The baseball season may be over, but it’s always a good time of year to analyze the game and think about it from all possible angles. With that in mind, we’re going to dig into a few questions that require research -- think of them like trivia questions to use on your friends, or those unanswered questions you’ve come across while reading up on Hot Stove season and other baseball topics.

The topics here will run the gamut, and this week’s span from Hall of Fame ballot residents to impressive Statcast feats.

@mlb_czech: Curious, if there was any pitcher ever highly dominant on night games and absolutely terrible during the day games. If so, [who was it]?

To dig into this, I looked at all pitchers to throw at least 500 innings since 2014. The largest differential between a player’s daytime and nighttime ERA in that span -- meaning the daytime one was higher -- was 2.26, by Ubaldo Jiménez. He had a 6.90 ERA during the day in that span, and a 4.64 ERA at night. However, that isn’t exactly dominance at night.

If we look at it the opposite way, the largest differential between a player’s nighttime and daytime ERA in that span is 2.24, by José Ureña, who has a 5.32 ERA at night and a 3.08 ERA during the day in that span.

If you’re curious about the overall leaders, Clayton Kershaw’s 2.29 nighttime ERA is by far the lowest among that group in that span. The lowest daytime ERA belongs to Jacob deGrom, at 1.84. Kershaw, notably, is third on that list too, at 2.21. And deGrom is fourth on the nighttime list, at 2.97. In other words: typically, good pitchers are good no matter the time of day, though there are sometimes individual differences.

@K_Wagner99: What is the most baserunners allowed by a pitcher in a no-hitter?

The most baserunners allowed by a pitcher in a no-hitter on record (since 1908) is 11 by Jim Maloney on Aug. 19, 1965, for the Reds in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cubs. One contributing factor there: the game went extras, with Maloney pitching 10 innings and his squad winning on a Leo Cardenas solo homer in the top of the 10th. Maloney walked 10 batters in the game -- the other baserunner came on a hit-by-pitch.

If we look simply at nine-inning no-hitters, the names and no-hitters may be a bit more familiar, as they happened in much more recent memory. The most baserunners allowed by a pitcher in a nine-inning no-hitter on record is 10, by Edwin Jackson on June 25, 2010, and A.J. Burnett on May 12, 2001.

Jackson’s no-hitter for the D-backs against the Rays was notable because he threw 149 pitches, the most in a no-hitter since pitch counts have been tracked (1988). It follows logically, then, that there were plenty of people on base. He walked eight batters and hit one, while another reached on an error.

Burnett’s no-hitter was for the Marlins against the Padres, and he didn’t skimp on pitches, either, throwing 129. He walked nine batters and hit another.

@maggie93369317: Any player besides Eric Chavez have greater than 5 Gold Gloves and no All-Star Game appearances?

Some context, just to set the scene here -- Gold Gloves were first awarded for the 1957 season, so any players on this list will have careers that unfolded from that point onward. Chavez won six Gold Glove Awards, yet never made an All-Star team. The slick-fielding third baseman’s name has come up lately as he’s on the 2020 Hall of Fame ballot, his first time appearing there. He’s one of seven players to win at least five Gold Gloves and not be selected to the Midsummer Classic, along with outfielder Garry Maddox (8), first baseman Wes Parker (6), first baseman J.T. Snow (6), outfielder Dwayne Murphy (6), third baseman Doug Rader (5) and outfielder Gary Pettis (5).

@MikeOxl34628515: I’d like to know who has the longest throw for an out in MLB history. I keep thinking maybe [Cespedes] against the Angels?

We don’t have this kind of tracking data throughout Major League history, but we can answer this question in the span of Statcast’s existence -- since 2015. The oft-mentioned Yoenis Céspedes throw mentioned here was in 2014, so we don’t have any data for it. However, the answer is still a throw against the Angels.

In that time, the longest on-the-fly throw on an assist went 321 feet, by Ramón Laureano on Aug. 11, 2018, at Angel Stadium. Justin Upton hit a fly ball to Laureano, who caught the ball on the run, then turned around to throw to first base and get Eric Young Jr. for the double play. Laureano’s throw was clocked at 91.2 mph -- not too shabby, either.

Meanwhile, the hardest throw Statcast has tracked came from the Yankees’ Aaron Hicks on April 20, 2016. Facing the A’s, and with the bases loaded and one out, Hicks caught a fly ball in left field and fired a 105.5 mph strike to home plate to complete a record-setting double play.

@dbilmes: How does Lou Whitaker compare to 2B already in the Hall of Fame?

Whitaker is on the 2020 Modern Baseball Era ballot, which means it’s certainly a good time to reexamine his case. He played 2,390 career games, which would rank fifth among current Hall of Famers who were primarily second basemen (at least 50 percent of games at the position). Craig Biggio, Eddie Collins, Joe Morgan and Nap Lajoie played more.

Whitaker accumulated 75.1 career Wins Above Replacement according to Baseball Reference, which would rank sixth among those second basemen already in the Hall of Fame, behind only Rogers Hornsby, Collins, Lajoie, Morgan, and Charlie Gehringer.