getting hit leadoff
Craig Biggio holds the National League record with 46 leadoff home runs, but a reader asked last week how many times Biggio has led off a game by being plunked? While I can't prove it is any kind of record, Craig Biggio has led off 39 games with a plunk. The Astros are 27-12 when Biggio gets a 1st inning leadoff plunk, but only 25-21 when he hits a leadoff homer. Obviously this shows that being hit by a pitch is much better for the team than hitting a home run. Right? Biggio has scored a run after 18 of his leadoff plunks, and the Astros are 15-3 in those games.
Biggio has been hit 48 times as the first batter in innings other than the first. The Astros are 51-33 in games when he gets hit as the first batter of at least one inning, and 2-1 when he leads off 2 innings by getting hit.
Total plunks as the first batter of each inning, and the Astros record in those games:
| Inning | Leadoff HBPs | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | 39 | 27 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 87 | 53 | 34 |
Biggio has scored a run 51.7% of the times he's reached base via the HBP as the first batter of an inning. The Astros are 34-9 when he has done this at least once in a game and 2-0 when he's done it twice
Total runs scored following plunks as the first batter of each inning, and the Astros record in those games:
| Inning | Runs from Leadoff HBPs | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 45 | 36 | 9 |
5 Comments:
I continue to be in awe of your statistical prestidigitations.
Is there any correlation between Biggio getting hit by a pitch and the weather?
(oooooh, that's a mean one...)
wow. that is a mean one. good quesiton, man!
yeah, someone asked for weather related plunkings last season too, but retrosheet's box scores don't list game time temp. So, the best I could do with that would be the 5 years espn.com has listed as far as I know.
Or I could try to go looking for national weather service data for the locations of each HBP.
But I don't think I'll be doing that any time soon.
ok, never mind the weather. how 'bout the day of the week?
Check here and here for day of the week data, but I suppose tomorrow would be a good time for an update.
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