The Bill Chuck Files of March 15, 2020

March 15, 2020 Bill Chuck Off The Bill Chuck Files,

I’ve been warning friends…

If you think I’m cranky during the offseason when there is no baseball, wait until you see me during the regular season when there is no baseball.

Opening days in 1960

1960 was the last pre-expansion season, meaning the last season in which each team played a 154-game schedule. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to note the date for each team’s first game of that season.

Rk	Date	Tm	Opp	Result	IP
1	1960-04-12	MLN	PIT	W 4-3	9.0
2	1960-04-12	CHC	LAD	L 2-3	10.2
3	1960-04-12	CIN	PHI	W 9-4	9.0
4	1960-04-12	LAD	CHC	W 3-2	11.0
5	1960-04-12	PHI	CIN	L 4-9	8.0
6	1960-04-12	PIT	MLN	L 3-4	8.0
7	1960-04-12	SFG	STL	W 3-1	9.0
8	1960-04-12	STL	SFG	L 1-3	8.0
9	1960-04-18	BOS	WSH	L 1-10	8.0
10	1960-04-18	WSH	BOS	W 10-1	9.0
11	1960-04-19	BAL	WSH	W 3-2	9.0
12	1960-04-19	CHW	KCA	W 10-9	9.0
13	1960-04-19	CLE	DET	L 2-4	15.0
14	1960-04-19	DET	CLE	W 4-2	15.0
15	1960-04-19	NYY	BOS	W 8-4	9.0
16	1960-04-19	KCA	CHW	L 9-10	8.0

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com

Trea Turner‘s batting streak

When the regular season resumes, the National’s Trea Turner enters the season with a 12-game hitting streak.

21st Century Regular Season Records

Rk	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%
1	NYY	AL	1886	1350	.583
2	STL	NL	1812	1427	.559
3	BOS	AL	1792	1447	.553
4	LAD	NL	1781	1459	.550
5	ATL	NL	1735	1502	.536
6	OAK	AL	1729	1509	.534
7	ANA	AL	1722	1518	.531
8	SFG	NL	1676	1561	.518
9	CLE	AL	1671	1567	.516
10	PHI	NL	1637	1602	.505
11	CHC	NL	1624	1614	.502
12	MIN	AL	1628	1613	.502
13	HOU	AL, NL	1621	1618	.500
14	TEX	AL	1619	1622	.500
15	NYM	NL	1608	1630	.497
16	CHW	AL	1600	1640	.494
17	TOR	AL	1599	1640	.494
18	ARI	NL	1598	1642	.493
19	SEA	AL	1595	1645	.492
20	WSN	NL	1590	1648	.491
21	MIL	NL	1565	1675	.483
22	TBD	AL	1554	1684	.480
23	CIN	NL	1526	1714	.471
24	COL	NL	1521	1721	.469
25	FLA	NL	1518	1718	.469
26	DET	AL	1511	1726	.467
27	SDP	NL	1508	1733	.465
28	PIT	NL	1473	1762	.455
29	BAL	AL	1453	1785	.449
30	KCR	AL	1430	1810	.441

Batters who hit .320+ over their team’s last 50 games of the 2019 regular season

Player	G	PA	AB	H	XBH	HR	RBI	BB	K	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tim Anderson	45	200	192	71	21	6	17	7	41	.370	.390	.542	.932
Alex Bregman	48	208	168	62	34	14	45	35	19	.369	.486	.738	1.224
Nelson Cruz	36	160	142	50	18	11	36	16	33	.352	.413	.634	1.046
Tommy Edman	48	206	189	66	24	7	21	11	32	.349	.403	.577	.980
Nolan Arenado	44	189	165	56	25	17	35	20	30	.339	.407	.697	1.104
Victor Reyes	45	202	193	65	19	3	21	7	48	.337	.356	.487	.843
Wilson Ramos	44	168	155	52	13	3	18	9	22	.335	.381	.458	.839
J.D. Davis	45	162	149	49	20	11	23	11	38	.329	.377	.611	.987
J.D. Martinez	45	199	168	55	22	12	40	26	42	.327	.417	.601	1.018
Starlin Castro	50	209	194	63	30	13	40	10	30	.325	.359	.619	.977
Jose Abreu	48	211	185	60	25	9	42	12	44	.324	.384	.562	.946
Anthony Rendon	48	216	176	57	25	10	40	34	26	.324	.431	.585	1.016
Mookie Betts	40	185	161	52	23	10	23	20	24	.323	.395	.596	.991

Batters who hit .220 and under over their team’s last 50 games of the 2019 regular season

Player	G	PA	AB	H	XBH	HR	RBI	BB	K	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Daniel Vogelbach	43	155	129	18	7	4	10	26	51	.140	.284	.256	.540
Lewis Brinson	45	155	139	22	5	0	11	11	44	.158	.234	.201	.435
Rhys Hoskins	49	214	175	29	16	5	16	32	60	.166	.304	.320	.624
Isan Diaz	46	189	168	30	11	4	22	18	53	.179	.265	.304	.568
Paul DeJong	49	197	169	31	15	11	26	21	54	.183	.284	.402	.687
Jason Heyward	42	169	140	26	11	4	14	24	28	.186	.320	.321	.641
J.P. Crawford	37	156	138	26	8	3	11	15	30	.188	.273	.297	.570
Rougned Odor	49	196	172	34	20	10	29	22	61	.198	.296	.430	.726
Andrew Benintendi	41	162	141	29	11	1	13	15	34	.206	.292	.305	.597
Didi Gregorius	41	171	160	33	17	9	31	9	29	.206	.251	.431	.683
Orlando Arcia	44	155	140	29	8	3	20	9	29	.207	.253	.307	.560
Manny Machado	47	189	164	34	13	6	16	22	34	.207	.312	.366	.678
Mallex Smith	43	164	146	31	8	1	9	13	41	.212	.294	.301	.596
Ryan McMahon	48	190	167	36	18	12	29	21	62	.216	.307	.467	.774
Danny Santana	46	192	175	38	17	11	32	13	63	.217	.281	.440	.721
Josh Rojas	41	157	138	30	9	2	16	18	41	.217	.312	.312	.624
Matt Chapman	48	208	179	39	21	12	27	22	52	.218	.327	.469	.796
Anthony Santander	42	184	179	39	19	12	28	4	49	.218	.239	.458	.697
Brian Goodwin	47	168	150	33	19	8	18	17	57	.220	.304	.460	.764

Billy-Ball Portmanteaus

Merriam-Webster defines portmanteaus as a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (such as smog from smoke and fog).

This season on Billy-Ball, we will attempt to play with the true meaning and make some baseball-related portmanteaus. The quality, I’m sure will improve with your participation (send your suggestions to Walkoffs@gmail.com).

Each week, I will try to add another one to the list:

Supremely great: Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one style we could use
Another style is Bryzzo, which is a portmanteau of Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant
Last season’s MVPs were Cody Bellinger and Mike Trout or as I like to think of them: Trellinger
Last season’s Cy Young Award winners were Jacob deGrom and Justin Verlander or as I like to think of them: derLander
The great Nationals pitching duo of Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer should be referred to as Schazburg

Each week…

I will continue to produce the Files and hopefully, there will be information that members of the media will use to expound upon and entertain fans throughout the course of this hiatus. Of course, credit would be appreciated.

Please stay healthy and care for one another. Now wash your hands