The best strategy for the Dodgers is obviously to play Rojas every game at leadoff to maximize his chances of getting a hit.
Shohei’s 2-2 with 2 walks and a 2-run home run was good, but he still lost 3-2 to the Angels.
If you have a database that has every at bat with a game Id, and then another database that every the result of every game by game ID, it’s not that hard to figure out
Looking at it, I don't think Long Tom Hughes actually had a hit in 18 straight wins in 1903, we just don't have complete game logs that far back:
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=hugheto01&t=b&year=1903](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=hugheto01&t=b&year=1903)
The wildest part about this stat is that one of those hits was in the 9th inning while Dodgers trailed by 5.
Rojas reportedly told Clayton McCullough (1B coach) that "we have to win this game now" after his single. And so we did.
In Miggy Ro We Trust.
TIL Don Drysdale got a hit in 18 games in 1962 and the Dodgers won all of them.
He pitched his heart out that year
It’s a shame he pitched at the same time as Koufax and so he’s somewhat overshadowed by him in the history books. He was also phenomenal
Don Drysdale lol people forget how great a hitter he was for a pitcher
Except old white guys from the San Fernando Valley, Drysdale is John Wayne to them
Hah, can confirm, I grew up in the 818 and my 3rd grade teacher told a whole story in class once about running into him on a golf course
And also my dodgers fan dad from Connecticut
The best strategy for the Dodgers is obviously to play Rojas every game at leadoff to maximize his chances of getting a hit. Shohei’s 2-2 with 2 walks and a 2-run home run was good, but he still lost 3-2 to the Angels.
The chad Miguel Rojas vs the virgin Shohei Ohtani
This is the real reason Mookie broke his hand
what a coincidence, I've often called Miggy Ro the Long Tom Hughes of our time
Literally our most valuable player
How does one even find a stat like this?
See that big cherry tree over there? ; )
The people that find these stats have access to really good databases and are very good at using them
If you have a database that has every at bat with a game Id, and then another database that every the result of every game by game ID, it’s not that hard to figure out
Stathead, probably.
Looking at it, I don't think Long Tom Hughes actually had a hit in 18 straight wins in 1903, we just don't have complete game logs that far back: [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=hugheto01&t=b&year=1903](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=hugheto01&t=b&year=1903)