Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Cubs OPS Differentials By Month

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These are in the table below. The Cubs hitters had an OPS of .796 in April while their pitchers allowed an OPS of .576 (POPS). That differen...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Seems Like 5,000 Total Bases Is Not Considered A Major Milestone (but maybe we should be looking for Adrain Beltre to reach it next year)

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Albert Pujols achieved it earlier this year and it looks like it did not get much notice. Click here to see the career leaders in TBs at B...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Top Ten Monthly OPS For Teams, 2006-2016

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Two teams from the AL this year are in the top 10 for AL teams. They are in red in the first table below. The Rockies had .838 in April this...
Friday, July 1, 2016

In June, Both AL (.778) & NL (.741) Each Had Their Highest Monthly OPS Since August 2009

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The tables below show the monthly OPS for each league since 2006. June 2016 and August 2009 are both in red. The .751 the AL had in May is a...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Cubs are 10-11 in 1-run games-maybe their OPS of .653 in late & close situations is the reason

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The Cubs OPS in late & close situations is just .653 (7th in NL). The league average is .680. The Cubs overall OPS is .782. Lg avg is .7...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

AL OPS is .778 for June and .824 over the last 7 days

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Has not even reached .760 in any month since Aug 2009 (.780) Only 3 even reached .750 one is May this year
Friday, June 24, 2016

Rangers Success Partly Due To Their Hitting In High Leverage Situations, But Maybe Only A Part

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They are 47-26, leading the AL with a .644 winning pct (the Indians and Orioles are next with .577 each). The Rangers hitters have an overal...
Friday, June 17, 2016

What Was The Biggest Positive OPS Differential For A Team That Lost A Game?

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Tom Ruane of SABR & Retrosheet extracted this information from the database for me. The answer is the Angels, just last year, on Sept. 3...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The St. Louis Browns And Philadelphia Athletics Were The Only Teams To Finish 7th Or 8th In The AL From 1935-39

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I used data from Fangraphs. As far as I can tell, this is the only occurrence from 1901-61, when eight team leagues were used, that there we...