10+ hits
Posted by Andy on April 10, 2010
The Phillies and the A's both have 10 hits in 4 games this year:
| Rk | Tm | Year | #Matching | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHI | 2010 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ind. Games |
| 2 | OAK | 2010 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Ind. Games |
The Athletics scored 24 runs in their 4 games and went 4-0. However they have played 5 games in total and got just 5 hits in their Opening Day loss. The Phillies, meanwhile, have gotten 10 hits in all 4 of their games so far, scoring 32 runs in their games but winning only 3 of them.
Here are the leaders among teams from 2009 in 10-hit games:
| Rk | Tm | Year | #Matching | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAA | 2009 | 91 | 68 | 23 | Ind. Games |
| 2 | NYY | 2009 | 82 | 62 | 20 | Ind. Games |
| 3 | MIN | 2009 | 79 | 59 | 20 | Ind. Games |
| 4 | FLA | 2009 | 77 | 54 | 23 | Ind. Games |
| 5 | BAL | 2009 | 74 | 45 | 29 | Ind. Games |
Obviously 10 hits is a good selection criterion for finding games that had a good chance of being wins. Even the Orioles, who won fewer than 40% of their games last season, won more than 60% of the 74 games with at least 10 hits last season. (That means they went 19-69, 0.215 W-L%, in the games with fewer than 10 hits...ouch.)
On a totally unrelated note, I was surprised to see how bad Oakland's attendance has been so far. Check it out:
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | League | Ziegler | Aardsma | 2:47 | 30,686 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Ramirez | Texeira | 2:47 | 10,090 | + | |||
| 3 | 3 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 2-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Blevins | Lowe | 3:11 | 18,194 | ++ | ||||
| 4 | 4 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 3-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Anderson | Fister | 2:50 | 12,464 | +++ | ||||
| 5 | 5 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | W | 10 | 4 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gonzalez | Palmer | 2:59 | 40,034 | ++++ |
Those first 4 games against the Mariners were all home games. I'm surprised both by the drop-off after Opening Day and just how low the subsequent games were in attendance.
April 10th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Just pointing out a typo: the As and Phillies have played 4 games this year, not 44.
April 10th, 2010 at 8:53 am
My 4 key must be sticky, heh. Thanks.
April 10th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Oakland's attendance drop-off is nothing compared to the 1982 Indians:
Game 1: 62,443
Game 2: 3,821