trivial occurrences 2018

Deadball Dee

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 ever

If you can find the "record" I'll credit you in my column!

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) September 20, 2018

That is one stupid thing to get paid to do, Jayson Stark. I guess that's why you're outsourcing the work.

i just responded with a couple lower ones because i have NOTHING to do at work right now

xpost lol embarrassing

oh and i missed "walkoff" double embarrassing

Eh don't mind me I have a permanently sour mood.

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

i saw him speak once at a SABR convention and he seemed... smarter than online

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

turk wendell references are always good

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24747024/yankees-set-major-league-record-most-players-10-hrs

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.

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

the 90s braves

yeah, as dominant as maddux was, he only reached 200 strkekouts once (1998, with 204)

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).

Most consecutive quality starts in a season, MLB history:

1. Jacob deGrom, 23
2-t. Bob Gibson, 22
2-t. Chris Carpenter, 22

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 22, 2018

wow

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.

v. excited to see glasnow join them

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)

that's crazy, especially because carpenter is pretty slow and he's usually hitting into a shift

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

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)

Cool stat of the day: Max Schezer and Jacob deGrom both have 10 strikeouts so far, the first time opposing starters have double-digit K's on Opening Day since 1970, when Sam McDowell and Dave McNally did it for the Indians and Orioles. (Also the only... https://t.co/H1mFNMik4V

— David Schoenfield (@dschoenfield) March 28, 2019

Rocco Baldelli is the first MLB manager to be born in the (19)80's.

george springer did *not* lead off the astros season with a homer for the third straight year

but he did homer in his second at-bat

.@tatis_jr is the youngest player to have a multi-hit game on #OpeningDay since Robin Yount in 1975. pic.twitter.com/bwYhJJ1qqv

— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) March 28, 2019

meanwhile, vladimir hones his game in extended spring training

history wd thank u for making a nu thred

mookie, it's up to you. my job here is to react to the trivia and then make really dumb jokes about it

Allow me to interrupt:

Today's opening day 47 HRs eclipses the previous record of 46 HRs set in 1999.

how many 'opening days' have had all the teams playing?

Scherzer/deGrom were the first Opening Day starters since McNally/McDowell in 1970 to both strike out 10.

Home runs and strikeouts, sounds familiar.

Eight HRs by the Dodgers set a new team opening day record.

now out of date, but

Dodgers have scored 49 runs this year. Giants have 50 total bases.

— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBB) April 3, 2019

Per @EliasSports, Chris Iannetta becomes the first Rockies player to record the game-winning RBI in 1-0 Rockies wins three different times. Has done it on a HR each time. He is the third active player to have three or more home runs in 1-0 wins (N. Walker, 4; J. Upton, 3).

— Rockies PR (@RockiesPR) April 3, 2019

The #Cubs lead the Majors in:

BA (.307) & OBP (.398)

AND

Opponent BA (.303) & OBP (.417)

— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) April 5, 2019

Shane Greene becomes first player since MLB recognized the save statistic 50 years ago to record seven saves in team's first 10 games.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) April 7, 2019

Chris Davis now holds the all time hitless record - 49 consecutive at bats going back to last year

Chris Davis is due

to retire

dear Baltimore Orioles, I will CRUSH this record, hire me

Put it in the record books—the Mariners have hit a home run in 1️⃣5️⃣ straight games to start the season. 💥 pic.twitter.com/tIAHp1lZNC

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 11, 2019

if dee gordon hits a home run and nobody is in the stands to see it, does it count for runs

Mitch Garver is leading off tonight for the Twins. He's the first Twins catcher to bat leadoff in a game since Butch Wynegar in 1980.

— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) April 15, 2019

I'm going to go by memory here and not check this first: in my mind, Wynegar and Wockenfuss were both considered fast for catchers?

15 career SB between them, so maybe not...(They did total 26 triples).

i had a memory of Carlton Fisk having had a season w/a lot of triples and he did, he led the AL in triples with 9 in his rookie season. weirdly he also stole 17(!) bases in 1985, tying a career high. this was the same season he hit a career high 37 home runs, all at age 37. I remember him being slow, but i may also be mixing it up with how long he took to take a single AB. considering the length of his career behind the dish i suspect he was just a more elite athlete than he appeared to be.