Today is Mark Buehrle's 30th birthday (and my mom's birthday too) and I'm just going to empty my Mark Buehrle file onto this post.
- 38th round, 1139th player overall taken in June 1998 Draft.
- Out of Jefferson College in St. Charles, MO
- Attended Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, MO
- 2000 Southern League Pitcher of the Year at AA Birmingham
- Wife Jamie, son Braden David, born 7/26/07
- ML debut 7/16/2000 vs. Brewers. ND, relieving James Baldwin in 11-5 win. First batter faced, first strikeout: Jose Hernandez. First hit given up: Chris Jones; First Walk issued: Ronnie Belliard
- First ML Win: 7/19/2000 at Minnesota. Opposing pitcher: Eric Milton
- First HR given up:Troy Glaus 7/29/2000 at Anaheim
- Three career major league hits; Single off Jon Lieber 6/15/2002, RBI single off Matt Clement scoring Joe Crede 6/21/2003, and single off Keiichi Yabu 5/17/2008
- Starting and Winning pitcher of 2005 All Star Game in 2005; 4 IP, 5 H, 5 K, 2.25 ERA career AS
- No Hitter vs Texas 4/18/2007 1 BB, 8 K. It was in the middle of a streak of 39 straight batters faced without allowing a hit.
- Earned 100th career win 6/10/2007 vs. Houston
- Fifth pitcher to record each of his first 100 wins with the Sox (Faber, Horlen, Lyyons, Walsh)
- 1 hitter vs. Tampa Bay (W, 4-0) 8/3/2001; 0 BB, 1 HBP, 3 K (only hit by Damian Rolls)
- 2 hitter vs. Cleveland 7/21/2004 (W, 14-0); 0 BB, 4 K (hits by Omar Vizquel and Tim Laker)
- 2 hitter vs. Chicago 5/19/2006 (W, 6-1) ; 2 BB, 2 K (hits by Juan Pierre and Ronny Cedeno)
- 2 hitter vs. Toronto 5/31/2007 (L, 0-2); 0 BB, 6 K (solo HR by Aaron Hill and Frank Thomas)
- Career high 12 K in 3 hit CG vs. Seattle 4/16/2005; Ichiro had all three hits. this game only took 1:39 to play, or 63.5 minutes to play subtracting time between innings.
- Gave up career high 14 hits on three occasions; 7/3/2005, 7/23/2007, 8/2/2008
- Was White Sox Opening day starter in 2002,03,04,05,06,and 08.
- The only pitcher in the Majors with 10+ wins, 30+ starts, and 200+ innings pitched the last 8 seasons. The only White Sox pitcher in history with such a streak.
- Lasted 6+ innings in 49 straight starts 5/11/04 to 7/26/05; most since Steve Carlton's 69 in 1979-82. Buehrle's streak ended 8/1/05 when he was ejected for hitting Baltimore's BJ Surhoff with no prior warning.
- 5/14/2006 at Minnesota: Buehrle became first pitcher since Jack Powell (9/29/1900) to give up 7 runs in the first inning and still win the game.
- Earned no decision in Game 2 of 2005 World Series, came back to get the Save in game 3 (pitching a third of an inning in the 14th inning, retiring Adam Everett on a pop fly to short 10/25/2005)
- Most hits given up to:
23 Mike Sweeney
21 Mike Cuddyer
20 Joe Randa
18 Cristian Guzman
18 Torii Hunter
18 Mark Teahen
- Most HR given up to:
5 Mike Sweeney
4 Brandon Berger
4 Jermaine Dye
4 Vladimir Guerrero
4 Matt LeCroy
- Biggest Strikeout victims
15 John Buck
15 Mike Cuddyer
15 Corey Koskie
14 Torii Hunter
- Ranks 8th all time on White Sox Wins List
260 Ted Lyons
254 Red Faber
195 Ed Walsh
186 Billy Pierce
163 Wilbur Wood
159 Doc White
156 Eddie Cicotte
122 Mark Buehrle
- Ranks 6th all time on White Sox Strikeout list
1796 Mark Buehrle
1732 Ed Walsh
1471 Red Faber
1332 Wilbur Wood
1098 Gary Peters
1083 Mark Buehrle (will probably pass Peters early in 2009)
- Following taken from 2008 White Sox Magazine volume 2 "Up Close"
- His first car was a Mercury Cougar
- His favorite video game is Wii Bowling
- His favorite TV show is The Biggest Loser
- His favorite park other than US Cellular Field is Angel Stadium of Anaheim
- What position would he like to play other than his own? Catcher
- If he couldn't be a baseball player, he'd want to be a cop or a firefighter
- His pets names are Diesel and Drake (dogs)
- His favorite movie is The Green Mile
- Who would play him in a movie? Will Ferrell
- What would his talent be in a talent show? Dancing.
- His biggest pet peeve is going slow in the fast lane.
- Who would he like to be for a day? Tiger Woods.
- What person dead or alive would he like to meet? Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods.
- What's the best advice you've ever received? Throw strikes.
- Who on the team would you approve to date your sister? Nobody. (when asked the same question, Jim Thome replied "Mark Buehrle")
- Early in 2006 Buehrle was ordered by General Manager Kenny Williams to stop sliding around on the tarp during rain delays. Buehrle previously had entertained fans by running around and sliding into large puddles of water
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Fun with Starting Rotations
The other day, I was curious about consistency of pitching staffs. I started with the figure of 30 starts. I wanted to see which teams had the most 30 start pitchers on a consistent basis. Since 2005, a team had four 30 game starters on thirteen occasions. One team has done it every year from 2005-2008; the White Sox. They also did it in 2003.
Here are White Sox' four excellent rotations
2005: Buehrle 33, Garcia 33, Contreras 32, Garland 32
2006: Garcia 33, Buehrle 32, Garland 32, Vazquez 32, Contreras 30
2007: Garland 32, Vazquez 32, Buehrle 30, Contreras 30
2008: Buehrle 34, Danks 33, Floyd 33, Vazquez 33
And notice the 2006 staff had five 30+ start men. This has only happened six times in major league history.
2006 White Sox: Garcia, Buehrle, Garland, Vazquez, Contreras
2005 Cardinals: Chris Carpenter, Jason Marquis, Mark Mulder, Jeff Suppan, Matt Morris
2005 Indians: Jake Westbrook, Cliff Lee, Scott Elarton, CC Sabathia, Kevin Millwood
1993 Dodgers: Pedro Astacio, Kevin Gross, Orel Hershiser, Ramon Martinez, Tom Candiotti
1977 Dodgers: Tommy John, Rick Rhoden, Don Sutton, Doug Rau, Burt Hooton
and
2003 Mariners: Jamie Moyer, Joel Piniero, Gil Meche, Freddy Garcia, Ryan Franklin
What's special about the '03 M's? Moyer and Garcia both recorded 33 starts, and Meche, Piniero, and Franklin recorded 32. That adds up tp 162. Every start was accounted for by these five men. This is the only time in major league history that this has happened.
Also, three rotations in history had three guys with 40+ starts. And one may think that they happened in the early 1900's. Incorrect.
1965 Dodgers: Don Drysdale 42, Sandy Koufax 41, Claude Osteen 40
1969 Dodgers: Claude Osteen 41, Don Sutton 41, Bill Singer 40
1972 White Sox: Wilbur Wood 49, Stan Bahnsen 41, Tom Bradley 40
The 40 game starter was prevalent in the 1900's, then went into hibernation until sprinkling in the mid to late 60's and then thriving through the 70's. The last 40 game starter (probably ever) was Charlie Hough with 40 in 1987. Two years earlier Jerry Reuss of the Dodgers racked up 45.
The highest tandem of starts is Jack Chesbro (51) and Jack Powell (45) for the 1904 Highlanders (later Yankees)
What's the most different starting pitchers used in a season? That would be 19. By 3 teams.
1919 Athletics: Jing Johnson, Rollie Naylor, Scott Perry, Tom Rogers, Walt Kinney, Win Noyes, Socks Seybold, Jimmy Zinn, Bob Geary, Dan Boone, Mule Watson, Ray Roberts, Bob Hasty, Bill Grevell, Pat Martin, Lefty York, Charlie Eckert, Dave Keefe, and William Pierson. You've never heard of any of them, and the team went 36-104.
1935 Athletics: Johnny Marcum, George Blaeholder, White Wilshere, Roy Mahaffey, Bill Dietrich, Carl Doyle, Al Benton, George Tuberville, Sugar Cain, Joe Cascarella, Woody Upchurch, Herman Fink, Vallie Eaves, Al Veach, Bill Ferrazzi, Wedo Martini, George Caster, Dutch Lieber, and Earl Huckleberry. You couldn't come up with 19 better names if you tried. 58-91 record.
1944 Dodgers: Hal Gregg, Curt Davis, Rube Melton, Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, Ben Chapman, Whit Wyatt, Les Webber, Ed Head, Art Herring, Fritz Ostermueller, Tommy Warren, Bob Chipman, Tom Sunkel, John Wells, Chink Zachary, Clyde King, Ralph Branca, Wes Flowers, and Frank Wurm. 63-91. But first place as far as names are concerned.
Next, I was looking at the 2008 White Sox rotation, and I noticed that 75 of the starts were made by lefties. Then I did every team in the majors and noticed that the most left handed rotation in baseball was the Pirates, with 94 starts made by lefties. The Reds had a single left handed start by Adam Pettyjohn (his first start since 2001; he had suffered from ulcerative colitis, missed the entire 2002 season, and battled back to the majors). I asked myself, is it possible that a team can go an entire season without a left handed start??
Yes. 27 times!
1901 Braves (140 games)
1903 Dodgers (139) and Giants (142)
1922 Yankees (154)
1923 Red Sox (154)
1930 Red Sox (154)
1932 Indians (152) and Cubs (154)
1933 Cubs (154)
1944 Braves (155)
1973 Braves (162)
1974 Braves (163)
1992 A's (162)
1993 Dodgers (162)
1994 Dodgers (114) and Cubs (113)
1995 Dodgers (144) and Cubs (144)
1996 Dodgers (162) and Cubs (162) and Mets (162)
1998 Jays (163)
2000 Rays (161) and Astros (162)
2001 Cubs (162) and Brewers (162)
2002 Orioles (162)
2006 D-Backs (162)
Three of these teams, the 1901 Braves, the 1903 Giants, and the 1944 Braves, didn't have a single inning pitched by a lefty.
Look at that run by the Dodgers! Sandwiched between a Bob Ojeda start 9/24/1992 and a Dennys Reyes start 7/13/97, the Dodgers had 681 consecutive games in which they started a right handed pitcher.
Second to that 681 game streak is the Cubs' 422 right handed starter streak inbetween a Greg Hibbard start 9/29/93 and Terry Mulholland's opening day start 4/1/97.
Of course, it's important to ask which staff, then, is the most left handed in history?
Indeed it is the 1983 Yankees. You can just hear Big Stein flipping out after a lackluster 79-83 1982, saying, "That's it! Give me lefties. I want lefties!!!"
The top five pitchers (as far as starts go) are all lefties.
Shane Rawley, 33
Ron Guidry, 31
Dave Righetti, 31
Bob Shirley, 17
Ray Fontenot, 15
That's 127 of 162 starts, or 78.4% of the team starts. They turned it around for a 91-71 record too... unfortunately, that was only good for third. The second most I was able to find was the 1979 White Sox, with 116 lefty starts.
That was a blast. More to come.
Here are White Sox' four excellent rotations
2005: Buehrle 33, Garcia 33, Contreras 32, Garland 32
2006: Garcia 33, Buehrle 32, Garland 32, Vazquez 32, Contreras 30
2007: Garland 32, Vazquez 32, Buehrle 30, Contreras 30
2008: Buehrle 34, Danks 33, Floyd 33, Vazquez 33
And notice the 2006 staff had five 30+ start men. This has only happened six times in major league history.
2006 White Sox: Garcia, Buehrle, Garland, Vazquez, Contreras
2005 Cardinals: Chris Carpenter, Jason Marquis, Mark Mulder, Jeff Suppan, Matt Morris
2005 Indians: Jake Westbrook, Cliff Lee, Scott Elarton, CC Sabathia, Kevin Millwood
1993 Dodgers: Pedro Astacio, Kevin Gross, Orel Hershiser, Ramon Martinez, Tom Candiotti
1977 Dodgers: Tommy John, Rick Rhoden, Don Sutton, Doug Rau, Burt Hooton
and
2003 Mariners: Jamie Moyer, Joel Piniero, Gil Meche, Freddy Garcia, Ryan Franklin
What's special about the '03 M's? Moyer and Garcia both recorded 33 starts, and Meche, Piniero, and Franklin recorded 32. That adds up tp 162. Every start was accounted for by these five men. This is the only time in major league history that this has happened.
Also, three rotations in history had three guys with 40+ starts. And one may think that they happened in the early 1900's. Incorrect.
1965 Dodgers: Don Drysdale 42, Sandy Koufax 41, Claude Osteen 40
1969 Dodgers: Claude Osteen 41, Don Sutton 41, Bill Singer 40
1972 White Sox: Wilbur Wood 49, Stan Bahnsen 41, Tom Bradley 40
The 40 game starter was prevalent in the 1900's, then went into hibernation until sprinkling in the mid to late 60's and then thriving through the 70's. The last 40 game starter (probably ever) was Charlie Hough with 40 in 1987. Two years earlier Jerry Reuss of the Dodgers racked up 45.
The highest tandem of starts is Jack Chesbro (51) and Jack Powell (45) for the 1904 Highlanders (later Yankees)
What's the most different starting pitchers used in a season? That would be 19. By 3 teams.
1919 Athletics: Jing Johnson, Rollie Naylor, Scott Perry, Tom Rogers, Walt Kinney, Win Noyes, Socks Seybold, Jimmy Zinn, Bob Geary, Dan Boone, Mule Watson, Ray Roberts, Bob Hasty, Bill Grevell, Pat Martin, Lefty York, Charlie Eckert, Dave Keefe, and William Pierson. You've never heard of any of them, and the team went 36-104.
1935 Athletics: Johnny Marcum, George Blaeholder, White Wilshere, Roy Mahaffey, Bill Dietrich, Carl Doyle, Al Benton, George Tuberville, Sugar Cain, Joe Cascarella, Woody Upchurch, Herman Fink, Vallie Eaves, Al Veach, Bill Ferrazzi, Wedo Martini, George Caster, Dutch Lieber, and Earl Huckleberry. You couldn't come up with 19 better names if you tried. 58-91 record.
1944 Dodgers: Hal Gregg, Curt Davis, Rube Melton, Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, Ben Chapman, Whit Wyatt, Les Webber, Ed Head, Art Herring, Fritz Ostermueller, Tommy Warren, Bob Chipman, Tom Sunkel, John Wells, Chink Zachary, Clyde King, Ralph Branca, Wes Flowers, and Frank Wurm. 63-91. But first place as far as names are concerned.
Next, I was looking at the 2008 White Sox rotation, and I noticed that 75 of the starts were made by lefties. Then I did every team in the majors and noticed that the most left handed rotation in baseball was the Pirates, with 94 starts made by lefties. The Reds had a single left handed start by Adam Pettyjohn (his first start since 2001; he had suffered from ulcerative colitis, missed the entire 2002 season, and battled back to the majors). I asked myself, is it possible that a team can go an entire season without a left handed start??
Yes. 27 times!
1901 Braves (140 games)
1903 Dodgers (139) and Giants (142)
1922 Yankees (154)
1923 Red Sox (154)
1930 Red Sox (154)
1932 Indians (152) and Cubs (154)
1933 Cubs (154)
1944 Braves (155)
1973 Braves (162)
1974 Braves (163)
1992 A's (162)
1993 Dodgers (162)
1994 Dodgers (114) and Cubs (113)
1995 Dodgers (144) and Cubs (144)
1996 Dodgers (162) and Cubs (162) and Mets (162)
1998 Jays (163)
2000 Rays (161) and Astros (162)
2001 Cubs (162) and Brewers (162)
2002 Orioles (162)
2006 D-Backs (162)
Three of these teams, the 1901 Braves, the 1903 Giants, and the 1944 Braves, didn't have a single inning pitched by a lefty.
Look at that run by the Dodgers! Sandwiched between a Bob Ojeda start 9/24/1992 and a Dennys Reyes start 7/13/97, the Dodgers had 681 consecutive games in which they started a right handed pitcher.
Second to that 681 game streak is the Cubs' 422 right handed starter streak inbetween a Greg Hibbard start 9/29/93 and Terry Mulholland's opening day start 4/1/97.
Of course, it's important to ask which staff, then, is the most left handed in history?
Indeed it is the 1983 Yankees. You can just hear Big Stein flipping out after a lackluster 79-83 1982, saying, "That's it! Give me lefties. I want lefties!!!"
The top five pitchers (as far as starts go) are all lefties.
Shane Rawley, 33
Ron Guidry, 31
Dave Righetti, 31
Bob Shirley, 17
Ray Fontenot, 15
That's 127 of 162 starts, or 78.4% of the team starts. They turned it around for a 91-71 record too... unfortunately, that was only good for third. The second most I was able to find was the 1979 White Sox, with 116 lefty starts.
That was a blast. More to come.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Bad.
Bad.
The word is simple. Three letters. The meaning also simple. Not good.
As much as the very best performances are celebrated, I would think it's also relevant to highlight the worst. Kind of a way of balancing things.
Here's a list of worst career ERA for each franchise. I think worst career ERA says a lot. How bad does someone have to be in order for the team to say "that's enough?"
The worst career ERA (minimum 500 innings pitched) for a team says to me, "This guy has some defined quality (despite the bad ERA) to keep him around. This interests me.
Plus I'm almost equally as interested in the worst as I am the best.
Here it is.
Arizona Diamondbacks: Brian Anderson - 4.52 ERA in 840.7 innings. What's interesting is who has the worst career ERA with 1000 minimum innings pitched. Brandon Webb - 3.24 (Well, when you're matched up against Johnson and Schilling, you're gonna come up third... and apparently last in this case; they've only had three guys in franchise history to rack up 1000 innings.)
Tampa Bay Rays: James Shields, 3.96 ERA in 554.7 innings pitched. Among pitchers with 500+ innings pitched, James Shields has a higher ERA than Scott Kazmir. That's it.
Florida Marlins: Ryan Dempster. 4.64 ERA in 759.7 IP. Highest with 1000 IP was Dontrelle Willis, who is the only guy to pitch 1000 innings with the Fish.
Colorado Rockies: Pedro Astacio. 5.43 ERA in 827.3 IP. He was pretty bad. 6.23 ERA in 209.3 innings in 1998. I think that's a record worst ERA in a 200+ IP season. I'll double check. Could also have the record for worst ERA during a 200 strikeout season too. (5.04 in 232 innings in 1999.) Pitching at Coors sucks.
Kansas City Royals: Chris Haney, 5.24 ERA in 625.7 innings. By the way; best ERA since the deadball era? Mariano Rivera (2.29). Second: Hoyt Wilhelm (2.52). Then Whitey Ford (2.75), Sandy Koufax (2.76), and.... Royal legend Dan Quisenberry (2.76).
Milwaukee Brewers: Dave Bush, 4.57
San Diego Padres: Sterling Hitchcock, 4.47
Seattle Mariners: Dave Fleming, 4.73
Toronto Blue Jays: Josh Towers, 4.93 ERA in 558.3 IP. Without the 8.23 he chalked up in his 62 innings in 2006, he's at 4.50.
Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals: Tony Armas, 4.45
Texas Rangers: Darren Oliver, 5.28
NY Mets: Al Jackson, 4.26
LA Angels: Bartolo Colon (!) 4.66... And there was a Cy Young Award in there. And he claims the highest career Angels ERA by sandwiching the Cy between a 5.01 ERA and two injury shortened 5.11 and 6.34 seasons.
Houston Astros: Wandy Rodriguez. 4.79. Actively on the Astros. Stay tuned.
Minnesota Twins: Joe Haynes, 5.53
(Philadelphia/KC/Oakland) Athletics: Nels Potter, 5.81. That's two 6+ ERA's and a 4.44. Then he cleaned up during WWII posting three straight sub-3 ERA's for the Browns. Career 3.99 ERA
NY Yankees: Hank Johnson: 4.84. (They haven't let Phil Hughes pitch enough innings yet.)
Detroit Tigers: Mike Moore: 5.90
Cleveland Indians: Jaret Wright, 5.50
Chicago White Sox: Jaime Navarro, 6.06 (The official scorers took it easy on him). The ChiSox also had a 1000 inning 5+ ERA guy, James Baldwin.
Boston Red Sox: Chuck Stobbs, 4.70
Baltimore Orioles; Daniel Cabrera, 5.05
St. Louis Browns: Jack Knott, 5.41
Atlanta Braves: Horatio Ramirez, 4.13
Boston Braves: Socks Seibold, 4.48
Boston Beaneaters (pre 1900) Jim Sullivan, 4.54
Cincinnati Reds: Herm Wehmeier, 5.25 (in 1087 innings!) This guy had three separate 100+IP seasons with ERA+ scores of 67, 74, and 73... then dipped to 60 in 80.3 IP
Brooklyn Dodgers (pre 1900): Dan Daub, 4.81
Brooklyn Dodgers (post 1900): Hal Gregg, 4.48
LA Dodgers: Darren Dreifort, 4.36 (that's $63M worth of bad)
Philadelphia Phillies: Les Sweetland, 6.33 (6.15, 6.58, 5.11, 7.71!, 5.04, Retired) career ERA 6.10
(and a 1.823 career WHIP)
Pittsburgh Pirates: Jimmy Anderson, 5.17
NY Giants: Clint Hartung, 5.03
SF Giants: Mark Gardner, 4,71
St. Louis Cardinals (pre 1900): Red Donahue, 6.00
post 1900: Jason Marquis: 4.60
Chicago Cubs (pre 1900): Willie McGill, 5.11 (101 ERA+...)
post 1900: Johnny Klippstein, 4.79
More bad ERA analysis to come!
The word is simple. Three letters. The meaning also simple. Not good.
As much as the very best performances are celebrated, I would think it's also relevant to highlight the worst. Kind of a way of balancing things.
Here's a list of worst career ERA for each franchise. I think worst career ERA says a lot. How bad does someone have to be in order for the team to say "that's enough?"
The worst career ERA (minimum 500 innings pitched) for a team says to me, "This guy has some defined quality (despite the bad ERA) to keep him around. This interests me.
Plus I'm almost equally as interested in the worst as I am the best.
Here it is.
Arizona Diamondbacks: Brian Anderson - 4.52 ERA in 840.7 innings. What's interesting is who has the worst career ERA with 1000 minimum innings pitched. Brandon Webb - 3.24 (Well, when you're matched up against Johnson and Schilling, you're gonna come up third... and apparently last in this case; they've only had three guys in franchise history to rack up 1000 innings.)
Tampa Bay Rays: James Shields, 3.96 ERA in 554.7 innings pitched. Among pitchers with 500+ innings pitched, James Shields has a higher ERA than Scott Kazmir. That's it.
Florida Marlins: Ryan Dempster. 4.64 ERA in 759.7 IP. Highest with 1000 IP was Dontrelle Willis, who is the only guy to pitch 1000 innings with the Fish.
Colorado Rockies: Pedro Astacio. 5.43 ERA in 827.3 IP. He was pretty bad. 6.23 ERA in 209.3 innings in 1998. I think that's a record worst ERA in a 200+ IP season. I'll double check. Could also have the record for worst ERA during a 200 strikeout season too. (5.04 in 232 innings in 1999.) Pitching at Coors sucks.
Kansas City Royals: Chris Haney, 5.24 ERA in 625.7 innings. By the way; best ERA since the deadball era? Mariano Rivera (2.29). Second: Hoyt Wilhelm (2.52). Then Whitey Ford (2.75), Sandy Koufax (2.76), and.... Royal legend Dan Quisenberry (2.76).
Milwaukee Brewers: Dave Bush, 4.57
San Diego Padres: Sterling Hitchcock, 4.47
Seattle Mariners: Dave Fleming, 4.73
Toronto Blue Jays: Josh Towers, 4.93 ERA in 558.3 IP. Without the 8.23 he chalked up in his 62 innings in 2006, he's at 4.50.
Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals: Tony Armas, 4.45
Texas Rangers: Darren Oliver, 5.28
NY Mets: Al Jackson, 4.26
LA Angels: Bartolo Colon (!) 4.66... And there was a Cy Young Award in there. And he claims the highest career Angels ERA by sandwiching the Cy between a 5.01 ERA and two injury shortened 5.11 and 6.34 seasons.
Houston Astros: Wandy Rodriguez. 4.79. Actively on the Astros. Stay tuned.
Minnesota Twins: Joe Haynes, 5.53
(Philadelphia/KC/Oakland) Athletics: Nels Potter, 5.81. That's two 6+ ERA's and a 4.44. Then he cleaned up during WWII posting three straight sub-3 ERA's for the Browns. Career 3.99 ERA
NY Yankees: Hank Johnson: 4.84. (They haven't let Phil Hughes pitch enough innings yet.)
Detroit Tigers: Mike Moore: 5.90
Cleveland Indians: Jaret Wright, 5.50
Chicago White Sox: Jaime Navarro, 6.06 (The official scorers took it easy on him). The ChiSox also had a 1000 inning 5+ ERA guy, James Baldwin.
Boston Red Sox: Chuck Stobbs, 4.70
Baltimore Orioles; Daniel Cabrera, 5.05
St. Louis Browns: Jack Knott, 5.41
Atlanta Braves: Horatio Ramirez, 4.13
Boston Braves: Socks Seibold, 4.48
Boston Beaneaters (pre 1900) Jim Sullivan, 4.54
Cincinnati Reds: Herm Wehmeier, 5.25 (in 1087 innings!) This guy had three separate 100+IP seasons with ERA+ scores of 67, 74, and 73... then dipped to 60 in 80.3 IP
Brooklyn Dodgers (pre 1900): Dan Daub, 4.81
Brooklyn Dodgers (post 1900): Hal Gregg, 4.48
LA Dodgers: Darren Dreifort, 4.36 (that's $63M worth of bad)
Philadelphia Phillies: Les Sweetland, 6.33 (6.15, 6.58, 5.11, 7.71!, 5.04, Retired) career ERA 6.10
(and a 1.823 career WHIP)
Pittsburgh Pirates: Jimmy Anderson, 5.17
NY Giants: Clint Hartung, 5.03
SF Giants: Mark Gardner, 4,71
St. Louis Cardinals (pre 1900): Red Donahue, 6.00
post 1900: Jason Marquis: 4.60
Chicago Cubs (pre 1900): Willie McGill, 5.11 (101 ERA+...)
post 1900: Johnny Klippstein, 4.79
More bad ERA analysis to come!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Random HR Leader Lists
In time for the 2009 season, I present various HR Split leader lists (incomplete, but fairly well done)
Solo HR
450 Barry Bonds
400 Hank Aaron
365 Willie Mays
349 Babe Ruth
329 Rafael Palmeiro
327 Ken Griffey, Jr.
326 Sammy Sosa
325 Frank Robinson
308 Reggie Jackson
306 Mark McGwire
299 Jim Thome
298 Mickey Mantle
291 Mike Schmidt
288 Alex Rodriguez
287 Frank Thomas
282 Willie McCovey
276 Harmon Killebrew
270 Eddie Mathews
269 Fred McGriff
262 Gary Sheffield
261 Ernie Banks
2-Run HR
251 Babe Ruth
242 Hank Aaron
223 Barry Bonds
223 Harmon Killebrew
219 Willie Mays
197 Mark McGwire
195 Ken Griffey, Jr.
192 Ted Williams
190 Sammy Sosa
189 Alex Rodriguez
185 Frank Robinson
185 Mel Ott
183 Eddie Mathews
181 Manny Ramirez
180 Stan Musial
175 Reggie Jackson
173 Eddie Murray
171 Rafael Palmeiro
168 Mike Schmidt
167 Jimmie Foxx
167 Lou Gehrig
166 Jim Thome
3-Run HR
98 Babe Ruth
97 Hank Aaron
95 Jimmie Foxx
84 Mel Ott
84 Sammy Sosa
82 Mike Schmidt
78 Barry Bonds
77 Ted Williams
76 Ernie Banks
74 Ken Griffey, Jr.
73 Lou Gehrig
70 Jeff Bagwell
69 Reggie Jackson
68 Jose Canseco
68 Mickey Mantle
68 Willie Mays
68 Manny Ramirez
68 Frank Robinson
68 Gary Sheffield
68 Jim Thome
67 Willie McCovey
66 Mark McGwire
Grand Slams
23 Lou Gehrig
20 Manny Ramirez
19 Eddie Murray
18 Willie McCovey
18 Robin Ventura
17 Jimmie Foxx
17 Alex Rodriguez
17 Ted Williams
16 Hank Aaron
16 Dave Kingman
16 Babe Ruth
15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
15 Richie Sexson
14 Jason Giambi
14 Gil Hodges
14 Mark McGwire
14 Mike Piazza
HR vs. LHP
225 Barry Bonds
221 Hank Aaron
219 Babe Ruth
209 Willie Mays
194 Frank Robinson
183 Dave Winfield
180 Ken Griffey, Jr.
178 Reggie Jackson
163 Mickey Mantle
160 Rafael Palmeiro
160 Frank Thomas
155 Stan Musial
154 Frank Howard
153 Dave Kingman
151 Harmon Killebrew
151 Sammy Sosa
147 Matt Williams
146 Mark McGwire
143 Lou Gehrig
142 Eddie Murray
HR vs. RHP
537 Barry Bonds
534 Hank Aaron
495 Babe Ruth
458 Sammy Sosa
457 Ted Williams
451 Willie Mays
442 Jim Thome
438 Jimmie Foxx
437 Mark McGwire
431 Ken Griffey, Jr.
422 Harmon Killebrew
421 Willie McCovey
418 Alex Rodriguez
418 Eddie Mathews
409 Rafael Palmeiro
407 Mike Schmidt
400 Mel Ott
392 Frank Robinson
391 Manny Ramirez
385 Reggie Jackson
380 Carlos Delgado
HR at Home
385 Hank Aaron
379 Barry Bonds
347 Babe Ruth
335 Willie Mays
323 Mel Ott
321 Frank Robinson
321 Sammy Sosa
319 Ken Griffey, Jr.
312 Frank Thomas
311 Rafael Palmeiro
300 Jim Thome
299 Jimmie Foxx
291 Harmon Killebrew
290 Ernie Banks
285 Mark McGwire
282 Alex Rodriguez
280 Reggie Jackson
267 Manny Ramirez
266 Mickey Mantle
265 Mike Schmidt
264 Willie McCovey
HR on Road
383 Barry Bonds
370 Hank Aaron
367 Babe Ruth
325 Willie Mays
298 Mark McGwire
292 Ken Griffey, Jr.
288 Sammy Sosa
283 Reggie Jackson
283 Mike Schmidt
282 Harmon Killebrew
274 Ernie Banks
274 Eddie Mathews
273 Ted Williams
271 Alex Rodriguez
265 Frank Robinson
262 Eddie Murray
260 Manny Ramirez
258 Rafael Palmeiro
257 Willie McCovey
254 Willie Stargell
252 Fred McGriff
Solo HR
450 Barry Bonds
400 Hank Aaron
365 Willie Mays
349 Babe Ruth
329 Rafael Palmeiro
327 Ken Griffey, Jr.
326 Sammy Sosa
325 Frank Robinson
308 Reggie Jackson
306 Mark McGwire
299 Jim Thome
298 Mickey Mantle
291 Mike Schmidt
288 Alex Rodriguez
287 Frank Thomas
282 Willie McCovey
276 Harmon Killebrew
270 Eddie Mathews
269 Fred McGriff
262 Gary Sheffield
261 Ernie Banks
2-Run HR
251 Babe Ruth
242 Hank Aaron
223 Barry Bonds
223 Harmon Killebrew
219 Willie Mays
197 Mark McGwire
195 Ken Griffey, Jr.
192 Ted Williams
190 Sammy Sosa
189 Alex Rodriguez
185 Frank Robinson
185 Mel Ott
183 Eddie Mathews
181 Manny Ramirez
180 Stan Musial
175 Reggie Jackson
173 Eddie Murray
171 Rafael Palmeiro
168 Mike Schmidt
167 Jimmie Foxx
167 Lou Gehrig
166 Jim Thome
3-Run HR
98 Babe Ruth
97 Hank Aaron
95 Jimmie Foxx
84 Mel Ott
84 Sammy Sosa
82 Mike Schmidt
78 Barry Bonds
77 Ted Williams
76 Ernie Banks
74 Ken Griffey, Jr.
73 Lou Gehrig
70 Jeff Bagwell
69 Reggie Jackson
68 Jose Canseco
68 Mickey Mantle
68 Willie Mays
68 Manny Ramirez
68 Frank Robinson
68 Gary Sheffield
68 Jim Thome
67 Willie McCovey
66 Mark McGwire
Grand Slams
23 Lou Gehrig
20 Manny Ramirez
19 Eddie Murray
18 Willie McCovey
18 Robin Ventura
17 Jimmie Foxx
17 Alex Rodriguez
17 Ted Williams
16 Hank Aaron
16 Dave Kingman
16 Babe Ruth
15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
15 Richie Sexson
14 Jason Giambi
14 Gil Hodges
14 Mark McGwire
14 Mike Piazza
HR vs. LHP
225 Barry Bonds
221 Hank Aaron
219 Babe Ruth
209 Willie Mays
194 Frank Robinson
183 Dave Winfield
180 Ken Griffey, Jr.
178 Reggie Jackson
163 Mickey Mantle
160 Rafael Palmeiro
160 Frank Thomas
155 Stan Musial
154 Frank Howard
153 Dave Kingman
151 Harmon Killebrew
151 Sammy Sosa
147 Matt Williams
146 Mark McGwire
143 Lou Gehrig
142 Eddie Murray
HR vs. RHP
537 Barry Bonds
534 Hank Aaron
495 Babe Ruth
458 Sammy Sosa
457 Ted Williams
451 Willie Mays
442 Jim Thome
438 Jimmie Foxx
437 Mark McGwire
431 Ken Griffey, Jr.
422 Harmon Killebrew
421 Willie McCovey
418 Alex Rodriguez
418 Eddie Mathews
409 Rafael Palmeiro
407 Mike Schmidt
400 Mel Ott
392 Frank Robinson
391 Manny Ramirez
385 Reggie Jackson
380 Carlos Delgado
HR at Home
385 Hank Aaron
379 Barry Bonds
347 Babe Ruth
335 Willie Mays
323 Mel Ott
321 Frank Robinson
321 Sammy Sosa
319 Ken Griffey, Jr.
312 Frank Thomas
311 Rafael Palmeiro
300 Jim Thome
299 Jimmie Foxx
291 Harmon Killebrew
290 Ernie Banks
285 Mark McGwire
282 Alex Rodriguez
280 Reggie Jackson
267 Manny Ramirez
266 Mickey Mantle
265 Mike Schmidt
264 Willie McCovey
HR on Road
383 Barry Bonds
370 Hank Aaron
367 Babe Ruth
325 Willie Mays
298 Mark McGwire
292 Ken Griffey, Jr.
288 Sammy Sosa
283 Reggie Jackson
283 Mike Schmidt
282 Harmon Killebrew
274 Ernie Banks
274 Eddie Mathews
273 Ted Williams
271 Alex Rodriguez
265 Frank Robinson
262 Eddie Murray
260 Manny Ramirez
258 Rafael Palmeiro
257 Willie McCovey
254 Willie Stargell
252 Fred McGriff
Monday, March 9, 2009
Maybe I'm a little behind, but...
Congratulations, Rickey Henderson for being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I hereby break down Henderson's record 1406 career stolen bases.
He stole 867 while playing for the A's, 326 while playing for the Yankees, 91 with the Padres, 42 with the Mets, 31 with the Mariners, 22 with the Blue Jays, 16 with the Angels, 8 with the Red Sox, and 3 with the Dodgers.
He stole 663 while at home, 743 away.
110 vs. the Twins and Jays, 103 vs. the Indians, 101 vs. the Rangers, 99 vs. the Orioles, 98 vs. the Royals, 93 vs. the Mariners and White Sox, 89 vs. the Red Sox, 87 vs. the Brewers, 84 vs. the Tigers, 79 vs. the Yankees, 76 vs. the Angels, 33 vs. the A's, 17 vs. the Rockies, 14 vs. The Rays, Giants, and Marlins, 11 vs. the Pirates and Dodgers, 10 vs. the D-Backs, 8 vs. the Cards, Cubs, and Mets, 7 vs, the Reds, Phils, and Braves, 6 vs. the Padres and Expos, and 3 vs. the Astros.
He stole a base in 41 different parks, including four different countries (US, Canada, Mexico, and Japan)
He stole 216 on sunday, 165 on monday, 208 on tuesday, 175 on wednesday, 135 on thursday, 260 on friday, and 247 on saturday.
He stole 1 in march, 172 in april, 248 in may, 227 in june, 248 in july, 244 in august, 244 in september, and 22 in october.
He stole second base 1087 times, third base 315 times, and home 4 times.
He stole one base in a game 755 times, he stole two bases in a game 209 times, three bases 52 times, four bases 18 times, and five bases on one occasion.
He stole bases off 553 different pitchers; including 8 hall of famers.
He stole bases off 194 different catchers; one hall of famer.
He stole 1004 bases off of right handed pitchers; 402 off of lefties.
Top pitcher victims:
Jack Morris 17
Floyd Bannister 16
Randy Johnson 16
Frank Tanana 13
Scott McGregor 13
Charlie Hough 12
Dave Stieb 12
Bobby Witt 12
Dennis Martinez 11
Dan Petry 11
Top Catcher victims:
Jim Sundberg 54
Ernie Whitt 49
Carlton Fisk 43
Rick Dempsey 37
Lance Parrish 37
Butch Wynegar 37
Brian Harper 36
Rich Gedman 33
John Wathan 32
Ron Hassey 29
I hereby break down Henderson's record 1406 career stolen bases.
He stole 867 while playing for the A's, 326 while playing for the Yankees, 91 with the Padres, 42 with the Mets, 31 with the Mariners, 22 with the Blue Jays, 16 with the Angels, 8 with the Red Sox, and 3 with the Dodgers.
He stole 663 while at home, 743 away.
110 vs. the Twins and Jays, 103 vs. the Indians, 101 vs. the Rangers, 99 vs. the Orioles, 98 vs. the Royals, 93 vs. the Mariners and White Sox, 89 vs. the Red Sox, 87 vs. the Brewers, 84 vs. the Tigers, 79 vs. the Yankees, 76 vs. the Angels, 33 vs. the A's, 17 vs. the Rockies, 14 vs. The Rays, Giants, and Marlins, 11 vs. the Pirates and Dodgers, 10 vs. the D-Backs, 8 vs. the Cards, Cubs, and Mets, 7 vs, the Reds, Phils, and Braves, 6 vs. the Padres and Expos, and 3 vs. the Astros.
He stole a base in 41 different parks, including four different countries (US, Canada, Mexico, and Japan)
He stole 216 on sunday, 165 on monday, 208 on tuesday, 175 on wednesday, 135 on thursday, 260 on friday, and 247 on saturday.
He stole 1 in march, 172 in april, 248 in may, 227 in june, 248 in july, 244 in august, 244 in september, and 22 in october.
He stole second base 1087 times, third base 315 times, and home 4 times.
He stole one base in a game 755 times, he stole two bases in a game 209 times, three bases 52 times, four bases 18 times, and five bases on one occasion.
He stole bases off 553 different pitchers; including 8 hall of famers.
He stole bases off 194 different catchers; one hall of famer.
He stole 1004 bases off of right handed pitchers; 402 off of lefties.
Top pitcher victims:
Jack Morris 17
Floyd Bannister 16
Randy Johnson 16
Frank Tanana 13
Scott McGregor 13
Charlie Hough 12
Dave Stieb 12
Bobby Witt 12
Dennis Martinez 11
Dan Petry 11
Top Catcher victims:
Jim Sundberg 54
Ernie Whitt 49
Carlton Fisk 43
Rick Dempsey 37
Lance Parrish 37
Butch Wynegar 37
Brian Harper 36
Rich Gedman 33
John Wathan 32
Ron Hassey 29
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