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According to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post Season Batter Events Finder - only 4 post-season games, to date, have ended via an error. Here's the details on each situation:
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1914-10-12 WS 3 Herbie Moran BSN PHA Joe Bush tied 4-4 b12 12- 0 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 3B)/Sacrifice Bunt; 2 1 1969-10-15 WS 4 J.C. Martin NYM BAL Pete Richert tied 1-1 b10 12- 0 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt; 3 1 1986-10-25 WS 6 Mookie Wilson NYM BOS Bob Stanley tied 5-5 b10 -2- 2 3-2 9 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Knight Scores/unER 4 1 1996-10-02 ALDS 2 Charlie Hayes NYY TEX Mike Henneman tied 4-4 b12 12- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt
Many know about Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. But, how many remember Game 2 of the 1996 ALDS or Game 4 of the 1969 World Series? And, for sure, I don't think many today can call upon Game 3 of the 1914 World Series from their own personal eye-witness memory.
Poor Joe Bush, Pete Richert, Bill Buckner and Dean Palmer - for making those errors. Gotta be a player's worst nightmare, right? Of course, all these games were already tied when these errors occurred...so, it's not like any of these miscues turned a "W" into an "L." Now, that would really leave a mark...no doubt.
Note: Three of these puppies came on bunts. So, maybe that's a smart play, when you're at home, in October, in extra innings, with the score tied?
This entry was posted on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 10:47 pm and is filed under Event Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I remember the 1969 game. Martin was laying down a sac bunt, and Richert's throw hit him in the wrist. The only problem is that photos after the game showed that Martin was clearly outside the 3-foot lane (toward the infield side), and should have been called out. Mets magic.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Remember the classic Baseball card commemorating the 1969 Word Series?
"JC Martin's Bunt Ends Deadlock" !!!
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