Comments on: The hottest anyone has ever been

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:45:54 +0000

Fernando Tatis: April 23, 1999, third inning

2 Grand Slams- 2 AB 2HR 8RBI
1.000/1.000/4.000

By: Kid A

Kid A — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:59:43 +0000

I humbly submit Russel Branyan, 2008.

in 21 games:.306/.405 /.855/1.260

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:17:38 +0000

Prediction for Ethegolfman:

Matt Kata = Mike Aviles

By: Cannonball

Cannonball — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:35:45 +0000

“Can you neutralize Pedroâ€™s â€˜99 or â€˜00 seasons to 1968?”
You can do this on baseball reference by clicking the “Neutralize Stats” link above the actual stats, then pick “1968 Dodgers”.

Here’s Pedro pitching in Chavez Ravine in ‘68:

1999: 21-4, 229 IP, 336 K, 28 BB, 1.14 ERA
2000: 22-3, 230 IP, 301 K, 24 BB, 0.98 ERA

By: Hank

Hank — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:58:17 +0000

One of the best career cappers was Will Clark’s for the Cardinals, taking the place of the injured Mark McGwire:

Aug. 23 – Oct. 1, 2000: 353/441/716 with 8 HRs in 118 plate appearances

By: Snowman

Snowman — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:11:42 +0000

Chipper Jones from 6/13/07 to 6/12/08:

153 games, 684 plate appearance, 219 hits, 40 doubles, 32 homers, 116 ribbies, 119 runs, 97 walks, 73 strikeouts, and a triple slash of .391/.477/.645.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:30:57 +0000

Here’s some that are a little out of nowhere (and very revealing about where I live), and one that I’m surprised no one else has mentioned.

Paul O’Neill 4/4/94-5/29/94 (40 games) – .456/.562/.779 10 hr, 35 rbi

Benny Agbayani 5/11/99-6/7/99 (23 games (70 PA)) .429/.486/.905 8 hr

Derek Bell 4/12/00-5/21/00 (36 games) .404/.467/.610 6 hr

Bob Hazle 8/4/57-9/7/57 (28 games) .452/.523/.753 6 hr

Bob Hazle came up in the pennant race for the Braves, after having only 6 games to his resume, from 1955, and went on a tear to help them win the pennant. He pinch hit once, had a 1/4, and then exploded. He actually hit over .500 for 20 games or so. I almost with I hadn’t learned how to do this on baseball-reference, now I’m never going to leave that site!

And there was another streak Paul O’Neill had, but I haven’t found it yet. He had one horrible slump in the beginning of one of the Yankee Championship years, and then tore out of it pretty good.

Also…
Frank Robinson 7/4/61-7/28/61 (23 games) .455/.505/1.023 12 hr 31 rbi
or expand it to 40 games, 6/18/61-7/28/61 .442/.511/.952 18 hr 50 rbi

I wish I could do this for Greenberg and Gehrig and Ruth, and all the old timers. Expand the databases!

By: Andy Sonnanstine's Scruffy Beard

Andy Sonnanstine's Scruffy Beard — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:26:40 +0000

One of my favorite ever “not quite good enough” teams was the 2001 Cubs. (They finished 88-74, 5 GB behind Houston). I remember Sammy carrying that team for several weeks at a time, even more than in 1998, to keep them in the race. Try this one on:

August 4- August 22, 2001 (18 games): .471/.525/1.200(!), 33 H, 3 2B, 3 3B (seriously), 14HR, 28 RBI, 1 IBB (only 1?),

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:41:27 +0000

In 2004, Barry’s OBP was only below .600 at the start of 8 different games. And 7 of those came prior to April 17th. That’s bleeping insane. There will be no other season that will compare to Barry’s 2004.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:28:16 +0000

I think any Bonds season from 2001 thru 2004 should be disqualified because it’s really not fair. Those entire seasons stack up against anyone else’s week or month stretch.