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Happy 84th B-day!

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Fun Fact of the Day: Today the Say Hey Kid, Willie Mays, turned 84-years-old. It is hard to believe that it was almost 43 years ago that Mays finished up his Hall of Fame career; including leading the league in walks at 40 years-old; his last season with the Giants. There are many legends that are celebrated on their b-days; their careers looked back on, but when discussing Willie, terms such as “god” or “best player of all-time” are acceptable. They called him the “Say Hey Kid” for a reason, he had all five tools: hit for average (.302 career Continue reading Happy 84th B-day!→

How Many Runs Does Each Defensive Player Save

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

For the most part in the eyes of a general baseball fan, gold gloves, fielding percentage and number of errors is how a player is judged defensively. However, if one goes into more depth of fielding stats, the value of a player’s glove can be measured intensely. One stat that does that quite well is called total zone total fielding runs above average (Rtot). Rtot is a calculation that roughly measures how many runs, above or below average (average being 0), the player was worth saving. For example, back in 1998, Derek Jeter had an Rtot of 2, which means Continue reading How Many Runs Does Each Defensive Player Save→

Most Runs in a Season

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Fun Fact of the Day: Most of the time runs scored are in result of the batter batting the guy in, so it is not entirely up to the runner. However, if the runner is fast and had stolen a beast before hand, being a smart runner and all, it definitely increases his chances of scoring. There have been many tremendous scorers throughout the history of the game, including many 100+ run seasons, but who had the most during one campaign? Billy Hamilton back in 1894 scored a total of 198 times in just 132 games. It was due to Continue reading Most Runs in a Season→

The Definition of Houston’s Hot Start

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

It seems like there is always a surprise team to get off to a hot start, and for the most part that team eventually cools down to a point where they were a fluke. Well, the Astros, with their 18-8 start, are that team in 2015, but it’s no fluke. This Astros team could very well be the Royals of 2015 or 2016. The 2015 Astros so far are all power, as they currently lead the MLB with 40 round trippers, although their pitching has been solid as well, thus far. The efforts of young starters Dallas Keuchel and Collin Continue reading The Definition of Houston’s Hot Start→