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As long as we won the game…

Posted by Raphy on February 19, 2009

I don't know what to make of this, or if it even has any significance. Yet,  for whatever reason I find it intriguing.

Here are the players (1956-2008) who started the most wins in which they  did nothing offensively.  After seeing Greg Maddux at the top of  the list, I figured it would be a group of good starting pitchers, but it clearly is not.

The requirements are games with 0 times on base, runs scored and rbi. I have added the losses and winning percentage to the list. You can find them by using the individual player games finders. For comparative purposes, I have also added the players'  records in their other starts.

 Player               W              Record           Other Games       
 Greg Maddux         231 Ind. Games  231-195 (.542)   189-103 (.647)
 Mark Belanger       222 Ind. Games  222-265 (.456)   775-429 (.644)
 Frank White         219 Ind. Games  219-334 (.396)   960-641 (.600)
 Bob Boone           216 Ind. Games  216-339 (.389)   902-647 (.582)
 Brooks Robinson     213 Ind. Games  213-337 (.387)  1359-871 (.609)
 Luis Aparicio       202 Ind. Games  202-294 (.407)   935-903 (.509)
 Aurelio Rodriguez   198 Ind. Games  198-342 (.367)   668-582 (.534)
 Larry Bowa          195 Ind. Games  195-307 (.388)   925-756 (.550)
 Greg Gagne          193 Ind. Games  193-272 (.415)   674-511 (.569)
 Alfredo Griffin     190 Ind. Games  190-311 (.379)   696-650 (.517)

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3 Responses to “As long as we won the game…”

  1. JohnnyTwisto Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Interesting. Odd that Maddux would be the only pitcher on the list. It's all up-the-middle guys, mostly with good defensive reps, plus two outstanding defensive 3B.

  2. whiz Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    The position players play 4 or 5 times more games a season than a pitcher, so the weaker hitters (or ones who played a lot of games) would tend to have more 0-fers. Maddux probably made the list since he is both a very bad hitter and very good pitcher.

  3. TheGoof Says:
    February 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    During the course of the year, broadcasters at times will mention that a player is hitting 100 points higher in games the team is winning. Usually, that's for the guys who get on base a ton or drive in runs, your Jeters and Abreus. But it's interesting to see what a difference offensively it makes to have Frank White or Brooks Robinson get on base. Just a short time ago one of the Stat of the Day items made me give Frank White a closer look, and I was surprised by how much lower his offensive numbers were than I remembered. But there's really no question that when he did hit, he really helped make the team potent.

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