Category: Baseball
Tigers Vault to Third Overall in Ejections, Six Teams Draw Below 20k. BtBS – Week of 8/29
If it weren’t for Bryce Harper, 100% of the ejections this week would’ve been Detroit Tigers. With four in Saturday’s game, the Tigers take the crown for most ejections in one game this season not involving a right hook to Jose Bautista’s jaw. This helped widen the gap between the Junior and Senior Circuit to…
Not One Game Over Four Hours Last Week; Five Teams Sub-20k Attendance: BtBS, Week of 8/22
Last week was a great week for baseball fans who lead a busy life. Every game was less than four hours in length, with the Padres and Diamondbacks playing a 10 inning, 3:58 game that the Padres won 7-4. Overall, the games this week averaged three hours flat, with the Royals having the lowest average…
Brewers Finally Get First Ejection, The Last Team In MLB To Do So – Below the Box Score, Week of 8/15
We have finally reached the point in the season in which every MLB team has had at least one player ejected. On Friday, Brewers’ manager Craig Counsell was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in Milwaukee’s game against the Reds. The Brewers were the last pillar to fall, with all 29 other MLB teams having…
NL Finally Catches Up in Ejections, Dodgers Draw 50,000 – Below the Box Score, Week of 8/1
With five ejections this week — four in the National League — there have now been an equal number of ejections in each league for the first time this season. Each league has 60 ejections, an average of four per team, though the Brewers remain the only team without an ejection so far this year.…
No AL Ejections This Week, Warmest Temps of the Year: Below the Box Score, Week of 7/25
The dog days of summer are upon us this week, as both the Cardinals and Nationals hosted games on Sunday in a balmy 96 degrees. While temperatures may have risen, tempers certainly have not, as we had the fewest ejections in a week since May. With four ejections — all in the National League! — the…
Does Temperature Affect Number of Runs and Hits in a Baseball Game? An investigation
You may remember a few weeks back, we took a look at the relationship between temperature and length of game. From that conversation, a few readers reached out and surmised that the reason that hotter games tended to last slightly longer may be because more offense happens in games with warmer weather. Like last time,…
First Half In Review Plus A Short Week, A Look at Below the Box Score’s First Half of the MLB Season
With the All-Star Game behind us, and each team having played only one series this week, there’s not a whole lot to report in Below the Box Score this week, since everything notable was achieved by two teams this week. So first, we’ll just do a quick overview of the first half of the season:…
Hear Me Out: It’s Time To Stop Pretending the National League Doesn’t Suck
Before I begin, let me just say that, title aside, I think the talent level in the National League is high, but the gap between the two leagues seems to be widening with each passing year. So put down the pitchforks and torches and hear me out. Last night, the American League continued to…
One Hundredth Ejection of the Year! – Below the Box Score, Week of 7/11
The All-Star break is upon us, and with it the informal halfway point of the MLB season. When play resumes, we’ll quickly come upon the trade deadline, the 40-man roster expansion, and in no time at all, playoff baseball. But before that, let’s take a look at the bottom of the box score from last…
Does Temperature Affect Pace of Play in Major League Baseball? An investigation
A beautiful day at the ballpark in the summer is unrivaled. This is especially true in an outdoor venue when the temperatures are in the 65-75 range. But a hot summer’s day can be brutal for players, fans, and umpires alike. That begs the question: do games with bad weather end up being shorter than…
Fourteen Ejected As Tempers Flare, A Six Hour Epic Settled by Position Player Pitching – BtBS, Week of 7/4
Finally! Ejections, and plenty of them. With 14 last week, the second highest number of ejections in a week this season, the umpires league-wide kept themselves busy. The high for the week belonged to both the Blue Jays, who have an astonishing 14 ejections on the season thus far, and the Pirates, who have the…
Rockies Giving Fans Value For The Money, Rangers Pack The House – Below the Box Score, Week of 6/27
If you had places to be this week, hopefully you were not a fan of Colorado baseball. In all seven games this week, the Rockies averaged a 3:40 length of game. The twist? Not one single extra inning game. With 102 runs over seven games, nobody got home from a Rockies game in shorter than 3:17 this…