Cubed Dozen
Posted by Steve Lombardi on April 23, 2010
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Team Pitching Game Finder...
Teams, since 1996, to have at least 12 9-inning (or less) games in a season where they allowed 12 runs or more in the contest:
| Rk | Tm | Year | #Matching | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DET | 1996 | 21 | 0 | 21 | Ind. Games |
| 2 | SEA | 1999 | 17 | 1 | 16 | Ind. Games |
| 4 | TBD | 2007 | 15 | 1 | 14 | Ind. Games |
| 5 | TEX | 2003 | 14 | 0 | 14 | Ind. Games |
| 6 | TEX | 2000 | 14 | 1 | 13 | Ind. Games |
| 7 | STL | 2007 | 14 | 0 | 14 | Ind. Games |
| 8 | COL | 2000 | 14 | 2 | 12 | Ind. Games |
| 9 | CHW | 1998 | 14 | 0 | 14 | Ind. Games |
| 10 | TEX | 2008 | 13 | 0 | 13 | Ind. Games |
| 11 | SDP | 2002 | 13 | 0 | 13 | Ind. Games |
| 12 | KCR | 2006 | 13 | 1 | 12 | Ind. Games |
| 13 | KCR | 1998 | 13 | 0 | 13 | Ind. Games |
| 14 | CHW | 2000 | 13 | 2 | 11 | Ind. Games |
| 15 | BAL | 2000 | 13 | 0 | 13 | Ind. Games |
| 16 | TEX | 1999 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Ind. Games |
| 17 | MON | 2000 | 12 | 1 | 11 | Ind. Games |
| 18 | KCR | 2002 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Ind. Games |
| 19 | HOU | 2000 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Ind. Games |
| 20 | COL | 1999 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Ind. Games |
| 21 | ARI | 2005 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Ind. Games |
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Check out 2000. In that season, there were seven games were a team allowed 12+ runs in 9 innings or less...and they won the game!
| Rk | Tm | Year | #Matching | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COL | 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Ind. Games |
| 2 | CHW | 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Ind. Games |
| 3 | TEX | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ind. Games |
| 4 | MON | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ind. Games |
| 5 | LAD | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ind. Games |
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April 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Just 'cause I feel like sharing, here are the 1894 NL standings for all such games.
Balt 2-14-0
Bkln 0-24-1
Bosn 3-22-1
Chic 2-24-0
Cinc 3-27-2
Clev 1-18-1
Loui 0-24-1
NewY 2-12-1
Phil 1-25-1
Pitt 0-19-0
StLo 2-19-0
Wash 2-26-0
More than one sixth (17.5%) of all NL games in 1894 ended with one or both teams scoring more than 11 runs in nine innings or less. All teams were involved in at least 15 such games. Runs per team per game in 1894 was 7.38, easily the highest figure of all time. Pitchers were still getting used to the new 60'6" pitching distance, which had been established in 1893.
April 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Why do the Dodgers show up in chart #2 but not chart #1?
April 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Because the 2000 Dodgers allowed 12+ runs in a game only six times.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
The title of this post confused me when I first read it. "Cubed Dozen"? — 12 x 12 x 12 = 1,728? I figured Steve must be discussing the number of times Chico Carrasquel reached base in his career.
Alas, no. (-;þ