Recondite Baseball

An open collection of baseball's little-known records and curiosities.

"He would have been among the league leaders in batting average for a majority of the season had he had enough plate appearances."
-- 2008 St. Louis Cardinals Media Guide about non-roster invitee Mark Johnson

Friday, August 31, 2007

But...the box is the zone...no?

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This can never be a good sign for an umpire (and/or Gameday): Red circles are strikes and green are balls. Pitches 1 & 3 were swinging s...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Trying Is The First Step Towards Failure

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Here's a list of the top 11 (just how the numbers fall) all-time seasons of most times caught stealing without a single stolen base. Pet...
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Baseball-Reference.com

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Since I like their site and I'm a man of modest means, I decided to sponsor a cheap page. While I did think about sponsoring Whitey Alpe...

Daily Tracker, 8/29

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It's the 29th of August and all's updated: Ryan Braun Update: Today in the box score: 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, 2 K Current line on season:...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Final Line for [insert name here], 0.0 IP...

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We've all seen it happen before: a team's manager plays the percentages and calls on his left-handed specialist to face the other te...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Daily Tracker, 8/27

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Today features an abbreviated post because a number of teams had the day off. The guys that did play are below and the rest of the players...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Gimme That Old Time Contact Hitting

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Today some records involving guys who didn't strike out at all in a season. I set the parameters for this search to be the years 1913-20...
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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Daily Tracker, 8/26

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Sunday means the work week is just around the corner. To distract you from that dreary fact, some updated data: Ryan Braun Update: Today in ...
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Who Needs A Bullpen?

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A few days ago I looked at pitchers who had trouble getting through five or more innings per start in a season. Today I want to do the oppo...
Saturday, August 25, 2007

Bullpen Uniform Numbers

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This is totally pointless but I've always had a sort of admiration for baseball players wearing high numbers. Unlike football, where hig...
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