Cards & Stats
We use cool baseball cards to illuminate the history—and to frame the statistical analysis—of Major League Baseball!
The simulation routine used to predict Super Rookies vs. ’27 Yankees series is going to have to evolve if it has a future. But why not at least give the BBC&S-imulator 9000 a chance at some real-world...
There have been 36 .400 hitters in MLB history. But there hasn’t been one in over 80 seasons. The last AL/NL player to reach this mark was Ted Williams, who batted .406 in 1941, and it seems plausible...
Okay, after the last post, it had to be done: the all-time best collection of rookie performers ever versus the best team in MLB history—the 1927 Yankees!
Could these Super Rookies really compete? I built...
There have been 150 ROY winners since the inception of the award in 1947. Nineteen of those players are in the Hall of Fame.
Does that seem low to you?
Let’s ignore the ROYs who aren’t yet...
So this is definitely the place to start. With these two enchanting cards.
They supply everything that this endeavor—a tiny little site; a wholly personal tribute to baseball, but glad you are here—is...