Leadoff hitter on base
Posted by Andy on September 11, 2008
So far in 2008, here are the top and bottom teams for most games where the guy batting in the #1 position got on base zero times:
Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games +---+----+-----+-------------------------+ COL 2008 50 Ind. Games OAK 2008 42 Ind. Games TOR 2008 39 Ind. Games
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TEX 2008 20 Ind. Games FLA 2008 18 Ind. Games CLE 2008 18 Ind. Games This stat doesn't seem to correlate very much with overall record. So I thought that perhaps looking at games where the leadoff hitter got on base at least 3 times would correlate with record, but it doesn't either: Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games ---+----+-----+------------------------- SDP 2008 37 Ind. Games DET 2008 37 Ind. Games CLE 2008 37 Ind. Games ... ... TBR 2008 23 Ind. Games ARI 2008 23 Ind. Games OAK 2008 18 Ind. Games HOU 2008 15 Ind. Games
September 11th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Last night, the Red Sox used 3 catchers, and had a fourth catcher available on the bench. What's the most catchers a team has used in one game?
September 11th, 2008 at 10:01 am
That's not determinable through the PI.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Why can't my beloved Indians translate Grady's ability to get on base into wins? Is it too much to ask for that we not have the worst luck?
September 12th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
According to the 1992 edition of The Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, the record for most catchers a team has used in a game is 4, which has happened five times:
Braves vs Giants 6 Oct 29
Dodgers vs Cards 5 May 40
Giants vs Cards 2 Sept 62
Twins vs Angels 27 Sept 67
Royals vs White Sox 21 Sept 73 (12 innings)