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MLB Postseason Trivia For YOU!
Jimmy Rollins is piece of trivia for the amount of outs he made this year.
Well how well do you know baseball trivia? Dan has given the blog some great nuggets and trivia regarding players in this year’s playoffs. There are 6 questions and a fact. How many correct answers can you get?
1. This year Jimmy Rollins became just the 3rd player ever to make 500 or more outs in a season 4 times. The other two are Dave Cash and Bobby Richardson. Who is the only other active player to make that many outs 3 times?
2. Only 3 Red Sox pitchers have ever qualified for the ERA title with a K/9 of 10.0 or greater. Lester’s K/9 was actually 9.96, but it rounds to 10.0. Lester is the first since Pedro Martinez in 2002 (Pedro did it 3 times) to do so. Who is the other?
3. Jacoby Ellsbury stole 70 bases this season, setting a Red Sox franchise record. Who was the last American League player to steal 70+ bases in a season?
4. Ellsbury was the also the first player since 1986 to steal 70 or more bases while being caught 12 or fewer times. Two players did it that year. Who are they?
5. Ellsbury, despite his great speed, also managed to ground into 13 double plays this year. Since GIDP started being kept officially in 1933, who is the only player to steal 70+ bases and ground into more double plays?
6. Albert Pujols was walked 44 times intentionally this season, 5th most all-time. Barry Lamar Bonds holds the top 3 seasons in this category. Who had the season that ranks 4th all-time?
Fact: This year’s Dodgers are the only team this decade (2000-2009) to win 95+ games without a pitcher winning at least 14 games. Chad Billingsley led the Dodgers with 12 wins this season.
MLB Playoff Analysis: Los Angeles Dodgers
Which Dodgers team will we see in the playoffs? The first half team, second half team or a whole new team?
How many of you would have guessed that the Dodgers have the best run differential in baseball? I can’t imagine too many. As of today, the Dodgers lead MLB with a +163 run differential, 8 runs better than the 102-win New York Yankees. LA also leads the league in fewest runs allowed at 604. Yet, the Dodgers seem to be the trendy pick to get knocked out of the playoffs early.
2009 Season Recap: Looking back on the Dodgers 2009 season, a couple things stood out. First, they got out to a huge lead in the NL West and didn’t look back for a while. They finished the first half of the season at 56-32 despite missing Manny Ramirez from the beginning of May until July. Starters Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley were unhittable.
The second half was more of cruise control than anything else for the Dodgers. As of today, they are 2 games over .500 in the 2nd half. Chad Billingsley has struggled and LA has acquired Jon Garland and George Sherrill to boost their bullpen for the playoffs. LA making the playoffs has been a forgone conclusion since the end of May, but I don’t think anyone thought they would take this long to clinch the NL West. The Rockies are nipping at LA’s heels, and are within 1 game to tie the division lead. LA has clinched a spot, but have two more games with the Rockies to determine the NL West winner.
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