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

Padres Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Padres (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Leonel Campos 12.5 Mike Nicolas 12.4 Brad Wieck* 11.8 Kevin Quackenbush 11.4 Jake Peavy 11.3 Richard Zinniger* 11.3 Bruce Bensching 11.2 Jim Sak 11.1 Brad Brach 10.9 Wesley Smith 10.7 Correctly answered by Michael Danes, Brian Bohem and Rod Humphrey Select one of the four choices then click Vote in order … Read more

Pirates Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Pirates (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Tyler Glasnow 11.9 Josh Sharpless 11.8 Jess Amedee 11.6 Henry Owens 11.2 Vic Black 11 Bill Laxton* 10.9 John Ericks 10.9 Mike Sinclair* 10.9 Andy Oliver* 10.7 Kevin Franchi* 10.3 Correctly answered by Michael Danes, Bryan Swank and Doug Snyder Sr. Select one of the four choices then click Vote in … Read more

Phillies Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Phillies (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Cole Hamels* 11.9 Michael Schwimer 11.9 Marty Decker 11.4 Chris Keelin 11.1 Trevor May 11.1 Mike Zagurski* 11.1 Jordan Ellis 10.8 Brett Black 10.7 Andy Barb 10.6 Alberto Tirado 10.6 Correctly answered by Michael Danes, Matthew Bloss, Erin Underwood, Tom Siegler and Neil Bush Select one of the four choices then … Read more

Athletics Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Athletics (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 A.J. Puk* 12.8 Andrew Carignan 12 Connor Robertson 12 Omar Duran* 11.8 Oscar Abreu 11.7 Henry Rodriguez 11.7 Tucker Healy 11.5 Fred Norman* 11.5 Vida Blue* 11.4 Neal Cotts* 11.3 Correctly answered by Michael Danes, Bryan Swank, Chris Green, Rod Humphrey, Andrew Reynolds, Garry Megibben, Matthew Bloss, Michael McConchie, Kevin McCoy, … Read more

Yankees Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Yankees (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Nick Goody 13.1 David Robertson 12.7 Tommy Kahnle 12 Mark Montgomery 11.9 Jonathan Ortiz 11.8 Dana Ridenour 11.8 Jose Ramon Mesa 11.6 Rafael De Paula 11.5 Tyler Webb* 11.4 Colter Bean 11.2 Correctly answered by Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Bryan Swank, Jon Winkler and Rod Humphrey Select one of the four … Read more

Mets Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Mets (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Jack Leathersich* 15.3 Nolan Ryan 12.9 Dario Alvarez* 12.4 Dwight Gooden 12.4 Mike Cox* 12.2 Akeel Morris 12.1 Steve Grennan* 11.7 Scott Kazmir* 11.5 Eric Cammack 11.2 Yusmeiro Petit 11.2 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Tom Siegler, Andrew Reynolds, Doug Snyder Sr., Jon Winkler, Michael Danes, David J. Marti, Kevin McCoy … Read more

Pilots / Brewers Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Pilots / Brewers (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Nick Neugebauer 12.4 Zach Braddock* 12.0 Freddy Peralta 11.9 Quintin Torres-Costa* 11.9 Tim Fortugno* 11.6 Brian Mallette 11.6 Mike J. Adams 10.9 Josh Hader* 10.9 Will Inman 10.9 Fritz Fedor 10.8 Correctly answered by Michael Danes, Jon Winkler, Bryan Swank, Michael McConchie, Kevin McCoy, Matthew Bloss and Tom Siegler Select … Read more

Dodgers Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Dodgers (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Sid Fernandez* 12.6 Hung-Chih Kuo* 12.4 Jose De Leon 12.2 Antonio Osuna 11.9 Chuck Tiffany* 11.9 Jay O’Shaughnessy 11.7 Mark Alexander 11.6 Steve Ames 11.6 Daniel Coulombe* 11.6 Jeff Kubenka* 11.6 Correctly answered by Bruce A. Sarte, Joe Barnhart, Kevin McCoy, Erin Underwood, Chris Green, Bryan Swank and Matthew Bloss Select one … Read more

Royals Minor League Career Strikeouts / 9 IP Leaders

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Royals (Minor Leaguers) SO/9 Bob Falcon* 13.3 Spencer Patton 12.2 Tom Gordon 11.8 Ryan Bukvich 11.6 Ambiorix Burgos 11.5 Patrick Keating 11.4 Josh Staumont 11.4 Juan Abreu 10.9 Sean Manaea* 10.9 Dan Miceli 10.9 Matt Strahm* 10.9 Jorge Vasquez 10.9 Kyle Zimmer 10.9 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey Select one of the four choices then … Read more