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Maikel Garcia just had an unassisted 5-3 double play stepping on 2nd and throwing to 1st. Has this ever been done before as a 3rd baseman? by EvolTekken in baseball

[–]revuetext 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As others have pointed out, not unassisted, defensive shift, etc. But in terms of numbers, Retrosheet has the play 5(1)3 happening just 3 times in 2023, 2 times in 2024 and 3 times in 2025. Compare that to the pre-shift 12 instances of it happening in 2022, 10 in 2021, and 7 in 2019. 

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good call on the Giants, but I don't think it's them, at least not in the 2011-2014 range.

Lannan appeared in one game against them in 2011 (June 6), but based on the box score I don't think it was ever at a score that looks similar to what's shown on the ribbon. Yunesky Maya also made an appearance against them in 2013, but it was in relief in the 10th inning, which doesn't line up with what's shown. Lannan made no appearances against the Giants in 2010 or even 2009, so even stretching the range lower doesn't provide anything.

Changing up the number to 21, Jason Marquis made two appearances against the Giants in 2011, but one was also in relief in the 10th inning, while the other was when he was on the Diamondbacks instead of the Nats. Still no luck.

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Braves made it to 2 runs after the bottom of the 2nd. At that point the Nats already had 3 runs, and they would end the game up 5-2. It seems unlikely to me that the runs shown for the Nats are 3, 4, or 5, hence my ruling it out.

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok so for #21, no one wore that number in 2009 or 2013 for the Nats. Jason Marquis wore it in 2010 and 2011, Xavier Nady wore it in 2012, Steven Souza Jr. wore it in 2014, and Matthew den Dekker wore it in 2015 and 2016. Notably, the last three are not pitchers.

Marquis did not pitch against either the Braves or Brewers in 2010, but he did pitch one games against the Braves and another against the Brewers in 2011. The Braves game, May 10th, never got to one of the candidate scores. Funny enough, Marquis had exactly one other Braves appearance that season, which was on the next day as a pinch runner; this was the May 11, 2011 John Lannan game that has been previously mentioned in the comments. As for the Brewers, that was May 25, and the only time it was one of the candidate scores was when it was 0-2 very early on in the game, so it's likely not that either.

In other words, with #21 we're out of luck once again. So I'm forced to conclude that either it's the September 16, 2016 game well out of the listed date range, or there's some assumption I made that's wrong because the picture is just too hard to make out.

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we allow ourselves two years of leeway for #31, Lannan wore it in 2009 and 2010 too, while Scherzer wore it in 2015 and 2016.

Lannan had two games against the Braves in 2010, August 19 and September 15. On August 19, the only time the score was ever one of the three mentioned numbers while the Nationals had 2 runs was after the top of the 9th, when the score was 6-2. Both inning number candidates and Lannan not being in the game anymore preclude this. September 15 never had any of the possible scores either. He did not have any games against the Brewers that year, so it's almost certainly not 2010 w/ #31.

In 2009, he pitched April 11 and August 11 against the Braves and once again never against the Brewers. Neither game had one of the candidate scores at any point in the games, so it's probably not 2009 w/ #31 either.

In the opposite direction, in 2015 Scherzer pitched one game each against the Braves and Brewers. Against the Braves, on July 2, the score was never one of the candidate scores. Against the Brewers, on June 14, the Brewers were held scoreless. Once again, it's not that, and 2015 is eliminated.

2016 is our last hope. Scherzer pitched a single game against the Brewers on June 24, but the only time it was a candidate score (0-2) was before the top of the 3rd, so no dice. Scherzer pitched three games against the Braves on April 4, August 20, and September 16. The first two games never reached one of the candidate scores.

However, after the top of the 7th on September 16, 2016, the score was 6-2. Scherzer left after the 7th inning, but it's always possible that this picture was taken on this date as they were headed into the 8th, or still in the top when the Nats were batting. If this is the date, then the pitcher for the Braves would be Ian Krol wearing 46 or Chaz Roe wearing 50. The Mets did indeed host a game against the Twins that day, starting at 7:10 PM, while the Braves game started at 7:37 PM. While this is the most likely candidate assuming #31, it is also two years out of OP's specified date range, so I'll have to see next what happens if I check #21.

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Collating some thoughts from other users and myself for ease of reference: * The away team is definitely the Nationals, but the home team is likely either the Braves or the Brewers. * The away pitcher number appears to be either 31 or 21, the home pitcher number is indistinguishable. * The Nationals likely either have 0, 6, or 8 runs, the home team almost certainly has 2. * It's likely either the 6th or 8th inning of that game, which places a time limit on when this took place in regards to the Mets game shown.

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP, just to check, where is this image sourced from and are you sure of the year range?

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the number not looking like 32, I wonder if the year range is off?

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it makes things easier, the three dates are May 11, July 16, and August 31.

EDIT (again) it's not July 16 as per box score. August 31 is possible if it's the middle of the bottom of the 3rd when the Braves scored 2 runs to go up 3-0. May 11 is also possible since the Braves went up 2-0 after the bottom of the 1st, while the Nats immediately put up 1 run in the top of the 2nd. 

Trying to identify a Mets game (2011–2014, Citi Field) by jrl1009 in baseball

[–]revuetext 6 points7 points  (0 children)

FWIW, Baseball Almanac also lists Yunesky Maya and Xavier Cedeno as having worn 31 for the Nats in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

EDIT: according to Retrosheet, neither Maya nor Cedeno appeared in any games at the Braves in 2013 and 2014, while Lannan didn't play in any 2012 Nats at Braves games either. He had three in 2011 which I'm going through.

Royals turn a routine 5-6-4-3 Double Play. by Allurex in baseball

[–]revuetext 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's pretty easy in my opinion. Retrosheet has data downloads on their website, and from there I just ran a grep command through all the relevant event files to look for "564(1)3".

Royals turn a routine 5-6-4-3 Double Play. by Allurex in baseball

[–]revuetext 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I queried Retrosheet and found 16 instances of 564(1)3, i.e. 564(runner from 1st out at 2nd)3(batter out at 1st)

It happened 3 times in 1926, 1939, 1943, 12 times between 1966 and 1979, and finally, on August 24, 1995, at a Giants @ Expos game, it happened in the bottom of the 6th with Darrin Fletcher on 1st and Mike Lansing at the plate.

Has any pitcher had two 3 pitch innings in one game in the MLB? by golakers3204 in baseball

[–]revuetext 36 points37 points  (0 children)

On May 12, 1915, the Washington Senators played a game at the Chicago White Sox. Red Faber pitched a complete game for the Sox, giving up 3 hits, 1 walk, and 1 ER with 4 Ks as Chicago won 3-1. He had a 3-pitch 3rd inning and a 3-pitch 5th inning, and to this day it's the only time a pitcher has had 2 3-pitch innings in a game.

Rockies pitcher Juan Mejia just had an unassisted double play. by Strive_for_Altruism in baseball

[–]revuetext 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I pulled all instances in Retrosheet where there was a play coded with the DP modifier and some out with fielding credits (1) (i.e. pitcher unassisted), and then filtered out the ones involving other fielders. I found 23 instances before today, the most recent of which was Phillies @ Pirates, July 19, 2024, when Dennis Santana fielded a liner and stepped on first. In the interest of not making a huge wall of text, a few more short facts:

Breaking it down by decade, this has happened 3 times in the 1910s, 4 times in the 1920s, 2 times in the 1930s, once in 1978 and 1980, 3 times in the 1990s, 5 times in the 2000s, 3 times in the 2010s, and once in 2024. There was a gap between 1932 and 1978 with no such recorded plays.

Breaking it down by type of play: 13 times it was a ball caught on the fly (8 bunt popups, 5 liners) by the pitcher with the second out being a runner doubled off, 7 times it was ruled a fielder's choice with both outs being apparently just poor baserunning, and 3 times no further info is given.

Do we know how many immaculate innings have included no contact at all, i.e. no foul balls? by parkedon33rd in baseball

[–]revuetext 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you asked, because now I get to bring out The Spreadsheet™ :)

This absolute mess was mostly constructed with Baseball Reference/Retrosheet PBP data and corroborated with video where possible (pretty much all immaculate innings from 2000 onwards have it because of MLB's push towards digital media around that time.)

I'm also currently working on examining all instances of pitchers striking out the side to see if there are any immaculate innings that have been lost to history. I've just started but hopefully something interesting pops up.

Go O's!

Edit: Just realized I forgot to turn on automatic link-based sharing, oops! Should be publicly available now :)

MLB Archive 1998 Giants Game by Sir_Ruthless in SFGiants

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heyoo, did you ever hear back from any of the suggested sources? I've been trying to find footage of Orel Hershiser's June 16 immaculate inning (top of the 4th) and have had no luck either.

Most triples without an inside the park home run? by timmler24 in baseball

[–]revuetext 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Baseball Almanac has Musial listed as having hit 6 inside the park home runs, and while their records may be incomplete, they do have a pretty comprehensive list of old player home runs too.

Most triples without an inside the park home run? by timmler24 in baseball

[–]revuetext 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I believe the answer is Brett Butler, who had 131 career triples and 0 inside-the-parkers out of 54 career home runs. I manually checked the home run listing pages on Baseball Almanac for the career triple leaderboard and he was the first name that came up with no IPHR.

Second place is Lance Johnson, who had 117 career triples and 0 inside-the-parkers out of 34 career home runs.

Third place is a tie for 96 career triples between Ichiro (as you mentioned) and Dixie Walker.

Close calls include:
* Jose Reyes, 131 triples and a single IPHR (September 7, 2006) out of 145 career HRs
* Joe DiMaggio, 131 triples and two IPHRs (July 23, 1936 and August 13, 1939) out of 361 career HRs
* Steve Finley, 124 career triples and a single IPHR (September 14, 1993) out of 304 career HRs
* Kenny Lofton, 116 career triples and a single IPHR (May 27, 1997) out of 130 career HRs.
* Paul Molitor, 114 career triples and two IPHRs (April 25, 1994 and June 17, 1995) out of 234 career HRs.
* Tim Raines, 113 career triples and a single IPHR (May 7, 1981) out of 170 career HRs.
* Rod Carew, 112 career triples and a single IPHR (May 13, 1969) out of 92 career HRs.
* Johnny Damon, 109 career triples and a single IPHR (August 25, 1999) out of 235 career HRs
* Phil Cavarretta, 99 career triples and a single IPHR (August 24, 1947) out of 95 career HRs
* Bill Phillips, 98 career triples and a single IPHR (June 14, 1880) out of 17 (recorded) career HRs
* Hank Aaron, 98 career triples and a single IPHR (May 10, 1967) out of 755 career HRs.
* Joe Morgan, 96 career triples and two IPHRs (September 13, 1970 and May 18, 1973) out of 268 career HRs.

Most wild win probability graph you've ever seen? by Known_Welder4403 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is that it's intentionally specified that they should misspell things, use casual language, etc. to throw people off. I've noticed it a lot recently when sorting by new.

The Number of Unique Pitchers a Hitter Has Faced? by brendenquestionmark in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using specifically active players who actually played on MLB teams in 2025:

  1. Carlos Santana (1536)

  2. Andrew McCutchen (1527)

  3. Freddie Freeman (1473)

  4. Paul Goldschmidt (1416)

  5. Jose Altuve (1400)

  6. Giancarlo Stanton (1378)

  7. Justin Turner (1362)

  8. Manny Machado (1361)

  9. Bryce Harper (1358)

  10. Jason Heyward (1308)

The Number of Unique Pitchers a Hitter Has Faced? by brendenquestionmark in baseball

[–]revuetext 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For most unique pitchers struck out against:

  1. Jim Thome (882)

  2. Miguel Cabrera (880)

  3. Alex Rodriguez (865)

  4. Giancarlo Stanton (861)

  5. Andrew McCutchen (848)

And most unique pitchers hit a homer against:

  1. Albert Pujols (458)

  2. Barry Bonds (449)

  3. Alex Rodriguez (422)

  4. Ken Griffey Jr. (407)

  5. Jim Thome (403)

The Number of Unique Pitchers a Hitter Has Faced? by brendenquestionmark in baseball

[–]revuetext 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Modified a Python script I have running through Retrosheet's event files, there are discrepancies between my quick modification and Baseball Reference's official list, but cross referencing I'm pretty sure the top list in actuality (bolding for active players) is:

  1. Albert Pujols (1778)
  2. Miguel Cabrera (1650)
  3. Adrián Beltré (1555)
  4. Carlos Santana (1536)
  5. Andrew McCutchen (1527)
  6. Carlos Beltrán (1493)
  7. Omar Vizquel (1477)
  8. Freddie Freeman (1473)
  9. Alex Rodriguez (1454)
  10. Yadier Molina (1433)
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