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Week of 12-1-14

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Legend of the Week Ryne Sandberg was one of the best 2nd basemen of the 80’s and early 90’s. He was a career long Chicago Cub. His career batting average is .285. He was a very good all around player who appeared in 10 all star games. His 7 seasons with over 100 runs and his 9 gold gloves highlight the Hall of Fame career that Sandberg put together. Ryne was a solid 5 tool player that collected all kinds of awards to support it such as silver sluggers, gold gloves, all star appearances, and an MVP award. He was Continue reading Week of 12-1-14→

Charlie Gehringer

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Johnny Lumsden — 1 Comment ↓

Standing at 5 foot 11 and 180 pounds throwing with his right hand, while batting with his left Charlie Gehringer was one of the greatest all around infielders before and during the Depression. He played from 1924-1942 totaling 2323 games played (all for the Tigers). Some of his most important stats are the following: 1774 runs, 2839 hits, 574 doubles, 1427 RBI’s, 1186 walks (and only 372 strikeouts), .320 average, .884 OPS, and 4257 total bases. He also had quite a few other impressive stats. Gehringer was born on May 11, 1903 in Fowlerville, MI where his two parents along Continue reading Charlie Gehringer→

The Doubles Leader

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Johnny Lumsden — 3 Comments ↓

Fun Fact of the Day: Tris Speaker is the all time leader in doubles with 792. Tris played from 1907-1928 in which he had a career average of .345 with 3514 hits, 222 triples, 1882 runs, 436 stolen bases, and 5101 total bases in 2789 games played. He led the league in doubles 8 times including 8 times with over 40 doubles. Considering the stats he put up in his 22 years, he is one of the greatest hitters arguably of all time.

What is Sabermetrics?

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Johnny Lumsden — 1 Comment ↓

Bill James introduced Sabermetrics in 1980. Since then there has been countless research on his studies to find out exactly what Sabermetrics really is. There will always be different views and definitions of it but in general, Sabermetrics is just a fancy term for advanced stats in baseball. The basic stats would be the common categories such as batting average, homeruns, runs, hits, doubles, walks, strikeouts, ERA, wins, innings pitched, etc. Advanced stats would be numbers that calculate into a pitchers WHIP, a batter’s OBP, OPS +, total bases, etc. Stats of all current and former players can be found Continue reading What is Sabermetrics?→