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What does nasty factor in baseball mean?
The Nasty Factor evaluates several properties of each pitch, and rates the "nastiness" of the pitch on a scale from 0-100, based in part on the success or failure of opposing hitters against previous similar pitches. The Nasty Factor incorporates several different factors for each pitch, including:
- Velocity - The greater the pitch's velocity - as compared to that pitcher's and the league's range of speed for that pitch type - the greater the nastiness;
- Sequence - The more the pitcher mixes up his pitches, the greater the nastiness… and certain pitch sequences are nastier than others, too;
- Location - The closer to the edges of the strike zone is, the greater the nastiness, while pitches closer to the middle of the plate, and farther away outside the strike zone, decrease in nastiness;
- Movement - The more movement the pitcher applies to the pitch - as compared to that pitcher's and the league's range of movement for that pitch type - the greater the nastiness.
The Nasty Factor also adjusts for how often the pitcher has faced the current batter during the game, as well as how often he has used the same pitch type against the same batter in the current at-bat and previously in the game.
Which pitcher gave up most home runs in one game?
Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:
CAREER
HOMERUNS HR
1 Robin Roberts 505
2 Ferguson Jenkins 484
3 Phil Niekro 482
4 Don Sutton 472
5 Frank Tanana 448
6 Jamie Moyer 444
7 Warren Spahn 434
8 Bert Blyleven 430
9 Steve Carlton 414
10 David Wells 407
11 Gaylord Perry 399
12 Jim Kaat 395
13 Jack Morris 389
14 Charlie Hough 383
15 Tom Seaver 380
16 Catfish Hunter 374
T17 Dennis Martinez 372
T17 Jim Bunning 372
19 Randy Johnson 368
20 Roger Clemens 363
21 Mike Mussina 359
T22 Curt Schilling 347
T22 Dennis Eckersley 347
T22 Mickey Lolich 347
25 Luis Tiant 346
26 Tom Glavine 345
T27 Steve Trachsel 338
T27 Early Wynn 338
29 Tim Wakefield 337
30 Greg Maddux 332
31 Brad Radke 326
32 Doyle Alexander 324
T33 Danny Darwin 321
T33 Nolan Ryan 321
35 Juan Marichal 320
36 Kenny Rogers 317
37 Pedro Ramos 315
38 Mark Langston 311
39 Woody Williams 309
40 Jim Perry 308
41 Chuck Finley 304
42 Jim Palmer 303
T43 Murry Dickson 302
T43 Tommy John 302
45 Milt Pappas 298
46 Scott Sanderson 297
47 Frank Viola 294
48 Terry Mulholland 293
49 Mudcat Grant 292
T50 Floyd Bannister 291
T50 Mike Moore 291
T50 Pedro Astacio 291
53 Jerry Koosman 290
T54 Andy Benes 289
T54 Lew Burdette 289
56 Bob Friend 286
57 Billy Pierce 284
58 Bill Gullickson 282
59 Don Drysdale 280
60 Jim Slaton 277
61 Joe Niekro 276
T62 Jon Lieber 275
T62 John Smoltz 275
T62 Javier Vazquez 275
65 Livan Hernandez 271
66 Mike Morgan 270
67 Pat Hentgen 269
68 Vern Law 268
T69 Bob Welch 267
T69 Jose Lima 267
T71 Eric Milton 265
T71 Jeff Suppan 265
T73 Tim Belcher 264
T73 Brian Anderson 264
T73 Dave Stewart 264
76 Vida Blue 263
77 Greg Swindell 262
78 Rick Wise 261
79 Kevin Tapani 260
80 Larry Jackson 259
T81 David Cone 258
T81 Bruce Hurst 258
T83 Bob Gibson 257
T83 John Burkett 257
85 Camilo Pascual 256
T86 Mike McCormick 255
T86 Esteban Loaiza 255
T86 Curt Simmons 255
T89 Red Ruffing 254
T89 Jimmy Key 254
T91 Bobby Witt 252
T91 Don Newcombe 252
93 Mike Flanagan 251
T94 Denny Neagle 250
T94 Tom Candiotti 250
T96 Ken Holtzman 249
T96 Claude Osteen 249
T98 Hideo Nomo 248
T98 Steve Renko 248
100 Rick Helling 247
T101 Todd Stottlemyre 246
T101 Doug Drabek 246
T103 John Candelaria 245
T103 Jerry Reuss 245
105 Jim Clancy 244
T106 Denny McLain 242
T106 Johnny Podres 242
T108 Ray Sadecki 240
T108 Harvey Haddix 240
110 Ron Darling 239
T111 Bob Buhl 238
T111 Bartolo Colon 238
113 Mark Gardner 237
T114 Rick Sutcliffe 236
T114 Earl Wilson 236
T114 Tom Browning 236
T117 Scott McGregor 235
T117 Orel Hershiser 235
T119 Ismael Valdes 234
T119 Joe Coleman 234
121 Jim Lonborg 233
122 Kevin Appier 232
T123 Kevin Gross 230
T123 Dave McNally 230
T125 Whitey Ford 228
T125 Bob Knepper 228
T125 Brett Tomko 228
T125 Scott Erickson 228
129 Carl Hubbell 227
T130 Ron Guidry 226
T130 Fernando Valenzuela 226
T132 Aaron Sele 225
T132 Don Cardwell 225
T132 Dave Stieb 225
135 Bob Feller 224
T136 Ted Lyons 223
T136 Stan Bahnsen 223
T136 Pete Harnisch 223
T136 Mike Torrez 223
140 Mike Cuellar 222
T141 Ray Burris 221
T141 Rick Reuschel 221
143 Kirk Rueter 220
T144 Ron Kline 218
T144 Mike Caldwell 218
T144 Dan Petry 218
T144 Bret Saberhagen 218
T148 Ramon Ortiz 217
T148 Charles Nagy 217
T148 Bud Black 217
T151 Ralph Terry 216
T151 Bob Forsch 216
153 Jeff Weaver 215
T154 Jeff Fassero 214
T154 Darryl Kile 214
T154 Jaime Navarro 214
T157 Rick Reed 213
T157 Ned Garver 213
T157 Pedro Martinez 213
160 Paul Byrd 212
T161 Bill Monbouquette 211
T161 Ed Whitson 211
T161 Andy Pettitte 211
T164 Herm Wehmeier 210
T164 Dwight Gooden 210
T166 Wilbur Wood 209
T166 Mark Portugal 209
T166 Joe Nuxhall 209
T166 Marty Pattin 209
170 Kevin Brown 208
T171 Bobo Newsom 206
T171 Gary Bell 206
173 Andy Ashby 205
T174 Chan Ho Park 204
T174 Larry Gura 204
T174 Milt Wilcox 204
T174 Sandy Koufax 204
T178 Sidney Ponson 203
T178 James Baldwin 203
T178 Johnny Klippstein 203
T178 Freddy Garcia 203
T182 Dennis Leonard 202
T182 Ross Grimsley 202
T184 Juan Pizarro 201
T184 Dave Burba 201
186 Kevin Millwood 200
T187 Carl Erskine 199
T187 Preacher Roe 199
T187 Rudy May 199
T190 Al Leiter 198
T190 Jarrod Washburn 198
T190 Dick Donovan 198
T190 Rick Rhoden 198
T194 Pat Dobson 197
T194 Sonny Siebert 197
T194 Frank Lary 197
197 Mike Krukow 196
198 Bob Purkey 195
T199 Rich Dotson 194
T199 Bobby Jones 194
T199 Dick Ellsworth 194
T202 Burt Hooton 193
T202 Jack Fisher 193
T204 Scott Elarton 192
T204 Earl Whitehill 192
T204 Paul Splittorff 192
T207 Sid Fernandez 191
T207 Larry Jansen 191
T207 Shane Reynolds 191
T210 Ken Raffensberger 190
T210 Alex Fernandez 190
T210 Wilson Alvarez 190
T210 Frank Castillo 190
T210 Darren Oliver 190
T215 Ray Culp 188
T215 Fred Norman 188
T215 Mike Boddicker 188
T215 Virgil Trucks 188
T219 Charlie Root 187
T219 Walt Terrell 187
T219 Gerry Staley 187
T219 Woodie Fryman 187
T219 Bill Wegman 187
T219 Mark Buehrle 187
T225 Freddie Fitzsimmons 186
T225 Steve Gromek 186
T225 Nelson Briles 186
T225 Roger Craig 186
T229 Johnny Antonelli 185
T229 Rick Honeycutt 185
T229 John Smiley 185
T229 Diego Segui 185
T233 Alex Kellner 184
T233 Steve Stone 184
T233 Denny Lemaster 184
T233 Larry Dierker 184
T237 Chris Short 183
T237 Chuck Stobbs 183
T237 Jason Schmidt 183
T237 Mike Witt 183
T241 Ron Reed 182
T241 Moe Drabowsky 182
T241 Jon Garland 182
T244 Bob Lemon 181
T244 Sterling Hitchcock 181
T244 Tommy Bridges 181
T244 Warren Hacker 181
T248 Tony Cloninger 180
T248 Johnny Sain 180
T250 Jim Deshaies 179
T250 Ed Lopat 179
252 Glendon Rusch 178
T253 Bob Rush 177
T253 Mike Hampton 177
T253 Orlando Hernandez 177
T253 Al Downing 177
T257 Jason Johnson 176
T257 Bill Lee 176
T257 Jack Billingham 176
T257 Paul Foytack 176
T261 Don Robinson 175
T261 Lon Warneke 175
T261 Dennis Rasmussen 175
T264 Jack Sanford 174
T264 Andy Messersmith 174
T264 Chris Carpenter 174
T267 George Blaeholder 173
T267 Cal Eldred 173
T267 Fritz Peterson 173
T267 Tom Gordon 173
T267 Billy Hoeft 173
T267 Jack McDowell 173
T267 Syl Johnson 173
T267 Mike Scott 173
T267 Hal Brown 173
T276 Mario Soto 172
T276 Lindy McDaniel 172
T276 Barry Zito 172
T276 Charlie Leibrandt 172
T276 Ted Lilly 172
T281 Dave Mlicki 171
T281 Russ Ortiz 171
T281 Mel Stottlemyre 171
T281 Eric Show 171
T285 Ramon Martinez 170
T285 Willie Blair 170
T287 Matt Morris 169
T287 Sal Maglie 169
T287 Jamey Wright 169
290 Mike Smithson 168
T291 Bill Hands 167
T291 Bump Hadley 167
T291 Randy Wolf 167
T291 Ricky Bones 167
T291 Ray Herbert 167
296 Oil Can Boyd 166
T297 Dick Ruthven 165
T297 Jesse Haines 165
T297 Rick Mahler 165
T300 Sam McDowell 164
T300 Larry French 164
T300 Bobby Bolin 164
T300 Grover C Alexander 164
T300 Cal McLish 164
T305 Rube Walberg 163
T305 Neal Heaton 163
T305 Dick Tidrow 163
T308 Ken Hill 162
T308 Chris Bosio 162
T308 Gene Conley 162
T308 Glenn Abbott 162
T308 Moose Haas 162
T308 Lefty Grove 162
T314 Jim Barr 161
T314 Jon Matlack 161
T314 Mel Harder 161
T317 Jim Merritt 160
T317 John Clarkson 160
T317 Dustin Hermanson 160
T317 Rick Langford 160
T317 Stan Williams 160
T322 Omar Olivares 159
T322 Cory Lidle 159
T324 Dutch Leonard 158
T324 Paul Derringer 158
T326 Dick Drago 157
T326 Kyle Lohse 157
T326 Jim Hearn 157
T326 Gary Peters 157
T326 Ken Johnson 157
T331 John Tudor 156
T331 Clay Kirby 156
T331 Kid Nichols 156
T331 Don Mossi 156
T335 Dave Roberts 155
T335 Mark Leiter 155
T335 Joaquin Andujar 155
T335 Mark Gubicza 155
T335 Ken Forsch 155
T340 Mark Clark 154
T340 Bruce Chen 154
T340 Steve Sparks 154
T340 Waite Hoyt 154
T340 John Thomson 154
T340 Jim Abbott 154
T340 Ruben Gomez 154
T340 Kirk McCaskill 154
T340 Bucky Walters 154
T349 Brian Moehler 153
T349 Joey Jay 153
T349 Shane Rawley 153
T349 Jim Colborn 153
T349 Jose DeLeon 153
T349 Kent Mercker 153
T355 Jason Marquis 152
T355 Andy Hawkins 152
T355 Guy Bush 152
T355 Sad Sam Jones 152
T355 Shawn Estes 152
T355 Reggie Cleveland 152
T355 Turk Farrell 152
T355 Pete Falcone 152
T363 Jim Wilson 151
T363 Doc Medich 151
T363 Bobby Shantz 151
T363 Miguel Batista 151
T363 Sam Jones 151
T363 Jose Mesa 151
T363 Orlando Pena 151
T363 Steve Rogers 151
T371 Hoyt Wilhelm 150
T371 Phil Regan 150
T371 Bruce Kison 150
T374 Eddie Fisher 149
T374 Dick Bosman 149
T374 Bill Sherdel 149
T374 Bob Shaw 149
T374 Kevin Jarvis 149
T374 Geoff Zahn 149
T374 Dave Goltz 149
T374 Tim Hudson 149
T374 Juan Guzman 149
T374 Ralph Branca 149
T384 Steve Avery 148
T384 Burleigh Grimes 148
T384 Frank Sullivan 148
T384 Jimmy Haynes 148
T388 Jose Rijo 147
T388 Tim Leary 147
T388 Lary Sorensen 147
T388 Curt Young 147
T392 Howie Pollet 146
T392 Gary Nolan 146
T394 Ryan Franklin 145
T394 Bob Ojeda 145
T394 Jason Bere 145
T394 Joe Horlen 145
T398 Matt Clement 144
T398 Melido Perez 144
T398 Tommy Thomas 144
T398 Kris Benson 144
T398 Johan Santana 144
T398 Rodrigo Lopez 144
When did satchel paige start playing baseball?
Satchel Paige was signed to the Cleveland Indians of the American League in 1948.
What baseball team is Melky Cabrera transferring to?
Melky Cabrera was sent to the Atlanta Braves as part of the Javier Vazquez trade.
Since then, Cabrera has played for the Kansas City Royals in 2011 and is now a member of the San Francisco Giants.
What are the ropes around baseball players neck?
They are phiten necklaces that slowly release low doses of iron into your body. This causes less friction in your muscles which allows your muscles to move mor freely.
What does the JG mean on the UCLA baseball uniforms?
IN HONOR OF JACK
A circular black patch with the initials "JG" adorn the left sleeve of UCLA's uniforms in 2009, in honor of the late Jack Gifford. Among the UCLA baseball program's most loyal and passionate supporters, Gifford played for the Bruins alongside former head coach Gary Adams in the early 1960s. Gifford, who passed away on Jan. 11, 2009, and his wife Rhodine generously funded the construction of UCLA's state-of-the-art hitting facility. Named in their honor - the Jack and Rhodine Gifford Hitting Facility - the practice complex stands 23-feet high behind the right field fence and spans 10,500-square feet.
How many starting pitchers are on a major league baseball team?
Five pitchers are used in a starting rotation for baseball teams. Sometimes in the post-season teams will use a rotation consisting of their best three or four pitchers only, to maximize their chances of winning a series.
Who is the San Francisco Giants' baseball coach?
If you mean "manager," the Giants' current skipper is Bruce Bochy, who enters his 12th season with the club in 2018. He previously managed the San Diego Padres from 1995 to 2006. Bochy was the winning manager of the 2010 World Series, in which the Giants defeated the Texas Rangers four games to one. He was the Giants' field general when they won the 2012 World Series, sweeping the Detroit Tigers in four games. The Giants also won the 2014 World Series in seven games over the Kansas City Royals, making Bochy one of only 10 managers in history to win at least three world championships. The other nine are the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In September 2017, Bochy won his 900th game as the Giants' manager. He trails only John McGraw (2,583) for most wins in the history of the New York/San Francisco Giants franchise. Through the 2017 season, Bochy is the winningest active manager in Major League Baseball with an overall record of 1,852-1,855. He is in 15th place all time for most managerial wins.
Who was the best baseball player who ever lived?
thsi is an opinion but i think babe Ruth......or mickey mantle........or Jackie Robinson those are all sensiblel answers
thsi is an opinion but i think babe Ruth......or mickey mantle........or Jackie Robinson those are all sensiblel answers
No, the hitting streak does not end. Section 10.23 (a) in the Major League Baseball Rulebook states: "A consecutive hitting streak shall not be terminated if a batter's plate appearance results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or obstruction or a sacrifice bunt."
Now its Jacoby Ellsbury!
April 26th 2009 vs New York Yankees with the bases loaded!
Previously . . .Here are the last five straight steals of home in reverse chronological order (as of October 24, 2007):
September 17,2007 - In the third innin against the Angels, B.J. Upton of the Rays had a straight steal of home against Kelvim Escobar.
May 29, 2007- Aaron Hill, second baseman, Toronto Blue Jays
Blue Jays third base coach, Brian Butterfield, had clued the players in before the game that the situation might arise. It did. With the score tied 1-1, and 2 outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Blue Jays had runners on first and third against the Yankees. With a 1-1 count on batter Royce Clayton, lefty pitcher Andy Pettite focused intently on Jason Phillips, the Blue Jays runner at first base. Butterfield gave the go signal, and Aaron Hill took off from third base, taking advantage of the fact that Pettite was not watching him at all. Catcher Jorge Posada had to shout to Pettite to throw the ball. The hurried pitch came in high, and Hill slid in safely under the tag.
July 5, 2006 - Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays stole second, third and home (straight steal in 4th inning) in a game against the Red Sox, making him the last player to complete the "stolen base cycle" in a game.
July 2, 2006 - Angels' shortstop Orlando Cabrera stole home against Chad Billingsley of the Dodgers. Surprised, Billingsley stopped his motion, stepped off the mound, and Cabrera slid in uncontested. Billingsley was called for a balk. However, since the advancing baserunner caused the balk, the stolen base superceded the balk and was correctly awarded to Cabrera.
August 26, 2005 - Grady Sizemore of the Cleveland Indians, vs. Toronto Blue Jays.
Who invented the English sport Rounders aka Baseball?
"The game of Rounders has been played in England since Tudor Times, with the earliest reference being in 1744 in "A Little Pretty Pocketbook" where it is called Baseball. It is a striking and fielding team game, which involves hitting a small hard leather cased ball with a round wooden or metal bat and then running around 4 bases in order to score" Source:
http://www.nra-rounders.co.UK/dyncat.cfm?catid=17177
The British invented baseball/Rounders... as inactive children needed some mild exercise so the game was created as a result. In Commonwealth nations its played by many kids up to age 11.. while its very popular as a girls game with UK having organised nationwide Leagues.
AnswerBaseball(Rounders) the British invented for as an activity for unfit small kids, pitch, bat and run around 4 bases. 200 + years later its still very popular today among British kids up to 5th Grade.. girls have formalised competitions.Reference here...
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbaseball.htm
**People ask with Spalding guide of America in 1887 naming it World championship Series attempting to entice other countries to play it of which it states Australia and Great Britain... why they don't play it, a major reason for this is the British invented Baseball aka Rounders and its historically been for children.
What is the name of the college that Alex Rodriguez attended?
If referring to New York Yankee Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez, the answer is that he did not attend college. Rodriguez had a scholarship to attend the University of Miami (FL) in Coral Gables. As the legend goes, supposedly Rodriguez was on his way to his first college class when his agent tracked him down in order for him to sign a professional contract.
This is important because of the rules surrounding eligibility and maintaining the amateur status as a college athlete. Had Rodriguez attended that class (or technically get within 50 feet of the classroom), he would have been ineligible for the Major League Baseball Draft until after his junior year in college.
Rodriguez signed a letter of intent to play baseball for the University of Miami and was also recruited by the university to play quarterback for its football team. Rodriguez turned down Miami's baseball scholarship and never played college baseball, opting instead to sign with the Seattle Mariners after being selected in the first round of the amateur draft at the age of 17. His Major League debut was just before his 19th birthday.
How many times is the catcher allowed to visit the pitchers mound in a major league baseball game?
There is no rule in MLB that specifies how many times a catcher may visit the pitcher during a game.
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
What St. Louis Cardinals players' numbers have been retired?
SL, 1, 2, 6, 9, 14, 17, 20, 24, 42, 45, 85
When Rogers Hornsby was honored in 1937, "SL" was used in place of a number as he played in an era without numbers.
Does a baseball travel farther than a softball?
The baseball will travel farther because it is smaller. The smaller an object is, the less resistance it has to overcome to continue traveling. This is one of the reasons why a softball field is so much smaller than a baseball field. If softball was played on a baseball field, no one would be able to hit home-runs.
What are satchel paige best accomplisments?
pitching at the age of 58 years old in the major leagues!
