Moundsmen Who Get It Done In October - And Often
Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 26, 2007
How many pitchers, in baseball history, have thrown 10 or more games in the post-season where they’ve gone 6+ innings and allowed 1 earned run or less in each game? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Game Finder for the post-season, we know the answer:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Tom Glavine 16 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 12 Ind. Games John Smoltz 11 Ind. Games Curt Schilling 11 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 10 Ind. Games
That’s it - just these 5 hurlers. With another good post-season or two, Andy Pettitte might pass Tom Glavine on this list for the top spot. Would that give Pettitte a claim towards the title of “Greatest Post-Season Pitching Career”? It’s an interesting debate.
Then again, how many people would be willing to say that about Tom Glavine now?
October 27th, 2007 at 6:43 am
At this point in his career, I’d say Pettitte has less than a 5% chance of passing Glavine on that list.
October 27th, 2007 at 8:11 am
The total number is ok but percent would be better. Glavine and Pettitte each have 35 games started, Clemens 34, Smoltz 27, and Schilling 19.
So That means .46 for Glavine, .34 for Pettite, 41 for Smoltz, .58 for Schilling, and .29 for Clemens. In this case Schilling is the best.
I wonder who has the best percentage for at least 10 post season starts.