As has been well documented, Chuck throws mostly fastballs and some changeups, while his slider is no good. Most LOOGYs throw breaking balls, lots of them. Here are pitch breakdowns for some of the more successful LOOGYs of...
Read MoreThe Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Boxscore Split squad losses to the Astros and the Reds. Joseph Reyes (I am officially calling him this because “Jo-Jo” is a stupid name unless you are a five year old...
Read MoreThe Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: News: Chipper impressive in losing effort It’s his groin, they say. He plans to make his next start. We’ll see. I think the man is made out of papier-mache. The most important...
Read MoreBraves record in Smoltz starts: 18-14 In Hudson starts: 22-12 In James starts: 17-13 Aggregate: 57-39, .594. In starts by everyone else (“Bud-Jo Redavier”): 27-39, .409
Read MoreIf you’re like me — well, then, I’m sorry — but you like weird stat lines. Here’s one. Pete Rose, 1980: 42 doubles, one triple, one homer. He’s the only player in major league history with a...
Read MoreWell, he’s not dead. Atlanta Braves Batting Leaders – Baseball-Reference.com Assuming that he never plays for the Braves again (he could come back at the end of his career, for example, or something crazy could...
Read MoreKelly Johnson 2007 Batting Splits – Baseball-Reference PI 1. Most hitters hit better when they get ahead in the count, but it’s particularly dramatic in Johnson’s case. For instance, ahead in the count 2-0,...
Read MoreAndruw Jones 2007 Batting Splits – Baseball-Reference PI 1. He’s sucked at home, he’s sucked on the road. He sucked in the first half, he sucked in the second half. He’s sucked against lefties, he’s...
Read MoreJeff Francoeur 2007 Batting Splits – Baseball-Reference PI 1. The most dramatic split, to me, though I don’t know what it means, is between power and finesse pitchers. Francoeur has been pretty useless against power...
Read MoreYunel Escobar 2007 Batting Splits – Baseball-Reference PI 1. I criticized Escobar for being all batting average and nothing else earlier this year. That hasn’t been the case so much as the season has moved along....
Read MoreHow the media abuse Hank Aaron. – By Tommy Craggs – Slate Magazine This article bugs me. This claim of “abuse” — comparing Aaron favorably to Bonds — is one thing, but the author falls into...
Read MoreBaseball-Reference now has splits. And game logs! This is great. Play around — maybe with the guy we’re about to trade for: Scott Linebrink Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
Read MoreThis was a comment on today’s recap, but it was interesting enough that I’ve made it into its own post… What’s odd about Jeff Francoeur is that serious power, 30-40 HR power, generally comes with a lot of...
Read MoreAtlanta Braves : Sortable Player Stats Wilson Betemit and Matt Diaz are tearing up the Grapefruit League. Wilson’s hitting .464/.483/.607; Diaz is hitting .462/.462/.769. I predicted that Betemit would be good in spring...
Read MoreJust a brief note… Of the top thirty men on the all-time saves list (I don’t really like the saves statistic, but it’s a good way to sort out the guys who have been used in the closer role full-time) 28 are...
Read MoreInnings pitched, Atlanta Braves, 1991-2005 INNINGS PITCHED IP 1 Tom Glavine 2698.2 2 Greg Maddux 2526.2 3 John Smoltz 2426 4 Steve Avery 1123.1 5 Kevin Millwood 1004.1 6 Denny Neagle 482.1 7 Kent Mercker 480 8 Horacio Ramirez...
Read MoreOffensive winning percentages, Major League first basemen, 2004-05 (min. 500 PA) OWP OWP 1 Albert Pujols .769 2 Todd Helton .736 3 Derrek Lee .697 4 Lance Berkman .690 5 Carlos Delgado .676 6 Mark Teixeira .667 7 Jason Giambi...
Read MoreCareer home runs by National League centerfielders: HOMERUNS HR 1 Willie Mays 660 2 Duke Snider 407 3 Dale Murphy 398 4 Andruw Jones 301 5 Jimmy Wynn 290 6 Steve Finley 280 7 Bobby Thomson 259 8 Cy Williams 251 9 Hack Wilson 244...
Read MoreDownload file: Atlanta Offensive Leaderboard Career Top 50 in most major “counting stat” categories for offense, Atlanta Braves only; I will occasionally refer to this, mostly for Chipper but also for Andruw....
Read MoreHits by shortstops, through the age of 29: HITS H 1 Alex Rodriguez 1901 2 Robin Yount 1856 3 George Davis 1723 4 Arky Vaughan 1709 5 Edgar Renteria 1595 6 Dick Bartell 1553 7 Cal Ripken 1552 8 Derek Jeter 1546 9 Joe Sewell 1516...
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