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
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
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
Rocco Baldelli is the first MLB manager to be born in the (19)80's.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 March 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 March 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
.@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
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 March 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
meanwhile, vladimir hones his game in extended spring training
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 March 2019 23:53 (five years ago) link
history wd thank u for making a nu thred
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 March 2019 00:15 (five years ago) link
mookie, it's up to you. my job here is to react to the trivia and then make really dumb jokes about it
― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 March 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
Allow me to interrupt:
Today's opening day 47 HRs eclipses the previous record of 46 HRs set in 1999.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 29 March 2019 02:23 (five years ago) link
how many 'opening days' have had all the teams playing?
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 March 2019 02:29 (five years ago) link
Scherzer/deGrom were the first Opening Day starters since McNally/McDowell in 1970 to both strike out 10.
Home runs and strikeouts, sounds familiar.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 March 2019 03:47 (five years ago) link
Eight HRs by the Dodgers set a new team opening day record.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 29 March 2019 11:03 (five years ago) link
now out of date, but
Dodgers have scored 49 runs this year. Giants have 50 total bases.— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBB) April 3, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 04:28 (five years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
The #Cubs lead the Majors in:BA (.307) & OBP (.398)ANDOpponent BA (.303) & OBP (.417)— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) April 5, 2019
― na (NA), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
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
― Andy K, Sunday, 7 April 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
Chris Davis now holds the all time hitless record - 49 consecutive at bats going back to last year
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
Chris Davis is due
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
to retire
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
dear Baltimore Orioles, I will CRUSH this record, hire me
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
if dee gordon hits a home run and nobody is in the stands to see it, does it count for runs
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
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?
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
15 career SB between them, so maybe not...(They did total 26 triples).
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
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.
― omar little, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
I think I was getting my '70s W-catchers mixed up: it was John Wathan who stole all the bases (seasonal high of 36, 105 in 860 career games).
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link
i don't know where else to put these random bits of info regarding future 3,000 career hit possibilities:
there are currently four active players with over 2,000 hits:
Pujols - 3,093Cabrera - 2,692Cano - 2,484Markakis - 2,256
Pujols and Cabrera look like toast, Cano is 36 and may very well be (that K rate is presently a bit worrisome for him), and the best player out of that group now appears to be Markakis. I'd be surprised if he's able to get enough playing time to reach 3k, he's in that "Mark Grace with the Arizona Diamondbacks" phase of his career.
the list of active players at least halfway there with 1,500+ career hits is this:
Ian Kinsler (14, 37) - 1,951Melky Cabrera (15, 34) - 1,874Yadier Molina (16, 36) - 1,865Adam Jones (14, 33) - 1,836 Hanley Ramirez (15, 35) - 1,834Ryan Braun (13, 35) - 1,814Dustin Pedroia (14, 35) - 1,805Matt Kemp (14, 34) - 1,778Curtis Granderson (16, 38) - 1,749Ryan Zimmerman (15, 34) - 1,749 Joey Votto (13, 35) - 1,742Edwin Encarnacion (15, 36) - 1,723Hunter Pence (13, 36) - 1,709Andrew McCutchen (11, 32) - 1,625Howie Kendrick (14, 35) - 1,617Justin Upton (12, 31) - 1,604Evan Longoria (12, 33) - 1,602Nelson Cruz (15, 38) - 1,590Elvis Andrus (11, 30) - 1,585 Asdrubal Cabrera (13, 33) - 1,543 Ben Zobrist (14, 38) - 1,540Brian McCann (15, 35) - 1,526Shin-Soo Choo (15, 36) - 1,515
Andrus seems like he'd have the best shot out of that group, which isn't to say it's likely.
Going down to guys with 1200+ career hits (Trout is at 1,202), it looks like only he and Altuve (1,441 hits at age 29) seem like good bets. But also Trout seems like a guy who will walk more and more as time goes on, I could see him getting Bonds'd when it comes to 3k.
Castro, Hosmer, and Freeman are all between 1200 and 1500 career hits at 29 years old but I don't know....
It's only of interest to me because of the relative frequency with which players have joined the club in recent decades.
going back there were a few major gaps:
- 17 years between Eddie Collins and Paul Waner
- 16 between Waner and Musial
- 12 between Musial and Aaron
since then the longest break was 7 years between Carew and Yount, but since Yount there have been 15 more players who have joined (in 26 years).
― omar little, Thursday, 18 April 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
Miggy may suck now, but he'll make it to 3000 with ease. all he has to do is eke out 60 hits a year between now and the end of his contract
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 18 April 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
i guess it all depends on how much he wants the 3k and how long the Tigers will run him out there regularly...
― omar little, Thursday, 18 April 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
i suppose, but then he only had 40 last year. i can see him rupturing more things than his biceps in the years to come
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 April 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
the tigers are 9-9 and shane greene has earned the save in all their wins
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 April 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
Cabrera would do well to retire, but if he gets another 100 hits this year, I'd say he makes it with relative ease.
― clemenza, Friday, 19 April 2019 00:02 (five years ago) link
Agree with Andrus on both counts: best bet from the middle group, but not a good one. There are so many relatively anonymous middle infielders who hit ~30 with ~1500 hits; if they haven't had star seasons by that point, they just don't last long enough. (I did mention Andrus on the underrated thread the other day, though.) I've been fooled many times.
I'd say yes to Trout and Altuve, then I think you drop down to Acuna, Albies, and Soto.
― clemenza, Friday, 19 April 2019 00:08 (five years ago) link
Check that, there's also another group nestled between Trout/Altuve and the three young guys: Betts, Lindor, Bogarts, etc. I'm sure at least one of those guys will make a run at 3,000.
― clemenza, Friday, 19 April 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
Mets are the first NL team in more than 110 years to have three pitchers homer in the first 25 games of a season.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
The Cubs are the first team since the Blue Jays in 2010 to hit multiple 2 out, 3 run homers (or better) in the same inning.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 April 2019 02:40 (five years ago) link