Posted by Andy on November 18, 2007
Here are the last 20 guys to throw a complete game of no more than 9 innings while allowing at least 18 baserunnners:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB BR SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Chris Carpenter 2001-06-09 TOR FLA L 1-6 CG 9 ,L 9 9 6 3 6 18 5 1 125 74 50 42 33 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.00
2 Tim Wakefield 1996-06-10 BOS @CHW L 2-8 CG 8 ,L 8 16 8 6 3 19 0 1 158 103 19 43 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.75
3 Chris Hammond 1995-06-19 FLA @COL W 7-2 CG 9 ,W 9 12 2 2 5 18 3 2 141 84 53 41 35 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.00
4 Rick Sutcliffe 1988-08-12 CHC STL L 0-4 CG 9 ,L 9 10 4 4 5 18 6 1 136 85 52 43 34 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.00
5 Mike Norris 1980-09-26 OAK MIL L 7-10 CG 9 ,L 9 17 10 10 1 18 9 4 21 45 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.00
6 J.R. Richard 1979-07-05 HOU @CIN L 4-5 CG 8 ,L 8 11 5 5 6 18 12 0 46 42 33 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.62
7 Odell Jones 1979-04-17 SEA @OAK L 5-6 CG 9 ,L 8.2 13 6 3 3 19 5 0 42 43 38 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.12
8 Geoff Zahn 1978-08-26 MIN @TOR L 3-4 CG 10 ,L 9 15 4 4 3 18 2 1 40 43 37 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.00
9 Reggie Cleveland 1977-09-25 BOS @DET W 12-5 CG 9 ,W 9 18 5 5 0 18 1 1 32 44 43 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00
10 Ed Figueroa 1976-09-28 NYY @BOS L 5-7 CG 8 ,L 8 15 7 7 3 18 0 2 21 38 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.88
11 Ken Holtzman 1976-05-31(1) BAL @CLE L 1-4 CG 8 ,L 8 13 4 4 4 18 1 1 37 39 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50
12 Fritz Peterson 1975-08-17 CLE @MIN W 14-5 CG 9 ,W 9 16 5 5 2 18 3 2 36 43 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.00
13 Nolan Ryan 1975-07-30 CAL CHW W 5-4 CG 9 ,W 9 8 4 4 7 18 5 0 53 41 33 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 4.00
14 Steve Busby 1975-07-10 KCR DET L 2-3 CG 9 ,L 9 11 3 3 5 18 8 1 56 44 39 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3.00
15 Dick Drago 1974-07-08 BOS KCR L 0-5 CG 9 ,L 9 9 5 5 9 20 3 1 43 43 33 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.00
16 Burt Hooton 1974-04-17 CHC PIT W 18-9 CG 9 ,W 9 16 9 5 1 21 7 3 33 47 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00
17 Nolan Ryan 1973-09-23 CAL @MIN W 15-7 CG 9 ,W 9 13 7 7 5 18 12 0 40 43 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.00
18 Terry Forster 1973-09-12 CHW @CAL L 5-6 CG 8 ,L 8 16 6 6 2 18 2 0 26 41 38 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
19 Fritz Peterson 1973-07-29(1) NYY @MIL L 2-7 CG 8 ,L 8 13 7 6 5 19 2 0 27 41 34 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
20 Jimmy Freeman 1972-09-01(2) ATL PHI W 11-5 CG 9 ,W 9 8 5 5 11 19 5 1 45 44 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.00
That Chris Hammond game in 1995 is wild. He allowed 18 baserunners in 9 innings but still got the win. He was helped by 4 double plays and a pick-off, and allowed just 2 runs. In each of the first 4 innings, the Rockies got at least 2 runners on but left them all stranded (other than Ellis Burks leading off the bottom of the 1st with a solo homer.) They left the bases loaded in the 6th too. The Rockies also had 2 infield hits, which doesn't surprise me. Hammond didn't get hit as hard as it might look.
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Posted by Andy on November 17, 2007
I was just thumbing though Sports Illustrated and they mentioned that only two players have ever had a 2B, 3B, and HR in the same post-season game. PI confirms it: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Chris J. on November 16, 2007
Here's a thought: use the pitcher game finder to find times when a pitcher:
- Allowed no hits
- Allowed no walks
- Faced 28 or more batters.
In other words, did the toss trickiest parts in pitching a perfect game, but didn't pitch a perfect game.
It's happened 6 times since 1957.
At first I assumed it meant errors, but no. Kevin Brown plunked Marvin Bernard in the 8th to screw himself over.
Bob Forsch had a HBP and an error by a defensive player in his game.
Bill SInger plunked Oscar Gamble. And there were some errors as well.
Joe Horlen hit Bill Freehan.
That leaves two games: Dick Bosman's 1974 game and Jerry Reuss in 1980. Bosman has no one to blame put himself. He made the error.
Jerry Reuss has a ready-made scapegoat. Shortstop Bill Russell made the error that cost him perfection. That's the only time in the last 51 seasons a pitcher lost his shot at a perfecto when one of the defenders behind him made an error.
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Posted by Chris J. on November 16, 2007
Look, just because Andy wrote a Joe Nuxhall blurb, that doesn't mean I can't, right?
Not all Nuxhall's career is up in the daily PI splits, but enough is so that we can find out a few things about him. For example: he had a lot of trouble against third basemen who came of age somewhere around 1960. The top three men on that list - Hoak, Hart, and Santo - were all at the hot corner. Spencer spent plenty of time there. Heck, Gil Hodges was an excellent minor league third baseman only switched to first because Brooklyn had the best defensive third baseman in the league when he came up.
Actually, Don Hoak owned him to a degree that was downright comic. In his first 13 PA against Nuxhall, he had nine singles, two walks, and two homers. Um ... . ow. Looks like Nuxhall finally figured him out, though.
RIP, Joe Nuxhall.
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Posted by Andy on November 16, 2007
I just heard that Joe Nuxhall passed away. Lots has been written about his interesting career as both a player and broadcaster, so I won't try to add to that. But here are all the pitchers since 1901 under the age of 18:
Cnt Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
+----+-----------------+---+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
1 Joe Nuxhall 1944 15 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 5 5 5 0 67.50 5 0 9 0 0 1 0
2 Jim Derrington 1956 16 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 6 9 6 5 6 3 7.50 55 2 31 0 0 1 0 0
3 Rogers McKee 1943 16 PHI NL 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 1.000 0 13.1 12 9 9 5 1 6.08 55 0 59 0 0 2 0
4 Carl Scheib 1943 16 PHA AL 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 .000 0 18.2 24 14 9 3 3 4.34 78 4 85 1 0 0 0
5 Jay Dahl 1963 17 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 2.2 7 7 5 0 0 16.88 19 0 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .438 .438 .500 .938 188
6 Jim Derrington 1957 17 CHW AL 20 5 0 0 4 0 1 .000 0 37 29 21 20 29 14 4.86 77 4 166 134 7 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 .216 .358 .358 .716 102
7 Larry Dierker 1964 17 HOU NL 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .000 0 9 7 4 2 3 5 2.00 171 1 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .219 .278 .313 .591 77
8 Bob Feller 1936 17 CLE AL 14 8 5 0 5 5 3 .625 1 62 52 29 23 47 76 3.34 154 1 279 4 3 8 0
9 Chris Haughey 1943 17 BRO NL 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 7 5 6 3 10 0 3.86 87 0 33 0 0 0 0
10 Art Houtteman 1945 17 DET AL 13 0 0 0 9 0 2 .000 0 25.1 27 17 15 11 9 5.33 66 1 116 1 0 0 0
11 Joey Jay 1953 17 MLN NL 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1.000 0 10 6 0 0 5 4 0.00 0 0 37 0 0 1 0
12 Harry Macpherson 1944 17 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
13 Mike McCormick 1956 17 NYG NL 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 6.2 7 7 7 10 4 9.45 40 1 36 0 0 1 0 0
14 Stover McIlwain 1957 17 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 214
15 Rogers McKee 1944 17 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 4.50 80 1 9 0 0 0 0
16 Bob Miller 1953 17 DET AL 13 1 0 0 8 1 2 .333 0 36.1 43 25 24 21 9 5.94 69 2 171 1 0 3 0
17 Ron Moeller 1956 17 BAL AL 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 .000 0 8.2 10 5 4 3 2 4.15 94 0 39 0 0 0 1 0
18 Charlie Osgood 1944 17 BRO NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 0 3.00 118 0 13 1 0 0 0
19 Claude Osteen 1957 17 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 3 3 2.25 181 0 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .368 .313 .681 88
20 Carl Scheib 1944 17 PHA AL 15 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 36.1 36 18 17 11 13 4.21 82 1 156 4 2 1 0
21 Dave Skaugstad 1957 17 CIN NL 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 6 4 1.59 256 0 27 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190 .370 .238 .608 70
22 Chuck Stobbs 1947 17 BOS AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 9 10 6 6 10 5 6.00 65 0 45 0 0 1 0
23 Lefty Weinert 1919 17 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 11 9 8 2 0 18.00 18 0 25 0 0 0 0
24 George Werley 1956 17 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 9.00 43 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Notice, too, that after appearing at age 15, he didn't come back to the big leagues until age 23. How many other players can you name with 7+ year layoffs from big league activity? The other one who comes to mind right away is Minnie Minoso.
And I just wanted to add some thoughts about Barry Bonds' indictment. Based on the very long due process that has occurred, it seems like to me that he will be convicted although will probably serve only a token jail sentence. However, this penalty is a lot more severe than has been faced by any player who tested positive for a banned substance (which Bonds has not.) This indictment, and the likely conviction to follow, will probably do more to elicit compliance from baseball players, at least when it comes to answering questions about PEDs in MLB. The timing of the whole thing is odd to me: had Bonds' indictment on obstruction of justice come before George Mitchell's investigation was completed, the former senator may have obtained a lot more useful information from players. Still, it will be interesting to see what he did find once the report is released in the coming weeks.
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Posted by Andy on November 16, 2007
As a reader asked for, here are the longest streaks for reaching base at least once per game, broken down by position.
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Posted by Andy on November 15, 2007
Resident suggestion guru kingturtle asked about which players had the largest differential between RBI and runs in a season. There is no straightforward way to calculate the leaders for this, so I thought I'd break it down by total number of RBI. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andy on November 14, 2007
Well, the real votes for AL Cy Young are in:
C.C. Sabathia, CLE 19 8 119
Josh Beckett, BOS 8 14 4 86
John Lackey, LAA 1 5 16 36
Fausto Carmona, CLE 1 4 7
Eric Bedard, BAL 1 1
Roy Halladay, TOR 1 1
Johan Santana, MIN 1 1
Justin Verlander, DET 1 1
The SOTD reader votes are back here and you folks did a great job predicting the finish. Readers submitted 32 ballots but the real voting had only 28, so I'm scaling the SOTD results . You predicted Sabathia first with 95 points, and he actually got 119 points. You predicted Beckett second with 64 points and he actually got 86 points. So far, great. After that, SOTD readers had Bedard, Carmona, and Lackey roughly tied for 3rd, 4th, and 5th with about 23 points each. Real voters favored Lackey, though, putting him 3rd at 36 points. Carmona was the only other pitcher to get more than 1 vote.
All in all, I'd say it was a stellar job by the SOTD readers. I believe the primary difference between the real voting and your voting is that you folks considered a larger pool of pitchers and gave out votes more carefully. The real voters basically only considered Sabathia and Beckett for the win, whereas 9 of you awarded first place to somebody else.
We have one more poll to check, and that's National League MVP. That doesn't get announced until next Tuesday, so check back a week from today for results.
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Posted by Andy on November 13, 2007
Can you believe that this guy won rookie of the year? No? Maybe because it was this guy. Braun's got some great numbers in the minors and next year he'll be just 24. It'll be interesting to see what he does over the next 3-4 years. Next Albert Pujols or next Kevin Maas?
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Posted by Andy on November 13, 2007
Using the PI batting Streak Finder, here are the longest hitting streaks by position since 1957. The player needed to have appeared at the position (though not necessarily have started there) in each game to qualify.
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