Best and Worst MLB Splits, 1957-2006

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THT: Jaffe: Best and Worst MLB Splits, 1957-2006
Published 9/10/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
THT: Jaffe: Best and Worst MLB Splits, 1957-2006 A fun run-down of some obscure accomplishments, by one of our favorites.

R.I.P. Jack Brown
Published 9/10/2007 by Chip's Moody Blues at Uwe Blog
... Did you know the Texas Rangers have one of the worst seasons for a DH in 1988 in regards to on base percentage plus slugging? The culprits? Mostly Larry Parrish, but help from Pete Incaviglia, Geno Petralli, Mike Stanley, Kevin Reimer among others. ...

Before my time…
Published 9/11/2007 by ubelmann at The WGOM
Chris Jaffe was running through some Baseball Reference splits , and he mentioned something I found absolutely crazy: For instance, you can look up how many times they tried to pull off triple steals. After all, the only way to do it is to have the bases loaded, and the splits pages give SB & CS for every variation of bases occupied. These teams were the bravest of them all: If I m reading that table correctly, the Twins attempted a triple steal six times in one season. (3 steals per success and 1 CS in the event that someone gets caught. It s possible they give credit for stealing, for instance, 2B if the runner going home gets caught, but I m not sure.) Again, if I m reading the table correctly, the next highest number of attempts in a season was three and no one else has more than two. Set aside for a moment the issue of whether or not this was a good strategy that s crazy! I can t imagi ...

Friday Links (14 Sep 07)
Published 9/14/2007 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... Best and Worst MLB Splits, 1957-2006 (Hardball Times). Worst-hitting pitching staff ever: Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to your ...