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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
22	10617	.342	.474	.690	.000	0

Birth Date	2-6-1895
Height	6' 2"
Weight	215 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	L

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
1914	BOS	19	5	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	0		.200	.200	.300	.000
1915	BOS	20	42	103	92	16	29	10	1	4	53	9	23	0	2	21	0		.315	.376	.576	.000
1916	BOS	21	67	150	136	18	37	5	3	3	57	10	23	0	4	15	0		.272	.322	.419	.000
1917	BOS	22	52	142	123	14	40	6	3	2	58	12	18	0	7	12	0		.325	.385	.472	.000
1918	BOS	23	95	380	317	50	95	26	11	11	176	58	58	2	3	66	6		.300	.411	.555	.000
1919	BOS	24	130	542	432	103	139	34	12	29	284	101	58	6	3	114	7		.322	.456	.657	.000
1920	NYA	25	142	616	458	158	172	36	9	54	388	150	80	3	5	137	14	14	.376	.532	.847	.000
1921	NYA	26	152	693	540	177	204	44	16	59	457	145	81	4	4	171	17	13	.378	.512	.846	.000
1922	NYA	27	110	495	406	94	128	24	8	35	273	84	80	1	4	99	2	5	.315	.434	.672	.000
1923	NYA	28	152	699	522	151	205	45	13	41	399	170	93	4	3	131	17	21	.393	.545	.764	.000
1924	NYA	29	153	681	529	143	200	39	7	46	391	142	81	4	6	121	9	13	.378	.513	.739	.000
1925	NYA	30	98	426	359	61	104	12	2	25	195	59	68	2	6	66	2	4	.290	.393	.543	.000
1926	NYA	31	152	652	495	139	184	30	5	47	365	144	76	3	10	146	11	9	.372	.516	.737	.000
1927	NYA	32	151	691	540	158	192	29	8	60	417	137	89	0	14	164	7	6	.356	.486	.772	.000
1928	NYA	33	154	684	536	163	173	29	8	54	380	137	87	3	8	142	4	5	.323	.463	.709	.000
1929	NYA	34	135	587	499	121	172	26	6	46	348	72	60	3	13	154	5	3	.345	.430	.697	.000
1930	NYA	35	145	676	518	150	186	28	9	49	379	136	61	1	21	153	10	10	.359	.493	.732	.000
1931	NYA	36	145	663	534	149	199	31	3	46	374	128	51	1	0	163	5	4	.373	.495	.700	.000
1932	NYA	37	133	589	457	120	156	13	5	41	302	130	62	2	0	137	2	2	.341	.489	.661	.000
1933	NYA	38	137	575	459	97	138	21	3	34	267	114	90	2	0	103	4	5	.301	.442	.582	.000
1934	NYA	39	125	471	365	78	105	17	4	22	196	104	63	2	0	84	1	3	.288	.448	.537	.000
1935	BSN	40	28	92	72	13	13	0	0	6	31	20	24	0	0	12	0		.181	.359	.431	.000
Career			2503	10617	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	5793	2062	1330	43	113	2213	123	117	.342	.474	.690	.000

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP
1914	BOS	MLB	5	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1915	BOS	MLB	42	103	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1916	BOS	MLB	67	150	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1917	BOS	MLB	52	142	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1918	BOS	MLB	95	380	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1919	BOS	MLB	130	542	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1920	NYA	MLB	142	616	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1921	NYA	MLB	152	693	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1922	NYA	MLB	110	495	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1923	NYA	MLB	152	699	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1924	NYA	MLB	153	681	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1925	NYA	MLB	98	426	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1926	NYA	MLB	152	652	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1927	NYA	MLB	151	691	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1928	NYA	MLB	154	684	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1929	NYA	MLB	135	587	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1930	NYA	MLB	145	676	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1931	NYA	MLB	145	663	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1932	NYA	MLB	133	589	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1933	NYA	MLB	137	575	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1934	NYA	MLB	125	471	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1935	BSN	MLB	28	92	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		MLB		10617	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv
1914	BOS	MLB	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0		.200	.200	.300	.100	.000
1915	BOS	MLB	103	16	29	10	1	4	21	9	23	0		.315	.376	.576	.261	.000
1916	BOS	MLB	150	18	37	5	3	3	15	10	23	0		.272	.322	.419	.147	.000
1917	BOS	MLB	142	14	40	6	3	2	12	12	18	0		.325	.385	.472	.146	.000
1918	BOS	MLB	380	50	95	26	11	11	66	58	58	6		.300	.411	.555	.256	.000
1919	BOS	MLB	542	103	139	34	12	29	114	101	58	7		.322	.456	.657	.336	.000
1920	NYA	MLB	616	158	172	36	9	54	137	150	80	14	14	.376	.532	.847	.472	.000
1921	NYA	MLB	693	177	204	44	16	59	171	145	81	17	13	.378	.512	.846	.469	.000
1922	NYA	MLB	495	94	128	24	8	35	99	84	80	2	5	.315	.434	.672	.357	.000
1923	NYA	MLB	699	151	205	45	13	41	131	170	93	17	21	.393	.545	.764	.372	.000
1924	NYA	MLB	681	143	200	39	7	46	121	142	81	9	13	.378	.513	.739	.361	.000
1925	NYA	MLB	426	61	104	12	2	25	66	59	68	2	4	.290	.393	.543	.253	.000
1926	NYA	MLB	652	139	184	30	5	47	146	144	76	11	9	.372	.516	.737	.366	.000
1927	NYA	MLB	691	158	192	29	8	60	164	137	89	7	6	.356	.486	.772	.417	.000
1928	NYA	MLB	684	163	173	29	8	54	142	137	87	4	5	.323	.463	.709	.386	.000
1929	NYA	MLB	587	121	172	26	6	46	154	72	60	5	3	.345	.430	.697	.353	.000
1930	NYA	MLB	676	150	186	28	9	49	153	136	61	10	10	.359	.493	.732	.373	.000
1931	NYA	MLB	663	149	199	31	3	46	163	128	51	5	4	.373	.495	.700	.328	.000
1932	NYA	MLB	589	120	156	13	5	41	137	130	62	2	2	.341	.489	.661	.319	.000
1933	NYA	MLB	575	97	138	21	3	34	103	114	90	4	5	.301	.442	.582	.281	.000
1934	NYA	MLB	471	78	105	17	4	22	84	104	63	1	3	.288	.448	.537	.249	.000
1935	BSN	MLB	92	13	13	0	0	6	12	20	24	0		.181	.359	.431	.250	.000

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
What You Need to Know: Searching for Jesus	Daniel Rathman	2013-05-24
Bizball: Baseball's Marketing Problem Isn't Easy to Fix	Maury Brown	2013-04-29
The BP Wayback Machine: Remembering Jackie Robinson, and the Man Who Taught Me About Him	Jay Jaffe	2013-04-19
Pebble Hunting: An Oral History of the Sandlot from "The Sandlot"	Sam Miller	2013-04-10
The Lineup Card: 11 Successful Career Reinventions	Baseball Prospectus	2013-04-10
Wezen-Ball: Which Justin Upton Home Run was Longest?	Larry Granillo	2013-04-09
Western Front: Pieces of Peoria	Geoff Young	2013-03-19
Pebble Hunting: Baseball, the Internet, and the Ease of Accuracy	Sam Miller	2013-03-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Curious Case of Freddie Lindstrom	Jay Jaffe	2013-03-06
In A Pickle: Enamorin' Hank	Jason Wojciechowski	2013-02-28
The Week In Quotes: February 18-24	Pete Barrett	2013-02-25
The Week In Quotes: February 18-24	Jonah Birenbaum	2013-02-25
The Week In Quotes: February 18-24	Hudson Belinsky	2013-02-25
The Week In Quotes: February 18-24	Andrew Koo	2013-02-25
Pebble Hunting: Fun with 2013 PECOTA Comparables	Sam Miller	2013-02-13
In A Pickle: Four Sentences About Strikeouts	Jason Wojciechowski	2013-01-31
Skewed Left: The Best of FDR's Baseball Correspondence	Zachary Levine	2013-01-22
Wezen-Ball: Through the Years: Jeff Bagwell	Larry Granillo	2013-01-08
The BP Wayback Machine: How to Write a Letter of Complaint	Derek Jacques	2013-01-04
Wezen-Ball: The Life of Babe Ruth, Illustrated	Larry Granillo	2012-12-20
Skewed Left: Giancarlo Stanton and Being Alone in the Lineup	Zachary Levine	2012-12-12
Baseball ProGUESTus: That Holden Caulfield Kind of Crap: The Historicity of the Hall of Fame Debate	David Roher	2012-12-11
Skewed Left: Could We See a Blank Hall of Fame Ballot in 2013?	Zachary Levine	2012-12-04
Pebble Hunting: A Hall of Fame Brochure for Ryan Klesko	Sam Miller	2012-12-03
The BP Wayback Machine: Take Me Out of the Hall Game	Jay Jaffe	2012-11-30
Wezen-Ball: Joe Engel Trades for a Turkey	Larry Granillo	2012-11-20
Wezen-Ball: "Skyfall" and Baseball's Golden Age	Larry Granillo	2012-11-12
Sobsequy: The Freaks and Geeks Go All the Way	Adam Sobsey	2012-10-31
Tater Trot Tracker: World Series, Game 1: Pablo's Big Night	Larry Granillo	2012-10-25
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Recap: Giants Win The Pennant	Sam Miller	2012-10-23
Playoff Prospectus: ALDS Game Three Recap: Yankees 3, Orioles 2	Ben Lindbergh	2012-10-11
Western Front: Portrait of a Hacker	Geoff Young	2012-09-25
Head Games: Making the Pitcher Transparent	Will Woods	2012-09-21
The Lineup Card: 12 Stats We Wish Were Readily Available	Baseball Prospectus	2012-09-05
Wezen-Ball: Tommy Westphall's Baseball Universe	Larry Granillo	2012-08-24
The Stats Go Marching In: Do Pitchers Forget How to Hit in the Minors?	Max Marchi	2012-08-24
Baseball ProGUESTus: Baseball and Base 3	Zachary Levine	2012-08-21
Baseball ProGUESTus: Does the Hit and Run Help?	Pete Palmer	2012-07-10
Wezen-Ball: The Yankees' Fictional Sale	Larry Granillo	2012-05-25
The Lineup Card: 10 Mr. Almosts	Baseball Prospectus	2012-05-24
Baseball ProGUESTus: A Salute to Small Sample Size	Chad Finn	2012-05-22
Out of Left Field: On Hitting .400	Matthew Kory	2012-05-14
Bizball: Who Will Be MLBâ€™s First $300 Million Player?	Maury Brown	2012-05-07
Inside The Park Blog: On Total Bases and an Obscure Character of Lore	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-01
Wezen-Ball: Google Wars	Larry Granillo	2012-04-27
The Platoon Advantage: All Done With All-Time Teams	Michael Bates	2012-04-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Hate List, Part I	Jay Jaffe	2012-04-13
Painting the Black: 2012 Milestones Watch	R.J. Anderson	2012-04-03
Preseason Value Picks: First, Third, and DH for 3/26/12	Michael Street	2012-03-27
Extra Innings Excerpt: Are Relievers Being Used Properly?	Colin Wyers	2012-03-23
The BP Wayback Machine: Jon Lester, Meet Mel Parnell	Steven Goldman	2012-03-23
The Lineup Card: 10 Choices for 2012 Declines	Baseball Prospectus	2012-03-08
The BP Broadside: The Final Broadside	Steven Goldman	2012-03-02
Prospectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part Two	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-29
Prospectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part Two	Steven Goldman	2012-02-29
Prospectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part One	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-28
Prospectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part One	Steven Goldman	2012-02-28
Preseason Value Picks: First, Third, and DH for 2/28/12	Michael Street	2012-02-28
The BP Wayback Machine: Spring Training, What's it Good For?	Steven Goldman	2012-02-24
The BP Broadside: Manny Ramirez Through the Wrong End of the Telescope	Steven Goldman	2012-02-22
The Lineup Card: 11 Times Small Sample Sizes Steered Us Wrong	Baseball Prospectus	2012-02-07
Painting the Black: Don't Forget: Miggy Can Mash	R.J. Anderson	2012-01-31
The BP Broadside: Jorge Posada and the Third-String Yankees	Steven Goldman	2012-01-30
Inside The Park: Why We Want Players to Remember the Past	Bradford Doolittle	2012-01-26
Sobsequy: Ramirez and Rameau	Adam Sobsey	2012-01-25
The BP Wayback Machine: Roger Abrams	David Laurila	2012-01-19
Changing Speeds: The Hall of Famously Weak Arguments, Part I	Ken Funck	2012-01-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Keltner All-Stars, Part II	Jay Jaffe	2012-01-16
Wezen-Ball: The Descriptive HOF Ballot, 2011	Larry Granillo	2012-01-05
Wezen-Ball: Ruth and Cobb Hit the Links	Larry Granillo	2012-01-05
From the Editor's Desk: We Like the Holidays So Much, We're Taking an Extra Day	Steven Goldman	2011-12-24
Wezen-Ball: Belittling Japanese Baseball in 1980	Larry Granillo	2011-12-16
The Lineup Card: 9 Memories of Frank Viola	Baseball Prospectus	2011-12-14
The BP Wayback Machine: Cardinals' Special Era Reaches a Crossroads	Bradford Doolittle	2011-12-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: Resetting the Standard	Jay Jaffe	2011-12-02
The Lineup Card: BP Holiday Gift Guide	Baseball Prospectus	2011-11-30
The BP Broadside: The Ramos and Rhem Kidnappings	Steven Goldman	2011-11-11
Wezen-Ball: Good Vibrations	Larry Granillo	2011-11-10
Transaction Analysis: May 12-15, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2011-11-06
World Series Prospectus: Once, Twice, Three Times a Long Ball	Jay Jaffe	2011-10-23
The BP Wayback Machine: Every Team Has a Special GM, Except the Cubs	Steven Goldman	2011-10-22
Baseball ProGUESTus: When 100 Tiles Meets 27 Outs	Diane Firstman	2011-10-14
The BP Wayback Machine: The Value of the Series	Joe Sheehan	2011-10-14
The BP Broadside: The ALDS Goat Remains Masked and Anonymous	Steven Goldman	2011-10-07
Playoff Prospectus: ALDS Game Four: Rangers Advance	R.J. Anderson	2011-10-04
Divide and Conquer, AL East: A Bouquet of Bats (The Yankees in Westeros)	Dustin Parkes	2011-09-02
The BP Broadside: Judge a Player by His Performance, Not the Company He Keeps	Steven Goldman	2011-08-30
The Lineup Card: 11 Memorable Breakdowns, Antics, and Tirades	Baseball Prospectus	2011-08-18
Divide and Conquer, NL Central: The Astros vs. the Peanuts Gang	Larry Granillo	2011-08-09
The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Baseball Songs that are NOT by The Baseball Project	Baseball Prospectus	2011-08-03
The BP Broadside: Trade Deadline Winners	Steven Goldman	2011-08-01
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for July 25	Larry Granillo	2011-07-26
Divide and Conquer, NL West: Bochy Wins the Close Ones	Geoff Young	2011-07-26
The Lineup Card: The Top 13 Veterans Committee Selections That Weren't THAT Bad	Baseball Prospectus	2011-07-20
The Lineup Card: Cult Favorites: 18 Non-Star Ballplayers Who Should be Better Remembered	Baseball Prospectus	2011-07-13
One-Hoppers: DJ3K: "I Don't Think You Can Script It Any Better"	Jay Jaffe	2011-07-09
Wezen-Ball: Baseball and The Doctor	Larry Granillo	2011-06-21
On the Beat: Southpaw Power	John Perrotto	2011-06-17
Wezen-Ball: Arguing Baseball's Best Players	Larry Granillo	2011-06-14
You Can Blog It Up: Nothing Ever Changes	Steven Goldman	2011-06-12
The BP Broadside: Those Who Refuse to Learn From the Past are Condemned to Become Joe Girardi	Steven Goldman	2011-06-01
Divide and Conquer, NL East: The Three Disappointments	Michael Jong	2011-05-30
The BP Broadside: What the Heck is an RBI Whore?	Steven Goldman	2011-05-27
What You Missed: 5/23-5/27	Stephani Bee	2011-05-27
You Can Blog It Up: You Saw the Game... Take What You Need	Steven Goldman	2011-05-26
The BP Broadside: The Annotated WARP Leaders II: Did Ernie Banks Write the Book of Love?	Steven Goldman	2011-05-25
The BP Broadside: The Annotated WARP Leaders	Steven Goldman	2011-05-23
You Can Blog It Up: Peace Be With You, Harmon Killebrew (Sadly Updated)	Steven Goldman	2011-05-17
Span and Sain and Pray for Rain: Wrigley Field Forever?	Emma Span	2011-05-12
The BP Broadside: "Paris 1919" with Rogers Hornsby	Steven Goldman	2011-05-03
Prospectus Hit and Run: Bautista's Enduring Young Charms	Jay Jaffe	2011-05-02
The BP Wayback Machine: The Myth of the Golden Age	Dan Fox	2011-04-28
One-Hoppers: Remembering Jackie Robinson, and the Man Who Taught Me About Him	Jay Jaffe	2011-04-15
The Asian Equation: The Roots of the Posting System	Michael Street	2011-04-13
The BP Broadside: More Questions, Worries, and Insomniac Mutterings from Opening Day, Week, Infinity, and Beyond, American League	Steven Goldman	2011-04-05
Tater Trot Tracker: Williams, Appling, Oh and Bo	Larry Granillo	2011-03-31
Wezen-Ball: A Solo Shot	Larry Granillo	2011-03-30
Painting the Black: The Unwalkables	R.J. Anderson	2011-03-24
On the Beat: The Sunny Side of Spring	John Perrotto	2011-03-23
Changing Speeds: Baseball on the Ones	Ken Funck	2011-03-22
The BP Broadside: Babe Ruth's Fat Dead Cat(s)	Steven Goldman	2011-03-21
BP Unfiltered: Player Card Updates	Dave Pease	2011-03-21
Wezen-Ball: The History of the "Greatest Living Ballplayer"	Larry Granillo	2011-03-17
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Impact of World Series Starts (or How Much Was Jack Morris Really Worth?)	Sean Smith	2011-03-04
Transaction Analysis: Nick Johnson, Chad Durbin, and Dregs	Christina Kahrl	2011-03-03
The BP Broadside: The Most Disappointing Prospects of All Time, Part 2	Steven Goldman	2011-03-01
Prospectus Hit and Run: Duke Snider, 1926-2011	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-28
Baseball ProGUESTus: Metafandom, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Superfluous Junk Surrounding Baseball	Craig Calcaterra	2011-02-18
The BP Broadside: Every Team Has a Special GM, Except the Cubs	Steven Goldman	2011-02-16
Fantasy Beat: Value Picks in the Outfield	Mike Petriello	2011-02-16
Prospectus Preview: AL East 2011 Forecast	Steven Goldman	2011-02-14
The BP Broadside: When is Baseball's MVP Its Least Valuable Player?	Steven Goldman	2011-02-10
Prospectus Q&A: Jack O'Connell, Part II	David Laurila	2011-01-21
Prospectus Q&A: Jack O'Connell, Part I	David Laurila	2011-01-20
Manufactured Runs: The Twilight of the Gods	Colin Wyers	2011-01-19
Prospectus Q&A: Billy Martin Jr.	David Laurila	2011-01-07
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: Edgar Martinez	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-30
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Outfield	Rob McQuown	2010-12-15
Another Look: Marvin Miller	Bob Hertzel	2010-12-13
Inside The Park: Cardinals' Special Era Reaches a Crossroads	Bradford Doolittle	2010-12-08
One-Hoppers: Gillick Gains Election, Miller Bloc'd Out	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-06
Prospectus Q&A: Jane Leavy, Part III	David Laurila	2010-11-24
Prospectus Q&A: Jane Leavy, Part II	David Laurila	2010-11-23
Prospectus Hit and Run: Billy and George	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-22
The Week In Quotes: November 15-21	Alex Carnevale	2010-11-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: Marvin Miller and Pat Gillick	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-16
World Series Prospectus: Series Notebook	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-03
Prospectus Q&A: Jerry Howarth, Part II	David Laurila	2010-11-03
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Colorado Rockies	Kevin Goldstein	2010-10-04
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Colorado Rockies	John Perrotto	2010-10-04
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Colorado Rockies	ESPN Insider	2010-10-04
Kiss'Em Goodbye: St. Louis Cardinals	John Perrotto	2010-10-01
Kiss'Em Goodbye: St. Louis Cardinals	ESPN Insider	2010-10-01
Kiss'Em Goodbye: St. Louis Cardinals	Kevin Goldstein	2010-10-01
Prospectus Q&A: Ken Burns	David Laurila	2010-09-27
Prospectus Perspective: September Song	Jay Jaffe	2010-09-21
Another Look: Reconsidering Pete Rose	Bob Hertzel	2010-09-14
Minor Issues: Broadcasting the Minors, with Jim Weber	David Laurila	2010-09-12
Prospectus Hit and Run: Cooperstown Bound	Jay Jaffe	2010-09-08
The Unappreciated Slugger: Why Jim Thome Gets Overlooked	Brandon Warne	2010-09-08
Expanded Horizons: Flooded with Choices	Tommy Bennett	2010-09-07
Another Look: Unbreakable Records	Bob Hertzel	2010-09-07
Contractual Matters: Diminished Skills and Fragile Egos	Jeff Euston	2010-09-06
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: First Base, Third Base, and Designated Hitter	Michael Street	2010-08-30
Prospectus Perspective: A Trip to Target Field	Jay Jaffe	2010-08-25
Prospectus Hit and Run: Jacktastic!	Jay Jaffe	2010-06-30
Another Look: Remembering Donald Davidson	Bob Hertzel	2010-06-29
You Could Look It Up: What's Wrong with the Red Sox?	Steven Goldman	2010-06-18
One-Hoppers: Wakefield's The Man In Boston	Marc Normandin	2010-06-09
Another Look: Baseball Truly is a Funny Game	Bob Hertzel	2010-06-08
You Can Blog It Up: The 2010 Orioles: One of the Worst Teams of All Time?	Steven Goldman	2010-06-05
One-Hoppers: Ken Griffey Jr. Bows Out	Jay Jaffe	2010-06-02
You Could Look It Up: Memorial Day Meditations	Steven Goldman	2010-05-31
Another Look: Growing Up with a Future Big Leaguer	Bob Hertzel	2010-05-25
You Can Blog It Up: DPOTD Thurman Munson: An Alternative History of the 1986 World Series	Steven Goldman	2010-05-15
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day #20 (Earle Combs)	Steven Goldman	2010-05-10
Prospectus Hit List: Pitching Deep and Young	Jay Jaffe	2010-05-06
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day and Other Controversies #18	Steven Goldman	2010-05-04
Game Story: Rangers at Yankees	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-18
On the Beat: Friday Update	John Perrotto	2010-04-16
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day and Other Notes #11	Steven Goldman	2010-04-12
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day and Other Notes #5	Steven Goldman	2010-04-02
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day and Other Notes #1	Steven Goldman	2010-03-29
No Pepper: Against the Fence	Tommy Bennett	2010-03-22
Baseball Therapy: There Goes My Hero	Russell A. Carleton	2010-03-22
BP Unfiltered: Yankee Stadium Coming Down	Neil deMause	2010-03-10
On the Beat: Mid-Week Update	John Perrotto	2010-03-10
Transaction Action: Capital Offenses?	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-21
Player Profile: Frank Thomas	Marc Normandin	2010-02-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Big Hurt	Jay Jaffe	2010-02-16
The Week In Quotes: February 8-14	Alex Carnevale	2010-02-15
Hot Stove U.: The Pena vs. Reynolds Slugfest	John Perrotto	2010-01-20
Crossing the Pond: A True World Series?	Dan Wade	2010-01-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases for Outfielders	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-31
Prospectus Q&A: Justine Siegal	David Laurila	2009-11-30
On the Beat: Thanksgiving Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2009-11-29
You Could Look It Up: Throwing The Series Away	Steven Goldman	2009-11-04
Prospectus Today: A-Rodemption?	Joe Sheehan	2009-11-02
You Could Look It Up: He Should Have Picked Lee	Steven Goldman	2009-11-01
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hunting High and Low	Jay Jaffe	2009-10-02
You Could Look It Up: Walkless in Wrigleyville	Steven Goldman	2009-10-01
Prospectus Hit List: Nearly All Wrapped Up	Jay Jaffe	2009-09-25
The Week In Quotes: September 7-13	Alex Carnevale	2009-09-14
You Could Look It Up: A Triple Play of Pondering	Steven Goldman	2009-09-11
Prospectus Hit List: Hit Parade	Jay Jaffe	2009-09-04
You Could Look It Up: Don't Fence Me In	Steven Goldman	2009-08-26
Prospectus Hit and Run: Not Quite a Reynolds Wrap	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-21
Prospectus Hit and Run: Vlad and the Right Fielders	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-19
Prospectus Hit and Run: How is the Air Up There?	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-13
Prospectus Hit and Run: Helton's Hall-worthiness	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-11
Prospectus Today: Power on Contact	Joe Sheehan	2009-08-05
On the Beat: Mid-Season Snapshot	John Perrotto	2009-07-12
Prospectus Hit List: Back in the Saddle Again	Jay Jaffe	2009-07-10
Prospectus Today: A Modest All-Star Proposal	Joe Sheehan	2009-07-07
Prospectus Q&A: Rudy Jaramillo	David Laurila	2009-06-28
You Could Look It Up: Bruised but Unbowed?	Steven Goldman	2009-06-24
Prospectus Idol Entry: Do You Hate Pitchers' Won-Loss Record? Blame Your Grandfather	Matthew Knight	2009-06-21
Prospectus Idol Entry: Babe Ruth the Pitcher	Brian Oakchunas	2009-06-21
Prospectus Roundtable: Fixing the Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2009-06-08
Prospectus Today: The Next 300-Game Winner?	Joe Sheehan	2009-06-06
You Could Look It Up: The Matt Wieters of 1947	Steven Goldman	2009-06-02
Prospectus Hit and Run: Tales in a Minor Key	Jay Jaffe	2009-04-22
You Could Look It Up: Reality Therapy	Steven Goldman	2009-04-22
Team Health Reports: Florida Marlins	Will Carroll	2009-03-09
Prospectus Q&A: Bill Nowlin	David Laurila	2009-02-22
On the Beat: Open Camps	John Perrotto	2009-02-18
You Could Look It Up: Going South?	Steven Goldman	2009-02-11
You Could Look It Up: Rumors of Distant Thunder	Steven Goldman	2009-02-03
Transaction Analysis: Central Housekeeping	Christina Kahrl	2009-01-21
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Infielders	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-11
Prospectus Hit and Run: Andre and Onward	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-08
Prospectus Q&A: Rico Carty	Carlos J. Lugo	2008-12-15
Prospectus Hit and Run: Oh Rickey, You're So Fine	Jay Jaffe	2008-12-15
On the Beat: Of MVPs and Legacy Awards	John Perrotto	2008-11-19
Prospectus Hit and Run: (Near) Hitless Wonders	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-28
You Could Look It Up: Called for Anticipation?	Steven Goldman	2008-10-28
Prospectus Hit and Run: A Tale of Two Right Fielders	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-24
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Comeback Kings	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-15
Prospectus Q&A: Ryan Lavarnway	David Laurila	2008-10-12
Every Given Sunday: Winding Down	John Perrotto	2008-09-21
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Underachievers	Jay Jaffe	2008-09-18
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-09-15
Prospectus Today: Dodger Mo'	Joe Sheehan	2008-09-08
Every Given Sunday: Scoops of all Sizes from Around the Major Leagues	John Perrotto	2008-09-07
Every Given Sunday: A Red Menace	John Perrotto	2008-08-24
Every Given Sunday: Deadline Day Afters	John Perrotto	2008-08-03
You Could Look It Up: Horton Hears an All-Star	Steven Goldman	2008-07-15
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-16
On the Beat: The Snaking Road	John Perrotto	2008-06-11
Under The Knife: Brown Lessons	Will Carroll	2008-06-09
Every Given Sunday: Paint Me a Picture	John Perrotto	2008-06-08
Prospectus Hit List: Slinking, Streaking, and Slump-Busting	Jay Jaffe	2008-06-06
You Could Look It Up: The Dual-Ball Era	Steven Goldman	2008-06-03
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to Watch	Marc Normandin	2008-06-01
Prospectus Hit and Run: Take Me Out of the Hall Game	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-29
Under The Knife: Head Trauma	Will Carroll	2008-05-29
You Could Look It Up: Jon Lester, Meet Mel Parnell	Steven Goldman	2008-05-20
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-19
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-12
Can Of Corn: Offensive Milestones in Reach	Dayn Perry	2008-04-19
Schrodinger's Bat: Opus 100	Dan Fox	2008-04-17
You Could Look It Up: Hit Second and Like It	Steven Goldman	2008-04-15
Prospectus Q&A: Roger Abrams	David Laurila	2008-04-13
Doctoring The Numbers: Dodgers and Nationals	Rany Jazayerli	2008-04-05
The First Last: Opening Day at Yankee Stadium	Derek Jacques	2008-04-02
You Could Look It Up: A Dominican Retreat	Steven Goldman	2008-03-24
Team Health Reports: Baltimore Orioles	Will Carroll	2008-03-11
You Could Look It Up: The Babe and Beau James	Steven Goldman	2008-03-10
The Week In Quotes: February 25-March 2	Alex Carnevale	2008-03-03
Prospectus Matchups: The 2008 Transient All-Star Team	Jim Baker	2008-02-29
Prospectus Hit and Run: Tandemonium	Jay Jaffe	2008-02-07
You Could Look It Up: Smoke'm If You Got 'Em	Steven Goldman	2008-01-28
Prospectus Matchups: Baseball on the Bookshelf	Jim Baker	2008-01-25
Prospectus Toolbox: How to Write a Letter of Complaint	Derek Jacques	2008-01-22
You Could Look It Up: Rabbit and the Story of O	Steven Goldman	2008-01-14
Schrodinger's Bat: Getting Shifty	Dan Fox	2008-01-10
Prospectus Q&A: Greg Rhodes	David Laurila	2008-01-07
The Class of 2008: The Hitters, Part One	Jay Jaffe	2007-12-12
Prospectus Matchups: The Freshmen	Jim Baker	2007-11-30
You Could Look It Up: The Speaker Saga	Steven Goldman	2007-11-19
You Could Look It Up: Sweepers	Steven Goldman	2007-10-29
Prospectus Matchups: Fight the Powers That Be!	Jim Baker	2007-10-26
Prospectus Matchups: Starting Well is Two-Thirds of Half the Battle	Jim Baker	2007-10-16
Prospectus Matchups: VORP Leaders	Jim Baker	2007-09-25
Lies, Damned Lies: The Best Player in Baseball, Part Two	Nate Silver	2007-09-21
Lies, Damned Lies: The Best Player in Baseball, Part One	Nate Silver	2007-09-20
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: A Peek Inside	Baseball Prospectus	2007-09-11
Schrodinger's Bat: Tilting the Playing Field	Dan Fox	2007-08-30
Under The Knife: Helping Hands	Will Carroll	2007-08-24
Prospectus Matchups: Voting Oddities and Reinventing the Iron Man	Jim Baker	2007-08-24
Prospectus Today: #756—It Is Done	Joe Sheehan	2007-08-08
Under The Knife: Appreciation	Will Carroll	2007-08-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: Home Cooking and the Combo Platter	Jay Jaffe	2007-08-07
Prospectus Matchups: Los Olvidados	Jim Baker	2007-08-07
The Week In Quotes: August 1-5	Alex Carnevale	2007-08-06
Prospectus Q&A: Brian Bannister	David Laurila	2007-08-05
Prospectus Today: A Failure of Leadership	Joe Sheehan	2007-07-25
Lies, Damned Lies: Ned's Report Card	Nate Silver	2007-07-19
The Answer: No Asterisks Necessary	Will Carroll	2007-07-15
The Answer: No Asterisks Necessary	Clay Davenport	2007-07-15
Transaction Analysis Special: Trades Catch-up	Christina Kahrl	2007-07-03
Prospectus Today: Round Number Day	Joe Sheehan	2007-06-29
Prospectus Matchups: Sacrifices and Spark Plugs	Jim Baker	2007-06-27
Prospectus Matchups: The Silver Boot	Jim Baker	2007-06-22
Every Given Sunday: Records Big and Small	John Perrotto	2007-05-20
Prospectus Hit List: La ciudad de los frijoles es suprema!	Jay Jaffe	2007-05-18
Prospectus Q&A: Dan Levitt	David Laurila	2007-04-29
Schrodinger's Bat: Caught Stealing to Lose the Game	Dan Fox	2007-04-19
The Big Picture: Fans in the Seats	David Pinto	2007-04-11
Live From Akita City: The Nippon Professional League	Mike Plugh	2007-03-13
Prospectus Q&A: Pete Palmer	David Laurila	2007-03-11
Prospectus Matchups: Little League Longing	Jim Baker	2007-03-09
Prospectus Q&A: Andy Andres	David Laurila	2007-02-16
The Week In Quotes: February 5-12	Alex Carnevale	2007-02-12
Caribbean Series: Day Four	Derek Jacques	2007-02-06
Schrodinger's Bat: The Myth of the Golden Age	Dan Fox	2007-01-18
The Class of 2007: The Hitters, Part Two	Jay Jaffe	2007-01-08
Prospectus Matchups: The Best Seasons Ever Recorded	Jim Baker	2006-12-22
Prospectus Matchups: The .400 Club	Jim Baker	2006-12-15
The Class of 2007: The Hitters, Part One	Jay Jaffe	2006-12-13
Prospectus Today: Winter Meetings Review	Joe Sheehan	2006-12-11
Prospectus Matchups: Is Mark McGwire a Hall of Famer?	Jim Baker	2006-12-08
Will's Mill: I Love the Smell of Rumor in the Morning	Will Carroll	2006-12-06
Prospectus Matchups: Shopping Season	Jim Baker	2006-11-08
Prospectus Matchups: The 10 Biggest Mismatchups in World Series History	Jim Baker	2006-10-21
Remembering Buck O'Neil: A Full Life	Alex Belth	2006-10-11
Prospectus Today: Giving Credit	Joe Sheehan	2006-09-28
Prospectus Matchups: Pitcher for MVP?	Jim Baker	2006-09-08
Transaction Analysis: August 28-31, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-09-01
You Could Look It Up: Getting Your Head Examined in Toronto	Steven Goldman	2006-08-31
The Ledger Domain: Contents Under Pressure	Maury Brown	2006-08-21
Future Shock: Go West, Young Men....WAY West	Kevin Goldstein	2006-08-18
Prospectus Game of the Week: San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 8/13/06	Derek Jacques	2006-08-15
Prospectus Matchups: Time Travel, BP Style	Jim Baker	2006-07-25
Schrodinger's Bat: A Plethora of Blunders	Dan Fox	2006-07-20
Schrodinger's Bat: A Kid (finally) Bids Fenway Hello	Dan Fox	2006-06-14
Schrodinger's Bat: Swing and Miss	Dan Fox	2006-06-08
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 21	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-23
You Could Look It Up: Bonds is Ruthless	Steven Goldman	2006-05-22
Prospectus Matchups: Generosity Counts	Jim Baker	2006-05-16
You Could Look It Up: Specialization Is My Specialty	Steven Goldman	2006-05-15
AL-Kings May Update: Fast Starts and Early Struggles	Jonah Keri	2006-05-10
The Prince Is Dead: Long Live the King	Jonah Keri	2006-05-05
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 30	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-02
Prospectus Matchups: Walkfest, 2006	Jim Baker	2006-04-28
Schrodinger's Bat: Wins and the Quantum	Dan Fox	2006-04-06
Prospectus Matchups: Opening Day Beatdown	Jim Baker	2006-04-04
Prospectus Hit List: Preseason Edition	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-03
Prospectus Matchups: The Best Ever	Jim Baker	2006-03-14
Prospectus Today: Chasing Hammer	Joe Sheehan	2006-02-21
Prospectus Matchups: Frank Thomas' Relocoda	Jim Baker	2006-02-07
JAWS 2006: From the Mailbag	Jay Jaffe	2006-01-30
Prospectus Matchups: Feels Like the First Time	Jim Baker	2005-10-21
Under The Knife: More on Roberts	Will Carroll	2005-09-22
Can Of Corn: Counterargument	Dayn Perry	2005-09-20
Under The Knife: Au Revoir, Les Etats-Unis	Will Carroll	2005-09-12
You Could Look It Up: More Than Just The Babe	Steven Goldman	2005-08-30
An Objective Hall of Fame: Part Three, 1941-1943	Clay Davenport	2005-08-15
Prospectus Matchups: 10 Pitchers? Really?	Jim Baker	2005-07-06
Lee, Lee, Lee: Can Tenacious DLee Win The Triple Crown?	John Erhardt	2005-06-28
Prospectus Matchups: Ivy Pride	Jim Baker	2005-05-27
You Could Look It Up: The Infinity Edition	Steven Goldman	2005-04-27
Transaction Analysis: April 5-14, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-16
Prospectus Matchups: Armchair Manager Edition	Jim Baker	2005-04-08
2005--Setting the Stage: The 27th Man	Will Carroll	2005-03-25
Under The Knife: Spring Training Updates	Will Carroll	2005-03-24
Prospectus Triple Play: Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-23
2005--Setting the Stage: The Secret History of Baseball	Steven Goldman	2005-03-22
Prospectus Matchups: Potpourri for $100	Jim Baker	2005-03-22
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Derek Jacques	2005-03-15
The Veterans Committee Ballot: JAWS Chews on the Eligibles	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-02
Prospectus Matchups: Sharing the Love	Jim Baker	2005-02-15
Prospectus Matchups: Christmas Bidding	Jim Baker	2004-12-17
Steroids in Baseball: A Call For Testing	Will Carroll	2004-12-08
Prospectus Today: Arb Barbs	Joe Sheehan	2004-12-08
Prospectus Triple Play: Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-11-10
Prospectus Today: Not Dead Yet	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-18
You Could Look It Up: Tell Me Why...	Steven Goldman	2004-10-01
Au Revoir, Mes Amours: Saying Goodbye to the Expos	Jonah Keri	2004-09-29
Breaking Balls: A Game of Numbers	Derek Zumsteg	2004-09-27
Teams: A Critical Guide: American League, September 13-19	Steven Goldman	2004-09-25
Teams: A Critical Guide: Rare Dick Weik Mention Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-09-22
Prospectus Matchups: The A's Offense	Jim Baker	2004-09-21
You Could Look It Up: On Bonds and The Babe	Steven Goldman	2004-09-20
Breaking Balls: Barry, Barry Good	Derek Zumsteg	2004-09-14
Teams: A Critical Guide: Dylan Thomas...Whoever He Was...Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-09-09
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2004-09-07
Teams: A Critical Guide: In Which A Myth is Shattered	Steven Goldman	2004-08-31
Teams: A Critical Guide: In Which Darin Erstad is Queried	Steven Goldman	2004-08-27
Doctoring The Numbers: Chasing Wes Ferrell	Rany Jazayerli	2004-08-18
You Could Look It Up: Shifting on the Fly	Steven Goldman	2004-08-17
Teams: A Critical Guide: Does Anybody Know What Time It Is in the National League Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-08-07
You Could Look It Up: What is a Deadline Trade Worth?, Part 3	Steven Goldman	2004-07-30
Least Competent Criminals: The Least Efficient Base-Stealing Teams Ever	Jim Baker	2004-07-30
Teams: A Critical Guide: One Week at a Time, NL Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-07-29
Teams: A Critical Guide: American League, (Belated) First-Half Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-07-20
Prospectus Matchups: The Empire Strikes Last	Jim Baker	2004-06-29
Prospectus Matchups: Yankees-Rangers, Live on PESN	Jim Baker	2004-06-04
You Could Look It Up: Gamesmanship, Dammit	Steven Goldman	2004-06-02
Teams: A Critical Guide: Lights Dimmed on Broadway	Steven Goldman	2004-05-24
You Could Look It Up: The Ben Christensen of 1938	Steven Goldman	2004-05-18
Teams: A Critical Guide: Teams is Not Your Ex-Girlfriend Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-05-12
You Could Look It Up: Managers Reconsidered, Part II	Steven Goldman	2004-05-05
Prospectus Today: Best. Start. Ever.	Joe Sheehan	2004-05-01
Teams: A Critical Guide: The Branch Rickey Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-04-23
Hank Aaron's Home Cooking: Top Sluggers and Their Home Run Breakdowns	Jay Jaffe	2004-04-22
Can Of Corn: Ode To Hammerin' Hank	Dayn Perry	2004-04-16
You Could Look It Up: One False Move	Steven Goldman	2004-04-12
You Could Look It Up: Prejudices	Steven Goldman	2004-03-19
You Could Look It Up: Spring Training, What's It Good For?	Steven Goldman	2004-03-06
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-01
You Could Look It Up: Problems in Red Sox Management: A Tourist's Guide	Steven Goldman	2004-02-27
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part IV: Stop Making Sense	Steven Goldman	2004-02-20
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-17
Prospectus Today: Acquiring A-Rod	Joe Sheehan	2004-02-17
You Could Look It Up: Welcome	Steven Goldman	2004-02-13
Trading a Superstar: It's Not as Rare as You Might Think	Mark Armour	2004-01-16
Breaking Balls: Rickey Redux	Derek Zumsteg	2004-01-15
Breaking Balls: The Man of Steal	Derek Zumsteg	2004-01-08
Why Great Offenses Often Don't Win: An Anecdotal Journey through the Valley of Despair	Steven Goldman	2003-09-16
Prospecting: Kevin Youkilis	David Cameron	2003-09-04
Under The Knife: Offend in Every Way	Will Carroll	2003-08-22
Under The Knife: Hi, Leroy	Will Carroll	2003-08-21
Breaking Balls: Record Breaking	Derek Zumsteg	2003-08-20
Aim For The Head: Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame	Keith Woolner	2003-08-13
Prospectus Today: Walkabout	Joe Sheehan	2003-08-13
Cross Your Fingers: Cautionary Tales From the Second Base Trade Logs, Part I	Steven Goldman	2003-07-18
Cross Your Fingers: Cautionary Tales From the Second Base Trade Logs, Part II	Steven Goldman	2003-07-18
Mashing in Beantown: How Good Has the Red Sox Offense Been in 2003?	Mark Armour	2003-07-02
Lovable Losers: What a Sub-.300 Record May Tell Us About a Team	Steven Goldman	2003-06-20
Prospectus Q&A: Roger Angell, Part I	Alex Belth	2003-05-09
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-06
Prospectus Today: Return of the Cripple Stick	Joe Sheehan	2003-05-02
The Great Slide Backwards: Which Teams Will Lose 20 More Games this Season?	Mark Armour	2003-04-09
Prospectus Feature: The Eddie Award	Jeff Bower	2003-02-28
The Eddie Award: Good Things Come to Those Who Walk	Jeff Bower	2003-02-28
Prospectus Q&A: Dr. Chris Yeager	Will Carroll	2003-01-16
Breaking Balls: Another Look at Walking Bonds	Derek Zumsteg	2002-12-05
Transaction Analysis: August 4-7, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-12
Breaking Balls: Barry's World	Derek Zumsteg	2002-06-13
The Daily Prospectus: The Daily Prospectus: Notes on a Monitor	Joe Sheehan	2002-06-06
Doctoring The Numbers: Historic Walk Rates in Montreal	Rany Jazayerli	2002-05-14
Prospectus Feature: How Sure Is A	Paul Covert	2002-05-09
The Daily Prospectus: Barry Bonds, Pt. 1	Joe Sheehan	2002-05-07
Prospectus Feature: The Curse of the Moose	John Brattain	2002-04-09
Aim For The Head: Barry Bonds and the Three True Outcomes	Keith Woolner	2001-05-23
Doctoring The Numbers: Alex Gonzalez	Rany Jazayerli	2001-05-23
Aim For The Head: Good-hitting Pitchers	Keith Woolner	2001-05-09
The Week In Quotes: April 23-29	Derek Zumsteg	2001-05-01

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2012-01-26 13:00:00	If Bryce Harper were a native Texan, would he be a combination of Babe Ruth and Ryan Braun (sans herpes medicine)? (Busty Olner from Chicago)	Combination of Babe Ruth, Nolan Ryan, and a plate of BBQ brisket with Stubbs all over it (Jason Parks)
2011-11-30 13:00:00	Jay, do you think there's any possibility baseball will turn away from having an extra playoff team? The ratings for the World Series are way down from when there were only ALCS and NLCS, and I know there are other factors, but the sport completely ignores viewer playoff fatigue. Last year one of the league championships wasn't even on a broadcast network. Am I the only one who sees this as connected to three playoff rounds? (Blake from San Francisco)	I think the chances of that happening are asymptotically approaching zero, and I don't think those inside the sport are nearly as worried about TV ratings as people like to believe - personally, I find it to be the single most boring topic connected to the sport. The networks pay MLB handsomely, MLB is awash in cash, so who cares about Fox's bottom line? As for the complaints about the LCSes, I believe it's been a few years now that Fox and TBS have split them. The days of the big three/four owning all of baseball's rights are deader than Babe Ruth, and since cable is so prevalent, I don't see why it matters much. (Jay Jaffe)
2011-06-14 13:00:00	Hi Ben--Is there any way to explain Jose Bautista's recent explosion at age 30 (slugging from .408 to .617 to @.770 in consecutive years), without steroids? And to follow, has anyone in the history of baseball done this at his age prior to 1990? (GC from out to lunch)	Sure: mechanics, good coaching, and physical maturation all sound like plausible non-steroid explanations to me (for what it's worth, Bautista says he's been tested about a billion times over the last couple years). Few people have had seasons this good at any age and in any era, but I hear that Babe Ruth guy was pretty good. His age-31 and age-32 seasons were pretty close matches to what Bautista's age-30 campaign has been thus far. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-06-14 13:00:00	Babe Ruth??? I think GC was looking for a Bautista comp more along the lines of a guy who was nothing until age 30. Raul Ibanez might be a good guy to bring up instead. He did nothing at all until he was 30. (Geo from KC)	I read it as a question about whether anyone had been as good as Bautista at the same age, period, but you're probably right. This article might have some answers. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-06-14 13:00:00	Re: Bautista. 1) Not all performance enhancing drugs are being tested for. Bonds tested clean too. I'm not saying he should be accused of steroids nor that I personally believe he's using anything, just that we shouldn't overstate what not testing positive means. 2) Babe Ruth was Babe Ruth from the very start. Who else has gone from role player to MVP halfway through their career? (RMR from Chicago)	I agree with your first point: if someone is convinced that a player is taking steroids, citing clean tests is hardly an airtight rebuttal. That said, I think there's rarely sufficient grounds to become convinced that a player is taking steroids, in the absence of a positive test. As to your question, I'll refer you to the article I linked above, though it might not tell you exactly what you want to know. Bautista has been good enough that few have played at his level, period, regardless of how they got there. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-04-05 13:00:00	Steve, I know you are a huge politics guy in addition to sports, so to take a break from one love for another, what are your thoughts on Obama now that he's had a chance to "Change". (DanLong from NYC)	During the election of 1932, Babe Ruth was asked to pose shaking hands with Herbert Hoover. He refused, saying, "Nothing doing on politics." In some versions, he adds, "Besides, I'm a Democrat." I feel a lot like Ruth. I stopped blogging about politics, despite a decent readership over there, because I am now thoroughly alienated by both parties. Obama is a massive disappointment to me. "Change" was just a sales slogan. As Theodore Roosevelt once said of William McKinley, "The president has the backbone of a chocolate eclair." He is, in Churchill's words, resolved to be irresolute, an empty suit. (Steven Goldman)
2011-04-05 13:00:00	Alfredo Griffin, 6780 lifetime ABs.. free topic. (Guillermo from Montevideo, Uruguay)	(A) 1984 season: 441 PAs, 4 BBs. (B) I feel fortunate to have watched him run the bases in person on a number of occasions. One of my most vivid game memories is sitting on the first-base line at Yankee Stadium and having a perfect view of Griffin being picked off, this would have been 1986 or 1987. I mean, I didn't get to see Babe Ruth hit a home run, but I saw one of the worst baserunners of all time do what he did best. (Steven Goldman)
2011-01-05 13:00:00	Hi Jay! greetings from your southern-most follower (unless someone in the southern island of NZ is also out there?) Quick question, who would be the 5 charter members of the Baseball HoF if it was founded today? (Guillermo from Montevideo, Uruguay)	Hey Guillermo! I think if you were to start today, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Cy Young would be four of those five. I'm not sure who the fifth would be, though - probably another pitcher. Maybe Tom Seaver given that he had the highest vote percentage of all time. (Jay Jaffe)
2011-01-05 13:00:00	Can't we all feel more comfortable with an opening class of 10 of Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Walter Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Honus Wanger? (Bernard from Jersey City)	That's a great place to start. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-10-20 13:00:00	Speaking of the Civil War, I'm re-watching Burns' documentary, and I've come to the conclusion that I could listen to Shelby Foote talk for hours on end about anything at all. (jamin67038 from Wichita)	I really enjoyed Foote. Not sure I agree with everything he says in that docu, but he was very entertaining. I also liked his personal Babe Ruth anecdote in the Baseball series. I have his three-volume Civil War doorstop here. I've only read bits of it in the past, but once I'm done with this morbid Lincoln book, I intend to see if I can read it straight through. (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-09 13:00:00	I just noticed that Babe Ruth did not get ANY MVP support in 1927 when he hit 60 home runs, yet 25 other players did. He played 151 games and had the highest OPS+ in the league. I know they didn't look at that then, but a .356 BA to go with 60 HR would have been monumental in any season. In fact, Ruth was completely snubbed every year from 1924-1930. What was that about? (hotstatrat from Toronto)	Back then, you were ineligible for the MVP if you'd previously won the award. (Joe Sheehan)
2010-04-29 13:00:00	Am I the new Babe Ruth? (Kelly Johnson from AZ)	No. You might be the new Kelly Johnson though. Not really buying KJ putting up a 40% HR/FB rate the entire year. He's been my favorite fantasy sleeper the last few years, so needless to say he's very popular in certain circles right now, and I do think he could be pretty good over the course of an entire season, but this tear isn't gonna last much longer. (Shawn Hoffman)
2010-04-29 13:00:00	Am I the new Babe Ruth of taunting? (Bryce Harper from NM)	Kevin's article had a LOT of people talking last week. My take is this: short of being a violent criminal, you can't really be a worse makeup guy than Barry Bonds. Now how many of you wouldn't want Barry on your team? Anybody? (Shawn Hoffman)
2010-04-28 13:00:00	Why does any club ever sign a 30 year with a waist size greater than 36 to a long term contract? (Mo Vaughn-Ortiz-Fielder from Philadelphia, PA)	Well, Babe Ruth was in his 30s when he hit 60. Lolich was winning 20-plus in his 30s. The long term comes in primarily because agents hold guns to the heads of owners and GMs. Well, they do, don't they? (David Laurila)
2010-04-01 13:00:00	Hi Steve, Thanks for chatting. I can't wait for Opening Day and would just like to hear your favorite (possibly semi-obscure) Babe Ruth anecdote. (ripfan008 from Baltimore)	Off-color, so hide the kids... Ready? This is hardly a story but I think about this quote quite often. Big party in the Babe's hotel suite. Lots of women. At some point, the Babe appears in his robe and says, "Okay, anyone who doesn't want to [reproductive expletive], get out!" Lord knows what happened with those who stayed... Related story: can't recall which of Ruth's roommates it was, but he liked to tell a story of Ruth's terrific appetites. Ruth took a woman to his bedroom. The bed would creak for awhile, and then the Babe would come out of the room, smoke a cigar, put it out in the ashtray, go back to the bedroom, the bed would creak for awhile, and Babe would come out and smoke another cigar... When the roommate got up in the morning, there were the remains of 20 cigars in the ashtray. (Steven Goldman)
2010-04-01 13:00:00	you think about that quote quite often??!?!? (roache26 from boston)	You know, I really do. You have to understand that I'm the kind of guy who feels very lonely in crowds. At any gathering of more than a few people I start to feel detached and become more of an observer than a participant. I wish I wasn't like that, but I am. And as I watch the pageant go by, among the things that cross my mind is, "Wouldn't it shake up these deadbeats if I shouted, "Anyone who doesn't want to [censored], get out!" I never do, though. If you're Babe Ruth, you get away with saying that. If you're me, you get bundled off to the mental hospital, I expect... (Steven Goldman)
2010-04-01 13:00:00	My grandfather was a politician. He hosted a lot of parties in his home. When he wanted people to leave, he'd go into his bedroom, and then come out in just his jockey shorts and say, "Good night everybody." The guests would leave very quickly. I can't get away with that any more than you can get away with quoting Babe Ruth. (kevin from maryland)	I think I admire your grandfather. (Steven Goldman)
2010-01-19 15:30:00	Regarding the steroid issue: I really don't know or think steroids had much, if any, of an effect. And you're right to point how that there are examples throughout history of athletes seeking competitive advantage through drugs and other means. But what I find frustrating about the discussion (and I'm not saying you do this) but is the tendency for people on your side of the discussion to belittle people for being angry and upset with steroid users. Their decision was an ethical failure. It's not as if McGwire didn't think he was doing something shady and wrong when he did them. He did it in secret. He didn't come out until years later. In using, he helped contribute to the culture that compelled people to do these potentially dangerous drugs. Just because Babe Ruth ate horse balls for testosterone and tons of players did greenies back in the days, doesn't exactly excuse McGwire and Co's crappy decision-making. (Ted from New York)	I don't feel that I'm belittling anyone. You know, I had this reader over at the PB say something like that the other day, that I was "huffy" in a response to a reader. When I said I wasn't, another reader quoted something I wrote back to me and said, "Read that and say it's not huffy." Well, it doesn't. In my head it sounds the way I wrote it, which was in my usual tone. My job is to craft things well enough that you can't read more into it than I intended, but it is also true that the reader brings a great deal to the table, and you want to perceive me as angry or self-centered or thin and handsome, well... ... Anyway, I agree with you completely in my essay on this for Commentary, I said the same thing, that their sin was one of omission, as the lie about what they were doing was bigger than the impact of the thing itself. I don't excuse that at all. What frustrates me (gets me "huffy," if you will) is the failure by the mainstream media to consider this point, to assume that they know what the effects were, and for someone like Harold Reynolds on the MLB network to say that even if he was just doing it for medical reasons it was still a competitive advantage. Which is bull. At that point you're just drawing lines between different colored pills. In the PB I talked about Thalidomide, which was good, then evil, and now, when used properly, is good again. This ground shifts all the time, and there's no acknowledgment of that. (Steven Goldman)
2010-01-14 16:00:00	1. Is it cheating to take every available advantage not forbidden to you by the rules of the game you're playing? 2. As a psychologist, can you speak to why we like to pretend to be angry and anguished when our heroes fall nowadays -- irrespective of how obvious the naughty behavior in question has been to everyone for a long, long time -- whereas in the days of Babe Ruth and JFK we preferred to politely avert our gaze and maintain our idols' perfection at a comfortable distance from their flawed humanity? (RE: McGwire from Grey Cube, DC)	1. Dammit Jim, I'm a (fake) doctor, not a theologian. 2. I hardly think that indignation at a fallen idol is a new thing. As a therapist, something I often have to tell people is that there's no such thing as perfection in life and it's one of those things that people have to learn to live with. (Russell A. Carleton)
2009-07-30 14:00:00	To Sean from Hanoi: I think it is better in the North American leagues. The "players for cash" thing is just a way to buy and sell players as if they weren´t humans. Remember that "selling players" was a normal thing back in the day in baseball. Even Babe Ruth got sold, and for a good amount! (Guillermo from Madrid, Spain)	I'll just pass this along. (John Perrotto)
2009-06-25 13:00:00	Do you think steady era-over-era improvement due to advancements in health and technology occur in all sports? I think most people would agree that Pujols would have been otherworldy in Babe Ruth's time, but how would Bjorn Borg fare against Federer? Shaq v. Kareem? (E from K)	In any sports, in any field, the closer to the modern era you go, the better it is. Strategies evolve, bodies evolve. training methods evolve, technology moves things along. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-06-24 13:00:00	Wait, Babe Ruth used a federally banned substance? The horror! (ashitaka from long beach, ca)	He paid for sex too, buffet style. Thoroughly disillusioned now? (Steven Goldman)
2009-06-15 13:00:00	Thanks for answering our questions and sweet gyroball, Will! Did Joe Mauer do some magic yoga or what to get over his back pain and become Babe Ruth? (Jim from Portland)	As with Contreras, we don't know. It's the opaqueness of baseball that makes us watchers sometimes seem like Kremlinologists, making educated guesses based on parade seats or in this case, an amazing month. Then again, it could be because I traded Mauer with Cliff Lee. (Will Carroll)
2009-05-12 13:00:00	How can a team that has both Tomko and Berroa on its 25-man roster be serious about winning? (Frank from Waterbury)	They think they're serious. The Yankees just have a dearth of resources in certain areas. I sort of understand the Tomko thing as an attempt to catch lightning in a bottle ("The scouting reports say he's developed a new pitch, the 'dipsy-doodle chicken-ball' and he's a whole new guy!") that can be tried and quickly dispensed with. Berroa I don't get. Not that Shelley Duncan is Babe Ruth, but he's hitting like him at the moment, and you'd think that his odd home run off the bench (or Juan Miranda's, as mediocre as I think he is) would be more valuable than anything Berroa might do, especially when the team could PH for the catcher in the eighth inning of every game as long as Posada is out. (Steven Goldman)
2009-02-26 13:00:00	The Ballpark in Arlington has a nice little museum. Just a few blocks from Camden Yards is the museum for where Babe Ruth was born. Any plans for a museum on any of the newer ballparks in the works? Is this more standard now? I don't recall seeing one in CO. (Corkedbat from Dallas)	The Mets and Yankees will both have them, with promised "interactive" exhibits. That probably means stations for playing home run derby on PS3s, though I'm still holding out for the Sparky Lyle Sit Bare-Assed On A Birthday Cake simulator. (Neil deMause)
2008-06-20 13:30:00	Joe, here is a hypothetical question. Your lineup spots 2 through 9 are set and you get to pick a leadoff hitter. Do you take the peak version of Rickey Henderson or Barry Bonds? Thanks! (Mark from CT)	I take peak Barry Bonds for any role over any player in history except for Babe Ruth. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-05-28 13:00:00	Yankee history question: how come Babe Ruth was only team captain for 5 days, May 20-25th 1922?? Then Everett Scott was named Captain for a few years. (Tim from DC)	The Babe had a really tough year, was suspended multiple times for a variety of infractions, and one of the punishments was that he was stripped of the captaincy - itself an effort to make the guy calm down and get control of himself. It clearly wasn't working. If I'm remembering the incident in question correctly (there were several), he came ran in from the outfield to argue a play at second base he wasn't even part of, ended up cursing off the umpire, then went into the stands when fans began heckling him. (Steven Goldman)
2008-03-14 13:00:00	re: colorful baseball stories There are certainly many stories about Babe Ruth and Executive Club-type ladies but isn't there a famous one about Babe visiting a brothel in the St Louis area and reporters asking him about it? (Cody Pancake from Crozet, VA)	Ruth was well known for visiting brothels, at least to his fellow players and the beat writers, but culturally things were a bit different again. I'm by no means an expert in this little area of our history, but prostitution was unofficially tolerated for a long time. I don't think Ruth's tastes were commonly known to the public, because the writers tended to be more discrete -- one thing we tend to forget is that travel expenses and such were paid for by the clubs for a very long time, not the newspapers. That had an effect. My favorite Ruth story in this area, to start things off on an off-color note, was of a party he gave in a hotel suite, and at some point during the evening Ruth emerged from his room in a robe and said, "Okay... Anyone who doesn't want to _____, get out!" This always struck me as not a bad philosophy by which to run one's life, actually. (Steven Goldman)
2008-03-14 13:00:00	I'm confused about that Babe Ruth quote...I've been trying to figure out what fills in the blank. "Okay, anyone who doesn't want to eat pork ribs, get out???" (Clay from San Antonio)	Could be, could be... If one man's barbecue is another man's polite euphemism. (Steven Goldman)
2008-03-14 13:00:00	No offense, Steve, but I don't see how you can call the connection "tenuous." It's the same playing field. Nothing historic ever happened in the grandstand until Jeff Maier showed up with his glove for the 1996 playoffs. And while we're at it, hasn't there been enough history in this version of the Stadium to satisfy you? (Ellie Twitchell from The Great Beyond)	Actually, you're wrong about the grandstand. IIRC it was 1929 when the Yankees, who were in the habit of overselling the stadium, had a game interrupted by a sudden squall. Fans in the outfield all went running for the concourse at once. Many people were injured, one died... And yeah, I guess there's been enough history in the new park, but it's 30 years, not 80. Big difference. And I don't know if it's the same field, really. I ask myself this every time I go, if it's really accurate to stare out at right field and think to myself, "That is where Babe Ruth stood, thinking, 'Anyone who doesn't want a hot dog, get out,'" because the changes have been so radical. But look, that's the last reason to denigrate Yankee Stadium. Take my other reasons first. It's old, it's not got modern amenities, it's horrible at moving crowds, and - and I should have said this before - it's disintegrating. Remember pieces falling off of it about five years ago? That would have started happening more and more if the Yankees had stayed. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-10 13:00:00	The 5 most influential figures in the history of baseball are...? (Jessica from Utica, NY)	Babe Ruth Branch Rickey Walter O'Malley Jackie Robinson I can't settle on a fifth. Either a prehistory pioneer or a TV exec. (Joe Sheehan)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-16 13:00:00	NLCS Game Two/ALCS Game One	No, but he had a good excuse what with Babe Ruth's Moat of Sharpened Spikes in the old building. (Steven Goldman)
2009-10-12 15:00:00	Phillies/Rockies Playoffs Roundtable	dcoonce (bloomington, indiana): Speaking of post-season chokes, nobody seems to mention that Babe Ruth once got thrown out caught-stealing to end a world series. If A-rod did that today....geez, could you imagine? And what manager lets that happen, even back then? It was Miller Huggins, and he just didn't have a lot of control over Bonds in general. He was about three feet tall and sickly. Also, what was there for him to do? If Ruth ran in spite of a sign, you're still not going to trade/bench/demote him... (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	I wanted to mention another great one-run postseason game, the second game of the Dodgers-Red Sox World Series in 1916. Babe Ruth started and went all the way, beating the Dodgers 2-1 in 14 innings. Sadly, no pitch counts, even fake, for that one... That was one of the most famous games in Series history for a long time. Someone once brought up that fact to Casey Stengel, and he said, "Yes, that game was so famous that they never used me!" Because Ruth, a lefty, went all the way, Dodger Stengel, a lefty hitter, sat on the bench for the whole game. (Steven Goldman)