In 1993, both Mike Fetters and Paul Gibson did something really unusual. Continue reading
Every single pitch in play
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The incredible growth of Barry Bonds (and I don’t mean his personal character)
Red Schoendienst through the years
Morphing Dave Parker
After the jump is a test morph of two Dave Parker cards. Might take a minute to load. Let me know what you think. Continue reading
Trivia: Link these 3 pitchers
Since 1919, what single-game result was achieved only by Kevin Appier, Bob Sebra and Ken Johnson?
(I can never keep you folks down for long. Congratulations to CursedClevelander. For the answer, click “Read the rest of this entry.”)
Complete game loss streaks
Here’s a little more on team streaks of complete game losses. It demonstrates just how rare they’ve become. Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day
I hope you really enjoy this totally made-up holiday.
and if things go well:
Joe Stripp (note his full name—amazing!!)
USA Today 2012 baseball preview issue
Buy this and open to page 15 to read my article on the 2012 Angels:
It’s available in your local bookstore.
More complete games than wins?! (It’s not only possible–it used to be commonplace)
Bob Gibson finished his career with 255 complete games and 251 wins / Icon SMI
Back in the old days of baseball, pitchers complete most games that they started. In 1904, for example, 88% of games started ended up as complete games. That means that lots of pitchers registered plenty of complete game losses.
As a result, there are lost of pitchers who ended up with more career complete games than wins (thanks to all those complete games losses.) Continue reading
The best relief career you never hear about
Who were the top relievers of the 1970s?
If you ask the average fan, you’d likely hear Rollie Fingers, Sparky Lyle, Goose Gossage, Mike Marshall, Tug McGraw, Kent Tekulve and others before John Hiller. Hell, I’m a Tigers fan, and even I would have named a few guys ahead of my hometown hero.