Archive for February 2016

How often does the MVP win the Silver Slugger and/or Gold Glove?

The venerable “runners left on base” statistic tells a story — but an incomplete one.

The curious case of an obscure utility infielder’s record hot streak.

In a good year for hitters, a career season was all but overlooked.

Call it the ‘tallest midget in the circus’ award, but some winners have been surprisingly good with the bat.

The pitchers who did the most with the fewest pitches.

Willie McCovey spent just two months in the big leagues in 1959, but what rookie was better?

We have some mobster-ish nicknames for ballplayers. You got a problem with that?

Bernie Brewer, one of baseball’s oldest mascots, has lived in a trailer, a chalet and a dugout — and under suspicion.

The old man as a young manager — when he wore a uniform.