Player Stats that Blow your mind!

[UK1679666180]

I think that was the most runs scored by a team since the '36 Yankees.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1894.shtml

 

 

1220 runs in 133 games.

[Sabermetrician]

How about Ruben Sierra's stat line in 1993?

 

.233/.288 101 RBI

[RockTheIvy]

How about Ruben Sierra's stat line in 1993?

 

.233/.288 101 RBI

 

Whoah!

 

Tony Batista had a similar stat line in 2004:

.241/.272- 110 RBIs w/ 32 Homers.

 

I wonder who has the highest RBI/lowest OBP?

[nilodnayr]

Look at how many runs the '99 Indians scored!

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1999.shtml

 

:shock:

 

"That one's off the reservation!"

 

Just think where that team could have gone if it had some pitching. For the record, that team had exactly 2 more walks per game than the cubs did last year. 4 players had more walks than DLee did this year. Hmmm, so you are telling me that if you put nearly 400 more men on base, you can score 400 more runs?!?!? Woah woah woah, do other people know about this?

[Magnetic Curses]

hawk harrelson walked 99 times in 1969 and only posted a .336 OBP.

 

what's more, is that he hit 30 home runs, walked 99 times, and posted a meager .755 OPS.

 

that has to be some sort of record. 30 home runs, nearly 100 walks and didn't even come close to .800.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

hawk harrelson walked 99 times in 1969 and only posted a .336 OBP.

 

what's more, is that he hit 30 home runs, walked 99 times, and posted a meager .755 OPS.

 

that has to be some sort of record. 30 home runs, nearly 100 walks and didn't even come close to .800.

 

He gone.

[UK1679666180]

hawk harrelson walked 99 times in 1969 and only posted a .336 OBP.

 

what's more, is that he hit 30 home runs, walked 99 times, and posted a meager .755 OPS.

 

that has to be some sort of record. 30 home runs, nearly 100 walks and didn't even come close to .800.

 

Deer had 25 HRs, 89 BBs, and had an OPS right at .700.

[Magnetic Curses]

hawk harrelson walked 99 times in 1969 and only posted a .336 OBP.

 

what's more, is that he hit 30 home runs, walked 99 times, and posted a meager .755 OPS.

 

that has to be some sort of record. 30 home runs, nearly 100 walks and didn't even come close to .800.

 

Deer had 25 HRs, 89 BBs, and had an OPS right at .700.

 

allowing a .179 hitter to get 537 PA's is criminally stupid.

 

and actually, a .179 hitter having a .700 OPS is pretty amazing, too.

[RockTheIvy]

Look at how many runs the '99 Indians scored!

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1999.shtml

 

:shock:

 

"That one's off the reservation!"

 

Just think where that team could have gone if it had some pitching. For the record, that team had exactly 2 more walks per game than the cubs did last year. 4 players had more walks than DLee did this year. Hmmm, so you are telling me that if you put nearly 400 more men on base, you can score 400 more runs?!?!? Woah woah woah, do other people know about this?

 

Great point. Just to show how bad their pitching was, they gave up 160 more runs than the Cubs scored last year...860! Yikes.

[Diffusion]

Look at how many runs the '99 Indians scored!

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1999.shtml

 

:shock:

 

"That one's off the reservation!"

 

Six regulars with a .397+ OBP!

[imb]

Look at how many runs the '99 Indians scored!

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1999.shtml

 

:shock:

 

"That one's off the reservation!"

 

Six regulars with a .397+ OBP!

 

Richie Sexson sure has learned how to take a walk since then

[Roast]

Cy Young's entire freakin' career.

 

Hell, he could even hit. He posted a .340 OBP one year!

[YearofDaCubs]

I was just looking around at some player stats, and, for whatever reason, probably becasue he looks like frankenstein or something, I found that Tony Clark hit 30 HRs last year in 350 somethin ABs! :shock:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkto02.shtml

 

I thought it might be fun to post other stats that blew your mind!

 

I find it more amazing that he's only 33. I could have sworn he looked at least 40 the last time I saw him. 30 HR in 349 ABs is pretty darn impressive, though. I guess he liked what he saw of BOB last year (19 in 167).

Never noticed that either. I too thought he was like 40. Good call.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Cy Young's entire freakin' career.

 

Hell, he could even hit. He posted a .340 OBP one year!

 

1892 blew my mind.

36-12, 1.93 ERA, 1.062 WHIP, 453 innings pitched, 48 complete games

 

I could do that...

[RockTheIvy]

Cy Young's entire freakin' career.

 

Hell, he could even hit. He posted a .340 OBP one year!

 

1892 blew my mind.

36-12, 1.93 ERA, 1.062 WHIP, 453 innings pitched, 48 complete games

 

I could do that...

 

Yawwwwwwnn. He lost 12 Games!! :lol: :lol:

 

Dwight Gooden's first three seasons were out of control. His rookie effort:

 

218 IP, 276 Ks and a 2.60 ERA. Also he only let up 7 HRs that year!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

6/23/84

 

Ryne Sandberg:

5-6, 2HR, 7 RBI

 

Box Score

 

Poor Willie McGee. I can still hear them talking about him as the player of the game (cycle, 4-6, 6 RBI), and it will forever be known as "The Ryne Sandberg Game".

[FergieJ31]

I remember that game like it was yesterday. I remember talking to friends of mine after the game who are Cards fans and marveling at McGee's cycle (he was and still is my fave Cardinal) while they were marveling at Sandberg ... a real politeness-fest :D

 

What was that Herzog after-game quote, I forget exactly ... something like "Sandberg is the best player I've ever seen"? Or what is "That was the best [single-game] performance I've ever seen"?

 

Ralph Citarella, there's a not-so-household name, a good trivia question: "Everyone knows the pitcher who served up the two HR's to Sandberg, but who started that game for the Cards?"

[FergieJ31]

Cy Young's entire freakin' career.

 

Hell, he could even hit. He posted a .340 OBP one year!

 

1892 blew my mind.

36-12, 1.93 ERA, 1.062 WHIP, 453 innings pitched, 48 complete games

 

I could do that...

 

Wow ... good thing BP wasn't around back then to publish his Pitcher Abuse Points!

 

Speaking of pitcher abuse, the 1980 Oakland A's are a good case study for those in the beware-the-PAP school of thought:

 

1980 A's starting rotation, Rick Langford, Mike Norris, Matt Keough, Steve McCatty and Brian Kingman, tossed an astonishing 93 CG and over 1257 IP that year. Brian Kingman was, of course, infamous for being a 20 game loser that year, in spite of 10 CG and a relatively respectable 1.38 WHIP.

 

All 5 starters were between the ages 24 and 28 in 1980. And of those 5 promising young starters, all except McCatty were effectively finished by the end of the '82 season. Mike Norris would attempt a lame comeback in 1990. Steve McCatty held on til '84, putting up mediocre numbers after his stud 1981 year.

 

The 1980 Oakland A's rotation should be the poster boys of the PAP-awareness school.

[Lefty]

Herb Washington played in 105 major league regular season games, 2 playoff games and 3 World Series games.

 

He never had a single major league at bat, never set foot on the mound and never made a single put out defensively.

 

Baseball reference doesn't even list player comparisons by age for good ole Herb.

 

He has 3 offensive stats to his name. Runs scored (51), stolen bases (31) and caught stealing (17).

 

He was a career pinch runner.

 

Thats crazy that someone could completely avoid the battersbox or the field... (althought, he could have played in the field, but never made a play).

 

Never played the filed.

[SAMMYWHO]

Last year Livan Hernandez had the most pitcher abuse points but our's truly Carlos Z and Mark Prior were 2nd and 3rd. Now, let the Dusty bashing begin.

[goonys evil twin]

Happy Gilmore holds the record for most time spent in the penalty box and was the only player to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody.

[Balsa]

to be fair he only put up a 1.797 ops against the cubs with a 1.182 slg%.

 

Yeah I remember him killing us every time he came up to bat. Just crazy.

[Too Tall]

How can we forget about our own Adam Greenberg? He has a career 1.000 OBP, With "0" AB's

[Roast]

How can we forget about our own Adam Greenberg? He has a career 1.000 OBP, With "0" AB's

 

That plate appearance really blew his mind too..

[rocket]

john kruk seemingly hating all the new schools of thought on hitting but being almost a perfect example of a "moneyball" player.