Game Notes


Game Notes

Game Notes – 06/25/2025

Roger Schlueter | Thursday, June 26, 2025

Jacob deGrom started attacking (and silencing) big league hitters for the official accounting on May 15, 2014, when he allowed a single run over seven innings (and took the loss in a 1-0 affair).  The right-hander was 25 years old for this debut and with four hits and two walks […]


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Game Notes – 06/24/2025

Roger Schlueter | Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Among the more robust RBI men in the game this year, there are four who belong to a family of sorts:  let’s call it  the Al Simmons Club (you’ll see why later on).  Among other notables both hidden inside and blaring out of his Hall of Fame statistical record, Simmons […]


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Game Notes – 06/23/2025

Roger Schlueter | Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The 1895 Baltimore Orioles won more games than any other NL club that year and did so with a young array of talent that shimmers even when looking from a perch more than 125 years removed.  By Baseball Reference’s accounting and evaluation, that club had a trio of position players […]


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Game Notes – 06/22/2025

Roger Schlueter | Monday, June 23, 2025

In every campaign from 1995 through 2002, Mike Piazza withstood the rigors of catching to emerge, by the end of the regular season, with at least 30 homers as part of his show and tell demonstration of what he did for the spring, summer and early part of fall.  That’s […]


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Game Notes – 06/19/2025

Roger Schlueter | Friday, June 20, 2025

As of right now, the big league leaderboard for OPS fans out to reveal a dozen players with a mark above .900.  The reigning MVPs – Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani – are there, holding down the top two slots.  Kyle Schwarber makes the cut as he positions himself for […]


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Game Notes – 06/18/2025

Roger Schlueter | Thursday, June 19, 2025

After Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal made the 2024 season the first ever in which left-handed Triple Crown winners emerged from both the AL and NL, the pair have contributed to sculpting this current campaign into another celebration of those who deliver pitches from the port side.  This year  provides […]


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Game Notes – 06/17/2025

Roger Schlueter | Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Scooping up all the seasons from 1893 through 2024 and then sifting through to keep only the most productive offensive campaigns from catchers, one would be left with just 68 lines that were styled in the form of at least 100 games behind the plate and an OPS of at […]


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Game Notes – 06/16/2025

Roger Schlueter | Tuesday, June 17, 2025

In 1963, outfielder Leon Wagner produced 26 home runs for his Angels club.  It was a strong number, good enough to tie Daddy Wags for ninth in the AL, but was also a fairly steep drop from the previous season, when the first-time All-Star clocked 37.  Wagner’s tally in ’63 […]


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Game Notes – 06/15/2025

Roger Schlueter | Monday, June 16, 2025

Sometimes, a player’s line doesn’t need the author’s flourishes – the adjectives, the superlatives, the flow-y and show-y.  The numbers, with perhaps just a little context, are all that’s required to … sing.  Here’s one such story – just the facts.   On June 25, 1987, the visiting Reds lost […]


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Game Notes – 06/12/2025

Roger Schlueter | Friday, June 13, 2025

The 2025 Cubs – first in the NL Central, pouring out 5.49 runs per game (second best in the Majors) – can look themselves in the mirror and see four qualifying players with an OPS+ of at least 140:  Kyle Tucker comes in with a 155, Michael Busch holds a […]