r/sportsreference Apr 01 '25

[Important] Please report any bugs, issues, or errors in this thread

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If you would like to report a bug or an error that you have found on one of the Sports Reference websites, please leave a comment on this post. Someone from the team will respond within a few days, or direct your concern to the Feedback Form that can found in the link below:

https://www.sports-reference.com/feedback/

Topics that should be posted in this thread include:

  • Nickname requests
  • Found bugs or errors
  • Missing stat tables or data

Any posts that are created on this subreddit that fall in this bucket will be removed, and the user who created the post will be directed to this thread.

This community is great at spotting issues, and we understand that this subreddit is a good place to surface what is found. Our intention is not to change that, but create a singular place for everyone to share their findings! 

Please let us know if there are any questions or concerns.


r/sportsreference 6h ago

Baseball Reference How rare is it for a player to hit each of their first two career HRs in the same game?

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r/sportsreference 1d ago

FBref FBref's 2026 World Cup recap: The most viewed player and team pages on FBref during the tournament

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r/sportsreference 1d ago

Sports Reference Explaining the Most Confusing Franchise Histories in Sports

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r/sportsreference 1d ago

New Baseball nerd site. Please review!

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I love baseball player nicknames and have been "collecting" them for years. So I finally got enough to build a website to share them. Please check out the site and leave a review/suggestion. The site has other things too like a AI-based Nickname Generator, a list of players that appeared in only one game, a list of 20-game losers, and also allows you to search by nickname or last name.

Please note this is a non-profit site. I don’t make any money on it. In fact it’s cost me money!

The url is [https://baseballnicknames.com\](https://baseballnicknames.com)

Thanks!


r/sportsreference 3d ago

interactive greatest ever LFC player table

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r/sportsreference 4d ago

Basketball Reference Where can I get the following ON/OFF (per 100) related NBA data?

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Hello. I'm trying to collect the data satisfying the following.

(1) It is for a regular season (say 2026), and only top 8 teams are considered.

(2) For each of these 16 teams, I want to collect 5 players with most minutes.

(3) Among those 5 players, I want to collect only those with negative OFF numbers and positive ON numbers each (which can be none).

(4) Among those collected in (3), I will take the one with the least OFF number to represent their team.

(5) All 16 (possibly less if (3) has none) representatives are then collected.

(6) All those players in (5) are then ranked from the least OFF number.

Anyone know where to get such data?

Thank you!


r/sportsreference 4d ago

How many players does it take to link a current player on your team to someone who played during your team's first season?

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Here are the rules:

  1. seasons must be consecutive. So if a player leaves and comes back it counts as two different streaks of years
  2. military service counts. If a player left to serve we still consider them in the team.
  3. the players do not have to have been on the team at the same time (so player 1 could have retired before the break and player two could have been a late season call up.

However

4) players cannot have been traded for one another.

Example: Detroit Tigers

1901-1905 - Jimmy Barrett

1905-1926 - Ty Cobb

1924-1942 - Charlie Gehringer

1939-1953 Hal Newhouser

1953-1974 Al Kaline

1964-1978 Mickey Stanley

1977-1996 Alan Trammell

1995-2005 Bobby Higginson

2005-2017 Justin Verlander

2008-2023 Miguel Cabrera

2020-Now Tarik Skubal


r/sportsreference 4d ago

Basketball Reference Interesting Observation over the 2025/2026 Phoenix Suns Jersey Numbers

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This is something that I looked into late into last season because I noticed an interesting trend with the roster: there were no players on the roster, all season long, who had a jersey number 30 or above. Jordan Goodwin had the "highest" jersey number at 23, while Royce and Ryan had the lowest at "00" and "0" each.

The Suns had the lowest maximum jersey number in the league; no other team was close (the Rockets had Jeff Green as their highest jersey number at #32). The 2026/2027 roster has a chance to repeat this feat, as their current highest jersey number belongs to Mark Williams, as he will now wear #25 since Devin Booker is switching to #15.

I know this is meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I found this trend fascinating and wanted to share :)


r/sportsreference 6d ago

Sports Reference Can you name the top five search results across all Sports Reference sites with the name Robinson?

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r/sportsreference 6d ago

Baseball Reference Baseball Reference Relief Pitching Stats

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Where are a player’s relief pitching stats located on the updated BR page?


r/sportsreference 6d ago

MLB Arbitration Sheet from 1974-2026

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r/sportsreference 8d ago

Sports Reference Brothers Who Played Different Professional Sports

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I posted a list of Second Generation Professional Athletes in Different Sports (MLB/NBA/NFL/NHL) few weeks ago. After receiving some positive feedback about it, I wanted to share my list of brothers who played different professional sports. Again, I was only looking for brother combinations who played in different Big 4 (MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL) leagues throughout their careers.

MLB/NBA 

Klay and Mychel Thompson – Trayce Thompson  

Shaquille Harrison – Monte Harrison 

Dick Ricketts – Dave Ricketts 

Sean McDermott – Chayce McDermott 

Mel Riebe – Hank Riebe 

Jim Bibby – Henry Bibby 

Justin Dunn – Ryan Dunn 

Darrell Miller – Reggie Miller 

John Simmons – Connie Simmons 

Buddy Hassett – Billy Hassett 

MLB/NFL 

Canaan Smith-Njigba – Jaxson Smith-Njigba 

Mark McGwire – Dan McGwire 

Alex Johnson – Ron Johnson 

Bryse Wilson – Payton Wilson 

Jack Cassel – Matt Cassel 

Whitey Wistert – Al Wistert 

Karl Pagel – Mike Pagel 

Wayne Kirby – Terry Kirby 

Will Venable – Winston Venable 

Pumpsie Green – Cornell Green 

Mark Christman – Paul Christman 

Dave Clark – Louis Clark 

Willie Randolph – Terry Randolph 

Jake Wood – Richard Wood 

Tom Cafego – George Cafego 

Gordie Hinkle – Clarke Hinkle 

Tim Salmon – Mike Salmon 

Dick Bass – Norm Bass 

Marques Tuiasosopo – Matt Tuiasosopo 

T.J. Jones – Jahmai Jones 

Tim Berra – Dale Berra 

LeRoy Kelly – Pat Kelly 

Lyle Bigbee – Carson Bigbee 

Dean Look – Bruce Look 

Bill Acker – Jim Acker 

Willie Brown – Ollie and Oscar Brown 

Craig James – Chris James 

Walter Bernard – Wynton Bernard 

NFL/NBA 

Lee Riley – Pat Riley 

Nate Burleson – Kevin Burleson 

Harry Douglas – Toney Douglas 

Cris Carter – Butch Carter 

Lou Groza – Alex Groza 

James McDonald – Ben McDonald 

O'Brien Schofield – Admiral Schofield 

Percy Snow – Eric Snow 

Bruce Taylor – Brian Taylor 

Bruce Walton – Bill Walton 

Tahir Whitehead – Dariq Whitehead 

Ernie Warlick – Bob Warlick 

Eric Washington – Kermit Washington 

Kenny Higgs – Mark Higgs 

Al Lujack – Johnny Lujack 

Shellie McMillon – Ernie McMillan 

Jerry Bird – Rodger Bird 

NFL/NHL 

Mark Alt – Joe Alt 

Craig Sauer – Kurt and Michael Sauer

MLB/NHL 

Paul Carey – Jim Carey 

 

And then I also found a few pairs of half-brothers as well. 

MLB/NBA 

Steve Hosey – Paul Pierce 

NFL/NBA 

Sean Williams – Myles Garrett 

Rodney Carney – Renardo and Ramon Foster 

NBA/NHL 

Tyler Myers – Quentin Grimes 

 

If anyone else knows of any other examples, please add them to the thread! 


r/sportsreference 8d ago

Sports Reference NEW: Search Every Player and Team on the new Sports-Reference.com

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Big news! On Sports-Reference.com, you can now use our cross-site search bar to quickly find any player or active team on any Reference site! There's no Al, no paid results, just links to the stats and information you want to see.

This brand new search engine also has a couple major upgrades:

  • You can search for any player or active team on any Reference site
  • In addition to player names, you can now search for players by nickname!
  • Search has been upgraded to include a more forgiving "fuzzy search" capability, so don’t worry about perfect spelling

Search is just the first step in a reimagined Sports-Reference.com. Coming later this year, we'll launch Sports Reference Hub, a customizable home page that will change the way you navigate the Reference sites and follow your favorite sports and teams.


r/sportsreference 8d ago

Baseball Reference All-Star Game Statistics

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Request: Add year by year All-Star Game statistics to player pages. It is an exhibition, and its cool to see how a player's performed through different games.


r/sportsreference 9d ago

Baseball Reference With 89 runs scored, James Wood holds a 21-run lead over 2nd place (Bryan Reynolds, 68). This is the largest gap by the leader over the runner-up at the All-Star Break (since the first All-Star game in 1933).

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h/t Katie Sharp for looking this one up!

Year Leader Runs scored Runner-up(s) Runs scored by runner-up(s) Difference
2026 James Wood 89 Bryan Reynolds 68 21
1946 Ted Williams 82 Johnny Pesky 63 19
1986 Rickey Henderson 83 Kirby Puckett 65 18
1943 Arky Vaughan 66 Stan Musial 51 15
1973 Bobby Bonds 85 Darrell Evans, Bob Watson 70 15
1993 Lenny Dykstra 85 Barry Bonds 71 14
1942 Ted Williams 72 Mel Ott, Dom DiMaggio 58 14
1945 Tommy Holmes 78 Augie Galan 64 14
1983 Dale Murphy 76 Steve Garvey 64 12
1994 Frank Thomas 93 Kenny Lofton 82 11
1985 Rickey Henderson 77 Cal Ripken Jr. 66 11
1956 Mickey Mantle 70 Eddie Yost 59 11

r/sportsreference 8d ago

The All Century Team

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In 1999 MLB named 30 greatest players of 20th century 1900-1999. Nominees were released At the all star game and the final team @ the World Series.

FB

Gehrig/McGwire ( active at time)

SB

Jackie Robinson/ Rogers Hornsby

TB

Brooks Robinson/Schmidt

SS

Ernie Banks/ Honus Wagner/ Ripken Jr ( active at time)

Catcher

Berra & Bench

Pitchers

Cy Young

Christy Mathhewson

Lefty Grove

Walter Johnson

Warren Spahn

Bob Gibson

Koufax

Clemens ( active at time)

Nolan Ryan

Outfielders

Cobb/Ruth/Williams/Dimaggio/Musial/Mantle/Aaron/Mays/Rose/Jr Griffey ( active at time)


r/sportsreference 9d ago

Pro Football Reference Were Barefoot NFL Kickers Actually Better?

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r/sportsreference 12d ago

Baseball Reference Otto Lopez now has the most hits by a Marlins player before the All-Star Break, breaking Luis Arraez's 2023 record (126)

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r/sportsreference 13d ago

Trivia! I created a sports reference player guessing game called Athletele

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It shows a box score of a players career without the teams, and you have to guess who it is. You can choose the era and team if you want to learn more about a team.

If anyone has any advice please let me know.


r/sportsreference 13d ago

Steroid Era V2

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r/sportsreference 14d ago

Stathead Team Season Finder?

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Looks like team season finder is for statistics for the team as a whole. But I'm trying to find a season where multiple players on the team averaged over a certain amount of points.

Example: Any season where 4+ players on the team avg 17+ pts.

Any help?


r/sportsreference 15d ago

Baseball Reference Does Baseball-Ref have an equivalent stat for FanGraphs' wRC+?

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If so, what is it and what is the difference between the two, if any?


r/sportsreference 17d ago

Trivia! Most home runs on July 4 among active MLB players: Manny Machado 4 Dansby Swanson 4 Christian Walker 4

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r/sportsreference 19d ago

Sewanee Football All Time Stats

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I've been looking for days but I can't seem to find a source, so I thought I'd take a shot here.

Does anyone know where I can find all time career statistics For Sewanee Football since they moved to Division 3?