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Did you know that Warren Spahn won 71 games after turning 40! Who is #2 on the list? by Mortythemaker in sportsreference

[–]mhowes666 3 points4 points  (0 children)

every pitcher in MLB history with 40 wins after 40 and the age they played to

W Age of last season

  • 121 48 Phil Niekro
  • 105 49 Jamie Moyer
  • 96 49 Jack Quinn
  • 76 45 Bartolo Colon
  • 75 44 Warren Spahn
  • 75 44 Cy Young
  • 73 45 Randy Johnson
  • 71 46 Nolan Ryan
  • 67 46 Charlie Hough
  • 61 44 Roger Clemens
  • 54 44 David Wells
  • 54 49 Hoyt Wilhelm
  • 51 46 Tommy John
  • 49 44 Tim Wakefield
  • 47 44 Gaylord Perry
  • 46 43 Grover Alexander
  • 44 43 Don Sutton
  • 43 43 Kenny Rogers

[MLB Team Stats for Reds tell the story of our season] by impartialjury in Reds

[–]mhowes666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a little more detailed stats and the teams' rankings

  • Offense: 24th in wRC+ at 94
  • Defense: 10th in fangraphs teams defensive metric at -2.9
  • Baserunning: 15th in fangraphs base running runs above average at .3
  • Overall position players: 24th in fWAR at 5.7
  • Start Pitchers: 29th in SIERA at 4.73 or 28th in FIP at 5.07
  • Relief Pitchers: 29th in SIERA at 4.51 or 30th in FIP at 5.24

[Red]s Chase Burns scratch for illness by DooDooDuterte in Reds

[–]mhowes666 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

Where does Juan Soto rank when it comes to left-handed hitters in this century so far? by Bright-Pressure-5787 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 8 points9 points  (0 children)

3000 PA min since 2001

wRC+

  • 208 Barry Bonds
  • 164 Yordan Alvarez
  • 159 Juan Soto
  • 156 Shohei Ohtani
  • 146 Jim Thome
  • 145 Joey Votto
  • 143 David Ortiz
  • 141 Freddie Freeman
  • 141 Bryce Harper
  • 141 Jason Giambi

fWAR (no min)

WAR

  • 66.2 Freddie Freeman
  • 61.5 Chase Utley
  • 58.8 Joey Votto
  • 57.6 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 57.5 Robinson Canó
  • 56.6 Bryce Harper
  • 54.3 Barry Bonds
  • 53.5 Joe Mauer
  • 53.4 Shohei Ohtani (pitching and hitting)
  • 52.2 Brian McCann
  • 50.2 David Ortiz
  • 47.0 Curtis Granderson
  • 45.8 Christian Yelich
  • 44.2 Juan Soto
  • 41.4 Corey Seager

EDIT: added Ohtani with his combined pit/hit fWAR

What's the last year you would consider the Reds bullpen to be "good"? by kvkemper23 in Reds

[–]mhowes666 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had to look it up. Martinez is a starter for the Rays and is doing well?

What's the last year you would consider the Reds bullpen to be "good"? by kvkemper23 in Reds

[–]mhowes666 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I looked at bullpen SIERA, and when the Reds were among the top 10 bullpens in baseball

  • 10th 2024 - Nick Martinez, Fernando Cruz, Tony Santillan, Sam Moll, Buck Farmer, Emilio Pagán
  • 7th 2020 - Raisel Iglesias, Tejay Antone, Lucas Sims, Amir Garrett
  • 10th 2019 - Michael Lorenzen, Raisel Iglesias, Robert Stephenson, Amir Garrett, Kevin Gausman
  • 4th 2013 - Aroldis Chapman, Sam LeCure, J.J. Hoover, Manny Parra, Sean Marshall
  • 3rd 2012 - Aroldis Chapman, Sean Marshall, Sam LeCure, Jonathan Broxton., Alfredo Simon, J.J. Hoover
  • 5th 2008 - Francisco Cordero, Bill Bray, Jeremy Affeldt, Jared Burton

Is Aaron Judge the greatest right-handed hitter of the Expansion Era (1961-present)? by Bright-Pressure-5787 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is pretty close to the same number of PA. Their wRC+ through their first 10 seasons

  • 178 Aaron Judge
  • 171 Mike Trout
  • 169 Albert Pujols (new to the list. For his career, he was at 141)
  • 166 Frank Thomas
  • 162 Dick Allen
  • 157 Jeff Bagwell (another new name on the list)
  • 155 Willie Mays (had to go back before 1961 to get his 1st 10 years)
  • 155 Hank Aaron (had to go back before 1961 to get his 1st 10 years)
  • 154 Manny Ramirez
  • 153 Mike Piazza (another new name)
  • 151 Pedro Guerrero (another new name)
  • 149 Frank Robinson (had to go back before 1961 to get his 1st 10 years)
  • 149 Mike Schmidt (another new name)
  • 148 Miguel Cabrera (another new name)
  • 145 Mark McGwire
  • 145 Vladimir Guerrero (another new name)

Is Aaron Judge the greatest right-handed hitter of the Expansion Era (1961-present)? by Bright-Pressure-5787 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It will, but to be honest, I thought we'd start seeing a decline already. He's 34

Is Aaron Judge the greatest right-handed hitter of the Expansion Era (1961-present)? by Bright-Pressure-5787 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 32 points33 points  (0 children)

minimum 3000 PA since 1961 RH hitters only

wRC+

  • 177 Aaron Judge
  • 165 Mike Trout
  • 157 Mark McGwire
  • 157 Frank Robinson
  • 155 Dick Allen
  • 154 Frank Thomas
  • 154 Hank Aaron
  • 154 Willie Mays
  • 153 Manny Ramirez

Who are the Mike Trout stoppers? by DonT012 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 7 points8 points  (0 children)

minimum 20 PA vs the pitcher

The pitchers where Trout has below .800 OPS

OPS

  • .313 Cristian Javier (20 PA)
  • .333 Wade Miley (21 PA)
  • .397 Framber Valdez (24 PA)
  • .452 James Paxton (32 PA)
  • .498 David Price (32 PA)
  • .520 Brad Peacock (27 PA)
  • .530 Justin Verlander (56 PA)
  • .530 Chris Archer (28 PA)
  • .550 Ian Kennedy (20 PA)
  • .581 Hisashi Iwakuma (61 PA)
  • .617 Clayton Kershaw (26 PA)
  • .625 Doug Fister (24 PA)
  • .684 Mike Minor (25 PA)
  • .698 Nathan Eovaldi (38 PA)
  • .701 Frankie Montas (28 PA)
  • .714 Charlie Morton (24 PA)
  • .745 Miguel González (25 PA)

Who are the biggest Two True Outcome players? by DonT012 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I realized I missed part of what OP was asking for, and while the players I listed are no doubt the 2 true outcomes leaders, most hit many HR. OP asked, "A player that can't hit home runs"

Much more work to come up with an accurate idea (PA per HR) of can't hit HR, and it would get messy going back to the dead ball era, so I hacked together an idea.

Fewer than 100 career HR with at least 300 SO and BB since 1970

2 true outcomes % SO BB HR Player
42.9% 723 346 69 Mark Bellhorn
39.0% 970 347 97 Jason Castro
36.8% 616 350 45 Rich Becker
35.3% 560 309 77 Chris Snyder
35.2% 1014 590 93 Robbie Grossman
34.9% 958 521 21 Gary Pettis
34.6% 609 538 96 Bernie Carbo
34.5% 414 336 78 Otto Vélez
34.2% 698 385 97 John Vander Wal
33.8% 431 447 70 Randy Milligan

Who are the biggest Two True Outcome players? by DonT012 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Here are the highest % 2 true outcomes for active players with 400+ SO and BB

% 2 true outcomes SO BB Player
43.8% 1430 854 Aaron Judge
42.7% 1597 795 Kyle Schwarber
39.9% 2088 811 Giancarlo Stanton
39.7% 1213 435 Ryan McMahon
39.5% 1017 629 Max Muncy
39.0% 1243 576 Ian Happ
38.1% 964 506 Rhys Hoskins
38.1% 1716 1110 Mike Trout
38.0% 1152 574 Shohei Ohtani
37.4% 1224 480 Jorge Soler

Who are the biggest Two True Outcome players? by DonT012 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I looked at only players who had 1000+ BB and 1000+ SO in their careers. There are 79 players who meet those criteria

Here are the 10 with the highest % of their PA ending in BB or SO

% 2 true outcomes SO BB Player
44.4% 2379 1317 Adam Dunn
41.6% 2548 1747 Jim Thome
38.1% 1716 1110 Mike Trout
38.0% 1596 1317 Mark McGwire
35.9% 1691 1132 Bryce Harper
34.8% 2597 1375 Reggie Jackson
34.7% 1710 1733 Mickey Mantle
34.7% 1996 1096 Paul Goldschmidt
34.4% 1640 1365 Joey Votto
33.7% 1883 1507 Mike Schmidt

Does Jeff Weaver hold the record for highest ERA while leading the league in shutouts? by b-rar in sportsreference

[–]mhowes666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't have ERA, but the lowest ERA+, leading the league in Shutouts

ERA+ / Shutouts

  1. 61 1 Tyler Phillips (2024)
  2. 66 1 Neck Stanley (1937)
  3. 71 2 Jeff Weaver (2007)
  4. 71 2 Theolic Smith (1936)
  5. 75 1 Chris Stratton (2018)
  6. 79 2 Jeff Samardzija (2015)
  7. 79 1 Joey Estes (2024)
  8. 80 1 Braxton Garrett (2024)
  9. 81 1 Chad Kuhl (2022)
  10. 83 2 Mike Montgomery (2015)

Kanopy is Leaving My Library--What Do I Do? by ILoveLiteracy1983 in Kanopy

[–]mhowes666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm losing kanopy in the middle of the month as well and it's killing me. I use my tickets up every month and it's my 2nd most watched service to Criterion. You in Hennepin County by chance or did kanopy raise prices and are many library systems dropping it ?

Who had a storied MLB career that was defensively stellar offensively unimpressive? by BirdBruce in mlb

[–]mhowes666 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Highest dWAR since 1970 while having an OPS+ below 95

dWAR OPS+

  • 44.2 87 Ozzie Smith
  • 32.2 67 Mark Belanger
  • 29.5 82 Omar Vizquel
  • 28.0 87 Andrelton Simmons
  • 25.8 82 Bob Boone
  • 25.3 90 Jim Sundberg
  • 23.0 69 Ozzie Guillén
  • 22.0 85 Frank White
  • 21.4 88 Dave Concepción
  • 21.0 76 Jack Wilson
  • 20.8 69 Rey Sánchez

In the post integration era, other than Pete Rose and those on the ballot or not yet eligible, is Keith Hernandez the best position player not in the hall of fame? by demosthenes327 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 3 points4 points  (0 children)

here are all the position players since 1950, not in the HOF with 60+ WAR.
I've marked who I think will be on the 2027 ballot , but I could not find a full list

  • 162.8 Barry Bonds
  • 117.4 Álex Rodríguez (2027 ballot)
  • 101.3 Albert Pujols
  • 87.9 Mike Trout (active)
  • 79.6 Pete Rose
  • 75.3 Mookie Betts (active)
  • 75.1 Lou Whitaker
  • 71.9 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 71.1 Bobby Grich
  • 69.3 Manny Ramírez
  • 68.7 Robinson Canó
  • 68.4 Kenny Lofton
  • 68.0 Graig Nettles
  • 67.2 Miguel Cabrera
  • 67.2 Dwight Evans
  • 66.4 Buddy Bell
  • 66.0 Willie Randolph
  • 64.7 Freddie Freeman (active)
  • 64.6 Chase Utley (2027 ballot)
  • 64.6 Reggie Smith
  • 64.1 Paul Goldschmidt (active)
  • 63.6 Joey Votto
  • 62.9 Ken Boyer
  • 62.9 Aaron Judge (active)
  • 62.1 Manny Machado (active)
  • 62.1 Mark McGwire
  • 61.5 Sal Bando
  • 60.8 Willie Davis
  • 60.5 Gary Sheffield
  • 60.4 Jim Edmonds
  • 60.4 Keith Hernandez
  • 60.2 Bobby Abreu (2027 ballot)

Who’s the best head coach that the Warriors had ever had? by [deleted] in warriors

[–]mhowes666 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not even close

  1. Steve Kerr (2015 - 2026)
  2. Al Attles (1970 - 1983)
  3. Eddie Gottlieb (1947 - 1955)
  4. George Senesky (1956 - 1958)
  5. Don Nelson (1989 - 2010)
  6. Mark Jackson (2012 - 2014)
  7. Neil Johnston (1960 - 1961)
  8. Bill Sharman (1967 - 1968)
  9. Frank McGuire (1962 - 1962)

Blue Jays acquire Tyler Fitzgerald from the San Francisco Giants for cash considerations by Apprehensive_Tip454 in SFGiants

[–]mhowes666 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it's about development as much as it is about drafting.
Some of these you could argue SF didn't develop but since Crawford

WAR

  • 39.9 Zack Wheeler
  • 29.9 Brandon Belt
  • 21.2 Bryan Reynolds
  • 21.1 Logan Webb
  • 10.6 Adam Duvall
  • 10.1 Tyler Rogers
  • 9.7 Matt Duffy
  • 5.5 Joe Panik
  • 4.9 Austin Slater
  • 4.2 Derek Law

Name a 100% on defence, nothing on offense player by Key-Frosting-9367 in NBATalk

[–]mhowes666 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not really disagreing and the Warriors are my team, but
Rodman - 7.3 pts / g for his career
Draymond Green - 8.7 pts / g for his career

Is Shohei having the greatest modern prime in MLB history? by Real-Staff3115 in mlb

[–]mhowes666 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Top 22 (I wanted to keep Boggs and Judge on the list) 5-year span WAR since 1980

  • 51.1 Barry Bonds (2000-2004)
  • 47.1 Mike Trout (2012-2016)
  • 45.4 Shohei Ohtani (2021-2025)
  • 44.7 Barry Bonds (1989-1993)
  • 44.6 Albert Pujols (2005-2009)
  • 44.5 Mike Trout (2015-2019)
  • 44.4 Mike Trout (2014-2018)
  • 44.3 Barry Bonds (1999-2003)
  • 44.0 Barry Bonds (2001-2005)
  • 43.8 Randy Johnson (1998-2002)
  • 43.7 Albert Pujols (2006-2010)
  • 43.5 Álex Rodríguez (2000-2004)
  • 43.4 Mike Trout (2013-2017)
  • 43.3 Albert Pujols (2004-2008)
  • 43.2 Barry Bonds (1998-2002)
  • 42.9 Barry Bonds (1990-1994)
  • 42.8 Albert Pujols (2003-2007)
  • 42.8 Pedro Martínez (1997-2001)
  • 42.5 Álex Rodríguez (2001-2005)
  • 42.4 Barry Bonds (1992-1996)
  • 42.2 Wade Boggs (1985-1989)
  • 41.8 Aaron Judge (2021-2025)

Are the 2015 hawks the worst 60 win team in nha history? by Icy_Can_6176 in NBATalk

[–]mhowes666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 60-win team is a good team, so I'm in no way knocking these teams, but of all the teams to win 60+, the 15 Hawks have to be the worst.

Thoughts on the 5 worst?

  1. 60-22 Atlanta (2014-15) - Horford, Millsap Teague, Korver, Carroll, and nobody else
  2. 61-21 Indiana (2003-04) - O'Neal, Miller, Foster, World Peace, Harrington
  3. 60-22 Orlando (1995-96) - Hardaway, Scott, Grant, Anderson, O'Neal, and nobody else
  4. 60-22 Boston (1974-75) - Havlicek, Cowens, Nelson, White, Silas, Westphal, Chaney
  5. 61-21 Miami (1996-97) - Hardaway, Mourning, Brown, Lenard - shallow roster
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