Today’s Sports Stat: June 27, 2018
Houston’s Jose Altuve leads the American League (and all of baseball) with a .345 batting average. Should the Astros’ second baseman finish atop the A.L. batting leaders at the end of this season it would be his third consecutive batting crown and his fourth in five years.
Altuve, with three batting title already, is among some pretty elite company. He is one of only 20 players to win three or more league batting titles. If he gets his fourth, he would become the 12th player to do so.
Following are the players who have won three or more league batting titles (includes from 1901 to current season).
12: Ty Cobb
8: Tony Gwynn, Honus Wagner
7: Rod Carew, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial
6: Ted Williams
5: Wade Boggs
4: Miguel Cabrera, Roberto Clemente, Harry Heilmann, Bill Madlock
3: Jose Altuve, George Brett, Nap Lajoie, Joe Mauer, Tony Oliva, Pete Rose, Larry Walker, Carl Yastrzemski
Altuve could also become the ninth player in MLB history to win three straight batting titles. Both Tony Gwynn and Ty Cobb won three of more batting crowns twice in their careers.
Here are the eight players who won three or more consecutive batting titles.
Wade Boggs: 1985-88
Miguel Cabrera: 2011-13
Rod Carew: 1972-75
Ty Cobb: 1907-15 and 1917-19
Tony Gwynn: 1987-89 and 1994-97
Rogers Hornsby: 1920-25
Stan Musial: 1950-52
Honus Wagner: 1906-09
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Today’s Sports Stat: June 21, 2018
Back on June 16 in a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan Braun stole a base, the 200th of his career. In doing so, Braun became only the 24th player in Major League history to have 300 career home runs and 200 career stolen bases.
There are a lot of surprising names on this list of two dozen (and some names that surprisingly are not on it). Here are the 24 players:
Player, Home Runs-Stolen Bases
Barry Bonds, 762-514
Hank Aaron, 755-240
Alex Rodriguez, 696-329
Willie Mays, 660-338
Sammy Sosa, 609-234
Frank Robinson, 586-224
Reggie Jackson, 563-228
Gary Sheffield, 509-253
Dave Winfield, 465-223
Jose Canseco, 462-200
Jeff Bagwell, 449-202
Andre Dawson, 438-314
Carlos Beltran, 435-312
Alfonso Soriano, 412-289
Joe Carter, 396-231
Larry Walker, 383-230
Don Baylor, 338-285
Daryl Strawberry, 335-221
Bobby Bonds, 332-461
Ron Gant, 321-243
George Brett, 317-201
Ryan Braun, 310-200
Reggie Sanders, 305-304
Steve Finley, 304-320
Who might join this above list in the future? Well, here are nine active players who currently have 150 career home runs and 150 stolen bases.
Curtis Granderson, 325-152
Matt Kemp, 271-183
Hanley Ramirez, 269-281
Chase Utley, 259-153
Ian Kinzler, 244-232
David Wright, 242-196
Mike Trout, 224-178
Andrew McCutcheon, 211-176
Ian Desmond, 154-165
It’s interesting to note that of the nine players above, all are in their 30’s except to Trout, who is 26.
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Today’s Sports Stat: June 18, 2018
“And with the 17th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks select…”
Will NBA Commissioner Adam Silver make this statement this coming Thursday at the NBA Draft or will the Bucks trade that pick? And, if they keep the 17th pick, who will they choose?
Let’s take a look at the Bucks history in the draft and a little history with players who were chosen with the 17th pick. Here’s “10 Things You May Not Know About the Bucks Draft History.”
- There have been nine players originally drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks who went on to play 800 of more career games in the league: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1560), Dirk Nowitzki (1471), Alex English (1193), Alton Lister (953), Stephon Marbury (846), Eric Snow (846), Bobby Dandridge (839), Julius Erving (836) and Fred Roberts (818).
- Of the 263 players drafted by the Bucks in their history, 37 (14%) played 500 or more career games in the NBA.
- Since 2000, seven players drafted by the Bucks have a career points per game average of six points or less: Jimmer Fredette (6.0), Jason Collier (5.6), Thon Maker (4.4), Joe Alexander (4.2), Marcus Haislip (3.5), Rashad Vaughn (3.0), D.J. Wilson (1.0).
- Since 2000, the Bucks second round selection has more career points than the Bucks first round selection from nine of those 19 seasons.
- Thirty-two Bucks draft picks have amassed 5,000 or more career points; 12 of those 32 were not selected in the first round.
- The Bucks have previously selected a player with the 17th pick four times: Bob Greacen in 1969, Collis Jones in 1971, Rashad Vaughn in 2015 and D.J. Wilson last season. Greacen tallied 111 career points in 43 career games; Jones never played a game in the league; Vaughn played in 139 games scoring 423 points; Wilson had 21 points in 22 games last season.
- The 17th pick in the draft with the most career games is Don Nelson with 1053 career games. The 17th pick with the highest career points per game is Richie Guerin (17.3). The 17th pick with the highest career rebounds per game is Shawn Kemp (8.4). The 17th pick with the highest career assists per game is Jrue Holiday (6.3).
- Four first-round picks by the Milwaukee Bucks ended up playing less than 100 career games in the NBA: Gary Freeman (selected in 1970, 52 career games); Joe Alexander (selected in 2008, 67 career games); Marcus Haislip (selected in 2002, 89 career games); and Russ Lee (selected in 1972, 97 career games).
- Eleven players originally drafted by the Bucks have gone on to score 10,000 or more points in the league: Jabbar, Nowitzki, English, Erving, Marbury, Dandridge, Glenn Robinson, Marques Johnson, Michael Redd, Sidney Moncrief and Vin Baker. Nowitzki, Erving and Marbury never suited up for the Bucks; English played only two seasons with the team; Baker played four seasons with the Bucks. The rest: Jabbar (6 seasons with the Bucks), Johnson (7), Robinson (8), Dandridge (9), Moncrief (10), Redd (11).
- Of the 60 players drafted in the 2017 Draft, 31 ended up playing in 40 or more games last season; 29 played in less than 40. Only 10 of the 60 averaged 10 or more points for the season… only seven averaged five or more rebounds per games for the campaign… and only three averaged four or more assists per game in the 2017-18 season.
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Today’s Sports Stat: June 14, 2018
If you have been paying attention to the Brewers games this season, have you noticed something that has not happened very frequently in their games… the lack of triples, especially by the Brewers hitters.
For the record, the Brewers have hit only four triples in 68 games this season. They are on a pace to have only 10 for the season. The fewest three-baggers in a season for the franchise are 17 in 1998. The Brewers have the second-fewest triples in the majors this season; the Cardinals have only three this season.
Let’s take a look at a few triples stats; those involving players with the most hits in a season and in a career without a triple.
Most hits in a season without a triple
Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, 2012, 216
Magglio Ordonez, Detroit, 2007, 216
Miquel Tejada, Baltimore, 2006, 214
Mike Sweeney, Kansas City, 2000, 206
Miquel Cabrera, Detroit, 2012, 205
Miquel Tejada, Oakland, 2002, 204
Adrian Beltre, L.A. Dodgers, 2004, 200
Most hits in a career without a triple
Johnny Estrada, 2001-08, 576
Jason Phillips, 2001-07, 344
Ramon Castro, 1999-2011, 338
It’s interesting to note that current Brewers outfielder Domingo Santana currently ranks fourth on the above list for most career hits without a triple with 293. Santana also currently ranks first on the list of Brewers with the most hits without a triple at 283. He is followed by Carlos Lee with 275 and Larry Hisle with 219.
Most hits by a Brewers player in a season without a triple are 164 held by Carlos Lee in 2005. Most hits by a Brewer player in a season without a triple:
Carlos Lee, 2005, 164
Dave Nilsson, 1997, 154
Prince Fielder, 2010, 151
Larry Hisle, 1978, 151
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Today’s Sports Stat: June 10, 2018
Even though they have only won two Gold Glove awards since 1982 (Robin Yount was honored in 1982 and Carlos Gomez was selected in 2013), that doesn’t mean the Milwaukee Brewers have not had players who were stellar defensively… and worthy of an award.
In fact, there have been several players who have gone the whole season without an error. While that doesn’t necessarily mean that player should have won the Gold Glove that year, it does indicate that several Brewers players had a “perfect” season with the glove in those seasons.
Here’s a look at the Brewers players who went the whole season without an error (minimum of 300 innings played in the field that season to qualify for this list).
Ryan Braun, OF, 2008, 1,310.1 errorless innings
Gorman Thomas, OF, 1978, 1,173 errorless innings
Geoff Jenkins, OF, 2003, 1,088.1 errorless innings
Darryl Hamilton, OF, 1992, 1,056 errorless innings
Devon White, OF, 2001, 784 errorless innings
Logan Schafer, OF, 2013, 663 errorless innings
Nyler Morgan, OF, 2012, 587.1 errorless innings
Carlos Gomez, OF, 2011, 569 errorless innings
Steve Brye, OF, 1977, 555.1 errorless innings
Mike Felder, OF, 1986, 348 errorless innings
Mike Hegan, 1B, 1971, 319.2 errorless innings
Joe Kmak, C, 1993, 316.1 errorless innings
Jim Colburn, P, 1973, 314.1 errorless innings
Bill Schroeder, C-1B, 1988, 300 errorless innings
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