October 14, 2002
From Aaron Haspel's God in the Machine, which normally wastes time on such trivial topics as "Is Objectivism a Foreign Policy?" and "Hate Speech in Canada," comes an incredibly useful and supercool searchable baseball database with custom queries. It's a lot easier to use than it is for me to explain, but Aaron's search engine lets you find individual seasons or careers based on the criteria you enter, in any of several dozen categories.
For example, I discovered that Dan Quisenberry's 1985 season was the only time a pitcher appeared in more than 80 games while walking less than 20, and that Dale Long was the only player since 1950 to hit more than 10 triples without stealing a single base. I also discovered that Zolio Versailles, only two years removed from his MVP season, holds the dubious distinction of having the most AB's while still batting below the Mendoza line. The search engine also makes it easy to determine single-season or career leaders for any stat, and lets you sort the results by the player names or in statistical order.
There's a ton of fun stuff like that just there for the finding, so go take a look, and be sure to let me know if you discover anything cool.
For example, I discovered that Dan Quisenberry's 1985 season was the only time a pitcher appeared in more than 80 games while walking less than 20, and that Dale Long was the only player since 1950 to hit more than 10 triples without stealing a single base. I also discovered that Zolio Versailles, only two years removed from his MVP season, holds the dubious distinction of having the most AB's while still batting below the Mendoza line. The search engine also makes it easy to determine single-season or career leaders for any stat, and lets you sort the results by the player names or in statistical order.
There's a ton of fun stuff like that just there for the finding, so go take a look, and be sure to let me know if you discover anything cool.
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