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Mark Simon, a stats guru at ESPN Stats & Information, passes along this list of those in the past 25 seasons that have had perfect games broken up with two outs in the ninth inning. Yu Darvish was the fifth. Here are the other four: Armando...

Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information dug up some numbers on Lance Berkman in a post here. Here are a few of the nuggets they found: * Berkman was a .323 hitter with a .909 OPS and six home runs in 39 games (130 at-bats) as a designated hitter in...

ESPN Stats & Information (thanks Dan Braunstein, Justin Havens, Jason McCallum, Mark Simon, Mike Veneziano, John Zoni and Nate Jones) put together a quick analysis of how Yu Darvish beat the Tampa Bay Rays. Here's a look: * A season-high six of Da...

ESPN Stats & Information (thanks Toby Petitpas, Mark Simon Deontay Morris, Katie Sharp, Jose DeLeon, John Zoni, Dan Braunstein and Brandon Mendoza) looked at Ian Kinsler's solid game Saturday and noted that he's hitting balls on the outer half of the...

ESPN Stats & Information (contributions from Harold Shelton, Justin Havens, Mark Simon, Alvin Anol, JB Kritz, Sam Farber, Jacob Nitzberg and Brandon Mendoza) put together a few nuggets on Mike Trout and the Oakland A's. So here are a few AL West note...

ESPN Stats & Information went through Rangers lefty Matt Harrison's start from Sunday and took a look at why he was able to keep the Seattle Mariners' bats off-balance (thanks to Micah Adams, Doug Kern, Mark Simon, Jeremy Mills, Lee Singer and Gregg ...

ESPN Stats & Information (it's a great crew that includes Lee Singer, Mike Veneziano, Scott Beaman, Mark Simon, Jeremy Mills, Jacob Nitzberg and Katie Sharp) put together a look at how Felix Hernandez held down the Texas Rangers offense on Saturd...

ESPN Stats & Information (shout out to Andrew Davis, Sam Farber, Justin Havens, Keith Hawkins, Justin Havens, Doug Kern, Katie Sharp, Mark Simon and Nate Jones) put together a look at how Matt Harrison threw his masterful five-hit shutout against the...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- ESPN Stats & Information (contributions from Dan Braunstein, Dave Carabello, Andrew Davis, Katie Sharp, Mark Simon, Lee Singer, Zack Singer and Nate Jones), analyzed some of Josh Hamilton's solid May numbers and noticed he saw abo...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Thanks to Mark Simon and the crew at ESPN Stats & Information for providing some interesting numbers for you to watch out for during this three-game series between the Rangers and Yankees. Here you go: * The Rangers have lo...

Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information sent over some quick notes on the Rangers vs. left-handed pitchers now that we know the Rangers will face LHP Matt Moore, a rookie with only one big league start (against the Yankees). BTW, Texas is 26-21 agains...

Mark Simon, of ESPN's Stats & Information, noticed he'd been seeing a lot of Rangers on ESPN's Web Gems. So he checked, and the Rangers have more Web Gems than anyone in the majors. Heading into Wednesday's games, Texas led the majors with 37 Web...

NEW YORK -- Mark Simon, of ESPN Stats & Information, is looking back at some of the interesting elements of the 1986 season now that we're 25 years removed from it. Today, he recounts a Bobby Witt start in which he was all over the map, yet no-hi...

The great Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information read my mind (and probably many of yours) in terms of how Cliff Lee's ridiculous start on Monday night compared with the great postseason starts of all-time. Here's a brief look: 1. Where does t...

Cliff Lee sure looks unbeatable right now, making the Rangers favorites in tonight's Game 3 of the ALCS. But the Yankees have beaten tough pitchers before in the postseason. And they've done it with Andy Pettitte on the mound. Mark Simon (of ESPN Sta...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- One interesting matchup to keep an eye on is Rangers LHP C.J. Wilson against Yankees right-handed hitting third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Thanks to Mark Simon at ESPN Stats & Information for providing this nugget (by the way, cl...