Sample Baseball Searches
With Stathead, you can find any player, any team, any season, any game, any play (and more!) using a powerful set of search filters. This list of sample searches will give you an idea of the incredible power and flexibility of Stathead. Select any example to go to the search results and see which tool and filters were used to create that search. Modify an example to discover your own insights.
The Season Finder
The Season Finder searches for individual seasons, combined seasons, or entire careers (for players) and franchise histories (for teams). You can also use the Player Season Finders to discover the most players in a season, most players on a team, or most players in franchise history to match specific criteria.
Player Batting
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most singles in a season
- Most triples in a season since 1950
- Fewest strikeouts in a season with 502 or more plate appearances since 2000
- Most RBIs by a switch-hitter in 2022
- Most wins above replacement in a season while not being selected an All-Star
- Most recent players who played all nine positions in a season
- Most home runs in a single postseason
- Highest OPS+ in a qualified season for a primary shortstop
- Most stolen bases in a season for the Cincinnati Reds
- Most home runs in a season by a teenager
- Most home runs among players with more home runs than singles
- Most wins above replacement in a season for a player outside the Hall of Fame
- Most home runs in a season by a player on a team that won World Series
Find combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most total bases in the 1950s
- Most plate appearances in the major Negro Leagues
- Most hits in a career by a player born outside of the United States
- Most wins above replacement among players with 50% of their games at catcher
- Most career home runs by No. 1 overall pick
- Most games played by a player who only played for one franchise
- Most career wins above replacement by a player who is still alive
- Most home runs by a player whose last name starts with “I”
- Position players drafted in 2020 who have at least 1 PA
Find players with most seasons matching criteria
- Most seasons with 200 hits
- Most season being named an All-Star
- Most seasons with 20 home runs for the Phillies
Find most players in a season matching criteria
- Most players to hit a home run in a single postseason
- Most players born in Japan in one season
- Most players with 20+ triples in one season
- Most first-round picks to homer in a season
Find most players on a team in a season matching criteria
- Most All-Stars on a team in a single season
- Most Hall of Famers on a team in a single season
- Most players 6’6” or taller on a team in a single season
Find most players for a team in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Teams with the most players with 40 wins above replacement
- Teams with the most players born in the Dominican Republic
- Teams with the most players with 2,000 hits
Player Pitching
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most shutouts in a season
- Best WHIP in a qualified season since 1970
- Most strikeouts per walk in a season with at least 80 innings since 1900
- Most wins by a Mets left-hander
- Most wins above replacement in a season while not being selected an All-Star
- Most recent seasons with 20 losses
- Most innings pitched in a single postseason
- Most wins above replacement without making a start
- Most strikeouts for a pitcher over 40
- Most wins for a rookie since 1947
- Most wins in a season by player drafted in 20th round or later
Find combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most batters faced in a career
- Most career wins among active pitchers
- Most strikeouts for the Chicago White Sox
- Most career wins by a pitcher born in Canada
- Most innings pitched in the major Negro Leagues
- Most career wins above replacement for a pitcher who was All-Star in exactly one season
- Fewest home runs allowed per nine innings for a qualified pitcher in 2022
- Most career strikeouts by player drafted from Wake Forest
Find players with most seasons matching criteria
- Most seasons with 200 strikeouts
- Most years being selected an All-Star among non-Hall of Famers
- Most seasons with 30 saves for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Find most players in a season matching criteria
- Most players with 40 saves in a single season
- Most active teenage pitchers in a single season
- Most pitchers who averaged 100 pitches per start in a single season since 1988
Find most players on a team in a season matching criteria
- Most pitchers born outside of the United States on a team in a single season
- Most pitchers on a team to earn a win in a single postseason
- Most pitchers over 40 on a team in a single season
Find most players for a team in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Teams with the most pitchers to win 100 games
- Teams with the most Hall of Fame pitchers
- Teams with the most left-handers to reach 1000 strikeouts
Team Batting
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Highest OPS+ in a season during the Wild Card era
- Teams who walked more than they struck out, sorted by slugging percentage
- Lowest winning percentage by an AL/NL team that made the playoffs
- Fewest home runs in a season since 1950 (minimum 150 games played)
- Most batters used in a season
Find combined seasons for franchise matching criteria
- Most runs scored in franchise history
- Most postseason home runs in franchise history
- Most total wins since MLB last expanded in 1998
Team Pitching
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most home runs allowed in a season
- Most strikeouts per walk since 1900
- Worst ERA+ for a World Series Champion
- Most pitches thrown by a team since 1988
- Lowest ERA in a postseason
Find combined seasons for franchise matching criteria
The Game Finder
The Game Finder searches for individual games, total stats for combined games, and number of instances of matching games in a season, career, or franchise history.
Player Batting
Find single games matching criteria
- Most hits in a game
- Most recent players hitting for the cycle
- Most plate appearances without having an official at bat
- Most extra base hits in a game by a catcher
- Most total bases in a game by a player who entered as a reserve
- Most home runs in a game against the Yankees
- Most recent multi-home run games at Fenway Park
- Most at bats in a game where a player had a hit in all of them
- Highest win probability added in a postseason game by a hitter
- Most recent intentional walks in an All Star game
Find totals from all games in a season by a player matching criteria
- Most home runs in home wins in a season
- Most total bases in the first ten games of a season
- Highest WPA in losses in a season for a team that did not make the playoffs
Find totals from all games in combined seasons or career by a player matching criteria
- Most career home runs in playoff elimination games
- Most career night games played at Wrigley Field
- Most career home runs on a player’s birthday
Find players with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most multi-homer games by a player in a season
- Most 3-hit games by a catcher in a single season
- Most games started from the leadoff spot in a season
Find players with most games in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most games with 4+ extra base hits in a career
- Most multi-homer games in the postseason in a career
- Most career games that the player neither started nor finished
Find teams with most player games matching criteria
- Most cycles by players on one team in a season
- Most golden sombreros by players on one team in a season
- Teams with most players with a multi-homer game in a single postseason
Find seasons with most player games matching criteria
- Seasons where the most players had a five-hit game
- Seasons where the most players had a three-homer game
- Seasons with the most cycles
Find number of players on a team matching criteria in a game
- Most players on a team who hit multiple home runs in a single game
- Most pinch runners used by a team in a single game
- Most players on a team with a hit in a single game
Player Pitching
Find single games matching criteria
- Most strikeouts in a game
- Most recent players to strike out 15+ without issuing a walk
- Most batters faced without getting an out
- Most strikeouts in a game by a relief pitcher
- Most home runs allowed in a game against the Yankees
- Most recent no-strikeout, no-walk starts at Wrigley Field of at least five innings
- Most extra base hits allowed by a pitcher who won the game
- Highest win probability added in a postseason game by a pitcher
- Most recent pickoffs in an All Star game
- All shutouts thrown in the final game of the World Series
- Most runs allowed in a game by a pitcher on a team that finished in 1st place
Find totals from all games in a season by a player matching criteria
- Most strikeouts in games where the pitcher earned the loss
- Most games pitched in the team’s first 30 games of the season
- Highest RE24 in a season in games the pitcher’s team lost
Find totals from all games in combined seasons or career by a player matching criteria
- Most career saves in the last game of any postseason series
- Most career appearances in wins on the road against the Phillies
- Most career wins on a player’s birthday
Find players with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most 10+ strikeout games in a season by a pitcher
- Most wins in a season for a pitcher where the team won by double digit runs
- Most saves in a season of 2+ innings
Find players with most games in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most starts with no decision in a career
- Most career 9+ inning complete games with 30 batters faced or fewer
- Most career Opening Day starts
Find teams with most player games matching criteria
- Teams with the most 10+ strikeout performances by pitchers in a season
- Teams with the most 90+ game score performances in a season
- Teams since 1950 with the most complete game losses in a season
Find seasons with most player games matching criteria
- Seasons with the most 12+ strikeout performances by a pitcher
- Seasons with the most 3+ inning saves
- Seasons with the most (single pitcher) no-hitters
Find number of players on a team matching criteria in a game
- Most relief pitchers in a 9-inning game for a team that recorded a strikeout
- Most position players to pitch in a game
- Most pitchers to record a pickoff in a game for one team
Team Batting
Find teams with single games matching criteria
- Most home runs by a team in a game
- Most runs scored by a losing team
- Most extra base hits by a team on Opening Day
- Most hits in a game by the Red Sox in a game against the White Sox
- Biggest run differential in an All-Star Game
- Lowest Win Percentage by an AL/NL team that made the playoffs
- Teams that scored 10+ runs in any inning
- Teams that trailed by 15+ runs at the end of the 3rd inning
- Teams to overcome a deficit of 9+ runs at the end of any inning in a game and win
Find totals from all games in a season by a team matching criteria
- Highest OPS by a team in the first ten games of a season
- Teams with the highest collective OPS in games they lost
- Most home runs by the Red Sox against the Yankees in a season
Find totals from all games in combined seasons by a team matching criteria
- Every team’s historical OPS in night games at Wrigley Field
- Team with the highest winning percentage in potential elimination playoff games
- Team with the best all time run differential on Opening Day
Find teams with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most 5+ home run games in a season
- Most games with more walks than strikeouts in a season
- Most double-digit wins in a season by a team that missed the playoffs
- Teams with the most wins when trailing at the start of the 9th inning in 2023
- Teams with the most losses when leading by 2+ runs at the end of the 6th inning in 2022
Find teams with most games in combined seasons matching criteria
- Most times no-hit in franchise history
- Most 5+ home run games in the 1990s
- Most 1-run losses in the Expansion Era
Find seasons with most team games matching criteria
- Seasons with the most games where a team hit 5+ home runs
- Seasons with the most blowout (double-digit run differential) games
- Seasons with the most games where a team struck out 10+ times and won
Team Pitching
Find teams with single games matching criteria
- Most strikeouts in a game
- Most hit batters in a shutout
- Most base-runners allowed in a 9-inning win
- Most pitchers used in a postseason Game 7
- Most strikeouts recorded in an All-Star Game
- Worst loss by a team that won the World Series
Find totals from all games in a season by a team matching criteria
- Lowest ERA in road losses in a season since integration
- Biggest combined run differential in a season in games between the Dodgers and Giants
- Fewest runs allowed in the first 30 games of a season
Find totals from all games in combined seasons by a team matching criteria
- Best Opening Day Win-Loss Percentage in the Expansion Era
- All-Time AL/NL records in extra inning games
- Most team errors committed since 2020
Find teams with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most double-digit strikeout games in a season
- Most games in a season without allowing an extra base hit since 1950
- Most shutouts in a single postseason
Find teams with most games in combined seasons matching criteria
- Most Game 7s in franchise history
- Most no-hitters in franchise history
- Most complete games in the 1980s
Find seasons with most team games matching criteria
The Streak Finder
The Streak Finder searches for streaks of games matching specific criteria, from basic hitting streaks and winning streaks to complex statistical streaks.
Player Batting
- Longest hitting streak by a Chicago Cub
- Longest streak without a home run since 2000
- Longest on-base streak in the postseason
- Longest hitting streak in interleague games
- Longest run-scoring streak from the start of a season
- Longest hitting streak by a player on a team that missed the playoffs
Player Pitching
- Longest streak of starts with 10+ strikeouts
- Longest streak of appearances with a loss
- Longest streak of games as a reliever with at least 1 run allowed
Team Batting
- Longest streak with 10+ runs
- Longest streak of multi-homer games
- Longest win streak by the Dodgers vs the Padres
Team Pitching
The Span Finder
The Span Finder searches game spans of whatever length you choose.
Player Batting
- Most HR in any 162-game span
- Most RBI in first 5 career games
- Most Extra-Base Hits in a span of 3 road games
Player Pitching
- Most Strikeouts in first 5 games with a franchise
- Most Runs Allowed in a 5-game span at age 25 or younger
- Most Complete Games in any 15-game span
Team Batting
- Most Runs scored in any 6-game span
- Biggest Run Differential in first 3 games of the season
- At least 20 HR and 20 Stolen Bases in any 10-game span
Team Pitching
The Versus Finder
The Versus Finder allows you to compare players and teams, or see head to head results between teams, players, player vs. team, or batter vs. pitcher.
Player vs Player (two batters)
Player vs Player (two pitchers)
Player vs Player (batter vs pitcher)
Player vs Player (batter vs all pitchers)
Player vs Player (pitcher vs all batters)
Player vs Team (batter vs team/current pitchers)
- Mookie Betts vs. Texas Rangers
- Julio Rodriguez vs. Los Angeles Angels
- Derek Jeter vs. Chicago White Sox
Player vs Team (pitcher vs team/current batters)
- Max Fried vs. New York Mets
- Blake Snell vs. San Francisco Giants
- Greg Maddux vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Team vs Team
The Split Finder
The Split Finder can search for leaders matching various split criteria. It can also be used to compare split values to a player’s overall total.
Player Batting
- Most hits vs right-handed pitchers in 2022
- Most grand slams in a season
- Highest BA in July (min. 75 PA) in a season
- Most Extra-Base Hits as a 3B in Wild-Card Era
- Most Walks by an AL player batting 9th in a season
Player Pitching
- Most Home Losses in a season
- Most total IP as a Reliever in the 1970s
- Lowest ERA in May (min. 25 IP) in a season
- Most 1st inning runs allowed in a season
- Pitchers with at least 3 Shutouts in any month since 2000
Team Batting
- Highest % of HR that are solo in a season
- Most Hits by players age 25 or younger in a season
- Fewest HR hit at home in 2021
- Highest OPS after the All-Star Break in Divisional Era (since 1969)
- Most 2-Out Runs scored in a season
Team Pitching
The Event Finder
The Event Finder can find individual plays matching a variety of criteria and get a summary line for all matching plays.
- Most career walk-off home runs
- Most go-ahead hits in 2022
- Most leadoff homers in the 1990s
- Most 1-pitch plate appearances in 2021
- 2-out walk-off hits with team trailing in the postseason
- Most career walk-off home runs allowed
- Most 2-out hits allowed with bases empty in 2022
- Most 3-pitch strikeouts (by pitcher) in 2021
- Most hits allowed when ahead in count in 2019
- Strikeouts that were the last play of the World Series
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