Baltimore Orioles 3B Josh Bell is setting a record pace in this, his rookie season. With just 14 games remaining, Bell appears to be posting the worst strikeout-to-walk ratio in Orioles history. With 50 strikeouts against just two walks in his first 144 official at bats, the 23-year-old Rockford, Illinois-native is all alone in franchise […]
Archive for September 2010
JOSH BELL HACKS INTO THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES RECORD BOOK
September 19, 2010MIGUEL TEJADA JUMPS ATOP DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S ALL TIME GAMES PLAYED AT SHORTSTOP LIST
September 1, 2010More than 100 players from the Dominican Republic have played shortstop in a major league game, but none have done so more frequently than Miguel Tejada. On August 17 at Wrigley Field, Tejada logged his 1,862nd game at a shortstop in the big leagues, nudging ahead of his boyhood idol, Alfredo Griffin. Tejada tied Griffin’s […]
Don’t Go To WAR With These Guys In Your Foxhole Miss Agnes: Worst Baltimore Orioles Seasons By WAR
September 1, 2010First things first. If you’re not familiar with the WAR (Wins Above Replacement Player) statistic, there’s a definition of it here: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wins_Above_Replacement_Player If you’re not inclined to click the link, the stat “attempts to express the total number of wins that a given player adds to his team over the course of a season by […]