- Fun fact: Bobby Witt Jr. is the only player in MLB history with 50+ HRs and 75+ SBs in his first two seasons! https://stathead.com/tiny/M2xy3 33 comments baseball
- Luka Dončić recorded the 37th triple-double with 30+ points of his career, tying him with LeBron James for 3rd most in the Basketball Reference database https://stathead.com/tiny/Y4GXZ 44 comments nba
- Derek Stingley allowed a passer rating of 41.3 this season. The lowest among all cornerbacks with at least 9 starts. https://stathead.com/sharing/6IbON 93 comments nfl
- If SGA keeps this up, his 2.0 turnovers per game will be the lowest in a 30 PPG season in NBA history by far https://stathead.com/basketball/player-season-finder.cgi?ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cstat%5B1%5D=pts_per_g&cval%5B1%5D=30&order_by=tov_per_g&order_by_asc=1&request=1&year_min=1968 82 comments nba
- Before tonight, the last time Stephen Curry had less than 10 points and 0 three-point makes in a full game was November 6, 2013 https://stathead.com/basketball/player-game-finder.cgi?ccomp%5B1%5D=lt&ccomp%5B2%5D=eq&cstat%5B1%5D=pts&cstat%5B2%5D=fg3&cval%5B1%5D=9&cval%5B2%5D=0&player_id=curryst01&request=1 38 comments nba
- Based on career win shares, the median number 1 overall pick has a career equal to Jrue Holiday (59.7), the number 2 pick has a career equal to Arvydas Sabonis (47.3), and the number 3 pick a career equal to Klay Thompson (49.6) https://stathead.com/basketball/draft_finder.cgi?order_by=ws&order_by_asc=0&pick_overall_max=1&pick_overall_min=1&request=1&round_max=1&round_min=1&year_max=2010&year_min=1966 17 comments nba
- The Cubs didn't get a single extra-base hit by a left-handed batter, off a left-handed pitcher, in 2022 https://stathead.com/tiny/b7hF4 25 comments baseball
- 8 games into the season, Russell Westbrook is currently more efficient than LeBron James. https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?p1yrfrom=2023&p2yrfrom=2023&player_id1=jamesle01&player_id2=westbru01&request=1&sum=0 103 comments nba
- Only 3 players in Postseason history had struck-out 5 times in a game before today. In today’s record-breaking Rays-Guardians game, both Andrés Giménez and Jose Siri accomplished the feat. https://stathead.com/tiny/cyKDj 12 comments baseball
- Kyle Schwarber just put up one of the best <.220 Batting Average qualified seasons of all-time. Matches the 130 OPS+ of Criminally-underrated A’s Catcher Gene Tenace, in his .211 1974 season (Back before people thought walks were that valuable). https://stathead.com/tiny/haPot 18 comments baseball
- With an 80 OPS+, Joey Gallo has quietly put up the greatest <.170 Average season of all time (min. 100 games). Blasts Matt Carpenter’s 2021 65 OPS+ out of the water. Gallo also had the greatest sub-Mendoza season of all time last year, with a 121 OPS+. https://stathead.com/tiny/fCJzg 20 comments baseball
- With Joey Gallo going 0-4 with 4 K on Wednesday, he moves back into a tie with Giancarlo Stanton (after he pulled ahead the previous day) for career 4 K hitless games with 20. They trail only Chris Davis (25). https://stathead.com/tiny/8MnwB 20 comments baseball
- With today’s 14-2 win, the Yankees extend a very weird “record” they’ve set this season. They now have played 14 games in which they’ve had more runs than hits. No other team in MLB history has had more than 12 such games in a season. https://stathead.com/tiny/sAQcO 13 comments baseball
- At 4 hours and 25 minutes, the Cardinals' 12-9 victory over the Yankees Sunday afternoon was the longest 9-inning game this season. In fact, it was the 13th longest 9-inning game in MLB history: https://stathead.com/tiny/XrViQ (Note that today's games won't be added to Stathead until midnight) https://stathead.com/tiny/ymWJg 30 comments baseball
- Cherry-picked stat: Jacob deGrom just pitched only the second known MLB game in which a team lost, although the starting pitcher threw at least 5IP, 6K and 77.2% of his pitches for strikes; and at most 5H, 1R, while averaging less than 12 pitches per inning. Only other time: 4/10/21 (also deGrom). https://stathead.com/tiny/rxXA3 28 comments baseball
- [OC] TABLE: Imagine over 20% of your roster consisting of Hall of Famers. The Cowboys, Steelers and Raiders had this in the 70's (Steelers for eight straight years). Here is a one-table summary of every team's total HOFers by season. https://stathead.com/tiny/Po1Mg 42 comments nfl
- Tonight, Max Scherzer pitched only the second game in MLB history where the starting pitcher was pitching on his birthday, aged at least 34, going at least 7IP with 6K and 0ER in a team win. The first such game was on 7/27/18: also Max Scherzer. https://stathead.com/tiny/msS88 46 comments baseball
- Josh Hader accrued -0.963 WPA in his 0.1 IP tonight, per stat head that’s tied for 14th for the worst performance in 0.1 IP or less. https://stathead.com/baseball/player-pitching-game-finder.cgi?ccomp%5B1%5D=lt&comp_type=reg&cstat%5B1%5D=p_ip&cval%5B1%5D=.1&days_rest_comp=%3D&is_pitcher=1&location=pob&locationMatch=is&match=player_game&max_temperature=120&max_wind_speed=90&min_temperature=0&min_wind_speed=0&order_by=p_wpa_def&order_by_asc=1&request=1&role=anyGS 33 comments baseball
- Players with most seasons with 30 PPG+15 RPG per 100 Poss in Playoffs https://stathead.com/tiny/USeBJ 17 comments nba
- Statistical Oddity in the Manfred era: yesterday the Cubs pitched the first game with three blown saves, three unearned runs, and a loss, despite only giving up two earned runs. https://stathead.com/tiny/mLEfV 23 comments baseball
- [OC] 5 Best Overall 5-Man Lineups this Season https://stathead.com/tiny/8haSY 31 comments nba
- The Bengals are the 18th team since 2000 to give up 68+ yards in sacks. Before today, teams who have done this are 1-17. https://stathead.com/tiny/p5W4z 14 comments nfl
- Perhaps surprisingly, Baker Mayfield has nearly identical stats to Andy Dalton (per game). https://stathead.com 67 comments nfl
- Giannis is currently has a better 3P% than Anthony Davis (31.6% vs. 15.0%) while shooting over two more 3PA a game (4.8 vs. 2.5). Giannis is also shooting better from the FT line (73.9 vs. 72.9) on 2 more attempts per game (8.6 vs 6.0). https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?p1yrfrom=2022&p2yrfrom=2022&player_id1=antetgi01&player_id2=davisan02&request=1&sum=0 522 comments nba
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- Dallas' last win while scoring less than 30 was in 2018. https://stathead.com/tiny/ma31l 8 comments nfl
- Seth Beer became the 7th Diamondback to homer in his first at-bat. First since 2009. https://stathead.com/tiny/jqnjo 8 comments baseball
- An In-Depth Comparison of Prime Russell Westbrook and Prime Chris Paul https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?p1yrfrom=2017&p2yrfrom=2008&player_id1=westbru01&player_id2=paulch01&request=1&sum=0 17 comments nba
- Suns Have Second Highest Net eFG% in a Finals Loss Since 1984 (When Data Is Available) https://stathead.com/tiny/K061R 14 comments nba
- Since 2017, there have only been two MLB games where a pitcher struck out 14 and got the loss. The pitcher in both of those games was Jacob deGrom. https://stathead.com/tiny/YY2oq 13 comments baseball
- The Mavs had the best offensive rating in NBA history last year. That mark was passed by SEVEN different teams this year. https://stathead.com 53 comments nba
- Most playoff shot attempts to take the lead with a minute or less remaining in the 4th quarter or OT since 2006 https://stathead.com 15 comments nba
- Alec Burks vs. Trey Burke: If you’re like me you get these guys confused so I did a comparison and now I know why they are confusing https://stathead.com/tiny/mkfky 38 comments nba
- With the Yankees calling up Ryan LaMarre, so far in 2021, there will have been six position players who bat right/throw left, the most in any season ever. (Joining Guillermo Heredia, Ryan McBroom, Chas McCormick, John Nogowski, Evan White) https://stathead.com/tiny/mvkla 4 comments baseball
- Gerrit Cole is only the third pitcher to have 3 games with 12K 0R & 0BB in the same season. https://stathead.com/tiny/caafw 24 comments baseball
- With his third win of the season yesterday, Connor Brogdon became only the 12th pitcher since 1901 to win 3 of his team's first 6 games. https://stathead.com/tiny/4dcwm 4 comments baseball
- Shane Bieber is just the fourth pitcher ever to start the season with back-to-back 12-K outings. The others? Karl Spooner (1954), Nolan Ryan (1978) and Shane Bieber (2020) https://stathead.com/sharing/rmalt 20 comments baseball
- Ben Roethlisberger passed 68 times last night and was not sacked a single time. This was the 2nd most pass attempts in a game by a QB who was never sacked, the most being Drew Bledsoe’s 70 attempt game in 1994, when he completed 64% of his passes for 3 TDS, 0 INTs and 426 yds without being sacked https://stathead.com/tiny/ebkcm 45 comments nfl
- In the game last night, Ben Roethlisberger had the first 4 TD, 4 INT game in playoff history, and the first including the regular season since Ryan Fitzpatrick passed for the same marks in Week 4, 2012. He had the highest passing yards of a 4&4 game, the next being George Blanda’s 464 yards in 1961 https://stathead.com/tiny/ucapw 13 comments nfl
- Ben Roethlisberger has set the record for most completions in a game (47), most attempts in a playoff game (68), and 2nd most yards in a playoff game (501) https://stathead.com/tiny/plpsp 51 comments nfl
- The Mavs lead the Clippers 77-27 at halftime. That's the largest halftime scoring margin in the shot clock era. https://stathead.com/tiny/emwhs?fbclid=iwar0oprcimtu_hftce6jtfgrcg1prbyrlgll0oi60habvju3vmaevtxx5p-a 3 comments nba
- Had Babe Ruth played his 1927 season in Coors Field (2000) he would have hit .396/.529/.863 with 75 home runs. https://stathead.com/baseball/neutralized-stats.cgi?request=1&order_by_asc=1&order_by=year_id&id=ruthba01&sum=0&t=b&offset=0&to_yr=2000&to_lg=nl&to_tm=col 43 comments baseball
- Dwight Howard is only the second player in NBA Finals history to shoot 100% from 3 while playing at least 40 minutes https://stathead.com/tiny/ydlvf 204 comments nba
Linking pages
- Re-Drafting LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards and the 2020 NBA Draft | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10046886-re-drafting-lamelo-ball-anthony-edwards-and-the-2020-nba-draft 169 comments
- Do the Warriors Have Another Future Superstar in Jordan Poole? | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2949335-do-the-warriors-have-another-future-superstar-in-jordan-poole 66 comments
- Adam Gase defends usage of Frank Gore, has no plans to change - Gang Green Nation https://www.ganggreennation.com/2020/12/14/22175283/adam-gase-defends-usage-of-frank-gore-has-no-plans-to-change 45 comments
- Re-Drafting Ja Morant, Zion Williamson and the 2019 NBA Draft | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10046160-re-drafting-ja-morant-zion-williamson-and-the-2019-nba-draft 19 comments
- Is Bartolo Colon the worst batter ever to hit a home run? - SBNation.com https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/22412543/bartolo-colon-mets-rewinder-video 12 comments