Tag Archives: Rick Rhoden

Old Tyme stats kicking butt

♦ July 6, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments

Alex Wood is 10 – 0 in the first half but starter wins aren’t supposed to mean anything anymore Justin Turner is hitting over .380 just before the break but batting average isn’t supposed to mean anything anymore since we have wRC+ to hang with now. So why is everyone celebrating the batting average of …

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LAD All-Stars 1970 – 1979, Cey to Russell to Lopes to Garvey era

♦ July 14, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment

LAD All-Stars 1980 – 1989, the Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser decade LAD All-Stars 1990 – 1999, the Mike Piazza era LAD All-Stars 2000 – 2016, the Clayton Kershaw era 1970 – Billy Grabarkewitz starts off the decade with his only all-star appearance. Before Corey Seager, there was Billy Grabarkewitz  who took the NL by storm …

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18 – 3 as purty as it looks

♦ September 9, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment

Wins have gone out of style, but when your ace of aces is putting up a record of 18 – 3, you can’t help but wonder how he stacks up historically against some of the greatest winning percentages since the Dodgers moved West.  Clayton would need one more win to match Orel with the best …

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