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June 27, 2013While the Indians winning 10 of 14 games dominates the headlines, the team has actually done something even more extraordinary of late.
Courtesy of @MattLaWell on Twitter, we have this fantastic stat: Your Cleveland Indians have now collected at least 4 walks in 10 consecutive games. This is tied for the longest streak in Major League Baseball since 2008 and tied for the second-longest in the team’s long franchise history.
The longest streak of 4+ walks in baseball history is 17 games by the 1963 Chicago White Sox. Since 1995, the longest is 15 games by the Barry Bonds-led1 2004 San Francisco Giants.
Over the course of these 10 Tribe games since June 16th, the team has 52 walks in 370 plate appearances. That equals out to a very impressive team walk rate of 14.1%. The average walk rate in baseball dating back to 2008 is significantly lower at 8.3%.
From 2008-2012, no team had a walk rate greater than 10.7% in a single season. The Indians’ walk rate was actually only a very mediocre 8.5% in their first 67 games this season before their rare streak began.
Jason Kipnis — 10 walks, 44 plate appearances — 22.7% walk rate
Carlos Santana — 8 walks, 39 plate appearances — 20.5% walk rate
Mark Reynolds — 7 walks, 35 plate appearances — 20.0% walk rate
Michael Bourn — 5 walks, 46 plate appearances — 10.9% walk rate
Jason Giambi — 5 walks, 16 plate appearances — 31.3% walk rate
Ryan Raburn — 4 walks, 15 plate appearances — 26.7% walk rate
Mike Aviles — 3 walks, 40 plate appearances — 7.5% walk rate
Drew Stubbs — 3 walks, 32 plate appearances — 9.4% walk rate
Yan Gomes — 2 walks, 14 plate appearances — 14.3% walk rate
Nick Swisher — 2 walks, 18 plate appearances — 11.1% walk rate
Michael Brantley — 1 walk, 37 plate appearances — 2.7% walk rate
Lonnie Chisenhall — 1 walk, 22 plate appearances — 4.5% walk rate
John McDonald — 1 walk, 8 plate appearances — 12.5% walk rate
- Bonds had a major-league record 232 walks this season in 617 plate appearances. Nobody else but Bonds has ever had more than 170 walks in a single season. He did that three times. His walk rate from 2001-04 was an unfathomable 30.9%. [↩]
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i’d say the 10 wins are more impressive..
But 10 wins in 14 games happens all the time. *yawn*
So wait you mean you can hit homeruns and walk? Tell that to last years Indians!
Reynolds 20% walk rate, who knew? Born needs to start stepping it up.
you don’t remember the Mark Reynold’s dice game:
1,3,5 – SO/out
6 – HR
4 – BB
2 – Roller’s Choice (basehit when he’s hot, out-with-contact when he’s not)
You played “Dungeons and Dragons” didn’t you?
Reynolds in 43 games since May 10th: .192/.289/.260 with 1 double, 3 homers, 15 RBI, 19 walks, 58 strikeouts in 166 plate appearances.
OH MY GOODNESS. That slugging percentage. Awful. He has 4 XBH in 166 PAs!!
But the walks are decent. Any time a player has a .097 diff between OBP and AVG, they’re at least being patient.
DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
For the record: That’s a 2.4% XBH/PA ratio. That’s awful. Especially for a 43-game stretch for a power hitter.
For context: Here’s the bottom leaderboard of the worst XBH/PA ratios in baseball since 2011 for the 348 players with at least 500 PAs.
So yes, #smallsamplesize, but Reynolds’ last 43 games are worse slugging-wise than anyone in baseball. He’s displayed worse slugging numbers than Ben Revere, Juan Pierre and even Chris Getz (*gasp*).
You are a sadistic statistical savant today, what happened, who made you mad? Was it mgbode ‘cuz if it was I’ll cut ’em?
not even once
So dungeon master means something else? Wait, I don’t wanna know!!!!
Giambi especially impressive. To me it says a few things:
– he still has enough bat speed to foul off pitches
– he still has enough bat speed to keep pitchers from just daring him with fastballs over the plate
– he has enough confidence in his bat speed to not cheat by starting his swing early. An experienced anxiety-free plate presence: it’s a beautiful thing.
Thats a nice stat. I love the tribe, and my wife(born and raised in Vegas) does too.I would rather have a streak of Kenny Lofton walks before Joey Belle homeruns though.Thome would clean up the walks of Belle because no pitcher would pitch to him.
8 losses in a row ain’t too shabby either.