Lee Sinins is the creator of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, the most powerful baseball encyclopedia on the market. All stats in the ATM reports are generated from the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, unless explictly stated otherwise. FRAA, since 1950, comes from Baseball Prospectus. Lee can be followed on twitter @BaseballEncyclo.
1) Yesterday, Orioles DH Nelson Cruz became the 3rd player in Browns/Orioles history with 30+ 2B & 30+ HR in a 1st place season. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) In both of the previous times, the Orioles won the World Series.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2012 31 8 3 5 .319 .460 .779 .518 5.18 .260 24 90 8 159 Rangers
2013 32 9 12 -3 .327 .506 .833 .589 5.45 .266 27 76 5 109 Rangers
2014 33 26 25 1 .333 .525 .858 .638 5.73 .266 39 103 4 150 Orioles
CAREER 117 73 44 .328 .500 .829 .565 5.67 .267 196 592 69 954
LG AVG 0 0 0 .332 .419 .751 .500 4.92 .266 108 451 64
ORIOLES WITH 30+ DOUBLES AND 30+ HOMERUNS IN FIRST PLACE SEASONS
2B HR
1966--Frank Robinson 34 49
1983--Eddie Murray 30 33
2014--Nelson Cruz 30 39
2) Yesterday, the Orioles set the team record for most HR in a 1st place season and they have set the team record for most HR above the league average in any season. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
MOST HOMERUNS, SINGLE SEASON, BROWNS/ORIOLES, 1ST PLACE SEASON 1 Orioles 2014 199 2 Orioles 1997 196 3 Orioles 1979 181 4 Orioles 1970 179 T5 Orioles 1966 175 T5 Orioles 1969 175 7 Orioles 1983 168 8 Orioles 1971 158 9 Orioles 1973 119 10 Orioles 1974 116 MOST HOMERUNS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SINGLE SEASON, BROWNS/ORIOLES HOMERUNS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Orioles 2014 67 199 132 2 Orioles 1996 62 257 195 3 Orioles 1985 59 214 155 4 Orioles 1979 57 181 124 5 Orioles 1969 49 175 126 6 Orioles 1978 46 154 108 7 Orioles 1970 44 179 135 T8 Orioles 1966 36 175 139 T8 Orioles 1998 36 214 178 10 Orioles 1983 35 168 133
3) Yesterday, Orioles RF Steve Pearce hit his 20th HR and gave the Orioles 4 players with 20+ HR, which ties their team record for 1st place seasons. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 29 -8 -5 -3 .328 .377 .705 .406 3.86 .239 4 26 1 61 Orioles/Astros/Yankees 2013 30 4 5 -1 .362 .420 .782 .625 6.14 .261 4 13 1 44 Orioles 2014 31 42 34 8 .375 .560 .936 .771 8.15 .297 20 48 5 97 Orioles CAREER 23 19 4 .335 .432 .767 .559 5.28 .256 37 139 12 387 LG AVG 0 0 0 .327 .409 .735 .500 4.65 .260 31 130 18 MOST PLAYERS WITH 20+ HOMERUNS, ORIOLES, 1ST PLACE SEASON T1 1966 Orioles 4 Curt Blefary (23), Boog Powell (34), Brooks Robinson (23), Frank Robinson (49) T1 1969 Orioles 4 Paul Blair (26), Boog Powell (37), Brooks Robinson (23), Frank Robinson (32) T1 2014 Orioles 4 Nelson Cruz (39), Chris Davis (26), Adam Jones (25), Steve Pearce (20) T4 1971 Orioles 3 Boog Powell (22), Brooks Robinson (20), Frank Robinson (28) T4 1979 Orioles 3 Eddie Murray (25), Gary Roenicke (25), Ken Singleton (35) T6 1970 Orioles 2 Boog Powell (35), Frank Robinson (25) T6 1983 Orioles 2 Eddie Murray (33), Cal Ripken (27) T6 1997 Orioles 2 Jeffrey Hammonds (21), Rafael Palmeiro (38) T9 1944 Browns 1 Vern Stephens (20) T9 1973 Orioles 1 Earl Williams (22)
4) Yesterday, Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera reached 300 total bases for the 11th consecutive year, which is 4th longest streak in MLB history. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Cabrera ranks 6th all time in career total bases and 16th vs. the league average, through the age of 31. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Cabrera reached 40 RCAA for the 6th consecutive year, which is the 3rd longest streak in Tigers history.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 29 57 59 -2 .393 .606 .999 .736 8.24 .330 44 139 4 161 Tigers 2013 30 72 84 -12 .442 .636 1.078 .812 10.79 .348 44 137 3 148 Tigers 2014 31 44 40 4 .377 .524 .902 .696 6.97 .316 23 103 1 149 Tigers CAREER 493 575 -82 .397 .564 .961 .712 8.04 .320 388 1363 37 1809 LG AVG 0 0 0 .333 .422 .756 .500 4.92 .265 193 820 112 MOST CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH 300+ TOTAL BASES T1 Lou Gehrig 1926-38 13 T1 Willie Mays 1954-66 13 3 Albert Pujols 2001-12 12 4 Miguel Cabrera 2004-14 11 5 Stan Musial 1948-57 10 6 Hank Aaron 1955-63 9 7 Jimmie Foxx 1932-39 8 T8 Babe Ruth 1926-32 7 T8 Joe DiMaggio 1936-42 7 T10 Joe Medwick 1934-39 6 T10 Billy Williams 1967-72 6 T10 Jeff Bagwell 1996-01 6 T10 Manny Ramirez 1996-01 6 T10 Sammy Sosa 1997-02 6 T10 Todd Helton 1999-04 6 T10 Alex Rodriguez 2000-05 6 MOST CAREER TOTAL BASES, THROUGH AGE 31 1 Alex Rodriguez 4251 Mariners/Rangers/Yankees 2 Jimmie Foxx 4210 A's/Red Sox 3 Hank Aaron 4011 Braves 4 Mel Ott 3898 Giants 5 Albert Pujols 3893 Cardinals 6 Miguel Cabrera 3830 Marlins/Tigers 7 Ken Griffey Jr. 3799 Mariners/Reds 8 Frank Robinson 3706 Reds/Orioles 9 Lou Gehrig 3672 Yankees 10 Rogers Hornsby 3636 Cardinals/Giants MOST CAREER TOTAL BASES ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, THROUGH AGE 31 TOTAL BASES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Jimmie Foxx 1768 4210 2442 A's/Red Sox 2 Ty Cobb 1645 3512 1867 Tigers 3 Lou Gehrig 1600 3672 2072 Yankees 4 Babe Ruth 1559 3099 1540 Red Sox/Yankees 5 Rogers Hornsby 1536 3636 2100 Cardinals/Giants 6 Albert Pujols 1501 3893 2392 Cardinals 7 Hank Aaron 1461 4011 2550 Braves 8 Stan Musial 1457 3385 1928 Cardinals 9 Mickey Mantle 1450 3530 2080 Yankees 10 Ted Williams 1311 2925 1614 Red Sox 11 Willie Mays 1306 3449 2143 Giants 12 Mel Ott 1281 3898 2617 Giants 13 Frank Robinson 1275 3706 2431 Reds/Orioles 14 Alex Rodriguez 1231 4251 3020 Mariners/Rangers/Yankees 15 Al Simmons 1219 3250 2031 A's/White Sox 16 Miguel Cabrera 1213 3830 2617 Marlins/Tigers 17 Vladimir Guerrero 1126 3520 2394 Expos/Angels 18 Ken Griffey Jr. 1120 3799 2679 Mariners/Reds 19 Joe Jackson 1107 2579 1472 A's/Indians/White Sox 20 Chuck Klein 1101 2870 1769 Phillies/Cubs/Phillies MOST CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH 40+ RCAA, TIGERS 1 Ty Cobb 1907-19 13 2 Harry Heilmann 1921-27 7 3 Miguel Cabrera 2009-14 6 T4 Charlie Gehringer 1934-37 4 T4 Hank Greenberg 1937-40 4 T6 Sam Crawford 1907-08 2 T6 Sam Crawford 1913-14 2 T6 Ty Cobb 1921-22 2 T6 Hank Greenberg 1934-35 2 T6 Al Kaline 1955-56 2 T6 Al Kaline 1966-67 2
5) Yesterday, Cardinals P Adam Wainwright had his 32nd career start with 7+ IP & 0 R, which moves him up to 2nd in Cardinals history and his 11th such start in 2014, which is tied for 2nd in Cardinals history. (playindex)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 30 0 3.94 32 32 198.2 184 8.34 1.25 14 13 0 13 14 Cardinals 2013 31 15 2.94 34 34 241.2 219 8.16 1.07 19 9 0 16 12 Cardinals 2014 32 32 2.45 31 31 220 171 7.00 1.05 19 9 0 19 9 Cardinals CAREER 159 3.02 279 216 1534.2 1298 7.61 1.16 118 66 3 115 69 LG AVG 0 3.95 1534.2 1220 7.16 1.34 85 87 MOST STARTS, CAREER, 7+ IP, 0 R, CARDINALS 1 Bob Gibson 56 2 Adam Wainwright 32 3 Bill Doak 31 4 Chris Carpenter 30 5 Mort Cooper 28 6 Harry Brecheen 25 7 Bob Forsch 24 T8 Dizzy Dean 23 T8 Jesse Haines 23 T10 Howie Pollet 20 T10 Max Lanier 20 MOST STARTS, SINGLE SEASON, 7+ IP, 0 R, CARDINALS 1 Bob Gibson 1968 13 T2 John Tudor 1985 11 T2 Adam Wainwright 2014 11 4 Mort Cooper 1942 10 T5 Bill Doak 1914 7 T5 Dizzy Dean 1934 7 T5 Mort Cooper 1944 7 T5 Harry Brecheen 1948 7 T5 Chris Carpenter 2005 7 T10 9 tied 6
6) Yesterday, Astros 2B Jose Altuve became the 1st player with 2 infield hits, in a game in which the rest of his team was hitless since 2010 (Carl Crawford, Rays, 4/20). (Elias)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 22 13 7 6 .340 .399 .740 .540 5.02 .290 7 37 33 147 Astros 2013 23 -27 -20 -7 .316 .363 .678 .384 3.63 .283 5 52 35 152 Astros 2014 24 37 43 -6 .380 .456 .836 .709 6.92 .344 7 54 53 148 Astros CAREER 14 21 -7 .340 .401 .741 .537 4.93 .302 21 155 128 504 LG AVG 0 0 0 .321 .407 .728 .500 4.56 .254 59 238 34
7) Yesterday, the Angels pitched their 2nd 1 hitter of the season against the Mariners (Garrett Richards & 2 relievers, 4/9; C.J. Wilson & 2 relievers, 9/17). It was the 2nd time in Angels history that they had 2 games allowing 0/1 hit against the same opponent in a season (2011, vs. Indians) and the 2nd time in Mariners history this happened to them (1989, vs. Rangers). (Elias) The Angels are 94 hits better than league average (pitching), which is tied for 3rd best in team history. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) This is the 7th consecutive year that the Mariners have been below league average in hits, which extends their team record, and is the 2nd longest streak in AL West history. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
MOST HITS BETTER THAN THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SINGLE SEASON, ANGELS HITS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Angels 2006 149 1410 1559 2 Angels 2002 121 1345 1466 T3 Angels 2014 94 1220 1314 T3 Angels 1971 94 1246 1340 5 Angels 1978 88 1382 1470 6 Angels 1986 73 1356 1429 7 Angels 2001 68 1452 1520 8 Angels 1961 61 1391 1452 9 Angels 1977 60 1383 1443 T10 Angels 2000 58 1534 1592 T10 Angels 1982 58 1436 1494 MOST CONSECUTIVE YEARS BELOW THE LEAGUE AVERAGE IN HITS, MARINERS 1 Mariners 2008-14 7 2 Mariners 1982-86 5 3 Mariners 1991-94 4 T4 Mariners 1977-78 2 T4 Mariners 1988-89 2 MOST CONSECUTIVE YEARS BELOW THE LEAGUE AVERAGE IN HITS, AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST 1 A's 1976-84 9 2 Mariners 2008-14 7 3 White Sox 1983-88 6 T4 Twins 1980-84 5 T4 Mariners 1982-86 5 T4 Angels 1983-87 5 T4 A's 2005-09 5 T8 Angels 1975-78 4 T8 Rangers 1982-85 4 T8 Royals 1985-88 4 T8 Mariners 1991-94 4 T8 A's 1996-99 4 T8 Rangers 2002-05 4
8) Yesterday, the Angels became the 1st AL West champions to ever have more SO than H (pitching) and are the 6th division champion in history to do it (no pennant winner ever did it in the pre-division era. In fact, only 1 team ever did it prior to divisions, the 1968 Indians). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia). The 2014 Dodgers (1267 SO, 1239 H) could also join this list.
DIVISION CHAMPIONS WITH MORE STRIKEOUTS THAN HITS
SO H
2003--Cubs 1404 1304
2009--Dodgers 1272 1265
2010--Giants 1331 1279
2012--Nationals 1325 1296
2013--Tigers 1428 1369
2014--Angels 1272 1220
9) Yesterday, Yankees P Brandon McCarthy became the 5th pitcher in Yankees history to strike out the side on 9 pitches. (baseball-almanac.com) I have no records at all in this category, but McCarthy might have become the 1st pitcher in MLB history to achieve this feat in a game in which he moved from league average in SO to below average (-2) in that game.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 28 8 3.24 18 18 111 73 5.92 1.25 8 6 0 8 6 A's 2013 29 -13 4.53 22 22 135 76 5.07 1.35 5 11 0 7 9 Diamondbacks 2014 30 -2 3.93 31 31 194.2 167 7.72 1.25 10 14 0 12 12 Diamondbacks/Yankees CAREER 4 4.07 206 152 984 690 6.31 1.29 52 64 0 60 56 LG AVG 0 4.13 984 772 7.06 1.34 55 55 YANKEES WHO STRUCK OUT THE SIDE ON 9 PITCHES AL Downing 8/11/67 2nd vs. Indians Ron Guidry 8/7/84 9th vs. White Sox A.J. Burnett 6/20/09 3rd vs. Marlins Ivan Nova 5/29/13 8th vs. Mets Brandon McCarthy 9/17/14 7th vs. Rays
10) Yesterday, Royals RF Norichika Aoki set the team record with 11 hits in a 3 game series (vs. White Sox), breaking the record held by Willie Wilson (1980, vs. Yankees) and George Brett (1982, vs. White Sox) (Elias)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 30 10 10 0 .355 .433 .787 .558 5.80 .288 10 50 30 151 Brewers 2013 31 -1 0 -1 .356 .370 .726 .503 4.78 .286 8 37 20 155 Brewers 2014 32 -3 4 -7 .349 .352 .701 .532 4.60 .281 1 38 16 122 Royals CAREER 6 14 -8 .354 .385 .739 .531 5.06 .286 19 125 66 428 LG AVG 0 0 0 .329 .410 .739 .500 4.74 .261 48 190 29
11) On Tuesday-yesterday, Indians got 12+ SO from their starting pitchers (Corey Kluber, 14; Carlos Carrasco, 12) in back to back games for just the 2nd time in team history (Sam McDowell, 14; Luis Tiant, 12; September 18 & 20, 1966). (Elias) The Indians rank 2nd in team history for SO in a season and 4th vs. the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
MOST STRIKEOUTS, SINGLE SEASON, INDIANS 1 Indians 2013 1379 2 Indians 2014 1336 3 Indians 2001 1218 4 Indians 2000 1213 5 Indians 1967 1189 6 Indians 1964 1162 7 Indians 1968 1157 8 Indians 1965 1156 9 Indians 1999 1120 10 Indians 2004 1115 MOST STRIKEOUTS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SINGLE SEASON, INDIANS STRIKEOUTS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Indians 2000 243 1213 970 2 Indians 1976 177 928 751 3 Indians 2001 173 1218 1045 4 Indians 2014 172 1336 1164 T5 Indians 1967 171 1189 1018 T5 Indians 1970 171 1076 905 7 Indians 1968 170 1157 987 8 Indians 1955 168 877 709 9 Indians 1964 160 1162 1002 10 Indians 1965 157 1156 999
12) Yesterday, Indians P Carlos Carrasco became just the 3rd pitcher in Indians history (since 1914) to pitch a SHO on the road, with 12+ SO and 2 hits or less (vs. Astros), joining Bartolo Colon (Bob Feller, 7/12/40, vs. A’s; Bartolo Colon, 9/18/00, vs. Yankees; both were 1 H, 13 SO). (Elias)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2011 24 -9 4.62 21 21 124.2 85 6.14 1.36 8 9 0 7 10 Indians 2013 26 -15 6.75 15 7 46.2 30 5.79 1.76 1 4 0 1 4 Indians 2014 27 14 2.65 38 12 119 121 9.15 0.98 8 5 1 8 5 Indians CAREER -21 4.41 86 52 357.1 285 7.18 1.35 19 24 1 19 24 LG AVG 0 3.91 357.1 289 7.29 1.30 20 20
13) On September 11, when Rays P Brad Boxberger reached 100 SO, the Rays tied the major league record with 4 pitchers with 100+ SO & more SO than H. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
MOST PITCHERS WITH 100+ STRIKEOUTS & MORE STRIKEOUTS THAN HITS T1 2003 Dodgers 4 Kevin Brown (185/184), Eric Gagne (137/37), Kazuhisa Ishii (140/129), Hideo Nomo (177/175) T1 2004 Cubs 4 Matt Clement (190/155), Mark Prior (139/112), Kerry Wood (144/127), Carlos Zambrano (188/174) T1 2011 Phillies 4 Roy Halladay (220/208), Cole Hamels (194/169), Cliff Lee (238/197), Vance Worley (119/116) T1 2012 Brewers 4 Marco Estrada (143/129), Mike Fiers (135/125), Yovani Gallardo (204/185), Zack Greinke (122/120) T1 2014 Rays 4 Brad Boxberger (101/33), Alex Cobb (138/123), Jake Odorizzi (171/149), David Price (189/156) T6 1960 Dodgers 3 Don Drysdale (246/214), Sandy Koufax (197/133), Stan Williams (175/162) T6 1964 Indians 3 Sam McDowell (177/148), Sonny Siebert (144/142), Luis Tiant (105/94) T6 1968 Indians 3 Sam McDowell (283/181), Sonny Siebert (146/145), Luis Tiant (264/152) T6 1969 Astros 3 Tom Griffin (200/156), Jim Ray (115/105), Don Wilson (235/210) T6 1971 Mets 3 Tug McGraw (109/73), Nolan Ryan (137/125), Tom Seaver (289/210) T6 1972 Angels 3 Rudy May (169/162), Andy Messersmith (142/125), Nolan Ryan (329/166) T6 1976 Indians 3 Dennis Eckersley (200/155), Jim Kern (111/91), Dave LaRoche (104/57) T6 1986 Astros 3 Jim Deshaies (128/124), Nolan Ryan (194/119), Mike Scott (306/182) T6 1989 Mets 3 David Cone (190/183), Sid Fernandez (198/157), Dwight Gooden (101/93) T6 1996 Expos 3 Jeff Fassero (222/217), Pedro Martinez (222/189), Ugueth Urbina (108/102) T6 1997 Cardinals 3 Alan Benes (160/128), Andy Benes (175/149), Todd Stottlemyre (160/155) T6 1997 Orioles 3 Armando Benitez (106/49), Mike Mussina (218/197), Arthur Rhodes (102/75) T6 2001 Cubs 3 Jason Bere (175/171), Kyle Farnsworth (107/65), Kerry Wood (217/127) T6 2001 Diamondbacks 3 Randy Johnson (372/181), Byung-Hyun Kim (113/58), Curt Schilling (293/237) T6 2002 Cubs 3 Matt Clement (215/162), Mark Prior (147/98), Kerry Wood (217/169) T6 2002 Dodgers 3 Eric Gagne (114/55), Kazuhisa Ishii (143/137), Hideo Nomo (193/189) T6 2003 Cubs 3 Matt Clement (171/169), Mark Prior (245/183), Kerry Wood (266/152) T6 2007 Mets 3 Orlando Hernandez (128/109), John Maine (180/168), Oliver Perez (174/153) T6 2007 Padres 3 Heath Bell (102/60), Jake Peavy (240/169), Chris Young (167/118) T6 2009 Braves 3 Tommy Hanson (116/105), Rafael Soriano (102/53), Javier Vazquez (238/181) T6 2009 Dodgers 3 Chad Billingsley (179/173), Jonathan Broxton (114/44), Clayton Kershaw (185/119) T6 2010 Rockies 3 Jhoulys Chacin (138/114), Jorge de la Rosa (113/105), Ubaldo Jimenez (214/164) T6 2011 Braves 3 Brandon Beachy (169/125), Tommy Hanson (142/106), Craig Kimbrel (127/48) T6 2011 Giants 3 Matt Cain (179/177), Tim Lincecum (220/176), Jonathan Sanchez (102/80) T6 2012 Giants 3 Madison Bumgarner (191/183), Matt Cain (193/177), Tim Lincecum (190/183) T6 2012 Rays 3 Matt Moore (175/158), David Price (205/173), James Shields (223/208) T6 2013 Cardinals 3 Lance Lynn (198/189), Shelby Miller (169/152), Trevor Rosenthal (108/63) T6 2013 Reds 3 Homer Bailey (199/181), Aroldis Chapman (112/37), Tony Cingrani (120/72) T6 2013 Tigers 3 Anibal Sanchez (202/156), Max Scherzer (240/152), Justin Verlander (217/212) T6 2014 Cubs 3 Jake Arrieta (157/112), Jason Hammel (104/88), Jeff Samardzija (103/99) T6 2014 Dodgers 3 Josh Beckett (107/96), Zack Greinke (191/171), Clayton Kershaw (219/125)
14) Yesterday, the Pirates set a team record with 9 players with 10+ HR. (ESPN Stats & Information) The Pirates are setting a team record for most HR above the league average, over a 3 year span. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
MOST PLAYERS WITH 10+ HOMERUNS, PIRATES 1 2014 Pirates 9 Pedro Alvarez (18), Ike Davis (10), Josh Harrison (13), Starling Marte (12), Russell Martin (10), Andrew McCutchen (23), Jordy Mercer (11), Travis Snider (11), Neil Walker (21) 2 2007 Pirates 8 Jose Bautista (15), Jason Bay (21), Adam LaRoche (21), Nate McLouth (13), Xavier Nady (20), Ronny Paulino (11), Freddy Sanchez (11), Jack Wilson (12) T3 1964 Pirates 7 Bob Bailey (11), Roberto Clemente (12), Donn Clendenon (12), Jerry Lynch (16), Bill Mazeroski (10), Jim Pagliaroni (10), Willie Stargell (21) T3 1973 Pirates 7 Richie Hebner (25), Al Oliver (20), Bob Robertson (14), Manny Sanguillen (12), Willie Stargell (44), Rennie Stennett (10), Richie Zisk (10) T3 2012 Pirates 7 Pedro Alvarez (30), Rod Barajas (11), Garrett Jones (27), Andrew McCutchen (31), Michael McKenry (12), Alex Presley (10), Neil Walker (14) T6 1960 Pirates 6 Roberto Clemente (16), Don Hoak (16), Bill Mazeroski (11), Bob Skinner (15), Hal Smith (11), Dick Stuart (23) T6 1963 Pirates 6 Bob Bailey (12), Roberto Clemente (17), Donn Clendenon (15), Jerry Lynch (10), Jim Pagliaroni (11), Willie Stargell (11) T6 1966 Pirates 6 Bob Bailey (13), Roberto Clemente (29), Donn Clendenon (28), Bill Mazeroski (16), Jim Pagliaroni (11), Willie Stargell (33) T6 1983 Pirates 6 Dale Berra (10), Mike Easler (10), Bill Madlock (12), Dave Parker (12), Tony Pena (15), Jason Thompson (18) T6 1995 Pirates 6 Jay Bell (13), Mark Johnson (13), Jeff King (18), Al Martin (13), Orlando Merced (15), Mark Parent (15) T6 1996 Pirates 6 Jay Bell (13), Charlie Hayes (10), Mark Johnson (13), Jeff King (30), Al Martin (18), Orlando Merced (17) T6 1999 Pirates 6 Brant Brown (16), Brian Giles (39), Al Martin (24), Warren Morris (15), Ed Sprague (22), Kevin Young (26) T6 2000 Pirates 6 Wil Cordero (16), Brian Giles (35), Jason Kendall (14), Pat Meares (13), John Vander Wal (24), Kevin Young (20) T6 2001 Pirates 6 Brian Giles (37), Jason Kendall (10), Aramis Ramirez (34), John Vander Wal (11), Craig Wilson (13), Kevin Young (14) T6 2002 Pirates 6 Brian Giles (38), Adam Hyzdu (11), Rob Mackowiak (16), Aramis Ramirez (18), Craig Wilson (16), Kevin Young (16) T6 2003 Pirates 6 Brian Giles (16), Aramis Ramirez (12), Reggie Sanders (31), Randall Simon (10), Matt Stairs (20), Craig Wilson (18) T6 2008 Pirates 6 Jose Bautista (12), Jason Bay (22), Ryan Doumit (15), Adam LaRoche (25), Nate McLouth (26), Xavier Nady (13) T6 2013 Pirates 6 Pedro Alvarez (36), Garrett Jones (15), Starling Marte (12), Russell Martin (15), Andrew McCutchen (21), Neil Walker (16) MOST HOMERUNS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, 3 YEAR SPAN, PIRATES HOMERUNS YEARS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Pirates 2012-14 122 477 355 2 Pirates 1973-75 103 406 303 3 Pirates 1971-73 99 418 319 4 Pirates 1969-71 98 403 305 5 Pirates 1974-76 84 362 278 6 Pirates 1970-72 81 394 313 7 Pirates 1964-66 79 390 311 8 Pirates 2013-15 78 307 229 9 Pirates 1972-74 76 378 302 10 Pirates 2011-13 62 438 376
15) The Orioles 14 1/2 game lead is their largest since 1970 (finished season with 15 game lead). (Orioles team notes)
16) Yesterday, Rays P Alex Cobb’s streak of 12 consecutive starts allowing 2 R or less ended, which was tied for 3rd longest in AL history. (Rays team notes)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 24 -3 4.03 23 23 136.1 106 7.00 1.25 11 9 0 10 10 Rays 2013 25 18 2.76 22 22 143.1 134 8.41 1.15 11 3 0 9 5 Rays 2014 26 17 2.82 25 25 153.1 141 8.28 1.12 9 8 0 11 6 Rays CAREER 34 3.21 79 79 485.2 418 7.75 1.19 34 22 0 33 23 LG AVG 0 3.82 485.2 412 7.64 1.28 27 27 MOST CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITH 2 RUNS OR LESS, AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 Felix Hernandez 2014 Mariners 17 2 Al Benton 1945 Tigers 15 T3 Babe Ruth 1916 Red Sox 12 T3 Barry Moore 68-69 Senators 12 T3 Zack Greinke 2008 Royals 12 T3 Alex Cobb 2014 Rays 12 T7 Jim Merritt 1967 Twins 11 T7 Gaylord Perry 1974 Indians 11 T7 Roger Clemens 1990 Red Sox 11 T7 Justin Duchscherer 2008 A's 11
17) Yesterday, Yankees P Dellin Betances set the team record for SO in a season by a pitcher with 0 starts and he is 2nd vs. the league average and is 7th in AL history. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2011 23 -1 6.75 2 1 2.2 2 6.75 2.63 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees 2013 25 -4 10.80 6 0 5 10 18.00 2.20 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees 2014 26 23 1.33 67 0 87.2 132 13.55 0.75 5 0 1 4 1 Yankees CAREER 18 1.98 75 1 95.1 144 13.59 0.88 5 0 1 4 1 LG AVG 0 3.77 95.1 83 7.88 1.30 5 5 MOST STRIKEOUTS, SINGLE SEASON, YANKEES, 0 STARTS STRIKEOUTS YEAR SO GS 1 Dellin Betances 2014 132 0 2 Mariano Rivera 1996 130 0 3 Goose Gossage 1978 122 0 4 Goose Gossage 1980 103 0 5 Goose Gossage 1982 102 0 6 David Robertson 2011 100 0 7 Joe Page 1949 99 0 T8 Ryne Duren 1959 96 0 T8 Tom Gordon 2004 96 0 10 Dave Righetti 1985 92 0 MOST STRIKEOUTS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SINGLE SEASON, YANKEES, 0 STARTS STRIKEOUTS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE GS 1 Mariano Rivera 1996 60 130 70 0 2 Dellin Betances 2014 55 132 77 0 T3 Ryne Duren 1959 53 96 43 0 T3 Goose Gossage 1980 53 103 50 0 T5 Goose Gossage 1982 52 102 50 0 T5 Goose Gossage 1978 52 122 70 0 7 David Robertson 2011 49 100 51 0 8 Ron Davis 1981 46 83 37 0 T9 Jeff Nelson 1996 43 91 48 0 T9 Goose Gossage 1983 43 90 47 0 MOST STRIKEOUTS, SINGLE SEASON, AMERICAN LEAGUE, 0 STARTS STRIKEOUTS YEAR SO GS 1 Dick Radatz 1964 181 0 Red Sox 2 Mark Eichhorn 1986 166 0 Blue Jays 3 Dick Radatz 1963 162 0 Red Sox 4 Dick Radatz 1962 144 0 Red Sox 5 Jim Kern 1979 136 0 Rangers 6 John Hiller 1974 134 0 Tigers T7 Duane Ward 1991 132 0 Blue Jays T7 Dellin Betances 2014 132 0 Yankees T9 Goose Gossage 1975 130 0 White Sox T9 Mariano Rivera 1996 130 0 Yankees
18) Yesterday, Dodgers P Carlos Frias became the 1st pitcher in MLB history to give up 10+ hits and have under 1 IP (2/3). (Elias)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2014 24 -9 6.58 12 2 26 18 6.23 1.31 0 1 0 0 1 Dodgers CAREER -9 6.58 12 2 26 18 6.23 1.31 0 1 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 3.56 26 23 7.91 1.21 1 1
19) Yesterday, the Rangers trailed the A’s, 1-0, going to the top of the 9th and then the Rangers scored 6 runs, for a 6-1 win. The Rangers tied their team record for most runs in the 9th inning, after being shut out up to that point (6-3 win over Royals, 6/16/80). (Elias)
20) On Tuesday, Cubs P Jake Arrieta became the 4th Cubs pitcher in team history (since 1914) to have 13+ SO in a 0/1 hit shutout (Lon Warneke, 1945; Frank Castillo, 1995; Kerry Wood, 1998 & 2001) and the 1st Cubs pitcher to take a no hitter into 7th inning 3 times in a season (6/24, vs Reds, 6 IP; 6/30, vs. Red Sox, 7 2/3 IP; 9/16, vs. Reds, 7 1/3 IP). (Cubs team notes)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 26 -22 6.20 24 18 114.2 109 8.56 1.37 3 9 0 4 8 Orioles 2013 27 -6 4.78 14 14 75.1 60 7.17 1.33 5 4 0 4 5 Orioles/Cubs 2014 28 14 2.65 24 24 149.2 157 9.44 1.02 9 5 0 9 5 Cubs CAREER -30 4.54 102 96 559.1 471 7.58 1.32 33 32 0 30 35 LG AVG 0 4.05 559.1 457 7.35 1.32 31 31
21) On Tuesday, Tigers LF J.D. Martinez hit his 8th 9th inning HR of the season, which ties him for 2nd most in MLB history (Tony Batista, 2000 Blue Jays, 9; Alex Rodriguez, 2007 Yankees, 8). (Tigers team notes)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2012 24 -24 -14 -10 .311 .375 .685 .371 3.44 .241 11 55 0 113 Astros 2013 25 -21 -13 -8 .272 .378 .650 .337 3.24 .250 7 36 2 86 Astros 2014 26 30 32 -2 .360 .569 .929 .715 7.35 .314 23 76 6 113 Tigers CAREER -16 4 -20 .319 .444 .762 .511 4.71 .271 47 202 8 365 LG AVG 0 0 0 .323 .407 .730 .500 4.61 .257 38 157 23
Also, check out the rest of Lee’s ATM reports for today and check back every day for the latest installments–
Around the majors report: September 18, 2014
Game recaps: Angels clinch the division title
News report: Jason Heyward has a thumb injury
Legends of the Game: Chipper Jones