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

Saturday, October 24, 2009

.300 Hitters Who Didn't Stick

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One of baseball's "big" numbers is .300. If you hit .300 or better, you're a good hitter. As the following players can att...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Most Career PA, Zero Triples

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Admittedly I don't watch him all that often, but Ryan Howard doesn't seem like a very fast ballplayer to me. Call it an assumption a...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Three True Outcomes Per Plate Appearance, 1913-2009

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An update to my Three True Outcomes (TTO) posts of January 2008 and July 2009 . This version is complete through 2009. Once again, I have e...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Most Runs Allowed in a Season, All Earned

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In 2009, Houston's Roy Oswalt allowed 83 runs in 181 1/3 innings pitched. Every single one of his runs were earned. He became just the t...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Grand Slams by Pitchers

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Here is a list of all the grand slams hit by pitchers since 1954: Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Inn Score 4/22/1956 Don Larsen NYY BOS Frank Su...
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Most SB in a Season with 0 CS

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On February 22, 2008 , I posted about players who stole the most bases in a season without being caught. Since the regular season is now ove...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Who Needs Lefties, Part Two

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In my last post, I looked at teams that used only two lefthanded pitchers in a season. In response to a comment on that post, I figured it w...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Who Needs Lefties?

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With just seventeen games to go this season, the St. Louis Cardinals have used only two lefthanded pitchers, Trever Miller and Dennys Reyes....
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

SO > TB, Minimum 200 AB

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This post details one of my personal favorite "teams." It's weird, comparing strikeouts to total bases, but whatever. I guess...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Update: Last Position Players to Pitch by Team

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Previous installments can be found here: April 2008 , May 2009 . With September call-ups a couple days away, it is likely the days of positi...
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