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by **phuturephillies** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 13:54:14

I sometimes spend hours a week on baseball-reference just screwing around with the play by play feature, which gives you all kinds of awesome facts and splits. Here's today

Greg Maddux has faced 8 non-pitchers that are now in the Hall of Fame (Nolan Ryan was the other, but im not counting him since hes a pitcher)

v Tony Gwynn: 39/91, 10 BB, 0 K
v Ozzie Smith: 17/89, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
v Eddie Murray: 9/40, 6 BB, 6 K, 1 HR
v Ryne Sandberg: 7/22, 0 BB, 4 K
v Mike Schmidt: 7/19, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
v Gary Carter: 6/14, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
v Cal Ripken Jr: 3/12, 0 BB, 0 K
v Wade Boggs: 0/6

and against a few eventual HoF'ers

Bonds: 34/130, 23 BB, 16 K, 8 HR
Biggio: 38/130, 7 BB, 10 K, 2 HR
Hernderson: 7/29, 1 BB, 3 K

Luis Gonzalez has hit the most career HR v Maddux, at 10 in 120 PA

My god I love b-r

by gr » Wed Apr 16, 2008 14:15:14

baseball-reference is neither a baseball nor a reference to something else in pop culture. discuss.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 14:36:05

Of all hitters who have had at least 10 career plate appearances against Cole Hamels (31), seven have an OPS over 1.000.

Miguel Cabrera (2.083)
Chipper Jones (1.511)
Hanley Ramirez (1.404)
Carlos Delgado (1.344)
Ryan Theriot (1.318)
Carlos Beltran (1.218)
Aramis Ramirez (1.182)

Three more have a .900 OPS or better.

Andruw Jones (.938)
Josh Willingham (.933)
Alfonso Soriano (.902)

by **Eem** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 14:39:24

Gwynn was such an incredible hitter. Faced one of the greatest pitchers ever in more than 100 PAs and didn't strike out ONCE. That is incredible.

by **phuturephillies** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 14:41:19

Thank god Cabrera is out of the division.

Todd Helton has faced Adam Eaton more than any other hitter. And he has a 1.272 against him in 71 PA's. But thats not ownage like Miggy Cabrera's ownage of Eaton. 12/15, 3 HR, 2 BB, 1 K

by **philliesphhan** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 15:52:39

phuturephillies wrote:Thank god Cabrera is out of the division.

Todd Helton has faced Adam Eaton more than any other hitter. And he has a 1.272 against him in 71 PA's. But thats not ownage like Miggy Cabrera's ownage of Eaton. 12/15, 3 HR, 2 BB, 1 K

Of course, Madson wishes he still was

4/26, 2 BB, 10 K, no extra base hits

Did anyone else notice they added some splits this year? These are the ones that I at least don't remember them having before (all listed for hitter)

Game Outcome for Team Win/Loss (they had this for pitchers before)
Starter or Substitute
Leverage high, low, medium
vs. Ground Ball/Fly Ball Pitchers (they may have had this)
Hit Location - Infield, Outfield, Ball in Play, Not in Play, Fair Territory, Foul Territory, Pulled, Up Middle, and Opp Field
Hit Trajectory - Ground Balls, Fly Balls, Line Drives

by **phuturephillies** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 14:00:22

Wow. Baseball-Reference has now added "bat reference", on certain guys pages which lists the type of bat they use. Howard uses a Mahogany Marucci RH6 Custom Cut

by **Drugs Delaney** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:51:28

phuturephillies wrote:Wow. Baseball-Reference has now added "bat reference", on certain guys pages which lists the type of bat they use. Howard uses a Mahogany Marucci RH6 Custom Cut

That is a cool feature, but it's not new.

by **FTN** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 17:09:38

Carlos Ruiz: 12 Outs hit to Second Baseman in 2008

Bases
--- 7
1-- 2
12- 2
123 1
RISP 3
1 on 2
2 on 2
Any on 5

by **FTN** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:13:35

Stat of the Day is a cool button to press every day

Mariner second baseman Jose Lopez is tied for the American League lead in sacrifice flies with 9. He is also one off the league lead in sacrifice bunts with 6. I thought that these two statistics combined were an interesting mix, so I wondered if Lopez’s season is common. The answer is not usually, but this year may be different.

Since 1954 when baseball started keeping separate SH and SF records there have been 11 players to have 10 or more sacrifice flies and bunts in the same season. Here is the list.

Code: Select all: Cnt Player Year SH SF Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +—-+—————–+—-+—+—+—+—+–+—+—+—+—+—+–+–+–+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+–+—–+—–+—–+—–+———+ 1 Juan Uribe 2005 11 10 25 CHW AL 146 540 481 58 121 23 3 16 71 34 0 77 4 7 4 6 .252 .301 .412 .713 *6 2 Ricky Gutierrez 2001 17 11 31 CHC NL 147 606 528 76 153 23 3 10 66 40 0 56 10 13 4 3 .290 .345 .402 .747 *6 3 Roberto Alomar 1999 12 13 31 CLE AL 159 694 563 138 182 40 3 24 120 99 3 96 7 13 37 6 .323 .422 .533 .955 *4/D 4 Kevin Elster 1996 16 11 31 TEX AL 157 596 515 79 130 32 2 24 99 52 1 138 2 8 4 1 .252 .317 .462 .779 *6 5 Omar Vizquel 1995 10 10 28 CLE AL 136 622 542 87 144 28 0 6 56 59 0 59 1 4 29 11 .266 .333 .351 .684 *6 6 Jerry Browne 1990 12 11 24 CLE AL 140 610 513 92 137 26 5 6 50 72 1 46 2 12 12 7 .267 .353 .372 .725 *4 7 Wally Joyner 1986 10 12 24 CAL AL 154 674 593 82 172 27 3 22 100 57 8 58 2 11 5 2 .290 .348 .457 .805 *3 8 Rob Wilfong 1979 25 10 25 MIN AL 140 485 419 71 131 22 6 9 59 29 3 54 2 2 11 4 .313 .352 .458 .810 *4/879 9 Bert Campaneris 1976 18 11 34 OAK AL 149 631 536 67 137 14 1 1 52 63 0 80 3 4 54 12 .256 .331 .291 .622 *6 10 Brooks Robinson 1962 10 10 25 BAL AL 162 697 634 77 192 29 9 23 86 42 3 70 1 18 3 1 .303 .342 .486 .828 *5/64 11 Johnny Temple 1959 11 13 31 CIN NL 149 696 598 102 186 35 6 8 67 72 2 40 2 11 14 3 .311 .380 .430 .810 *4 As rare as this seems, Lopez is not alone yet. Here are the players who have amassed 6 of each so far this season. Cnt SH SF Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +—-+—————–+—+—+—+—-+—+—+–+—+—+—+—+—+–+–+–+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+–+—–+—–+—–+—–+———+ 1 Freddy Sanchez 6 6 2008 30 PIT NL 92 403 376 42 88 14 0 6 39 12 0 48 3 9 0 1 .234 .259 .319 .578 *4/D 2 Jose Lopez 6 9 2008 24 SEA AL 96 425 394 49 117 26 1 6 51 15 2 36 1 11 4 1 .297 .317 .414 .731 *4/D 3 Ian Kinsler 6 6 2008 26 TEX AL 97 469 413 84 134 34 4 14 59 38 1 56 6 7 24 1 .324 .384 .528 .912 *4

by **VFB** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 17:18:41

lopez has had a strange season to say the least. on may 10th he had the same AVG and OBP (.291).

in bizzarro world jack cust would be played by lopez. his sidekick would be ichiro. and together they would go weeks at a time without extra-base hits, walks, strikeouts, or wins.

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 09:09:51

most complete game losses anybody has had since 2003:

Roy Halladay 8
Randy Johnson 7
Livan Hernandez 7
Jake Westbrook 6
Bartolo Colon 5
Tim Wakefield 4
Javier Vazquez 4
Ben Sheets 4
Mark Redman 4
Mark Mulder 4
Barry Zito 3
C.C. Sabathia 3
Brad Radke 3
Jamie Moyer 3
Matt Morris 3
Kevin Millwood 3
Derek Lowe 3
John Lackey 3
Ryan Franklin 3
Mark Buehrle 3
Joe Blanton 3

now here is the kicker

all compete game no-decisions since 2003:

Mike Mussina 1
Pat Hentgen 1

Let's see if anyone can figure out how you get a CG no decision

by **Woody** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 09:13:17

philliesr98 wrote:most complete game losses anybody has had since 2003:

Roy Halladay 8
Randy Johnson 7
Livan Hernandez 7
Jake Westbrook 6
Bartolo Colon 5
Tim Wakefield 4
Javier Vazquez 4
Ben Sheets 4
Mark Redman 4
Mark Mulder 4
Barry Zito 3
C.C. Sabathia 3
Brad Radke 3
Jamie Moyer 3
Matt Morris 3
Kevin Millwood 3
Derek Lowe 3
John Lackey 3
Ryan Franklin 3
Mark Buehrle 3
Joe Blanton 3

now here is the kicker

all compete game no-decisions since 2003:

Mike Mussina 1
Pat Hentgen 1

Let's see if anyone can figure out how you get a CG no decision

Game is tied and goes into extra innings..?

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 09:16:31

Woody wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:most complete game losses anybody has had since 2003:

Roy Halladay 8
Randy Johnson 7
Livan Hernandez 7
Jake Westbrook 6
Bartolo Colon 5
Tim Wakefield 4
Javier Vazquez 4
Ben Sheets 4
Mark Redman 4
Mark Mulder 4
Barry Zito 3
C.C. Sabathia 3
Brad Radke 3
Jamie Moyer 3
Matt Morris 3
Kevin Millwood 3
Derek Lowe 3
John Lackey 3
Ryan Franklin 3
Mark Buehrle 3
Joe Blanton 3

now here is the kicker

all compete game no-decisions since 2003:

Mike Mussina 1
Pat Hentgen 1

Let's see if anyone can figure out how you get a CG no decision

Game is tied and goes into extra innings..?

not a CG, close though

its the exact opposite of that, a tie that doesn't go 9 innings

the above game happened in sept, rain after 5, tie after 5.... two ND CGs, crazy

LINK

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 09:23:28

This is why Tommy John has a surgery named after him....

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 02:09:19

Charley Radbourn

This guy had the best ERA+ in the 1800s in 1884. I don't know which I like more, how much pitchers threw back then (678 IP for him in 1884!) or this bold prediction by the sponsor:

309 wins in his career. In 1884 won an amazing 59 games to set the all time single season record. A record which will probably never be broken.

by **drsmooth** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:50:37

philliesphhan wrote:Charley Radbourn

This guy had the best ERA+ in the 1800s in 1884. I don't know which I like more, how much pitchers threw back then (678 IP for him in 1884!) or this bold prediction by the sponsor:

309 wins in his career. In 1884 won an amazing 59 games to set the all time single season record. A record which will probably never be broken.

he was Hoss to his friends

by **Philly the Kid** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:53:46

CrashburnAlley wrote:Of all hitters who have had at least 10 career plate appearances against Cole Hamels (31), seven have an OPS over 1.000.

Miguel Cabrera (2.083)
Chipper Jones (1.511)
Hanley Ramirez (1.404)
Carlos Delgado (1.344)
Ryan Theriot (1.318)
Carlos Beltran (1.218)
Aramis Ramirez (1.182)

Three more have a .900 OPS or better.

Andruw Jones (.938)
Josh Willingham (.933)
Alfonso Soriano (.902)

So what does that say about great pitching always stopping great hitting?

by **smitty** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:53:47

drsmooth wrote:
philliesphhan wrote:Charley Radbourn

This guy had the best ERA+ in the 1800s in 1884. I don't know which I like more, how much pitchers threw back then (678 IP for him in 1884!) or this bold prediction by the sponsor:

309 wins in his career. In 1884 won an amazing 59 games to set the all time single season record. A record which will probably never be broken.

he was Hoss to his friends

And at 5'9", 168 lbs. he was perhaps the smallest guy ever named Hoss.

by **Philly the Kid** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:54:40

Philly the Kid wrote:
CrashburnAlley wrote:Of all hitters who have had at least 10 career plate appearances against Cole Hamels (31), seven have an OPS over 1.000.

Miguel Cabrera (2.083)
Chipper Jones (1.511)
Hanley Ramirez (1.404)
Carlos Delgado (1.344)
Ryan Theriot (1.318)
Carlos Beltran (1.218)
Aramis Ramirez (1.182)

Three more have a .900 OPS or better.

Andruw Jones (.938)
Josh Willingham (.933)
Alfonso Soriano (.902)

So what does that say about great pitching always stopping great hitting?

And how are our big hitters agaisnt the top pitchers?

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