Jim Passon

Jacob Misiorowski threw 31 pitches at 100.0+ mph tonight

That’s the most by a pitcher in a postseason game under pitch tracking (2008)

Runs scored in the Wild Card round:

18 • Dodgers
10 • Guardians
9 • Reds
9 • Tigers
9 • Yankees
6 • Cubs
6 • Red Sox
5 • Padres

8+ shutout innings, 12+ K in a potential Oct. elimination game:

Joe Coleman, Tigers, 9 IP, 14 K, 1972 ALCS
Cam Schlittler, Yankees, 8 IP, 12 K, tonight

That’s all, folks

Yankees 8+ IP, 0 R, 12+ K in Postseason Game

Roger Clemens 2000 ALCS Gm 4 at SEA
526th career start (incl postseason)

Cam Schlittler 2025 ALWC Gm 3 vs BOS
15th career start (incl postseason)

Ok now he's up to 12 through 8 shutout innings!

Cam Schlittler's 12 strikeouts are the most in MLB postseason history in a winner-take-all game

Babe Ruth pitched a 14-inning complete game, outdueling Sherry Smith who also went the distance

Ruth’s Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) 2-1 on Del Gainer’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 14th

Tied for 2nd-longest WS game (2018 G3 LAD/BOS 18; 2005 G3 CHW/HOU 14; 2015 G1 KC/NYM 14)

With Connelly Early (23y,182d) slated to start tomorrow, he’ll be the youngest pitcher to start a postseason game for the Red Sox since Babe Ruth (21y,246d) started game 2 of the 1916 World Series

Shout out to Long John Reilly, who made his living primarily as an artist (b/c baseball wasn't a practical job in the 1880s) & survived a shipwreck during his first major league season.

Years ago I drew every member of the Reds Hall of Fame (everyredshalloffamer.wordpress.com) and he's my favorite.

Reds are going to the playoffs, baby!!!!

Largest deficits overcome to win division (1969-on) or league (1900-‘68):

2025 Guardians: 15.5 GB
1914 Braves: 15.0
1978 Yankees: 14.0
2012 A’s: 13.0
1995 Mariners: 13.0
1951 Giants: 13.0

h/t @EliasSports

A smiling Aaron Judge wearing the Yankees gray. He has his bat resting on his shoulder.

Aaron Judge’s past...

...322 games = .322 BA

...450 games = .450 OBP

...655 games = .655 SLG

...1,027 games = 1.027 OPS

Clayton Kershaw is the active leader in Sac Hits with 110. The next player on that leaderboard is Martín Maldonado with 51.

If Clayton Kershaw allows 146 earned runs to cross the plate before he records another out, he would still have an ERA below 3.00

Some of Clayton Kershaw’s career numbers since his last Cy Young Award in 2014:

240 Starts
124-47 (.725)
2.59 ERA
0.978 WHIP
156 ERA+
9.8 K/9
27.7 K%
4.9 BB%
5.61 K:BB

Barry Bonds went seven consecutive games without a hit from April 30th to May 9th, 2004.

He scored six times & carried a .483 OBP during those seven games.

Bonds never went eight straight games without a hit in his career.

position player pitching (disney world) vs pitchers hitting (dungeon world)

Nationals have lost the DH in the 3rd inning-

Who is the most underrated professional Canadian baseball player?

A strong case could be made for Eleanor Callow, who was born on this date in Winnipeg in 1927.

She's the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's all-time HR leader (55) and all-time triples leader (60).

She died in 1974.

A funny bit would be if the Dodgers and Blue Jays make last-minute decisions on Friday to switch to two young starting pitchers instead of Kershaw vs. Scherzer, going full circle 17 years later

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An oddity just noticed: Hal O'Hagan took part in seven triple plays between 1898 and 1907, all in the minor leagues, plus two in the majors. One of these, on August 18, 1902, was an unassisted triple play, and was long regarded as the first such.

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The day after trade deadline feels like a good time to mention that the price of an annual FanGraphs membership is going up from $60 to $80 on Monday. The good news is that this makes a three-year membership for $150 a massive bargain for the next 72 hours.

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According to @retrosheet.bsky.social data, the Reds have a scheduled off day this Sunday this weekend for the first time since 8/20/1933 (not counting Sunday Opening Days where the Reds didn't play).

Most Home Runs hit from the 2nd position in the batting order:

230 • Mike Trout
186 • Ryne Sandberg
186 • Aaron Judge
169 • Corey Seager
140 • Derek Jeter

A picture of Billy Wagner shaking Jim Passon’s hand in Cooperstown, New York.

Bumped into this guy today.

A picture of two beers: CC Curveball Kolsch on the left and Ichi Lager on the right.

A couple of the beer choices in Cooperstown this year.

JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Billy Wagner The undersized, dominant lefty debuted at 10.5%, but missed election in his penultimate year on the ballot by just five votes…

The undersized Billy Wagner came from a broken home and an impoverished background. He channeled his frustrations into throwing incredibly hard — with his left hand, for the natural righty broke his right arm twice as a child.

@jayjaffe.bsky.social on the ultimate underdog's journey to Cooperstown:

JULIOOOO

Julio Rodriguez is the first player in MLB history with 15+ home runs and 20+ SB in each of his first 4 career seasons

What Makes The Blue Jays So Good Defensively? A Lot Of Skill Taking a moment to appreciate the number of good defensive players the team has…

Let's take a few moments to appreciate the defensive excellence of the Toronto Blue Jays

MLB-best 7 players with at least 5 Runs Saved

A CF who rarely makes a mistake

A catcher who is best by the stats over last 4 years

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Since 1974, most consecutive outs recorded by a reliever vs one opponent without allowing a hit
1996-2001 Billy Wagner vs PIT 52
2009-2014 Neftali Feliz vs SEA 49
2022-ACTIVE Devin Williams vs CIN 45

Intentional Walks All-Time

Barry Bonds 688
Tampa Bay Rays 688