"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic."
- Robert S. Weider-
ATL Sporting Life Sunday Stat Page
First Sunday Season Stats
It is time to peruse the ecumenical esoteria of baseball: statistics. Here for your enjoyment are some select stats for the
numbers connoiseur, courtesy of the ATL Sporting Life e-zine. The normal statistics, such as batting and ERA leaders can be found elsewhere. Here we bring you the piece de resistance.
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Batting Average of Home Teams in Each Park
Park
Avg Games
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49) .438 2
Shea Stadium (1964-1981) .355 2
La Gran Estadio (1946-60) .348 7
Crosley Field (1958-70) .296 7
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) .287 4
Minute Maid Park (2001-04) .272 4
Briggs Stadium (1938-60) .272 6
Griffith Stadium (1920-41) .266 9
Wrigley Field (1928-37) .265 4
Forbes Field (1932-46) .265 1
Parc Jarry (1970-75)
.242 6
League Park (1891-09)
.241 4
Seals Stadium (1950-57) .239 7
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99) .234 4
Comiskey Park (1971-75) .223 6
Perry Park
(1875)
.217 6
Sicks Stadium (1969)
.207 6
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87) .191 5
Yankee Stadium (1937-66) .148 1
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Batting Average of Visiting Teams in Each Park
Park
Avg Games
Minute Maid Park (2001-04) .131 4
Perry Park
(1875)
.196 6
Comiskey Park (1971-75) .200 6
Yankee Stadium (1937-66) .222 1
Seals Stadium (1950-57) .229 7
Griffith Stadium (1920-41) .237 9
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87) .249 5
Sicks Stadium (1969)
.251 6
Wrigley Field (1928-37) .252 4
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99) .255 4
La Gran Estadio (1946-60) .256 7
Parc Jarry (1970-75)
.258 6
Crosley Field (1958-70) .262 7
Briggs Stadium (1938-60) .263 6
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) .271 4
League Park (1891-09)
.288 4
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49) .293 2
Forbes Field (1932-46) .324 1
Shea Stadium (1964-1981) .383 2
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Batting Average of Both Teams in Each Park
Park
Avg Games
Shea Stadium (1964-1981) .369 2
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49) .368 2
La Gran Estadio (1946-60) .303 7
Forbes Field (1932-46) .296 1
Crosley Field (1958-70) .279 7
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) .279 4
Briggs Stadium (1938-60) .267 6
League Park (1891-09)
.264 4
Wrigley Field (1928-37) .258 4
Parc Jarry (1970-75)
.251 6
Griffith Stadium (1920-41) .251 9
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99) .245 4
Seals Stadium (1950-57) .234 7
Sicks Stadium (1969)
.230 6
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87) .222 5
Comiskey Park (1971-75) .211 6
Perry Park
(1875)
.206 6
Minute Maid Park (2001-04) .202 4
Yankee Stadium (1937-66) .190 1
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Home Runs by Home Teams in Each Park
Park
HRs G
HRs/G
Parc Jarry (1970-75)
20 6
3.3
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)
4
2 2.0
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) 8
4 2.0
Wrigley Field (1928-37)
8
4 2.0
Crosley Field (1958-70)
12 7
1.7
Seals Stadium (1950-57)
8
7 1.1
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99) 4
4 1.0
Sicks Stadium (1969)
6
6 1.0
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)
5
5 1.0
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)
7
7 1.0
Forbes Field (1932-46)
1
1 1.0
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)
6
6 1.0
Comiskey Park (1971-75)
4
6 0.7
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)
2
4 0.5
League Park (1891-09)
2
4 0.5
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)
1
2 0.5
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)
4
9 0.4
Perry Park
(1875)
1
6 0.2
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)
0
1 0.0
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Home Runs by Visiting Teams in Each Park
Park
HRs G
HRs/G
Forbes Field (1932-46)
0
1 0.0
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)
0
1 0.0
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)
1
4 0.3
Perry Park
(1875)
3
6 0.5
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)
5
9 0.6
Comiskey Park (1971-75)
4
6 0.7
Wrigley Field (1928-37)
3
4 0.8
League Park (1891-09)
4
4 1.0
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)
2
2 1.0
Seals Stadium (1950-57)
8
7 1.1
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)
9
7 1.3
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) 5
4 1.3
Crosley Field (1958-70)
10 7
1.4
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99) 6
4 1.5
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)
3
2 1.5
Sicks Stadium (1969)
10 6
1.7
Parc Jarry (1970-75)
10 6
1.7
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)
12 6
2.0
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)
12 5
2.4
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Shutouts by Home Teams in Each Park
Park
SO Games
Comiskey Park (1971-75)
2
6
Minute Maid Park (2001-04) 2 4
Crosley Field (1958-70)
2
7
Seals Stadium (1950-57)
1
7
Parc Jarry (1970-75)
1
6
Briggs Stadium (1938-60) 1 6
Perry Park
(1875)
1
6
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Shutouts by Visiting Teams in Each Park
Park
SO Games
Perry Park
(1875)
1
6
League Park (1891-09)
1
4
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Extra Inning Games Played in Each Park
Park
Ex. In
Parc Jarry (1970-75) 2
Griffith Stadium (1920-41) 2
Crosley Field (1958-70) 1
Sicks Stadium (1969) 1
La Gran Estadio (1946-60) 1
Seals Stadium (1950-57) 1
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Teams That Came From Behind to Win
Seals 5
Nationals 4
Blue Jays 4
Leones 3
Eagles 2
Pirates 2
White Sox 2
Grays 2
Tigers 2
Royales 2
Reds 2
Giants 1
Pilots 1
Athletics 1
Blue Wave 1
Beaneaters 1
Cubs 1
Giants* 1
Westerns 1
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Number of Runs Scored in Each Inning 1-9
Team
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
Astros
5 4 0
1 3 2
3 6 0
Athletics 10
1 2 3
6 0 0
7 3
Beaneaters 6
3 3 0
2 2 13
2 4
Blue Jays 7
6 6 7
8 5 3
3 7
Blue Wave 6
4 11 4
2 1 3
1 3
Bridegrooms 0
6 3 1
1 0 0
0 1
Cubs
2 0 4
5 5 5
7 2 3
Eagles
4 5 15
5 2 17 15
3 2
Giants
6 3 5
7 6 6
6 4 1
Giants*
1 0 4
6 4 0
1 1 2
Grays
3 5 1
5 0 12
5 1 4
Leones
6 3 12
6 6 4
2 8 5
Mets
10 3 12 4
6 5 1
0 1
Nationals 7
2 7 5
7 4 14
0 3
Pilots
8 6 0
2 2 2
1 2 0
Pirates
4 2 6
0 3 0
3 8 1
Reds
5 10 5
6 7 3
1 7 0
Royales
3 2 2
1 6 12
4 2 1
Seals
1 2 1
1 7 6
5 9 2
Spiders
1 1 1
3 0 3
2 2 4
Tigers
3 2 9
0 3 7
5 2 3
Westerns
2 2 7
5 2 8
3 1 0
White Sox 3
4 1 4
2 3 4
2 0
Yankees
6 1 3
1 3 5
2 2 2
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Number of Runs Scored in Each Extra Inning
Team
10 11 12 13 14
Astros
0
Athletics
Beaneaters
Blue Jays 0
0
Blue Wave
0
Bridegrooms 0
0
1
Cubs
Eagles
Giants
0
2
Giants*
Grays
0 0
0
Leones
0
1
Mets
Nationals
2
Pilots
0
Pirates
0 1 0
0 0
Reds
1
Royales
1 1 0
0 1
Seals
1
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Starter's ERAs
Team
ERA ER
IP
Athletics
2.08 13
56
White Sox
2.39 16
60
Seals
2.45 13
48
Eagles
2.63 18
62
Reds
2.79 15
48
Bridegrooms
2.84 14
44
Astros
3.08 13
38
Westerns
3.22 18
50
Blue Wave
3.63 18
45
Nationals
4.02 25
56
Pirates
4.14 21
46
Grays
4.23 26
55
Pilots
4.47 24
48
Royales
4.76 30
57
Yankees
4.79 22
41
Blue Jays
5.17 32
56
Spiders
5.27 25
43
Leones
5.44 28
46
Cubs
5.54 23
37
Beaneaters
5.63 29
46
Tigers
5.75 26
41
Giants*
5.79 27
42
Giants
6.32 26
37
Mets
6.65 35
47
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Reliever's ERAs
Team
ERA ER
IP
Pirates
1.77 4
20
Leones
1.95 6
28
Westerns
2.18 5
21
Seals
2.20 4
16
Athletics
2.45 1
4
White Sox
2.53 3
11
Giants*
2.70 6
20
Eagles
2.89 3
9
Astros
3.04 8
24
Yankees
3.12 6
17
Cubs
3.98 14
32
Nationals
4.24 8
17
Tigers
4.25 14
30
Blue Wave
4.42 9
18
Spiders
4.62 13
25
Royales
5.59 12
19
Mets
5.82 14
22
Grays
5.95 13
20
Blue Jays
6.11 12
18
Pilots
6.14 10
15
Bridegrooms
6.75 13
17
Giants
7.11 25
32
Beaneaters
7.84 18
21
Reds
8.62 15
16
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Starter's Innings Pitched per Start
Team
IP/G
Games
Athletics
8.0
7
Eagles
7.7
8
White Sox
7.5
8
Royales
7.1
8
Blue Jays
7.0
8
Nationals
7.0
8
Reds
6.9
7
Grays
6.9
8
Pilots
6.9
7
Seals
6.8
7
Pirates
6.5
7
Blue Wave
6.4
7
Westerns
6.3
8
Bridegrooms
6.3
7
Giants*
6.0
7
Mets
5.9
8
Yankees
5.9
7
Beaneaters
5.8
8
Leones
5.8
8
Astros
5.4
7
Spiders
5.3
8
Tigers
5.1
8
Cubs
4.7
8
Giants
4.6
8
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Reliever's Innings Pitched per Game
Team
IP/G
Games
Cubs
4.0
8
Giants
4.0
8
Tigers
3.7
8
Leones
3.5
8
Astros
3.4
7
Spiders
3.2
8
Pirates
2.9
7
Giants*
2.9
7
Mets
2.7
8
Beaneaters
2.6
8
Westerns
2.6
8
Blue Wave
2.6
7
Grays
2.5
8
Bridegrooms
2.5
7
Yankees
2.5
7
Royales
2.4
8
Seals
2.3
7
Reds
2.2
7
Blue Jays
2.2
8
Pilots
2.1
7
Nationals
2.1
8
White Sox
1.3
8
Eagles
1.2
8
Athletics
0.5
7
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Starter's W-L Record
Team
W L
Pct.
Seals
4 0
1.000
Eagles
6 1
.857
Reds
5 1
.833
Blue Jays
4 1
.800
Nationals
3 1
.750
Pirates
3 1
.750
White Sox
5 3
.625
Athletics
4 3
.571
Westerns
4 3
.571
Leones
3 3
.500
Tigers
2 2
.500
Blue Wave
2 2
.500
Grays
3 3
.500
Mets
3 4
.429
Astros
2 3
.400
Pilots
2 3
.400
Beaneaters
2 4
.333
Giants*
2 5
.286
Cubs
2 5
.286
Bridegrooms
1 3
.250
Yankees
1 3
.250
Giants
1 4
.200
Royales
1 4
.200
Spiders
0 8
.000
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Reliever's W-L Record
Team
W L
Pct.
Seals
3 0
1.000
Leones
2 0
1.000
Westerns
1 0
1.000
Reds
1 0
1.000
Cubs
1 0
1.000
Mets
1 0
1.000
Eagles
1 0
1.000
Nationals
3 1
.750
Pirates
2 1
.667
Royales
2 1
.667
Blue Wave
2 1
.667
Astros
1 1
.500
Beaneaters
1 1
.500
Blue Jays
1 2
.333
Giants
1 2
.333
Bridegrooms
1 2
.333
Yankees
1 2
.333
Tigers
1 3
.250
Grays
0 2
.000
Spiders
0 0
.000
Giants*
0 0
.000
Athletics
0 0
.000
White Sox
0 0
.000
Pilots
0 2
.000
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Active Hitting Streaks with at Least 5 Consecutive Games
Rodriguez,A ( Royales ) 8 April 5 -- Still Active
Torriente ( Leones ) 8 April 5 -- Still Active
Perez,T ( Leones ) 8 April 5 -- Still Active
Mays ( Eagles ) 8 April 5 -- Still Active
Murphy ( Cubs ) 7 April 5 -- Still Active
Gwynn ( Astros ) 7 April 6 -- Still Active
Leonard,B ( Eagles ) 7 April 6 -- Still Active
Morgan,J ( Beaneaters ) 7 April 6 -- Still Active
Hernandez,K ( Astros ) 7 April 6 -- Still Active
DiMaggio ( Seals ) 7 April 5 -- Still Active
Suzuki,I ( Astros ) 7 April 6 -- Still Active
Fujimura ( Mets ) 6 April 7 -- Still Active
Musial ( Giants ) 6 April 7 -- Still Active
Aaron ( Cubs
)
6 April 7 -- Still Active
Williams,Ch ( Eagles ) 6 April 7 -- Still Active
Allen,D ( White Sox ) 6 April 7 -- Still Active
Speaker ( Reds ) 5 April 8 -- Still Active
Yastrzemski ( Athletics ) 5 April 7 -- Still Active
Baker,F ( Blue Jays ) 5 April 6 -- Still Active
Wagner,H ( Westerns ) 5 April 8 -- Still Active
Crandall ( Blue Wave ) 5 April 8 -- Still Active
Ruth ( Mets
)
5 April 8 -- Still Active
Wilson,Ju ( Reds ) 5 April 7 -- Still Active
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A Stolen Base in at Least 4 Consecutive Games
Bell,CP ( Grays ) 6 April 6 -- April 12
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A Home Run in at Least 4 Consecutive Games
Rodriguez,A ( Royales ) 4 April 5 -- April 9
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A Double in at Least 4 Consecutive Games
Perez,T ( Leones ) 6 April 6 -- April 12
Lajoie ( Spiders ) 4 April 9 -- Still Active
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An RBI in at Least 5 Consecutive Games
Mays ( Eagles ) 8 April 5 -- Still Active
Williams,T ( Cubs ) 5 April 5 -- April 10
DeMoss ( Nationals ) 5 April 5 -- April 11
DiMaggio ( Seals ) 5 April 8 -- Still Active
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Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Base %
Team
SB
CS
SB%
G
White Sox 0
5
00.0
8
Seals
0
1
00.0
7
Pirates
1
3
25.0
7
Leones
4
7
36.4
8
Royales
6
5
54.5
8
Mets
5
4
55.6
8
Beaneaters 8
6
57.1
8
Yankees
4
3
57.1
7
Reds
3
2
60.0
7
Nationals 6
4
60.0
8
Eagles
5
3
62.5
8
Grays
4
2
66.7
8
Tigers
2
1
66.7
8
Astros
4
2
66.7
7
Pilots
7
3
70.0
7
Athletics 5
2
71.4
7
Westerns 14
4
77.8
8
Cubs
4
1
80.0
8
Giants
5
1
83.3
8
Spiders
5
1
83.3
8
Blue Jays 5
1
83.3
8
Bridegrooms 16
2
88.9
7
Blue Wave 8
0 100.0
7
Giants*
3
0 100.0
7
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Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Base Attempts/Game
Team Attempts Att/G G
Bridegrooms 18 2.57 7
Westerns 18
2.25
8
Beaneaters 14
1.75
8
Pilots
10 1.43
7
Royales 11
1.38
8
Leones
11 1.38
8
Nationals 10
1.25
8
Blue Wave 8
1.14
7
Mets
9
1.13
8
Athletics 7
1.00
7
Yankees
7
1.00
7
Eagles
8
1.00
8
Astros
6
0.86
7
Blue Jays 6
0.75
8
Giants
6
0.75
8
Spiders
6
0.75
8
Grays
6
0.75
8
Reds
5
0.71
7
Cubs
5
0.63
8
White Sox 5
0.63
8
Pirates
4
0.57
7
Giants*
3
0.43
7
Tigers
3
0.38
8
Seals
1
0.14
7
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Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Bases/Game
Team
SB SB/G
G
Bridegrooms 16 2.29 7
Westerns 14
1.75
8
Blue Wave 8
1.14
7
Beaneaters 8
1.00
8
Pilots
7
1.00
7
Royales
6
0.75
8
Nationals 6
0.75
8
Athletics 5
0.71
7
Eagles
5
0.63
8
Spiders
5
0.63
8
Blue Jays 5
0.63
8
Mets
5
0.63
8
Giants
5
0.63
8
Yankees
4
0.57
7
Astros
4
0.57
7
Grays
4
0.50
8
Leones
4
0.50
8
Cubs
4
0.50
8
Giants*
3
0.43
7
Reds
3
0.43
7
Tigers
2
0.25
8
Pirates
1
0.14
7
Seals
0
0.00
7
White Sox 0
0.00
8
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Team Catcher's Opponents' Caught Stealing/Game
Team
CS CS/G
G
Leones
7
0.88
8
Beaneaters 6
0.75
8
Royales
5
0.63
8
White Sox 5
0.63
8
Westerns 4
0.50
8
Mets
4
0.50
8
Nationals 4
0.50
8
Pirates
3
0.43
7
Yankees
3
0.43
7
Pilots
3
0.43
7
Eagles
3
0.38
8
Astros
2
0.29
7
Reds
2
0.29
7
Bridegrooms 2
0.29
7
Athletics 2
0.29
7
Grays
2
0.25
8
Seals
1
0.14
7
Blue Jays 1
0.13
8
Spiders
1
0.13
8
Cubs
1
0.13
8
Giants
1
0.13
8
Tigers
1
0.13
8
Blue Wave 0
0.00
7
Giants*
0
0.00
7
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