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January 7, 2009
To me, the most surprising thing about Andruw Jones’ very poor 2008 season is how unprecedented it was. Although it’s rare for players to hit so poorly, it’s usually at the beginning or end of their career and rarely does it cover more than 200 AB.
Here are the 25 times in history a guy at least as old as Jones had an OPS+ as low as 34 in a season with at least 200 ABs:
Cnt Player Year AB OPS+ Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Andruw Jones 2008 209 34 31 LAD NL 75 238 21 33 8 1 3 14 27 0 76 1 0 1 5 0 1 .158 .256 .249 .505 *8/D
2 Tomas Perez 2006 241 32 32 TBD AL 99 254 31 51 12 0 2 16 5 0 44 0 4 4 3 1 0 .212 .224 .286 .510 564/937
3 Luis Sojo 1996 287 32 31 TOT AL 95 308 23 63 10 1 1 21 11 0 17 1 8 1 10 2 2 .220 .250 .272 .522 456
4 Felix Fermin 1995 200 20 31 SEA AL 73 219 21 39 6 0 0 15 6 0 6 4 8 1 7 2 0 .195 .232 .225 .457 *64
5 Tony Pena 1993 304 32 36 BOS AL 126 347 20 55 11 0 4 19 25 0 46 2 13 3 12 1 3 .181 .246 .257 .503 *2
6 Al Newman 1991 246 30 31 MIN AL 118 278 25 47 5 0 0 19 23 0 21 1 5 3 5 4 5 .191 .260 .211 .471 645/D37
7 Bud Harrelson 1977 269 34 33 NYM NL 107 305 25 48 6 2 1 12 27 1 28 1 7 1 3 5 4 .178 .255 .227 .482 *6
8 Jerry Zimmerman 1967 234 26 32 MIN AL 104 267 13 39 3 0 1 12 22 5 49 2 8 1 8 0 1 .167 .243 .192 .435 *2
9 Bob Lillis 1961 239 22 31 TOT NL 105 256 24 51 4 0 0 22 8 2 14 2 5 2 8 3 3 .213 .243 .230 .473 *64
10 Willy Miranda 1957 314 30 31 BAL AL 115 349 29 61 3 0 0 20 24 2 42 0 8 3 5 2 1 .194 .249 .204 .453 *6
11 Pete Suder 1954 205 34 38 PHA AL 69 215 8 41 11 1 0 16 7 0 16 0 2 1 6 0 0 .200 .225 .263 .488 *45/6
12 Pete Castiglione 1953 211 33 32 TOT NL 112 227 23 42 4 1 4 24 7 0 19 1 8 0 7 1 1 .199 .228 .284 .512 *5
13 Mike Guerra 1951 246 32 38 TOT AL 82 270 21 48 2 1 1 22 22 0 23 0 2 0 8 5 4 .195 .261 .224 .485 *2
14 Bob Ramazzotti 1949 203 12 32 TOT NL 70 214 15 36 3 1 1 9 5 0 36 0 6 0 10 9 0 .177 .197 .217 .414 *5
15 Rollie Hemsley 1942 200 34 35 TOT ML 67 211 19 38 4 3 0 22 9 0 20 0 2 0 3 1 0 .190 .225 .240 .465 *2
16 Ray Berres 1940 261 31 32 TOT NL 106 289 14 50 4 1 0 16 19 0 20 0 9 0 7 0 0 .192 .246 .215 .461 *2
17 Luke Sewell 1938 211 32 37 CHW AL 65 236 23 45 4 1 0 27 20 0 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 .213 .284 .242 .526 *2
18 Hughie Critz 1935 219 19 34 NYG NL 65 227 19 41 0 3 2 14 3 0 10 0 5 0 4 2 0 .187 .198 .242 .440 *4
19 Ed Gagnier 1914 337 30 32 BTT FL 94 360 22 63 12 2 0 25 13 0 24 1 9 0 0 8 0 .187 .219 .234 .453 *6/5
20 Bill Bergen 1911 227 -4 33 BRO NL 84 250 8 30 3 1 0 10 14 0 42 0 9 0 0 2 0 .132 .183 .154 .337 *2
21 Bill Bergen 1910 249 6 32 BRO NL 89 273 11 40 2 1 0 14 6 0 39 0 18 0 0 0 0 .161 .180 .177 .357 *2
22 Bill Bergen 1909 346 1 31 BRO NL 112 372 16 48 1 1 1 15 10 0 0 0 16 0 0 4 0 .139 .163 .156 .319 *2
23 Billy Sullivan 1909 265 29 34 CHW AL 97 302 11 43 3 0 0 16 17 0 0 5 15 0 0 9 0 .162 .226 .174 .400 *2
24 Malachi Kittridge 1905 238 33 35 WSH AL 77 263 16 39 8 0 0 14 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 .164 .213 .197 .410 *2
25 Jack Ryan 1902 267 31 33 STL NL 76 284 23 48 4 4 0 14 4 0 0 1 12 0 0 2 0 .180 .195 .225 .420 *2/3546
I expected to see at least a few aging star veterans, but the list is really unimpressive. Certainly nobody had as good a career as Jones before their dreadful career, nor did anybody do much of anything afterwards. But the bigger point is that Jones has sunked down to an offensive level of players that were, at best, marginal hitters for their entire careers.
I leave you below with the 64 seasons where a player the same age as Jones or younger did as badly over at least 200 ABs. All the age-31 seasons are repeated on this list as with the one above. Similar deal here…I had hoped for Jones’ sake to see some young guys who rebounded later in their careers, but that’s simply not the case. Most of these guys were never again able to amass 200 AB in a season because they were so bad offensively.
Cnt Player Year AB OPS+ Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Andruw Jones 2008 209 34 31 LAD NL 75 238 21 33 8 1 3 14 27 0 76 1 0 1 5 0 1 .158 .256 .249 .505 *8/D
2 Tony Pena 2008 225 7 27 KCR AL 95 235 22 38 4 1 1 14 6 2 49 0 2 2 4 3 1 .169 .189 .209 .398 *6/1
3 Enrique Wilson 2001 228 34 27 TOT ML 94 241 17 48 8 1 2 20 9 0 37 0 2 2 10 0 5 .211 .238 .281 .519 *654/D
4 Homer Bush 2000 297 33 27 TOR AL 76 325 38 64 8 0 1 18 18 0 60 5 4 1 10 9 4 .215 .271 .253 .524 *4
5 Eli Marrero 1999 317 33 25 STL NL 114 343 32 61 13 1 6 34 18 4 56 1 4 3 14 11 2 .192 .236 .297 .533 *23
6 Andy Sheets 1999 244 31 27 ANA AL 87 269 22 48 10 0 3 29 14 0 59 0 6 5 6 1 2 .197 .236 .275 .511 *6/45
7 Kevin Polcovich 1998 212 32 28 PIT NL 81 238 18 40 12 0 0 14 15 2 33 5 3 3 7 4 3 .189 .255 .245 .500 *64/5
8 Luis Sojo 1996 287 32 31 TOT AL 95 308 23 63 10 1 1 21 11 0 17 1 8 1 10 2 2 .220 .250 .272 .522 456
9 Felix Fermin 1995 200 20 31 SEA AL 73 219 21 39 6 0 0 15 6 0 6 4 8 1 7 2 0 .195 .232 .225 .457 *64
10 Kim Batiste 1994 209 34 26 PHI NL 64 214 17 49 6 0 1 13 1 0 32 1 1 2 11 1 1 .234 .239 .278 .517 *56
11 Juan Bell 1991 209 26 23 BAL AL 100 223 26 36 9 2 1 15 8 0 51 0 4 2 1 0 0 .172 .201 .249 .450 *46/7
12 Al Newman 1991 246 30 31 MIN AL 118 278 25 47 5 0 0 19 23 0 21 1 5 3 5 4 5 .191 .260 .211 .471 645/D37
13 Angel Salazar 1987 317 23 25 KCR AL 116 332 24 65 7 0 2 21 6 0 46 0 8 1 6 4 4 .205 .219 .246 .465 *6
14 George Wright 1985 363 33 26 TEX AL 109 393 21 69 13 0 2 18 25 5 49 0 3 2 9 4 7 .190 .241 .242 .483 *98/D
15 Ned Yost 1984 242 28 28 TEX AL 80 251 15 44 4 0 6 25 6 0 47 0 2 1 5 1 2 .182 .201 .273 .474 *2
16 Houston Jimenez 1984 298 32 26 MIN AL 108 317 28 60 11 1 0 19 15 0 34 0 2 2 7 0 1 .201 .238 .245 .483 *6
17 Tom Donohue 1980 218 28 27 CAL AL 84 230 18 41 4 1 2 14 7 0 63 1 3 1 0 5 1 .188 .216 .243 .459 *2
18 Luis Gomez 1980 278 26 28 ATL NL 121 307 18 53 6 0 0 24 17 2 27 1 10 1 9 0 4 .191 .239 .212 .451 *6
19 Mario Mendoza 1979 373 25 28 SEA AL 148 401 26 74 10 3 1 29 9 0 62 1 13 5 12 3 0 .198 .216 .249 .465 *6
20 Dave McKay 1977 274 32 27 TOR AL 95 293 18 54 4 3 3 22 7 0 51 2 9 1 9 2 1 .197 .222 .266 .488 456
21 Doug Flynn 1977 314 25 26 TOT NL 126 333 14 62 7 2 0 19 11 2 29 0 5 3 4 1 3 .197 .223 .232 .455 *645
22 Tom Veryzer 1977 350 30 24 DET AL 125 373 31 69 12 1 2 28 16 0 44 0 4 3 5 0 1 .197 .230 .254 .484 *6
23 Rob Picciolo 1977 419 31 24 OAK AL 148 446 35 84 12 3 2 22 9 0 55 1 14 3 8 1 4 .200 .218 .258 .476 *6
24 Jim Mason 1976 217 31 25 NYY AL 93 236 17 39 7 1 1 14 9 0 37 0 7 3 4 0 0 .180 .210 .235 .445 *6
25 Jim Mason 1975 223 26 24 NYY AL 94 251 17 34 3 2 2 16 22 0 49 0 5 1 10 0 2 .152 .228 .211 .439 *6/4
+----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
Cnt Player Year AB OPS+ Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
26 Rich Morales 1973 248 28 29 TOT ML 97 280 10 40 6 1 0 17 28 6 37 0 2 2 4 0 1 .161 .245 .194 .439 *46/5
27 John Vukovich 1971 217 15 23 PHI NL 74 233 11 36 5 0 0 14 12 1 34 1 1 2 4 2 1 .166 .211 .189 .400 *5
28 Danny Thompson 1970 302 32 23 MIN AL 96 318 25 66 9 0 0 22 7 0 39 0 6 3 6 0 0 .219 .234 .248 .482 *45/6
29 Ray Oyler 1968 215 20 29 DET AL 111 247 13 29 6 1 1 12 20 0 59 2 7 3 8 0 2 .135 .213 .186 .399 *6
30 Al Weis 1968 274 33 30 NYM NL 90 301 15 47 6 0 1 14 21 3 63 2 2 2 3 3 1 .172 .234 .204 .438 *64/5
31 Mike Ryan 1968 296 31 26 PHI NL 96 314 12 53 6 1 1 15 15 3 59 0 2 1 12 0 3 .179 .218 .216 .434 *2
32 Jerry Zimmerman 1961 204 29 26 CIN NL 76 222 8 42 5 0 0 10 11 0 21 2 4 1 10 1 1 .206 .252 .230 .482 *2
33 Bob Lillis 1961 239 22 31 TOT NL 105 256 24 51 4 0 0 22 8 2 14 2 5 2 8 3 3 .213 .243 .230 .473 *64
34 Willy Miranda 1957 314 30 31 BAL AL 115 349 29 61 3 0 0 20 24 2 42 0 8 3 5 2 1 .194 .249 .204 .453 *6
35 Del Young 1937 360 23 25 PHI NL 109 386 36 70 9 2 0 24 18 0 55 1 7 0 8 6 0 .194 .235 .231 .466 *4
36 Chile Gomez 1936 332 34 27 PHI NL 108 360 24 77 4 1 0 28 14 0 32 1 13 0 8 0 0 .232 .265 .250 .515 *46
37 Skeeter Newsome 1936 471 33 25 PHA AL 127 508 41 106 15 2 0 46 25 0 27 1 11 0 0 13 4 .225 .266 .265 .531 *6/475
38 Jim Levey 1933 529 24 26 SLB AL 141 567 43 103 10 4 2 36 26 0 68 3 9 0 0 4 6 .195 .237 .240 .477 *6
39 Jim McLeod 1933 232 27 24 PHI NL 67 251 20 45 6 1 0 15 12 0 25 1 6 0 4 1 0 .194 .237 .228 .465 *5/6
40 Art Scharein 1933 471 34 28 SLB AL 123 522 49 96 13 3 0 26 41 0 21 1 9 0 0 7 9 .204 .269 .244 .513 *56/4
41 Tommy Thevenow 1929 317 34 25 PHI NL 90 355 30 72 11 0 0 35 25 0 25 2 11 0 0 3 0 .227 .288 .262 .550 *6
42 Clyde Barnhart 1926 203 29 30 PIT NL 76 234 26 39 3 0 0 10 23 0 13 1 7 0 0 1 0 .192 .278 .207 .485 *7/9
43 Harry Pearce 1919 244 25 29 PHI NL 68 260 24 44 3 3 0 9 8 0 27 1 7 0 0 6 0 .180 .209 .217 .426 *46/5
44 Cy Perkins 1918 218 34 22 PHA AL 68 230 9 41 4 1 1 14 8 0 15 0 4 0 0 1 0 .188 .217 .229 .446 *2
45 Bert Adams 1918 227 21 27 PHI NL 84 247 10 40 4 0 0 12 10 0 26 1 9 0 0 5 0 .176 .214 .194 .408 *2
46 Walter Barbare 1915 246 32 23 CLE AL 77 274 15 47 3 1 0 11 10 0 27 4 14 0 0 6 5 .191 .235 .211 .446 *5/3
47 Mike Balenti 1913 211 29 26 SLB AL 70 227 17 38 2 4 0 11 6 0 32 1 9 0 0 3 0 .180 .206 .227 .433 *6/7
48 Charlie French 1910 210 32 26 TOT AL 54 229 21 36 2 1 0 7 11 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 0 .171 .223 .190 .413 *4
49 Bill Bergen 1909 346 1 31 BRO NL 112 372 16 48 1 1 1 15 10 0 0 0 16 0 0 4 0 .139 .163 .156 .319 *2
50 Bill Bergen 1908 302 31 30 BRO NL 99 320 8 53 8 2 0 15 5 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 0 .175 .189 .215 .404 *2
+----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
Cnt Player Year AB OPS+ Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
51 Charlie Armbruste 1906 201 34 25 BOS AL 72 231 9 29 6 1 0 6 25 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 .144 .242 .184 .426 *2/3
52 Bill Bergen 1906 353 16 28 BRO NL 103 372 9 56 3 3 0 19 7 0 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 .159 .175 .184 .359 *2
53 George Gibson 1906 259 33 25 PIT NL 81 282 8 46 6 1 0 20 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 .178 .225 .208 .433 *2
54 George McBride 1906 313 34 25 STL NL 90 338 24 53 8 2 0 13 17 0 0 1 7 0 0 5 0 .169 .215 .208 .423 *6
55 Fritz Buelow 1905 239 29 29 CLE AL 75 254 11 41 4 1 1 18 6 0 0 2 7 0 0 7 0 .172 .198 .209 .407 *2/935
56 Bill Bergen 1905 247 32 27 BRO NL 79 265 12 47 3 2 0 22 7 0 0 0 11 0 0 4 0 .190 .213 .219 .432 *2
57 Bill Lauterborn 1905 200 32 26 BSN NL 67 219 11 37 1 1 0 9 12 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 .185 .238 .200 .438 54/68
58 Bill Bergen 1904 329 28 26 BRO NL 96 347 17 60 4 2 0 12 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 0 .182 .204 .207 .411 *2/3
59 Fritz Buelow 1904 255 22 28 TOT AL 84 287 17 36 5 2 0 10 19 0 0 1 12 0 0 4 0 .141 .204 .176 .380 *2
60 Ossee Schreckengo 1904 311 33 29 PHA AL 95 326 23 58 9 1 1 21 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 .186 .199 .232 .431 *2/3
61 Harry Smith 1903 212 21 28 PIT NL 61 234 15 37 3 2 0 19 12 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 0 .175 .222 .208 .430 *2/9
62 Sport McAllister 1902 240 31 27 TOT AL 69 252 19 49 5 2 1 33 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 .204 .230 .254 .484 39/26547
63 Bill Bergen 1902 322 30 24 CIN NL 89 342 19 58 8 3 0 36 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 .180 .214 .224 .438 *2
64 Bill Bergen 1901 308 29 23 CIN NL 87 326 15 55 6 4 1 17 8 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 .179 .199 .234 .433 *2
There has been so much talk of Jones moving to another team this off-season. While I don’t doubt that he won’t be playing for the Dodgers in 2009, I do doubt that he’ll be playing in the majors for anybody else.
January 6, 2009
Here are the last 20 times a pitcher got a loss in a complete game effort while allowing 0 earned runs.
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Mark Buehrle 2008-05-02 CHW @TOR L 0-2 CG 8 ,L 8 5 2 0 0 7 0 100 74 75 29 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2 Darren Oliver 2003-08-31 COL @LAD L 0-3 CG 8 ,L 8 4 3 0 0 2 0 88 60 70 29 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
3 Barry Zito 2003-08-07 OAK @DET L 2-3 CG 8 ,L 8 6 3 0 1 3 1 117 78 66 31 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
4 Jamie Moyer 2002-09-14 SEA @OAK L 0-1 CG 8 ,L 8 3 1 0 2 7 0 113 73 79 30 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
5 Ramon Ortiz 2002-04-23 ANA @SEA L 0-1 CG 8 ,L 8 5 1 0 1 8 0 107 66 77 29 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.00
6 Woody Williams 2000-09-23 SDP @LAD L 1-2 CG 8 ,L 8 5 2 0 1 9 0 119 80 76 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
7 Mike Sirotka 2000-07-23 CHW @BOS L 0-1 CG 8 ,L 8 5 1 0 2 4 0 125 78 72 31 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
8 Greg Maddux 1999-09-18 ATL MON L 3-4 CG 9 ,L 9 8 4 0 1 8 0 103 72 70 37 35 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
9 Tim Belcher 1998-09-06 KCR @ANA L 0-3 CG 8 ,L 8 7 3 0 3 1 0 113 70 60 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 Kenny Rogers 1996-05-28 NYY @CAL L 0-1 CG 9 ,L 8.1 2 1 0 3 6 0 119 66 80 31 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
11 Mark Leiter 1995-08-27 SFG @MON L 0-1 CG 8 ,L 8 4 1 0 2 6 0 96 63 76 30 26 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
12 Salomon Torres 1995-07-21 SEA @TOR L 3-4 CG 8 ,L 8 7 4 0 2 5 1 128 81 63 34 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
13 Kevin Tapani 1994-06-27 MIN KCR L 1-2 CG 9 ,L 9 5 2 0 0 8 0 106 76 81 32 31 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
14 Chuck Finley 1993-09-22 CAL CHW L 0-1 CG 9 ,L 9 4 1 0 4 5 0 136 82 78 36 30 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
15 Bill Wegman 1993-05-07 MIL BOS L 0-1 CG 9 ,L 9 4 1 0 3 2 0 94 58 76 31 25 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
16 Tom Candiotti 1992-08-31 LAD @CHC L 0-2 CG 8 ,L 8 2 2 0 1 7 0 104 68 80 29 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
17 Doug Drabek 1992-08-11 PIT @NYM L 0-2 CG 8 ,L 8 7 2 0 4 4 0 125 76 64 37 32 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
18 Bill Wegman 1992-05-13 MIL CHW L 0-1 CG 9 ,L 9 7 1 0 1 6 0 130 81 76 34 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0.00
19 Joe Hesketh 1992-05-08 BOS @KCR L 1-2 CG 8 ,L 8 3 2 0 2 5 0 96 62 75 29 26 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
20 Jim Abbott 1992-04-29 CAL @TOR L 0-1 CG 9 ,L 8.2 9 1 0 4 7 0 127 80 67 36 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.00
And here are the 25 guys who pitched 2 or more such games in their career.
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Wilbur Wood 3 Ind. Games
Bill Wegman 3 Ind. Games
Phil Niekro 3 Ind. Games
Charlie Hough 3 Ind. Games
Don Cardwell 3 Ind. Games
Fernando Valenzue 2 Ind. Games
Dick Tidrow 2 Ind. Games
Kevin Tapani 2 Ind. Games
Rick Reuschel 2 Ind. Games
Fred Norman 2 Ind. Games
Carl Morton 2 Ind. Games
Andy Messersmith 2 Ind. Games
Mickey Lolich 2 Ind. Games
Denny Lemaster 2 Ind. Games
Rick Langford 2 Ind. Games
Tommy John 2 Ind. Games
Fergie Jenkins 2 Ind. Games
Larry Jackson 2 Ind. Games
Steve Hargan 2 Ind. Games
Dick Ellsworth 2 Ind. Games
Don Drysdale 2 Ind. Games
Reggie Cleveland 2 Ind. Games
Bert Blyleven 2 Ind. Games
Tim Belcher 2 Ind. Games
Floyd Bannister 2 Ind. Games
There's that man Bert Blyleven again. I sure hope he gets into the HOF.
January 5, 2009
Most runs created in a season by a player no older than 19 years old:
Cnt Player **RC** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Mel Ott 90 1928 19 NYG NL 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 52 0 36 2 10 0 0 3 0 .322 .397 .524 .921 *9/4785
2 Buddy Lewis 81 1936 19 WSH AL 143 657 601 100 175 21 13 6 67 47 0 46 4 5 0 0 6 6 .291 .347 .399 .746 *5
3 Phil Cavarretta 76 1935 18 CHC NL 146 636 589 85 162 28 12 8 82 39 0 61 2 6 0 9 4 0 .275 .322 .404 .726 *3
4 Tony Conigliaro 72 1964 19 BOS AL 111 444 404 69 117 21 2 24 52 35 1 78 5 0 0 11 2 4 .290 .354 .530 .884 *78/9
5 Ken Griffey 65 1989 19 SEA AL 127 506 455 61 120 23 0 16 61 44 8 83 2 1 4 4 16 7 .264 .329 .420 .749 *8
6 Robin Yount 64 1975 19 MIL AL 147 607 558 67 149 28 2 8 52 33 3 69 1 10 5 8 12 4 .267 .307 .367 .674 *6
7 Bob Kennedy 56 1940 19 CHW AL 154 655 606 74 153 23 3 3 52 42 0 58 0 7 0 17 3 7 .252 .301 .315 .616 *5
8 Cesar Cedeno 53 1970 19 HOU NL 90 377 355 46 110 21 4 7 42 15 2 57 2 3 2 8 17 4 .310 .340 .451 .791 *89
9 Al Kaline 53 1954 19 DET AL 138 535 504 42 139 18 3 4 43 22 0 45 0 7 2 21 9 5 .276 .305 .347 .652 *9
10 Ed Kranepool 51 1964 19 NYM NL 119 461 420 47 108 19 4 10 45 32 2 50 2 3 4 9 0 1 .257 .310 .393 .703 *3/98
11 Rusty Staub 51 1963 19 HOU NL 150 585 513 43 115 17 4 6 45 59 8 58 5 6 2 10 0 0 .224 .309 .308 .617 *39/8
12 Mickey Mantle 51 1951 19 NYY AL 96 386 341 61 91 11 5 13 65 43 0 74 0 2 0 3 8 7 .267 .349 .443 .792 *9/8
13 Phil Cavarretta 51 1936 19 CHC NL 124 486 458 55 125 18 1 9 56 17 0 36 5 6 0 8 8 0 .273 .306 .376 .682 *3
And the most runs created in a season by a player in his 20th season or later:
Cnt Player **RC** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Ty Cobb 117 1924 37 DET AL 155 726 625 115 211 38 10 4 78 85 0 18 1 15 0 0 23 14 .338 .418 .450 .868 *8
2 Babe Ruth 116 1933 38 NYY AL 137 575 459 97 138 21 3 34 103 114 0 90 2 0 0 0 4 5 .301 .442 .582 1.024 *97/13
3 Ty Cobb 113 1925 38 DET AL 121 490 415 97 157 31 12 12 102 65 0 12 5 5 0 0 13 9 .378 .468 .598 1.066 *8/91
4 Hank Aaron 104 1973 39 ATL NL 115 465 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 13 51 1 0 4 7 1 1 .301 .402 .643 1.045 *79
5 Tris Speaker 104 1926 38 CLE AL 150 661 539 96 164 52 8 7 86 94 0 15 0 28 0 0 6 1 .304 .408 .469 .877 *8
6 Ty Cobb 101 1927 40 PHA AL 134 574 490 104 175 32 7 5 93 67 0 12 5 12 0 0 22 16 .357 .440 .482 .922 *98
7 Barry Bonds 99 2007 42 SFG NL 126 477 340 75 94 14 0 28 66 132 43 54 3 0 2 13 5 0 .276 .480 .565 1.045 *7/D
8 Barry Bonds 98 2006 41 SFG NL 130 493 367 74 99 23 0 26 77 115 38 51 10 0 1 9 3 0 .270 .454 .545 .999 *7/D
9 Willie Mays 98 1971 40 SFG NL 136 537 417 82 113 24 5 18 61 112 11 123 3 1 4 8 23 3 .271 .425 .482 .907 *83
10 Rickey Henderson 96 1999 40 NYM NL 121 526 438 89 138 30 0 12 42 82 1 82 2 1 3 4 37 14 .315 .423 .466 .889 *7/D
11 Gary Sheffield 94 2007 38 DET AL 133 593 494 107 131 20 1 25 75 84 2 71 9 0 6 10 22 5 .265 .378 .462 .840 *D/79
12 Stan Musial 94 1962 41 STL NL 135 505 433 57 143 18 1 19 82 64 4 46 3 0 5 13 3 0 .330 .416 .508 .924 *79
13 Joe Morgan 92 1982 38 SFG NL 134 554 463 68 134 19 4 14 61 85 4 60 2 1 3 3 24 4 .289 .400 .438 .838 *4/5
14 Mel Ott 91 1945 36 NYG NL 135 532 451 73 139 23 0 21 79 71 0 41 8 2 0 6 1 0 .308 .411 .499 .910 *9
Who’s on both lists? The one and only Mel Ott.
January 4, 2009
Here are the splits for the leadoff hitter by team in 2008. This data is available here.
G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP ROE BA OBP SLG OPS
SEA 162 162 56 7 2 2 5 16 1 3 0.359 0.383 0.468 0.851
MIL 162 162 37 8 1 5 22 37 2 3 0.268 0.377 0.449 0.826
NYM 162 162 54 9 4 4 6 26 0 2 0.346 0.370 0.532 0.902
STL 162 162 47 8 0 1 12 18 1 3 0.315 0.370 0.389 0.760
CLE 162 162 41 10 1 8 17 33 0 1 0.283 0.358 0.531 0.889
LAD 162 162 46 8 0 4 11 26 1 0 0.307 0.358 0.440 0.798
PIT 162 162 42 11 0 2 12 15 4 1 0.288 0.358 0.404 0.762
FLA 161 161 47 11 2 10 7 30 3 2 0.311 0.354 0.609 0.963
SFG 162 162 40 2 3 4 17 30 0 1 0.276 0.352 0.414 0.766
NYY 162 162 35 7 1 4 20 24 2 1 0.250 0.352 0.400 0.752
ARI 162 162 43 7 1 4 13 30 0 0 0.289 0.346 0.430 0.775
CHW 163 163 42 6 0 2 14 17 0 0 0.282 0.344 0.362 0.706
CIN 162 162 44 10 1 4 10 26 1 1 0.291 0.340 0.450 0.790
BOS 162 162 43 8 1 3 11 27 1 2 0.287 0.340 0.413 0.753
BAL 161 161 42 13 0 1 11 24 0 2 0.280 0.329 0.387 0.716
SDP 162 162 46 12 3 7 7 31 0 2 0.297 0.327 0.548 0.876
COL 162 162 37 4 1 0 16 24 0 3 0.253 0.327 0.295 0.622
LAA 162 162 37 4 0 3 15 19 0 4 0.252 0.321 0.340 0.661
HOU 161 161 43 7 0 3 8 27 0 2 0.281 0.317 0.386 0.702
WSN 161 161 43 9 1 1 7 28 1 0 0.281 0.317 0.373 0.689
TBR 162 162 39 2 4 3 12 30 0 3 0.260 0.315 0.387 0.701
ATL 162 162 34 7 1 4 15 22 1 1 0.233 0.309 0.377 0.685
KCR 162 162 40 4 2 1 9 26 1 2 0.263 0.309 0.336 0.644
MIN 163 163 33 5 1 2 16 27 0 2 0.224 0.301 0.313 0.614
CHC 161 161 40 8 0 5 7 35 1 1 0.261 0.298 0.412 0.710
TOR 162 162 32 4 3 2 12 25 4 3 0.219 0.296 0.329 0.625
PHI 162 162 39 6 1 2 6 19 2 1 0.253 0.290 0.344 0.634
DET 162 162 30 6 1 5 15 29 0 0 0.204 0.278 0.361 0.638
TEX 162 162 36 10 3 5 7 20 1 4 0.234 0.272 0.435 0.707
OAK 161 161 33 5 1 2 7 25 2 1 0.217 0.261 0.303 0.564
I looked at this data because I was curious to see if the leadoff hitter getting on base correlated much at all with team wins. The answer is that it doesn’t correlate at all. There are playoff teams all over the list, including the Brewers and Dodgers near the top of the list and the Phillies and the Cubs near the bottom of the list. The 100-win Angels are middle-of-the-pack. The team that got its leadoff hitter on most was the Mariners, and they were one of the worst teams in the majors.
January 3, 2009
Here are the most strikeouts in a game by a winning team (extra innings excluded):
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB **SO** HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+------+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
1 1997-06-24 OAK @SEA W 4-1 37 37 4 11 3 0 2 4 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 10
2 1969-09-15 NYM @STL W 4-3 38 36 4 9 0 0 2 4 2 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 12
3 2007-04-25 ARI SDP W 3-2 33 29 3 4 0 0 2 3 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12
4 2006-05-22 ATL @SDP W 3-1 33 32 3 5 1 0 2 3 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12
5 2005-04-10 NYM @ATL W 6-1 42 38 6 13 3 0 3 6 2 1 18 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9 9
6 1997-07-13 TEX @SEA W 4-2 41 33 4 7 3 1 1 4 6 1 18 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 12
7 1992-09-27 TEX SEA W 3-2 38 31 3 7 1 0 0 3 5 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 14
8 1989-07-25 TOR @TEX W 4-0 44 40 4 9 3 0 0 3 4 2 18 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 13 11
9 2007-09-21 BOS @TBD W 8-1 45 35 8 9 1 1 3 6 6 0 17 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 10
10 2003-06-26 MIL @CHC W 5-3 33 32 5 6 1 0 2 5 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14
11 2000-05-06 TBD @BOS W 1-0 34 33 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 9
12 1999-09-12 OAK @TBD W 4-3 38 33 4 6 1 0 2 4 5 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10
13 1999-06-30 CIN ARI W 2-0 30 30 2 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12
14 1998-08-29 MON @SDP W 3-1 33 33 3 6 1 0 2 3 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12
15 1998-05-16 CHC @CIN W 5-4 42 36 5 11 2 0 1 5 6 1 17 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 10 14
16 1997-07-21 PIT @PHI W 3-2 34 32 3 7 1 1 2 3 1 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 16
17 1997-07-05 DET BAL W 6-5 35 30 6 8 2 0 2 5 5 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13
18 1970-05-21 PHI STL W 4-3 37 33 4 11 1 1 1 4 3 1 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 15
19 1968-09-18 BOS BAL W 4-0 34 27 4 5 0 0 0 4 5 0 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 11
20 1961-05-10 BOS @LAA W 3-2 35 34 3 6 0 0 1 3 1 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 11
Hey, I was actually at that Mariners game, #1. It was a pretty weird game. First of all, in the 5th inning, McGwire hit an incredible moon shot homer that went way into the upper deck in the Kingdome. It was easily the most towering homer I’ve ever seen, seemingly approaching the roof.
Secondly, everybody was aware that Johnson had a shot at the single-game (9-inning) record of 20 strikeouts, which at that time had been done just twice, both times by Roger Clemens. RJ had 15 strikeouts through 6 innnings, and it seemed that he was definitely going to break the record. In the 7th, he got the first out on a fly ball, and the home crowd booed since it was not a strikeout. Then he gave up a single and the crowd cheered, since that wasn’t an out and gave him the chance to record another K. It was crazy–the home team was cheering backwards. So what do you think happened when he got the next guy to hit into a double play to end the inning? Yep, massive booing. He was stuck on 15 K’s through 7 innings.
But then, in the 8th inning, he struck out the side (including McGwire and Canseco no less) to bring his total up to 18. That meant he needed two to tie the record and three to break it.
The Athletics game up to bat in the top of the 9th already leading the game 3-0. Scott Brosius flew out (boos heard.) George Williams homers to push the lead to 4-0, but the Mariners crowd cheers. Mark Bellhorn strikes out to give Johnson 19 K’s–massive cheering of course, which momentarily sets my brain back to normal since the home team is cheering a positive event. But then Jason McDonald lines out to end the inning. First there are massive boos, but they quickly turn to cheers to congratulate Randy on his excellent effort. I guess most fans realized at that point that the Mariners were likely to lose in the bottom of the frame, which they did.
That was an immensely fun game to attend.
January 2, 2009
Here’s another tidbit gleaned from Jayson Stark’s year-in-review column on ESPN.com. He noted that Matt Holliday had a game this year where he got on base 6 times but didn’t score or drive in a run.
Including Holliday’s game, that’s been done 17 times since 1956:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB TOB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Matt Holliday 2008-04-17 COL @SDP W 2-1 9 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4th LF
2 Ryan Howard 2006-09-09 PHI @FLA L 3-4 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
3 Bernie Williams 1996-09-21 NYY BOS W 12-11 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th CF
4 George Brett 1991-06-06 KCR TEX W 4-3 9 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd DH
5 Kal Daniels 1990-07-27 LAD ATL W 5-4 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd LF
6 Andre Dawson 1990-05-22 CHC CIN W 2-1 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4th RF
7 Marvell Wynne 1987-09-23 SDP @CIN W 6-4 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6th CF LF
8 Roy Howell 1980-10-04(1) TOR @BOS W 7-6 8 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 3B
9 Jerry White 1976-08-21 MON @SFG L 4-5 8 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1st CF LF
10 Billy North 1973-09-17 OAK CAL W 3-2 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1st CF
11 Dick Allen 1972-08-10 CHW @OAK L 3-5 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3rd 1B
12 Steve Brye 1972-05-12 MIN MIL L 3-4 10 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7th LF
13 Wayne Garrett 1971-08-05 NYM @ATL L 1-2 8 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 3B
14 Rich Reese 1969-07-19 MIN @SEP W 11-7 10 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
15 Ellie Hendricks 1968-08-25 BAL BOS W 3-2 8 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th C
16 Roberto Clemente 1968-07-13 PIT PHI L 2-3 8 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
17 Lou Skizas 1956-07-27 KCA NYY L 9-10 8 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd LF
George Brett and Steve Brye actually got on base 7 times without getting a R or RBI. This sort of “record” has a lot more to do with the player’s teammates than it does himself, of course.
January 1, 2009
Happy 2009!
Jayson Stark’s year-in-review column on ESPN right here notes that Willy Tavarez stole 5 bases in a game but didn’t score a run.
In fact, he’s the only guy to do that since 1956. Here are all the guys to steal at least 4 bases with no runs scored since 1956. You’ll note that Tavarez is the only guy with 5.
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Willy Taveras 2008-06-14 COL @CHW W 2-0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1st CF
2 Kenny Lofton 2007-06-29 TEX @BOS L 1-2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st CF
3 Tony Womack 2005-05-15 NYY @OAK W 6-4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2nd LF
4 Angel Berroa 2004-06-19 KCR @PHI L 2-4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 6th SS
5 Brady Anderson 1998-07-05 BAL @NYY L 0-1 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2nd CF
6 Lou Frazier 1998-04-19 CHW @TOR L 4-5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1st CF
7 Vince Coleman 1993-06-23 NYM MON L 3-4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1st LF
8 Vince Coleman 1992-06-26 NYM @STL L 3-4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1st LF
9 Luis Polonia 1992-06-10 CAL @CHW L 2-3 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st LF
10 Gary Pettis 1988-09-11 DET @NYY L 4-5 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st CF
11 Rickey Henderson 1987-05-03 NYY @MIN L 3-4 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st CF
12 Vince Coleman 1986-06-30 STL NYM L 0-7 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st LF
13 Dave Collins 1984-08-05 TOR @BAL W 4-3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2nd LF
14 Gary Redus 1984-06-03 CIN ATL L 0-4 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1st LF
15 Garry Maddox 1978-05-29 PHI PIT W 4-3 6 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6th CF
16 Davey Lopes 1978-04-30 LAD @STL L 0-4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1st 2B
17 John Lowenstein 1974-06-16(2) CLE MIN W 3-1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3rd LF 1B
18 Maury Wills 1962-09-07 LAD PIT L 1-10 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1st SS
Wow, Vince Coleman did it 3 different times. Although it says more about his teammates than it does about him, it also helps support the argument that he was not a terribly valuable player.
December 31, 2008
I was just playing around with Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batting Season Finder…looking to see who were the oldest surviving ”regulars” among big league ball players…and I set the controls for “For single seasons, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring birth_year<=1910, death_year=0, PA>=502, and birth_year>=1899), sorted by greatest OPSp.” And, I got this list:
Cnt Player OPS+ BrYr DeYr PA Year Age Tm
+----+-----------------+----+----+----+---+----+---+---+
1 Lonny Frey 124 1910 585 1939 28 CIN
2 Billy Werber 119 1908 716 1934 26 BOS
3 Billy Werber 113 1908 663 1940 32 CIN
4 Lonny Frey 112 1910 588 1935 24 BRO
5 Lonny Frey 110 1910 620 1942 31 CIN
6 Billy Werber 108 1908 707 1939 31 CIN
7 Lonny Frey 108 1910 556 1934 23 BRO
8 Billy Werber 103 1908 576 1937 29 PHA
9 Lonny Frey 101 1910 663 1940 29 CIN
10 Lonny Frey 99 1910 607 1936 25 BRO
11 Lonny Frey 98 1910 667 1943 32 CIN
12 Lonny Frey 98 1910 629 1941 30 CIN
13 Billy Werber 96 1908 599 1938 30 PHA
14 Billy Werber 96 1908 549 1935 27 BOS
15 Lonny Frey 94 1910 557 1938 27 CIN
16 Billy Werber 90 1908 639 1936 28 BOS
Seasons/Careers found: 16.
What’s really cool about Werber and Frey is that they played in the infield, together, for the 1939 Reds.
It would be nice to see Cincy have a day for these two in 2009 - since it’s the 70th anniversary of when they were teammates there. And, of course, it would be nice to see these two get another year of watching baseball in 2009.
December 30, 2008
You’ve heard lots and lots about Mark Teixeira over the last few weeks. Here’s something you hadn’t heard before. Teixeira has the most career homers through his first 6 seasons for a guy to play for at least 3 teams during that period. It’s exceptionally rare for someone with his level of production to change teams so often before reaching free agency for the first time.
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Mark Teixeira 203 3 2003 2008 23-28 904 3931 3414 566 989 223 13 676 442 60 694 53 0 22 79 13 3 .290 .378 .541 .919 *3/D957 TEX-ATL-LAA
2 Roger Maris 191 3 1957 1962 22-27 842 3522 3053 539 793 117 28 557 414 28 427 22 7 26 41 17 9 .260 .350 .504 .854 *98/7 CLE-KCA-NYY
3 Jason Bay 149 3 2003 2008 24-29 771 3259 2782 476 785 164 20 491 397 27 734 38 5 37 51 53 11 .282 .375 .516 .891 *7/8D9 SDP-PIT-BOS
4 Preston Wilson 140 3 1998 2003 23-28 751 3033 2716 412 724 153 12 472 255 10 750 37 4 21 80 102 45 .267 .335 .486 .821 *8/79 NYM-FLA-COL
5 Kevin Mitchell 135 3 1984 1990 22-28 688 2688 2378 369 661 125 19 412 274 52 439 13 2 21 39 24 26 .278 .353 .517 .870 *75/9683 NYM-SFG-SDP
6 Jason Thompson 130 3 1976 1981 21-26 803 3206 2739 374 718 109 10 466 427 30 484 4 5 31 67 6 6 .262 .359 .452 .811 *3/D DET-CAL-PIT
7 Tony Batista 125 4 1996 2001 22-27 700 2644 2437 349 634 125 13 385 156 7 462 22 6 23 53 24 12 .260 .308 .476 .784 56/4D OAK-ARI-TOR-BAL
8 Dolph Camilli 122 3 1933 1938 26-31 734 3142 2672 478 759 130 40 459 447 0 485 12 11 0 35 33 0 .284 .389 .500 .889 *3 CHC-PHI-BRO
9 Cory Snyder 118 3 1986 1991 23-28 728 2772 2597 312 624 117 10 357 142 16 702 6 6 21 51 19 14 .240 .279 .429 .708 *9/6735D8 CLE-TOR-CHW
10 Jimmie Hall 116 3 1963 1968 25-30 801 2814 2523 355 656 88 19 359 259 31 461 2 12 18 53 29 15 .260 .327 .448 .775 *879 MIN-CAL-CLE
11 Leon Wagner 113 3 1958 1963 24-29 642 2317 2063 306 571 66 11 344 207 26 300 20 7 20 21 18 14 .277 .345 .484 .829 *7/9 SFG-STL-LAA
12 Zeke Bonura 112 3 1934 1939 25-30 789 3481 3089 539 966 202 26 639 354 0 163 16 22 0 22 16 7 .313 .386 .504 .890 *3 CHW-WSH-NYG
13 Paul Konerko 111 3 1997 2002 21-26 673 2677 2413 349 692 131 5 410 207 8 343 33 1 23 86 3 1 .287 .348 .483 .831 *3/D57 LAD-CIN-CHW
14 Jermaine Dye 110 3 1996 2001 22-27 706 2846 2577 376 735 151 12 425 220 18 494 16 2 31 62 16 12 .285 .341 .481 .822 *9/7D8 ATL-KCR-OAK
15 Jeff Kent 107 4 1992 1997 24-29 757 2981 2705 386 728 156 13 439 188 15 548 48 9 31 54 27 21 .269 .324 .455 .779 *45/3D6 NYM-TOR-NYM-CLE-SFG
16 Wally Westlake 107 4 1947 1952 26-31 762 2904 2611 394 705 89 30 450 246 0 374 29 18 0 82 17 6 .270 .340 .450 .790 98/75 PIT-STL-CIN-CLE
17 Shea Hillenbrand 104 4 2001 2006 25-30 870 3538 3303 438 947 197 13 459 133 17 434 68 1 33 113 16 9 .287 .325 .449 .774 *53/D BOS-ARI-TOR-SFG
18 Curt Blefary 103 3 1965 1970 21-26 821 3199 2697 364 645 96 20 358 419 42 405 28 32 23 39 24 23 .239 .345 .404 .749 739/2 BAL-HOU-NYY
19 Lee Thomas 103 5 1961 1966 25-30 860 3297 2932 375 766 103 21 394 303 26 353 28 18 16 76 22 10 .261 .335 .416 .751 39/78 NYY-LAA-BOS-CHC-ATL
20 Dale Long 101 3 1951 1959 25-33 705 2554 2248 292 610 100 28 361 265 32 372 5 7 29 56 4 2 .271 .346 .476 .822 *3/27 PIT-SLB-PIT-CHC
21 Andre Thornton 100 3 1973 1978 23-28 616 2332 1919 316 494 93 19 321 354 22 322 30 8 21 40 16 15 .257 .378 .482 .860 *3/9D5 CHC-MON-CLE
22 Woodie Held 100 3 1954 1961 22-29 609 2287 2015 269 499 77 13 299 223 18 448 19 14 16 46 6 6 .248 .326 .448 .774 *68/574 NYY-KCA-CLE
23 Sammy Sosa 95 3 1989 1994 20-25 658 2510 2317 330 587 93 24 304 140 16 585 20 17 16 46 125 58 .253 .300 .437 .737 *98/7D TEX-CHW-CHC
24 Ken Harrelson 95 3 1963 1968 21-26 672 2460 2176 262 535 77 10 314 253 24 450 4 11 16 71 35 21 .246 .323 .421 .744 *39/7 KCA-WSA-KCA-BOS
25 Brad Fullmer 94 3 1997 2002 22-27 668 2540 2325 322 655 175 13 374 163 28 312 32 0 20 60 26 15 .282 .335 .489 .824 *D3/7 MON-TOR-ANA
December 29, 2008
Most consecutive post-season games played with at least one hit:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Manny Ramirez 2003-10-14 2004-10-27 17 73 11 24 4 0 3 12 12 10 0 0 .329 .400 .507 .907 BOS
Derek Jeter 1998-10-13 1999-10-27 17 70 16 26 3 2 1 7 13 8 3 1 .371 .436 .514 .950 NYY
Hank Bauer 1956-10-03 1958-10-04 17 76 10 24 2 1 6 16 13 1 1 0 .316 .325 .605 .930 NYY
Pat Borders 1991-10-12 1993-10-06 16 59 5 22 4 0 2 8 3 3 0 0 .373 .391 .542 .933 TOR
Marquis Grissom 1995-10-03 1996-10-02 15 69 11 26 3 1 3 5 10 2 6 2 .377 .403 .580 .983 ATL
Rickey Henderson 1989-10-04 1990-10-19 15 61 14 25 4 3 4 12 6 10 13 2 .410 .486 .770 1.256 OAK
I checked the full list to try to find the most recent active streak. Whatever it is, it's way down the list.
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