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Best Combined Winning Percentage for Top 2 Teams in League/Division

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The Red Sox and Yankees are making a mockery of the American League East, with a healthy double-digit games lead over third place. As of the end of Saturday’s action, the Sox and Bronx Bombers have a combined winning percentage of .675 (129-62 overall record between the two teams). That would be good enough for … Read more

Longest Sequence of Runs Scored in a Game

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Friend of the VORG Doug Kern alerted me to the following: Just noticed the Yankee game had a 6-run inning, a 5-run inning, a 4-, a 3-, a 2-, and of course a 1-. This feels like a special. ? — Doug Kern May 24, 2018 To see if this “sequence” of runs … Read more

Consecutive Games Facing Pitcher with Same Last Name

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Friend of the VORG (and fellow you should definitely follow) Doug Kern asked me the following this morning:

After a bunch of data wrangling with the Retrosheet game logs, I don’t know about the Brew Crew having experienced this phenomena nine times, but here is what I was able to come up with in terms of one team facing pitchers with the same last name in consecutive games, through 2016. If there is only a last name listed, just trust me when I say that each pitcher had a different Retrosheet ID. I’m not 100% certain on this list, but I think I’m ….. in the ballpark.

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No Weekend Baseball in New York!

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This weekend is a rare one in New York City. Neither the Mets nor the Yankees are at home. The Mets are in San Francisco and the Yankees are visiting Anaheim. Citi Field is instead hosting a concert by the Zac Brown Band, while Yankee Stadium is the site of the annual Damon Runyon 5K. … Read more

Consecutive Game Hitting Streak to End One’s Career

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As Derek Jeter winds down his stellar career with a mediocre at best final season, he’s managed to find one last burst of youthful ability. Coming into today’s game, he had fashioned a seven-game hitting streak. That streak ended with an 0-for-4 in the Yankees’ 9-5 loss to Baltimore. If Jeter had managed to keep … Read more

The First 5-4-5 Linescore in MLB History

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History was made Thursday night, as the Red Sox were losing 14-5 to the Yankees. The Sox finished with five runs on four hits, and committed five errors. The resulting 5-4-5 linescore is the FIRST such tally in baseball history (nearly 200,000 games worth). We’ve had 5-4-4s, 5-5-5s, 4-5-5s, but never before had a team … Read more

Its Like They Never Left

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When it comes to coming up with the opening and final series of each season, the MLB schedule makers generally try for natural intradivision rivalries . . . Red Sox and Yankees, Cubs and Cardinals, Dodgers and Giants. In the era of daily interleague play, that becomes a bit harder. For example, the Phillies are … Read more

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