What is your favorite obscure baseball stat?

[ASTROBURN]

What is your favourite obscure baseball stat? : baseball

Good ol Reddit:

By obscure I mean a stat that is funny and means absolutely nothing. Mine is that the Red Sox are 0-14 on Ben Affleck's birthday since the release of the movie Good Will Hunting. They have never played on Matt Damon's birthday.

there are more in the comments section of the link, but here is a taste:

No one has ever thrown a no-hitter on his birthday
Mark Lemke went his whole career without getting hit by a pitch
In 1979 Phil Niekro went 21-20 and led the league in both wins AND losses
Kirby Puckett is the only player with a zero-homer season and a 30-homer season
The 1992 Blue Jays went the entire year without being swept in a series
In 1996, Vinnie Castilla batted .304 with 40 HR and 113 RBI.
In 1997, Vinnie Castilla batted .304 with 40 HR and 113 RBI.
No Cleveland Indian has gone to salary arbitration since Greg Swindell in 1991.
Minnie Minoso's career began in 1949 and ended in 1980, meaning he played in five decades.
Fernando Tatis is the only player to hit two grand slams in the same INNING.
no team has pitched a no-hitter against the cubs in 47 years
Jason Varitek is the only player to have played in all of the following:
-Little League World Seris
-College World Series
-World Baseball Classic
-World Series

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Nice random stats... That Tatis feat is pretty crazy

Ryan

 

[Hawk8]

Andre Dawson, the first (and I believe the only) player intentional walked 5 times in a game.

 

[MrMet]

Nice random stats... That Tatis feat is pretty crazy

Ryan

And it was off the same pitcher (chan ho park). Imagine being left in long enough to give up two grand slams in an inning

 

[jbhofmann]

Joey Votto has PULLED a foul ball ONCE in his career.

 

[smapdi]

It's not a stat but I remember hearing about a math teacher or someone who would bet his students at the start of the season that he'd be able to predict the total product of runs scored of any baseball team they chose, multiplying the number of runs they scored in each game progressively through the end of the season. That is, if they play 5 games and score 2, 4, 6, 3, and 2 runs, the total would be (2*4*6*3*2) = 288, but repeat for 162 games. He won every single bet.

 

[Laxcat]

Chief Wilson, at 28 in 1912, hit 36 triples in one season. A record that still stands.

 

[byronscott4ever]

It's not a stat but I remember hearing about a math teacher or someone who would bet his students at the start of the season that he'd be able to predict the total product of runs scored of any baseball team they chose, multiplying the number of runs they scored in each game progressively through the end of the season. That is, if they play 5 games and score 2, 4, 6, 3, and 2 runs, the total would be (2*4*6*3*2) = 288, but repeat for 162 games. He won every single bet.

Was there a trick or is he Rainman?

 

[olerud363]

The Athlon Sports annual baseball preview magazine is great for funky stats like these from the previous season.

- Rodrick

 

[gracecollector]

Mark Grace leads all players in Chase Field "splashdown" homeruns (HR landing into the center/rightfield pool) with 3, two as a visiting player and 1 as a Dback. He was also the first player to reach the pool with a HR on 5/12/98. There have been 45 "splashdowns" since the pool opened in 1998.

 

[Hawk8]

Mark Grace leads all players in Chase Field "splashdown" homeruns (HR landing into the center/rightfield pool) with 3, two as a visiting player and 1 as a Dback. He was also the first player to reach the pool with a HR on 5/12/98. There have been 45 "splashdowns" since the pool opened in 1998.

Awesome stat! When I visited Chase field to watch the Cubs, I was hoping for a splashdown home run but did not see one.

 

[RAZOR-Z]

"The ball bounced off Canseco’s head and landed in the stands. By rules, it was a home run. It was the rare off-the-Canseco home run. Oh, and it turned out to be the winning run."

 

[LazerShow15]

GWRBI

 

[HPC]

In the longest game in Major League baseball history, on May 1, 1920, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played to a 1-1 tie after 26 innings. Braves second baseman Charlie Pick has "the bad day" at the plate, going 0 for 11 (poor Charlie made an error that day, too).

 

[jbhofmann]

Mark Grace leads all players in Chase Field "splashdown" homeruns (HR landing into the center/rightfield pool) with 3, two as a visiting player and 1 as a Dback. He was also the first player to reach the pool with a HR on 5/12/98. There have been 45 "splashdowns" since the pool opened in 1998.

At Chase you can order a "splashdown" at the bar. 22oz Old Style in a to go cup.


Ok, bad joke. Carry on folks.

 

[Benson]

Kevin Ohme (Cardinals 2003) has a career batting average of 1.000 (1 for 1) and a career ERA of 0.00 (4.1 IP pitched). Might be the only player with an at-bat and to have pitched with those career numbers.

 

[RogerMarisCollector61]

• There have been three players in MLB history named Aurelio: Aurelio Lopez, Aurelio Monteagudo, and Aurelio Rodriguez. All three were killed in car accidents between the ages of 44 and 52.
  
  WOW saw that on the reddit link

 

[MaineMule]

• There have been three players in MLB history named Aurelio: Aurelio Lopez, Aurelio Monteagudo, and Aurelio Rodriguez. All three were killed in car accidents between the ages of 44 and 52.
  
  WOW saw that on the reddit link

....ouch, that gives me shivers......

 

[ballerskrip]

....ouch, that gives me shivers......

What country did they live in? If foreign, I need to avoid driving there!

 

[coqxxx4]

It's not a stat but I remember hearing about a math teacher or someone who would bet his students at the start of the season that he'd be able to predict the total product of runs scored of any baseball team they chose, multiplying the number of runs they scored in each game progressively through the end of the season. That is, if they play 5 games and score 2, 4, 6, 3, and 2 runs, the total would be (2*4*6*3*2) = 288, but repeat for 162 games. He won every single bet.

Was there a trick or is he Rainman?

Wouldn't it be 0 every team get shut out at least once a year, I would think?