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

Monday, December 10, 2007

Most Stolen Bases, 20+ GIDP in a Single Season

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Although the number of double plays a player grounds into is considered more a function of playing time than "skill," the general ...
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Saturday, December 8, 2007

Most Career Games Played, Zero Runs Scored

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Much like getting a run batted in, if you play long enough you will score a run in a major league game. I want to look at the position playe...
Friday, December 7, 2007

Most Career Hits with Zero RBI

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Given enough time, pretty much every player lucks into a run batted in somehow. Since the most common way of getting an RBI is via base hits...
Thursday, December 6, 2007

Largest Home/Road Splits by OPS in 2007

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It seems whenever a Colorado hitter does well, people immediately attribute his success to the altitude at Coors Field. Similarly, players i...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Cool New Baseball Tool

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Anyone who uses MLB Gameday a lot to follow baseball games probably knows by now that the new PITCHf/x system for tracking pitches has been ...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Most Relief Appearances, No Games Finished in a Season

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This post is kind of a reverse of yesterday. In that post, I looked at pitchers who had the most games finished without a save. In this post...
Monday, December 3, 2007

Most Games Finished with Zero Saves in a Season Since 1901

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Usually the pitchers with the most games finished (GF) in a particular season are the ones that appear high on the saves list. This makes se...
Sunday, December 2, 2007

Lowest OBP to Qualify for the Batting Title

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I'm kind of punting on the post today. I'm sure this is a list you can find elsewhere, but I thought it was worth posting here. Lowe...
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Friday, November 30, 2007

AL Rotations by ERA for 2007

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EDIT: Upon further review, I don't like the way I originally came about these numbers. For some reason, I had simply averaged each team...

AL Rotations by FIP for 2007

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EDIT: Upon further review, I don't like the way I originally came about these numbers. For some reason, I had simply averaged each team...
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