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Notes

Posted by Andy on February 18, 2010

Here are a few notes on upcoming content as well as a couple of silly stats:

  • We posted about Frank Thomas' retirement but so far have been silent on Tom Glavine. That will all change this Saturday, when my Card of the Week post will feature the newly-retired 300-game winner.
  • Don't know what Card of the Week is? It's a new weekly feature that happens each Saturday when I post a baseball card and some stats about the player(s) on the card. So far there have been two installments: 1968 Topps White Sox Rookie Stars and 1981 Fleer Lonnie Smith.
  • Another blogging programming note: on Saturday March 6th I will be live-blogging the Cardinals-Marlins spring training game in Jupiter FL. I'll be at the game and posting regular updates and photos to a blog post right here on Baseball-Reference.com. You are encouraged to check in real-time with your thoughts, questions, and comments. In my experience, few things in life top sitting in the warm sun during a spring training game, and I'm excited to share this experience with all of you.

Now for some silly stats.

Players with double-digit triples totals and the same number of walks:

Rk Player 3B BB Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B HR RBI IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Sam Crawford 25 25 1903 23 DET AL 137 602 550 88 184 23 4 89 0 0 2 25 0 0 18 0 .335 .366 .489 .855 *97
2 Hal Chase 15 15 1917 34 CIN NL 152 628 602 71 167 28 4 86 0 49 1 10 0 0 21 0 .277 .296 .394 .690 *3
3 Terry Turner 14 14 1905 24 CLE AL 155 621 586 49 155 16 4 72 0 0 6 15 0 0 17 0 .265 .289 .360 .649 *6
4 Craig Reynolds 12 12 1981 28 HOU NL 87 354 323 43 84 10 4 31 2 31 0 18 1 6 3 3 .260 .286 .402 .688 *6
5 Tom Long 10 10 1916 26 STL NL 119 423 403 37 118 11 1 33 0 43 1 9 0 0 21 14 .293 .312 .377 .689 *98/7
6 Bob Fisher 10 10 1913 26 BRO NL 132 501 474 42 124 11 4 54 0 43 1 16 0 0 16 16 .262 .278 .352 .631 *6
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/18/2010.

Weird that nearly all of these guys hit exactly 4 homers too.

Players with at least 40 doubles and the same number of walks:

Rk Player 2B BB Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 3B HR RBI IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Hank Greenberg 63 63 1934 23 DET AL 153 667 593 118 201 7 26 139 0 93 2 9 0 0 9 5 .339 .404 .600 1.005 *3
2 Don Mattingly 53 53 1986 25 NYY AL 162 742 677 117 238 2 31 113 11 35 1 1 10 17 0 0 .352 .394 .573 .967 *3/5D
3 Mike Lowell 47 47 2006 32 BOS AL 153 631 573 79 163 1 20 80 5 61 4 0 7 22 2 2 .284 .339 .475 .814 *5
4 Lou Brock 46 46 1968 29 STL NL 159 712 660 92 184 14 6 51 7 124 3 1 2 4 62 12 .279 .328 .418 .746 *7
5 Red Kress 46 46 1931 26 SLB AL 150 655 605 87 188 8 16 114 0 48 1 3 0 0 3 16 .311 .360 .493 .853 *5963
6 Mike Lansing 45 45 1997 29 MON NL 144 631 572 86 161 2 20 70 2 92 5 6 3 9 11 5 .281 .338 .472 .810 *4
7 Larry Parrish 42 42 1984 30 TEX AL 156 664 613 72 175 1 22 101 7 116 6 0 3 20 2 4 .285 .336 .465 .801 *9D5/7
8 Moose Solters 42 42 1937 31 CLE AL 152 644 589 90 190 11 20 109 0 56 4 9 0 0 6 9 .323 .372 .533 .905 *7
9 Aramis Ramirez 40 40 2001 23 PIT NL 158 655 603 83 181 0 34 112 4 100 8 0 4 9 5 4 .300 .350 .536 .885 *5
10 Derek Bell 40 40 1996 27 HOU NL 158 684 627 84 165 3 17 113 8 123 8 0 9 18 29 3 .263 .311 .418 .729 *9/8
11 Dick Bartell 40 40 1929 21 PIT NL 143 674 610 101 184 13 2 57 0 29 2 22 0 0 11 0 .302 .347 .420 .766 *64
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Generated 2/18/2010.

That's a weird 1968 season for Brock. He led the league in doubles, triples, and stolen bases but had one of his worst career OBP marks at just .328. Still his OPS+ was 124 which is obviously damn good for a leadoff hitter.

And here are players with at least 10 triples in a season and the same number of strikeouts:

Rk Player 3B SO Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B HR RBI BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Tris Speaker 22 22 1913 25 BOS AL 141 608 520 94 189 35 3 71 65 0 7 16 0 0 46 0 .363 .441 .533 .974 *8
2 Lloyd Waner 20 20 1929 23 PIT NL 151 726 662 134 234 28 5 74 37 0 9 18 0 0 6 0 .353 .395 .479 .874 *8
3 Charlie Gehringer 19 19 1929 26 DET AL 155 715 634 131 215 45 13 106 64 0 6 11 0 0 27 10 .339 .405 .532 .936 *4
4 Pie Traynor 19 19 1923 24 PIT NL 153 661 616 108 208 19 12 101 34 0 5 6 0 0 28 13 .338 .377 .489 .866 *5/6
5 Paul Waner 18 18 1930 27 PIT NL 145 665 589 117 217 32 8 77 57 0 4 15 0 0 18 0 .368 .428 .525 .952 *9/8
6 Sam Rice 15 15 1928 38 WSH AL 148 681 616 95 202 32 2 55 49 0 2 14 0 0 16 3 .328 .379 .438 .818 *9/7
7 Sam Rice 13 13 1922 32 WSH AL 154 689 633 91 187 37 6 69 48 0 2 6 0 0 20 9 .295 .347 .423 .770 *8
8 Frankie Frisch 13 13 1922 23 NYG NL 132 582 514 101 168 16 5 51 47 0 3 18 0 0 31 17 .327 .387 .438 .824 *45/6
9 Frankie Frisch 12 12 1929 30 STL NL 138 599 527 93 176 40 5 74 53 0 2 17 0 0 24 0 .334 .397 .484 .881 *45/6
10 Ty Cobb 12 12 1925 38 DET AL 121 490 415 97 157 31 12 102 65 0 5 5 0 0 13 9 .378 .468 .598 1.066 *8/91
11 Tris Speaker 12 12 1919 31 CLE AL 134 595 494 83 146 38 2 63 73 0 8 20 0 0 19 0 .296 .395 .433 .828 *8
12 Lloyd Waner 11 11 1932 26 PIT NL 134 599 565 90 188 27 2 38 31 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 .333 .367 .430 .798 *8
13 Del Pratt 10 10 1921 33 BOS AL 135 574 521 80 169 36 5 102 44 0 1 8 0 0 8 10 .324 .378 .461 .839 *4
14 Edd Roush 10 10 1918 25 CIN NL 113 492 435 61 145 18 5 62 22 0 2 33 0 0 24 0 .333 .368 .455 .823 *8
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Generated 2/18/2010.

That, my friends, is a pretty damn good group of players.

And here are 40-double seasons with the same number of strikeouts:

Rk Player 2B SO Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 3B HR RBI BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Wade Boggs 51 51 1989 31 BOS AL 156 742 621 113 205 7 3 54 107 19 7 0 7 19 2 6 .330 .430 .449 .879 *5/D
2 Cal Ripken 46 46 1991 30 BAL AL 162 717 650 99 210 5 34 114 53 15 5 0 9 19 6 1 .323 .374 .566 .940 *6
3 Mark Grace 44 44 1999 35 CHC NL 161 688 593 107 183 5 16 91 83 4 2 0 10 14 3 4 .309 .390 .481 .870 *3
4 Tommy Henrich 42 42 1948 35 NYY AL 146 673 588 138 181 14 25 100 76 0 4 5 0 14 2 3 .308 .391 .554 .945 *93/78
5 Red Kress 42 42 1932 27 TOT AL 149 626 567 85 156 5 11 66 51 0 1 7 0 0 7 4 .275 .336 .425 .761 6957/3
6 Pinky Whitney 41 41 1930 25 PHI NL 149 662 606 87 207 5 8 117 40 0 1 15 0 0 3 0 .342 .383 .465 .849 *5
7 Gregg Jefferies 40 40 1990 22 NYM NL 153 659 604 96 171 3 15 68 46 2 5 0 4 12 11 2 .283 .337 .434 .771 *45
8 Hal Trosky 40 40 1938 25 CLE AL 150 626 554 106 185 9 19 110 67 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 .334 .407 .542 .948 *3
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/18/2010.

Mattingly fell just short of making this list too, with both 38 doubles and walks in 1987.

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6 Responses to “Notes”

  1. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Don't pooh-pooh the four homers of the guys on the first list — Turner's put him on the 1905 AL leaderboard (tied for ninth).

    How about ROE = HR? I'd be curious whether the downhill trend met the uphill trend during a certain period, like maybe the '20s.

  2. Johnny Twisto Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 11:45 am

    I don't think ROE is an "official" stat, so it doesn't exist for years we don't have the play-by-play accounts yet.

  3. JR Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    A couple of cards you should use for "Card of the Week"

    1976 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble-Love that afro
    1984 Fleer Glen Hubbard-The snake photo
    1988 Tim Flannery- Posing with his surf board
    1976 Kurt Bevacqua- Gum Bubble blowing champion

  4. Larry R. Says:
    February 19th, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    Brock's 1968 stats aren't so odd when you consider that was the Year of the Pitcher. Yaz won the AL batting title that year hitting a robust .301! An OBP of .328 in '68 is nothing to be ashamed of.

  5. Jim Says:
    February 20th, 2010 at 12:26 am

    that 1968 season will always be a great stat buster.

  6. Andy Says:
    February 20th, 2010 at 7:28 am

    Just like 1987 for homers at least.

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