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What’s the sports stat - however esoteric - that blows your mind?

470 sats \ 12 comments \ @Jer 21 Mar Stacker_Sports

I read today that in 1988, Wade Boggs had more doubles (45) than swing and misses (41). I had to read this twice as it seemed so insane.

I’d love to hear some stats that broke your brain.

FYI Boggs had 719 plate appearances that year and finished with an 8.3 WAR

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61 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 21 Mar

I used to love playing with Wade Boggs on the Tampa Ray Devil Rays on All Star baseball on N64

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Mar

Boggs is a legend. I don’t think many remember him for his days with the devil rays though.

61 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Mar

Cricket has a coin toss before the game begins. It's often very important and the decision taken by the winning captain impacts the outcome of the come.

Recently India captain Rohit Sharma lost his 12th consecutive toss, a record, but more surprisingly india still won the Champions trophy without losing a single match.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 21 Mar

That’s quite a streak on a 50/50.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Mar

In the finals of T20 Rohit was so frustrated after losing it that he said, "It's meaningless for me to come and flip the coin, I'm destined to lose it."

He jokingly asked the captain not to go for the toss and just tel him whatever they decided, either bat or bowl first.