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ShareThisNine Is Usually The Magic Number For Torre’s Yanks
The Yankees lost their game yesterday, by a score of 13-9. Thanks to Baseball-Reference's Play Index Team Batting Gamelog Finder, we can see that it's just the 20th time since 1996 (aka the "Torre Era") that the Bronx Bombers have scored 9+ runs in a game and lost:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----
1 2007-08-02 NYY CHW L 9-13 43 41 9 15 2 0 2 9 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 11
2 2007-05-04 NYY SEA L 11-15 47 41 11 16 3 0 2 11 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 12
3 2006-06-17 NYY @WSN L 9-11 46 42 9 15 4 0 3 9 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 17
4 2005-09-27 NYY @BAL L 9-17 44 39 9 12 1 0 3 8 5 0 8 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 8 10
5 2004-07-24 NYY @BOS L 10-11 46 42 10 12 4 0 1 9 3 0 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 10
6 2004-07-03 NYY @NYM L 9-10 44 36 9 12 4 0 2 8 6 1 6 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 8 18
7 2003-08-11 NYY @KCR L 9-12 43 38 9 15 8 0 2 8 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 7 9
8 2002-06-20 NYY @COL L 11-14 48 46 11 19 5 1 3 11 0 0 9 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 7 19
9 2000-07-13 NYY FLA L 9-11 47 38 9 12 3 0 1 9 8 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 10
10 2000-06-17 NYY CHW L 9-10 45 41 9 15 3 0 1 9 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 9
11 1999-09-11 NYY BOS L 10-11 49 42 10 12 0 0 2 9 7 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 12 14
12 1998-08-23 NYY @TEX L 10-12 40 38 10 13 3 0 4 9 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9
13 1998-05-27 NYY @CHW L 9-12 43 34 9 6 1 1 1 6 9 0 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 7 9
14 1997-09-23 NYY @CLE L 9-10 43 39 9 13 2 0 1 9 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 11
15 1997-09-05 NYY BAL L 9-13 43 41 9 16 5 0 1 9 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 9
16 1997-04-08 NYY @ANA L 9-10 54 50 9 19 6 1 2 9 2 0 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 10
17 1996-09-19(2) NYY BAL L 9-10 41 37 9 11 1 0 4 9 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 13
18 1996-09-03 NYY @OAK L 9-10 43 36 9 12 1 0 2 9 5 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 12
19 1996-08-18 NYY SEA L 12-13 60 53 12 19 5 0 1 12 7 1 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 13
20 1996-07-17 NYY @BOS L 11-12 52 45 11 19 4 0 3 11 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 13
In the "Ouch!" Department, in 6 of these 20 losses, the Yankees lost the game by one run.
Further, the game yesterday was just the 8th time since 1996 where the Yankees have scored 9+ runs in a game at home and lost the game.
Lastly, in these 20 losses, 3 times Jeff Nelson was charged with the loss - while, Hideki Irabu, El Duque Hernandez, and Mo Rivera took two of these 20, each, as losses as well.
Twice, Nelson blew the game in the last frame - as did Rivera in both of his losses. In fact, of the 20 losses, there were 6 times in total where the Yankees lost the game with their last pitcher of the contest on the hill.
On the brighter-side, for Yankees fans, in the "Torre Era," the Yankees have scored 9+ runs in a game and won 337 times.
A record of 337-20 since 1996 tells you that, most times, if the Yankees score 9+ runs in a game, they're going to win it.
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This entry was posted on Friday, August 3rd, 2007 at 9:09 am and is filed under Game Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:42 am
While interesting, not, in my eyes, a terribly useful stat. The Pirates, who can probably best be defined as the anti-Yankees (no winning seasons in the Torre era) are 171-15 when scoring 9 or more runs. The difference in winning percentage is very slight, considering the chasm between the two teams overall. (Yanks .944, Pirates .919).
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Overall in 2007, when teams score 9 runs, they are 379-25 (.938). It looks like the truly good teams win one or two extra games while the bad teams lose one or two extra games.
Of course, the true measure of a team is how it performs in lower-scoring games.