15th May 2011
I got to see Bryce Harper play last night, in person. Have you seen his minor stats, to date? Here they are:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | Hagerstown | SALL | A | WSN | 34 | 139 | 122 | 24 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 30 | .393 | .468 | .705 | 1.173 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 Season | 34 | 139 | 122 | 24 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 30 | .393 | .468 | .705 | 1.173 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
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13th May 2011
Here's a fun list. It's batters who had seasons with 502+ PA and a Batting Average on Balls In Play of .400 or better.
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9th May 2011
How many players have 3+ seasons of 700+ PA with an OPS+ of 100 or better?
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3rd May 2011
Via Play Index, I worked up a list of all batters since 1973 to have a season where they qualified for the Batting Title and were between the ages of 34 and 36 in that season and where they also had an OPS+ of 120 or better. Then, once I had that "set" of batters, I asked Play Index to tell me which of these batters then had a season where they qualifed for the Batting Title and were between the ages of 35 and 37 in that season where they had an OPS+ of 90 or less.
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3rd May 2011
How many players had 35+ doubles, 50+ homeruns and 100+ walks in the same season?
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29th April 2011
How many times, since 1901, has a team had two right-handed starters, age 36 or older, in the same season, make 25 starts or more?
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22nd April 2011
Using the new two-tiered search feature, I generated a list of players who have had at least one season with a batting average under .210 as well as at least one season with a batting average over .290. In each season, the player had to have enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title.
This particular question has been asked by a lot of readers over the years. I think many folks noticed that Mark McGwire did it by hitting .201 in 1991 and .312 in 1996.
Anyway, now it's easy to answer, and here are the 30 guys since 1901 to do it:
| Rk | Yrs | To ▾ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Hill | 2 | 2007 |
| 2 | Nick Punto | 1 | 2006 |
| 3 | Mark McGwire | 2 | 1998 |
| 4 | Scott Brosius | 1 | 1998 |
| 5 | Jim Sundberg | 1 | 1977 |
| 6 | Don Buford | 2 | 1971 |
| 7 | Brooks Robinson | 4 | 1965 |
| 8 | Al Lopez | 2 | 1933 |
| 9 | Charlie Jamieson | 11 | 1930 |
| 10 | Joe Dugan | 4 | 1925 |
| 11 | Bill Wambsganss | 2 | 1923 |
| 12 | Steve O'Neill | 3 | 1922 |
| 13 | Eddie Ainsmith | 1 | 1922 |
| 14 | Ralph Young | 2 | 1921 |
| 15 | Howie Shanks | 1 | 1921 |
| 16 | Clyde Milan | 7 | 1920 |
| 17 | Shano Collins | 2 | 1920 |
| 18 | Zip Collins | 1 | 1915 |
| 19 | Dode Paskert | 2 | 1912 |
| 20 | Bobby Byrne | 1 | 1910 |
| 21 | Jimmy Sheckard | 3 | 1905 |
| 22 | Frank Isbell | 1 | 1905 |
| 23 | Bill Bradley |
4 | 1904 |
| 24 | Freddy Parent | 3 | 1904 |
| 25 | Jimmy Williams | 2 | 1902 |
| 26 | Ossee Schrecongost | 2 | 1902 |
| 27 | George Barclay | 1 | 1902 |
| 28 | Deacon McGuire | 1 | 1901 |
| 29 | Billy Maloney | 1 | 1901 |
| 30 | Ducky Holmes | 1 | 1901 |
The additional columns are number of qualified seasons with a batting average over .290 and the most recent season that was achieved.
Eagle-eyed readers will notice that Mike Schmidt's name is missing from this list. He hit .196 in 1973 but must have just barely missed the cutoff to qualify for the batting title.
So I made a second list. Click here to see guys who have batted both under .200 and over .280 in seasons with at least 400 plate appearances. It includes Carlos Pena, Mike Pagliarulo, Mike Schmidt, and Reggie Jackson as recent entries.
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20th April 2011
Of all the pitchers to once make an All-Star team, who has the most seasons where he did not win or save 20 games?
Posted in Season Finders | 18 Comments »
14th April 2011
One of the fun new things we can do with the PI is to sort the results of a game-finder search by a season finder.
Here are all the pitchers since 1919 to throw a no-hitter of at least nine innings, sorted by career H/9IP. Charlie Robinson appears to be the clear-cut winner of surprise No-Hitter throwers.
If you sort by games started, it is interesting to note that 18 retired pitchers (and 3 active ones) who threw no-hitters , started less than 100 games. Bobo Holloman started only 10.
Posted in Game Finders, Season Finders | 18 Comments »
