16th March 2011
So, maybe this is strange focusing on Italy on the day before St. Patrick’s Day? But, I recently read that Mariners’ prospect Alex Liddi – who was recently cut from Seattle’s big league spring camp – may soon be the first player in the major leagues, in a half-century, who was born in Italy.
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13th March 2011
How many pitchers have thrown at least 1,000 big league innings since 1901 and fashioned a career H+BB/IP mark of 1.5 or greater?
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7th March 2011
While researching a Hall of Fame poll post for Gary Sheffield, I discovered that he has more than 100 negative fielding runs in his career. This turns out to be a pretty rare feat. Click through for the fascinating list of players to do it.
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6th March 2011
Today, I attended a Little League Coaches Clinic run by "Big Al" Price and his son Scott.
"Big Al" does a great job at these sessions - and he's from Canada. So, in his honor, I decided to look at some of the best big league players who were born there.
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5th March 2011
You don't see that many "Bats Right" and "Throws Right" first basemen have very long major league careers. Here's those who did it.
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1st March 2011
Despite only coming to the plate 90 times in 2010, the Marlin's Brett Carroll managed to get hit by 7 pitches. In MLB history not too many players have managed to be hit by a pitch at least once every 13 trips to the plate. Here are the leaders in HBP since 1901 to be hit at that rate.
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26th February 2011
Thanks to dukeofflatbush, here's an interesting list....most hits in a season with no extra-base hits:
| Rk | Player | H | XBH | Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Pos | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack O'Connor | 33 | 0 | 24 | 1906 | SLB | 55 | 184 | 174 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .190 | .199 | .190 | .389 | *2 |
| 2 | Lynn Nelson | 31 | 0 | 53 | 1938 | PHA | 67 | 119 | 112 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 12 | .277 | .319 | .277 | .596 | 1 |
| 3 | Bill Stumpf | 31 | 0 | 45 | 1912 | NYY | 42 | 143 | 129 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .240 | .279 | .240 | .520 | *6/4583 |
| 4 | Mark Grudzielanek | 30 | 0 | 72 | 2010 | CLE | 30 | 119 | 110 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 | .273 | .328 | .273 | .600 | *4/D |
| 5 | Mike Gallego | 28 | 0 | 45 | 1995 | OAK | 43 | 132 | 120 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | .233 | .292 | .233 | .526 | 465 |
| 6 | Frank Baumholtz | 27 | 0 | 59 | 1956 | PHI | 76 | 112 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | .270 | .309 | .270 | .579 | 9/8 |
| 7 | Dave Nelson | 25 | 0 | 30 | 1969 | CLE | 52 | 137 | 123 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | .203 | .259 | .203 | .463 | *4/79 |
| 8 | Doc Farrell | 25 | 0 | 77 | 1933 | NYY | 44 | 112 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 6 | .269 | .376 | .269 | .645 | *64 |
| 9 | Otis Lawry | 25 | 0 | 43 | 1916 | PHA | 41 | 137 | 123 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 21 | .203 | .263 | .203 | .466 | *4/78 |
| 10 | Mordecai Brown | 25 | 0 | 34 | 1908 | CHC | 46 | 128 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .207 | .220 | .207 | .426 | *1 |
| 11 | Ty Cline | 24 | 0 | 63 | 1966 | TOT | 49 | 94 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | .273 | .312 | .273 | .585 | 89/73 |
| 12 | George Winter | 24 | 0 | 79 | 1905 | BOS | 35 | 98 | 92 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .261 | .306 | .261 | .567 | *1 |
| 13 | Broderick Perkins | 23 | 0 | 68 | 1979 | SDP | 57 | 97 | 87 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 12 | .264 | .323 | .264 | .587 | 3 |
| 14 | Pat Corrales | 23 | 0 | 40 | 1972 | TOT | 46 | 135 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 26 | .192 | .276 | .192 | .468 | *2 |
| 15 | Catfish Hunter | 23 | 0 | 33 | 1972 | OAK | 39 | 116 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | .219 | .215 | .219 | .434 | *1 |
| 16 | Mike McNally | 23 | 0 | 19 | 1916 | BOS | 87 | 151 | 135 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 19 | .170 | .228 | .170 | .398 | 45/68 |
| 17 | Grover Land | 23 | 0 | 36 | 1910 | CLE | 34 | 119 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .207 | .228 | .207 | .435 | *2 |
| 18 | Bill Carrigan | 23 | 0 | 45 | 1906 | BOS | 37 | 118 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .211 | .252 | .211 | .463 | *2 |
| 19 | Vic Willis | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1902 | BSN | 52 | 161 | 150 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .153 | .206 | .153 | .360 | *1 |
| 20 | Eppa Rixey | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1925 | CIN | 39 | 111 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 17 | .214 | .236 | .214 | .449 | *1 |
| 21 | Paul Casanova | 21 | 0 | 21 | 1974 | ATL | 42 | 113 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | .202 | .232 | .202 | .434 | *2 |
| 22 | Doc Edwards | 21 | 0 | 60 | 1970 | PHI | 35 | 86 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | .269 | .313 | .269 | .582 | *2 |
| 23 | Tony Cloninger | 21 | 0 | 36 | 1964 | MLN | 38 | 98 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | *1 |
| 24 | George Blackerby | 21 | 0 | 44 | 1928 | CHW | 30 | 91 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | .253 | .287 | .253 | .540 | *7 |
| 25 | Jack Gilbert | 21 | 0 | 82 | 1904 | PIT | 25 | 102 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .241 | .353 | .241 | .594 | *7 |
Mark Grudzielanek scored really high on this list last year although he had a better season (as measured by OPS+) than most. The only other fairly recent season on here is Mike Gallego's 1995.
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18th February 2011
Check out the teams since 1901 with the most players registering at least 5 Wins Above Replacement in the same season.
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17th February 2011
I was just looking at all the players, since 1901, to play 100+ games in a big league season as a teenager.
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15th February 2011
Since 1901, how many teams in baseball history had 15+ non-pitchers play for them in a season who had a WAR of zero or less, with minimum 25 PA per player?
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