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August 16, 2004: Keith Foulke earns 20th save as Red Sox begin summer surge
Keith Foulke signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox on January 7, 2004.1 The 2003 team had finished one win short of the World Series while relying on Byung-Hyun Kim to close 35 games and Brandon Lyon to close 31.2 General manager Theo Epstein looked to Foulke after the 31-year-old right-hander, formerly […]
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World Series Final Plays
As Edgar Renteria bounced the final out of the 2004 World Series to Boston’s Keith Foulke, the thought immediately popped into my mind that Renteria had also ended the 1997 World Series with a winning single to center field against Cleveland’s Charles Nagy. Wondering if that had ever happened before, I began to do a […]
2001 Winter Meetings: All Quiet on the Charles
Introduction and Context The 2001 Winter Meetings were held in Boston at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel from Sunday, December 9, to Friday. December 14. This was the second time the city had played host to the meetings, the first time being just five years earlier, in 1996. Commissioner Bud Selig’s announcement, made soon after […]
2003 Winter Meetings: Back in the Bayou
The 2003 Winter Meetings were held from December 12 to 15 at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans. This was the fifth time the Winter Meetings were held in The Big Easy, with the most recent having been in 1997. Economic conditions in the United States were improving as lower interest rates, the child-tax credit, […]
Saving Face: Reconsidering Relief Pitching
As baseball grew over its first half-century and the manner in which it is played has evolved, new statistics have appeared and vanished. But only one statistic, barely two generations old, has single-handedly altered the way the game is managed, influences the spending of millions of dollars, and determines the roles to be played by […]
Going Downtown with a Golden Sombrero: Combining Baseball’s Best and Worst True Outcomes
For a batter or pitcher, the best—or worst—of the “Three True Outcomes” is a home run or a strikeout.1 The rates of the both home runs and strikeouts have increased substantially over the years. To illustrate, let’s compare 1949 and 2019. In the National League in 1949, 42,711 at bats resulted in 935 homers and […]
Appendix to “Mike Piazza By the Numbers: The Hall of Fame Case”
Here is the appendix for “Mike Piazza By the Numbers: The Hall of Fame Case”.
Black Cats, Blue Suits, and Orange Socks: How Earl Weaver’s Orioles Thrived on Superstition
Meooowwwwww, avoid black cats! Don’t step on the base lines! Don your rally cap! Grab your magic seat and jewelry! Superstition has been a part of baseball since the game’s earliest days. Almost anything and anyone have been fair game to promote personal and team good fortune: pre-game meal rituals, lucky clothes and equipment, mascots, […]
Appendix 1: Player Win Averages
This appendix accompanies the article “Player Win Averages” written by Pete Palmer and published in the Spring 2016 Baseball Research Journal. To scroll down to pitchers, click here. Player Win Averages-Batters Player Games PW RW Barry Bonds 2986 120.3 123.2 Henry Aaron 3298 97.2 94.6 Willie Mays 2992 95.7 87.5 Mickey Mantle 2401 92.4 […]