I use numeric indicators when writing a lineup: 1 for pitcher, 2 for catcher, 3 for firstbaseman, etc. Looking at a lineup the other day I wondered how often there had been a perfect “countdown” lineup in MLB, that is, rightfielder (9) leading off, followed by centerfielder (8), all the way down to pitcher (1) batting ninth. <\/p>\n
It gave me an opportunity to work with the Retrosheet game logs, as oppposed to the event files, which I’ve used before. I was a bit disappointed to find that the lineup data in the game logs is pretty much limited to the years for which there are event files, basically 1954-2007. No biggie.<\/p>\n
Well, I found not one single instance of a 987654321 lineup! I found two examples of 9876534<\/b>21, but that was about the closest. Strange that it’s never happened in the last 50-odd years.<\/p>\n
The most common lineup in the period is 847395261, which looks about right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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