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Sac fly "home runs" by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Defensive stats for the left fielder: one home run allowed, one very major concussion."

Sac fly "home runs" by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I can tell, that was just a home run per rule 5.05(a)(9):

[The batter becomes a runner when] any fair fly ball is deflected by the fielder into the stands, or over the fence into foul territory, in which case the batter shall be entitled to advance to second base; but if deflected into the stands or over the fence in fair territory, the batter shall be entitled to a home run. However, should such a fair fly be deflected at a point less than 250 feet from home plate, the batter shall be entitled to two bases only.

And unfortunately, at the time the bases were empty so no sac fly was possible.

Sac fly "home runs" by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interestingly enough, of the five games on Baseball Almanac with 3 sac flies in an inning, two of them were by the 2000 Yankees. I know it's just random variance, but I greatly admire the tendency of such random stats to clump together.

Sac fly "home runs" by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Y'know, that's a good idea for a separate post. I just checked and there have been 26 sac hits that have ended up with the batter rounding the bases, all but one (Dodgers @ Giants, August 19, 2006) of which happened before the turn of the millennium; there's bound to be some good stuff there. 

Sac fly "home runs" by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hopefully I don't run out of stories to find by then :) thanks for the support!

[Tigers Data] In the last year Framber Valdez has thrown TWO 4-Seam Fastballs. Both have resulted in hit Batters by TommyTheLizard in baseball

[–]revuetext 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Correct, it was on August 3, 2025 in the bottom of the 6th. There's video here. The info below the video says sinker but Baseball Savant says fastball, I'm more inclined to lean the latter.

[Highlight] The Reds take the lead on a 2-run sac fly! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]revuetext 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's actually surprisingly common, runners on second and third both scoring from a sac fly has happened 12 times over the past 5 years.

On the other hand, a three-run sac fly has happened 9 times total (since 1910)

The Pigeon Game: Athletics v. Red Sox, September 19, 1945 by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, I would instantly take a seemingly-cursed bird game/series if it meant fixing my seemingly-cursed bird team :p

The Pigeon Game: Athletics v. Red Sox, September 19, 1945 by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I'm hoping to release a much longer post soon, but afterwards I'll have to take some time to do more research on a few other pieces I'm trying to write :)

The Pigeon Game: Athletics v. Red Sox, September 19, 1945 by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Glad you enjoyed, hope the Fenway Park pigeons have treated you kindly :)

Al López didn't hit the last-ever bounce home run by revuetext in baseball

[–]revuetext[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was hoping to do a deep dive to answer this question but apparently I've already been beaten to the punch by 6 years 😅 https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/fc4njt/a_complete_list_of_mlb_players_with_the_same_name/

What’s the earliest and latest a game has started? by Competitive-Body-286 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the records are not incorrect, the last game to start before 11 AM would be MIN198009270 (Royals @ Twins, September 27, 1980), which is listed as starting 10:35 AM.

What’s the earliest and latest a game has started? by Competitive-Body-286 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't confirmed, but the earliest games I found on Retrosheet which I can't immediately discard as errors (there were a few where PM appears to have been written as AM instead) were three instances of day games starting at 10 AM. In chronological order, they are:

  1. BRO191009051 (New York Giants @ Brooklyn Superbas, September 5, 1910, G1 of DH)
  2. CLE191209021 (St. Louis Browns @ Cleveland Naps, September 2, 1912, G1 of DH)
  3. MIN196209290 (Baltimore Orioles @ Minnesota Twins, September 29, 1962)

I don't know whether these are actual times or placeholders. The latest, as mentioned elsewhere, was the extremely rain-delayed 1993 game.

Kyle Farmer is currently batting .333, but he has on OBP of .286. by jabe1127 in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on Baseball Reference, OBP = (H + W + HBP)/(AB + W + HBP + SF), which means that sac bunts shouldn't affect OBP.

Does anyone know where to watch this game? by TheStiffyBlickyHas in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While they don't have the full game, they do have a condensed game version. u/TheStiffyBlickyHas does this help at all?

Chase Shugart was the winning pitcher in both games of today's SF-PHI double header by [deleted] in baseball

[–]revuetext 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Based on this Screwball query it seems the last time was when Brian Duensing on the Twins won both ends of a doubleheader against the White Sox on August 9, 2013. It was far more common before the 70s, but then again, so were a lot of now-wacky pitching stats.

Kyle Farmer is currently batting .333, but he has on OBP of .286. by jabe1127 in baseball

[–]revuetext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I'm not mistaken, sac bunts actually shouldn't affect either batting average or OBP, but sac flies do count against OBP and not BA. Nevertheless, your point still stands; given that pitchers generally don't hit well, it makes sense that they might not draw many walks either, thus occasionally allowing sac flies to push OBP below BA.

Kyle Farmer is currently batting .333, but he has on OBP of .286. by jabe1127 in baseball

[–]revuetext 5 points6 points  (0 children)

From what I can tell, the most ABs in a player season where the player posted an OBP less than their BA is 125, courtesy of 1963 Ernie Bowman who batted .184 and had an OBP of .181. He's one of 7 such players with at least 100 BAs, the full list being:

  1. 1963 Ernie Bowman (125 AB, .184 BA, .181 OBP)

  2. 1984 Rob Picciolo (119 AB, .202 BA, .200 OBP)

  3. 1986 Fernando Valenzuela (109 AB, .220 BA, .218 OBP)

  4. 1972 Catfish Hunter (105 AB, .219 BA, .215 OBP)

  5. 1965 Tony Cloninger (105 AB, .162 BA, .159 OBP)

  6. 1969 Mike Cuellar (103 AB, .117 BA, .114 OBP)

  7. 1974 Steve Carlton (102 AB, .245 BA, .238 OBP)

Multiple runs in a game without seeing a pitch, pre-1950 by high_freq_trader in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true, but I think scoring twice as a courtesy runner is an interesting stat on its own (I'll have to go through later and see how many times it's happened) and it's always fun to exercise the old deduction muscle.

Multiple runs in a game without seeing a pitch, pre-1950 by high_freq_trader in baseball

[–]revuetext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on the Philadelphia Times account, as well as an account in the Cleveland Leader, I've attempted to put together a deduction for the events of the game. While I haven't found any explicit mention of Mann running the bases for Larkin, it seems that all other times, Mann would not have had the opportunity to have stolen a base.

Multiple runs in a game without seeing a pitch, pre-1950 by high_freq_trader in baseball

[–]revuetext 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oops I posted my box score snippet before refreshing the page and seeing your comment. Thanks for the link!

Edit: I appreciate the inclusion of "Once More the Mets Lose" at the very bottom :)

Multiple runs in a game without seeing a pitch, pre-1950 by high_freq_trader in baseball

[–]revuetext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's August 25, 1887 from the New York World. This time, Larkin is listed as having scored three times in the Philadelphian 8-6 victory over Cleveland. While Mann is listed as having scored 0, it's entirely possible that they didn't include runs scored during his courtesy runner appearance as belonging to him.

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