Derek Bain

I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family. Co-chair of the SABR Games and Simulations Committee since August 2022 along with Mark Wendling. Visit my Amazon author page to check out my books, promotional videos, and post a review if you're a Hardball Retro fan! My Books: “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds”, published in September 2024 with co-author John Racanelli, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds was recognized with the 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award. Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League Teams)”, published in July 2020, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.  Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League Teams)”, published in April 2022, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. “Hardball Architects” examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives. Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. A cross-section of essays that I penned for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog spanning nearly a decade touching on subjects including "Taking the Extra Base", "General Manager Scorecard", "Worst Trades", "BABIP By Location" and "Baseball Birthplaces and the Retro World Baseball Classic". Rediscover your favorite hardball arcade and simulations in "Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser" or take a deep dive into every franchise's minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations in "Minors vs. Majors". “Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills. Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here “Hardball Retrospective - Addendum 2014 to 2016” supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each "original" team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 - 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Contact me on BlueSky - @hardballretro.bsky.social

Athletics Minor League Career Runs Created / 140 Games Leaders

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Athletics (Minor Leaguers) RC/140 Jerry Tabb* 131.5 Luke Easter* 114.9 Eric Patterson* 113.5 Mike Coolbaugh 111.9 Adam Piatt 110.3 Mitchell Page* 110.1 Addison Russell 109.6 Aaron Cunningham 108.9 Chris V. Carter 108.6 Troy Neel* 107.7 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Michael Danes, Brian Bohem and Bryan Swank Select one of the four choices then click … Read more

Yankees Minor League Career Runs Created / 140 Games Leaders

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Yankees (Minor Leaguers) RC/140 Charles E. Keller, III* 109.9 Dan Pasqua* 103.3 Norm Siebern* 103 Bobby L. Brown# 102.9 Tucker Ashford 102.2 Curt Blefary* 101 Andy Phillips 100.2 Don Mattingly* 98.8 Zeke Bella 97.2 Tony Kubek* 96.5 Correctly answered by Neil Bush, Michael Murray, Michael McConchie, Brian Bohem, Michael Danes and Tom Siegler Select one … Read more

Minors vs. Majors: The Top Minor League Pitchers in the Expansion Era

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In the process of conducting research for the “Minors vs. Majors” chapter for my upcoming book “Hardball Retroactive”, I compiled a database encompassing every player-season for the past 55 years (1963-2017) corresponding with the reorganization and reclassification of the minor leagues prior to the start of the 1963 season. Computing the statistics for each individual … Read more

Mets Minor League Career Runs Created / 140 Games Leaders

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Mets (Minor Leaguers) RC/140 Timo Perez* 120.3 Richard Bazinet* 116.2 Roberto Petagine* 114.2 Michael Conforto* 113.9 Andrew Brown 113.2 Ed Kranepool* 109.8 Grimm Mason 107.9 Gregg Jefferies# 106 Dilson Herrera 100 Brian Cole 99.3 Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Chris Green, Matthew Bloss and Todd Denis Select one of the four choices then click Vote … Read more

Dodgers Minor League Career Runs Created / 140 Games Leaders

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Dodgers (Minor Leaguers) RC/140 Frank Howard 142.4 Phil Hiatt 134.2 Willie Davis* 132.8 Rocky Nelson* 132.5 Mike Marshall 132 William Haas* 131.3 Greg Brock* 124.8 Nick Ananias 123.7 Steve Garvey 123.7 Mitch Jones 119.7 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Matthew Bloss, Erin Underwood, Walt Koscinski and Michael Murray Select one of the four choices then … Read more