Lincecum, T. - 52 (2)

by S.F. Giangst on May 10, 2010 7:37 PM PDT

Yep, it's shocking, astounding, even scandalizing, to learn that Timmeh is second best at anything, but in this case he is. Ubaldo Jimenez is first with 61.

Phrasing the response in the form of a question... What is active streaks of consecutive games started without allowing multiple home runs, Alex?

If Jimenez can keep it going for 4 more games he'll tie Bob Bruce for 25th place on the NL all-time list. The NL (and MLB) record is 166 consecutive starts and seemingly out of reach forever; as with the single-season record for triples, the game has simply changed too much. The NL record for combined consecutive starts and relief appearances without allowing multiple home runs is 573.

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i love how there’s a record for everything in baseball :-)

by FPTV on May 10, 2010 8:13 PM PDT reply actions

I wouldn’t expect a pitcher that plays in Coors to be anywhere on that list….

by Missing Barry on May 10, 2010 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

I thought Coors isn't really a band box

Especially with the humidor. Isn’t the huge field just easier to get a lot of hits to fall?

Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!

by Goofus on May 11, 2010 5:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Still one of the easier parks to hit a HR in. Not sure how accurate ESPN’s park factors are, but they break it down by category, so here’s Coors ranking in MLB the last few years:

2006: 10th
2007: 5th
2008: 3rd
2009: 9th

Didn’t feel like going any farther back than that.

by Missing Barry on May 11, 2010 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions

I’m not a fan of ESPN’s park factors. Even without spending much effort, I can think of three or four better ways to do this analysis:

Park Factor compares the rate of stats at home vs. the rate of stats on the road. A rate higher than 1.000 favors the hitter. Below 1.000 favors the pitcher. Teams with home games in multiple stadiums list aggregate Park Factors.

PF: ((homeRS + homeRA)/(homeG)) / ((roadRS + roadRA)/(roadG))

homeRS: Runs scored at home

homeRA: Runs allowed at home

homeG: Home games

roadRS: Runs scored on the road

roadRA: Runs allowed on the road

roadG: Road games

I mean, Runs Scored is the ONLY thing that park factors cares about. I’m not stats guru, but even I can tell that’s such an incomplete method I can’t even really begin…

"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff

by howtheyscored on May 11, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions

I looked at the HR component, which I assume is the same thing replacing RS with HR. Honestly, that might not be the most exact method, but I don’t really see a problem with it for creating a park factor – it should be a pretty accurate gauge of the run environment you played in. What objections do you have with it?

by Missing Barry on May 11, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, it would be nice to actually evaluate the parks in terms of hitting. Runs scored is nice and all, and the sample is certainly much larger for a ballpark than for an individual player so I’m sure that quite a bit gets ironed out just by virtue of that… but it’s really unsatisfying to know so much about the deficiencies of runs scored as a metric in general while trying to, at the same time, accept it as the only thing that is being used to determine park factors.

"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff

by howtheyscored on May 13, 2010 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Humidor is for opposing teams only. So yeah, it plays normalish for the road teams, not so much for the home.

Back on the market.

by positiveuphemism on May 11, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions

I’m trying to remember the last one. I think it was that one against the Pirates. I think the same guy hit both, and his last 5 hits before that had been home runs. Was it Thames? Some aging LF. I think. I could be way off. That might be too long ago, or It wasn’t against Timmy, but I think it was.

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by GrahamCrakalaka on May 10, 2010 10:07 PM PDT reply actions