Posted by Andy on July 30, 2007
Bill Robinson passed away yesterday. He was a member of the 1979 Pirates' championship team.
Some of his career stats:
Most HR against a particular pitcher:
PA AB H 2B 3B **HR** RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+------+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
Phil Niekro 58 55 14 4 0 6 13 3 11 .255 .293 .655 .948 0 0 0 0 1
John Curtis 50 46 13 0 0 5 13 4 5 .283 .340 .609 .949 0 0 1 0 3
Jerry Reuss 59 56 15 1 1 5 12 2 8 .268 .305 .589 .894 0 0 1 1 4
Most hits against a particular pitcher:
PA AB **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+---+---+-------+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
Steve Carlton 96 88 28 4 0 4 9 7 10 .318 .368 .500 .868 1 0 3 0 3
Jim Kaat 64 61 17 2 0 1 6 2 4 .279 .313 .361 .674 0 0 2 1 3
Jerry Koosman 59 55 17 6 0 2 9 3 10 .309 .339 .527 .866 0 1 1 0 1
Jon Matlack 63 58 17 6 0 4 8 4 9 .293 .333 .603 .936 0 1 0 0 2
And I noticed an interesting thing in his career splits. Comparing his pre- and post-All-Star performance, he had OBP of .300 exactly both before and after the break, as well as a SLG of .438 exactly both before and after the break. His batting average was 2 points higher before the break, a difference of only about 5 hits over 16 seasons (if normalized to the same number of at-bats.)
Also he was once traded for another played who also passed away this year at too young of an age: Clete Boyer.
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Posted by Andy on July 30, 2007
What's the surest way for a starting pitcher to earn a win? You'd have to think this would be high on the list: when his team scores 11 runs in the top of the first inning. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andy on July 29, 2007
The AP preview on today's Pirates-Phillies game notes that Kyle Kendrick pitched at least 6 innings in his first 6 starts for the Phillies this year, which were the first 6 starts of his career. That got me to wondering who the leaders are for that category. The results are not too surprising. For year 2000 to present, most consecutive starts with at least 6 innings pitcher to start a career: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 29, 2007
We know that Alex Rodriguez has a zillion homers this season. Well, actually, he has 35 - but, at this stage of the season, that seems like a zillion-something. However, do you know that A-Rod has hit homers off 34 different pitchers this season, to-date? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Player Index Batting vs. Pitcher tool, we can see who Alex has taken downtown this year:
PA AB H 2B 3B **HR** RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+------+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
Curt Schilling 9 8 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 .375 .444 1.250 1.694 0 0 0 0 0
Erik Bedard 6 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .167 .167 .667 .834 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Blanton 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 0 0 0 0 0
Boof Bonser 6 5 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 .200 .333 .800 1.133 0 0 1 0 0
Chris Bootcheck 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Borowski 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Bukvich 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 0 0 0 0 0
Ambiorix Burgos 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Camp 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .200 .200 .800 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Dewon Day 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Casey Fossum 5 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .750 .800 1.500 2.300 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Glavine 6 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .200 .333 .800 1.133 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Hennessey 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 0 0 0 0 0
Livan Hernandez 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 .667 .667 1.667 2.334 0 0 0 0 0
Orlando Hernandez 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1.000 .667 4.000 4.667 0 1 0 0 0
Masumi Kuwata 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Mastny 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.666 0 0 0 0 0
Gil Meche 4 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Papelbon 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 0 0 0 0 0
Sidney Ponson 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0 0 0 0 0
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+------+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
PA AB H 2B 3B **HR** RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+------+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
Chris Ray 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Resop 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Al Reyes 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Salas 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Schoeneweis 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Sharpless 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
James Shields 6 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 .400 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Towers 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Trachsel 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 2.000 2.667 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Wakefield 8 5 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 .400 .625 1.000 1.625 0 0 0 0 0
Jered Weaver 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.666 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Westbrook 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Witasick 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Wood 6 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .250 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 2 0
Curt Schilling is the only pitcher to allow more than one homerun to A-Rod this season - again, so far. It will be interesting to see if Rodriguez continues this trend of hitting homers off different pitchers - just one per customer outside of ol' Red Light - for the remainder of the season.
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Posted by Andy on July 27, 2007
When Arod recently got to 100 RBI in, I think, 99 games, there was a lot of talk about how he was the third Yankee to do this, following two no-names called Gehrig and DiMaggio.
It got me to thinking about an unrelated stat, which is fewest games played in a complete season while also reaching 100 RBIs. If you don't limit the search to 2006 and earlier, Arod's current season shows up since he has 100 RBIs already, but we're not talking about reaching 100 RBIs in the fewest games.
Anyway, here's the list (1901-2006):
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Posted by Andy on July 26, 2007
As the race in the AL East gets a bit tighter than its been for most of the year (although the Red Sox are still firmly in control), I thought it might be interesting to look at some historic Boston-New York data. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by trent_mccotter on July 26, 2007
On Wednesday, Aaron Cook threw just 74 pitches in a nine-inning game. Although it doesn't have pitch data for all the games since 1957, PI does have pitch counts for a ton of games, and here are the pitchers with the fewest pitches thrown in a 9+ inning CG. I should hold-off until Cook's 74-pitch gem is in the database, but I just can't wait!
Not only is Cook tied with walkaphobic Carlos Silva for fewest pitches in a CG, but also note that Cook's game is just the eighth known game in the retrosheet-era in which a pitcher's gone the distance but required less than 80 pitches.
According to the record books, Red Barrett needed only 58 pitches to throw a nine-inning complete game on August 10, 1944, which is believed to be the record. I doubt anyone will come close to matching that anytime soon.
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Posted by Chris J. on July 25, 2007
Tonight the gathering commences. Hundreds of baseball lunatics from across the country are converging on St. Louis as we speak to enjoy each other's company, talk baseball and inadvertently make the indigenous population feel much better about their level of coolness. In honor of this meeting, let's use PI to find some leaders in the SABR era.
SABR began in 1971, but in mid-season. So I'll look at info from 1972-onward. Forget most homers or wins - I already know its Bonds and Clemens. Let's look at the weird stuff.
Heaviest player in the SABR era. In an upset, it's not Rich Garces.
Lightest Player. I like that Craig Grebeck and Freddy Patek are tied.
A bit more normal: Most doubles. Two in the top ten will never make Cooperstown.
For pitchers, let's look up something depressing: Most losses. Six have lost 200, which points out I'm doing this the wrong way. So I know Bonds has the most homers -- how many have hit over 500?
Well, turns out eight guys have. And 185 have hit 200.
Alternately, 11 have 3000 hits and 97 have 2000 hits. And to really get nuts with it, 482 have 1000 hits in those years. In your face Rick Cerone! Not that anyone cares, but #241 of the 482 is Vince Coleman. Unless Jermaine Dye got two hits tonight.
Well, unfortunaely I have to run. Hope you liked.
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 25, 2007
One the the fun things that you can do with Player Index is looking at when hits came, via the Batter Events Finder.
For example, to date, in 2007, when the Yankees have 2 outs against them, and they're behind in the score, with runners on base, who has gotten hits to put them ahead in the score? Here's the answer:
Alex Rodriguez 3 times
Johnny Damon 2 times
Derek Jeter 1 time
Bobby Abreu 1 time
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------
1 1 2007-04-07 Alex Rodriguez NYY BAL Steve Trachsel down 0-1 HR b 1 1-- 2 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Abreu Scores
2 2 Alex Rodriguez NYY BAL Chris Ray down 6-7 HR b 9 123 2 1-2 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to CF); Cano Scores; Jeter Scores; Abreu Scores
3 1 2007-04-19 Alex Rodriguez NYY CLE Joe Borowski down 5-6 HR b 9 -23 2 1-0 1 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Jeter Scores; Abreu Scores
4 1 2007-04-27 Johnny Damon NYY BOS Daisuke Matsuzak down 1-2 1B b 4 123 2 3-2 6 2 Single to RF (Line Drive); Giambi Scores; Matsui Scores; Posada to 3B
5 1 2007-05-20 Johnny Damon NYY @NYM John Maine down 0-1 2B t 4 -23 2 1-2 6 2 Double to 2B (Pop Fly); Abreu Scores; Mientkiewicz Scores
6 1 2007-06-16 Derek Jeter NYY NYM Tom Glavine down 4-5 HR b 4 1-- 2 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Damon Scores
7 1 2007-07-14 Bobby Abreu NYY @TBD Andy Sonnanstine down 2-3 HR t 5 -2- 2 0-1 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to RF); Thompson Scores
How about with 2 outs against them, and they're behind in the score, with runners on base, who has gotten hits to tie the score? Here's the answer:
Miguel Cairo 2 times
Hideki Matsui 1 time
Robinson Cano 1 time
Johnny Damon 1 time
Jorge Posada 1 time
Melky Cabrera 1 time
Alex Rodriguez 1 time
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. ------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------
1 1 2007-04-05 Hideki Matsui NYY TBD Ruddy Lugo down 4-6 1B b 7 123 2 1-1 3 2 Single to RF (Ground Ball); Jeter Scores; Abreu Scores; Giambi to 2B
2 1 2007-04-06 Robinson Cano NYY BAL Adam Loewen down 1-2 2B b 2 1-- 2 1-2 4 1 Double to RF (Line Drive); Matsui Scores; Cano to 3B/Adv on throw
3 1 2007-04-14 Jorge Posada NYY @OAK Joe Blanton down 2-3 2B t 7 1-- 2 1-2 4 1 Double to RF (Line Drive); Cano Scores
4 1 2007-05-16(1) Melky Cabrera NYY @CHW John Danks down 1-2 2B t 6 12- 2 3-1 5 1 Double to LF (Ground Ball); Posada Scores; Abreu to 3B
5 1 2007-06-05 Miguel Cairo NYY @CHW Mark Buehrle down 0-1 1B t 5 -2- 2 1-2 4 1 Single to CF (Ground Ball); Cano Scores
6 1 2007-06-16 Johnny Damon NYY NYM Tom Glavine down 1-2 1B b 2 --3 2 3-2 6 1 Single to LF (Line Drive); Cano Scores
7 1 2007-07-05 Miguel Cairo NYY MIN Kevin Slowey down 1-2 2B b 2 --3 2 3-2 6 1 Double to LF (Line Drive); Phillips Scores
8 1 2007-07-17 Alex Rodriguez NYY TOR Roy Halladay down 0-1 1B b 1 --3 2 1-2 4 1 Single to RF (Line Drive); Damon Scores
Who would have thought that, to date, Johnny Damon has one less "big" two-out hit for the Yankees this season than Alex Rodriguez? Well, now you know.
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Posted by Andy on July 25, 2007
User jshecket made a comment on yesterday's post about homering on a 3-0 pitch, so I thought I'd look into that a little bit.
Indeed, Chase Utley hit 2 homers on 3-0 pitches, both in the same game off the same pitcher. That was in June of this year, and are the only 3-0 homers the Phillies hit this year.
To find these homers, currently we're limited to use the PI Team Game Event Finder, so you can search only team-by-team.
Searching back on the Phillies' history, here are the number of 3-0 homers they have hit each year (years not listed mean there were zero such homers in that year): Read the rest of this entry »
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