Author: Jerry Tapp

Giannis Antetokounmpo collected his 32nd career triple-double in the Bucks win over Miami on Saturday night. The triple-double tied Giannis with Rajon Rondo for 13th place on the all-time NBA list for most career triple-doubles. Russell Westbrook tops the list with 198 career triple-doubles. The Bucks have now won 10 straight games when Giannis has a triple-double. He had his first triple-double on February 22, 2016. Here are 15 stats you may not know about Giannis’ 32 career triple-doubles: One: Giannis scored 30+ points in 12 of his triple-doubles, 20-29 points in 15 of them, and in five he scored…

Fueled by Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 174 points in the last six NBA All-Star Games, the Milwaukee Bucks have the second most points in all-star games since 2017. The Milwaukee Bucks have scored 204 points in the NBA All-Star Games since 2017 The Bucks have scored 204 points, second most to Golden State’s 260, in the NBA All-Star Games since 2017. Giannis is averaging 29.0 points per game in the All-Star Game in the last six seasons. Khris Middleton has played in three of the last four ASGs and have tallied 30 points, giving the Bucks their 204 points since 2017. The…

The website baseball-reference.com shows that 125 pitchers who were born in Wisconsin have pitched in the league, and 82 of those players won at least one game in the majors. So, of those 125 pitchers, who is the greatest Wisconsin-born pitcher in MLB history? Three MLB pitchers born in Wisconsin are in the Hall of Fame Did you know that three Wisconsin-born pitchers are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame? All were voted in by the Veterans/Old Timers committees. The three: Kid Nichols: Born in Madison, Nichols pitched from 1890-1906 winning 362 games. Voted to the Hall in 1949.…

The Senior Bowl will be played this weekend in Mobile, Alabama. For NFL teams, they have the game and practices leading up to the game to evaluate the talent from college seniors who will be available in the upcoming draft. So, who might the Green Bay Packers be interested in? And are there players from certain schools that the Packers brass will be focusing on? In the 2022 Draft, the Pack selected 11 players from 10 different schools. Two players from the University of Georgia were taken by the team in the first round of the draft: defensive players Quay…

Complete games, saves, and the number of pitchers used in a game… If you want to see how the game of baseball has evolved in the last 50 years, look at the numbers for these stats above. In simple terms, (1) there are more pitchers used by teams in a game; (2) there are fewer complete games; and (3) saves are clearly an important stat to the success of an MLB team. MLB pitching stats from 1922 to 2022 Let’s put a few numbers on these statements. First. Let’s start with baseball in the last 100 years. Did you know:…

With 14 home games left on the schedule, Giannis Antetokounmpo is on pace to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 50-year record for most points scored at home by a Milwaukee Bucks player. What Giannis Antetokoounmpo needs to do to break Kareem’s record Kareem in 1971-72 tallied 1,200 points in home games for the Bucks. With 54 points in his home game Thursday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, Giannis now has 781 points in Bucks home games this season. He is averaging 35.5 points per game at home in 22 contests at Fiserv Forum. If Giannis averages 35.5 in his last 14…

Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen is one of eight NBA players currently with a 40-50-90 shooting season on their 2022-23 stat line. Grayson Allen has a 40-50-90 shooting season on his stat line this season Allen is shooting 40.2% on three-pointers, 51.1% on two-point shots, and 90.5% on free throws this season. He has never had a 40-50-90 shooting season in his career. Allen, who is in his fifth season in the league, is one of eight players who’s current shooting percentages in these three categories are above the 40-50-90 line (minimum of 25 games played this season to qualify…

Last season, the Milwaukee Brewers were fourth in the majors with the most strikeouts by their batters with 1,464. The Angels, Braves and Pirates were 1-2-3 in that category last season in the majors. For the Brew Crew, that meant that they struck out once every 3.7 at-bats, tied for third among MLB teams in ’22. These stats got me thinking about what players in Brewers history have had the best eye at the plate. There are certainly a lot of ways to approach this question and a lot of numbers to crunch to get an answer. For the sake…

There has been a lot of debate and discussion about Aaron Rodgers not having a very good season in 2022. Those who say he had a bad season can certainly point to a few stats: second most interceptions in a season (12), second lowest yards per attempt in his career (6.8) and no games in 2022 with 300 or more passing yards. Some good Aaron Rodgers stats for 2022 That being said, Rodgers, in his 18th season (15th as a starter) did compile a set of numbers from the QB position that many quarterbacks would be proud of: 350 completions,…

Green Bay Packers fans have been spoiled. Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t mean they are spoiled like spoiled brats (although I’m sure Bears fans would have their own opinion). What I mean is that the Packers faithful have been spoiled by having two Hall-of-Fame-caliber quarterbacks at the helm for the better part of three decades. Favre, Rodgers have started 95.6% of Packers games since 1992 Consider this amazing stat: In the last 31 years (1992-2022)… a span of 498 regular season games… the starting QB for the Pack has been either Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers in 95.6% of those…