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How often does a team miss a sure-fire double play?

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May 26, 2006

How often does a team miss a sure-fire double

Ever watch your favorite team miss a double play when it was easy? The rules of baseball scoring prohibit the official scorer from giving anyone an error, but you know in your heart someone deserves one.


Baseball Info Solutions goes beyond the traditional scoring. In our Enhanced Scoresheet project, we expand our scoring to cover Defensive Misplays, Good Fielding Plays, Catcher Blocks, Hustle Plays, and Umpire Errors. Three of the 55 Defensive Misplays help answer this week’s question (first fielder to touch the ball mishandles the ball and only gets one out, pivot man not getting off the throw, and the pivot man making a poor throw).


With or without an error involved, in 2005 missed double plays happened about 18 times a week! It's probably not a coincidence that the World Champion White Sox were the best at avoiding this problem.


Check the chart below to see where your team ranked.


Team

Missed DP

White Sox

7

Twins

10

Giants

10

Cubs

10

Red Sox

12

Phillies

12

Orioles

13

Padres

14

Marlins

14

Diamondbacks

14

Angels

14

Brewers

15

Tigers

16

Reds

16

Pirates

16

Royals

17

Rockies

17

Mets

17

Indians

17

Cardinals

17

Dodgers

18

Athletics

18

Astros

18

Yankees

19

Devil Rays

19

Nationals

20

Braves

20

Blue Jays

21

Rangers

23

Mariners

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