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Remember those Canonical Batting Lines?

Posted on 26 August, 2012 by Diane

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 →

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(Almost) Historic Batting Line Occurs in Last Night’s Rays/Marlins Game

Posted on 15 June, 2012 by Diane

I got home last night to find an alert from my friend Dan, regarding a very rare 0-4-0-0 batting line by Carlos Pena.  I skimmed the box score, and (perhaps in a bit of wishcasting) read Pena’s line as 0-4-0-0.  … Continue reading →

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Canonical Record of Batting Lines – 1918-2011 (Part 3 – The Two ABs)

Posted on 25 May, 2012 by Diane

We’re up to the “two at-bats” listing in the journey through every starter’s AB-R-H-RBI batting line from 1918-2011. We should just call this group the “Barry Bonds,” as he claims sole possession of five unique batting lines. 1918-2011 STARTERS’ GAME … Continue reading →

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Canonical Record of Batting Lines – 1918-2011 (Part 2 – The One ABs)

Posted on 17 May, 2012 by Diane

A few days ago we started listing the counts of all the various batting lines accumulated by starting players from 1918-2011. We tackled the “zero at-bat” totals there, so its time for the “one at-bat” group. Even more pronounced than … Continue reading →

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Canonical Record of Batting Lines – 1918-2011 (Part 1 – The Zero ABs)

Posted on 14 May, 2012 by Diane

Many of us fondly remember opening up the newspaper each morning to see how our favorite teams and players did the prior day.  In those lines of agate type, we were able to discern to some degree if (insert “your … Continue reading →

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Repetitive Player Batting Lines

Posted on 4 March, 2012 by Diane

Back in the day, the newspaper boxscore listed each batter and their position, along with four main offensive stats: at-bats, runs, hits and runs batted in.  You’d peruse the paper to see that your player went 4-0-0-0, and pretty assuredly … Continue reading →

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