Doubles Machine 2.0

[tinamodotti]

Well, it looks like some of Brob's doubles records are going to get broken.

He's on pace for, gulp, 72.

[spneca]

Well, it looks like some of Brob's doubles records are going to get broken.

He's on pace for, gulp, 72.

I believe Roberts' record was for switch hitters, not all hitters.

[TonySoprano]

Well, it looks like some of Brob's doubles records are going to get broken.

He's on pace for, gulp, 72.

As I noted in the game thread, he's on pace to set the alltime MLB record.

[tinamodotti]

I believe Roberts' record was for switch hitters, not all hitters.

I was referring also to the team record, which of course is BRob's for now.

Roberts and Tejada are the only Orioles to reach 50 doubles.

[spneca]

I was referring also to the team record, which of course is BRob's for now.

Roberts and Tejada are the only Orioles to reach 50 doubles.

Ah. Got it. Hope he keeps it up!

[tinamodotti]

ARod hit his career high in doubles during his age 20 season, with a league leading 54.

Interestingly enough, Arod never hit more than 40 in a season after that. They turned into walks and HRs.

[Tony-OH]

Well, it looks like some of Brob's doubles records are going to get broken.

He's on pace for, gulp, 72.

Man, I thought you were going to have a GIF up of all his doubles so far.

[BarclaySouthway]

60 doubles hasn't been done since 1936. Manny's on pace to blow right by that number (and the MLB record as was mentioned).

Earl Webb(?) set the record with 67 in 1931.

Manny's on pace to hit about 69 even if he only plays in 154 games.

Wow. He is locked in now and just wearing out that left field corner.

[DrungoHazewood]

The other day I ran an approximation of Manny's numbers through Bill James' old Brock2 projection system and it said he'd play through at least age 41 and end up with almost 1100 doubles*. Tris Speaker's record is 792. The doubles record is vulnerable**, so if someone is going to crush it like Chris Davis and a fastball it might as well be Manny.

* Of course the same system, using the same rosy early 2013 performances extrapolated out to a full year, would probably show Bryce Harper ending up with the all time records in like 15 categories.

** The record is roughly 15 seasons of league-leading performance, which makes it somewhat likely to be broken.

[DrungoHazewood]

60 doubles hasn't been done since 1936. Manny's on pace to blow right by that number (and the MLB record as was mentioned).

Earl Webb(?) set the record with 67 in 1931.

Manny's on pace to hit about 69 even if he only plays in 154 games.

Wow. He is locked in now and just wearing out that left field corner.

The single-season doubles record is one of those records that you'd assume would have been broken long before now. We're at about 1.7 doubles/game, which is only a bit off of the all-time high (the mid-2000s and the era right around 1930 were both peaked in the 1.8-1.9 range). The differences between today and the Earl Webb era is probably parks and fielding ability. You had lesser fielders trying to cover larger outfields. This was counter-balanced by weaker hitting, and a larger spred in hitting talent, so the overall league numbers were similar. A highly-skilled doubles hitter in a park that generates lots of doubles could take advantages of conditions that don't exist anymore.

[BobbyWoontz]

I'm waiting for Elias to come out for a list for the youngest players to hit 3 doubles in one game.

[LayzieDES]

I'm waiting for Elias to come out for a list for the youngest players to hit 3 doubles in one game.

Ty Cobb is the youngest by a few weeks from Manny way back in 1907.

[markakis8]

Let's keep things in perspective. Mike Napoli is on pace to hit 61 doubles.

Manny is a doubles machine right now but he would have to hit doubles at this torrid pace the rest of the season and that is highly unlikely. 50 doubles isn't out of the question though.

[markakis8]

I'm waiting for Elias to come out for a list for the youngest players to hit 3 doubles in one game.

And he's done it twice!

[DrungoHazewood]

I'm waiting for Elias to come out for a list for the youngest players to hit 3 doubles in one game.

Elias shmias. Their entire business model was nuked by a $30 subscription to the bb-ref play index.