A Bit More Retrosheeting
As I started to at least figure out the losing-est month in the Pirates' last 15 seasons (I'm guessing either April or September (with the hot starts, hot finishes unable to balance the abject terrible-ness of the early/late season Pirates over-all), but had this sudden pang of "I should be working on something related to my Graduate studies right now." So before I go get on that, I should like to mention one stat that jumped out at me from the Pirates...
Anyone who had the sense that Craig Wilson was being hit by a lot of pitches during his tenure with the Buccos was correct. In approximately 2120 plate appearances, Wilson was hit by 86 pitches, good for fourth all-time in Pirate's history (behind Jason Kendall (177 HBP/5282 PAs), Honus Wagner (107/10220), and Jake Beckley (100/approx. 4149)). Although I think Kendall was more well-known for being hit by pitches, Wilson was getting hit by pitches about every 25 at-bats, versus Kendall being hit every 30.
I think another source to search for losing-season streak stats his to index the days on which Matt Stairs hit a home run and the Pirates still lost. (He hit a home run in 10 Pirate losses in 2003, so that's at least 1/15, in terms of losses-over-years.) Because, even though there weren't many of them, on those occasions, at least for me, it made everything okay. I'd still buy him a beer, if I ever happen to run into him. Best Canadian to ever play baseball for the Pirates, hands-down.
Anyone who had the sense that Craig Wilson was being hit by a lot of pitches during his tenure with the Buccos was correct. In approximately 2120 plate appearances, Wilson was hit by 86 pitches, good for fourth all-time in Pirate's history (behind Jason Kendall (177 HBP/5282 PAs), Honus Wagner (107/10220), and Jake Beckley (100/approx. 4149)). Although I think Kendall was more well-known for being hit by pitches, Wilson was getting hit by pitches about every 25 at-bats, versus Kendall being hit every 30.
I think another source to search for losing-season streak stats his to index the days on which Matt Stairs hit a home run and the Pirates still lost. (He hit a home run in 10 Pirate losses in 2003, so that's at least 1/15, in terms of losses-over-years.) Because, even though there weren't many of them, on those occasions, at least for me, it made everything okay. I'd still buy him a beer, if I ever happen to run into him. Best Canadian to ever play baseball for the Pirates, hands-down.
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