Happy 2011 Opening Day!
Posted by Sean Forman on March 30, 2011
It's been a long cold winter here in Philadelphia. In honor of Thursday and Friday, the greatest days of the year, here are some Opening Day features we have here at B-R:
- Franchise Opening-Day Starters (1919-2010)
- Batting and pitching game finders can be set to search "In team's first x games":
- Use streak finders to look for the longest streaks to open the season:
- Game Previews
- Our Mobile Site is perfect for looking up stats at the game, in a restaurant, or on your couch. We even have every box score since 1919 available in an easy to use mobile format.
Give them a try, and enjoy baseball's return.
March 31st, 2011 at 12:12 am
HAPPY OPENING DAY!
I don't post much but love what B-F puts out here. Keep up the good work!
March 31st, 2011 at 12:21 am
Congratulations, everyone -- we made it through another offseason.
B-R -- the only database that also works as a hot stove!
March 31st, 2011 at 10:09 am
@2/... John Autin Says: "...B-R -- the only database that also works as a hot stove!"
...And it's environmentally friendly too...
Counting down the minutes till noon today and the start of 2011 MLB...
March 31st, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Great to have baseball back, but so far it's deja-1968-vu all over again. Thirty-eight runs in six games, about six-and-a-half per game for both teams combined. I'm writing as LA and San Fran have slumbered through five scoreless on their way to a very possible 1-0 verdict.
Sure, it's just a half-dozen games with the top pitchers. But a sign of things to come? Ouch.
March 31st, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Hey Casey, Not only is it just a few games, but it is still March and not exactly hot hittin' weather out there. Probable sleet, maybe snow predicted here. (Washington, DC.) Why did they start the season on a Thursday in freezing, freaking March anyway?
March 31st, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Just for fun I used this terrific site to check the actual opening day from 1968. There were ten contests that averaged 6.2 runs per game for both teams combined. Four shutouts including a 1-0 score and a couple of 2-0 efforts. Not to mention a couple games that ended 2-1 and 3-1.
Hm, sort of looks like today...though as I type LA just scored to lead 1-0 and they're still threatening. Okay, the "rally" is based on a couple errors. But what the hey, maybe they'll get to seven runs a game today!
Or maybe not. The "rally" fizzled after the single tally. 1-0.
March 31st, 2011 at 9:57 pm
@5, Kds -- Because the word "doubleheader" has been expunged from the MLB dictionary.
March 31st, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Hey, I don't really think we'll see 1968 all over again, if only because of the DH and we're starting from a higher level: 8.76 runs per game last year compared to 7.54 in 1967. But offense has done nothing except decline since 2006, so we might sink close to or even below eight runs a game this year.
And Selig is talking about an attendance increase? Um, I dunno.
March 31st, 2011 at 11:01 pm
LA scratches out another run in the eighth. Broxton coughs up a homer to Burrell in the ninth but hangs on for the 2-1 win. Today's average: 6.83 runs per game. The 1968 average: 6.84 runs per game.
Nah, just a coincidence. Just a few games. Doesn't mean anything.
At least I hope it doesn't mean anything.
April 1st, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Casey @8 -- Yes, scoring has declined each year since 2006, but let's keep it in perspective -- the total drop is less than 10%. There have been bigger changes than that in several single seasons throughout MLB history.
April 2nd, 2011 at 9:56 am
One game does not a season make but ...... fireworks at the Rogers' Centre. Bautista's upper deck bomb, Arencibia etc. Go get 'em Jays.