Fun With Retrosheet: League Leaders With the Fewest Games Played

October 16, 2011 by Tom Ruane · 1 Comment

Cliff Blau recently mentioned to me that Vince Barton led the NL in getting hit by pitches in 1931 despite playing only 66 games and wondered what were the fewest games for players leading their respective leagues in a hitting category. So since major league baseball returned to a 150+ game schedule in 1904 (and […]

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Who Were the Most Productive Offensive Players in 2010?

December 7, 2010 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment

Numerous methods have been devised to measure offensive performance. The most common are batting average, on-base percentage and slugging average. Since none of these averages provides a complete picture by itself, a more comprehensive measure of offensive performance is useful. Such a measure would include the following elements: 1. The ability to get on base. […]

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