Suck Stat of the Day

[Lou]

In 1940, Joe DiMaggio finished 3rd in the MVP voting, after winning it the year before. He asked for a raise to $40k/yr for the 1941 season. He settled for $37,500.($666,332 in today's dollars)

Giancarlo Stanton is making $25 Million this year. 

Stanton has struck out as many times in 3 games as Joe DiMaggio did in his entire 1941 season. 

Edited April 9, 2018 by Lou

[GrittyVeterans]

4 minutes ago, failos said:

Stanton is certainly no DiMaggio, but that statistic is really eye-opening. I’m curious why batters strike out more often these days. 

I’m sure pitchers today are much better, taller, and stronger throwing than they were in the 1940s. But, did pitchers prioritize strikeouts like they do today, or were they more interested in getting the ball into play? I guess I should brush up on my baseball history...

Specialist relievers definitely have something to do with it. You have guys being trained to get one out per game these days throwing at maximum effort for 5 pitches, whereas back in the day starting pitchers were going the distance every game, having to throw 150-200 pitches a game. DiMaggio never faced a reliever that could come in and throw 98 with a nasty slider

Also, there are so many hitters sacrificing contact rates for the long ball. Guys are up there swinging for the fences these days more than ever

[eaterfan]

19 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Specialist relievers definitely have something to do with it. You have guys being trained to get one out per game these days throwing at maximum effort for 5 pitches, whereas back in the day starting pitchers were going the distance every game, having to throw 150-200 pitches a game. DiMaggio never faced a reliever that could come in and throw 98 with a nasty slider

Also, there are so many hitters sacrificing contact rates for the long ball. Guys are up there swinging for the fences these days more than ever

Yup. Add in that defenses are better than ever and putting the ball in play is a less optimal strategy than it was 75 years ago.

[Docwaukee]

dimaggio had a hr to k ratio of 361/369 and he missed three seasons at the peak of his career (28 - 30) 

[laagamer]

Without looking, is that the year Dom struck out 13 times? 

[Lou]

5 hours ago, laagamer said:

Without looking, is that the year Dom struck out 13 times? 

Dom? 

[arch stanton]

Joe struck out 13 times in 1941. Dom never had a season quite so good

[laagamer]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

Dom? 

Lol I dunno man it's what I always called DiMaggio. I have no reasons or justifications. I actually think his brother was named Dom, actually. 

[arch stanton]

29 minutes ago, laagamer said:

Lol I dunno man it's what I always called DiMaggio. I have no reasons or justifications. I actually think his brother was named Dom, actually. 

He had a brother Dom and a brother Vince who, ironically, led the league in striking out like 5 times 

[laagamer]

1 minute ago, arch stanton said:

He had a brother Dom and a brother Vince who, ironically, led the league in striking out like 5 times 

He had two brothers? Nice. I'd say there was a sibling rivalry, but that wouldn't necessarily be true.