tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490196343695454210.post4541993362687472031..comments2024-03-17T10:55:53.025-04:00Comments on The Baseball Historian: Some Odd Struggles of Hall-of-Fame PlayersAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676889721927687155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490196343695454210.post-56734664974864204192016-03-20T04:00:40.430-04:002016-03-20T04:00:40.430-04:00Mantle's OPS+ in Cleveland was actually well o...Mantle's OPS+ in Cleveland was actually well over 100. It was his tOPS+ that was 83 which means only that his production there was lower than his own norms, not league wide norms. His numbers against Cleveland at home were not much better which suggests that it was the Cleveland pitching and not the Cleveland ballpark that gave him trouble.howard rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116605092226855822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490196343695454210.post-30040134391408614352015-08-30T12:18:59.116-04:002015-08-30T12:18:59.116-04:00Damn... now that's research! INteresting stats...Damn... now that's research! INteresting stats. Do you think a righty-vs lefty contributed to much of this? It doesn't make sense with regards to Mantle, of course, but I wonder if troubles for him occurred when it was excessively cold or windy or night versus day games there. BTW, Cleveland as a whole has also been called the Mistake By The Lake... but it is a nice town... as long as its river doesn't catch fire.Andrew Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063234777548462157noreply@blogger.com