Daily Sports Stat

Tweeting out one amazing, shocking, or frankly useless sports stat a day. Discussion/questions welcome.

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@thelowballgod @podoffame Yea. It’s close. I have Stockton at #30, Gimore at #31 and Ewing at #34. So very interchangeable obviously. And trust me, I’m the biggest Ewing fan in the world.

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Spencer Strider became the 4th pitcher in history to lead his league in both Ws and Ks and not win the CYA.

Mickey Lolich 1971 (2nd to Vida Blue)

Justin Verlander 2009 (3rd to Zach Greinke)

Max Scherzer 2018 (2nd to Jacob deGrom)

Spencer Strider 2023 (4th to Blake Snell)

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All time regular season vs postseason ERAs for all pitchers with 100+ postseason innings pitched:

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Shohei Ohtani tears his UCL and will likely need TJ surgery and on the same day Mike Trout returns to the IL marking the first time since 1889 that two MVPs (Riverboat O’Hallahan and Lefty Smith) have been put on the shelf in the same day……and the Angels win 12-3.

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Jimmy Butler with the Heat:

Regular season games - 231
Regular season 40 point games - 0

Playoff games - 46
Playoff 40 point games - 7

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Lebron James finally gets his first 20 rebound game in his 1,691st career game. Only Robert Parish and Kareem have more combined games played and Lebron is setting career highs.

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Mets vs Padres Game 3 Pitching Matchup:

Over the last 3 seasons:

Chris Bassitt 402 IP, 3.13 ERA
Joe Musgrove 402 IP, 3.13 ERA

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In Edwin Diaz’s last 25.2 IP, the opposition is SLUGGING .138 against him. 🎺🎺🎺

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John Olerud hit for the cycle on 9/11/97.

John Olerud again hit for the cycle on 6/16/01.

Both times the triple he needed for the cycle was also the only triple the lead footed first baseman would hit all season.

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The 1989-90 NBA Eastern Conf All Star Team of

Michael Jordan
Larry Bird
Patrick Ewing
Kevin McHale
Scottie Pippen
Robert Parish
Isiah Thomas
Joe Dumars
Reggie Miller
Dominique Wilkins
Charles Barkley
Dennis Rodman

is the only NBA AS team to be comprised 100% of Hall of Famers

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The all time #NHL IRON MAN is Doug JARVIS at 964 consecutive games played. By FRIDAY, JARVIS will be replaced by Keith Yandle.

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@NotMrTibbs Where are we in terms of revealed ballots most years at this time?

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@NotMrTibbs @baseballhall @officialBBWAA We’re waiting @AdamRubinMedia ……

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@achester99 AD
Bellamy
Cowens
Giannis
Lanier
McAdoo
Frazier
Nash
Miller
R. Allen
McHale
Melo
Willis
Isiah
Dantley
Vince
McGinnis
Arizin
Unseld
Marion
B. Howell
Kawhi
Thurmond
English
Sam Jones
Bosh

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@achester99 Wilt
Kareem
🤴🏿
MJ
🇻🇮
Russell
📬
Shaq
Kobe
🦜
🪄
Oscar
Dream
Moses
KG
Admiral
Pettit
👨🏿‍⚕️
KD
West
🇩🇪
Mikan
CP3
Barkley
Stockton
Elgin
Artis
Harden
Wade
Ewing
Elvin
Dwight
Drexler
Havlicek
Dolph
🧤
Steph
Pippen
Barry
Westbrook
Kidd
Pau
Parish
🧊
Issel
PP
Cousy
Nique
AI

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Carlos Beltran scored 37 runs in his first 28 postseason games.

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Where the top 3 players (by Win Shares) on the last 3 #NBA Champions were drafted:

2021 - Bucks:

Giannis - 15
Jrue - 17
Middleton - 39

2020 - Lakers:

LeBron - 1
AD - 1
Dwight - 1

2019 - Raptors:

Kawhi - 15
Siakam - 27
Lowry - 24

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@baseball_ref When calculating starting pitchers WAR, is there extra credit given with increased IP within games? For example, is the exact same inning result in the 3rd measured differently than if it happens in the 8th?

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All Time Leaders in Starting Pitcher ERA+ (min 1,000 IP)

1. Jacob deGrom - 156
2. Clayton Kershaw - 155
3. Pedro Martinez - 154
4. Jim Devlin - 150
5. Lefty Grove - 148