All data from Stathead. The first graph shows the year by year total of the number of guys aged 38+ who had 400+ PAs and at least a 100 OPS+
The next table is the same thing but for guys 22 and younger.
This graph has Number of players aged 22 or younger each year since 1998 with 400+ PAs and at least a 100 OPS+ MINUS the same for guys aged 38+. The younger guys are starting to outnumber the older guys.
The Red Sox 32-5 in their last 37 games. Here are all the teams since 1898 that had a 37 game span with 32+ wins. Some of these teams had multiple spans that overlap. If a team had a 37 game span with more than 32 wins that number is in parentheses and in red. Their regular season record is the last thing. After the table is the Stathead link for the search.
1906 Cubs (35) won pennant 116-36
1912 Giants won pennant 103-48
1913 Giants won pennant 101-51
1914 A's won pennant 99-53
1928 Yankees won World Series 101-53
1936 Giants won pennant 92-62
1941 Yankees won World Series 101-53
1942 Cardinals won World Series 106-48
1947 Yankees won World Series 97-57
1977 Royals (33) won division 102-60
1984 Tigers won World Series 104-58
2017 Indians (33) won division 102-60
2017 Dodgers won pennant 104-58
2022 Dodgers won division 111-51
I used bases.chat, the baseball AI program created by fellow SABR member Ted Ingram, to create this list. The qualifiers for different time periods were used since this rule has changed a few times. See Rate Stats Qualifiers from mlb.com.
For Rogers Hornsby in 1921 there were 2 games left in the season. After 584 ABs & 664 PAs he had a .402 batting average. The Cardinals had no chance to make the post season. Yet he played the last 2 games of the season. He went 0 for 8 and his average fell below .400 to .397.
|
Player |
Qualifier |
Season |
Final AVG |
Peak AVG |
Last Day at .400 |
|
Burkett |
60% team G |
1899 |
0.395 |
0.405 |
9/4/1899 |
|
McGraw |
60% team G |
1899 |
0.391 |
0.404 |
8/26/1899 |
|
Speaker |
60% team G |
1912 |
0.383 |
0.405 |
8/31/1912 |
|
Joe Jackson |
60% team G |
1913 |
0.373 |
0.409 |
8/4/1913 |
|
Ty Cobb |
60% team G |
1915 |
0.369 |
0.400 |
8/3/1915 |
|
Speaker |
60% team G |
1916 |
0.388 |
0.401 |
8/13/1916 |
|
Speaker |
100 G |
1920 |
0.388 |
0.421 |
8/16/1920 |
|
Heilmann |
100 G |
1921 |
0.394 |
0.419 |
9/24/1921 |
|
Hornsby |
100 G |
1921 |
0.397 |
0.415 |
10/1/1921 |
|
Ruth |
100 G |
1923 |
0.394 |
0.405 |
9/1/1923 |
|
Ruth |
100 G |
1924 |
0.378 |
0.408 |
8/16/1924 |
|
BaHerman |
100 G |
1929 |
0.383 |
0.414 |
9/1/1929 |
|
Klein |
100 G |
1930 |
0.385 |
0.407 |
8/16/1930 |
|
BaHerman |
100 G |
1930 |
0.393 |
0.405 |
8/18/1930 |
|
Vaughan |
100 G |
1935 |
0.385 |
0.407 |
9/10/1935 |
|
Medwick |
100 G |
1937 |
0.374 |
0.402 |
8/19/1937 |
|
DiMaggio |
100 G |
1939 |
0.381 |
0.409 |
9/10/1939 |
