Here are the franchise leaders for most wins by pitchers who pitched for only that franchise. Eat your heart out, Mets fans.

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Mike Matheny and a very grey Mark McGwire want you to sign up with FanDuel.com so you can participate in High Heat Stats’ Stat Challenge!

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I started tweeting some of this last night and realized it would make a pretty awesome post. Among players who played their entire careers for just one franchise, here are the leaders in HR for each franchise. The disparity is unbelievable.

I went with retired players only, since many current players who would appear on a single team’s leader list will ultimately change teams later and fall off the list. I tried to list at least 5 players for each team but set a cutoff at a minimum of 2 career homers.

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I’m thrilled to account a major upcoming feature on High Heat Stats: an all-new version of the immensely popular Stat Challenge I ran a couple of years ago.

I stopped the old stat challenge because the bookkeeping was too difficult. This is where FanDuel.com comes in to play–this new website is all set up for fantasy sports challenges, and each one lasts only a day. Click through for more info on how our Stat Challenge and FanDuel.com work. Continue reading →

For those of you who have been following High Heat Stats on Twitter, you’ll already get how this game works. For those who haven’t, here’s the deal. Continue reading →

Sam West had a nice career playing for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Check out his 1935 and 1936 seasons, which perhaps look identical:

1935:  527 AB  .388 OBP  4 triples  10 homers  70 RBI

1936: 533 AB  .386 OBP  4 triples   7 homers 70 RBI

Pretty much identical, right?

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Just in case Jose Iglesias does become the Red Sox’s starting shortstop this year, here are the most recent guys to play sat least 100 games at SS in their Age 22 season:

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Here are the 2011 leaders for most games with at least 0.10 WPA in team losses: Continue reading →

Don Mincher died a few days ago. He’s among a handful of players whose names instantly bring Jim Bouton‘s Ball Four to mind. Here’s a look at some of Mincher’s career achievements. Continue reading →

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