Sunday, April 26, 2015

Grounding Into Double Plays Records - Baseball Almanac



So maybe "Hits" McGehee becomes "GIDP" McGehee if he breaks Jim Rice's record of 36 set in 1984? There are some quality names on this list so I guess you have to be good enough to set this kind of a record.

But when you're hitting .190 and heading south or so and you have to sit a guy that is currently hitting .300 and heading north to get Matt Duffy in the lineup and keep McGehee in the lineup, my only question becomes:

"Why doesn't the .190 guy get a day off or dropped down in the lineup?"

"Sorry Boch, I couldn't hear you with all that bling coming off your three World Series rings. What did you say?"

"All right. I'll STFU and let you run the ship skip. But it sure seems like a dumb way to approach line-up construction, especially when the offense is struggling. But yeah, whatever."

It's ridiculous and it almost cost them a game last night. Then Panik has to ice the cake by "knocking" in the game-winning RBI with a fairly bad safety squeeze bunt.

Don't over-think it guys. The guy that sucks, sits. Period. That way they are incentivized to not suck so much.
In 159 games of 2014, McGehee grounded into an MLB-leading 31 double plays while batting .289 with 4 home runs and 76 RBI, winning the Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award for the National League.
Note: According to Grant at McCovey Chronicles, our boy is on pace to GIDP 94 times over 600 plate appearances!! Go for it, guys. 

from Baseball Almanac:

"As far as I'm concerned, (HankAaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due." - Mickey Mantle in Baseball Digest (June 1970, John Kuenster, 'Warm Up Tosses', Page 8)
Grounding Into Double Plays
Career Grounding Into Double Play Records
RecordLgName(s)Team(s)Data
Most
In A Career
(Top 1,000)
AL
Baltimore
350
350
NL
Milwaukee
193
305
Atlanta
112
Grounding Into Double Plays
Single Season Grounding Into Double Play Records
RecordLgName(s)Team(s)Data
Fewest
In A Season
(150+ Games Played)
AL
Detroit
01968
NL
Houston
01997
Chicago
1935
Fewest
In A Season
By A Rookie
(150+ Games Played)
AL
Seattle
32001
NL
St. Louis
31985
MostIn A Season
(Top 500)
AL
Boston
361984
NL
Houston
322008
MostIn A Season
By A Lefthander
AL
Oakland
322000
NL
Cincinnati
27
2005
San Francisco
2004
MostIn A Season
By A Righthander
AL
Boston
361984
NL
Houston
322008
MostIn A Season
By A Rookie
AL
New York
271943
Cleveland
1950
NL
St. Louis
212001
MostIn A Season
By A Switch-Hitter
AL
Philadelphia
291952
NL
St. Louis
291973
Most Seasons
Leading The League
(In Fewest GIDP)
ALIchiro SuzukiSeattle42001
Seattle2003
Seattle2005
Seattle2006
NLRichie AshburnPhiladelphia61951
Philadelphia1952
Philadelphia1953
Philadelphia1954
Philadelphia1958
Chicago1960
Most Seasons
Leading The League
(In Most GIDP)
ALJim Rice
Boston
41982
Boston
1983
Boston
1984
Boston
1985
NL Cincinnati41933
Cincinnati1934
Cincinnati1938
New York1944
MLMiguel TejadaBaltimore [AL]52004
Baltimore [AL]
2005
Baltimore [AL]
2006
Houston [NL]
2008
Houston [NL]
2009
Grounding Into Double Plays
Game Specific Grounding Into Double Play Records
RecordLgName(s)Team(s)Data
MostIn A Game
AL
Detroit
404-28-1934
Victor MartinezDetroit09-11-2011
NL
New York
407-21-1975
RecordLgName(s)Team(s)Data
Grounding Into Double Plays Records



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