 Hello and welcome to episode 20 of stats that exist, but do not matter. This is the first off-season episode Here we go. Francisco Lindor made his major league debut when he was 21 years old in 2015 he played 99 games he plays second in the rookie of the year voting and he laid down 13 Sack Bunts that was an MLB leading amount of sacrifice hits Bunts they say sack hits really just Bunts basically they called him up They put him in the two-hole and then for a stretch in August if the leadoff hitter got on They just gave him the Bunt sign in a 10 game stretch from August 2nd to August 13th Lindor laid down a sack Bunt seven times seven games out of ten He just had the bat taken out of his hand by the third base coach or the coach and he just did what he was asked for You know earn it 13 sack Bunts his rookie year the next season 2016 he's 22 years old He's ready to prove to everyone that he can move the runner over in the air as well He leads the league in sack flies with 15 and those two seasons 15 and 16 Lindor combined for 38 sacrifices Second place was you know Escobar were 31 and then after that no one even like really broke 20 No one was doing it So you know just the king of the sacrifice young kid moving runners over now You're probably wondering how this stacks up historically Well, he led the league with 15 sack flies in 2016 The most sack flies ever in a single season in the American League is 17 So he's damn close two to tie three to win The most sack flies in a single season ever in the history of baseball is 19 by Gil Hodges in 1954 and that's that's when they started keeping track of the sack fly is kind of like a stat that baseball was like Let's keep track of it Then they're like fuck that no, and then they're like let's keep track of it No, and then in 54 they're like let's keep track of it and let's keep track of it forever. So they have Gil Hodges set the record first year 19 sack flies lindor had 15 I went to the tape I found every time there was a runner on third less than two outs Could lindor have broken Gil Hodges record and become the all-time sack fly leader in 2016 season Let's take a look We got five at bats here this first one Minnesota man on third less than two outs Barrios is pitching he gets the pitch lindor bloops it into left field center fielder chasing it down chasing it down Doesn't die misses it come on man Look at this all he's got to do is just lay out dive a little move over and that's what would have happened And that's a sack fly and you know Cleveland shortens the lead to two runs instead Lindor has to settle for the RBI double two-run score and it's a one-run game Come on next up. We got John Lamb. He was looking like this back then Oh two pitch the lindors got both runners in scoring position and the center fielder camps under and just that misses it I mean, I don't know what if he if this is vindictive I don't know if he knows lindors going for a record But again lindor has to settle for a two RBI double when the sack fly was right there moving on this one's a little bit harder 9th inning down by one lindor pokes one in the right doesn't make the diving play instead He misses the ball it rose to the wall and lindor instead of having the game tying sack fly He has a game tying triple, but he celebrates as if the dude caught it anyway still excited next up Fernando Rodney little bloop to Christian Yellich Guy or on third base doesn't take off. Come on man Lindor is trying to do something here and have a big year. You got to be running and then finally Houston Cleveland Springer makes the catch That's Santana on third. He bluffs Springer throws, but he doesn't run It's like look come on this fan in the back. He can't believe it like lindor is trying to do big things here And you're blowing it He knows he's like maybe I should have ran Sack fly kid is trying to get a sack flies on so I mean that's it It could have happened maybe but it doesn't matter at all no one counts sack flies No one has ever really looked at this before I doubt lindor even knows he was that close to breaking a record two away from tying it You think he knows I doubt it. I don't think this matters also Gil Hodges hit 19 I bet if I went and found the tape I bet there's five times he could have got more so in the end this video is worthless