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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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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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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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 |
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Plácido Polanco hopes to get off list someday.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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