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Career HR Totals Of Those To Have Multi-HR World Series Game

23rd October 2011

If you took all the players to hit more than one homerun in a single World Series game, prior to Game 3 of the 2011 World Series, and ranked them by their career HR totals, you would get the following list (below).

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500+ IP Before Age 23 & An ERA+ >=110

10th October 2011

Since 1901, how many pitchers have logged at least 500 innings before their age 23 season while maintaining an ERA+ of 110 or better?

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10+ Players With 200+ PA & Fewer Than 40 RBI

9th October 2011

Since 1901, how many teams had 10+ players on their roster with at least 200 Plate Appearances, but, with fewer than 40 RBI that season?

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Prince Fielder’s Rare Season Ending Walk

1st October 2011

Prince Fielder became the first player in the last 25 years, batting .299 in his final at-bat of the season, to talk take a walk.

Jon Wertheim has the story. (H/T to BBTF.)

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Teams With 8+ Batters With 300+ PA & 50 Or Less Runs Scored In One Season

27th September 2011

Since 1901, how many teams had 8+ players in the same season with at least 300 Plate Appearances and none of them scored more than 50 runs that year?

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Seasons With 40+ HR, Less Than 160 Hits & Less Than 100 BB – Since 1961

25th September 2011

Since 1961, how many players have hit 40 homeruns in a season where they also had less than 160 hits and less than 100 walks on the year?

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Teams With 3+ SP Under Age 30 With 30+ GS & ERA+ > 99 In Same Season

20th September 2011

Since 1901, how many teams had 3+ starters, age 29 or younger, with 30+ Games Started and an ERA+ of 100+ in the same season?

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Does Verlander’s ’11 Match Guidry’s ’78?

19th September 2011

A case can be made on that. Below are pitcher seasons in the A.L. since 1973 where the pitcher had a WAR of 8.5 or better:

Rk Player WAR Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS PO BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
1 Roger Clemens 10.3 1997 34 TOR AL 34 34 9 3 0 21 7 .750 0 264.0 204 65 60 68 292 2.05 222 9 1044 957 41 3 1 12 5 2 27 10 9 3 0 4 .213 .273 .290 .564      
2 Pedro Martinez 10.1 2000 28 BOS AL 29 29 7 4 0 18 6 .750 0 217.0 128 44 42 32 284 1.74 291 17 817 768 18 1 0 14 2 1 11 10 3 2 0 1 .167 .213 .259 .473   3164 2136
3 Roger Clemens 9.5 1990 27 BOS AL 31 31 7 4 0 21 6 .778 0 228.1 193 59 49 54 209 1.93 213 7 920 847 35 5 3 7 7 5 11 14 14 2 0 8 .228 .278 .306 .584      
4 Bert Blyleven 9.2 1973 22 MIN AL 40 40 25 9 0 20 17 .541 0 325.0 296 109 91 67 258 2.52 158 16 1321 1221 42 11 4 9 11 13 15 18 11 1 2 7 .242 .284 .334 .618      
5 Zack Greinke 9.0 2009 25 KCR AL 33 33 6 3 0 16 8 .667 0 229.1 195 64 55 51 242 2.16 205 11 915 849 47 5 0 4 8 3 17 5 9 1 0 5 .230 .276 .336 .611   3477 2206
6 Bret Saberhagen 8.6 1989 25 KCR AL 36 35 12 4 0 23 6 .793 0 262.1 209 74 63 43 193 2.16 180 13 1021 961 45 6 6 2 9 6 13 5 9 3 1 8 .217 .251 .317 .568      
7 Justin Verlander 8.5 2011 28 DET AL 33 33 4 2 0 24 5 .828 0 244.0 166 68 62 56 244 2.29 176 22 938 874 31 3 0 3 2 3 12 10 5 1 2 7 .190 .240 .308 .548 50 3821 2514
8 Ron Guidry 8.5 1978 27 NYY AL 35 35 16 9 0 25 3 .893 0 273.2 187 61 53 72 248 1.74 208 13 1057 969 34 5 1 1 13 2 15 9 14 2 1 7 .193 .249 .279 .528      
9 Mark Fidrych 8.5 1976 21 DET AL 31 29 24 4 2 19 9 .679 0 250.1 217 76 65 53 97 2.34 159 12 996 923 21 2 3 3 12 5 25 13 16 0 0 6 .235 .277 .301 .579      
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/19/2011.

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So, Verlander this season is not up there with Pedro in 2000 or Clemens in 1997. But, look at his WAR this season, his wins/losses and his strikeout totals. Those are right in line with what Guidry did in 1978 - although Gator's ERA+ was better.

Now, I wonder if Verlander will not get the MVP this season, like Guidry did not in '78?

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Can Bronson Catch Bert?

18th September 2011

Here are the pitchers to allow 40+ homeruns in a season:

Rk Player HR Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS PO BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
1 Bert Blyleven 50 1986 35 MIN AL 36 36 16 3 0 17 14 .548 0 271.2 262 134 121 58 215 4.01 107 1126 1049 42 8 4 10 5 4 19 26 7 4 0 4 .250 .294 .448 .742      
2 Jose Lima 48 2000 27 HOU NL 33 33 0 0 0 7 16 .304 0 196.1 251 152 145 68 124 6.65 75 895 801 52 8 3 2 12 12 12 14 5 0 0 3 .313 .364 .578 .942   3195 2037
3 Bert Blyleven 46 1987 36 MIN AL 37 37 8 1 0 15 12 .556 0 267.0 249 132 119 101 196 4.01 115 1122 1002 45 1 4 9 4 6 31 33 9 0 0 13 .249 .321 .433 .754      
4 Robin Roberts 46 1956 29 PHI NL 43 37 22 1 6 19 18 .514 3 297.1 328 155 147 40 157 4.45 84 1228 1161 55 17 3 2 15 10 23 11 2 0 0 2 .283 .305 .478 .783      
5 Bronson Arroyo 44 2011 34 CIN NL 30 30 0 0 0 8 12 .400 0 182.0 212 115 108 44 100 5.34 73 790 730 44 3 5 5 6 5 12 9 4 0 0 0 .290 .333 .540 .873 139 2890 1886
6 Jamie Moyer 44 2004 41 SEA AL 34 33 1 0 1 7 13 .350 0 202.0 217 127 117 63 125 5.21 87 888 799 33 1 3 11 9 6 12 9 4 2 0 1 .272 .331 .481 .812   3414 2108
7 Eric Milton 43 2004 28 PHI NL 34 34 0 0 0 14 6 .700 0 201.0 196 110 106 75 161 4.75 95 862 768 46 4 6 1 11 6 12 12 2 0 0 3 .255 .320 .493 .813   3438 2212
8 Pedro Ramos 43 1957 22 WSH AL 43 30 7 1 5 12 16 .429 0 231.0 251 131 123 69 91 4.79 81 1011 906 34 8 4 7 5 5 22 11 6 6 0 2 .277 .331 .475 .806      
9 Denny McLain 42 1966 22 DET AL 38 38 14 4 0 20 14 .588 0 264.1 205 120 115 104 192 3.92 90 1080 956 30 8 3 3 12 5 21 2 5 2 0 6 .214 .292 .394 .686      
10 Rick Helling 41 1999 28 TEX AL 35 35 3 0 0 13 11 .542 0 219.1 228 127 118 85 131 4.84 106 943 837 49 8 5 6 5 10 19 13 14 4 0 8 .272 .340 .497 .837      
11 Phil Niekro 41 1979 40 ATL NL 44 44 23 1 0 21 20 .512 0 342.0 311 160 129 113 208 3.39 120 1436 1290 50 6 8 11 14 7 25 40 11 2 4 18 .241 .306 .384 .691      
12 Robin Roberts 41 1955 28 PHI NL 41 38 26 1 3 23 14 .622 3 305.0 292 137 111 53 160 3.28 121 1256 1184 58 15 3 2 12 5 15 8 3 0 0 3 .247 .279 .425 .704      
13 Eric Milton 40 2005 29 CIN NL 34 34 0 0 0 8 15 .348 0 186.1 237 141 134 52 123 6.47 66 855 784 55 7 2 7 6 6 3 11 3 0 0 8 .302 .349 .543 .892   3164 2082
14 Ramon Ortiz 40 2002 29 ANA AL 32 32 4 1 0 15 9 .625 0 217.1 188 97 91 68 162 3.77 118 896 816 29 7 0 5 2 5 14 11 9 0 3 7 .230 .292 .430 .722   3254 2067
15 Shawn Boskie 40 1996 29 CAL AL 37 28 1 0 1 12 11 .522 0 189.1 226 126 112 67 133 5.32 92 860 769 43 1 7 13 6 4 18 17 2 3 0 10 .294 .359 .508 .867      
16 Brad Radke 40 1996 23 MIN AL 35 35 3 0 0 11 16 .407 0 232.0 231 125 115 57 148 4.46 114 973 901 55 6 2 4 5 6 16 6 5 0 0 1 .256 .302 .464 .766      
17 Bill Gullickson 40 1987 28 TOT ML 35 35 4 1 0 14 13 .519 0 213.0 218 128 115 50 117 4.86 88 896 827 43 5 7 3 8 8 9 24 9 1 1 4 .264 .305 .473 .778      
18 Jack Morris 40 1986 31 DET AL 35 35 15 6 0 21 8 .724 0 267.0 229 105 97 82 223 3.27 127 1092 1000 38 8 7 0 7 3 20 21 8 1 0 12 .229 .287 .403 .690      
19 Fergie Jenkins 40 1979 36 TEX AL 37 37 10 3 0 16 14 .533 0 259.0 252 127 117 81 164 4.07 102 1089 986 39 8 6 3 10 9 22 22 9 1 0 4 .256 .311 .433 .744      
20 Phil Niekro 40 1970 31 ATL NL 34 32 10 3 1 12 18 .400 0 229.2 222 124 109 68 168 4.27 101 980 895 25 6 2 6 6 5 20 25 6 0 2 6 .248 .304 .423 .727      
21 Orlando Pena 40 1964 30 KCA AL 40 32 5 0 3 12 14 .462 0 219.1 231 126 108 73 184 4.43 87 955 863 40 12 2 8 6 6 18 17 1 1 1 6 .268 .328 .481 .809      
22 Ralph Terry 40 1962 26 NYY AL 43 39 14 3 2 23 12 .657 2 298.2 257 123 106 57 176 3.19 118 1191 1114 36 9 1 3 8 9 17 9 7 0 0 2 .231 .268 .387 .655      
23 Robin Roberts 40 1957 30 PHI NL 39 32 14 2 5 10 22 .313 2 249.2 246 122 113 43 128 4.07 93 1033 978 47 9 16 1 8 3 8 18 3 0 0 0 .252 .283 .441 .724      
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Generated 9/18/2011.

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Pitchers With 100+ PA And No Strikeouts As Batter

15th September 2011

Since 1901, how many pitchers have come to the plate at least 100 times in a season and never whiffed that year?

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