(minimum 25 WAR, as suggested by WilliamC)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
that is a list of baseball players
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
good ol' gavvy cravath
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
i looked him up because i was intrigued by his name and check out this beautiful baseball card:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/Gavvy_Cravath_Baseball_Card.jpg/250px-Gavvy_Cravath_Baseball_Card.jpg
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbvYJXwXUAAz_y-.jpg
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Outstanding
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 26 April 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
one thing i've always heard about cravath - he really hit his stride in his 30s
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
Cool! Thanks for running those numbers, Karl. (Of course now I'm curious about players with significant WAR in their 40s.)
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
phil niekro: 25.5 in his 40sroger clemens: 22.2
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
i can't imagine any hitters coming close to that . . . unless they'd let bonds play
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
Nolan Ryan: 31.1
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
nolan ryan had 30+ fWAR in his 40s
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
xpost oops! but yep
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
Could somebody remind me how age-season is calculated for birthdays in the middle of the season? If someone's birthdate is, say, 7/24/64, is 2004 their age-39 season or age-40 season?
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
from baseball-reference: player's age at midnight june 30th of that year
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
(you can see it if you hover over the age column)
Ah, thanks. Tough luck for Barry Bonds, then, who had 11.9 WAR in his age 39 season and 7.1 in his 40s.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Reds pitching staff is a grease fire but watching the four game Braves series, I was pretty impressed by the Cobb County lineup. Ender Inciarte also has a really good arm in the outfield, he played some impressive center field.
― earlnash, Friday, 27 April 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
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― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 28 April 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
Definitely some wear on the Twins bullpen treads. They successfully went Zach Duke, Addison Reed and Fernando Rodney to close out the Reds today.
― earlnash, Saturday, 28 April 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
Gary Sanchez HR barely clears the left field bleachers fence...
A-Rod: "That blast just landed in the Bronx"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 30 April 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
corey seager: out for the season
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 30 April 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
Oh shit
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 April 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
machado time
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 April 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
that stinks
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
holy shit @ Josh Hader's line tonight:
2.2 IP, 0 ER, 8 K, 1 BB
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
good thing they didn't waste him in the cubs series
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
I don't think they ever had a lead in that series
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 02:44 (five years ago) link
mega bummer about seager
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 1 May 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
braves are calling up 20yo RHP (and calgary native) mike soroka to start tonight. don't see too many high school pitchers arrive that quickly
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
pretty nice debut
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link
I'm glad the bullpen and D held it for him -- they looked like they were trying to give it up late.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
Trout sent one 524 feet.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 3 May 2018 02:24 (five years ago) link
Wait. What? really?! Whoa
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 May 2018 05:02 (five years ago) link
Sure doesn't look to be that far on replay (and the game report doesn't say anything to that effect).
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 May 2018 06:09 (five years ago) link
yeah he broke the tracker. it WAS a bomb tho
― k3vin k., Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
i know it's been said a million times but jesus the commentary on these facebook streaming games is so bad
― na (NA), Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
Donaldson's first game back off the DL looks promising.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
xpost
i only had to watch one (a cardinals game. and maybe the first one?) and it was excruciating and i will never do it again
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
it makes me yearn for an actual commercial break
― na (NA), Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
damn, ex-Cub making good in KC this year.
Jorge Soler homered (472 ft.) to deep left center
― omar little, Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
just tuned in, but do mariners fans typically boo ohtani every time he bats? i guess because he picked LA over SEA? man, that's fucking dumb. #notthebestfansinbaseball
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Saturday, 5 May 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
leading NL position players in fWAR over the last 365 days
Tommy Pham 7.7Charlie Blackmon 6.9Joey Votto 6.6
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
AL
Judge 8.2Altuve 7.7Ramirez 7.5
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 May 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Rhys Hoskins after half a season worth of games: .268/.409/.570, 22 hr and 16 doubles and 158 wrc+.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 5 May 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
i would be interested in an exploration of rhys hoskins’ WAR while being compelled to play left field vs his WAR if he were allowed to play his natural 1B
i mean it’s not his fault his NL team went out and signed a designated hitter
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 May 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
15 of the 19 outs made while Scherzer was on the mound were Ks.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 6 May 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
Indians bullpen a disaster
― burzum buddies (brownie), Sunday, 6 May 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
(xpost) Came to post the same thing--15 K in 6.1 innings! Obviously couldn't have gone any farther--he'd thrown 111 pitches--but might've threatened 21 otherwise.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 May 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
8 of the top 10 hitters by fWAR are in the AL. and one of the two NL players is nick markakis. (the other is aj pollock)
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Monday, 7 May 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link