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Most Home Runs in a season by a Shortstop Longest Batting Streak in games played as a Catcher All 89 HR allowed by Anaheim vs. LHB in 2006 October 11, 2008October 11th…Big Day For Big EdUsing Play Index to find great starts for pitchers in the post-season, I noticed that the best game pitched, on this date (October 11th), probably belongs to Big Ed Walsh - with the game being Game 3 of the 1906 World Series between the White Sox and the Cubs. (His effort was 3 baserunners over a perfect game.) The attendance that day? According to the boxscore, it was 13,667. Then again, the ballpark only held 16,000. 3 hits in a post-season game by a pitcherBrett Myers did it last night. Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Brett Myers 2008-10-10 NLCS 2 PHI LAD W 8-5 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 2 Dontrelle Willis 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 FLA SFG W 7-6 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 3 Orel Hershiser 1988-10-16 WS 2 LAD OAK W 6-0 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 4 Art Nehf 1924-10-04 WS 1 NYG @WSH W 4-3 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 5 Dutch Ruether 1919-10-01 WS 1 CIN CHW W 9-1 4 3 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 6 Rube Foster 1915-10-09 WS 2 BOS @PHI W 2-1 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 7 Charley Hall 1912-10-15 WS 7 BOS NYG L 4-11 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 8 Jack Coombs 1910-10-20 WS 3 PHA @CHC W 12-5 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9th P October 6, 2008Players Weigh UpI knew that this was a trend, but I didn’t realize how sharp a trend it was. Number of MLB players weighing 250 lbs. or more. 2008 23 Prince Fielder / Jose Valverde / Tyler Walker / Bobby Jenks / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Boof Bonser / Carlos Zambrano / Justin Masterson / Nick Blackburn / Adam Russell / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / Jason Botts / Chris Britton / Jeff Fulchino / Brad Nelson / Bartolo Colon / Chad Paronto / Jeff Niemann / Eddie Kunz / Jason Hirsh / Ryan Bukvich 2006 19 Prince Fielder / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Bobby Jenks / Andrew Sisco / Chad Paronto / Chris Britton / Jose Valverde / Carlos Zambrano / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / Tyler Walker / Jason Botts / Boof Bonser / Bartolo Colon / Jason Hirsh / Joel Guzman / Colter Bean / Jeff Fulchino 2007 18 Prince Fielder / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Bobby Jenks / Jose Valverde / Jason Botts / Ryan Bukvich / Chad Paronto / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Boof Bonser / Chris Young / Andrew Sisco / Bartolo Colon / Jason Hirsh / Joel Guzman / Tyler Walker / Jonathan Albaladejo 2005 17 Andrew Sisco / Tyler Walker / J.J. Putz / Jose Valverde / Prince Fielder / Carlos Zambrano / Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Bobby Jenks / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / J.J. Davis / Walter Young / Jason Botts / Calvin Pickering / Ryan Bukvich / Colter Bean 2004 13 Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Tyler Walker / Bucky Jacobsen / Calvin Pickering / Bartolo Colon / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Jose Valverde / J.J. Davis / Ryan Bukvich / Chris Young / Jeff D'Amico 2003 10 Frank Thomas / Jose Valverde / Bartolo Colon / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Jeff D'Amico / J.J. Davis / Ryan Bukvich / Chad Paronto / J.J. Putz 2002 10 Frank Thomas / C.C. Sabathia / Carlos Zambrano / Chad Paronto / Jeff D'Amico / Rich Garces / Ryan Bukvich / Bartolo Colon / J.J. Davis / Tyler Walker 2001 9 Rich Garces / Bartolo Colon / C.C. Sabathia / Chad Paronto / Frank Thomas / Calvin Pickering / Bobby Munoz / Jeff D'Amico / Carlos Zambrano 1999 7 Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Calvin Pickering / Steve Rain / Jeff Juden / Jeff D'Amico 1998 6 Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Calvin Pickering / Bobby Munoz / Jeff Juden 1997 6 Frank Thomas / Jeff D'Amico / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Bobby Munoz / Jeff Juden 2000 5 Frank Thomas / Rich Garces / Steve Rain / Bartolo Colon / Jeff D'Amico 1996 5 Frank Thomas / Rich Garces / Jeff Juden / Jeff D'Amico / Bobby Munoz 1995 5 Frank Thomas / Jeff Juden / Sam Horn / Rich Garces / Bobby Munoz 1993 5 Frank Thomas / Bobby Munoz / Sam Horn / Rich Garces / Jeff Juden 1994 4 Frank Thomas / Bobby Munoz / Willie Smith / Jeff Juden 1990 4 Sam Horn / Frank Thomas / Chuck Malone / Rich Garces 1991 3 Frank Thomas / Sam Horn / Jeff Juden 1989 3 Joey Meyer / Sam Horn / Tim Stoddard 1988 3 Joey Meyer / Tim Stoddard / Sam Horn In every other season there were no more than 2. Of course there are many different reasons that a player can weigh that much… Here are the teams with the most in 2008. 2008 NL Milwaukee Brewers 3 Prince Fielder / C.C. Sabathia / Brad Nelson 2008 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Justin Masterson / Bartolo Colon 2008 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Bobby Jenks / Adam Russell 2008 NL Houston Astros 2 Jose Valverde / Chad Paronto 2008 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Boof Bonser / Nick Blackburn 2008 AL Baltimore Orioles 1 Ryan Bukvich 2008 NL Chicago Cubs 1 Carlos Zambrano 2008 AL Cleveland Indians 1 C.C. Sabathia 2008 NL Colorado Rockies 1 Jason Hirsh 2008 AL Kansas City Royals 1 Jeff Fulchino 2008 NL New York Mets 1 Eddie Kunz 2008 AL New York Yankees 1 Chris Britton 2008 AL Oakland Athletics 1 Frank Thomas 2008 NL San Diego Padres 1 Chris Young 2008 AL Seattle Mariners 1 J.J. Putz 2008 NL San Francisco Giants 1 Tyler Walker 2008 AL Tampa Bay Rays 1 Jeff Niemann 2008 AL Texas Rangers 1 Jason Botts 2008 AL Toronto Blue Jays 1 Frank Thomas Most games played at cleanupReader kingturtle pointed out in the suggestions that Justin Morneau played all 163 of the Twins’ games this year as the cleanup hitter. Here are the leaders since 1956, in terms of games played in one year at cleanup: Year Games Link to Individual Games -----------------+----+-----+------------------------- Justin Morneau 2008 163 Ind. Games Ron Santo 1963 162 Ind. Games Eddie Murray 1984 162 Ind. Games Cecil Fielder 1991 162 Ind. Games Carlos Delgado 2000 162 Ind. Games Rocky Colavito 1965 162 Ind. Games Don Baylor 1979 162 Ind. Games Joe Torre 1971 161 Ind. Games Carlos Lee 2005 161 Ind. Games Carlos Delgado 2003 161 Ind. Games Rocky Colavito 1961 161 Ind. Games Bobby Bonilla 1989 161 Ind. Games Albert Belle 1997 161 Ind. Games Albert Belle 1999 161 Ind. Games Red Sox Make It A Gang Of TenIf I’m using Play Index correctly, last night…er, make that early this morning…when the Red Sox lost, at Fenway, to the Angels in 12 innings, it was just the 10th time in baseball history that a team lost a home game in the post-season where they played 12 innings or more. The others: Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs ERA +----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+ 1 2005-10-25 WS 3 HOU CHW L 5-7 14 14 7 7 9 11 2 237 149 6 0 64 53 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 8 4.50 2 1999-10-08 NLDS 3 HOU ATL L 3-5 12 12 5 5 5 18 1 197 129 0 0 51 46 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3.75 3 1998-10-07 ALCS 2 NYY CLE L 1-4 12 8 4 4 4 9 1 196 126 3 2 47 42 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.00 4 1996-10-05 ALDS 4 CLE BAL L 3-4 12 14 4 4 3 23 3 211 134 2 0 53 50 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.00 5 1988-10-09 NLCS 4 NYM LAD L 4-5 12 7 5 5 6 10 2 173 112 2 0 49 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 3.75 6 1986-10-15 NLCS 6 HOU NYM L 6-7 16 11 7 7 8 11 0 236 145 2 2 64 54 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 5 3.94 7 1973-10-14 WS 2 OAK NYM L 7-10 12 15 10 5 4 10 2 8 7 61 54 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.75 8 1973-10-09 NLCS 4 NYM CIN L 1-2 12 8 2 2 5 7 2 1 0 48 42 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1.50 9 1924-10-04 WS 1 WSH NYG L 3-4 12 14 4 3 6 12 2 51 43 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.25 Games found: 9. October 3, 2008HR streaks to start the post-seasonHere are the leaders for most consecutive games with a homer to start the post-season. So this doesn’t count each series separately, but rather the first series that a given player played in each year. StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Juan Gonzalez 1996-10-01 1996-10-05 4 16 5 7 0 0 5 9 2 3 0 0 .438 .526 1.375 1.901 TEX Jeffrey Leonard 1987-10-06 1987-10-10 4 13 5 7 0 0 4 5 1 2 0 0 .538 .625 1.462 2.087 SFG Bengie Molina 2005-10-04 2005-10-07 3 11 4 5 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 .455 .500 1.273 1.773 LAA Hank Aaron 1969-10-04 1969-10-06 3 14 3 5 2 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 .357 .357 1.143 1.500 ATL Hank Bauer 1958-10-01 1958-10-04 3 13 4 7 0 0 3 7 2 0 0 0 .538 .538 1.231 1.769 NYY Johnny Mize 1952-10-03 1952-10-05 3 9 3 4 1 0 3 5 1 1 0 0 .444 .500 1.556 2.056 NYY Matt Holliday 2007-10-03 2007-10-04 2 9 2 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 COL So Taguchi 2006-10-07 2006-10-13 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 STL Javy Lopez 2002-10-02 2002-10-03 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 1.125 1.500 ATL Troy Glaus 2002-10-01 2002-10-02 2 9 3 4 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 .444 .444 1.444 1.888 ANA Derek Jeter 2002-10-01 2002-10-02 2 7 4 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 .714 .778 1.571 2.349 NYY Jim Thome 1999-10-06 1999-10-07 2 7 3 2 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 .286 .375 1.143 1.518 CLE Ken Caminiti 1999-10-05 1999-10-06 2 7 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 .571 .625 1.429 2.054 HOU Shane Spencer 1998-09-30 1998-10-02 2 6 3 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 NYY Derek Jeter 1997-09-30 1997-10-02 2 9 3 4 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 .444 .500 1.111 1.611 NYY Brady Anderson 1996-10-01 1996-10-02 2 9 3 4 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .444 .400 1.111 1.511 BAL Ken Griffey 1995-10-03 1995-10-04 2 11 4 5 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 .455 .417 1.273 1.690 SEA Marquis Grissom 1995-10-03 1995-10-04 2 11 3 4 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 .364 .364 1.273 1.637 ATL Ruben Sierra 1995-10-03 1995-10-04 2 12 2 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .833 1.083 NYY Kevin Mitchell 1989-10-04 1989-10-05 2 9 4 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.222 1.778 SFG Jose Canseco 1988-10-05 1988-10-06 2 8 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 OAK Dan Ford 1979-10-03 1979-10-04 2 9 2 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 1.222 1.666 CAL Davey Lopes 1978-10-04 1978-10-05 2 9 3 6 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.334 LAD Joe Morgan 1972-10-07 1972-10-08 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 .375 .444 1.125 1.569 CIN Harmon Killebrew 1970-10-03 1970-10-04 2 8 2 3 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 .375 .444 1.125 1.569 MIN +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Dusty Rhodes 1954-09-29 1954-09-30 2 3 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 NYG Mickey Cochrane 1930-10-01 1930-10-02 2 6 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 PHA Jimmie Foxx 1929-10-08 1929-10-09 2 9 3 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.333 1.889 PHA Casey Stengel 1923-10-10 1923-10-12 2 6 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 .500 .625 1.500 2.125 NYG Manny Ramirez has homered in the first two games this year (although he doesn’t show up on the above list as of yet.) He has a chance to become just the 7th player to homer in his first 3 post-season games of a particular season if he goes deep again against the Cubs in Game 3 of the NLDS. October 2, 2008Bat Days In OctoberEvan Longoria, in today’s ALDS game between the Rays and Chisox had three hits - including two homers. Which player has the most post-season games in his career where he had three (or more) hits with two (or more) of them being for extra bases? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder, here’s the leaders with such games: Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Reggie Jackson 6 Ind. Games Bernie Williams 4 Ind. Games Duke Snider 3 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 3 Ind. Games Babe Ruth 3 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 3 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 3 Ind. Games Trot Nixon 3 Ind. Games Fred McGriff 3 Ind. Games Jeff Kent 3 Ind. Games Andruw Jones 3 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 3 Ind. Games Billy Hatcher 3 Ind. Games Steve Garvey 3 Ind. Games Jack Barry 3 Ind. Games Roberto Alomar 3 Ind. Games I guess Reggie really wasn’t kidding with that “Mr. October” thing? 2 HR in first post-season gameEvan Longoria already has 2 HR for the Rays today. Here are all the other players with 2 HR in their first post-season game (nobody as of this writing has ever had 3…): StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Todd Walker 2003-10-01 2003-10-01 1 5 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 2.000 2.800 BOS Troy Glaus 2002-10-01 2002-10-01 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 ANA Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-10-05 1999-10-05 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.600 2.000 NYM B.J. Surhoff 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 BAL Ken Griffey 1995-10-03 1995-10-03 1 5 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.800 2.400 SEA Chipper Jones 1995-10-03 1995-10-03 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.600 2.000 ATL Gary Gaetti 1987-10-07 1987-10-07 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 .667 .750 2.667 3.417 MIN Ted Kluszewski 1959-10-01 1959-10-01 1 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 2.250 3.000 CHW September 30, 2008The Jeter MeterHere’s a random yet fun slice of the big baseball pie via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batting Game Finder… Since 1956, players with the most games where they reached base 2+ times within the first 1,985 games of their career: Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Wade Boggs 1180 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1179 Ind. Games Rickey Henderson 1169 Ind. Games Edgar Martinez 1136 Ind. Games Jeff Bagwell 1134 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 1120 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 1116 Ind. Games Joe Morgan 1108 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 1107 Ind. Games Chipper Jones 1102 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 1087 Ind. Games Jim Thome 1079 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 1077 Ind. Games Carl Yastrzemski 1072 Ind. Games Pete Rose 1072 Ind. Games Tim Raines 1071 Ind. Games Bernie Williams 1062 Ind. Games John Olerud 1062 Ind. Games Frank Robinson 1061 Ind. Games Paul Molitor 1053 Ind. Games Tony Gwynn 1052 Ind. Games Craig Biggio 1052 Ind. Games Mark Grace 1048 Ind. Games Rod Carew 1039 Ind. Games Roberto Alomar 1028 Ind. Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Say what you want about Derek Jeter…but, you can’t say that he doesn’t reach base…and often. (And, yes, I used 1,985 games since that’s the number of games that Jeter has played in his career, so far.) September 29, 2008Mets Made Of Iron, But Sink AnywayThe 2008 Mets have become just the 7th team in baseball history to have four players on their team appear in 159+games in the same season. Here’s the list via B-R.com PI: Year Lg Team Number Players Matching +----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+ 2008 NL New York Mets 4 Carlos Beltran / David Wright / Carlos Delgado / Jose Reyes 1968 NL Chicago Cubs 4 Billy Williams / Ron Santo / Don Kessinger / Randy Hundley 1965 NL Cincinnati Reds 4 Pete Rose / Deron Johnson / Vada Pinson / Tommy Harper 1964 NL St. Louis Cardinals 4 Ken Boyer / Curt Flood / Dick Groat / Bill White 1962 AL Los Angeles Angels 4 Leon Wagner / Albie Pearson / Lee Thomas / Billy Moran 1962 NL San Francisco Giants 4 Jose Pagan / Willie Mays / Orlando Cepeda / Chuck Hiller 1961 AL Detroit Tigers 4 Rocky Colavito / Jake Wood / Bill Bruton / Norm Cash |