Some More Statistics

Now that we've wrapped up the players' seasons in the typical, cliche manner with grades and statistics, I wanted to dig a little deeper and look at some stats that most people wouldn't consider. This is in no way a judgment of how well the players performed, but merely some statistics I found interesting and which you would not normally see. So enjoy!


I'll start with a simple tally of Game Balls for the short time of this blog's existence.

Jason Kubel- 3
Kevin Slowey, Joe Mauer- 2
Justin Morneau, Johan Santana, Scott Baker, Matt Garza, Carlos Silva, Michael Cuddyer, Rondell White, Joe Nathan, Torii Hunter- 1


And now I'll move on to official statistics. If there aren't five for a certain category, it means there were a lot tied at the next number and I didn't feel the need to include everyone.

Longest Hit Streaks:
Torii Hunter- 23, 4/11-5/9
Hunter- 13, 8/13-8/26
Jason Bartlett- 11, 6/18-6/30
Joe Mauer- 10, 7/14-7/24
Justin Morneau- 10, 5/17-5/27
Michael Cuddyer- 10, 4/14-4/24
Cuddyer- 10, 6/9-6/19

Longest Hitless Streaks:
Luis Rodriguez- 8, 6/5-6/28
Nick Punto- 6, 7/27-8/5
Punto- 6, 6/28-7/4
Jason Kubel- 6, 7/7-7/18
Kubel- 5, 5/4-5/9
Bartlett- 5, 4/4-4/10
Garrett Jones- 5, 9/9-9/17

Most Multi-Hit Games:
Hunter- 49
Morneau- 44
Bartlett- 35
Mauer- 34
Cuddyer- 33

Hits in a month:
Luis Castillo- 39, May
Hunter- 37, August
Morneau- 35, July
Hunter- 33, May
Morneau- 33, May

Home Runs in a month:
Morneau- 10, May
Morneau- 8, July
Morneau- 6, April
Hunter- 6, May
Hunter- 6, June

RBIs in a month:
Morneau- 29, May
Morneau- 28, July
Hunter- 27, May
Hunter- 21, August
Cuddyer- 20, May

Extra Base Hits in a month:
Hunter- 18, April
Morneau- 16, May
Hunter- 16, August
Morneau- 14, July
Kubel- 13, September

Stolen bases in a month:
Bartlett- 10, June
Punto- 7, May
Hunter- 5, May
Alexi Casilla- 5, August

RBIs in a game:
Hunter- 7, 5/13
Kubel- 7, 7/6
Morneau- 6, 7/6
Morneau- 5, 5/22
Cuddyer- 5, 5/26
Mauer- 5, 7/6

Consecutive Wins:
Johan Santana- 5, 6/19-7/13
BoofBonser- 4, 5/13-5/29
Scott Baker- 4, 6/1-9/23

Consecutive Losses:
Bonser- 8, 6/16-8/18
Ramon Ortiz- 4/22-5/15
Carlos Silva- 4, 5/4-5/21

Consecutive scoreless outings:
PatNeshek- 15, 4/21-5/25
Dennys Reyes- 14, 6/18-7/22
Joe Nathan-11, 5/5-5/30
Neshek- 11, 5/29-6/22
Matt Guerrier- 10, 5/30-6/24
Guerrier- 10, 6/27-7/19

Consecutive Quality starts:
Santana- 8, 6/9-7/18
Ortiz- 5, 4/4-4/27
Silva- 5, 7/31-8/22
Baker- 4, 8/15-8/31

Strikeouts in a month:
Santana- 45, April
Santana- 44, August
Santana- 42, May
Bonser- 38, May
Santana- 36, July

Quality Starts:
Silva- 20
Santana- 19
Baker- 11
Bonser- 9
Ortiz- 5
Matt Garza- 5

Strikeouts in a game:
Santana- 17, 8/19
Santana- 13, 5/22
Santana- 12, 7/28
Santana- 11, 5/17
Garza- 11, 7/29
Santana- 11, 9/21

Walks in a game:
Bonser- 7, 4/26

Walks in a month:
Bonser- 16, April
Bonser- 14, May
Garza- 12, September