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Yanks Not Scoring In First 35 Games

Posted by Steve Lombardi on May 8, 2008

Here's a fun little sort via Play Index:

From 1956 to 2008, Playing for NYY, In team's first 35 games, (requiring R=0), sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a game

                   Year Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+
 Alvaro Espinoza   1990    30 Ind. Games                
 Bobby Richardson  1960    29 Ind. Games                
 Bill Skowron      1960    28 Ind. Games                
 Clete Boyer       1966    28 Ind. Games                
 Sandy Alomar      1975    28 Ind. Games                
 Bobby Richardson  1961    27 Ind. Games                
 Gene Michael      1968    27 Ind. Games                
 Jim Mason         1974    27 Ind. Games                
 Roger Maris       1966    27 Ind. Games                
 Alvaro Espinoza   1989    27 Ind. Games                
 Robinson Cano     2008    27 Ind. Games                
 Gene Michael      1971    26 Ind. Games                
 Jim Mason         1975    26 Ind. Games                
 Bucky Dent        1977    26 Ind. Games                 




Not exactly a group that Robinson Cano, coming into this season, probably wanted to join.




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5 Responses to “Yanks Not Scoring In First 35 Games”

  1. savoyspecial Says:
    May 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Geez, you're obsessed with Robinson Cano. Maybe he's slumping because he's preoccupied with his stalker.

  2. gerry Says:
    May 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

    So if I've got this right, Bobby Richardson, batting leadoff for the 1961 Maris-Mantle Yankees, failed to score a run in 27 of the Yankees first 35 games? Holy cow!

  3. BunnyWrangler Says:
    May 9th, 2008 at 6:34 am

    Richardson as a leadoff hitter was part of the reason that the '61 Yankees, winners of 100+ games and clubbers of 240+ home runs, didn't lead their league in runs scored.

  4. whiz Says:
    May 9th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Looking at the '61 Yankees players, they didn't really have a lead-off type hitter. Richardson had a .295 OBA (!), but Kubek and Boyer were not much better
    (.306 and .308, respectively). After that it was Skowron (.318), Berra (.330),
    Maris (.372), Howard (.387) and Mantle (.448). Not much speed there, except for Mantle.

  5. BunnyWrangler Says:
    May 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am

    I wasn't criticizing Houk for batting Richardson leadoff; I was commenting on their failure to score despite the lineup's historical power. You're right, though. Of their starters, everyone with a good OBP was a better fit in the middle of the order.

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