Category Archives: Ridiculous Statistics

The Ridiculous Stat of the Day

Posted on August 5, 2011 by bry

The Phillies have only allowed 366 runs against them this year.  The other 31 teams right now average 473 runs against. The only other team under 400 is the Giants (394), but they have actually been outscored on the year … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Stats (NBA Draft Edition)

Posted on July 6, 2009 by bry

Sorry this is two weeks old, but there were some amazing stats dropped at the NBA draft.  Here are just a couple that I remembered: 1). Blake Griffin had 30 double-doubles last year for Oklahoma.  This was the second most ever, … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Stats

Posted on June 2, 2009 by bry

There are a lot of them today… 1). Jamie Moyer won his 250th game the other night, making him the 44th pitcher to ever reach the mark–and just the 11th left-hander.  That means that there have only been 10 left-handed pitchers … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Stats – the Clippers

Posted on May 22, 2009 by bry

NOTE:  I did a little research on Sterling Hitchcock (see comments from prior post). I heard this the other day, and I just could not believe it, so this will have to stand by itself in ridiculous stats 1). The … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Statistics

Posted on May 10, 2009 by bry

1). Johan Santana has given up less than 2 earned runs in his last 12 starts.  Okay, this is absurd.  The best pitcher on the planet is just ridiculous.  Granted he doesn’t throw complete games, but still imagine knowing that … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Stats – College Hoops (plus one)

Posted on February 17, 2009 by bry

Jamie Dixon needs only six more wins to set the all-time D-1 record for most wins by a coach in his first six years of coaching.  Dixon has 156 wins in 5+ years at Pitt, after taking over for Ben Howland.  … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Statistics

Posted on December 14, 2008 by bry

1). With Matt Ryan leading the Falcons to their 9th win of the season, they tie the all-time NFL record for wins in a season by a team with a rookie quarterback and a rookie head coach.  Interestingly enough, they … Continue reading →

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Another Ridiculous Statistic

Posted on October 3, 2008 by bry

Wow, listen to this CRAZY stat I just heard: In Division Series history, 29 times has a team won the first two games of the series, and in TWENTY-EIGHT of them, the team that won Game 3, won the series.  … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Statistics

Posted on August 26, 2008 by bry

1). Of all regular players in MLB, Jimmy Rollins has the lowest on-base percentage when leading off an inning (.242). Yes, that is on-base percentage, not even batting average (which still would have been bad).  This is especially bad considering … Continue reading →

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More Ridiculous Statistics – Dominance

Posted on August 13, 2008 by bry

1). Michael Phelps has as many gold medals in this Olympics than Great Britain, France, Spain, and Russia – combined.  In fact, if Phelps were his own country, he would be tied with South Korea and a Phelps-less USA for … Continue reading →

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