Fun With Retrosheet: Nelson Cruz Made Me Do It
October 18, 2011 by Tom Ruane · Leave a Comment
Normally, I try to find someone else to blame for suggesting one of these posts, but this silly one is all mine. After noticing that Nelson Cruz had seven RBIs in the eleventh innings of Texas’ playoff series with the Tigers, I wondered what player had the most extra-inning HRs and RBIs in a season […]
Fun With Retrosheet: Come-From-Behind Batting Champions, An Update
September 28, 2011 by Tom Ruane · Leave a Comment
John Pastier was wondering (among other things) about the record for the most days leading the league in batting average without winning the title. Here’s the list: Player Year LED DNL DNQ First Last Pete Reiser 1942 131 36 0 5-11 9-24 Lenny Dykstra 1990 125 37 10 5-11 9-14 Larry Walker 1997 124 57 […]
Fun With Retrosheet: Come-From-Behind Batting Champions
September 24, 2011 by Tom Ruane · Leave a Comment
Trent McCotter sent me a note yesterday pointing out that Matt Kemp has very nearly closed a recent 19-point gap in the NL batting race as part of his three-prong effort to capture the triple-crown. Which got us to wondering about the largest deficits overcome by batting champions. Since 1918, here they are: Days ToGo […]
Deserved But Not Earned
April 20, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · 1 Comment
I’m still bothered by a game I listened to on the radio when I was a kid. Thanks to http://www.retrosheet.org/, I know that I’ve been upset for nearly 48 years, so isn’t it about time I got this complaint off my chest? I was 11 years old the summer of 1962, and on June 5 […]
