Daily Stat
2/4- Lance Berkman’s 80 RBI last season was his lowest total since 2000.
2/3- Jay Bruce has only hit .240 in his first 209 MLB games.
2/2- Only 16 days until pitchers and catchers report!
2/1- Once traded to the Nationals, Nyjer Morgan hit .351 with 24 SB in 191 AB before breaking his hand. But can he do it again? That’s the question.
1/31- In 2009, July was the only month in which Pablo Sandoval did not hit .300 or better. He hit .298 for the month.
1/30- In 2009, Doug Davis was the only pitcher to notch over 100 Ks (146) while also issuing over 100 walks (103).
1/29- Of the 30 MLB teams, 16 of them had a closer that notched 30 saves or more in 2009.
1/28- Capping off a fantastic rookie campaign, Gordon Beckham hit .277 with 6 HR and 14 RBI in just 83 AB in Septemeber of 2009.
1/27- As of today, it’s been exactly 16 months since Ben Sheets has thrown a pitch in an MLB game.
1/26- Jim Thome has only hit .217 against lefties over the last 3 years. Can you say “part time DH”?
1/25- In his second full season, Evan Longoria improved in EVERY offensive category wit hthe exception of slugging percentage. He went down 5 hundreths of a point.
1/24- In each of his 3 professional seasons, Alex Gordon has seen less than 4 pitches per plate appearance. No wonder he’s got a career average of .250.
1/23- Last year, Paul Konerko hit .302 in the first half but then plummetted in the second half with a .243 average.
1/22- There are only four closers since 2000 to record 40 or more saves with 100 or more strikeouts – Brad Lidge, Billy Wagner, and Armando Benitez each did it once. Eric Gagne did it 3 times.
1/21- With a minimum of 150 IP in 2009, Braden Looper had the worst HR/9 IP in the majors with a 1.80.
1/20- Last season there were only 11 outfielders to hit 100 RBI or more.
1/19- In 2009 there were 10 shortstops who stole 20 bases or more.
1/18- There are only 30 days until the first pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training 2010.
1/17- Both Chipper Jones and Paul O’Neill share the record for longest streak of games with an extra base hit (10) in the last decade (2000-2009).
1/16- Only Joe Mauer and Hanley Ramirez finished the 2009 season with a batting average over .300 and and OBP over .400.
1/15- According to CBS Sportsline projections, Joe Mauer is headed for his first 30-100 season. Hmmm. We’ll see…
1/14- Talk about a career…Mariano Rivera has averaged 40 saves a year over the last 13 years.
1/13- Of the 14 players to go 20-20 in 2009, only 3 of them (Brandon Phillips, Hanley Ramirez, and Jayson Werth) did it the year before.
1/12- Over the last 3 years, there were only 23 players to hit 20 or more HR with 100+ RBI and 100+ runs scored. Spend that draft money on offense!
1/11- Last year there were 27 pitchers who had atleast 12 wins with 150 Ks.
1/10- In 2009 there were a total of 14 players who went 20-20 on the season.
1/9- In 2009, Robinson Cano led all 2B with 75 extra base hits.
1/8- It’s been 54 years since Elvis Presley started recording his first album. Happy Birthday, King.
1/7- Over the last 3 years, only 11 closers have averaged 30 or more saves each year.
1/6- Since 2006, there has been a 22.2% decrease in the number of batters to knock in 100 or more RBI. Only 28 did it in 2009, down from 36 in 2006.
1/5- In the last 2 years, only 5 of the 26 supposed biggest “27 year old breakouts” were successful in producing better numbers.
1/4- Before forming a WWE tag team with his older brother Gerald, Yankees 3B prospect Brandon Laird was lighting up the AFL with a .333 average in 90 AB with 6 HR and 24 RBI.
1/3- Oakland A’s outfield prospect, Grant Desme, clubbed 11 HR in 108 AB in the Arizona Fall League this year.
1/2- Only 37 days until pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training.
1/1- Had he still been alive, the legendary Hank Greenberg would have been 99 years old today.
12/31- Marlon Byrd has a career .206 average at Wrigley Field.
12/30- In 2009, Derek Jeter led all shortstops with 212 hits on the season.
12/29- Not only were they the worst offensive team in 2009, but as a whole, the Washington Nationals had the lowest fielding percentage of any team in the majors – .977
12/28- While the Phillies may have finished 75 stolen bases behind the league leading Rays, they did lead the league with an 81% success rate.”
12/27- Along with a personal career high in HR with 15 in 2009, Kurt Suzuki led all MLB catchers with 37 doubles.
12/26- According to CBS Sportsline’s projections, Tim Lincecum will lead the majors in strikeouts for a third straight season with 260.
12/25- Kevin Youkilis led all qualifying third basemen with a .413 OBP.
12/24- Over the last 3 years, only 20 players have averaged 100 or more RBI in a season.
12/23- Only 57 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training 2010.
12/22- In his only year as a Yankee, Javier Vazquez had a 4.13 ERA at home in 16 starts.
12/21- Evan Longoria was the only non-1B/OF to be in the top 10 for RBI in 2009.
12/20- In 2009 there were 17 catchers that hit 10 or more home runs.
12/19- From 2008 to 2009, there was a 21.1% increase in the number of players to steal 20 or more bases.
12/18- In 2009 Miguel Tejada had the dubious distinction of leading the majors with 29 GIDP.
12/17- Over the last 3 years, CC Sabathia has averaged 241 2/3 innings pitched per year, more than anyone else in the majors.
12/16- While the sample size of AB is low (11), we should note that new Blue Jays catcher John Buck has hit .364 at the Rogers Centre Stadium as a Royals backup over the last 3 years. Did someone say fantasy baseball sleeper?
12/15- Last season, Mike Cameron had a 2.08 K/BB ratio while hitting .250 in 544 AB.
12/14- Another Roy Halladay fact for you: Halladay gave up 22 HR last season, his highest total since 2003. Is a move to hitter friendly Citizen’s Bank Ball Park going to be the right move?
12/13- Ben Zobrist’s 27 HR in 2009 was only 2 HR short of his total output from the start of the 2006 season in the minors through the end of the 2008 season in the majors; that’s 3 years and 1,169 at bats.
12/12- It’ll be a memorable Opening Day for Roy Halladay when the 2010 season starts. Not only could he be with a new team, but is only 5 Ks away from 1500 for his career.
12/11- Watching the 2009 Baseball Season wrap on MLBTV last night….so Albert Pujols is the only player in history to hit 30+ HR and 100+ RBI in his first 9 seasons. Ridiculously impressive.
12/10- In 44 at bats over the last 3 seasons, new Astros 3B Pedro Feliz is hitting .250 with zero home runs. Not looking like a good value pick, is he?
12/9- In 2009, the San Diego Padres had the least number of hits (1,315) than any other major league team. The Angels and Yankees both led the majors with 1,604.
12/8- David Wright’s 10 HR in 2009 were a career low; the lowest since his 2001 year in the Rookie Leagues where he hit 4 in 36 games played.
12/7- Roy Halladay led the majors with 9 complete games in 2009. It matched a career high he set in both 2003 and 2008.
12/6- In 2009, Ben Zobrist led all second basemen with a .405 OBP.
12/5- The Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays both had a .988 team fielding percentage in 2009, tops in the league.
12/4- Orlando Cabrera’s 25 errors was the worst amongst shortstops in 2009.
12/3- Hunter Pence led all outfielders with 16 assists.
12/2- Out of 2009’s top rookies, Dexter Fowler had the worst AB/K rate with 3.73.
12/1- Only 79 days until pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training.
11/30- It’s always good to draft Yankees as the team led all of MLB in runs scored, HR, RBI and total bases in 2009.
11/29- According to CBS Sportsline, this year was the first year since 2000 that both Cy Young Award winners were also the top two most valuable pitchers in fantasy baseball.
11/28- Despite having half the at bats of the two category leaders in triples in 2009, Angel Pagan of the Mets still had 11, only 2 behind the leader.
11/27- Blue Jays 2B Aaron Hill, in a nice 2009 breakout season, led the majors with 682 AB.
11/26- Despite a seriously down year from expectations, Russell Martin still led all catchers with 11 SB.
11/25- Despite only starting one game in 2009, Alfredo Aceves managed 10 wins on the season.
11/24- According to CBS Sportsline projections, the Angels’ Brian Fuentes will lead the majors with 42 saves.
11/23- Joe Mauer is the first catcher to win an MVP award since Ivan Rodriguez won it in 1999.
11/22- In 2009, the Seattle Mariners led the Al with a team ERA of 3.87. There were 5 NL teams that had a better team ERA.
11/21- In 2009, the New York Yankees led all of MLB with a .362 OBP.
11/20- 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum needs to average 252 strikouts per year for the next 20 years to reach Nolan Ryan’s career strikeout record of 5,714.
11/19- Tim Lincecum is the first pitcher to win back to back Cy Young award since Randy Johnson won 4 in a row from 1999-2002.
11/18- CBS Sportsline projects Michael Bourn and Jacoby Ellsbury to lead the majors in stolen bases with 51 each in 2010.
11/17- Zack Grienke’s 2009 Cy Young Award is the 3rd for a Kansas City Royals pitcher in the last 20 years. That ties the Red Sox and sits one behind the leader, the Toronto Blue Jays who have 4.
11/16- AL Rookie of the Year Andrew Bailey had a 3.8 K/BB ratio in 2009.
11/15- Welcome to Citi Field! The New York Mets hit the fewest home runs in 2009 with 95.
11/14- In all of MLB, we saw a 5.5% increase in HR from the 2008 season (4778) to the 2009 season (5042).
11/13- In all of MLB, we saw a 6.1% increase in stolen bases in the 2009 season. There were 2970 SB in 2009 to only 2799 SB in 2008.
11/12 — In the sports world, only the Ferrari Racing Team has more championships (28) than the New York Yankees.
10/5- Tomorrow’s game between the Twins and Tigers will be the 9th one game playoff in MLB history.
9/28- Arizona’s Stephen Drew leads the majors with 12 triples this season.
9/27- Going into the final week of the season, Cy Young hopeful Felix Hernandez leads the league with 27 quality starts in 32 games started.
9/26- Alex Rodriguez’ next RBI will be the 1700th of his career.
9/25- Casey McGehee leads all rookies with 63 RBI and is making a big push on Chris Coghlan for Rookie of the Year honors.
9/16- Chipper Jones needs just 7 hits to reach 2400 for his career. Too bad he’s always hurt.
9/15- The San Francisco Giants have drawn the least walks in the majors with a total of 339. The Yankees lead the pack with 602 just to see the disparity.
9/14- Chris Coghlan leads all rookies with 131 hits and 191 total bases.
9/13- Using a minimum of 25 games started, Jeff Suppan has the worst BAA amongst starters with a .311.
9/12- Braden Looper has allowed a league leading 34 home runs this year.
9/11- With his first hit of the night last night, Derek Jeter broke the all time hits record for a New York Yankee with 2,722. He added another later on in the evening.
9/10- With 3 hits in last night’s game Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig’s record for most hits by a New York Yankee with 2,721.
9/9- While we all know Derek Jeter is chasing the all time hits record for the Yankees, did you know that his next stolen base will make for 300 in his career too?
9/8- Albert Pujols needs just 3 more RBI to reach 1100 for his career
9/7- Brian Roberts leads the league with 49 doubles.
9/6- Since being dealt to St. Louis, Matt Holliday has a .433 OBP and a .692 slugging percentage.
9/5- Dave Bush and Johnny Cueto lead the league with 13 hit batters.
9/4- In just his 9th season, Ichiro Suzuki is just 6 hits shy of 2000 for his career.
9/3- Arizona pitcher Doug Davis has walked a league high 87 batters so far this season.
9/2- Over just the last 2 weeks, Tampa’s Carlos Pena has 8 HR and 21 RBI with a .356 average.
9/1- As a full time National Leaguer from 2003 through 2005, Jim Thome hit 96 home runs.
8/31- Using a minimum of 100 IP for starting pitchers, Dan Haren leads the majors with a 0.94 WHIP.
8/30- Mike Cameron needs to cross the plate once more for 1000 in his career.
8/29- Cardinals closer Ryan Franklin leads all pitchers with 10 saves in the month of August.
8/28- To date, for the month of August, Hanley Ramirez is hitting .447 with 3 HR, 16 RBI and has 8 stolen bases.
8/27- Over the last 2 weeks, Rangers rookie outfielder Julio Borbon has 8 stolen bases.
8/26- Joe Mauer leads all catchers with 75 runs scored this season.
8/25- Omar Vizquel needs just one more hit to reach 2700 for his career.
8/24- Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn has given up a league high 186 hits this season.
8/23- Albert Pujols leads the league with 70 extra base hits.
8/22- The Cleveland Indians have been hit a total of 73 times this year, 17 more than the next highest team, the Phillies, and 50 times more than the Blue Jays, the lowest in the majors.
8/21- The New York Yankees lead the majors with a .359 team OBP.
8/20- Vladimir Guerrero needs just one more RBI for 1300 in his career.
8/19- The Texas Rangers have struck out a league high 949 times this season.
8/18- Jonny Gomes has 4 HR and 11 RBI over the last 2 weeks. Is he still available in your league?
8/17- The Houston Astros have grounded into a league leading 112 double plays this season.
8/16- Chase Utley has been hit a league leading 17 times already this season.
8/15- The San Diego Padres have scored the fewest runs in the majors, 461.
8/14- Vladimir Guerrero needs just one more hit for 2200 in his career.
8/13- Over the past month, Mariano Rivera has 10 saves to give him a league leading 33 on the year.
8/12- Yesterday OF Rajai Davis hit the 10,000th double in Oakland A’s history.
8/11- In the week of my absence, Mark Reynolds hit .448 with 6 HR and 10 RBI.
8/2- While his stats don’t do his career justice, Thurman Munson was a Rookie of the Year, an MVP, a 3 time Gold Glove winner and a 7 time All Star. He was the first Yankees captain since Lou Gehrig. 11 years was not enough.
8/1- Cliff Lee has 3 complete games in his last 4 starts with a 1.32 ERA and 20 Ks.
7/31- Giants OF Aaron Rowand needs just 1 more hit to reach the 1000 hit plateau for his career.
7/30- Matt Holliday is hitting .500 with 4 RBI, 4 runs scored and a SB since his trade to St. Louis.
7/29- While he has 31 steals on the season, Nyjer Morgan has also been caught a league leading 14 times.
7/28- Carlos Marmol leads all relievers with 23 holds.
7/27- Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist leads all fantasy shortstops and second basemen with a .414 OBP
7/26- Yadier Molina has the dubious distinction of leading the majors with his 18 GIDP. They call him the rally killer.
7/25- With just one more walk, Bobby Abreu moves into 49th place on the all time list with 1217, passign Dave Winfield.
7/24- Blast from the past….remember ex-major leaguer and thief Ruben Rivera? Well currently he’s leading the entire Mexican League with 28 home runs.
7/23- Giants centerfielder Aaron Rowand needs just 2 hits to reach 1000 for his career.
7/22- Brian Roberts leads the league with 32 doubles.
7/21- Before last night’s Dodgers/Reds game, it had been 765 days since Jason Schmidt had thrown a pitch in a major league game.
7/20- Braves rookie phenom, Tommy Hanson is sporting a 4-0 record with a 2.85 ERA and 1.29 WHIP. For a power guy though, his 25 Ks in 41 innings looks a little weak.
7/19- In 380 plate appearances, Michael Bourn has only grounded into 1 double play this year. In over 350 career games, he’s only grounded into 5.
7/18- Pirates rookie Garrett Jones has now hit 5 HR in his last 4 games.
7/17- Yesterday, Ryan Howard set the record for fewest games needed to hit 200 career home runs. It was his 658th game.
7/16- Pablo Sandoval leads all rookies with a .333 batting average
7/15- Bengie Molina has the worst walk percentage in the majors. He walks 1% of all plate appearances.
7/14- Jason Kendall needs just one more AB to reach 7000 for his career.
7/13- Clayton Kershaw owns the worst BB/9 ratio with a 5.33.
7/12- For all you sabermetric geeks, David Wright has the highest BABIP in the majors with a .430.
7/11- Mets 2B Luis Castillo has the best BB/K ratio in the majors with a 2.39.
7/10- Angels middle infield prospect Sean Rodriguez is currently leading the Pacific Coast AAA League with 21 HR. He’s also hitting .280 with 65 RBI and has 7 SB. Call-up coming?
7/9- Ken Griffey, Jr. needs just 2 RBI to reach 1800 for his career.
7/8- Chase Utley has been hit with a season high 12 pitches.
7/7- Since being demoted to Triple-A, Ian Snell is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 23 strikeouts. He struck out a monster 17 batters in his first start.
7/6- While it’s not usually a fantasy category, it should be noted that Dan Haren leads the majors with 16 quality starts. He has started 17 games.
7/5- Gary Matthews, Jr. needs just one more hit to reach 1000 for his career.
7/4- It was on this day in 1983 that New York Yankee and current Giants pitching coach, Dave Righetti threw the first and only no-hitter of his career.
7/3- Amongst starting pitchers with atleast 80 IP, Justin Verlander has the best Kd9 ratios at 10.70.
7/2- Big surprise here…Albert Pujols leads the majors in both HR (30) and RBI (77).
7/1- Over the last 3 years, Garrett Andeson has hit .337 for the month of July.
6/30- With one more walk, Jim Thome will reach 1600 for his career, passing Stan Musial for 12th all time.
6/29- Last night against the Mets, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera recorded both his 1st career RBI and his 500th career save.
6/28- Carlos Pena and Nick Johnson lead the majors with 7 errors each.
6/27- To go along with leading the majors in runs and SBs, the Tampa Bay Rays also lead the majors with a .358 team OBP.
6/26- Bobby Abreu is one walk away from reaching 1200 for his career.
6/25- The Dodgers have a league leading 3.54 team ERA and yet only 1 complete game by a starter.
6/24- Chris Davis became the fastest player to reach 100 strikeouts in a single season, doing it in just 219 AB.
6/23- According to the Baseball Almanac, there are 11 major leaguers in history that have played in both the MLB World Series and the Little League World Series.
6/22- Sure he’s got 18 stolen bases, but David Wright leads the league with 8 caught stealing.
6/21- Both David Ortiz and Lance Berkman each need just 1 RBI to reach 100 for their careers.
6/17- The San Diego Padres have the lowest hits total in the majors with 493. Toronto has the most with 646.
6/16- Dave Bush has now given up 24 runs in his last 25 innings.
6/15- Since being moved to the leadoff spot on May 20th, Aaron Rowand is hitting .368.
6/14- Zack Grienke has 5 complete games to lead the majors.
6/13- Aaron Hill is leading the majors with 86 hits.
6/12- Closers on bad teams are just as good as one’s on good teams….San Diego’s Heath Bell leads the majors with 18 saves right now.
6/11- Dustin Pedroia’s 2.13 BB/K ratio is the best in the majors.
6/10- Before being dropped all the way down to short season Single-A ball, Fausto Carmona had walked 41 batters in just over 60 innings of work.
6/3- Last night, Tim Lincecum notched his 500th career strikeout. He has a total of 506 Ks in 445 innings.
6/2- Juan Pierre’s OBP against left handed pitching is .538.
6/1- Derek Jeter needs just 2 hits to reach 2600 for his career.
5/31- Thankfully now on the DL, Brett Myers had given up a league high 17 HR already this season.
5/
30- He may not have the home run lead anymore, but Raul Ibanez leads all players with 125 total bases.
5/29- The St. Louis Cardinals lead the majors with a team best 3.58 ERA.
5/28- Ichiro Suzuki has hit safely in his last 21 games.
5/27- Raul Ibanez and Adrian Gonzalez continue to battle for the MLB lead in HR. Both have 17.
5/26- Carl Crawford is on pace to steal 99 bases this season.
5/25- Nationals ex-starting pitcher (he was demoted to the pen this week), Daniel Cabrera, leads the league with 9 wild pitches thrown so far.
5/24- The Atlanta Braves have attempted the least number of stolen bases in the majors — 17 with only a 59% success rate.
5/23- The Florida Marlins lead the majors in strikeouts with 369 — and I ain’t talkin’ about their pitchers.
5/22- Coco Crisp has 5 triples already this season.
5/21- Justin Verlander leads the majors with 77 strikeouts.
5/20- Chad Billingsley has thrown a quality start in each of his 9 starts this season.
5/19- Emilio Bonifacio has only 1 stolen base in his last 17 games.
5/18- Since taking over the full time job 10 games ago, Juan Pierre is hitting .465 with 11 runs, 9 RBI and 6 SB.
5/17- Astounding, considering the team’s .234 batting average, but the Arizona Diamondbacks have grounded into only 16 double plays this season, lowest in the majors.
5/16- The Kansas City Royals’ 3.63 ERA is the best in the majors
5/15- Evan Longoria leads the league with 27 extra-base hits
5/14- Carlos Quentin and Kelly Shoppach have both been hit a league high 8 times so far this season.
5/13- Tim Wakefield leads the league with 7 hit batsmen.
5/12- Daniel Cabrera and Edinson Volquez have each issued 28 free passes– most in the league.
5/11- Grady Sizemore and David Wright have both been caught stealing 6 times in 11 attempts.
5/10- Texas’ Chris Davis has 50 strikeouts to go with his 9 HR.
5/9- Washington’s Adam Dunn leads the league with 25 walks.
5/8- Rockies CF Dexter Fowler has gone 9 games without a stolen base. His last one was on 4/27 when he swiped 5 in one game.
5/7- Rays 3B Evan Longoria leads the majors with 35 RBI and is currently on pace for 195 this season.
5/6- Celebrating his contract year, Jason Bay is currently hitting .322-23-7-25-4.
5/5- Carl Crawford has more stolen bases than 17 Major League teams.
5/1- The Colorado Rockies lead the NL with 18 stolen bases.
4/30-Red Sox 3B Mike Lowell has the dubious distinction of leading the league with 7 errors this year.
4/29- With his catcher eligibility still intact, Tigers 3B Brandon Inge is hitting .318-7-17
4/28- Dan Haren has put forth quality starts in all five starts this season.
4/26- In the past week, Jay Bruce is hitting .455 with 4 HR, 6 runs scored and 8 RBI.
4/22- Texas 2B Ian Kinsler leads the league with 48 total bases so far.
4/21- Chris Davis leads the league with 18 K’s in 39 AB.
4/20- In honor of today’s date, former Mets reliever Grant Roberts had a career ERA of 4.25.
4/16- In only 13 innings pitched so far, Brett Myers has already allowed 6 HR.
4/13- The San Francisco Giants see an average of 3.55 pitches per at bat — the lowest in the majors
4/9- In his first 2 games, Brian Roberts is 0-2 in stolen base attempts.
4/8- In his first 3 games, new Marlins starter Emilio Bonifacio is 8 for 14 with a HR, 4 RBI, 6 runs scored and 4 SB. Can you say hot waiver pickup?
4/7- Over the last three seasons Russell Branyan has 40 HRs n 536 ABs
4/6- The Giants’ Pablo Sandoval led all major leaguers with 37 hits this spring.
4/4- Ubaldo Jimenez had better stats at his home park (Coors Field) than on the road in 2008. (Home- 3.31 ERA, 1.24 WHIP. Away- 4.72 ERA, 1.66 WHIP)
4/1- Scott Baker and Kyle Lohse have each allowed a league leading 9 HR this spring.
3/31- Today is Howard’s 3rd wedding anniversary and 10th fantasy baseball draft with his wife Deborah.
3/30- Todd Helton hit under .270 both at home and on the road in 2008.
3/26- Juan Pierre is leading this spring with 10 SB. Now if he only had a full time job…
3/23- There were only 91 pitchers who had 100 or more strikeouts last year.
3/19- Reds pitcher Micah Owings leads spring training with 16 strikeouts.
3/18- Price Fielder leads MLB batters with 5 HBP in spring training.
3/16- Ryan Theriot was successful in 22 of 35 SB attempts.
3/12- Newly appointed Cardinals 3B Joe Mather leads all hitters in Spring Training with 11 RBI.
3/11- 2008 was the only year of Ryan Dempster’s career with a WHIP under 1.34.
3/10- Fausto Carmona walked 70 batters in 120.2 innings in 2008. This is more than 2007 when he pitched 215 innings (61).
3/6- Rickie Weeks hit .227 against RHP in 2008
3/5- Raul Ibanez has the third highest RBI total of all outfielders over the last three seasons (328)).
3/4- Bobby Jenks’ K/IN ratio has fallen every year since his rookie season. 2005- 1.27, 2006- 1.15, 2007- 0.86, 2008-0.61.
3/3- A pitcher’s nightmare? In 2008, Nick Swisher saw a league leading 4.53 pitches per plate appearance.
3/2- Jay Bruce hit .190 against LHP in 2008.
3/1- Last season Mariano Rivera led all closers with a 12.83 K/BB ratio. It was also good enough to lead the major leagues.
2/28- In 2008, Mark Buehrle induced 34 double plays.
2/27- Ken Griffey Jr hit .202 against LHP in 2008.
2/26- Over the last 3 years, Adam Dunn has hit 62 HR at home and 58 on the road. Ballpark doesn’t always matter.
2/25- Tim Lincecum walked 84 batters in 2008, 12th most in MLB.
2/24- Orlando Hudson has hit .313 at Dodger stadium over the last three seasons.
2/23- Of the 6 relievers to record 40 or more saves in 2008, Brian Wilson had the highest ERA with 4.62.
2/22- There were 46 outfielders that hit 20 or more home runs in 2008.
2/21- Last season, Akinori Iwamura led all second basemen with 9 triples.
2/20- In 2008, Brandon Backe gave up 36 home runs…the most in the majors.
2/19- Over the last 3 years, Brandon Webb leads the majors with an average of 232.7 IP.
2/18- Last year Mark Reynolds “led” all third basemen in both strikeouts (204) and errors (35).
2/17- Only 8 of the closers that had 30 or more saves in 2007 saved 30 or more games in 2008.
2/16- In 2008 Miguel Tejada grounded into 32 double plays, the most in the majors.
2/12 – Last season, in 150 games played, Derek Jeter ranked 5th among starting major league shortstops with a .979 fielding percentage, 5th with 220 put outs, and committed only 12 errors.
2/3- in 2008, there were 15 catchers who hit double digit HRs.
1/29- In the last 4 seasons, only 6 players have gone 30-30 or better.
1/22- Only 23 days until pitchers and catchers report (I’m gettin’ antsy!)
1/12- Only 33 days until pitchers and catchers report
12/23- While he only came down with 98 receptions through week 16, Brandon Marshall was the most targeted WR with 170 passes thrown to him.
12/20- There are 11 teams in the NFL that still hold their opponents to under 100 rushing yards per game.
12/19- The New Orleans Saints, who march into Detroit this weekend, are 1-6 on the road.
12/18- Only 52 days until pitchers and catchers report for the 2009 baseball season.
12/17- While being voted to his 10th Pro Bowl, Brett Favre “leads” the NFL with 17 INTs.
12/16- Thomas Jones leads the AFC in rushing with 1,222 but there are 4 NFC RBs that sill have more yardage.
12/12- Lions kicker Jason Hanson is 7-7 in field goals from 50+ yards this season.
12/11- Drew Brees has thrown for 674 yards and 5 TDs in his last 2 games against the Bears.
12/10- The Pittsburgh Steelers defense leads the league in points allowed with 14.1 per game while the Detroit Lions allow an average of 31.8.
12/9- Old Man River Tony Gonzalez leads all tight ends with 7 TD receptions.
12/6- Tyler Thigpen leads all QBs in rushing yardage with 251. He is averaging 6.6 YPC.
12/5- Kurt Warner leads all QBs in passing attempts with 473.
12/4- In 2 career games against the Chargers, Jamarcus Russell is 45 for 68 (66.2 %) with 501 passing yards, 2 TD and 2 INT
12/3- LaDainian Tomlinson has rushed for 600 yards and 9 TDs in his last 5 games against the Raiders.
12/2- Michael Turner and LenDale White lead the NFL with 13 rushing TDs each.
11/27- Phillip Rivers leads all NFL quarterbacks with 23 TD passes so far.
11/26- The Lions are 2-6 in their last 8 Thanksgiving Day games.
11/25- Deuce McAllister became the Saints’ all-time TD leader with his 54th on Monday night.
11/22- The Green Bay Defense has 2 players tied for the NFL lead in interceptions (Nick Collins, Charles Woodson, 5).
11/21- Jason Witten leads all tight ends with 9 catches for 20 yards or more.
11/20- The Inidanapolis Colts have the worst rushing attack in the NFL gaining only an average of 77.7 YPG
11/19- Wes Welker and T.J. Houshmandzadeh lead the NFL with 73 receptions each.
11/15- This is the 185th Stat o’ the Day on Rotobuzz.com.
11/14- The New Orleans Saints offense leads the NFL with an average of 416.2 yards per game.
11/13- Kurt Warner leads all starting QBs with a 70.7 completion percentage
11/12- The Denver Broncos are the worst in the league with a -11 on turnovers this season
11/11- Drew Brees leads all NFL quarterbacks with 12 completions of 40 yards or more.
11/7- In an admittedly small sample size, Sage Rosenfels has a better QB rating (92.8 in 62 attempts) than injured starter Matt Schaub (91.0 in 227 attempts).
11/6- Despite the injury and lost time, Reggie Bush still leads all running backs with 42 receptions.
11/5- The undefeated Tennesse Titans lead the league with only 12.9 pts/game allowed.
11/4- Texans WR Andre Johnson leads the NFL with 90 targets so far.
11/1- The Minnesota Vikings lead the league in allowing 3 TDs off of punt returns.
10/31- Now here’s a scary thought…the 49ers have given up a league leading 230 points thus far. That’s 13 more PA than the Bengals and 18 more than the Lions.
10/28- Devery Henderson and Greg Jennings are tied for the lead in the NFL with 5 catches for 40 yards or more.
10/25- Jason Elam leads all kickers with 10.5 fantasy points per week
10/24- There are 12 teams in the NFL whose defense gives up less than 100 yards per game
10/23- There are 5 active tight ends with the last name Miller
10/21- Clinton Portis leads all running backs with 8 rushes for 20 yards or more.
10/18- The Hampton Coliseum holds a capacity of 13,700 for concerts while the capacity of the Pontiac Silverdome exceeds 90,000
10/17- Antonio Gates leads all tight ends with 4 TD.
10/16- Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers leads all quarterbacks with 3 rushing TDs
10/15- Frank Gore leads the NFL with 720 total yards from scrimmage
10/14- Brandon Marshall has been targetted more than any other WR despite missing game 1 (69 times).
10/11- Greg Jennings leads the NFL with 569 receiving yards; 102 yards more than the next guy.
10/10- Jason Witten has 10 more catches than any other TE (35).
10/7- 5 weeks in and Michael Turner leads the NFL with 543 rushing yards.
10/6- Going into tonight’s MNF matchup, the Saints lead the NFL with 327.3 passing yards per game.
10/5- After today’s games, the NY Giants lead the NFL with 181.3 rushing yards per game.
10/4- The Miami Dolphins have only attempted 2 field goals so far.
10/3- The Detroit Lions give up an average of 37.7 points per game. Start your Bears this week.
10/2- Brett Favre leads the NFL with a passer rating of 110.8
10/1- Matt Forte leads all rookie running backs with 347 yards through 4 games.
9/30- Harry Hoodlums (Howard’s primary fantasy team) scored a record tying 168 points this past week
9/29- Reggie Bush leads all running backs with 31 receptions.
9/28- Despite a sputtering offense, Kellen Winslow leads the league in targets for tight ends with 38
9/27- The Tennesse Titans have allowed an league best 11.5 points per game
9/26- Sebastian Janikowski and Matt Prater have 2008’s longest field goal so far at 56 yards.
9/25- Ben Roethlisberger “leads” the NFL with 3 fumbles lost so far.
9/24- With a minimum of 15 attempts, Felix Jones has an 8.2 yds/carry average
9/23- The Philidelphia Eagles have the best rushing defense in the league through three weeks (45.7 yrd/game).
9/22- The total attendance for Yankee Stadium, from 1923 to 2008, was 151,959,005
9/20- The St. Louis Rams give up an average of 327.5 passing yards per game; worst in the NFL
9/19- Aaron Rodgers has rushed 12 times for 60 yards so far. That is 2nd most behind Tavaris Jackson (10 times for 66 yards).
9/18- Yankee Stadium, since its opening in 1923, has played host to 37 of 84 World Series, with the Yankees winning 26 of them.
9/17- Earnest Graham has the highest yd/carry average for any player with at least 10 carries (8.3).
9/16- Donovan McNabb hasn’t played a full season in almost 5 years. Get that backup ready.
9/15- Cliff Lee has been responsible for 31% of the Indians wins. No pitcher has had a greater impact on his team’s overall record this season.
9/13- Until this Sunday, it’s been 3,173 days since Matt Cassel started a football game.
9/12- Before the All Star break Lance Berkman had 22 HRs with 73 RBI in 334 ABs. After the break 6 HR with 27 RBI in 175 ABs.
9/11- Last year Jason Campbell led all quarterbacks with 8 fumbles lost.
9/10- Despite a less than spectacular showing, Reggie Wayne was the most targeted receiver in Week 1 with 17 looks.
9/5 Justin Gage caught 36 passes for 527 yards and 2 tds in the second half last season.
9/4- Last season, in two games against the Redskins, Giants QB Eli Manning completed only 43.8% of his passes (39 of 89)
9/3 – Titans QB Vince Young rushed for 395 yards and 3 TDs last season. Now if he can just learn to throw them too!
9/2- Last season Jerious Norwood led all RBs with a 6.0 yrd/att average (min 100 carries).
9/1- In 2007, Clinton Portis led the NFL with 325 rushing attempts.
8/29- Owen Daniels had the 6th highest yardage total for TEs in 2007 (768).
8/28- Barry Zito “leads” the league with 85 walks allowed this year.
8/27- Broncos WR Brandon Marshall was the most targeted receiver in 2007 with 170 looks thrown his way.
8/26- Drew Brees (655) had 77 more passing attempts than the next highest QB (Tom Brady 578).
8/25- Only 10 WRs had 10 or more TDs in 2007.
8/24- Orioles 3B Melvin Mora is hitting .455 with 6 HR and 30 RBI so far for the month of August.
8/22- Kellen Winslow had the highest yd/rec average in the leauge last season (13.5) for a tight end.
8/21- In 2007, Willie Parker was the only RB with more than 1200 yards but less than 5 TDs
8/20- Arizona’s Mark Reynolds leads the majors with 22 errors.
8/19- Ben Roethlisberger threw the third largest number of TD passes in the NFL last season (32).
8/14- It’s been 110 years since a Giant led the majors in strikeouts (Cy Seymour in 1898). Tim Lincecum has 182 and is currently one K behind the Brewers’ C.C. Sabathia.
8/13- Brad Ziegler of the Oakland A’s has now pitched 38 consective scoreless innings to start his career. It’s already an MLB record and he’s still going…
8/12- Ryan Dempster leads the league with 5 runs walked in this season.
8/11- Padres outfielder Jody Gerut is hit .346 with 4 HR and 8 RBI this past week.
8/10- Over the past 2 weeks, Brian Wilson and Joakim Soria led the league with 5 saves apiece. Not bad for for closers on bad teams.
8/9- The Mets bullpen has 6 blown saves for Johan Santana this year. That is 1 more than the Twins had in Santana’s last 100 starts for Minnesota.
8/8- Fred Taylor had the second highest yrds/att average (5.4) of all running backs with over 200 attempts. (Adrian Peterson - 5.6)
8/7- During his current 10 game hitting streak, Jay Bruce is hitting .361 with 4 HR and 8 RBI.
8/6- Albert Pujols lead the majors with 27 intentional walks this season.
8/5- Miguel Cabrera has the most RBIs in the league since the All-Star Break (25).
8/4- Backup catcher Kelly Shoppach (well, he will be a backup when Victor Martinez returns) has 4 HRs in his last 6 games.
8/1- Ryan Howard has 174 ABs against lefties this season, the highest total in the league. He is batting .195 against them, the 4th lowest BA in the league against them (100 AB to qualify).
7/31- At home, Matt Garza is 6-1 with a 2.10 ERA. On the road, he is 2-5 with a 6.04 ERA. How’s that for ’splits’?
7/30- Over the past 3 years, Mark Teixeira has hit 7 HR at Angel Stadium, the most at any ballpark he hasn’t called home.
7/29- The San Diego Padres have fewer SBs as a team than 11 individual players in MLB.
7/28- Orioles catcher Ramon Hernandez’ next hit will be the 1000th of his career.
7/27- In only 106 2/3 innings and freshly returned to the rotation, Brett Myers has allowed 24 HR. He “leads” the league in this category.
7/26- Nate McLouth and Ryan Braun lead the majors with 58 extra base hits
7/25- And to prep you for next month, last year Mark Teixeira led all hitters with 32 RBI in the month of August.
7/24- Melvin Mora leads all hitters with 24 RBI in July.
7/23- Baltimore’s Daniel Cabrera leads the league with 13 hit batsmen so far this season.
7/22- Atlanta’s Blaine Boyer and Florida’s Renyel Pinto lead the majors with 52 appearance each this year.
7/21- To start the second half, Jack Cust already has 8 strikeouts in 9 at bats.
7/20- Orioles’ 2B Brian Roberts leads the majors with 36 doubles.
7/19- In just the first year of the daily stat/daily quote sections, Keith Giordano already has 2 duplicate quotes and stats. This stat replaces one of such instances.
7/18- Rich Harden has the best K/9 ratio of any starter with at least 10 starts (11.15).
7/17- In the first half of this season, Derrek Lee had grounded into 19 double plays, the most in the majors.
7/16- The difference in runs scored between the highest scoring team in the league (Rangers-538) and the lowest (Padres, Nationals-350) is 188 runs.
7/15- Jason Giambi leads lead league having been hit by pitches 14 times this season.
7/14- Batters hit .342 against Livan Hernandez in the first half.
7/13- Another HR Milestone as Derek Jeter hit his 200th career HR yesterday.
7/12- Last night, Matt Stairs: Professional Hitter (I think that’s actually his full name according to SportsCenter) hit the 250th HR of his career.
7/11- Ryan Howard leads the league in strikeouts with 124.
7/10- Madonna has more than twice the Grammy Awards (7) than Alex Rodriguez has MVPs (3)
7/9 – In 124 career opportunities, Kevin Youkilis has never swung at a 3-0 pitch.
7/8- Yadier Molina leads the league in batting average when behind in the count at .392 (min 60 when behind in count to qualify).
7/7- Love that National League. Danny Haren and Tim Lincecum lead the majors in quality starts with 15.
7/4- BJ Upton has been caught stealing in 10 out of his 35 attempts.
7/3- Ervin Santana is 6-1 with a 3.36 ERA away from home. Last year his numbers away from home were; 1-10 with a 8.38 ERA.
7/2- Livan Hernandez leads the league in hits allowed with 157 (in 110.1 innings pitched).
7/1- JD Drew has 12 HR in the month of June. That is more than he had all of last year in 466 ABs (11 HR).
6/30- David DeJesus leads the league in BA with RISP at .463 (min 30 ABs with RISP).
6/27- Rays 2B Akinori Iwamura has played in the most games (76) and had the most AB (318) without grounding into a double play.
6/26- 4 of the last 5 pitchers the Minnesota Twins have faced are Cy Young Award winners. The Twinkies are 4-0 in those games.
6/25- Last night, Doug Mientkiewicz played in his 1000th career MLB game. He went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI for the Pirates and he’s as valuable today as he was when he first started.
6/24- Despite an abyssmal 77 Ks, Adam Dunn still leads the league in walks with 61.
6/23- Willy Tavares has already stolen 15 bases in the month of June.
6/22- Based on a minimum of 30 appearances, Arizona’s Juan Cruz leads the majors with a 13.5 Ks per 9 innings ratio
6/21- Turn ‘em loose!!! The pitcher who has allowed the most stolen bases while on the mound this year is Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield with 18.
6/20- There are currently 8 major league hitters on pace to go 20-20 or better.
6/19- Since his recent “demotion” to the 7 hole in the order, Michael Bourn has hit .444 in 27 at bats. He’s being moved back to the leadoff spot again, so we’ll see how it goes…
6/18- Last night, Edgar Renteria’s 6th inning infield single was the 2000th hit of his career.
6/17- Justin Morneau leads the lead in hits with RISP with 29, but is 11th in RBI.
6/16- With his 32nd and 33rd stolen bases this season, Jacoby Ellsbury broke a 100 year old Red Sox record for steals by a rookie — Amby McConnell had 31 back in 1908.
6/15- Of the 16 teams in the National League, only 2 (the Phillies and the Cardinals) have a winning record on the road.
6/14- Since his demotion to the minors to work on his control, Rich Hill has issued 24 walks in 25 1/3 innings.
6/13- After the count goes to 1-2, Russell Martin is hitting .279 while the rest of the league is hitting .172
6/12- Darrell Rasner (who gave up 6 ER in 3.2 IN yesterday) is the only Yankee pitcher with more than 2 starts that has an ERA under 4.30
6/11- Staying with the Reds here…Brandon Phillips is 2 for his last 15 with RISP.
6/10- A pretty obvious one here, but Rotobuzz must acknowledge it: Last night’s HR was Ken Griffey, Jr.’s 600th career HR. Congrats Junior!
6/9- Johnny Cueto, Roy Oswalt, and Paul Byrd are all tied for ‘most HR allowed’ in 2008 so far with 16 apiece
6/8- Phillies’ 1B Ryan Howard leads the major leagues with 86 strikeouts, 15 more than the next guy
6/7- In the past 2 weeks (56 AB) Marlins’ 3B Jorge Catnu has hit .339 with 6 HR and 14 RBI
6/6- Edinson Volquez is averaging over 106 pitches per start. This average has gone UP from 103 over his last 3 starts.
6/5- Paul Konerko is off to another slow start. However, over the last 4 years, his BA in June has been; 2007-.290, 2006-.336, 2005-.293, 2004-.287.
6/4- If he continues to perform at this level, Texas CF Josh Hamilton is on pace to hit .328-118-46-183-5. Unlikely (I think), but imagine what could have been had he not been on a diet of smack and cocaine all that time…
6/3- Tim Lincecum leads the league with 11 quality starts (6IP or more with 3ER or less). He has only 11 starts on the season. Thats right folks, all 11 starts have been quality.
6/2- Red Sox CF Jacoby Ellsbury has 8 stolen bases in his last 4 games, giving him a league leading 27 on the year so far.
6/1- It has been 17 games (64 AB) since Marlins SS Hanley Ramirez has stolen a base.
5/31- Through his first 4 games, Jay Bruce is 8 for 14 (.571) with 3 RBI, 5 runs, 2 SB, and 4 BB. Let’s also tack on that while he might not have a HR yet, he does have 3 doubles…and we all know how that’s gonna translate…
5/30- Since returning from the DL, Rich Harden has won 2 of his 3 starts with a 1.80 ERA, 85 WHIP, and 21 Ks in 20 IP.
5/29- Since the 2007 All-Star break, Nate McLouth has a line of .288-24HR-69RBI-21SB-87R in only 423 ABs.
5/28- The third time he faces the same pitcher in a game, B.J. Upton is hitting .469 with a .580 OBP.
5/27- Every year, an average of 73 people are killed by lightning. Sadly, former MLB pitcher Jeremi Gonzalez joins that statistic for 2008 after being killed in Venezuela yesterday.
5/26- Milwaukee’s Derrick Turnbow has walked 15 batters in 4 1/3 innings since his demotion to Triple-A. Remember when this guy was an All Star???
5/25- 20 year old, Clayton Kershaw is making his Dodgers debut today after blowing through the minors with a 2.28 ERA and 47 K’s in 41 1/3 innings
5/24- Josh Hamilton has had multi-hit games in his last 8, one shy of the Texas record held by former average-killer Rusty Greer
5/23- Tim Hudson (my pick for biggest 2007 NL fluke) is still kicking ass with a 2.97 ERA, a 1.05 WHIP, and 7 wins. Whoops.
5/21- Adam LaRoche had a slow start last season as well hitting, .214 through April and May. This season he is off to an even worse start hitting .203 thus far.
5/20- Dallas McPherson has 15 HRs in AAA so far this season.
5/18- Despite being handed his first loss of the season, Indians lefty Cliff Lee has issued only 5 walks in 61+ innings thus far.
5/17- Astros CF Michael Bourn was caught stealing for the first time this season leaving him now at a mark of 18 for 19 in stolen base attempts.
5/16- Lance Berkman is very good.
5/15- Ervin Santana is on pace to have more Ks than hits allowed for the first time in his career.
5/14- As of 5/13 Rickie Weeks was the only MLB player with over 60 ABs that had more runs scored than hits.
5/13- Despite his 5.40 ERA, CJ Wilson has blown only one save this season.
5/8- Despite the struggles of David Ortiz, he is batting .362 with RISP.
5/7- Fausto Carmona leads the league in BBI with 31.
5/6- Ryan Howard has a 20/20 BB/K ratio against right handed pitching. Against lefties that ratio is 2/26. No, that is not a typo.
5/5- With Julio Franco’s retirement, Jamie Moyer is now the oldest active player in the major league. He is 45.
5/4- Nationals 2B Felipe Lopez’ 12th RBI of 2008 was the 300th of his career
5/3- Jason Giambi is 0 for his last 22 at bats against left handed pitching.
5/2- Andy Sonnanstine has allowed only 4 runs in his last 23.1 innings.
4/30- Rotoworld.com saw it necessary to put up 10 posts in April alone (March had another eight posts) regarding Mike Hampton, a pitcher that hasnt pitched in the bigs since 2005. One more reason Rotobuzz.com is useful, we sift through the shit for you.
4/29- BJ Upton is 4 out of 8 on his SB attempts.
4/28- Casey Kotchman already has more than half the HRs this year (6) than he had in 2007 (11).
4/25- Jose Valverde has blown 3 out of 6 in save chances so far in 2008.
4/24- Lance Berkman’s home run today was his 18th at Great American Ballpark, the most by any visiting player in the stadium’s history.
4/23- While Phil Hughes has given up 16 ER in 16.1 IN over his first 4 starts, he has allowed 0 HR this season.
4/21- CC Sabathia has already given up 5 HR this season in 4 starts. In 2007 he only gave up 20 HR all season.
4/18- Gabe Kapler has 4 home runs in his first 27 ABs of 2008. His career high is 17 (2001 in 483 ABs).
4/17- Michael Bourn (my pick for NL ROY) has 8 SBs and 0 CS this season.
4/16- Bill Hall has an 18Ks and 1BB through the first 54 ABs of the 2008 season.
4/14- Andre Ethier has the highest OBP of any Dodgers outfielder at .308.
4/10- Vernon Wells had the 9th lowest OBP of all MLB players with 500+ ABs in 2007 (.304).
4/9- Delmon Young walked only 26 times in 645 ABs in 2007, the fewest of any player with over 600ABs.
4/7- In 2007 Jack Cust struck out 164 times in 395 ABs.
4/5- Jim Thome is 18 for 38 in stolen bases giving him a career of 47%.
4/4- Nate McLouth has never been thrown out by a catcher on an attempted steal of second base in his professional career.
4/3- Zach Greinke after the All-Star game in 2007 went 3-3 with a 2.42 era and 47Ks in 54IP.
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