{"id":27176,"date":"2014-01-30T23:19:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T07:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seamheads.com\/?p=27176"},"modified":"2014-01-30T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T07:19:04","slug":"retroactive-all-stars-fun-with-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/retroactive-all-stars-fun-with-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Retroactive All-Stars: Fun With Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ken-williams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27179\" alt=\"Ken-williams\" src=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ken-williams-209x300.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ken-williams-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ken-williams.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>With 13 retroactive All-Star games in the books over nine years (remember that 1916 and 1917 were three-game series), I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the outstanding and not-so-outstanding performances so far.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a hitter who has dominated the game&#8217;s elite pitchers, look no further than Oregon native Ken Williams, who REALLY needs a nickname.&#160; He wasn&#8217;t just a member of the 30\/30 club, the dude was the president from 1922 to 1957 when Willie Mays became the first player to turn the trick twice.&#160; Prior to 1956 when Mays joined the club, Williams was all by his lonesome.<\/p>\n<p>Mays earned the sobriquet &#8220;Say Hey Kid,&#8221; one of the greatest nicknames of all time.&#160; Ken Williams was called Ken Williams.&#160; But among All-Stars from 1916-1925 he&#8217;s called &#8220;Sir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Batting-Leaders.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27181\" alt=\"RASG Batting Leaders\" src=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Batting-Leaders.png\" width=\"292\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to note that three of the greatest sluggers in baseball history anchor the bottom of the list.&#160; Wagner is getting on base, though; Ruth and Baker are merely shells of their actual selves.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights and outstanding players include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rogers Hornsby and Harry Heilmann are the only players to appear in all 13 games, and only Hornsby has started in all 13, including starts at three different positions.<\/li>\n<li>George Sisler has started 12 times in 12 games and might have matched Hornsby&#8217;s 13 starts if he hadn&#8217;t missed the entire 1923 season with a severe sinus infection.<\/li>\n<li>Hornsby leads all players with 52 plate appearances.&#160; Sisler is second with 48.&#160; No one else has more than 36.<\/li>\n<li>Sisler leads all batters with 16 hits, seven of which are doubles, also the record for two-baggers so far.<\/li>\n<li>Hornsby has three triples to lead all hitters.&#160; No one else has more than one.<\/li>\n<li>Ken Williams has three of the American League&#8217;s six homers.&#160; No other player in either league has more than one.<\/li>\n<li>Sisler leads all batters with 10 RBIs.<\/li>\n<li>Ty Cobb leads all hitters in runs with 10 and is averaging a run a game.&#160; Among others who have appeared in at least five games only Ross Youngs is averaging a run a game.<\/li>\n<li>Among players with at least two stolen bases only Honus Wagner and Heinie Groh haven&#8217;t been caught stealing.<\/li>\n<li>Six batters have been hit with a pitch, but Jake Daubert is the only National Leaguer to get plunked.&#160; Ty Cobb has been hit twice but no brawls have ensued (yet).<\/li>\n<li>George Sisler has yet to fan in 48 plate appearances.<\/li>\n<li>Pie Traynor is the only hitter to homer in his first All-Star Game at-bat.&#160; He blasted a 507-foot shot off Urban Shocker in his first trip to the plate in 1923.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of bottom feeders through 1925.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Batting-Bottom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27186\" alt=\"RASG Batting Bottom\" src=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Batting-Bottom.png\" width=\"290\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Babe Ruth has struck out in almost 38% of his plate appearances and his 11 whiffs are the most among hitters by far.<\/li>\n<li>Among players with at least one hit, Jake Daubert is last in AVG at .077.<\/li>\n<li>Despite six slugging titles during his 21-year career, Honus Wagner has no extra-base hits among his seven safeties.<\/li>\n<li>Cy Williams drove in over 1,000 runs in his career but has only one RBI in 26 All-Star plate appearances.<\/li>\n<li>Among players with at least 25 All-Star Game plate appearances, Frank &#8220;Home Run&#8221; Baker is the only player with less than four runs scored, finding home plate only once in seven games.<\/li>\n<li>Zack Wheat has drawn only one walk in 30 plate appearances for a walk rate of 3.3%.<\/li>\n<li>George Joseph Burns has been caught stealing three times to lead all players, which isn&#8217;t surprising considering his stolen base percentage in years that include caught stealing data was only 52.7%.&#160; He also led the National League in CS in 1913 with 35.<\/li>\n<li>Only Tris Speaker and Harry Heilmann have grounded into more than one double play.&#160; Heilmann was known as &#8220;Slug.&#8221;&#160; Go figure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the pitchers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Pitching-Leaders.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27188\" alt=\"RASG Pitching Leaders\" src=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Pitching-Leaders.png\" width=\"233\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carl Mays leads all pitchers with two wins.<\/li>\n<li>Babe Ruth is the only pitcher with 10 strikeouts.&#160; The runners up have eight.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least six innings, Hippo Vaughn leads the way in K\/9 at 9.0.<\/li>\n<li>Bert Gallia, Jing Johnson and &#8220;Spittin&#8217; Bill&#8221; Doak are the only pitchers with more strikeouts than innings pitched.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least six innings, Stan Coveleski leads in BB\/9 at 0.75.&#160; Close behind is Pete Alexander at 0.82.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of Alexander he leads all pitchers with nine All-Star appearances and three starts.&#160; Walter Johnson also has three starts in six appearances.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers who haven&#8217;t issued a walk, Lefty Tyler leads with four strikeouts.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers who have issued a walk, Hippo Vaughn and Stan Coveleski lead in K\/BB ratio at 8.0.<\/li>\n<li>Vaughn also leads in GB\/FB ratio at 6.5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the tail-enders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Pitching-Bottom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27190\" alt=\"RASG Pitching Bottom\" src=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RASG-Pitching-Bottom.png\" width=\"235\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Among healthy pitchers who were nominated to an All-Star team, only Joe Oeschger failed to make an appearance.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least six innings, Urban Shocker has the highest ERA at 9.00.<\/li>\n<li>Wilbur Cooper allowed nine hits in only three innings, but all nine were singles.<\/li>\n<li>Sloppy Thurston allowed two homers in only an inning and a third.&#160; Dazzy Vance and Urban Shocker have also allowed two home runs, but in 8 1\/3 and 6 innings, respectively.<\/li>\n<li>Despite throwing only 4 1\/3 innings, Lefty Tyler leads all pitchers with two hit batsmen.<\/li>\n<li>Howard Ehmke is the easiest pitcher to run on, allowing three steals in three attempts.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least one inning pitched, Dolf Luque has been the least efficient, tossing 28.7 pitches per frame.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least one strikeout, Carl Mays leads in strikeout futility with a K\/9 of 1.13.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least six innings, Dazzy Vance has the highest BB\/9 at 6.5.<\/li>\n<li>Among pitchers with at least one walk and one strikeout, Wilbur cooper has the worst K\/BB ratio at 0.33.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 13 retroactive All-Star games in the books over nine years (remember that 1916 and 1917 were three-game series), I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the outstanding and not-so-outstanding performances so far. 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