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About Chris Jaffe

History instructor by day, statnerd by night, Chris Jaffe leads one of the most exciting double lives imaginable; with the exception of every other double life possible to imagine. Despite his lack of comic-book-hero-worthiness, Chris enjoys farting around with this stuff. His new book, Evaluating Baseball's Managers is available for order. Chris welcomes responses to his articles via e-mail.


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Chris Jaffe's Articles

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2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Shawn Green’s big day

May 23, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Giambi-Mabry trade

May 22, 2012

Default hero

May 21, 2012
Thoughts about the recently retired Kerry Wood

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Angels bus crash

May 21, 2012

THT Live: Kerry Wood career highlights

May 18, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Giambi’s walk-off slam

May 17, 2012

THT Live: Centennial anniversary: Ty Cobb beats up a cripple

May 15, 2012

50 years from the Mets junk drawer

May 14, 2012
In honor of the Mets celebrating 50 years, a look back at some of their oddest, and most unusual games.

THT Live: 90th anniversary: Last time the Phillies franchise at sea level

May 14, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 days since Dodgers announce their move to LA

May 11, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days ago: Marge Schott becomes Reds owner

May 08, 2012

The state of the AL Central

May 07, 2012
How has the AL Central looked so far this year?

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Gaylord Perry’s 300th win

May 06, 2012

THT Live: Most exciting games (and teams) of April

May 03, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Mike Cameron hits four homers

May 02, 2012

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Rickey’s 1,000th steal

May 01, 2012

Evaluating Charlie Manuel

April 30, 2012
THT's resident manager guy takes a look at the Phillies skipper and his teams.

THT Live: 10th anniversary: first man to beat 30 franchises

April 30, 2012

THT Live: Silver anniversary: Andre Dawson’s greatest game

April 29, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days ago: the Gary Carter trade

April 27, 2012

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Steve Carlton’s greatest performance

April 25, 2012

THT Live: Ivan Rodriguez career highlights

April 23, 2012

The 10 greatest games in Tiger Stadium history

April 23, 2012
A look back at the other long-lasting ballpark that turned 100 years old on Friday.

THT Live: 60th anniversary: Hoyt Wilhelm’s only homer

April 23, 2012

THT Live: Centennial anniversary: Fenway Park and Tiger Stadium

April 20, 2012

THT Live: Golden anniversary: Milt Pappas out-hits the Yanks

April 18, 2012

THT Live: 120th anniversary: the NL goes to hell

April 17, 2012

The rise and fall (and re-rise and re-fall) of Jim Tracy

April 16, 2012
A look at the strange career arc of the current Rockies skipper

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Burt Hooten’s no-hitter

April 16, 2012

THT Live: 40th anniversary: The first strike ends

April 13, 2012

THT Live: 50th anniversary: Mets first game

April 11, 2012

THT Live: 50th anniversary: Dodger Stadium debuts

April 10, 2012

Extra Innings: a reply

April 09, 2012
The new Baseball Prospectus book has a chapter dealing with Jaffe's book on managers. Here, Chris gives his reply.

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Camden Yards’ first game

April 06, 2012

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Montreal trades Le Gran Orange

April 05, 2012

THT Live: Silver anniversary: A’s get Eck

April 03, 2012

The 10 greatest Opening Days of all time

April 02, 2012
A look at the best games to open the season in baseball history.

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Sean Burroughs debuts

April 02, 2012

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Sosa-Bell trade

March 30, 2012

THT Live: 50th birthday: Billy Beane

March 29, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Dontrelle Willis trade

March 27, 2012

Top 10 upcoming managerial milestones in 2012

March 26, 2012
LaRussa won't move up, but others will

THT Live: 20,000 “day-versary”: Jim Kaat goes pro

March 20, 2012

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Vida Blue’s holdout

March 16, 2012

THT Live: 25,000 “day-versary”: debut of Gil Hodges

March 14, 2012

Five questions: Chicago White Sox

March 12, 2012
What does 2012 hold for the South Side squad?

THT Live: Harry Wendelstedt career highlights

March 12, 2012

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Bill James hits the big time

March 12, 2012

THT Live: 100th birthday: Arky Vaughan

March 09, 2012

THT Live: 70th birthday: Dick Allen

March 08, 2012

THT Live: Carlos Guillen career highlights

March 07, 2012

THT Live: Don Mincher career highlights

March 06, 2012

THT Live: Golden anniversary: St. Louis votes for Busch Stadium bond

March 06, 2012

The Detroit-Cooperstown non-connection

March 05, 2012
A look at the inability of the 1980s Tigers to get into Cooperstown

THT Live: 100th anniversary: Ebbets Field groundbreaking

March 04, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 “day-versary”: Walk-off homer by a pitcher

March 02, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Jeff Kent “washes his truck”

March 01, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days since the death of George Kelly

February 29, 2012

Tim Wakefield All-Stars

February 27, 2012
Fielding a team of long-good, but never really great players

THT Live: 20,000 days since a phenom’s greatest game

February 27, 2012

THT Live: Silver anniversary: Dick Howser officially resigns

February 23, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days since the Steve Garvey game

February 22, 2012

The Gary Carter All-Stars

February 20, 2012
Let's come up with a lineup of athletes who played with joy and exuberance.

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Homer at the Bat

February 20, 2012

THT Live: Tim Wakefield career highlights

February 19, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 days since the Copacabana incident

February 17, 2012

THT Live: Gary Carter career highlights

February 16, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Loria officially becomes Marlins owner

February 16, 2012

THT Live: 5,000 days since bizarre ending to Rockies-Angels game

February 14, 2012

Cooperstown calling champion players

February 13, 2012
A look at how often World Series-winning teams have trouble getting one of their players in the Hall.

THT Live: 20,000 days since Herb Score’s injury

February 08, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 days since Hank Aaron’s worst game

February 07, 2012

10 things I didn’t know about one-hitters

February 06, 2012
Fun stuff about one-hitters

THT Live: 10,000 days: 500th homer for Mr. October

February 03, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days since Carlton becomes Phillies win leader

January 31, 2012

THT Live: 30th anniversary: The Ryne Sandberg trade

January 27, 2012

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Dave Winfield and the NCAA basket-brawl

January 25, 2012

THT Live: 20,000 days since the Phillies integrate

January 24, 2012

THT Live: Career highlights: Orlando Cabrera

January 23, 2012

Ten least-likely guys to break up a no-hitter

January 23, 2012
Out of nearly 1,000 full-length one-hitters, who were the most surprising guys to get a hit?

THT Live: Craig Counsell career highlights

January 22, 2012

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Randy Winn’s greatest shot

January 18, 2012

THT Live: 10,000 days since Buddy Bell walk-off slam

January 17, 2012

The possible upcoming Cooperstown ballot apocalypse

January 16, 2012
An attempt to figure out what the BBWAA will do from 2013-15.

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Rangers sign Chan Ho Park

January 16, 2012

THT Live: Me vs. reality: 2012 edition

January 09, 2012

THT Live: Barry Larkin career highlights

January 09, 2012

11th season not required

January 09, 2012
Which players could have made it into Cooperstown with the bare minimum 10 years played?

THT Live: Jorge Posada career highlights

January 09, 2012

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Tony C’s heart attack

January 09, 2012

THT Live: Melvin Mora career highlights

January 04, 2012

THT Live: Don Mueller career highlights

January 03, 2012

THT Live: Golden anniversary: Astrodome groundbreaking

January 03, 2012

Next week’s Cooperstown election results today

January 03, 2012
For the fifth year, Chris predicts the BBWAA Hall of Fame vote.

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