Last night, Mike Minor allowed 6 earned runs; in his 3 previous starts, he had allowed 6, 8, and 7 earned runs. That streak of 4 straight starts with 6+ ER allowed is one of the highest in recent years, but who holds the all-time record?
For a brief moment last Friday, Livan Hernandez had thrown more than 20 innings in 2012 and issued just 4 walks… all of them intentional. He would walk 2 unintentionally later in the same appearance, though, so he’s now at 4 IBBs out of 6 total BBs. Still, that’s a very high proportion of IBBs.
Last night, Carlos Beltran did something rather rare: he fell a single short of the cycle while also hitting two home runs. He became just the 19th player since 1918 to do so.
Drew Smyly of the Tigers has made 6 MLB starts, all of them this season. He’s given up 1 run in 5 of them and 2 runs in the other. That run of success is quite rare for a player debuting in the majors.
Arizona infielder Cody Ransom has made 30 plate appearances this season. That’s notable because it’s practically a full season’s worth for him; this is his 10th MLB season and he’s never had more than 86 PAs. That’s a lot of cups of coffee.
On Monday, I listed the best players named “Robert” (or Bob, or Bobby, etc.) in each AL franchise’s history. Today, I tackle the NL.
There have been hundreds of MLB players named Robert (or some form thereof). In this post, I name the best Roberts to have played for each current American League franchise, much as I did for Williams a while back.
Last night, the Braves’ Jonny Venters struck out all 3 batters faced. That’s notable in itself, but it’s particularly intriguing because Venters did the same thing in his last outing, putting him in some rather select company.
Last night, the Marlins pulled off an incredible feat in the 7th inning. In that inning, 4 different Marlins walked 4 straight Mets, which of course resulted in a Mets run–the tying run in a game the Mets wound up winning 2-1. Is that a record?
In which I attempt to find baseball player names that match up with the nations of Africa. See the earlier entries on Europe and Asia.
