as two 100+ win teams will battle for the championship. The Los Angeles Dodgers are seeking their first title since 1988, while the Houston Astros will be looking for the first in franchise history. We'll take a quick look at the matchup from a positional, financial, and statistical standpo...
Benitez had his ups and downs after establishing himself as the Mets' closer in the late 1990s, but his 2004 season with the Marlins was the best statistical year of his career. His 47 saves led the NL, and he had an ERA of just 1.29, his lowest in any full season. From April 8 ...
Complete source for baseball history including complete major league player, team, and league stats, awards, records, leaders, rookies and scores.
Good teams score more runs, a statistical fact that could help drive your betting decision. But nothing beats diving into the news and stats to find a betting edge before wagering on totals. What are MLB Vegas odds? Vegas has been the Mecca of sports betting for decades. And even with ...
His cultural impact ultimately gave him an additional boost in the rankings, pushing him ahead of Mookie Betts who arguably has a better overall statistical case even with his career still in the works. —Joel Reuter 17. David Ortiz, DH 37 of 54 Set Number: X156411 TK1 R4 F146 Career S...
Every fan should welcome this statistical restitution towards social reparation.” MLB’s decision to regard the Negro Leagues as equivalent to the major leagues came during the 2020 season that was shortened to 60 regular-season games because of the pandemic. From a statistical standpoint, the ...
Within MLB’s [press] release [announcing the statistical incorporation], the supportive statements of Thorn, Lester, fellow Negro Leagues expert Phil Dixon, and Elias Sports Bureau senior historian John Labombarda are thankfully much better [than that of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, which elided...
The D-backs won the NL pennant last year … but they also finished 16 games behind the Dodgers in the division. When owner Ken Kendrick asked members of his front office if there were any moves that could be made that would make Arizona the projected statistical favorite in the West, they...
Nobody set out to produce a duller game. It was the byproduct of front offices swelling with whip-smart analysts who dived deeper into the game’s rich statistical lithosphere and emerging informational technologies to hack the probabilities. The byproduct of their work almost always squelched ac...
At the foot of the map-page are 1970 MLB Statistical Leaders(in both the American League and the National League), in the following categories: ERA, Wins, WAR for Pitchers; Batting Average, Home Runs, RBIs, WAR for Position Players. A photo of each player is shown, with stats; photo ...