404 382 35 82 18 4 4 22 1 3 4 5 7 2 2 .215 .238 .314 .552 *5/37
3 Ivan Rodriguez 96 9 2007 35 DET AL 129 515 502 50 141 31 3 11 63 1 1 1 2 16 2 2 .281 .294 .420 .714 *2/D
4 Miguel Olivo 93 8 2009 30 KCR AL 83 292 279 31 67 12 3 15 39 0 4 1 0 6 3 1 .240 .271 .466 .737 *2/D
5 Kenny Williams 83 10 1987 23 CHW AL 116 414 391 48 110 18 2 11 50 0 9 3 1 5 21 10 .281 .314 .422 .736 *8/9
6 Miguel Olivo 82 7 2008 29 KCR AL 84 317 306 29 78 22 0 12 41 2 3 0 1 6 7 0 .255 .278 .444 .722 *2D
7 Miguel Olivo 80 8 2005 26 TOT ML 91 281 267 30 58 11 1 9 34 2 3 1 2 7 7 2 .217 .246 .367 .613 *2
8 Tony Pena 78 10 2007 26 KCR AL 152 536 509 58 136 25 7 2 47 0 4 8 5 13 5 6 .267 .284 .356 .640 *6/4
9 Mariano Duncan 77 9 1996 33 NYY AL 109 417 400 62 136 34 3 8 56 1 1 2 5 10 4 3 .340 .352 .500 .852 *4/5D79
10 Shawon Dunston 75 8 1997 34 TOT NL 132 511 490 71 147 22 5 14 57 0 3 5 5 9 32 8 .300 .312 .451 .763 *6/7
11 Shawon Dunston 75 10 1995 32 CHC NL 127 503 477 58 141 30 6 14 69 3 6 7 3 8 10 5 .296 .317 .472 .789 *6
12 Darrin Jackson 75 10 1993 30 TOT ML 77 280 263 19 55 9 0 6 26 0 0 6 1 9 0 2 .209 .237 .312 .549 987
13 Eliezer Alfonzo 74 9 2006 27 SFG NL 87 309 286 27 76 17 2 12 39 7 7 4 3 11 1 0 .266 .302 .465 .767 *2
14 Andujar Cedeno 74 9 1991 21 HOU NL 67 264 251 27 61 13 2 9 36 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 .243 .270 .418 .688 *6
15 Johnny Jeter 74 9 1973 28 CHW AL 89 313 300 38 72 14 4 7 26 0 0 1 3 5 4 3 .240 .260 .383 .643 987/D
16 Darrell Whitmore 72 10 1993 24 FLA NL 76 267 250 24 51 8 2 4 19 0 5 2 0 8 4 2 .204 .249 .300 .549 *9/7
17 John Leary 71 10 1914 23 SLB AL 144 552 533 35 141 28 7 0 45 0 3 6 0 0 9 15 .265 .282 .343 .625 *32
18 Floyd Rayford 69 10 1985 27 BAL AL 105 372 359 55 110 21 1 18 48 0 0 2 1 10 3 1 .306 .324 .521 .845 *52
19 Shawon Dunston 68 10 1987 24 CHC NL 95 359 346 40 85 18 3 5 22 1 1 0 2 6 12 3 .246 .267 .358 .625 *6
20 Jim Fuller 68 8 1974 23 BAL AL 64 202 189 17 42 11 0 7 28 2 3 2 0 4 1 0 .222 .265 .392 .657 *9/37D
21 Delmon Young 67 7 2009 23 MIN AL 66 240 228 25 60 6 1 3 29 0 2 0 3 12 2 3 .263 .288 .338 .626 *7/D
22 Jermaine Dye 67 8 1996 22 ATL NL 98 306 292 32 82 16 0 12 37 0 3 0 3 11 1 4 .281 .304 .459 .763 *97/8
23 Wilbur Wood 65 6 1972 30 CHW AL 49 144 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 0 0 13 0 4 0 0 .136 .176 .136 .312 *1
I stopped at #23 because Wood is the first pitcher on the list.
No pitcher approaches as many as 65 strikeouts anymore because they don't get enough plate appearances to amass such totals. Wood had 144 PAs, but check out the highest strikeout totals by pitchers in recent years:
Cnt Player **SO** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Doug Davis 43 2004 28 MIL NL 34 71 64 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 .016 .031 .016 .047 *1
2 Aaron Harang 39 2005 27 CIN NL 32 78 74 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .027 .027 .027 .054 *1
3 Randy Johnson 37 2004 40 ARI NL 35 87 80 1 10 3 0 0 6 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .125 .167 .163 .330 *1
4 Paul Wilson 37 2004 31 CIN NL 29 70 60 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .100 .143 .133 .276 *1
5 Chad Billingsley 36 2008 23 LAD NL 35 72 63 1 6 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .095 .149 .095 .244 *1
6 Cory Lidle 36 2004 32 TOT NL 34 75 62 3 9 4 0 1 6 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .145 .209 .258 .467 *1
7 Brandon Webb 36 2004 25 ARI NL 35 71 64 3 6 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .094 .134 .094 .228 *1
8 Ricky Nolasco 35 2008 25 FLA NL 34 75 63 1 9 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 .143 .169 .175 .344 *1
9 Joel Pineiro 35 2008 29 STL NL 31 57 51 3 5 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .098 .148 .157 .305 *1
10 Chris Capuano 35 2006 27 MIL NL 35 75 68 3 8 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .118 .143 .132 .275 *1
None of these guys had as many as 90 PAs.
Of course, Wood's season is the highest single-season total for K's for a pitcher. Here are the leaders:
Cnt Player **SO** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Wilbur Wood 65 1972 30 CHW AL 49 144 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 13 0 4 0 0 .136 .176 .136 .312 *1
2 Vida Blue 63 1971 21 OAK AL 39 121 102 6 12 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 13 0 0 0 1 .118 .167 .127 .294 *1
3 Dean Chance 63 1968 27 MIN AL 43 106 93 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 .054 .093 .054 .147 *1
4 Jerry Koosman 62 1968 25 NYM NL 35 97 91 3 7 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .077 .106 .121 .227 *1
5 Bill Stoneman 61 1971 27 MON NL 41 111 93 12 12 0 0 0 5 9 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 .129 .214 .129 .343 *1
6 Dean Chance 58 1967 26 MIN AL 41 108 92 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 .033 .119 .033 .152 *1
7 Wilbur Wood 57 1971 29 CHW AL 44 124 96 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 17 0 2 1 0 .052 .150 .052 .202 *1
8 Sandy Koufax 57 1966 30 LAD NL 41 124 118 5 9 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .076 .113 .102 .215 *1
9 Earl Moseley 57 1914 26 IND FL 43 123 109 9 12 0 1 0 5 7 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 .110 .164 .128 .292 *1
10 Dean Chance 56 1965 24 CAL AL 36 85 75 3 7 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .093 .150 .107 .257 *1
11 Bob Purkey 56 1962 32 CIN NL 37 119 107 9 11 2 0 2 3 4 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 .103 .134 .178 .312 *1
Nobody from recent seasons due, again, to the lack of plate appearances. (Fewer starts and shorter starts limits the total amount of plate appearances and therefore the total number of strikeouts.)
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Posted by Raphy on August 9, 2009
Last week I posted a list of all the bunt doubles in the majors since 1988. Included in that list was a peculiar bunt-double by John Vander Wal which was described as : "Double to LF/Bunt (Bunt Line Drive to Deep LF)"
I thought that it was strange that anyone could hit a bunt line drive to deep left field. Carl Bialik of the Wall Street Journal confirmed my suspicions by sending me a link to the New York Times article about that game. In the article Tyler Kepner refers to Vander Wal having "sliced a double to the left-field warning track." Clearly Vander Wal did not bunt.
I fired off an email to Dave Smith at Retrosheet and he has confirmed that Vander Wal's hit should not be listed as a bunt. The change will take effect in the Retrosheet database in December. I have edited my original blog post to reflect this information.
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Posted by Raphy on August 8, 2009
Last week Andy wrote about Marco Scutaro's large number of walk-off plate appearances.:
"Can you believe that Scutaro has already been responsible for NINE walk-off wins? That’s more than most players get in their entire careers, much less below-average middle infielders."
Andy is an expert when it comes to walk-offs. He has written about them extensively and has a good feel for when something unusual happens. I however, am a novice and felt compelled to run the numbers.
Scutaro began playing full time in 2004. That same season he collected had first walk-off win. As Andy mentioned Scutaro has amassed 9 walk-off wins playing either 2nd base or shortstop. Here are the leaders since 2004 in walk-off wins among middle infielders (through Friday's games).
| Marco Scutaro |
9 |
| Orlando Cabrera |
8 |
| Placido Polanco |
7 |
| Jose Lopez |
6 |
| Juan Uribe |
6 |
| Mark Loretta |
6 |
| Bobby Crosby |
5 |
| Carlos Guillen |
5 |
| David Eckstein |
5 |
| Michael Young |
5 |
| Miguel Tejada |
5 |
| Orlando Hudson |
5 |
| Yuniesky Betancou |
5 |
As you can see, the numbers confirm Andy's statement. When it comes to walking away with a win, there is no one up the middle who has done it better than Marco.
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Posted by Raphy on August 8, 2009
Here's a quick hit from yesterday's Red Sox-Yankees game.
Fewest Hits Allowed in a Game with At Least 15 Innings Pitched (since 1954)
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt IP **H** R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs ERA
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+----+------+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+
1 2003-07-25 ARI LAD W 2-1 15 3 1 1 3 11 1 183 120 0 0 51 46 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.60
2 1963-04-13 LAA CHW W 1-0 15 3 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 51 44 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0.00
3 2009-08-07 NYY BOS W 2-0 15 4 0 0 8 14 0 227 133 1 0 55 46 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 6 0.00
4 2004-06-08 MIL ANA W 1-0 17 4 0 0 2 7 0 209 132 1 0 59 55 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 0.00
5 1993-08-10 FLA CHC W 3-2 15 4 2 2 3 10 1 180 113 4 0 51 46 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.20
6 1993-04-14 STL LAD W 2-1 15 4 1 1 6 7 0 208 127 1 0 53 46 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 6 0.60
7 1975-05-14 TEX MIL L 2-3 15 4 3 2 9 11 0 4 0 56 44 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 1.20
8 1968-05-17 ATL NYM W 3-1 16 4 1 1 5 9 1 0 0 55 48 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0.56
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 7, 2009
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder, games since 1954, where the team won and their starting pitcher for the contest lasted two innings or less and walked seven or more before hitting the showers:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Russ Ortiz 2004-05-15 ATL @MIL W 11-6 GS-2 1.1 3 4 4 7 1 0 64 27 26 14 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27.00
2 Kerry Wood 2000-09-22 CHC STL W 5-4 GS-2 1.1 1 3 3 8 1 0 70 29 33 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.25
3 William Van Landi 1997-05-31 SFG @ATL W 6-4 GS-2 1 1 3 3 7 0 0 44 12 32 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00
4 Wayne Simpson 1971-05-05 CIN @LAD W 8-4 GS-3 2 0 2 2 7 2 0 43 14 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9.00
Games found: 4.
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