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Carl Pavano & Tommy Hunter have the longest active win streaks in baseball

Date: Wed, Jul 28, 2010

Here are the longest win streaks this season: Rk Strk Start End Games W L GS IP H BB SO ERA Tm 1 CC Sabathia 2010-06-03 2010-07-22 9 9 0 9 66.0 54 22 59 2.05 NYY 2 Ubaldo Jimenez 2010-05-15 2010-07-08 9 9 0 9 67.0 44 22 52 1.75 COL 3 Carl Pavano 2010-06-09 2010-07-27 8 8 0 8 63.2 41 9 30 1.70 MIN 4 Tommy Hunter 2010-06-05 2010-07-25 8 8 0 8 54.0 44 11 24 2.00 TEX 5 Jon Lester 2010-04-28 2010-06-16 8 8 0 8 57.1 29 21 57 1.10 BOS 6 Carlos Silva 2010-04-16 2010-06-07 8 8 0 8 49.2 42 8 35 2.36 CHC 7 Joel Pineiro 2010-06-06 2010-07-15 7 7 0 7 50.1 43 13 33 2.32 LAA 8 Trevor Cahill 2010-05-21 2010-07-01 7 7 0 7 47.1 31 15 33 1.71 OAK 9 Mat Latos 2010-06-10 2010-07-24 6 6 0 6 40.2 25 7 45 1.33 SDP 10 Jason Hammel 2010-05-27 2010-07-10 6 6 0 6 40.1 36 13 29 1.56 COL 11 Freddy Garcia 2010-05-28 2010-07-07 6 6 0 6 39.2 37 9 28 3.18 CHW 12 Kris Medlen 2010-05-05 2010-07-07 6 6 0 5 35.2 32 6 24 3.28 ATL 13 R.A. Dickey 2010-05-25 2010-06-23 6 6 0 6 40.1 41 10 33 2.23 NYM 14 Johnny Cueto 2010-04-30 2010-06-12 6 6 0 6 39.0 25 10 38 2.31 CIN 15 Jeff Niemann 2010-04-19 2010-06-08 6 6 0 6 45.1 24 12 30 1.39 TBR 16 Yovani Gallardo 2010-04-21 2010-06-02 6 6 0 6 39.0 29 17 46 0.92 MIL 17 Jon Garland 2010-04-21 2010-05-25 6 6 0 6 39.0 29 15 27 1.38 SDP 18 Tyler Clippard 2010-04-08 2010-05-09 6 6 0 0 9.0 7 6 9 1.00 WSN 19 Ubaldo Jimenez 2010-04-05 2010-05-03 6 6 0 6 41.1 26 16 44 0.87 COL Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 7/28/2010. These are longest win streaks among games with a decision. Pavano, for example, has a few no-decision games sandwiched into [...]

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Card of the Week: 1983 Topps #451 Ted Simmons Super Veteran (plus a bonus HOF poll)

Date: Wed, Jul 28, 2010

(click images for larger versions) This is our first entry from 1983 although I'm going to pretend it's not. This was a very good year for baseball cards and each of the big three sets deserves a little love. I picked this card because of its subject, Ted Simmons, and because it is a cool Super [...]

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Chris Coghlan tears up his knee throwing a pie

Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010

No kidding. ESPN.com has the story. So, let's see. Kendry Morales broke his leg landing on home plate. Now Chris Coghlan was injured throwing a pie. What else?

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One Hitters Allowing 2+ Runs

Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010

A just for the fun of it list - all games available under Play Index where the starting pitcher went at least 9 innings, allowed only one hit, but allowed 2 runs (earned or not) to score. It hasn't happened all that often. From 1920 to 2010, Games in Play Index, where SP had IP>=9, H=1 [...]

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Joe Mauer’s feat that is rarer than no-hitters and cycles

Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010

Last night, Joe Mauer had 5 hits and 7 RBI while the Twins obliterated the Royals. Turns out this is quite a rare feat. Click through to see just how rare. A player has had at least 5 hits and 7 RBI in a game just 44 times. Here are the 10 most recent occasions: Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos. Summary 1 Joe [...]

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Changes to Maris and Mantle’s Batting Totals

Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010

Lyle Spatz, chair of the SABR Records Committee has allowed me to reprint this note that he wrote about the recently made changes to Maris and Mantle's 1961 season totals. We'll have more to say on this in the future, but the basic gist of our policy when making changes of this is that [...]

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Matt Garza’s no-hitter

Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010

Click through for a few tidbits about Garza's no-hitter. Sorry I don't have more time to write this. Real life is getting in the way. Garza's gem doesn't quite qualify as the best Game Score for a Rays pitcher, but it's close: Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GSc 1 James Shields 2008-05-09 TBR LAA W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 92 61 93 2 Ryan Rupe 1999-05-23 TBD ANA L 0-4 GS-9 9.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 86 59 93 3 Matt Garza 2010-07-26 TBR DET W 5-0 SHO9 ,W [...]

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POLL: Vladimir Guerrero and the Hall of Fame

Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010

The readers have spoken, and a poll for Vladimir Guerrero is up next. Please read through, vote in the poll below, and add your own comment on Guerrero's Hall of Fame credentials. Let's look at the arguments for and against Guerrero in the Hall of Fame: For the Hall of Fame: His OPS+ of 144 is 47th all [...]

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More stats on cycles

Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2010

Of the 230 cycles hit since 1920: 26 (11.3%) featured only 1 RBI 29 (12.6%) featured only 1 run scored Only Mel Ott's 1929 cycle featured both 1 RBI and 1 run scored 38 (16.5%) included a walk and two featured two walks. 23 (10.0%) were done in the minimum 4 plate appearances (meaning the player got only 4 PAs [...]

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One RBI while hitting for the cycle

Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2010

26 players have hit for the cycle since 1920 and managed only 1 RBI (coming on the home run, of course.) Click through for the list and some other cycle-related info. Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt AB 1B R H 2B 3B HR RBI 1 Stephen Drew 2008-09-01 ARI STL W 8-6 5 1 3 5 2 1 1 1 2 Jose Reyes 2006-06-21 NYM CIN L 5-6 5 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 Randy Winn 2005-08-15 SFG CIN W 7-3 5 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 Luis Gonzalez 2000-07-05 ARI HOU W 12-9 6 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 Eric Chavez 2000-06-21 OAK BAL W 10-3 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 6 Todd Helton 1999-06-19 COL FLA W 10-2 4 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 7 Neifi Perez 1998-07-25 COL STL W 5-2 4 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 8 Ray Lankford 1991-09-15 STL NYM W 7-2 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 Paul Molitor 1991-05-15 MIL MIN W 4-2 5 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 10 Robby [...]

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Marlins’ incredible week of walk-off wins

Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2010

Check out all the games the Marlins have one this year in their final plate appearance: Yr# Date ▾ Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Pit(cnt)Sequence RBI Play Description 6 2010-07-25 Wes Helms FLA ATL Jesse Chavez tied 4-4 1B b11 123 0 2 (0-1) 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Ramirez Scores; Uggla to 3B; Ross to 2B 5 2010-07-23 Donnie Murphy FLA ATL Billy Wagner tied 6-6 1B b 9 -23 2 4 (2-1) 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); [...]

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2010 Hall of Fame Induction Resources

Date: Sun, Jul 25, 2010

We've updated our front page with this one-stop shopping for Hall of Fame Inductee info. 2010 Hall of Fame Induction Sunday, July 25, 2010 Andre Dawson (77.9% of vote) 438 HR, 314 SB, 8 Gold Gloves, 1987 NL MVP, 27th All-Time Total Bases, Center/Right Fielder for Expos, Cubs, Red Sox, Marlins, [...]

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Kelly Johnson hits for the cycle but the Diamondbacks lose

Date: Sun, Jul 25, 2010

Two nights ago Kelly Johnson hit for the cycle but the D-backs lost the game, 7-4, to the Giants. Teams don't lose very often when one of their players hits for the cycle. Click through to learn more.

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Are the Royals cursed?

Date: Sat, Jul 24, 2010

The Royals have made plenty of bad decisions over the last 20 years, but you can't blame them for this. David DeJesus is out for the year after tearing a thumb ligament while diving to catch a fly ball that ended up as an inside-the-park homer for Derek Jeter. The terrible part of this [...]

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