Remember those Canonical Batting Lines?
A few months ago I embarked upon a rather ambitious bit of research, to catalog all the different batting lines (AB-R-H-RBI) in MLB history. It was a lot of work, going through each combination in the...
View ArticleMore Pitching Matchup Weirdness
Friend of the VORG Tim Moore on the “Effectively Wild” Facebook page earlier this week: Curious about pitchers with the same surname as the opposing pitcher’s birthplace. Bonus points if it’s a...
View ArticleDifference in Team Games Played on Schedule
Over in the “Effectively Wild” Facebook group, there was this question posed: Sam Gerweck May 12 at 11:19pm So I’ve been picking through games tonight on MLB.tv and saw that the (17-16) Tigers are...
View Article“Celebrity” Pitching Matchups
Various sports outlets and Twitter folks are noting tonight’s “Ray-Romano” pitching matchup in the Arizona-Cincinnati game. Here are some more “celebrity” pitching matchups that have taken place...
View ArticleMost Runs the Same as Hits for Both Teams in a Game
I noticed a bit of a statistical quirk in Wednesday’s Marlins/Rangers game: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Miami Marlins 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 5 4 22 22 0 Texas Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 10 10 0 Despite the high ......
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