8 double plays
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Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:48 pmby labratory
Anyone ever see a game where one team grounds into 8 double plays (15 innings)?
I think I've seen 5 before but can't remember any more than that.
https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/455240/513
Re: 8 double plays
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:21 pmby sjudd
8 in 9 innings. I'm sure it would have been 9 if I'd gotten a baserunner in the 6th before there were 2 outs.
https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/playbyplay/439860/96
Re: 8 double plays
Posted:
Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:30 pmby Whoopycat
Wow. If I had been watching that replay and it was one of my teams grounding into 8 DP's I probably would've chucked my Macbook against the wall.
Re: 8 double plays
Posted:
Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:51 pmby labratory
Amazing to see 8 double plays in 9 innings.
A while back Frankie was contemplating extremely rare outcomes.
Since most teams get less than 162 DP in a season, I would assume that the odds of hitting into a DP is around once per game or 10% in any given inning. To have that happen 8 times out of 9 seems like an astronomical rarity.
Re: 8 double plays
Posted:
Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:25 pmby freeman
The record is seven in a 9 inning game , done only three times...
Re: 8 double plays
Posted:
Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:23 pmby labratory
see above. sjudd had a game with 8 in 9 innings
Re: 8 double plays
Posted:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:21 amby freeman
In Strat. In real baseball in over 200,000 games it has never happened. Only 3 times has there been 7 in a 9 inning game. I believe 8 out of 9 innings for a double play--if as you indicated there would be a 10% probability per inning-would be a 1 in 30 million chance. So, yeah, a low probability. 9 out of 9 would be one in a billion...
