Not bad. Although I wish they had links to teams for college and minor league stats, like hockeydb.com has.

Stray stat curiosity: Milton Bradley drew five walks yesterday, the first player to do so this year. It has only been done 61 times in the current 53-year "Retrosheet" era.

Don't know if BTF is "allowed" to link to more than one The Hardball Times articles in one day, but Tom Tango's article on rule change ideas is interesting. Some good, some not so good.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/changing-on-the-fly/

Maybe the Indians will be able to afford CC after all if he keeps pitching like this.

I have a question I hope someone with a b-ref subscription can answer for me:

what is the highest slugging percentage recorded in a season for a full-time player with no home runs?

Don't know if BTF is "allowed" to link to more than one The Hardball Times articles in one day, but Tom Tango's article on rule change ideas is interesting. Some good, some not so good.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/changing-on-the-fly/

I hate to be negative, but I hated these hypothetical rule changes. Maybe the limit on mid-inning pitching changes makes sense, but the others made me grimace, especially making plays at the plate force plays. For a bunch of rule changes that are intended to make things more exciting, eliminating one of the most exciting things (close plays at the plate) seems strange. If you want to protect the catchers, don't allow them to block the dish.

what is the highest slugging percentage recorded in a season for a full-time player with no home runs?

Assuming we take "full-time player" to mean "batting-title qualifer" the answer is Nap LaJoie who had a .465 SLG in 1906, with 0 HR. LaJoie is also 2nd. The most recent player towards the top is Miguel Dilone who posted a .432 SLG with the Indians in '80.

This should be the whole list.

thanks, RB. I was expecting it to be mostly dead-ball era players, but I was surprised how few there were in the modern era.

what is the highest slugging percentage recorded in a season for a full-time player with no home runs?

Wee Willie Keeler slugged .539 in 618 plate appearances in 1897 with no home runs. Since the deadball era, the leader looks like Luke Appling, who slugged .442 in 639 plate appearances in 1940. Since integration/expansion/post-WWII, the leader is Miguel Dilone, who slugged .432 in 566 plate appearances in 1980. (by the way, I did these using Lee Sinins' Baseball Encyclopedia, not BB-Ref, although I'm sure you could have done the same thing using BB-Ref)

The 6th guy on the list is Cuckoo Christensen, which a great name but not one I had ever heard before.

Cuckoo Christensen

Hit .350 and led the NL in OBPct in 114 games as a 26 year old rookie, plays 54 games the next season - hitting .254 - and then is out of the majors, I assume he is a PCL guy since he is from San Francisco.

No homers in either season, but this is when Crosley Field killed all homers.

what is the highest slugging percentage recorded in a season for a full-time player with no home runs?

In the divisional era (min. 350 PAs)

1. Miguel Dilone 1980 .432
2. Lance Johnson 1993 .396
3. Pete Rose 1981 .390
4. Ozzie Smith 1987 .383
5. Rod Carew 1972 .379
6. Greg Gross 1974 .377
7. Dave Cash 1977 .375
8. Willie Randolph 1991 .374
9. Al Oliver 1984 .370
10.John Stearns 1980 .370

Since the 1994 strike, the leader is Luis Castillo, .366 in 1999. Others on the list are Bip Roberts, Juan Pierre, Scott Podsednik, Nook Logan, Reggie Willits, Walt Weiss, Otix Nixon, Rey Sanchez and Jason Tyner

what is the highest slugging percentage recorded in a season for a full-time player with no home runs?

Another one would be who has the highest Iso and 0 HRs.

Hockey-reference.... sweet. Still needs work (where are trades?) but I'm liking it. Hockeydb only has so much.

In his career, Rob Mackowiak has faced Scott Baker 8 times. He's 8-for-8, with a double, home run, and 2 RBI. This is the most plate appearances that any batter has had against a pitcher in the Retrosheet era in which the hitter got a hit every time up.

-- MWE

Another one would be who has the highest Iso and 0 HRs.

The all-time leader in ISO without a home run is, of course, Scoops Carey in 1902. 35 doules, 11 triples. Miguel Dillone from 1980 has the highest ISO without a homer (.091) in the recent memory.

Since 1990, the highest belongs to Lance Johnson in 1993.

Thanks, RB. Scoops Carey, of course!

No WHA stats?

I love the fact that Cuckoo Christensen is listed with a nickname ("Seacap").

Starting play today, Alex Rodriguez has played all or part of 15 seasons, and has 1,512 Runs, and 1,512 RBI.

Well, I thought it was cool.

Obviously that is because of ARod's 1,512 solo home runs. What a me-first player.

Starting play today, Alex Rodriguez has played all or part of 15 seasons, and has 1,512 Runs, and 1,512 RBI.

And 0 rings. What a loser!