▲ 10 r/sportsreference
Any other examples of players who were born, attended both high school and college, and died and were buried all in the same city?
u/b-rar — 1 day ago
r/sportsreference
Since July 25, Jake Rogers has played for Detroit, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago. 21 days is by far the fewest number of days a player has played for 4 different teams.
| Name | Year | Teams | Start Date | End Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Rogers | 2026 | DET,BAL,BOS,CHW | 2026-07-25 | 2026-08-15 | 21 |
| Frank Huelsman | 1904 | DET,CHW,BAL,MIN | 1904-06-03 | 1904-07-15 | 42 |
| Mike Kilkenny | 1972 | DET,OAK,SDP,CLE | 1972-04-30 | 1972-06-14 | 45 |
| Mike Baumann | 2024 | SEA,SFG,ANA,FLA | 2024-07-11 | 2024-08-27 | 47 |
| Wes Covington | 1961 | ATL,CHW,OAK,PHI | 1961-05-10 | 1961-07-04 | 55 |
| Oliver Drake | 2018 | CLE,ANA,TOR,MIN | 2018-05-25 | 2018-08-04 | 71 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | 2016 | MIN,TBD,FLA,SDP | 2016-06-14 | 2016-08-27 | 74 |
| José Bautista | 2004 | BAL,TBD,KCR,PIT | 2004-05-15 | 2004-07-31 | 77 |
| Ted Gray | 1955 | CHW,CLE,NYY,BAL | 1955-05-07 | 1955-07-27 | 81 |
| Dan Miceli | 2003 | COL,CLE,NYY,HOU | 2003-05-08 | 2003-07-31 | 84 |
u/Baseball-Reference — 4 days ago
The Cost of Winning in the WNBA
The WNBA's salary structure creates some absurd value gaps. A rookie on a scale contract and a max-salary veteran can produce nearly identical win shares while one earns five times the other.
I pulled every player's 2026 salary from Her Hoops Stats and win share totals from Basketball Reference (as of 8/11/26) and calculated win shares per $1M to see who's actually delivering on their current deals.
The results sort into four tiers, from elite value down to contracts that aren't returning much of anything. A few names in the top group won't surprise anyone. A few in the bottom group might.
Note: I put a minimum of 250 minutes played, so players like Napheesa Collier (MIN), Ezi Magbegor (SEA), Brionna Jones (ATL), and Satou Sabally (NYL) did not qualify yet.
u/HighLowWorkflow — 6 days ago
The Three-Point Revolution
The evolution of three-point attempt rate (3PAr) helps explain how the WNBA has changed since its inaugural season in 1997. In the league’s first two seasons, less than 20% of field goal attempts were threes. The rate climbed to a then-record 26.6% in 2012 before jumping to 28.4% in 2018.
That 2018 season marked the beginning of the three-point revolution. From 1997-2017, the league’s average 3PAr was 22.9%. Since 2018, it has risen to 32.7%. This season, teams are attempting threes on 36.9% of their field goal attempts, which would eclipse last year’s record of 36.0%.
The increase has been especially dramatic among expansion teams. Golden State set the record last season at 45.8% and is currently second all-time at 45.1%. The Fire currently rank fifth all-time at 42.4%. The Liberty have seven of the top 12 seasons all-time, one from each of the last seven seasons. This year’s team is on pace to set another franchise record.
The volume has increased without a major decline in efficiency. League-wide three-point percentage (3P%) was 33.7% from 1997-2017 and is 34.3% since 2018.
Even posts have caught the three-point bug. Centers (according to positions listed on Basketball Reference) went from attempting threes on just 6.0% of their field goal attempts from 1997-2017 to 15.1% since 2018, a 2.5x increase, while their 3P% improved from 32.0% to 33.7%.
The graphs and tables sort every qualifying post player (minimum of eight games) from 2017 and 2026 into five shooting profiles using identical thresholds: 22.6% 3PAr for volume and 34.3% 3P% for efficiency. Only five posts were high-volume and efficient in 2017 compared to 13 in 2026. Meanwhile, the number of posts who attempted zero threes fell from 17 to six.
The change extends beyond the overall numbers. Five posts who played in both seasons completely changed their shot profiles by significantly increasing their own three-point volume.
Until three-point efficiency starts to fall, posts will keep stretching the floor.
u/HighLowWorkflow — 6 days ago
Letterboxd for sports followup
Hey friends, I posted about this almost a month ago and the feedback I got in here was awesome so I wanted to post a follow-up because there have been some pretty cool developments.
TLDR - I’ve been building an app that lets you log any game you’ve been to in any sport at any level (for baseball that means every level in the US down to college, and I’ve also got NPB and KBO but since posting I’ve listened to feedback and added close to 100 leagues). When you log a game it pulls in all of the box score data so you can see every player you’ve ever seen and fun stats like who’s hit the most homers or pitched the most innings while you were there. It also aggregates things like how many HoF or ROYs did you see and stats like how many walk offs or multi homer games.
The fun part (to me), or the black mirror part if you ask others, is you don’t need to remember every game you’ve been to. If you took a picture there with your location on it can marry that meta data to games for you.
Anywho I promised fun developments. In 3 weeks the app has made it outside my network and folks have logged 19k games. After gaining traction in the blue jays sub and after a target field usher found his way to the app, those two stadiums that I’ve never been to have cracked the top 10 visited. Over 100 World Cup games were tagged and folks have checked in to games on 6 continents.
And the number of wholesome posts, like a guy who just finished his chase for 30, I’m seeing from people I don’t know are so fun to see. I love doing things and I hate that those days and nights just end up as like picture 7,457 of 80,401 on my phone to never be thought of again.
I’d love more feedback, and I hope this post is kosher, I’m not a brand or a business, just a guy with a cool side project and I think it sparked some fun discussions last time.
u/Worldly_Anxiety_7596 — 7 days ago
u/Baseball-Reference — 9 days ago
A free site that adjusts a player's season stats by era on demand
I created a free site that lets you adjust/compare any qualified player's season stats to any other period/season from 1871-2025. This takes rule changes between eras into account and adjusts for them. (Willie Mays' 1957 translated to 1989 here). There's a methodology page up on the site for the curious. StatRecast.com. I hope it's fun!
u/jotro138 — 5 days ago
u/Baseball-Reference — 10 days ago
30 HR 50 or fewer strikeouts in a season
Excuse me while I reminisce about the good ole days as a Cardinals fan, watching Albert Pujols do things at the plate I’ve never seen anybody do. I can remember reading and hearing from media pundits, not only in St. Louis, but nationally, that Pujols was a throwback to the sluggers of the past like Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, and Cards own legend Stan Musial, he can get you homers and not strike out a ton. And that’s not a bunch of media exaggeration- he really didn’t strike out a lot. Never once did he strike out 100 times. His first year in 2001 he struck out 93 times. He would tie that in 2017, but after that his next highest was 76. Prime Pujols, striking out 50-60 times in a season. Unreal compared to what we see now. And yes, I know, he hit into the most double plays ever, certainly a down fall of being a contact hitter with power.
Anyway, I saw in 2006 he had 50 strikeouts while crushing 49 homers. That’s his lowest total of a qualified season in his career, which got me thinking about who else has done that in recent memory and of course going back through history. List below.
Highlights, DiMaggio leads everyone with 7 seasons of 30 or more home runs with 50 or fewer strikeouts. Gehrig, Williams and Musial had 6.
Ken Williams was the first to achieve the marks in 1922.
Victor Martinez in 2014 has been the last player to achieve the feat.
=>30 Home Runs
=<50 strikeouts
Victor Martinez 14 Tigers
Albert Pujols 06 Cardinals
Vladimir Guerrero 05 Angels
Barry Bonds 04 Giants
Barry Bonds 02 Giants
Moises Alou 00 Astros
Gary Sheffield 92 Padres
Cal Ripken 91 Orioles
Don Mattingly 87 Yankees
Don mattingly 86 Yankees
Don Mattingly 85 Yankees
Gary Carter 85 Mets
George Brett 85 Royals
Bob Horner 80 Braves
Hank Aaron 69 Braves
Felix Mantilla 64 Red Sox
Hank Aaron 58 Braves
Ted Williams 57 Red Sox
Ted Kluszewski 56 Reds
Yogi Berra 56 Yankees
Ted Kluszewski 55 Reds
Stan Musial 55 Cardinals
Roy Campanella 55 Dodgers
Ted Kluszewski 54 Reds
Stan Musial 54 Cardinals
Al Rosen 53 Indians
Ted Kluszewski 53 Reds
Stan Musial 53 Cardinals
Yogi Berra 52 Yankees
Stan Musial 51 Cardinals
Andy Pafko 51 Cubs/Dodgers
Ted Williams 51 Red Sox
Andy Pafko 50 Cubs
Joe DiMaggio 50 Yankees
Vern Stephens 50 Red Sox
Ted Williams 49 Red Sox
Stan Musial 49 Cardinals
Johnny Mize 48 Giants
Stan Musial 48 Cardinals
Joe DiMaggio 48 Yankees
Sid Gordon 48 Giants
Johnny Mize 47 Giants
Willard Marshall 47 Giants
Walker Cooper 47 Giants
Ted Williams 47 Red Sox
Ted Williams 46 Red Sox
Ted Williams 41 Red Sox
Tommy Henrich 41 Yankees
Joe DiMaggio 41 Yankees
Johnny Mize 40 Cardinals
Joe DiMaggio 40 Yankees
Joe DiMaggio 39 Yankees
Joe DiMaggio 38 Yankees
Mel Ott 38 Giants
Joe DiMaggio 37 Yankees
Lou Gehrig 37 Yankees
Joe Medwick 37 Cardinals
Lou Gehrig 36 Yankees
Mel Ott 36 Yankees
Lou Gehrig 35 Yankees
Lou Gehrig 34 Yankees
Hal Trotsky 34 Indians
Ripper Collins 34 Cardinals
Mel Ott 34 Giants
Earl Averill 34 Indians
Zeke Bonura 34 White Sox
Lou Gehrig 33 Yankees
Lou Gehrig 32 Yankees
Chuck Klein 32 Phillies
Earl Averill 32 Indians
Mel Ott 32 Giants
Chuck Klein 31 Phillies
Earl Averill 31 Indians
Chuck Klein 30 Phillies
Al Simmons 30 A’s
Mel Ott 29 Giants
Al Simmons 29 A’s
Lefty O’Doul 29 Phillies
Don Hurst 29 Phillies
Rogers Hornsby 25 Cardinals
Ken Williams 22 Browns
u/UpsetBackground9093 — 6 days ago
▲ 14 r/sportsreference
WPBL data is now on Baseball Reference, along with a new dedicated page for women’s baseball
We're very excited to announce that Baseball Reference now has coverage of the Women's Pro Baseball League! We'll have pitching and batting stats for both teams and players, updating daily, and pages for individual players and teams.
Additionally, we've reorganized our women's baseball coverage in one central place: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/womens-baseball-stats.shtml
There, you will be able to find both WPBL coverage, as well as historic data coverage for all 12 seasons of the AAGPBL.
Hope you enjoy! Please let us know if you have any questions.
u/Baseball-Reference — 6 days ago
How did you decide he should go by Rich Gossage rather than Goose Gossage?
I feel like most fans are a little surprised when they first learn his "Official" name is not actually Goose Gossage, like nobody seems to call him Rich, ever.
Did he actually not go by Goose as much during his playing days? Did he ask you to change it? What's the story here
u/noruber35393546 — 9 days ago
Appreciation for Bobby Abreu
Another Hall of Fame ceremony came and went and Bobby Abreu still sits on the outside. I believe he got a 30% vote this past year. I do believe he is worthy of the hall of fame and here might be one of the best examples of the type of player he was.
Abreu is the last player in a single season (2000) to hit 10+ Doubles, triples and home runs, while also walking 100+ times. In fact, he also achieved the feat the prior year (99). To put this achievement in perspective, by my research only 16 other players have reached this mark in a season going back to the 1890’s.
Take it a step further, besides Abreu, 5 other players have done it multiple times in their career: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Dolph Camilli, Charlie Keller and Mickey Mantle.
To be on a short list with Ruth, Gehrig and Mantle is pretty special.
u/UpsetBackground9093 — 11 days ago
Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby and Yoan Moncada, have something in common, what?!
BAbip is a stat you can find on baseball reference. It stands for batting average on balls in play. Pretty straight forward right. Ty Cobb, highest career batting average of all time. No surprise he had a .400 BAbip 7 times in his career. Rogers Hornsby, George Sisler, Joe Jackson all achieved this feat twice in their career. If you know baseball history that shouldn’t come as a surprise. But Yoan Moncada and Jose Hernandez hit over .400 in a single season…say what! This is what I love about baseball!
In 2019 Moncada had a 406 BAbip. Before that magical season, the last player to hit 400 was Jose Hernandez in 2002. Hernandez, a 252 career hitter did something that Tony Gwynn, Ichiro, Ted Williams, Sam Musial etc., couldn’t do in a season.
Side note, Moncada’s teammate Tim Anderson hit 399 that year. Something going on in that ballpark that year haha.
For those curious, a list of MLB players since 1900 to hit .400 or greater in a single season working backwards:
Manny Ramirez 2000-403
Rod Carew 1977-408
Roberto Clemente 1967-403
Luke Appling 1936-400
Bill Terry 1930-400
Rogers Hornsby 1924-422, 1921-409
Babe Ruth 1923-423
Harry Heilmann 1923-414
George Sisler 1922-422, 1920-401
Ty Cobb 1922-416, 1919-400, 1917-400, 1913-414, 1912-424, 1911-443, 1910-410
Joe Jackson 1912-405, 1911-433
Heinie Zimmerman 1912-400
George Stone 1906-416
Jesse Burkett 1901-415
Nap Lajoie 1901-418
I also looked at players that hit 390 or greater but I won’t dive into that today.
u/UpsetBackground9093 — 13 days ago
"Is the MLB Stats API still accessible? Experience with blocks?"
Hi everyone, I'm a student learning Python and working on a personal baseball analytics project. I want to integrate the MLB Stats API to pull game data and player statistics.
My question is: is the API still accessible today without restrictions? I've seen some posts mentioning blocks and I want to know if it's still reliable before I build around it.
Any experience or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
u/Strange_Context_9262 — 13 days ago