King of Stats

Your home for in depth opinions, facts, and stats from the baseball world. Credit to Reddit, Fangraphs and BBREF.

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Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs and all of their bandwagon fans. A truly special night.

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Wade Boggs never won an MVP award despite a career .328/.415/.443 slash line and 5 seasons where he batted above .350. He also finished third in ROY voting despite a batting average of .349.

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The Seattle Mariners are 12 games above .500 (32-20) and have a run differential of 12. The Cleveland Indians are 1 game above .500 (26-25) and have a run differential of +16

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Justin Verlander in his last 4 starts against the Yankees (postseason included): 30.2 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, 40 K, 0.59 ERA

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Only 3 players have hit 30+ HR’s in each of the past 4 seasons: Nelson Cruz, Edwin Encarnacion, and Anthony Rizzo

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If Barry Bonds struck out in every single at bat after the All-Star Break in 2001 and 2004, he still would have had a positive WAR in those seasons.

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For all batters through Age 27, Giancarlo Stanton is eighth all time with 267 HR in 4,120 ABs, and 1st all time with a home run rate of 6.48%

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In 2000, Luis Castillo of the Marlins batted .334 with 180 hits, but managed to drive in only 17 runs.

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If Paul Goldschmidt stays on pace with his current stats he will become the DBacks all time hits leader in 2 seasons, HR leader in 2 seasons, RBIs in 2 seasons, and BBs in 1 season.

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In December 1998, Randy Johnson signed a 4-year/$52 million contract with the Diamondbacks. Over the course of the contract, he averaged 258 IP, 354 K, 187 ERA+ and 9.6 WAR per year and won four consecutive NL Cy Young Awards.

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Chris Sale has 5 consecutive top 5 Cy Young finishes. Only player in history to do so without winning a Cy Young over that span.

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The Saint Louis Cardinals were the only team this season to not balk. Phillies and Padres tied for the most balls.

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@querysgonnabk1 Not sure but it wouldn’t surprise me

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Scott Rolen with the Phillies and Nomar Garciaparra with the Red Sox were the last two unanimous ROTY award winners from both leagues in the same year. They did it in 1997

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Judge’s stats and AL rookie ranks:

52 HR (1st)
79 XBH (1st)
128 R (1st)
114 RBI (1st)
127 BB (1st)
.422 OBP (1st)
.627 SLG (1st)
1.049 OPS (1st)
171 OPS+ (1st)
173 wRC+ (1st)
340 total bases (1st)
8.1 bWAR (1st)
8.2 fWAR (1st)

Not a tough ROY choice.

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Lou Piniella is the only player in the last 100 years to have at least 100 hits in a season vs lefty pitchers.

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Roy Halladay was the first baseball player I ever emulated, watching him in the postseason is something I’ll remember forever. Rest easy.

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The magic of Joe Buck continues: Teams that won the pennant announced by Joe Buck are now 13-1 in the World Series since 2004.

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Bellinger, Seager, Turner and Puig combined in the World Series (.164/.237/.364). They had 7 singles, 5 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 HR.

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If the Dodgers win games 6 and 7 at home, their results in the series will be W/L/L/W/L/W/W. That combination has never happened before.

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Dodgers were 98-0 when leading after 8 IP, until last night. The bullpen’s scoreless streak came to an end at 28.1 innings.