Everybody Makes Outs

National Pastime Out Number Frequencies

Everybody Makes Outs

Though this might seem really technical, it is interesting to note that almost every single batter in National Pastime has out numbers 24 through 34 on his card.

Below are the the players who have those numbers least frequently:

24

25

26

Chicago Cubs pitcher Guy Bush is the first exception we see. He has no 26, and instead has a 13 on dice roll 65, which is where we’d expect to see that 26.

27

Adolfo Luque, another pitcher, received a 30 on dice roll 14 and a 13 on 43, meaning that he does not have a single 27 on his card.

28

6 left handed hitters are missing a 28, as well as 1 right handed hitter. Though he was a catcher and received a right handed hitter designation, Harry McCurdy was issued a left handed hitter card; we’ll talk more about him soon.

6 of those 7 hitters have a 13 on dice roll 24, where we’d expect a 28. The exception is Frank O’Doul who received a 17. Those players also received either a 24, a 13, or a 41 on dice roll 54, where we’d expect a 28. Bill Terry and Adelphia Bissonette stand out in particular, as they are 2 of only 19 players to receive a 41.

29

Adam Comorosky’s card is pretty unusual. He received a 31 on dice roll 56 instead of the 29 we’d expect.

30

31

Pitcher Chad Kimsey received a 13 on 23 and a 12 on 63.

32

Hazen Cuyler received a 20 on dice roll 52.

33

Ruth and Combs received 13s instead of 33s on dice roll 56. Gehrig received one of those rare 41s. Chad Kimsey, whose card is pretty unusual, received a 39. That leaves James Welsh, who received an 8 on 56; I’m pretty sure this is a printing mistake and that he should have received a 33. Welsh also received an 8 on 55; we’ll look closer at him in a later post.

34

There are a whopping 72 right handed hitters who did not receive a single 34 on their National Pastime cards - too many to list here. Most of them received either a 13 or an error number, though there were two 24s and a single 28.