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Category Archives: stat crunching
Teams with the Worst Plate Discipline of All Time
As of Saturday morning, the Houston Astros offense has accrued all of five walks (against 56 strikeouts) in their first four games. While it is unlikely they will continue to average 1.25 walks and 14 strikeouts per game, their extremely … Continue reading
Posted in records, stat crunching, teams
Tagged Astros, plate discipline, strikeouts, walks
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Happy Pi Day 2013!
If you’ve been reading the VORG for a while, you know that our favorite day of the year, aside from Opening Day, would be Pi Day. Pi Day (3.14) celebrates the magic and … Continue reading
Posted in factoids, frivolity, Play Index mining, stat crunching
Tagged 3.14, pi day, Pi Young Award
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Ten Years, No HOF Votes . . . Where is the love? – 2013 Update
After the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot results were announced, I thought it would be cool to take a historical look at those players who were on the standard BBWAA ballot at least once, and didn’t receive even one vote. It … Continue reading
Twelve to the Third Powerhitter
So in case you’ve been asleep all day, today is “12-12-12″. The VORG is celebrating by giving you the players with the most “twelveness” in a season, based on their major batting stat categories: Let’s start off by stating that … Continue reading
Posted in frivolity, Play Index mining, stat crunching
Tagged 12-12-12, BA, HR, Kiko Garcia, RBI
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More Saves than Ks
Yesterday I wrote about Jim Johnson having more saves than the Astros have wins. Well, over at TheScore, yours truly got mentioned in their article on the same topic. In the comments section of that post, a reader named “Hendo” … Continue reading
Posted in factoids, pitchers, Play Index mining, records, stat crunching
Tagged Jim Johnson, saves, strikeouts, Todd Jones
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One Player’s Saves greater than Another Team’s Wins
This afternoon the Orioles’ Jim Johnson notched his 41st save of 2012, nailing down a 5-3 win over the White Sox. That save puts him temporarily ahead of the Astros total wins (40) this year. If Johnson can keep the … Continue reading
Posted in factoids, pitchers, records, stat crunching
Tagged Astros, Detroit Tigers, Jim Johnson, John Smoltz, Keith Foulke, Orioles
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Remember those Canonical Batting Lines?
A few months ago I embarked upon a rather ambitious bit of research, to catalog all the different batting lines (AB-R-H-RBI) in MLB history. It was a lot of work, going through each combination in the Baseball Reference Play Index, … Continue reading
Posted in game events, Play Index mining, Retrosheet, stat crunching
Tagged batting lines, Retrosheet, SABR, Tom Ruane
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