BLB Trivia

[BradZ]

No-hitter follow-up:

Baltimore, Philly and Phoenix (Los Alamos) are the three established teams (not counting Seattle and KC expansion teams) that have never tossed a No-hitter.

Tm	No-hitters
WAS	7
CAL	6
CHI	6
HAR	4
CAR	4
PIT	4
VIR	3
SYR	3
LAD|HYU	3
WIL	2
TOR|LOS	2
DAV	2
NO	2
IND	2
NYK|MIS	2
BAT	2
DEN	2
MAI	2
DAL	1
DVS	1
PAW	1
MON|MOR	1

Five teams have never been the victim of a No-hitter, one of which is the expansion KC team. Who are the other 4?

[Delandis]

I'm going to go with Baltimore, Pawtucket, Maine, and Batavia.

[Pat]

I'll go Pitt, Maine, Baltimore, Batavia

[Delandis]

I'll go Pitt, Maine, Baltimore, Batavia

Pitt is a much better guess.

[PaulC]

Has any pitcher ever thrown two no-hitters?

[Z]

Has any pitcher ever thrown two no-hitters?

Dave Koehler just threw his second a couple sims ago.

[BradZ]

Dave Koehler just threw his second a couple sims ago.

Erik Keifer threw two as well.

[Z]

Erik Keifer threw two as well.

Man, Keifer was so good. He really should be in the Hall.

[Delandis]

Erik Keifer threw two as well.

7X All-Star
1 Pale Ale
Top Ten in WAR 8 times, led twice


Not in the HOF because he played on a struggling franchise in a division with a cheating Commish.


I'm just sayin'.

[Delandis]

Man, Keifer was so good. He really should be in the Hall.

Beat me to it.

[Carlos]

He's not in because we got dummies here.

!!!!

No but I think he's not in because he didn't have the record which is essentially the same as bad franchise in a division with a cheater.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk

[Z]

He's not in because we got dummies here.

!!!!

No but I think he's not in because he didn't have the record which is essentially the same as bad franchise in a division with a cheater.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk

He's not in because people don't vote for starting pitchers in this league. They'd rather vote for the generic closers.

[Pat]

He's not in because people don't vote for starting pitchers in this league. They'd rather vote for the generic closers.

The real Hall of Fames have flaws as well.

[PaulC]

He's not in because people don't vote for starting pitchers in this league. They'd rather vote for the generic closers.

Being new to the league, I just think the case for hall of fame pitchers that I didn't 'get to see play' is really underwhelming when you look at their stat page. Keifer is a good example. Upon quickly looking, only three years with 15 wins (I get bad teams, and not the most important stat), only 3-4 in the playoffs, and quite a few years that were just meh. The average hall pitcher has 204 wins, 2700 Ks, and 77 WAR.

Looking deeper, he had a solid WHIP, 60 career WAR, and a 129 ERA+, so he looks Hall of Fameish... I just think to newer people, it just doesn't seem overtly obvious. I also think, that like the real hall, some voters have extremely high standards for starting pitchers and since so many owners use six man rotations, a tonne of relievers (13 CG) the major counting stats never really look that impressive. Which is the same thing the real hall will run into in the future with starting pitchers.

[PaulC]

He's not in because people don't vote for starting pitchers in this league. They'd rather vote for the generic closers.

Your second point is bang on... Way too many closers, and a few more coming up in the next few years... based on a meaningless save statistic for the most part.