Stat Of The Day: McGehee Ends The Drought
by Kyle Lobner on May 15, 2011 5:30 PM CDT
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PrintRyan Braun's first inning, three run home run drew more attention, but Casey McGehee's solo shot later in the frame was also pretty statistically notable. It was his first long ball since April 20, snapping the second longest homerless streak of his career and his longest since his first big league homer:
| Start | End | Games | AB |
| September 2, 2008 | June 13, 2009 | 34 | 85 |
| April 20, 2011 | May 14, 2011 | 21 | 79 |
| May 20, 2010 | June 10, 2010 | 19 | 78 |
| August 21, 2010 | September 11, 2010 | 19 | 72 |
| July 2, 2010 | July 24, 2010 | 19 | 70 |
It's also worth noting that McGehee was still relatively productive during this streak. He posted a .278/.352/.367 line over those 21 games. That's both the highest OBP (.352) and OPS (.719) he's posted in any of the five streaks listed above.
McGehee now has hits in five straight games and multiple hits in four of them. He's also reached base safely in ten straight games.
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At least the hat stayed on his head.
I swear his batting helmet fell off every time he ran to 1B.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
OMG...found an awesome website
I don’t know if this link will work…
but this one should
using this image URL:
http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/1256962/217303_pirates_brewers_baseball.jpg
by PagsBrewCrew on May 16, 2011 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
(does font style recognition from an image)
by PagsBrewCrew on May 16, 2011 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
looks like it reads 0s, but don't relay them to the font detector
but you can get around that by hacking the URL to e.g. ch4=%200
by PagsBrewCrew on May 16, 2011 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I cannot help to marvel at the fact that McGehee's homer was perfectly straight up the middle.
I don’t think there’s more than 2 inches deviation over 400 feet.
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| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cincinnati
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27 | 20 | .574 | 0 | Won 2 |
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St. Louis
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26 | 22 | .541 | 1.5 | Won 1 |
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Pittsburgh
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23 | 24 | .489 | 4 | Won 3 |
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Houston
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22 | 25 | .468 | 5 | Lost 2 |
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Milwaukee
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19 | 28 | .404 | 8 | Lost 2 |
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Chicago
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15 | 32 | .319 | 12 | Lost 12 |
(updated 5.27.2012 at 6:23 PM CDT)
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