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Indians Birthdays

My previous entry piqued my interest, so I decided to see how all the current Indians have done on their birthdays.  As it turns out, only seven have ever played on their birthdays.  The sample size is far too small to say anything, but it’s still interesting.  The information is as follows:

Hafner:   4 gms, 5-13, 4 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 2 HBP (Team 1-3)
Peralta:  5 gms, 6-19, 6 RBI, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 BB, SB (Team 3-2)
Shoppach: 1 gm, 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, HBP (Team 0-1)
Sizemore: 6 gms, 8-24, 2B, 3B, HR, SB, 3 R, 5 RBI, SF, BB, SB (Team 4-2)

Total: 16 gms, 20-60, 10 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 5 BB, 3 HBP, SF, 2 SB
        (Team 8-8)
        BA: .333
        OBP: .406
        SLG: .650
        OPS: 1.056

Laffey:  1 G, 1 GS, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, ND (Team 1-0)
Lewis:   1 G, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, L (Team 0-1)
Wood:    2 G, 2 GS, 8 IP, 6 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 11 BB, 8 K, 2 HR surr, 0-1
(Team 0-2) Total: 4 G, 3 GS, 14 IP, 10 H, 16 R, 16 ER, 17 BB, 13 K, 2 HR, 0-2 (Team 1-3) ERA: 10.29 WHIP: 1.93 K/9IP: 8.36
BB/9IP: 10.93

If the current Indians on their birthdays were a single player, that batting average would be enough for 25th all-time, and 1st among active players.  Their on-base percentage would be 44th all-time, and 6th among active players.  The slugging percentage would be 2nd all-time, and 1st among active players, and their OPS would be 9th all-time, and 3rd among active players.

Their pitching is less promising.  That ERA, WHIP, and BB/9 obviously aren’t making any leaderboards.  The K/9, though, is enough for 21st all-time, and 10th among active players.

More complete data after the jump.
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Happy Birthday, Grady Sizemore

I’d say this was a pretty good present.

Over the last 6 years, including today, the Indians are 4-2 on Grady’s birthday.  Sizemore himself is 8-24 for a batting average of .333.  He’s got one double, one triple, one homer, one walk, three runs scored, and 5 RBI, with an on-base percentage of .346, a slugging percentage of .583, and an OPS of .929.

Sizemore’s Leadoff Homers

Grady Sizemore led off the bottom of the first tonight with his seventh home run of the season.  In his career, Sizemore has led off the first with a homer 14 times.  In the Indians all-time list, he trails only Kenny Lofton, who homered to start the Indians offense 18 times.  Here’s a list of all of Sizemore’s leadoff homers, plus a few stats over those games.

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