Consecutive Games with a GIDP
Posted by Raphy on May 11, 2010
Wilson Valdez has quite a GIDP streak going. As Rich, a reader, mentioned in the comments of another thread, Valdez has now hit into a double play in 5 consecutive games (Tonight's Phillies game has been postponed.) As double play records were not uniformly kept in baseball until 1939, the PI era for researching this streak is 1952-2010. Here are the longest streaks since 1952.
| Rk | Strk Start | End | Games | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SO | BB | SB | CS | Tm | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norton | 1998-09-12 | 1998-09-20 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .174 | .304 | CHW |
| 2 | Wilson Valdez | 2010-05-06 | 2010-05-10 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | PHI |
| 3 | Pablo Sandoval | 2009-10-04 | 2010-04-09 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .375 | .545 | .920 | SFG |
| 4 | Mike Lowell | 2004-07-28 | 2004-08-03 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .429 | .313 | .741 | FLA |
| 5 | Nomar Garciaparra | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-08 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .182 | .238 | .420 | BOS |
| 6 | Ken Singleton | 1982-08-14 | 1982-08-20 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | BAL |
| 7 | Jim Rice | 1982-07-02 | 1982-07-05 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .217 | .238 | .455 | BOS |
| 8 | Lou Piniella | 1980-09-11 | 1980-09-17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | NYY |
| 9 | Joe Lis | 1973-09-08 | 1973-09-16 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .294 | .610 | MIN |
May 11th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Nomah!
May 11th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Ecccch. Valdez's OPS+ as of today is -5. Maybe he should seek career advice from Sergio Santos.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Valdez is the backup of a back up
May 12th, 2010 at 8:16 am
How did Sandoval manage an OPS of .920 over his streak and yet have only 2 RBI. Weird.
May 12th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Look at the collective speed of this nonet! I'm surprised the number isn't higher! I believe Jim Rice has the career record for GIDP, no?
May 12th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Just checked...Jim Rice with 315. But Ivan Rodriguez is at 314! A career record is about to be broken! Who knew?
May 12th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Sorry...my bad. I'm new to this P.I. thing and not a subscriber. They blocked out the top 5...Rice was the first one visible to me. Someone has 350.
May 12th, 2010 at 9:57 am
There is no such thing as "blocked out top 5"
http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/bsl_finder.cgi#n1=&as=result_batter&offset=0&sum=1&min_year_season=1901&max_year_season=2010&min_season=1&max_season=-1&min_age=0&max_age=99&lg_ID=lgAny&lgAL_team=tmAny&lgNL_team=tmAny&lgFL_team=tmAny&lgAA_team=tmAny&lgPL_team=tmAny&lgUA_team=tmAny&lgNA_team=tmAny&isActive=either&isHOF=either&bats=any&throws=any&exactness=anypos&games_prop=50&games_tot=&pos_pitcher=1&pos_catcher=1&pos_first_base=1&pos_designated_hitter=1&pos_second_base=1&pos_third_base=1&pos_shortstop=1&pos_left_field=1&pos_center_field=1&pos_right_field=1&pos_out_field=1&qualifiersSeason=nomin&minpasValS=502&mingamesValS=100&qualifiersCareer=nomin&minpasValC=3000&mingamesValC=1000&orderby=GIDP&order_by_asc=1&layout=full&c1bsl=GIDP&c1gtlt=gt&c1val=252&c2bsl=&c2gtlt=gt&c2val=0&c3bsl=&c3gtlt=gt&c3val=0&c4bsl=&c4gtlt=gt&c4val=0&c5bsl=&c5gtlt=eq&c5val=1.0&c5bsl_b=&location=pob&locationMatch=is&pob=&pod=&pcanada=&pusa=
May 12th, 2010 at 10:12 am
For the period that grounded into double play stats are available, Cal Ripken, Jr. is the all-time leader with 350. Following Ripken are Hank Aaron (328), Carl Yastrzemski (323), and Dave Winfield (319). Eddie Murray and Jim Rice are tied for fifth place with 315. Ripken passed Aaron in 2000, after Aaron had been the leader since 1970. Sources: Baseball-Reference.com (1) Career Leaders & Records for Double Plays Grounded Into and (2) Progressive Leaders & Records for Double Plays Grounded Into
May 12th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
It shows the # of GIDPs for the top 5 but nothing else...won't tell me who they are. Call it what you will, their identities are blocked out for me, a non-subscriber.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
HA! Really great idea there Jeff J. Now that you've pointed that out I wonder if the higher ups will block that exploit.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Jeff...keep it quiet man!!!
May 12th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Sandoval started this season with 4 consecutive days with GIDP. I guess his 5th one was in the last game last season.
May 13th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Valdez went 2 for 4 with a double in yesterday's loss to the Rockies, and his OPS+ has blossomed to 20. I take back all the mean things I said about him.