Luke Voit hit a game-ending sacrifice fly leading off the 10th inning
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 September 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
Cavan Biggio is the 7th player (since stolen bases became an official stat) to steal 20 bases without being caught to begin a career.#BlueJays— Rodney Hiemstra (@therodbot) September 18, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 September 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
SABR-approved percentage
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 September 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
From Jon Couture:
Jon Lester, regular season with Red Sox: .636 winning pct. (110-63), 3.64 ERAJon Lester, regular season with Cubs: .636 winning pct. (77-44), 3.64 ERA
― clemenza, Sunday, 1 November 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
who led MLB in HR, RBI, and Runs from 1950-1959?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 November 2020 06:33 (three years ago) link
ugh, a hint: not MLB, but just one of the leagues. this player was 1st in MLB in 2 of the categories, and 2nd in MLB in the other
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 November 2020 06:37 (three years ago) link
I know this because this player played in 3* different HOME stadiums during this stretch. He would have had even better numbers if his team had stayed put.
*Kind of a trick question but I'm shameless: Name all 3
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
Ebbetts, the LA Coliseum, and...?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
For some reason I watched his HOF speech last night (maybe the first one I’ve ever sat all the way through?)He spent the entire speech telling stories about teammates and family, it was great
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
It was used for 15 "home" games by the Brooklyn Dodgers during their last two seasons in Brooklyn – seven in 1956 and eight in 1957.[7] The games were played partly as a negotiating tactic with the Borough of Brooklyn, in pursuit of a new stadium to replace Ebbets Field.[8] While it had just 24,000 seats as opposed to Ebbets Field's 31,497, Roosevelt Stadium had 10,000 parking spaces compared to Ebbets Field's 700. The Dodgers' negotiation came to naught, and the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Stadium#Sports
Incredible to think back at how much power BigAuto used to have.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
(Dodger Stadium has 16k parking spaces... if you've ever gone to a game there you'll never forget the hour plus spent coming in & out Chavez Ravine).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Don't know where to put this--it's not an occurrence, it is trivial.
Posnanski mentioned Alex Gordon today, so I was looking at the 2005 draft (Gordon was drafted second). Within the first 11 picks, there were three guys who seemed like a very good bet for the HOF at one point midway through their careers, then all three, for one reason or another, fell off a cliff: Ryan Braun, Troy Tulowitzki, and Andrew McCutchen. (Two are still active, and McCutchen's playing reasonably well at 33, but he'd have to stage some kind of a comeback to make up for time wasted.) Justin Upton, and Ryan Zimmerman were also in the top 11--add Gordon, and that's six guys between 30-50 WAR. I would think that counts as a strong draft, I don't know--the value is spread around, at least, rather than one or two imposing players.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 March 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
6 of top 11 with 30/50 WARs is extremely impressive, i would think! tough to comprehensively compare that draft year until all the players from it are retired, but that's gotta be up there for a top 10 cumulative WAR
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
Found this piece, which counts 2005 as the best ("sickest," actually, but I'm up on my lingo, so I know that means good) first-round ever, and the fifth-best overall. It was written in 2012, though, when the three headed-for-the-Hall guys were all at their peak--might get a bit of a downgrade today. But it does seem to be one of the best ever.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1462043-which-mlb-draft-class-is-the-best-of-all-time
― clemenza, Monday, 8 March 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Looking at their rankings today, think I'd go with the '85 class as the best (third on their list). Bonds, Randy Johnson, Larkin, Smoltz, Palmeiro--wow. And Will Clark still may make the HOF one day via the Veteran's Committee.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 March 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
i knew that pitchers sucked at hitting. i didn't realize they suck a little more each year!
https://i.imgur.com/snOJv8M.png
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
(xposts) The first round of the 2011 draft is looking pretty great right now. All mid-career, among the first 11 picks: Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer, Anthony Rendon, Francisco Lindor, George Springer.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
I love to get excited about Opening Day starters, especially when they have outings that could be mistaken for bad openers. 1.1 IP, 6 R for Brad Keller (KC), 0.1 IP, 5 R for Kyle Gibson (TEX) https://t.co/e2rmJurMR7— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) April 1, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
This is the Giants' first 10-run FIRST INNING since June 29, 1967 at the Cardinals, when they scored 11 in the 1stScoring summary from that inning ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/shoem2nEZD— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 4, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
Is this what they mean by a "counting stat"?
https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2021/5/6/22422240/blue-jays-pitchers-matz-kay-ray-ryu-ties-mlb-name-record
― clemenza, Friday, 7 May 2021 03:49 (two years ago) link
just wait until the diamondbacks promote the Ng quadruplets
― ✖, Friday, 7 May 2021 05:45 (two years ago) link
How do you hit .000 and match Babe Ruth in the record books?You do what White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal just did -- go 0-for-3 with 13 walks in four games. With the strange stat line, Grandal joined the Bambino (1930) as the only players in American League history to walk 13 or more times in a four-game span.If you add in the National League, you're only going to add one more player to the list -- Bryce Harper, who accomplished the feat in 2016.
You do what White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal just did -- go 0-for-3 with 13 walks in four games. With the strange stat line, Grandal joined the Bambino (1930) as the only players in American League history to walk 13 or more times in a four-game span.
If you add in the National League, you're only going to add one more player to the list -- Bryce Harper, who accomplished the feat in 2016.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 May 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
wow, grandal's current line is:
.121/.388/.259
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 May 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
Carlos Martínez, a nine-year veteran, raised his career ERA from 3.55 to 3.64 in less than an inning.— Foolish Baseball (@FoolishBB) June 3, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
It was a tough day
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 June 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
yankees (taillon) vs red sox (eovaldi) today is the first MLB game in which both starters have had multiple tommy johns
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 July 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
Since 1901, the Twins are just the 4th team to hit 7 HR in a 9-inning game and lose.White Sox (6/25/16 vs Blue Jays)Tigers (8/8/04 vs Red Sox)Tigers (5/28/95 vs White Sox)https://t.co/fHLzbRR4BO— Stathead (@Stathead) July 28, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
OK I’m interrupting my vacation one more time for this incredible tidbit.2 teams in the last 100 years had scored in the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th innings of any game. And then last night 2 teams did it in the same game! #Royals #YankeesBaseball!Now back to the beach— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) August 10, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
HISTORY at Dodger Stadium: Austin Adams ties the all-time record for hit batters in a season in the modern era (21) by plunking Will Smith in the ninth inning. He's done it in 47 2/3 innings. Most recent guy to hit 21 (Kerry Wood in '03) needed 211— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) September 12, 2021
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 September 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
Paul Goldschmidt is now the all-time leader in hits for a player born in Delaware with 1,549. He surpassed Delino DeShields with that double.That makes him first in hits for the First State.#Cardinals #stlcards #MLB— Derrick S. Goold (@dgoold) September 15, 2021
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 04:18 (two years ago) link
Gavin Sheets with a hit off Lance McCullers, Jr., radio broadcast just said there's family history as Gavin's dad Larry had a hit off Lance McCullers, Sr.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
Terrance Gore:- 102 MLB career games- 0 career Home Runs- 1 career RBI- 2 career Doubles- 3 World Series rings. He has more World Series rings than Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, and Mike Trout combined (2).@LoCronitaTV pic.twitter.com/IwRVNwUHiH— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) November 3, 2021
― na (NA), Thursday, 4 November 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link
guy's a winner
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 November 2021 00:52 (two years ago) link
amazing!
― just staying (Karl Malone), Thursday, 4 November 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
102 games, 77 PAs, 3 world series rings
0 HRs
2022 is official terrance gore HR watch imo
― just staying (Karl Malone), Thursday, 4 November 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
in 2016, with the royals, in 27 games he finished with .000/.000/.000 and 0.4 fWAR, due to his defense
― just staying (Karl Malone), Thursday, 4 November 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
Terrance Gore WS-Ring Watch.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 November 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
extrapolated over a full 162 game season, he would be .000.000.000 and 2.0 fWAR
Amazing that teams manage to find space for a player like him in an era of 12 and 13-man pitching staffs.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 4 November 2021 12:11 (two years ago) link
ya well how else are they gonna win a WS?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 4 November 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
Jays tried this with Munenori Kawasaki, didn't take.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 November 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
Roel Ramírez has made two big-league pitching appearances, one each in 2020 and 2021 with the St. Louis Cardinals. The 26-year-old right-hander — now in the New York Mets organization — has been charged with nine earned runs in one inning of work. Ramirez’s 81.00 currently ranks as the highest in the modern era among pitchers who have recorded at least three outs.
hell yeah
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 January 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
I wonder how Yu Darvish's two starts stack up historically in the schizophrenia department:
1st: 6.0 IP, 0 runs, 0 hits, 4 walks, 3 K, GS of 712nd: 1.2 IP, 9 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks, 2 K, GS of 3
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:22 (two years ago) link
Bo Bichette's go-ahead grand slam tonight was his first; also the 25th anniversary of Carlos Delgado's first slam.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 01:39 (one year ago) link
take that, chicago
COAST TO COAST 📈For the first time in MLB history, all four LA and NY teams are leading their respective divisions. pic.twitter.com/1t729bcd0a— ESPN (@espn) May 4, 2022
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 May 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
The Orioles are now 0-6 when Anthony Santander hits multiple HR in a game -- Santander is the only player in MLB history to lose the first 6 multi-HR games of his career. pic.twitter.com/E2e26g6siW— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 17, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
The Braves' bid to win 15 in a row falls short as the Cubs become the first club since 1999 to beat a team with a 10+ game winning streak while on a 10+ game losing streak.
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 June 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
This is so ephemeral it's not even an occurrence, but I noticed that Machado, Devers, and Ramirez are 1-2-3 on Fangraphs' WAR list today. Those are arguably the three most underappreciated players in baseball, all at the same position.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
Starting next year, every team will play each other for at least one series per year. So I got to thinking who has hit a home run in every park, and came up with this list. Currently no active player has done it. https://www.quora.com/Who-has-hit-a-home-run-in-every-active-MLB-park
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 23 June 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
Maybe we need a thread that's an ILB version of Greil Marcus's "Real Life Top 10":
https://www.mlb.com/news/billie-eilish-wears-jake-peavy-jersey
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 December 2023 01:24 (three months ago) link
I saw this cos I follow Peavy on Instagram and he was so happy because his teenage son is a fan and it instantly made him cooler by proxy, lol. He said he was going to send her a signed shirt!
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 21 December 2023 05:57 (three months ago) link
Aaron Nola has thrown 10,000 fastballs in his career. 9 of them have been 96 MPH or faster. 3 of those 9 were thrown to his brother, Austin Nola. pic.twitter.com/8UPrrbEUf9— Baseball Dugout (@baseballdugout_) October 20, 2022
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 January 2024 04:42 (three months ago) link
Neat idea:
https://i.postimg.cc/kXZ7s0yW/salary.jpg
Six players who are in the HOF, one who will be (Freeman), one who might be (deGrom), plus A-Rod. Bob Feller's $82,500 would be worth all of $1,043,067.01 in 2023 dollars according to this:
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
Not too much over the minimum salary.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 February 2024 04:52 (two months ago) link
cousin dave <3
― mookieproof, Sunday, 4 February 2024 05:39 (two months ago) link
Matt Cain might have been the worst pitcher (including RP!) on the Giants that season which is frankly surprising.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 February 2024 06:15 (two months ago) link
the last Giant to have a 30HR season was… Barry Bonds in ‘04
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:52 (two months ago) link
Brandon Belt came closest in 2021. It’s a hard park for homers cos it’s pretty much limited to pull side hitting due to not only the park dimensions but also the marine layer iirc? As we know, there has never been a rhh splash hit and as for lefties going oppo…
L: the 97 HR hit 420+ feet by LHH at Oracle Park in the Statcast Era (since 2015) before tonightR: what Triston Casas just did https://t.co/NEB7B0GFPZ pic.twitter.com/GLVBe4qPcn— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) July 29, 2023
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 17:05 (two months ago) link
100% on park dims, also sea level altitude (>20 ft), high humidity, stadium shelter on 3B/LF side acts as a windshield when honestly there is almost always a strong afternoon breeze pulling straight out to RF... but park dims make this (& SD) a huge power drain (almost wrote dong drain, sorry).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:11 (two months ago) link
lol. On that note, you can go to sadly defunct twitter account would_it_dong and search Oracle to see all the moonshots that are described as “Only Oracle Park would have held that one in”https://twitter.com/would_it_dong
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:19 (two months ago) link
Relatedly, this infamous Red Sox twitter memehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fb1J5itX0AE_0p8?format=jpg&name=large
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:27 (two months ago) link
Fenway is god-tier park dims. <3<3<3
I believe I made a park dims thread...?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 21:01 (two months ago) link
I sure did!
S/D Unconventional Stadium Dimensions
I was looking at the NL ROTY for 2002 to see who finished above Mark Prior (not saying he should have won it, but wanted to see if I recognised any of the names). Look at the guy who finished in 4th! Negative WAR, league-high walks(106 in 154 innings), WHIP of 1.578 (Prior’s was 1.166). What on earth was going on there?https://i.postimg.cc/J4Dvykkt/IMG-6367.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 17:56 (one month ago) link
14 wins as a rookie and had a gruesome end of season injury which may have lent some sympathy votes.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:15 (one month ago) link
Steve Shasta…You are unreal
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:34 (one month ago) link
lollin'~q
...pardon my ignorance. When did you start posting on ILX gyac? I created this subboard 21 years ago (!) when I had tons of free time and we could have used more quality posters such as yourself.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:35 (one month ago) link
Firstly!Secondly, I had to check, 2011? But I only got into baseball in 2022. I’m trying very hard to make up for lost time though! One day we will meet and pore over your big book of player injuries together 🫡🫡🫡
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:57 (one month ago) link
Yes please!
HEALTH IS WEALTH
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 March 2024 23:11 (one month ago) link
(aw, thanks for the kind words too!)
Was WAR around in 2002? I know there was an earlier version at some point--VORP--but I don't think it was. A couple of the awards that year were obvious--Bonds and Johnson--but Tejada winning MVP over A-Rod suggests voting was still pretty old-school.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 March 2024 23:44 (one month ago) link
No idea, and I’m not even a WAR believer tbh (it’s just one stat of many & I personally cbf thinking about the different kinds), but I just mentioned it as shorthand for a negative WAR (for a reliever, no less!) being reflective of some less than shining performances.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 23:51 (one month ago) link
I think it's a great tool for narrowing the field and making sure there's never a Baylor/Burroughs-type winner again. (And honestly, you don't need WAR for that.) But I'm far from a true believer. I like a little narrative in the mix!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 00:37 (one month ago) link
If you want to feel really old: Kent Tekulve turns 77 today.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 16:03 (one month ago) link
thought he'd be older
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 17:08 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Zp1C3Dt.jpeg
I wonder if his arm even works these days...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:26 (one month ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVGks-UU0AIl4VC?format=jpg&name=small
― francisF, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 03:06 (one month ago) link
According to noted White Sox stats poster Jay Cuda, they are only the second team in baseball history to have--take a deep breath--zero runs, zero walks, zero extra-base hits, and 10 or more strikeouts in an Opening Day game. The previous instance was in 1967, when the San Francisco Giants faced Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals.
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 March 2024 20:10 (three weeks ago) link
Tbf they should definitely have had a walk going by the scorecard
#OpeningDayUmpire: Brian O'NoraFinal: Tigers 1, White Sox 0#RepDetroit // #WhiteSox#DETvsCWS // #CWSvsDETMore stats for this game 👇https://t.co/fASdPcVOMs pic.twitter.com/uFV9X0FshR— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) March 29, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 29 March 2024 20:40 (three weeks ago) link
Tyler Anderson vs. Chase Anderson--that seems worth noting.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 April 2024 00:09 (one week ago) link
the astros' manager and the orioles' manager are brothers-in-law because their wives are sisters
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:34 (one week ago) link
the list of current active leaders in shutouts includes a guy near the top whom i forgot existed.
Clayton Kershaw - 15Justin Verlander - 9
tied for third place --
Gerrit Cole - 5Max Scherzer - 5Shelby Miller - 5
― omar little, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:55 (five days ago) link
reminds me what a different time we're in, Tim Belcher (career w-l of 146-140, ERA of 4.16) tossed 18 shutouts and even if we take away the 8(!) he threw in 1989*, he'd still rank second among active dudes now.
― omar little, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:59 (five days ago) link