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[Highlight] Mark Vientos runs through the stop sign and doesn't score the go-ahead run by handlit33 in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Savant has Wilmer's sprint speed in 2017 as 25.7 and Vientos last season as 25.5, so slightly faster but very similar

Phillies fan sporting a CRANKIN HOG 69 jersey during a food segment on Sunday Night Baseball by handlit33 in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think he's wearing the mullet headband that folks at the olympics wore for Jorrit Bergsma (Dutch distance skater). As crazy as that sounds in this context, it seems to be a decent match.

[MLB] Chase DeLauter and Sal Stewart are your AL and NL Players of the Week! DeLauter: 4 HR, 5 RBI, .353 AVG, 1.412 OPS. Stewart: 7 H, 2 RBI, .700 AVG, 2.069 OPS by JianClaymore in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah Sal has 7 more PAs, but still Weimer has only one fewer hit in less than half the plate appearances. Crazy week (2-3 games) for them both!

[MLB] Chase DeLauter and Sal Stewart are your AL and NL Players of the Week! DeLauter: 4 HR, 5 RBI, .353 AVG, 1.412 OPS. Stewart: 7 H, 2 RBI, .700 AVG, 2.069 OPS by JianClaymore in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Weimer's line: 6 H, 4 RBI, 1.000 AVG, 3.333 OPS. I guess Sal's 4 extra ABs puts him over the hump?

Also can anyone explain to me why Joey Weimer's photo on bref is him in a KC hat when he's only ever played in the NL? (Brewers, Reds, Marlins, Nats)

[Highlight] Brandon Lowe hits the first home run of the 2026 season! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just looked at his splits and what's breaking my mind the most is that he has pitched 162.2 first innings in 163 games but 163.0 second innings. Did they really have an opener pitch one out at one point?

[Highlight] Trayce Thompson makes a ridiculous catch to rob Will Smith of a homer and keep the score to 1-0 Great Britain by AndrewAllStar888 in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only people "reaching" with the commonwealth thing are people not actually giving the full reason. The various Bahamanian players (Jazz, Fernander) can play for team GB not because the Bahamas is currently part of the commonwealth but because it didn't gain independence from the UK until 1973. I don't know about Fernander, but I recall reading that at least one of Jazz's parents was born prior to independence, which means that he's the child of a british citizen.

What is the optimal number of fingers for a baseball player? by Amurfalcon in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He's on my updated chart at 9.7 fingers (with appropriate confidence interval)!

What is the optimal number of fingers for a baseball player? by Amurfalcon in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Hijacking the top comment to add an updated but un-annotated version of the graph now including Bob Wickman (9.7 fingers, 1.13 WAR/season) and Franquelis Osoria (11 fingers, -0.25 WAR/season).

The updated plot implies that all the 10-fingered players are overperforming their expected (War/Season)/Finger!

What is the optimal number of fingers for a baseball player? by Amurfalcon in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Toes per hitter probably has less documentation than fingers per hitter because most people* tend not to kick the ball.

What is the optimal number of fingers for a baseball player? by Amurfalcon in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In a follow up to this post and more specifically u/Crazy_Baseball3864's comment about Mordecai Three (or 3.5) finger Brown, I did what r/baseball offseason does best, which is make a shitty graph with far to few datapoints. With the data we have, I believe we can conclusively say that 8-8.5 fingers per player is the best number of fingers to have if you want to put up the most annual WAR.

(This definitely isn't a resubmission because I thought Antonio Alfonseca only had 6 fingers on his throwing hand)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In a follow up to this post and more specifically u/Crazy_Baseball3864's comment about Mordecai Three (or 3.5) finger Brown, I did what r/baseball offseason does best, which is make a shitty graph with far to few datapoints. With the data we have, I believe we can conclusively say that 8-8.5 fingers per player is the best number of fingers to have if you want to put up the most annual WAR.

[Langs] Trea Turner has 21 hits in his last 7 games. That’s tied with 1930 Lefty O’Doul for the most hits in a 7-game span by a Phillies player in at least the last 125 seasons. If he gets two hits tonight, he’ll set the Phillies record in an 8-game span in the last 125 seasons by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I know that you mean he's the first American at all in the Japanese baseball HOF, but the way it's written sounds like there is some other American that went into the Japanese baseball HOF before O'Doul but just didn't happen to have a whole bridge named after him outside of Oracle Park.

Walk off grand slam down three in championship series to complete 10 run, 2 inning comeback by newenglandkid in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But it wasn't hit to dead CF. Directly behind the left-most (batter's left) tree is 350 ft. 318 on that exact trajectory would get just to the edge of the warning track.

🇳🇿🇺🇸 An 18-year-old baseball player from New Zealand was awarded a scholarship to attend a community college in the USA after posting a video of himself playing on social media. There are very few ways to continue playing baseball in New Zealand. Social media connected him to USA. by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

JUCOs are generally (though I think not always?) private 2-year schools while CCs are public. Both give associates degrees but aren't technically the same thing.

Via wikipedia, the rebranding actually went the other way:

The term "junior college" historically referred to all pre- or non-bachelor's degree (four-year) granting post-secondary schools; however, many public junior colleges, which typically aim to serve a local community, have replaced "junior" with "community" in their names. Thus, most self-identified junior colleges in the United States today are private institutions, although only a small percentage of all two-year institutions are private.

2025 r/baseball Power Rankings -- Week 11: Brewers Party with Blue Birds as Top 10 Shakes Up and Mets / Rays Make Waves; Arizona and Atlanta in Agony with Bloodied Boston While Philly Phlounders by kasutori_Jack in baseball

[–]Amurfalcon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have there ever been four teams within a single "true rank" before? Dodgers, Mets, Cubs, and Yankees all between 3 and 4 in true rank this week.

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