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01-12-2002, 06:34 PM
Our favorite baseball toy of the offseason is the new Sabermetric Encyclopedia CD-rom just published by one of our loyal readers, Lee Sinins. That 40-0 Club was just one of the many fun computations we've manufactured with this encyclopedia, which is available at www.baseball-encyclopedia.com.
Here come some others, beginning with the 10 hitters who have made the most outs over the last 10 years:
1. Marquis Grissom, 4441
2. Rafael Palmeiro, 4314
3. Craig Biggio, 4277
4. Steve Finley, 4261
5. Eric Karros, 4248
6. Jay Bell, 4227
7. Omar Vizquel, 4211
8. Chuck Knoblauch, 4162
9. Brady Anderson, 4141
10. Sammy Sosa, 4129
We could have guessed that Barry Bonds had been issued more intentional walks than any player in baseball over the last 10 seasons. But now we know he had almost twice as many as any other player. The leaders:
1. Barry Bonds, 274
2. Ken Griffey Jr., 152
3. Frank Thomas, 140
4. Mo Vaughn, 134
5. Jeff Bagwell, 132
6. John Olerud, 123
7. Mark McGwire, 121
8. Robin Ventura, 113
T9. Sammy Sosa, 112
T9. Mike Piazza, 112
One question: Who had Robin Ventura ahead of Sosa and Piazza in this pool?
How about this vital list -- of pitchers who have committed the most balks over the last 10 years:
1. Brian Anderson, 21
2. Hideo Nomo, 17
T3. Darryl Kile, 15
T3. Kenny Rogers, 15
T3. Armando Reynoso, 15
T6. Ismael Valdes, 14
T6. Pedro Astacio, 14
T8. Bud Black, 13
T8. Randy Johnson, 13
T8. Omar Daal, 13
And here's a huge race (literally) to watch this year -- Jeff D'Amico attempting to take over the all-time lead for most career wins by pitchers weighing 250 pounds or more, while C.C. Sabathia tries to catch him:
PITCHER WINS WEIGHT
T1. Garland Buckeye 29 260
T1. Jeff D'Amico 29 250
3. Jumbo Brown 19 295
T4. C.C. Sabathia 17 260
T4. Rocky Coppinger 17 250
6. Johnny Hutchings 12 250
7. Steve Rain 3 250
T8. Carlos Zambrano 1 250
T8. Chad Paronto 1 255
T8. Willie Smith 1 250
T8. Chuck Malone 1 250
Sorry, we have to go by official, Baseball Encyclopedia-listed weights here. So don't go sending in any Where's David Wells complaints.
Here come some others, beginning with the 10 hitters who have made the most outs over the last 10 years:
1. Marquis Grissom, 4441
2. Rafael Palmeiro, 4314
3. Craig Biggio, 4277
4. Steve Finley, 4261
5. Eric Karros, 4248
6. Jay Bell, 4227
7. Omar Vizquel, 4211
8. Chuck Knoblauch, 4162
9. Brady Anderson, 4141
10. Sammy Sosa, 4129
We could have guessed that Barry Bonds had been issued more intentional walks than any player in baseball over the last 10 seasons. But now we know he had almost twice as many as any other player. The leaders:
1. Barry Bonds, 274
2. Ken Griffey Jr., 152
3. Frank Thomas, 140
4. Mo Vaughn, 134
5. Jeff Bagwell, 132
6. John Olerud, 123
7. Mark McGwire, 121
8. Robin Ventura, 113
T9. Sammy Sosa, 112
T9. Mike Piazza, 112
One question: Who had Robin Ventura ahead of Sosa and Piazza in this pool?
How about this vital list -- of pitchers who have committed the most balks over the last 10 years:
1. Brian Anderson, 21
2. Hideo Nomo, 17
T3. Darryl Kile, 15
T3. Kenny Rogers, 15
T3. Armando Reynoso, 15
T6. Ismael Valdes, 14
T6. Pedro Astacio, 14
T8. Bud Black, 13
T8. Randy Johnson, 13
T8. Omar Daal, 13
And here's a huge race (literally) to watch this year -- Jeff D'Amico attempting to take over the all-time lead for most career wins by pitchers weighing 250 pounds or more, while C.C. Sabathia tries to catch him:
PITCHER WINS WEIGHT
T1. Garland Buckeye 29 260
T1. Jeff D'Amico 29 250
3. Jumbo Brown 19 295
T4. C.C. Sabathia 17 260
T4. Rocky Coppinger 17 250
6. Johnny Hutchings 12 250
7. Steve Rain 3 250
T8. Carlos Zambrano 1 250
T8. Chad Paronto 1 255
T8. Willie Smith 1 250
T8. Chuck Malone 1 250
Sorry, we have to go by official, Baseball Encyclopedia-listed weights here. So don't go sending in any Where's David Wells complaints.