i'm gonna need hints for that
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
one big one: I'm watching my fav team right now
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
and it's a player that most people have heard of
http://mlb.mlb.com//assets/images/5/5/2/148734552/MusialRockingChair_vfs05b0p.jpg
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
oic
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
I found about 22 instances of a relative pinch hitting for another, s.1908.We don't have player anniversary dates, so some of the in-laws may not have been related at the time of PHing. Big gap in our dataset.https://t.co/OMMJtamjT3cc: @Bencjacobs @dougcutchins pic.twitter.com/J5WqL5TBV9— Sean Forman (@sean_forman) September 12, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
the son-in-law PH is vital trivia
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
That it's only happened once in the last 15 years (and 9 years ago) reflects on how the game is even more competitive now and there will be fewer opportunities for this to occur in the future.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
X-post on Musial: his grandson had been born earlier the same day, and it was his first AB as a grandfather.
http://www.mlb.com/cut4/stan-musial-once-hit-a-homer-after-becoming-a-grandfather/c-148537416
― clemenza, Friday, 14 September 2018 11:53 (five years ago) link
Orlando Arcia bunted for a double yesterday. it was the 23rd bunt double on record (since 1988). it was the sixth by a right-handed batter. it was the first with multiple baserunners— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) September 15, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
I attended the '85 matchup
When Jacob deGrom (1.71 ERA) faces Chris Sale (1.96) today, it will be MLB's first matchup of starters with sub-2.00 ERAs and at least 100 IP since Dwight Gooden (1.74) faced the Cardinals' John Tudor (1.95) at Shea Stadium in 1985, per Elias.— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 16, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
so sweet my god
https://www.mlb.com/brewers/video/arcias-2-run-bunt-double/c-2487986383
more of this sort of thing. PARTICULARLY against the shift and particularly if it's BAD FOR BASEBALL
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
xpost
is this the game? turned out to be a pitcher's duel, unsurprisingly: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN198509110.shtml
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
tudor pitched 10 innings and had a game score of 91; gooden pitched 9, game score 81
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
Yep! Orosco entered in the 10th and immediately yielded a solo HR by Cesar Cedeno.
Keith Hernandez made a great play on a bunt to the third base side of the mound (looks like by Tudor in the 7th) and got an out at third. Never saw a first baseman do that before or since.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
on that same day, pete rose passed ty cobb
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 September 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
yes, at least until they recounted Cobb's hits
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 September 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
john tudor, whom the pirates famously dealt to the cardinals the previous winter for joggin' george hendrick, who hit .230/.278/.313 with two homers in 69 games before being dispatched to anaheim for a bag of balls
i mean look at this (57-104) 1985 pirates team: https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1985.shtml
they traded *for* johnnie lemaster, who had already posted -1.1 bWAR in *23 games* with last-place san francisco and cleveland that season. there is a guy who has to be among the worst ever to play 1000 major league games
about all you can say is that rick reuschel had a great year at age 36
yes i'm still bitter
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 September 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
-1.1 bWAR in *23 games*
now that's amazing
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 September 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Is it? James Shields' 2016 season seems as dismal...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 17 September 2018 02:38 (five years ago) link
it's pretty impressive for a utility infielder (or any non-pitcher). he only played the entire game in six of those 23, btw
he went 3-for-36 (all singles) with one walk, one run scored, one caught stealing and 11 strikeouts. also made three errors in 61 total chances at shortstop
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 September 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
by fangraphs WAR johnnie lemaster is indeed the second-worst position player of all time to play 1000 games, behind former mets great doug flynn
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 September 2018 02:58 (five years ago) link
i would like to play major league baseball as a SS for 23 games, just so i could demolish the record for negative WAR
― Karl Malone, Monday, 17 September 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
i would probably get hit by a changeup in the leg and die, though
Dee Gordon has eight walks and nine hit-by-pitches. the last qualified batter to have more hit-by-pitches than walks was Ollie O'Mara (1918)— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) September 18, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
Deadball Dee
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
I need help from the Twitterverse!Tuesday's walkoff HR in LA: Chris Taylor (No. 3 in your program) off Adam Ottavino (No. 0)As @dakern74 mused, this is probably the lowest hitter/pitcher walkoff HR uniform total everIf you can find the "record" I'll credit you in my column!— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) September 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 September 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
That is one stupid thing to get paid to do, Jayson Stark. I guess that's why you're outsourcing the work.
― WmC, Thursday, 20 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
i just responded with a couple lower ones because i have NOTHING to do at work right now
― vote no on ilxit (Will M.), Thursday, 20 September 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
xpost lol embarrassing
oh and i missed "walkoff" double embarrassing
― vote no on ilxit (Will M.), Thursday, 20 September 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
Eh don't mind me I have a permanently sour mood.
― WmC, Thursday, 20 September 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
don't feel too bad, i used to give jayson stark shit (on ILX, of course, which i'm sure he reads) for appearing to land a gig where he gets paid by the word and has no limit on his word count
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 20 September 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
i saw him speak once at a SABR convention and he seemed... smarter than online
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
b-ref dude ftw
Lowest batter/pitcher number combination for a walkoff home run. Note we don't have pbp for every home run, so this isn't definitive. (cc:@jaysonst)https://t.co/8wNkqXNF7K pic.twitter.com/XE4Cz5qA7x— Sean Forman (@sean_forman) September 20, 2018
in the thread he also lists highest number combo plus tallest/shortest/youngest/oldest combos lol
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
turk wendell references are always good
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24747024/yankees-set-major-league-record-most-players-10-hrs
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 September 2018 11:17 (five years ago) link
Clevinger is likely to get 200 Ks this season, he's four away. That would give Cleveland four 200 K pitchers. does that tie a record or set a record? I'm sure it's been done before at some point.
― omar little, Friday, 21 September 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
just randomly checking, the 90s braves never got close. a few teams had *two* 200 K pitchers in '68 and '69
wouldn't be surprised at all if it's a record -- there just haven't been strikeouts on this scale before
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 September 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
the 90s braves
yeah, as dominant as maddux was, he only reached 200 strkekouts once (1998, with 204)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 21 September 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
found this from baseball roundtable, a 2014 article:
With the recent “feel-good” publicity surrounding pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training, BBRT took time to reflect on some unique accomplishments involving major league batteries – specifically looking at teams that could boast 200-strikeout performances by three pitchers in the same season. It’s only happened three times in major history, and the nine hurlers involve make up a pretty diverse bunch:
Five have at least one MLB no-hitter on their resume, with two of those having fashioned multiple no-hit games;One is on a streak of five consecutive 200+ strikeout seasons, while five notched only one (well-timed for this list) 200+ strikeout seasons in their careers;One was only the eighth rookie to notch 200+ whiffs, and never came close to the mark again in a 14-season MLB career;One won sixteen consecutive Gold Gloves, while another is one of only eight pitchers to capture the Cy Young Award and league MVP in the same season;One threw 17 no-hitters in high school (while racking up a 52-1 won-lost record);One celebrated his eighteenth birthday by making his first major league start and striking out Willie Mays to end his first major league inning;One is one of only two pitchers to strikeout four batters in a single post-season inning;Four, at one time, led their league in wild pitches, including one who led his league in wild pitches and hit batters two consecutive years.
1967 Minnesota Twins: Dean Chance (220 Ks), Jim Kaat (211), Dave Boswell (204).1969 Astros: Don Wilson (235), Larry Dierker (222), Tom Griffin (200).2013 Tigers: Max Scherzer (240), Justin Verlander (217), Anibel Sanchez (202).
― omar little, Friday, 21 September 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
Most consecutive quality starts in a season, MLB history:1. Jacob deGrom, 232-t. Bob Gibson, 222-t. Chris Carpenter, 22— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 22, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
wow
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 22 September 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
re: the number of 200 K pitchers on one team, there's likely going to be another team with three 200 K guys this season: Houston w/Cole (272), Verlander (269), and Morton almost there (195.) Pittsburgh must be wondering what they were doing wrong with Gerrit and Charlie.
― omar little, Saturday, 22 September 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
v. excited to see glasnow join them
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 September 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
matt carpenter, in 677 plate appearances, did not hit into a double play this season
NL player with the most PA who also did not hit into a double play is ryan mcmahon (202 PA)
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
that's crazy, especially because carpenter is pretty slow and he's usually hitting into a shift
― Karl Malone, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
although i guess the shift usually isn't on with runners on base, nm
Below is one of Frank Thomas's batting splits from his 1993 MVP season. In one case, .367 with 33 HR, for a 1.251 OPS. In the rest, .259 with 8 HR, for a 0.796 OPS.What's the split? New post: https://t.co/hJfJSY0qht pic.twitter.com/pKnVDM5rAe— Phil Birnbaum (@PhilBirnbaum) January 16, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
Ken Griffey Sr. had a bWAR of 15.8 from his age 30 season to his age 40 season (and then he played one more year and gained another 0.3 in WAR)
Ken Griffey Jr. had a bWAR of 13.1 from his age 30 season to his age 40 season (and then retired)
― omar little, Thursday, 17 January 2019 07:23 (five years ago) link