Historically weird stats: Max Muncy 2022 Stats
 

AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS

464 .196 21 69 2 .713

I know this isn’t pre-war specifically, but in a historical context:

He batted .196 with 21 HRs?! Isn’t this the weirdest stat line you’ve ever seen??

Share some historically strange stats!

Dave Kingman.
AB.....561
Ave.... .210
HR....35
RBI....94
SB....3
OPS..... 686

Look at his other years.

I like Wayne Gross’s 1985 season for the Orioles. .235 average, 11 homers and 19 RBIs.

Rob Deer - 1991
AB.....448
Ave.... .179
HR.... 25
RBI.... 64
SB.... 1
OPS..... 700

I always loved Tom Herr’s 8 HR, 110 RBI in 1985.

In 2019 Tim Anderson had a .335 batting average and a .357 OBP. Only 15 walks the whole year.

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Adam Dunn finished twenty first in MVP voting in 2010 (must have been a down year for the league) and was an All Star in 2012 (again, must have been a down year in the league) but look what he did in 2011.....

Check out Chris Davis' stats
53 Home Runs 1 year & a few years later the Orioles didn't want to play him even though he was costing the O's millions
They ate $23 million per year in '21 & '22

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...avisch02.shtml

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One of my favorite weird stat lines is Roy Thomas. Thomas was a superstar at getting to 1B, but not to other bases. Even by deadball standards his are weird.

He hit .290, on base of .413, leading the league in walks almost every year he played a full season. Only once did he ever get even 20 extra base hits, even though he primarily played at the Baker Bowl. His on base was eighty points higher than his slugging.

You beat me to it. I'll never not think immediately of Deer when I see a sub .220 BA with 20+ Homers. He was still a solid player due to all of the walks that he drew.

Kyle Schwarber is another HR-or-bust type of player. This year, he led the NL with 46 HRs and 200 Ks. His BA was .218.

Roy Face
 

The one that always amazed me was Roy Face, in 1959, going 18-1 with 93 IP. Oh…and 10 saves.

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Geno

Joey Gallo hit .199 with 38 homers in 2021.

With his 177 homers, Gallo has, by far, the most homers of any player with a career average under .200 (.199).

But his BEST stat...

Joey Gallo is the only player in MLB history to reach 100 homers before 100 singles.

Trent Grisham has been red hot in the playoffs for the Padres so far, but his numbers during the season were pretty rough:


AB - 451

H - 83

HR - 17

BA - .184

R - 58

RBI - 53

SB - 7

OBP - .284

SLG - .341

OPS - .626


Brian

stats
 

I recall Dan Uggla had some awful numbers ( K's and AVG) but hit enough HR's to keep him in the lineup a few times

In 1999 Vinny Castilla hit 33 HRs and drove in 102 RBIs but had an OPS+ of 84. That shows the advantages of playing half your games in Coors Field. Compare that to Adam Dunn in 2012 .204 BA 41 HRs 96 RBI but an OPS + of 114.

Mt favorite Vinny stat is...
In 1996 he had 40 Home Runs - 113 RBI & batted .304
In 1997 he had 40 Home Runs - 113 RBI & batted .304

Wow, that’s consistency!

About Rob Deer.. wow, that’s even more extreme than my Muncy example. So is Deer the most extreme example of HR vs BA?

Pinch McBride
 

George McBride has the lowest batting average of any player with 5,000 MLB at-bats, which presumably testifies to his defensive excellence. Ironically his nickname, Pinch, reflects his reputation for hitting well in the clutch.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1665841407

Mark Belanger 1973 Gold Glove at SS


Games 154
AB. 470
Runs 60
Hits. 106
2B. 15
3B. 1
HR 0
RBI. 27
SB. 13
CS. 6
BB. 49
SO. 54
BA. .226 .
OBP. .302
SLG. .262

I loved that 91 Tigers team. They had a beer-league softball foursome of Cecil fielder, Mickey Tettleton, Rob Deer, and Pete Incaviglia. Plus the trio of Whitaker, Fryman, and Phillips contributed a combined 60 HRs.

Here are some of the team's ranks that season (in the A.L.):
Hits -- Second to Last
HRs -- First
SOs -- Last
Walks -- First
AVG -- Last
Runs -- Second

They ran out a similar team for another three years, but none quite as stark as the '91 team.

In 1994, Joey "the Vulture" Boever averaged less than an inning per game appearance yet compiled a 9-2 record, tied for 8th in the MLB for win total, 3rd among pitchers with 75 innings or more in Win Percentage.

I was at a yard sale today where there were a number of Mark McGwire items for sale, including an unopened box of Safeway Cereal. I've never had any interest either way in his career, but McGwire had a rather interesting final season:

Games 97
At Bats 364
Runs 48
Hits 56
2B 4
3B 0
HR 29
RBI 64
W 56
K 118
BA .187
OBP .316
SLG .492
OPS .808


I know that some will look at these statistics as being tainted, but just over 55% of his hits went for extra bases with 51% being home runs. His body had given out, but what an exit.

Phil aka Tere1071

Complete 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 1972, 1974, and 1975 Topps Baseball sets under "revision"

Near complete 1973 Topps Baseball set 647/660
1970 Topps Baseball partial set in need of many cards and "revisions"

Jack Suwinski of the Pirates hit .202 in 106 games with 19 homers and 38 RBIs. He had 30 RBIs on the homers, which means he had about 100 games worth of plate appearances in which he drove in eight runs.

What was even worse was that he hit .112 on the road and drove in seven runs, five on homers.

Or how about this...all of his RBIs off of LH pitchers came on five homers. He had 106 other PAs against LHP in which he went 7-for-93 with 11 walks and no RBIs

Judge had more home runs this year than Gallo had hits

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John Paciorek, older brother of Tom & Jim:

Career batting average: 1.000
Career OBP: 1.000
Career Slugging: 1.000

In his 1975 Topps card Herb Washington’s position is listed as Pinch Runner. His two year career totals are 105 games, 33 Runs, 31 Stolen Bases with 0 At Bats

I played on the same Senior Little League team with Rob Deer in 1976 in Orange, CA. I hit .019 - he hit everything hard, as a 14-year-old!! Didn't strike out much back then!

Camera Eye
 

Maxie Bishop, 1930 Philly A's, had 117 runs on 111 hits.

G 130
AB 441
BA .252 (the league hit .288)
RBI 38
BB 128
OBP .426
SLG .408
OPS .834 (lge. .772)
WAR 4.6

Max pocketed a cool 10K that year. Good money in 1930...

Steve Balboni

1987 Royals
.207 BA
24 HR
60 RBI
97 K's
All in 386 at-bats,

Today, this guy is making $20 Million per year! :eek: