I noticed that Chicago Colt (NL) gave up 10+ hits in each of ten consecutive games in which he pitched in 1894. Nine of the games were starts, the other was a...
Florida's Anibal Sanchez threw a no-hitter tonight (9/6) in his 13th career start. Does anyone have a list of the fewest career starts before throwing a...
... On May 6, 1953, St. Louis Brown pitcher Bobo Holloman pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start. I know he appeared in some earlier games in...
Wilson Alvarez' no-hitter for the White Sox at Baltimore on August 11, 1991 occurred in his second major league start. In his first ML start two years...
In the 8/2002 issue of Baseball Digest (p.32), George Vass writes that, prior to his 5/6/1953 start, Bobo Holloman "made four relief appearances, losing once."...
The ProQuest article from the Chicago Daily Tribune (May 7, 1953), "It was Holloman's fourth appearance on the mound. In one of his three relief stints he was...
In addition to Bumpus Jones & Bobo Holloman, Ted Breitenstein of St. Louis AA also pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start. After allowing 15 hits...
Does anyone know the first year that players in the AL weren't awarded an RBI when a runner scored during a ground into a double play? I'm going through the...
So in a recent Nationals game, Alfonso Soriano seemingly stole second base but the official scoring ruled the advance as Defensive Indifference - that is, they...
While entities such as Retrosheet that do play-by-play use an abbreviation like DI, the official scorer's box doesn't record it. Just like it doesn't record...
... second ... second ... It's recorded just like that, as defensive indifference, on your scorecard. I don't think anyone keeps a leaderboard of who has the ...
Ichiro recently stole his 33rd base in a row without being caught. It's being listed as the new single-season AL record, surpassing Willie Wilson's mark of 32...
Dave Smith ran a report on Defensive Indifference by year for me a couple of years ago. 2004 247 2003 219 2002 201 2001 213 2000 199 1999 166 1998 54 1997 122...
By strange coincidence, I just redid the DI analysis, effective through Wednesday, the 13th of September this year. The numbers I sent to John are still good...
Here you go: (Oops, I just noticed they are in reverse order from the others. Sorry! 1957 5 1958 2 1959 7 1960 8 1961 7 1962 11 1963 3 1964 5 1965 3 1966 5 ...
Trent McCotter wrote, "Ichiro recently stole his 33rd base in a row without being caught. It's being listed as the new single-season AL record, surpassing...
A few streaks over 30: 32 Julio Cruz, 9/22/80 to 6/11/1981 (last 4 attempts of 1980, first 28 of 1981) 34 Kevin McReynolds, 6/7/87 to 4/9/89 (first 11 attempts...
... ......> Wayne McElreavy Thanks. It looks like 30+ in a row isn't quite as rare as I thought it'd be. I have a feeling that few players pre1950 (if CS...
I saw this reported in several places today. GIANTS: LF Barry Bonds passed Jimmie Foxx for fifth place on the career list with his 1,923rd RBI on a pinch-hit...
Perhaps they aren't counting RBIs before 1920 when RBI wasn't official. That would keep Ruth in top 5 but not Cobb. Clem Comly ... From: Lyle Spatz To:...
Dave Smith made the same point, noting that Elias didn't recognize pre-1920 rbi, and the note that everyone carried likely came from them. ... From: Clem Comly...
RBI was not an official stat prior to 1920. ... From: SABR_Records@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SABR_Records@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Clem Comly Sent:...
... to 1920. ... It's amazing that Elias would rather effectively say that there were no RBI for anyone from before 1920 than to use the totals that were ...
Thanks everybody for clarifying this for me. It all makes sense now. Makes you wonder how anybody scored runs before 1920, if they weren't batted in. ...
I just ordered a new copy of Elias Book of Baseball Records. I was looking for a book that gave the original records. There's been a lot of revisionism over...
... lot ... they ... The problem is that Elias is so good at providing contemporary stats and figures and facts to the writers and teams that they just follow ...
... was ... a ... peek ... titles ... It ... stats ... follow ... there ... baseball ... not ... didn't ... the ... any ... were ... 1920 ... Don't be too sure...
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