Fun with numbers 2014

[ashbury]

1884 Jim Whitney (really?)

1883 Jim Whitney (really?)

Fun with 19th century numbers involves remembering that the rules were constantly changing. In 1883 a walk required 8 balls, and in 1884 that number was reduced to 6.  The league K/BB ratio was 2.57 and 2.38 respectively, so Whitney still stands out.

[TheLeviathan]

Twins winning pct by month, 2014:

 

April, .522

May, .448

June, .429

July, .423

August, .379

September (to date), .333

 

It appears the "rebuild" might need a new blueprint. Or a change in general contractor.

 

Hmmm...there almost looks like there is a trend there.  

[GCTF]

Hmmm...there almost looks like there is a trend there.  

Using the word "there" 3 times in one sentence. A new "there" record that I hope stands for a long time.

[nicksaviking]

Twins winning pct by month, 2014:

 

April, .522

May, .448

June, .429

July, .423

August, .379

September (to date), .333

 

It appears the "rebuild" might need a new blueprint. Or a change in general contractor.

I'm sure the October and November winning percentages will help bump up the overall numbers.

[ashbury]

Using the word "there" 3 times in one sentence. A new "there" record that I hope stands for a long time.

There there, you there, there is no need to be so certain there.

[Willihammer]

Twins starters have a better xFIP (4.15) than Twins relievers (4.17).

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Here's a fun one - Jared Burton has entered the game this year 15 times in "Save Situations" (just any time the Twins had the lead in the 7th or later) and has not once given up the lead. 13 holds and 2 saves.

[Mike Frasier Law]

Over the last 30 days, 11 qualified batters have more walks than strikeouts. Two are Twins: Joe Mauer and Brian Dozier. (Victor Martinez is embarassing the league with a 3.6 bb/k ratio in that time; 1.59 bb/k ratio for the entire season!)

[snepp]

After his 11 strikeout, 1 walk day Hughsie still maintains his 11:1 ratio for the season.

 

 

He's also within striking distance of allowing fewer walks than home runs allowed, 16 to 15.

[USAFChief]

Hughsie's 11 K performance today was the first 10+K outing by a Twins starter since Liriano in July, 2012.

[USAFChief]

Coming into today, Ben Revere had 561 PAs, and 12 walks, one of which was intentional.

 

12.

[snepp]

Hughsie's 11 K performance today was the first 10+K outing by a Twins starter since Liriano in July, 2012.

Unlike.

[Willihammer]

Zach Greinke has a higher OPS than Aaron Hicks, both on the season and for their careers.

[TheLeviathan]

Zach Greinke has a higher OPS than Aaron Hicks, both on the season and for their careers.

 

I'm having trouble registering this in my brain.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

That's a pretty fun stat about Grienke and Hicks - Grienke also has twice as many homers as Ben Revere.

 

I'm guessing that if Grienke reaches 500 PA, that OPS will be lower than HIcks.

[TheLeviathan]

That's a pretty fun stat about Grienke and Hicks 

 

Disagree.

[Oldgoat_MN]

Coming into today, Ben Revere had 561 PAs, and 12 walks, one of which was intentional.

 

12.

 

In spite of this, Revere has the 5th highest batting average in the NL.

 

Edit: (fun fact - Morneau has the 2nd highest BA in the NL, Span has the 8th highest)

[Benchwarmerjim]

Phil Hughes has 181 strikeouts this year.

Kevin Correia only notched 162 in his time in a Twins uniform.

[Willihammer]

Every year since 2003, the Twins have had 1 qualified starter finish in the bottom 10 in K%.

The average ERA of the same starter in the year following those bottom-10 seasons? 5.05

This year's winner will be Kyle Gibson.

[powrwrap]

Deion Sanders has more career triples than Torii Hunter (from BaseballFact)