Single Game Percentages
Posted by Raphy on November 17, 2009
The recent addition of the arithmetic option to the PI created the possibility of searching for rate stats on a game by game basis. For example, if I wanted to find all of the teams since 1954 that had a batting average of .500 during the course of a game, I could search for H=.5*AB. Here are the results of a few of these searches.
Batting Average
Since 1954 there have been 84 teams that have had a batting average of more than .500 in a game. Another 97 teams have hit exactly .500. The teams did it in different ways, some with reduced ABs with multiple sacrifices and some with an explosion of hits. 180 of the teams won, one did not.
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | LOB | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006-07-22 | BAL | TBD | L 12-13 | 51 | 41 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 |
The highest single game batting average since 1954 belongs to the 2003 Boston Red Sox who went 28-46 against the Florida Marlins on June 27th. Their .609 batting average was the only time since 1954 in which a team hit over .600.
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | LOB | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003-06-27 | BOS | FLA | W 25-8 | 57 | 46 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
Slugging Percentage:
Since 1954 there have been 67 teams that posted a single game slugging percentage of 1.0 or higher. The only team to lose is the one with the fewest at bats:
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | LOB | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997-09-19 | CHC | PHI | L 5-10 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
The highest single game team slugging percentage since 1954 was posted by the '87 Blue Jays whose 53 total bases with only 44 AB were god for a slugging percentage of 1.205
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | LOB | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1987-09-14 | TOR | BAL | W 18-3 | 48 | 44 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
TOB/PA
While we can't sort by OBP for an individual game, we can use a similar stat of Times on Base/Plate Appearances. This ratio is similar to OBP, but will reward a team for reaching on an error and penalize it for a sacrifice bunt. Still it can be revealing, nonetheless.
The highest TOB/PA produced by a team in a game since 1954 was by the 2008 Cardinals who combined 9 walks with 26 hits in a single game against Atlanta.
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TOB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | LOB | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008-08-22 | STL | ATL | W 18-3 | 55 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
November 17th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Besides the 2003 Bos Babies .609 average, the Cardinals got the 2nd highest since 1954 on August 22, 2008 with .591. Those are the only 2 teams over .560.