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The New Yankees WAR Pitching Leader

31st August 2011

As long as there has been baseball, there have been attempts to measure player value. And for almost as long as there have been the New York Yankees, much of that value has been found among position players. Never-the-less, several pitchers have stood out during the storied history of the franchise, none more so than the Chairman of the Board, Whitey Ford. Not only did Ford start more games than anybody in Yankees history, he also won the most for the Yankees, both during the regular season and World Series. Modern measures confirm Ford's value as a Yankee and his 55.3 pitching WAR is higher than anyone accumulated for the franchise. Until yesterday, that is. Read the rest of this entry »

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500 Career Games With AB < 5 Times RBI

29th August 2011

How many batters have at least 500 career games and, during their career, have their AB totals be less than 5 times their career RBI?

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Catchers, WAR/G, Min. 1,000 Games Caught

20th August 2011

If you used Play Index and ran a query listing all players who caught at least 1,000 games in the major leagues ranked by their career WAR, you would get this list.

But, if you then took the results and dumped them into Excel and then calculated the players' WAR per Game Played, and ranked them by that ratio, you would get this "Top 25."

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Exactly 100 Career HR

18th August 2011

How many players have exactly 100 career major league homeruns?

Not many:

Rk     HR From To Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
1 Randy Velarde   100 1987 2002 24-39 1273 4813 4244 633 1171 214 23 445 463 6 853 49 38 19 118 78 37 .276 .352 .408 .760 456/7D398 NYY-CAL-ANA-TOT-OAK
2 Duke Sims   100 1964 1974 23-33 843 2810 2422 263 580 80 6 310 338 34 483 35 6 9 45 6 16 .239 .340 .401 .741 *2/379D CLE-LAD-TOT
3 Placido Polanco   100 1998 2011 22-35 1686 7002 6410 937 1931 317 32 671 376 11 468 88 79 49 177 79 30 .301 .346 .407 .753 *456/7D3 STL-TOT-PHI-DET
4 John Kruk   100 1986 1995 25-34 1200 4603 3897 582 1170 199 34 592 649 83 701 2 12 43 92 58 31 .300 .397 .446 .842 *379/D8 SDP-TOT-PHI-CHW
5 Mike Jacobs   100 2005 2010 24-29 556 2117 1930 244 489 115 6 310 166 17 486 7 1 13 49 5 2 .253 .313 .475 .787 *3D NYM-FLA-KCR
6 Augie Galan   100 1934 1949 22-37 1742 7003 5937 1004 1706 336 74 830 979 0 393 25 62 0 72 123 0 .287 .390 .419 .810 *78/35496 CHC-TOT-BRO-CIN
7 Bruce Bochte   100 1974 1986 23-35 1538 5994 5233 643 1478 250 21 658 653 65 662 13 44 51 156 43 41 .282 .360 .396 .756 *37/D89 CAL-TOT-SEA-OAK
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 8/18/2011.

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Plácido Polanco hopes to get off  list someday.

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Most Homeruns Playing for 5+ Franchises

16th August 2011

One thing that struck me while watching the the Jim Thome celebration is the sheer number of teams that he has been on.  After spending the first 12 seasons of his career in Cleveland, Thome has also played for the Phillies, White Sox, Dodgers and Twins. As you would expect, Thome has the most home runs for anyone who played on at least 5 teams.  Here are the leaders. Read the rest of this entry »

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Teams With Most .300-Hitters In A Season Since 1973

14th August 2011

Since 1973, which teams had at least 4 batters hit .300 or better in a season and were they qualified for the batting title?

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Teams Developing Young Winning Pitchers

11th August 2011

Today's list from me: Since 1901, teams with the most pitchers who won 30+ games through and including their "Age 24 season."

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15+ Career WP With WP > One-Tenth Career IP Total

10th August 2011

Since 1901, how many players have more wild pitches than one-tenth of their career inning pitched total - with at least 15 career wild pitches?

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5+ Batters With WAR >=4 On Same Team

9th August 2011

How many teams, since 1901, had 5 or more batters with a WAR of 4 or better on the same roster?

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3+ Seasons Of 60+ IP & An ERA+ Of 200+

2nd August 2011

How many pitchers have at least 3 seasons where they had 60+ IP with an ERA+ >= 200? Read the rest of this entry »

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