Scholarship table
Probably not a frequent enough matchup for random variability to make it happen often. Only like 10 teams have finished over .700 on the season. As to it being a silly stat to track, my guess is less that it was something that's actively tracked, and more just that the database software is designed to track *everything* and then spit out weird confluences. That's how you'll get goofy twitter headlines like "First player with an X in his first and last name to reach base via catcher's interference" or some equivalent nonsense.
Wow.And by that I don't mean, "Wow, that's amazing." I mean, "Wow, what a silly stat to track."
Yes, that all makes sense.My son and I have a running conversation in which we text each other anytime we see those dopey stats packages that ESPN seems to love:Joe Blow is the first MLB player in 35 years with 2,600 hits, 350 doubles and 275 stolen bases.Good for Joe!
@StatsBySTATS: this is only the 6th time in MLB history that a sub-.400 team won a road series vs a .700+ team (min 50 games into the season)1906 Superbas/Cubs1928 Tigers/Yankees1939 Browns/Yankees1955 Pirates/Dodgers2001 Royals/Mariners2022 Reds/Yanks
If you're a fan of the Redlegs, you take what you can get.
Must have been a big fan of Pinson, Robinson, Bilko, Nuxhall, etc.?
The most amazing thing about this stat is the Cubs were over 700 50 games into the season
JB #5. Saw Pinson play in Wausau when he was 17 years old. Guy could run like the wind.
Along the same vein, I hate it when sportscasters say something like "Player X is making history.". Well, technically, everyone is making history, some just may be more memorable.
Pinson was a very underrated player, IMO. Very close to the 300-300 club, along with 100+ triples, and pretty close to 3000 hits.
I think what hurts him is that he was so good as a young player, but then really leveled off by his mid-late 20s.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I don't know what Counsell's deal is this season but he's being incredibly stubborn. Had to go get Hader after the second dinger.Something's not right with this team and for the first time in seven years I'm wondering if it has to do with the manager.
Peddle his ass, aina?
To be honest Hader seems not himself since the baby was born. Wonder if that’s just a coincidence or there are some issues there.
hitting 247 with 19 dings at the halfway mark of season today puts you into uber superstar status?