Here’s a list of American League starters who’ve compiled the best DER so far (minimum of 12 innings pitched). DER is the percent of batted balls that have fallen in for hits. A low DER is an indication that the pitcher has great fielders behind him or gives up “fieldable” batted balls, or is just […]

The St. Louis Cardinals’ offense is off to a phenomenal start, the best in the majors. Here’s a list of every Card batter with at least thirty plate appearances, and his Runs Created per 27 Outs. Rolen S. 11.1 Edmonds 10.8 Womack T 10.3 Sanders 9.3 Pujols A 8.2 Renteria 8.1 Matheny 7.1

THT will soon have in-season stats updated daily for you. While we’re working out the kinks of the system, we thought you might like to see some leaderboards. Here’s a simple one: OPS leaders in the American League, for players with a minimum of 20 plate appearances. Lopez, J 1.288 Beltran, C 1.234 Blanco, H […]

Yesterday, Wichita State beat Southern Illinois in the first game of a doubleheader, giving coach Gene Stephenson his 1,428th career victory (all with Wichita State). The win moved Stephenson into second place on the all-time college wins list, ahead of former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson. Stephenson is less than 40 wins behind the #1 guy, […]

Sammy Sosa has already hit two home runs today, moving past Ernie Banks to become the all-time Cubbie home run leader. He’s now got 514 home runs, and it looks like he’s found his batting approach again. In his third at bat, Cincinnati surprisingly chose to pitch to him, with runners on second and third […]

Over at Baseball Prospectus, Dayn Perry has a nice piece on his admiration for Hank Aaron. It’s “Premium” content, but if you’re a subscriber, definitely check it out. Dayn talks about a ’68 Topps card of Aaron that he has especially cherished since his childhood. One of my favorite baseball cards as a kid was […]

After an ill-fated reliever-to-starter conversion years ago, the oft-operated-upon Darren Dreifort is back in the bullpen, and feeling healthy. Dodgers manager Jim Tracy says that Dreifort is up around 97-98 MPH, and Darren himself says that his arm is fine. “I would think if it was going to bother me, it would have by now. […]

A lot has been written and said about the Garrett Anderson contract. I would like to throw in my two cents worth, based on this article. GA is actually going to be paid about $13M a year for four years, because the Angels will have to buy out the fifth year of his contract. Last […]

One of my everyday rituals is to head over to Baseball-Reference.com and check out the “birthdays” page. Today, I noticed, is Jeromy Burnitz’s birthday (among others). That’s not so weird — everybody’s got a birthday. What shocked me is the fact that Burnitz is now 35 years old. I knew that Burnitz became a regular […]

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