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, March 30, 2009

Most Games Started, Zero Plate Appearances

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With interleague play firmly a part of the MLB schedule, it's nearly impossible for a starting pitcher to go more than a season or two w...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Rookie Ball Errors by Position

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I realized the other day I never finished my series of errors by position at each minor league level. I've done a post for every level a...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Title (Oops, forgot to put a real one...)

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What do former Giants and Royals pitcher Ryan Jensen and knuckleballer Joe Niekro have in common? They're the only pitchers in the las...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Spring IBB and Other Curious Things

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A couple weeks ago I posted about intentional walks in spring. A commenter suggested managers call for IBB in spring in order to get pitche...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

A Few Innings Short

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MLB Official Rule 10.22(b) covers the minimum innings pitched required to determine each league's ERA champion: The individual pitching...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The WBC Alphabet

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Joe Favorito, author of Sports Marketing and PR Roundup , sent me an interesting tidbit about the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Despite c...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

Spring Training IBB

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There's nothing more pointless in spring training games, especially early spring training games, than an intentional walk. Yet each seas...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

The Worst K/BB Ratios, Minimum 50 IP

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This Beyond the Box Score post mentions Mariano Rivera's seventy-seven strikeouts and six walks last season and how his 12.83 K/BB rati...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Record That Wasn't

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Last weekend, I came across a bit of information regarding catcher putouts that I thought would be useful around the All-Star Break this sea...
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