Chuck Finley, Mark Langston, and John Lackey were three of the names I checked (Angels starters seem to have a talent for this). Candiotti seems like a reasonable answer!
Willie Hernandez likely deserved his award, as would anyone pitching 150 innings in relief with a sub-2.00 ERA (if such a thing still happened in today's game). I don't think that WAR values these types of players correctly.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 10 September 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
trivia: first player to hit a HR as a grandfather (that sounds odd, but i mean that they were a grandfather when they hit the HR)
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:46 (five years ago) link
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