Posted by Andy on December 12, 2007
This is pretty straightforward, but I found the results interesting. This is a simple PI Batting Game Finder search for most games with 3 or more RBI. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andy on December 11, 2007
The other day, we looked at players getting no hits in team wins.
Here is the list, for 2007, of leaders for games with zero RBI (minimum 3 PA) won by their own team:
Jose Reyes 2007 61 Ind. Games Juan Pierre 2007 56 Ind. Games Ichiro Suzuki 2007 55 Ind. Games Grady Sizemore 2007 55 Ind. Games Nick Punto 2007 53 Ind. Games Jhonny Peralta 2007 53 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 2007 53 Ind. Games Julio Lugo 2007 51 Ind. Games Orlando Hudson 2007 51 Ind. Games Eric Byrnes 2007 51 Ind. Games Jose Lopez 2007 50 Ind. Games Aaron Hill 2007 50 Ind. Games Stephen Drew 2007 50 Ind. Games Coco Crisp 2007 50 Ind. Games Casey Blake 2007 50 Ind. Games Yuniesky Betancou 2007 50 Ind. Games
This is a fairly similar list to what we saw before with zero hit games. The reasons might be different, though. Leadoff hitters, who are generally not the best run-producers, are prevalent, as are players from winning teams (who have more team wins in which to go RBI-less.)
Now here are the leaders for players with at least 1 RBI in games won by their own team:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Matt Holliday 2007 59 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 2007 54 Ind. Games Vladimir Guerrero 2007 51 Ind. Games Mike Lowell 2007 49 Ind. Games Brad Hawpe 2007 49 Ind. Games David Ortiz 2007 48 Ind. Games Magglio Ordonez 2007 48 Ind. Games Victor Martinez 2007 48 Ind. Games Jeff Francoeur 2007 47 Ind. Games Robinson Cano 2007 47 Ind. Games Khalil Greene 2007 46 Ind. Games Carlos Beltran 2007 46 Ind. Games Bobby Abreu 2007 46 Ind. Games Jimmy Rollins 2007 45 Ind. Games Prince Fielder 2007 45 Ind. Games Miguel Cabrera 2007 45 Ind. Games
Not a big surprise, either. These are run-producing guys from good teams.
Let's take a look at an interesting individual stat, though, that at least somewhat corrects for the quality of the team: fraction of season RBIs coming in team wins, vs fraction coming in team losses.
Let's compared A-rod and Magglio:
In the Yankees' 91 team wins (that A-rod played in during the regular season), A-rod had 115 RBI. In the 67 losses (again that he played in), A-rod had 41 RBI. That's 73.7% of his total RBI coming in wins, and 26.3% of his RBIs coming in losses. In the 91 wins, he averaged 1.26 RBI per game. In the 67 losses, he averaged 0.61 RBI per game.
In the Tigers' 85 teams win (that Magglio played in), Mags had 91 RBI. In the 72 team losses, Mags had 48 RBI. That's 65.5% of his total coming in wins, and 34.5% coming in losses. In team wins, he averaged 1.07 RBI per game, and in team losses he averaged 0.67 RBI per game.
What can be concluded from these numbers? I'm not sure that anything concrete can be drawn. It would seem that Ordonez' RBI are a bit more spread out over wins and losses, which might make him more valuable to his team. There were certainly a number of cases this year where the Yankees won by a large margin and A-rod got some RBI through "piling on", but there were also cases, such as with his walk-off grannies where all 4 RBI were important.
And here's a little gem I saved for the end. Most games with at least 1 RBI in team victories, 1957 to 2007:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Carl Yastrzemski 787 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 786 Ind. Games Hank Aaron 779 Ind. Games Eddie Murray 776 Ind. Games Rafael Palmeiro 727 Ind. Games Dave Winfield 722 Ind. Games Reggie Jackson 716 Ind. Games George Brett 713 Ind. Games Tony Perez 707 Ind. Games Cal Ripken 699 Ind. Games Frank Robinson 698 Ind. Games Pete Rose 687 Ind. Games Brooks Robinson 672 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 647 Ind. Games Harold Baines 644 Ind. Games Willie Mays 641 Ind. Games Andre Dawson 641 Ind. Games Mike Schmidt 636 Ind. Games Dave Parker 625 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 623 Ind. Games Willie Stargell 621 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 618 Ind. Games Fred McGriff 617 Ind. Games Paul Molitor 614 Ind. Games Robin Yount 606 Ind. Games Al Kaline 602 Ind. Games Willie McCovey 600 Ind. Games
I'm assuming that Barry Bonds is now "retired", meaning that Frank Thomas leads all active players with 647 such games. Next is Gary Sheffield at 623, and Manny at 618. Yaz might never have that record broken...he played for good teams for many years.
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Posted by Andy on December 10, 2007
As reader kingturtle suggested, here is a comparison of the frequency of 4-hit games in the regular season versus the post-season.
Also, don't forget to vote for the 2008 Hall of Fame class.
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Posted by Andy on December 9, 2007
File this one under frivolity.
McDonald's
Wendy's
Sorry, I couldn't come up with anything for Arby's or Chipotle Mexican Grill.
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Posted by Andy on December 9, 2007
You are probably wondering what the heck I mean by "most hitless games in team wins." Well let me first show you a more straightforward list, then ease our way into the biggie. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andy on December 8, 2007
Thanks to a recently-added feature to the PI, we can do searches for players in the HOF, plus those currently on the ballot. Here is a very simply search of all 85 pitchers either currently in the HOF or on the ballot, ranked by Complete Games.
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Posted by Andy on December 7, 2007
As promised, here is your chance to vote for the 2008 Hall of Fame candidates. Thanks go out to reader spartanbill for suggesting the idea. You may vote anytime between now and January 4th. I'll tally the results by Monday January 7th, and the real voting will be announced January 8th.
To cast your ballot, here's all you need to know:
Now, here are the eligible candidates:
Brady Anderson
Harold Baines
Rod Beck
Bert Blyleven
Dave Concepcion
Andre Dawson
Shawon Dunston
Chuck Finley
Travis Fryman
Rich Gossage
Tommy John
David Justice
Chuck Knoblauch
Don Mattingly
Mark McGwire
Jack Morris
Dale Murphy
Robb Nen
Dave Parker
Tim Raines
Jim Rice
Jose Rijo
Lee Smith
Todd Stottlemyre
Alan Trammell
A rookie card for every single candidate! Get voting!
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on December 6, 2007
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder...
Teams, since 1973, who have had 2+ starters age 23 or younger make 30+ starts each during a season:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching +----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+ 1980 AL Chicago White Sox 3 Britt Burns / Richard Dotson / Steve Trout 2007 AL Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2 Scott Kazmir / Edwin Jackson 2006 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Jeremy Bonderman / Justin Verlander 2003 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Carlos Zambrano / Mark Prior 2002 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Mark Buehrle / Jon Garland 2001 AL Oakland Athletics 2 Barry Zito / Mark Mulder 1998 NL Florida Marlins 2 Livan Hernandez / Brian Meadows 1996 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Frank Rodriguez / Brad Radke 1993 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Alex Fernandez / Wilson Alvarez 1988 NL Atlanta Braves 2 Tom Glavine / Pete Smith 1986 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Bill Wegman / Juan Nieves 1986 NL New York Mets 2 Dwight Gooden / Sid Fernandez 1986 AL Texas Rangers 2 Ed Correa / Bobby Witt 1985 AL Kansas City Royals 2 Danny Jackson / Bret Saberhagen 1984 AL California Angels 2 Mike Witt / Ron Romanick 1984 NL New York Mets 2 Ron Darling / Dwight Gooden 1978 AL Oakland Athletics 2 John Henry Johnson / Matt Keough 1976 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Pete Falcone / John Denny 1973 NL Cincinnati Reds 2 Don Gullett / Ross Grimsley
There's only two World Champs in there, by my quick count.
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on December 6, 2007
I was just going filter-happy with Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder - setting it for: "Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1973 to 2007, From Age 21 to 28, Throws LH, (requiring IP>=900, GS>=175, and G>=250), sorted by greatest ERAp" and, this is what I found:
Cnt Player **ERA+** IP GS G From To Ages CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS Pk +----+-----------------+--------+------+---+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+ 1 Johan Santana 141 1308.2 175 251 2000 2007 21-28 6 4 23 93 44 .679 1 1068 500 468 364 1381 3.22 144 5281 2 27 8 55 MIN .221 .278 .366 .644 67 27 26 222 24 77 28 29 14 2 Mark Buehrle 122 1629 234 259 2000 2007 21-28 22 7 6 107 75 .588 0 1681 770 688 373 943 3.80 187 6770 28 42 9 11 CHW .268 .312 .417 .729 87 50 36 332 21 178 31 44 51 3 Mike Hampton 119 1446.2 216 260 1994 2001 21-28 18 8 7 98 63 .609 0 1442 681 586 557 966 3.65 116 6183 22 37 7 50 HOU-NYM-COL .263 .333 .382 .715 90 68 42 256 23 188 63 55 26 4 Fernando Valenzue 108 1934.2 262 263 1982 1989 21-28 91 19 1 113 96 .541 1 1728 812 707 772 1448 3.29 122 8133 50 15 9 77 LAD .241 .314 .343 .657 90 125 43 314 27 139 149 109 40 5 Tom Underwood 100 1356.2 187 284 1975 1982 21-28 35 6 40 75 80 .484 13 1305 662 585 576 839 3.88 108 5816 28 26 10 50 PHI-TOT-TOR-NYY-OAK .256 .332 .381 .713 98 73 36 218 50 135 73 60 4 6 Pete Falcone 89 1208.2 186 257 1975 1982 21-28 21 6 23 56 79 .415 5 1168 609 551 554 751 4.10 123 5230 40 15 10 61 SFG-STL-NYM .257 .337 .396 .733 109 67 50 191 35 83 97 67 9 Seasons/Careers found: 6.
Mark Buehrle? Who else would have figured him to be so close to Johan Santana here? Does that say something about Buehrle, Santana, or both?
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Posted by Andy on December 6, 2007
I see that David Riske got a nice fat contract from the Brewers and I was curious to see how he came out on this fairly arbitrary search for the best relievers from the last 3 years. Read the rest of this entry »
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