Insane Baseball Awards

The SABRhood’s original, data-selected awards for baseball’s strangest and most specific skills.

The SABRhood originals

Specially crafted leaderboards, unique to the Sabrhood

Unusual skills, count-level dominance, strange player profiles, and the category races you did not know you needed.

The SABRhood originals

Baseball deserves awards for the wonderfully specific

Every candidate board begins with an explainable formula or an unusual game context. The rotating showcase favors races with a leader far from the field, a tight fight at the top, or both.

3 candidate awards 3 featured this cycle
Ranked race

All-Seeing Eye

Who controls the strike zone so well that pitchers rarely get an easy out?

  1. 1Juan SotoNew York Mets · hitter15.5% BB | 13.2% K
  2. 2Geraldo PerdomoArizona Diamondbacks · hitter13.8% BB | 12.3% K
  3. 3Steven KwanCleveland Guardians · hitter12.7% BB | 9.8% K
  4. 4Kevin McGonigleDetroit Tigers · hitter13.3% BB | 13.4% K
  5. 5Mickey GasperBoston Red Sox · hitter13% BB | 14.6% K
50% walk-rate percentile + 50% inverse strikeout-rate percentile | Leader separation 2.38 separation index | Race closeness 98.8/100 | Minimum 100 PA
Ranked race

Groundskeeper’s Nightmare

Who combines the loudest contact with the strongest ground-ball habit?

  1. 1Garrett MitchellMilwaukee Brewers · hitter93 mph | 55.5% GB
  2. 2Heliot RamosNew York Yankees · hitter92.4 mph | 52.6% GB
  3. 3Angel GenaoCleveland Guardians · hitter90.8 mph | 70.9% GB
  4. 4Oneil CruzPittsburgh Pirates · hitter95.2 mph | 49.7% GB
  5. 5Junior CamineroTampa Bay Rays · hitter93 mph | 50.1% GB
50% exit-velocity percentile + 50% ground-ball-rate percentile | Leader separation 2.65 separation index | Race closeness 86.5/100 | Minimum 100 PA
Ranked race

Home Run Hacks

Who most consistently puts airborne contact toward the pull-side seats?

  1. 1Mitch GarverSeattle Mariners · hitter57.1% pull | 37.7% FB
  2. 2Nick CastellanosSan Diego Padres · hitter55.4% pull | 37.3% FB
  3. 3Cal RaleighSeattle Mariners · hitter53.6% pull | 42.5% FB
  4. 4Tyler CallihanPittsburgh Pirates · hitter52.5% pull | 42.4% FB
  5. 5Kazuma OkamotoToronto Blue Jays · hitter55.5% pull | 33.3% FB
50% pull-rate percentile + 50% fly-ball-rate percentile | Leader separation 2.13 separation index | Race closeness 96.2/100 | Minimum 100 PA
Rotation ruleShowcase score is 55% leader separation from the eligible field and 45% closeness between first and second. That lets a dominant oddity and a genuinely dramatic race both earn the front page.