Pretty interesting, I'd imagine quite a few of the batting 8th and 9th was when he came up as that club had a big hitting lineup. His peak as a hitter was later than many.
― earlnash, Saturday, 13 February 2016 07:01 (eight years ago) link
Never would have guessed either--and when you think about the unusual shape of his career vs. the sometimes inverse fortunes of his team (especially in the early '80s), it does make sense.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 February 2016 07:42 (eight years ago) link
My first thought after reading the hints was Omar Vizquel ... not close, really. Great question!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 13 February 2016 10:17 (eight years ago) link
Robin Yount came close. Ben Zobrist may get there in time.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 13 February 2016 10:20 (eight years ago) link
Six players in MLB history have appeared in games for all five teams in a current division. Who are they?
(answer)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 February 2016 01:41 (eight years ago) link
'Rickey Henderson started 2,890 games in his Hall of Fame career, and not surprisingly 99.5% of those games saw him batting leadoff. His next highest count? He batted third eight times.'
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 20 February 2016 02:32 (eight years ago) link
Also Starling Castro just need around 250 games spread in the last 4 spots to join the club. Even closer than Zobrist.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 20 February 2016 02:33 (eight years ago) link
Amazingly, while there have now been only 73 nine-inning games with game scores of 97 or higher in all Major League play since 1913 — less than one per season — this is actually the third time two such performances have come on the same day. Kerry Wood and Hideo Nomo both did in on May 25, 2001, and Randy Johnson and Jason Schmidt both did it on May 18, 2004.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 April 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
btw only the 2nd time since 1900 that there are two 0-9 teams.
just saw that Harper is the 8th youngest to 100 HR. I can think of two of the younger 7, Mel Ott and Tony Conigliaro. OK, i guess Jr Griffey might be another.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
i saw that list flashed on sportcenter, don't recall griff
arod was there, andruw jones, also johnny bench; pujols was right behind harper iirc
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 April 2016 14:51 (eight years ago) link
duh of course A-Rod and AJ
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
@based_ballmost strikes in a game with exactly 119 pitches1. Max Scherzer, 96 (5/11/16)2. Roy Halladay, 89 (6/30/10)3(t). 88, five times
1. Max Scherzer, 96 (5/11/16)2. Roy Halladay, 89 (6/30/10)3(t). 88, five times
zone pounded
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 May 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
anyone thrown 100 strikes in 9 innings? w/ the old workloads i think they musta.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 May 2016 16:16 (eight years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPN Elias: Mets are the first team since the 1963 Washington Senators to have pitchers produce five extra-base hits in a five-day span.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 May 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
@JamesSmyth621Unique Box Score Line AlertCC Sabathia 7 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 KA first out of 975,000+ lines since 1913 in @baseball_ref Play Index
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 May 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
I wasn't aware that people tracked such things.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
huh that doesn't seem like a very unusual line
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 26 May 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
By beating the Mets, Stephen Strasburg became the first National League pitcher to start a season 12-0 since Rube Marquard did it back in 1912, aka the year the Titanic sank.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 July 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
The White Sox have become the first team since 1979 to turn three triple plays in a season.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 July 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Name the two remaining active players who appeared at Candlestick Park. (If you heard it on a broad/podcast this week, ineligible!)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
expect beltre is one, dunno the other
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
dickey? prob not
Beltre correct!
The other was a Giant.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
He's also a bit of a cheat, as he was in MLB this year but is presently only in a team's farm.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
yup I looked it up, would've never come up w him
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
btw, Joe Nathan
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 August 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
@BuccigrossCleveland is the first team in MLB history to have a game-tying HR and a walkoff inside the park HR in the same inning. #elias
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 August 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
three franchises' all-time home run leaders are active and still with the team. who are the hitters?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 September 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Papi, Stanton, Encarnacion?
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
maybe beltre instead of edwing
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
Don't think Edwin--gotta be Delgado...I doubt Ortiz, too; I'd say Williams. Which leaves...Stanton, probably; Longoria, surely; Votto or Braun?
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
I'll be happy if I even got one of them right. I'm terrible at sports trivia.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
I checked--be happy.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
clem pretty much otm: giancarlo, longoria and braun
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 September 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
who is the youngest active hitter with more career WAR than mike trout
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Cabrera?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
Just checked--tough question, easy guy to overlook.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
my guess would be longoria
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
ah! longoria would have been right a couple of months ago
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
actually if you go by fan graphs i was right!
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
I automatically checked Baseball Reference--different answer.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
My no-cheating guess was Tulo, but he's 4 WAR behind Trout. After that I looked it up -- it's a great question, and definitely not obvious.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
for the record, the answer is dustin pedroia, who is seven years and 355 days older than mike trout
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
@sabrA Golden Pitch is any pitch thrown when *both* teams could win or lose WS on one swing of the bat. 1912, '26, ’62, ’72, ’97, 2001, ’14, ’16.
mike montgomery became the eighth pitcher to throw one
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 November 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
@ajacksonevansBarry Bonds homered on every day between Apr 1st-Sep 29th in his career, except Aug 5thAug 5th is the date Bobby Bonds homered on the most
Aug 5th is the date Bobby Bonds homered on the most
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
i can't parse that, help?
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
oh its two different names
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
there are eight hall of famers* whose on-base percentage was higher than their slugging percentage. how many can you name?
*inducted as batters, not pitchers/managers/etc
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
(only two of them played during any of our lifetimes, and one just barely)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
quite a few from Deadball i imagine, incl some notorious inductions from the 'Frisch' VC period of late '60s
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link