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How often does a team miss a sure-fire double play?
John Dewan's Stat of
the Week™
May 26, 2006
Ever watch your favorite team miss a double play when it was easy? The
rules of baseball scoring prohibit the official scorer from giving
anyone an error, but you know in your heart someone deserves one.
Baseball Info Solutions goes beyond the traditional scoring. In our
Enhanced Scoresheet project, we expand our scoring to cover Defensive
Misplays, Good Fielding Plays, Catcher Blocks, Hustle Plays, and Umpire
Errors. Three of the 55 Defensive Misplays help answer this week's
question (first fielder to touch the ball mishandles the ball and only
gets one out, pivot man not getting off the throw, and the pivot man
making a poor throw).
With or without an error involved, in 2005 missed double plays happened
about 18 times a week! It's probably not a coincidence that the World
Champion White Sox were the best at avoiding this problem.
Check the chart below to see where your team ranked in 2005.
Team Missed DP
White Sox 7
Twins 10
Giants 10
Cubs 10
Red Sox 12
Phillies 12
Orioles 13
Padres 14
Marlins 14
Diamondbacks 14
Angels 14
Brewers 15
Tigers 16
Reds 16
Pirates 16
Royals 17
Rockies 17
Mets 17
Indians 17
Cardinals 17
Dodgers 18
Athletics 18
Astros 18
Yankees 19
Devil Rays 19
Nationals 20
Braves 20
Blue Jays 21
Rangers 23
Mariners 23
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