Braves to play 20,000th game tonight - and other stats

[InsomniacInkRoss]

The most amazing thing being that they are 13 games under .500 over 19,999 games

 

I started a small page on Facebook that just posts stats and facts from time to time, and this Braves one is one of my favorites. If anyone cares to follow this link should work:

 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Ross-Salchows-Stat-Machine/122845551061040?ref=ts

 

Other favorites I have posted below, some might be slightly changed since their posted date.

 

7/31 - The Orioles are more games back (33.5) than games won (32)

7/28 - Dave Bush has more quality starts than Ted Lilly, Dan Haren, and Yovani Gallardo.

7/28 - Ryan Braun has hit 17% of ALL the home runs Tommy Hanson has given up.

7/27 - Stan Musial had 3,630 career hits. 1,815 at home, 1,815 on the road.

7/22 - In 1947 The Chicago Cubs had 19 minor league affiliates. 10 were named "The Cubs"

7/12 - 4

pitchers this season have pitched 9 full shut out innings and gotten a

no decision. They are Roy Halladay, Travis Wood, Edwin Jackson, and

Colby Lewis.

7/10 - No MLB team formed after 1901 has a lifetime winning record.

6/23 - The Arizona Diamondbacks are the only team that has played a full 162 games each year of their franchise.

6/14 - Daniel Nava become the 2nd player EVER to hit a Grand Slam on the very first pitch he saw in the majors.

6/11 - Jeff Suppan got $1,517,241.30 for each win he got in Milwaukee.

6/9 - The Clevland Indians went 44-29 AFTER trading CC Sabathina in 2008 - the Brewers went 40-32 WITH CC Sabathia.

5/28 - Willie

Mays is the only player in MLB history to have hit at least one home

run in every inning, 1st thru 16th. (No, not all in one game)

 

 

What are your favorite oddball stats?

[RockCoCougars]

Jim Palmer never having given up a Grand Slam is probably my favorite oddball stat. Considering the long career he had, I find that absolutely amazing.

[Hofbraunhaus]

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious but hasn't the Tampa Bay Rays also played the full 162 games each season of their franchise?

[Funketown]

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious but hasn't the Tampa Bay Rays also played the full 162 games each season of their franchise?

They played 161 games in three different seasons due to rainouts.

 

Mark Reynolds struck out 223 times last season. Nellie Fox struck out 216 times in his 19 year Hall of Fame career from 1947 to 1965.

[davego]

These are neat.

 

It would be interesting to see a break down of game the Braves played in Boston, Milwaukee and Altanta.

[RU Rah Rah]

Jim Palmer never having given up a Grand Slam is probably my favorite oddball stat. Considering the long career he had, I find that absolutely amazing.

He would give up about 20-ish HR per year, and wound up serving 303 up for his career. (Baseball-Reference tells me it was .7 HR per 9 innings.) Could you imagine hitting that many in your career in not ever having a GS?

 

Not a stat, but I always thought he had the most graceful motion in the game.

[RockCoCougars]

Jim Palmer never having given up a Grand Slam is probably my favorite oddball stat. Considering the long career he had, I find that absolutely amazing.

He would give up about 20-ish HR per year, and wound up serving 303 up for his career. (Baseball-Reference tells me it was .7 HR per 9 innings.) Could you imagine hitting that many in your career in not ever having a GS?

 

Not a stat, but I always thought he had the most graceful motion in the game.

According to Wikipedia, Palmer never gave up back to back homers either. I was not aware of that, and I'm checking to confirm since Wikipedia is sometimes a little sketchy, but if true, that is almost more impressive.

[JohnBriggs12]

Braves were 256 games over .500 in Milwaukee, so they are 269 games under everywhere else.

 

Their worst record in Milwaukee was 84-78 in 1963. To be fair, the first couple years of the Mets and Colt 45's (Astros) was like having 36 games vs. AAA competition on your schedule. Seven of the ten teams in the league were over .500 each of those years. In reality the 62 and 63 Braves squads were major disappointments.

[homer]

They were pretty pathetic when they played in Boston. I didn't realize that franchise went all the way back to 1876. I wish they would have kept "Beaneaters" as the nickname.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/

[Baldkin]

They are also the only franchise to win a title in 3 cities.

[topper09er]

Roberto Clemente is the only player to hit a walk-off inside the park grand slam.

The only player with a higher batting average and more HRs than Manny Ramirez is Babe Ruth.

The only team to ever lead the league in R, H, BB, 2B, 3B, HR, AVE, OBP, SLG and SB is the 1976 Reds.

The Red Sox have either won every world series they have been in or lost in 7 games.

Ed Delahanty, whose career ended early when he died by falling over the Niagra Falls, is the only player to hit 4 HRs and 4 doubles in a (different) game.

Along with Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters he threw 12 CG 1 hitters.

Besides New York with 4 (Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, Mets), Milwaukee has had the most different franchises play there with 3 (Orioles, Braves and Brewers) along with Washington (Twins, Rangers, Nationals)

There have only been 35 single season slugging percentage's posted higher than Babe Ruth's career .690 mark (which is the same as Whitey Ford's career winning percentage).

 

There are probably an endless supply of these.