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El Presidente

Posted by Andy on January 20, 2009

In honor of today's inauguration of a new American president, here are a few "presidential" facts about El Presidente, Dennis Martinez:

Most PAs against Martinez:

                   **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
 Barry Bonds         100    92  21  5  1  1   7   8   8  .228  .290  .337  .627   0   0   2   0   0

None other than Barry "U.S." Bonds.

Most HR against Martinez:

                    PA  AB  H  2B 3B **HR** RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+------+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
 Jim Rice           95  85  32  4  4    7    26   7   8  .376  .421  .765 1.186   0   2   0   1   2

None other than outgoing Secretary of State Jim "Condoleeza" Rice.

He gave up a homer to Randy "George" Bush:

  Car# Year Date          Tm   Opp Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit Play Desc.
+-----+----+-------------+---+----+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     1 1983 1983-05-25    MIN @BAL ahead  2-0  t 1 12-   1  -      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)

  Car# Year Date          Tm   Opp Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit Play Desc.
+-----+----+-------------+---+----+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     2 1984 1984-07-04    MIN  BAL tied   0-0  b 2 ---   0  -      Strikeout
     3                             down   1-3  b 4 ---   1  -      Groundout: 2B-1B
     4                             down   1-5  b 7 ---   0  -      Home Run

  Car# Year Date          Tm   Opp Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit Play Desc.
+-----+----+-------------+---+----+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     5 1985 1985-07-09    MIN @BAL tied   0-0  t 1 ---   2  -      Ground-rule Double
     6                             ahead  1-0  t 3 12-   1  -      Walk; Puckett to 3B; Hatcher to 2B
     7                             ahead  4-0  t 4 1-3   2  -      Lineout: 1B            

And so on...

2 Responses to “El Presidente”

  1. kingturtle Says:

    ha! that's genius! nice work!

  2. Gerald Hernandez Says:

    Bonds had before El Presidente lowest batting average (.228) of all the pitchers who faced 55 or more AB!