The Dodgers' one-hitter last night was the 24th no-hitter or 1-hitter this season, most since 1988 (26). Hat tip to to a tweeting Jon Heyman. Here's the list of seasons since 1920 with 13+ no-hitter or 1-hitters... From 1920 to 2010, (requiring H<=1), sorted by greatest Performances matching selected criteria in a Season Rk Year #Matching W L 1 1988 26 26 0 Ind. Games 2 2010 24 23 1 Ind. Games 3 1979 24 24 0 Ind. Games 4 2009 23 23 0 Ind. Games 5 1969 23 22 1 Ind. [...]
Kenny Lofton led the league in stolen bases 5 times, was a 6-time All-Star, and a 4-time Gold Glove winner. He played in the 6th-most games in center field since 1954, and was part of an incredible number of playoff teams. His 622 career stolen bases rank 15th all-time while his 160 times caught stealing [...]
When the Red Sox signed John Lackey as a free agent, I was among many folks who criticized the move, citing Lackey's historical performance in Fenway Park. His numbers so far this year among his career worst, in particular his 95 ERA+. Are his difficulties this year due to Fenway Park? Let's investigate. Let's start [...]
This result isn't too surprising, but it turns out that there is a fairly strong correlation between average run scoring and percentage of games that go to extra innings. This makes intuitive sense--if league-wide run scoring is higher, it's less likely that both teams in a game will end up with the exact same number [...]
Did you ever look at the MLB Team Win Totals page? It shows how many wins each team had each season going back to 1901. The team with the highest win total each season is shown in bold. It's interesting to note how long it's been since some long-existing teams have led MLB in wins: The [...]
How many teams have had 3+ SP in a season make at least 27 starts and win less than 10 games each? Here's the answer: For single seasons, from 1901 to 2010, requiring pitchers with W<=9 and GS>=27, sorted by teams with the greatest number of players matching criteria Rk Year Lg Tm #Matching 1 2009 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 3 Doug Davis / Jon Garland / Max [...]
This season, two different catchers have started a significant number of games in the leadoff spot. Here are all the seasons since 1901 in which a catcher batted leadoff in at least 10 games: Rk Player Year #Matching PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Jason Kendall 2004 119 Ind. Games 543 475 155 27 0 3 37 49 34 .326 .404 .402 .806 2 Jason Kendall 2006 90 Ind. Games 428 379 114 16 0 0 31 39 39 .301 .373 .343 .716 3 Jason Kendall 2005 75 Ind. Games 354 311 85 14 1 0 26 28 17 .273 .347 .325 .672 4 Jason Kendall 2001 52 Ind. Games 236 212 57 10 2 2 15 19 20 .269 .343 .363 .706 5 Jason Kendall 2002 51 Ind. Games 232 206 56 7 2 2 12 19 10 .272 .349 .354 .704 6 Rollie Hemsley 1939 43 Ind. Games 198 177 48 10 1 0 7 14 10 .271 .325 .339 .664 7 Paul Lo Duca 2001 32 Ind. Games 150 137 52 8 0 11 27 9 7 .380 .420 .679 1.099 8 Butch Wynegar 1980 29 Ind. Games 132 116 36 10 0 1 12 14 5 .310 .385 .422 .807 9 Kurt Suzuki 2008 24 Ind. Games 117 109 22 1 0 1 9 8 20 .202 .256 .239 .495 10 John Jaso 2010 23 Ind. Games 104 86 23 6 0 1 9 16 9 .267 .379 .372 .751 11 Frankie [...]
Cal McLish has passed away at age 84. He had a lengthy career and is often noted for a few things: McLish first appeared in the majors at age 18 in 1944, but due to ineffectiveness did not appear in the majors again until 1946. He then missed 1950 in the majors as well as all of [...]
Stephen Strasburg may have thrown his last MLB pitch. Although not terribly likely given the high success rate of Tommy John surgery in the last several years, I'm curious to see how his career stats stack up if indeed he's finished in the majors. First, I just want to mention how bad I feel for the [...]
Which teams, to date this season, have the most players on their roster with WAR totals of 2 or more? Here's the answer for position players: Rk Year Tm Lg #Matching 1 2010 Atlanta Braves NL 5 Jason Heyward / Omar Infante / Chipper Jones / Brian McCann / Martin Prado 2 2010 Boston Red Sox AL 5 Adrian Beltre / J.D. Drew / David Ortiz / Dustin Pedroia / Kevin Youkilis 3 2010 Detroit Tigers AL 5 Brennan [...]
Keeping Score: The Number Beyond M.V.P. Numbers - NYTimes.com. This week's piece on the A.L. and N.L. MVP races. Thanks to Raphy who saved me a bad typo (last SP as MVP). Not sure if it made it into the print version or not.
This one isn't very sabermetrically sexy, but, somewhat interesting, nonetheless. How many players have had at least three seasons where they played 100+ games at SS while posting 10+ HR and 10+ SB? Here's the answer to that question: For single seasons, From 1901 to 2010, Played 100 games at SS, (requiring HR>=10 and SB>=10), sorted [...]
Every year, a few regulars hit .300 but don't actually contribute all that much to their team's success. This was especially true in 1998-2001 when even my grandma could have .300. Who's the worst this year? I'll put out a few candidates and let you debate it. Here are the 3 regulars hitting at least .300 with [...]
I guess I jinxed them...losing 4 games in the Astros makes them a long shot for the playoffs at this point. Even with a handful of games against the Braves, history tells us that a 3-game deficit is probably too much to make up.
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