Evan Longoria vs Red Sox
Posted by Andy on September 3, 2009
Check out Evan Longoria's splits by opponent this year:
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inter-League | 17 | 74 | 66 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | .318 | .392 | .515 | .907 | 34 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 6 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .250 | .423 | .450 | .873 | 9 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 10 | 45 | 43 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | .326 | .356 | .744 | 1.100 | 32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 14 | 67 | 58 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 15 | .362 | .418 | .862 | 1.280 | 50 |
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .167 | .276 | .333 | .609 | 8 |
| Cleveland Indians | 8 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | .250 | .419 | .375 | .794 | 9 |
| Colorado Rockies | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 | 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .294 | .294 | .529 | .824 | 9 |
| Florida Marlins | 6 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .320 | .393 | .440 | .833 | 11 |
| Kansas City Royals | 8 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | .167 | .306 | .267 | .572 | 8 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .348 | .400 | .565 | .965 | 13 |
| New York Mets | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .364 | .462 | .545 | 1.007 | 6 |
| New York Yankees | 10 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | .250 | .333 | .656 | .990 | 21 |
| Oakland Athletics | 10 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .225 | .295 | .375 | .670 | 15 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 |
| Seattle Mariners | 6 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | .348 | .448 | .609 | 1.057 | 14 |
| Texas Rangers | 6 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .136 | .200 | .227 | .427 | 5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 15 | 66 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | .246 | .318 | .316 | .634 | 18 |
| Washington Nationals | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 4 |
Granted he has played far more games against Boston than most other teams, but his numbers are staggering, with 8 HR and 26 RBI in just 58 at-bats. He has a 1.280 OPS against. Compare those numbers with his performance against the other team he's faced a lot this year, Toronto. No homers and 7 RBI in 57 at-bats with a .634 OPS.
Anyway, currently this site (nor any other) doesn't have the capability to search in such a fashion, but can you think of other instances of a player having at least 8 HR or 26 RBI against a single opponent in any one season?
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 am
On Twins telecasts, they often remind the viewers of the 2002 season when Rick Reed alone surrendered 8 home runs to Jim Thome. I didn't double-check their facts, but it's been said hundreds of times.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 am
Okay, I just checked and Thome went 8-for-16 against Reed in 2002, with 7 HR and 14 RBI. Good for a 2.431 OPS.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 am
Yeah, wow. In 2002, Thome had 11 HR and 24 RBI against the Twins in 63 at-bats.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=thomeji01&year=2002&t=b#oppon
He also had 8 HR against the Tigers that year!
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 am
FYI --The fields for the chart extend too far to the right and intermix with the links, at least on my browser (firefox, most recent version).
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
Pie Traynor had 39 RBIs (in 22 games) against the Phillies in 1928.
Jim Bottomley had 39 RBIs (in 17 games) against the Phillies in 1929.
Albert Pujols had 23 HRs and 73 RBIs off of Brad Lidge and the Astros in ONE SERIES!!! I kid, I kid.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Nice find (and joke) Leatherman.
Redsauce--sorry about that. Sean is working on a new sharing implementation that will make it a lot easier to show reduced and better-formatted tables not just on this blog, but anywhere.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
Edgar Martinez had 9 HR, 30 RBI, and 24 R in 18 games vs the Yankees in 1995 (including postseason).
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Andy, we have an option on there for SR under html. Use that option next time and it should work just fine.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
oh HECK YES I just replaced the original table in this post with one using the new SHARE feature....thank you Sean!
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
The record for most home runs by one player against one team in one season is held by Lou Gehrig, who hit 14 against the Indians in 1936. The NL record is 13, by Hank Sauer against the 1954 Pirates, and by Joe Adcock, against the (reigning World Champion) 1956 Dodgers. Of course, teams played each other 22 times a season back then.