May 20, 2013

THT Essentials:
Fangraphs Player Search:


And here's the full roster.

Now available


You can now purchase the Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2013, with 300 pages of great content. It's also available on Amazon and Kindle. Read more about it here.



Or you can search by:

THT E-book


Third Base: The Crossroads is THT's e-book, available for $3.99 from the Kindle store. The good news is that anyone can read a Kindle book, even on a PC. So enjoy the best from THT in a new format.



Get your very own THT merchandise from our CafePress store. We've got baseball caps, t-shirts, coffee mugs and even wall clocks with the classy THT logo prominently displayed. Also, check out the THT Bookstore. Please support your favorite baseball site by purchasing something today.


Creative Commons License
All content on this site (including text, graphs, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

<< Back to the archives main page.


Hardball Times Monthly Archives


April, 2009

Thursday, April 30

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Fingers not pointed

by Paul Singman

Dominating fantasy baseball with Twitter

by Kevin Orris

Yahoo standings and category averages

by Marco Fujimoto

TUCK! sez: Start spreadin’ the news…

by Tuck

Culprit one (1946-81)

by Brandon Isleib

Wednesday, April 29

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

An introduction to daily fantasy baseball contests

by Alex Zelvin

Roster Doctor

by Jonathan Halket

Crazy scoring streak

by Geoff Young

BOB:  MLB.com En Fuego and Attendance News

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, April 28

When the wisdom of crowds is wrong

by Eriq Gardner

THT Live: HEATER: Week 3

by John Burnson

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Awards

by John Barten

Backstopping and roaming wide (Part 1:  1890-1935)

by Steve Treder

Does this conversion thing work? Joakim Soria (Part 2)

by Harry Pavlidis

Big-name closers dealing with injuries

by Chris Neault

Monday, April 27

THT Live: Ballparks graph

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Dazzy Vance tracer

by Chris Jaffe

Roster Doctor: 4/27/09

by Eriq Gardner

Confessions of fantasy baseball addict:  Who is really the back-up closer in Kansas City

by Eric Hinz

THT Dartboard: Week Three

by Matthew Carruth

Lost in Transactions 4/20-4/26/09: Mets grab Wily Mo, Hoffman returns

by Evan Brunell

Saturday, April 25

THT Live: Highest-scoring Yankees-Red Sox games ever

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: The breaking and the knuckling

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: HEATER: Weekend Supplement

by John Burnson

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Live: HitTracker makes Baseball Tonight

by Colin Wyers

Friday, April 24

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: THT Daily: Here We Go

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Roster Doctor - 4/24/09

by Paul Singman

A pitch is a terrible thing to waste. Or is it? (Part 1)

by Dan Turkenkopf

Checking the leaderboards

by Craig Brown

What did Warren Spahn know?

by Max Marchi

This annotated week in baseball history: April 19-April 25, 1945

by Richard Barbieri

Hit Rate Observer

by John Burnson

There’s Something in the Water

by Matt Hagen

Thursday, April 23

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

What makes a home run pitch

by Jonathan Hale

Will it play in Peoria?

by Colin Wyers

It is good to get away

by Jonathan Halket

THT Daily: Double Dip in Boston

by Matthew Carruth

TUCK! sez: First in war, first in peace, last in the Nati_nal League

by Tuck

Wednesday, April 22

THT Live: USA Today Interview with Bryan Tsao

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

State of THT Fantasy

by Derek Carty

Buy your power now

by Derek Carty

Roster Doctor: 4/22/09

by Michael Lerra

Once upon a shortstop

by Geoff Young

BOB:  Olympics and Parks

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, April 21

THT Live: What Leverage Index Do Relievers Deserve?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: HEATER: Week 2

by John Burnson

THT Live: The cost of games

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Over or under your innings pace?

by Eriq Gardner

THT Awards

by John Barten

Starter or reliever? Joakim Soria (Part 1)

by Harry Pavlidis

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 6:  1954-1955)

by Steve Treder

THT Dartboard: Week Two

by Matthew Carruth

Player profile: Cody Ross

by Paul Singman

Monday, April 20

THT Live: Wind Patterns Impacting Yankee Stadium?

by Joe Dimino

THT Live: Thanks

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Draft review: FSIC

by Derek Carty

Land of 10,000 coincidences

by Chris Jaffe

Roster Doctor 4/20/09

by Marco Fujimoto

Lost in Transactions 4/13-4/19/09: DeWitt, Milledge demoted; Holland arrives in Texas

by Evan Brunell

Sunday, April 19

THT Live: Saturday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Live: THT Graphs are running

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, April 18

THT Live: Harden’s unique

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Friday, April 17

THT Live: HEATER: Weekend Supplement

by John Burnson

THT Live: Make your own Pitch f/x graphs

by Paul Singman

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Live: RZR Averages

by Dave Studeman

This annotated week in baseball history: April 12-April 18, 1969

by Richard Barbieri

A-Rod in the clutch

by John Beamer

Hit Rate Observer

by John Burnson

Roster Doctor: 4/17/09

by Paul Singman

Thursday, April 16

THT Live: New Yankee Stadium

by Joe Dimino

The great run estimator shootout (part 2)

by Colin Wyers

What’s the big deal with Jose Arredondo?

by Derek Carty

Culprit 1 (1901-45)

by Brandon Isleib

TUCK! sez: Mariner moment

by Tuck

Wednesday, April 15

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Are you smarter than a sabermetric spreadsheet? (Part 2)

by Alex Zelvin

Farm system value rankings (Part 4)

by Victor Wang

When to use your FAAB budget and waiver priority

by Derek Carty

The cult of the sure thing

by Geoff Young

The two sides of the Cubs Rule 5 coin

by Harry Pavlidis

Roster Doctor

by Jonathan Halket

Tuesday, April 14

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Next Ludwick and Lee

by Derek Carty

THT Live: HEATER: Week 1

by John Burnson

THT Live: At least Syracuse is 1-4.

by Brandon Isleib

Player profile: Adam Lind

by Paul Singman

Decision Making Based On Small Statistical Samples

by Eriq Gardner

THT Live: THT Daily status

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by John Burnson

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 5:  1953-1954)

by Steve Treder

Monday, April 13

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Measuring greatness (part 2)

by Mike Carminati

Book review: As They See ‘Em

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, April 12

THT Live: Saturday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Saturday, April 11

THT Live: New batted ball report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A little THT Daily

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Awards

by John Barten

Friday, April 10

This annotated week in baseball history: April 5 - April 11, 1986

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: THT’s team page is now live

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A little THT Daily

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Hit Rate Observer

by John Burnson

Roster Doctor - 4/10/09

by Derek Carty

A family affair

by Dan Turkenkopf

Thursday, April 09

THT Live: The early word from Hit Tracker

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Today’s standings

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Fearing no evil

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Measuring greatness (part 1)

by Mike Carminati

TUCK! sez: (Still) D-railed

by Tuck

The great run estimator shootout (part 1)

by Colin Wyers

My Razzball team

by Jonathan Halket

When to use the waiver wire

by Derek Carty

Wednesday, April 08

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Are you smarter than a Sabermetric spreadsheet?

by Alex Zelvin

Book review: Cubs By The Numbers

by Joe Distelheim

1984: My first Rotisserie League team

by Geoff Young

Roster Doctor - 4/8/09

by Michael Lerra

Tuesday, April 07

THT Live: Mrs. Olbermann

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Radar Tracking

by John Burnson

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by THT Staff

THT Live: Simulating baseball

by Dave Studeman

Twenty not-so-essential players who shouldn’t be dropped

by Eriq Gardner

Honest evaluation

by Paul Singman

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 4:  1952-1953)

by Steve Treder

Projecting playing time

by Victor Wang

Inside Gameday 2009

by Harry Pavlidis

Monday, April 06

Final off-season thoughts

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by THT Staff

2009 THT staff predictions

by THT Staff

Land of 1,000 Coincidences

by Chris Jaffe

Roster Doctor 4/6/09

by Marco Fujimoto

Five questions: Boston Red Sox

by Evan Brunell

Sunday, April 05

THT Live: Saturday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Saturday, April 04

THT Live: MLB Depth Charts

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: WPA Tweets

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Undraftable players

by Derek Carty

2009 THT Awards Primer

by John Barten

Friday, April 03

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Favorable Opening Day schedules and matchups

by Alex Zelvin

Roster Doctor - 4/3/09

by Paul Singman

Book review: The Yankee Years

by Chris Jaffe

This annotated week in baseball history: March 26-April 4, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

Five questions: New York Yankees

by Jonathan Halket

Five questions: Minnesota Twins

by Brandon Isleib

Thursday, April 02

THT Live: All about medical exams

by Dave Studeman

Quick recap of the Roto Arcade Pro-Am League draft

by Marco Fujimoto

Five questions: Arizona Diamondbacks

by Jim McLennan

Download THT

by Dave Studeman

The death of superman

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: no foolin’!

by Tuck

Wednesday, April 01

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by THT Staff

THT Live: Forecasting playing time

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Five questions: Houston Astros

by Lisa Gray

Five questions: Tampa Bay Rays

by R.J. Anderson

Five questions: Baltimore Orioles

by Evan Brunell

Roster doctor

by Jonathan Halket

<< Back to the archives main page.