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I have seen a lot of stats mentioned in different places about various records of Red Sox pitchers vs the Yankees, and the reverse. (Many over at Peter Abraham's LoHud Yankees Blog.)

Let's take a look. First, Red Sox starters this year against the Yankees:

  Pitcher         G  GS GF  W  L  S CG SHO   IP    ERA   H   R   ER HR  BB IBB  SO HBP
+--------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+
  Schilling        3  3  0  0  1  0  0   0  18     7.00  29  15  14  6   2   0  10   0 
  Matsuzaka        3  3  0  2  1  0  0   0  19.1   6.98  19  15  15  3   8   0  16   3 
  Beckett          3  3  0  1  1  0  0   0  19.2   5.49  30  13  12  1   6   0  18   0
  Wakefield        3  3  0  0  3  0  0   0  14    10.93  19  17  17  4  17   0   7   1
  Tavarez          2  2  0  2  0  0  0   0  10.2   4.22   6   5   5  1   6   0   4   0 

There you have it, folks. Julian Tavarez, your Yankee-killer. (Joking aside, I think Tavarez has done a great job for Boston this year. He's got fantastic stats as a #5 starter and has helped keep their bullpen fresh.)

Now, as turnabout is fair play, the Yankee starters' performance against Boston this year:

  Pitcher         G  GS GF  W  L  S CG SHO   IP    ERA   H   R   ER HR  BB IBB  SO HBP
+--------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+
  Pettitte*        6  5  0  2  1  0  0   0  30.1   4.75  36  16  16  4  12   0  19   1 
  Wang             3  3  0  2  1  0  0   0  18     4.50  23   9   9  2   8   0   7   2 
  Mussina          2  2  0  0  1  0  0   0  11.2   9.26  19  12  12  4   5   1   3   0 
  Clemens          1  1  0  1  0  0  0   0   6     1.50   2   1   1  1   5   0   2   1 
  Karstens         2  2  0  0  1  0  0   0   4.1  14.54  11   7   7  1   2   0   1   0 
  C. Wright        1  1  0  0  0  0  0   0   3    12.00   5   4   4  4   3   0   3   0 

*Numbers include 1 scoreless inning in relief on 4/22/07

I guess the Yankees' numbers are somewhat better, especially that the three truly unimpressive performances above are by guys not currently in the rotation.

Here are the total lines for pitching by each staff (not just starters) against the other team:

Pitching Team      G   W   L   S   CG SHO   IP     ERA    H    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB  SO  HBP
+-+------------+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+------+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+
Yankees (vs BOS)   14   7   7   4   0   0  122     5.61  145   79   76  21   68   5   75   7
Boston  (vs NYY)   14   7   7   4   0   0  121     5.43  135   75   73  18   59   0   86   7  

Pretty similar, although the edge goes to Boston.Their bullpen has been a lot better than the Yankees' in their head-to-head matchups.

Now, those 7 HBP by each team are a bit ominous...

Last night, Santana lost his fourth game against Cleveland this year.

If you go to his splits page, you can see his data against Cleveland this season:

G:    5
IP:  33
ER:  15
ERA:  4.09
H:   30
BB:   6
K:   40
W:    0
L:    4

Those numbers don't look so bad (especially the K/BB) until you look at the rest of his numbers in 2007 against all other teams:

G:   23
IP: 155
ER:  49
ERA:  2.85
H:  126
BB:  35
K:  160
W:   14
L:    6

It's sort of crazy that he has a WHIP of 1.09 vs. Cleveland but still comes out with a 4.09 ERA. There must have been a few timely hits in there.

Harold Baines, Yankee-Killer. I heard that one all the time growing up. Did Baines actually dominate the Yankees, though? I used his PI splits page to get the following data. tOPS+ is Baines' split OPS compared to his overall OPS.

Split    G     GS     PA     AB      R     H    2B   3B    HR    RBI    BB   IBB     SO       BA      OBP      SLG      OPS    BAbip   tOPS+ Split
OAK    214    208    905    781    105   236    49    5    24    132   107    16    114    0.302    0.385    0.470    0.855    0.325    109    OAK
MIN    213    189    809    716    112   209    41    4    32    127    78    13    101    0.292    0.356    0.494    0.850    0.297    106    MIN
TOR    221    202    848    773     89   230    29    4    38    131    71     9    106    0.298    0.356    0.493    0.849    0.304    106    TOR
TEX    209    195    825    734    110   213    27    4    33    117    85    13    119    0.290    0.363    0.473    0.836    0.307    104    TEX
SEA    213    193    832    737    100   213    39    5    29    132    82    20    113    0.289    0.355    0.474    0.829    0.303    102    SEA
MIL    183    175    744    678     84   204    33    3    26    108    54     4     93    0.301    0.349    0.473    0.822    0.313    100    MIL
NYY    213    182    802    713     92   203    30    5    29    124    82    19    117    0.285    0.357    0.463    0.820    0.304    100    NYY
KCR    203    193    824    748     91   220    42    2    27    101    71    19    114    0.294    0.353    0.464    0.817    0.315     99    KCR
CLE    202    192    825    740    100   213    36    4    28    117    75    14     99    0.288    0.350    0.461    0.811    0.297     98    CLE
DET    213    199    854    753     95   210    27    4    30    148    91    20    112    0.279    0.352    0.445    0.797    0.290     95    DET
BAL    168    161    681    619     86   178    35    2    22     98    54    13     81    0.288    0.342    0.457    0.799    0.299     94    BAL
ANA    215    189    829    757     87   217    43    5    24    115    64    10    108    0.287    0.341    0.452    0.793    0.306     93    ANA
BOS    210    191    823    731     93   207    33    1    24    105    86    15    104    0.283    0.357    0.430    0.787    0.301     93    BOS
CHW     85     71    309    269     42    65    14    1    12     44    40     2     42    0.242    0.340    0.435    0.775    0.247     89    CHW
TBD     27     17     80     71      6    18     4    0     2     15     9     0      9    0.254    0.338    0.394    0.732    0.267     80    TBD
Tot   2830   2579  11092   9908   1299  2866   488   49   384   1628  1062   187   1441    0.289    0.356    0.465    0.821    0.303    100    Tot

As you can see, Harold Baines' OPS against the Yankees was right on par with his performance against all other teams. But those A's, boy did he take it out on those A's.

As for teams Baines struggled against, Tampa Bay and Chicago lead the way. That makes sense because he would have played against both those teams later in his career, as he was slowing down.

A user asked me about Pat Burrell and his bases loaded walks, so I figured, why not check the most ever in a season. Eventually, I want to allow users to search the splits, but that is a little ways off.

| name_common      | year_game | PA   | BB   | IBB  |
+------------------+-----------+------+------+------+
| Jackie Jensen    |      1959 |   18 |    8 |    0 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez |      2004 |   24 |    7 |    0 |
| Charlie Maxwell  |      1960 |   16 |    6 |    0 |
| Rocky Colavito   |      1961 |   17 |    6 |    0 |
| Mike Hargrove    |      1983 |   15 |    6 |    0 |
| Jack Clark       |      1987 |   15 |    6 |    0 |
| Darren Daulton   |      1993 |   29 |    6 |    0 |
| Danny Tartabull  |      1996 |   29 |    6 |    0 |
| Mark McGwire     |      1998 |   14 |    6 |    0 |
| Ellis Burks      |      2000 |   29 |    6 |    0 |
| John Olerud      |      2003 |   25 |    6 |    0 |
| Hideki Matsui    |      2004 |   32 |    6 |    0 |
| Michael Tucker   |      2004 |   24 |    6 |    0 |
| Adam Dunn        |      2005 |   19 |    6 |    0 |
| Chipper Jones    |      2005 |    8 |    6 |    0 |
| Derek Jeter      |      2006 |   17 |    6 |    0 |
| Trot Nixon       |      2006 |   27 |    6 |    0 |
| Pat Burrell      |      2007 |   13 |    6 |    0 |

D'Angelo Jimenez? How about Chipper with six walks in eight PA's.

Here are the career leaders.

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David Wells will shortly start his 12th tour of duty with a major league team. That's 2 each with Toronto, New York, and San Diego (putting him in the Jeff Conine club), and one with Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Chicago (AL), Boston, and now Los Angeles.

I think there is a lot to like about Wells, both as a pitcher and as a candid person who is not afraid to take responsibility or make justifiable accusations about existing problems with MLB. But I have to say, Wells looks quite classless in this article (link via MLBTradeRumors.com.) I don't care what kind of person you are. Replacing another player at his job and then making fun of him while he effectively cleans out his desk is one of the crassest things I have ever heard.

But anyway, this blog is about stats, so let's look at some data about David Wells: Read the rest of this entry »

1957 BOS Team Splits: 2 outs Sorted by RBI - Baseball-Reference PI

I've now added the red split text to the team splits, so you can see all of the players who accumulated that split for the team. I've just implemented this, so there may be unforeseen kinks to work out, but so far it looks to me like it is working ok.

To get these reports, go to the team split page, and click on the red text.pi

I was talking with a friend today when we got onto the subject of Coors Field, and how its park effects have changed. These have been well documented elsewhere, and the park effects are calculated for such things. (The Hardball Times, as well as their THT Annual, are my choices for such info.)

But, just using some of the basic info available here on B-R.com, let's see what we can learn. Read the rest of this entry »

Hideki Matsui just finished a monster July (winning AL Player of the month honors.) I guess that's why they call him Godzilla.

Image hotlinked from slate.com
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Here is something truly impressive. Following up on our recent discussions about most hits in the 80's and 90's, I looked up who has the most hits so far in the 00's. The answer won't surprise you, but something about it might:

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Looks like all the discussion of Albert Pujols' demise were premature. So far, in four games since the break, he's got 4 HR and 5 RBI. (You can find that info on his batting splits page.)

There was also a lot of talk recently about the Phillies 10,000th loss. I'm not sure that number is terribly meaningful, especially since most of their truly terrible seasons came in the 1930s and 1940s.

But I wanted to comment on a stat about both Pujols and the Phillies:

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