Comments on: Pettitte’s Had His Share Of Bad October Moments http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/855 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: truexJR1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/855/comment-page-1#comment-5695 truexJR1 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:47:26 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=855#comment-5695 Haha Jaret Wright can't pitch his way to the 6th inning without giving up five runs in the regular season so why would the playoffs be any better? Haha Jaret Wright can't pitch his way to the 6th inning without giving up five runs in the regular season so why would the playoffs be any better?

]]> By: whiz http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/855/comment-page-1#comment-5693 whiz Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:55:58 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=855#comment-5693 I looked at the list of players with postseason losses as a starter and the one with the most losses without a win is Aaron Sele, 0-6 with a 4.46 ERA. I looked at the list of players with postseason losses as a starter and the one with the most losses without a win is Aaron Sele, 0-6 with a 4.46 ERA.

]]> By: Mr. Odd http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/855/comment-page-1#comment-5689 Mr. Odd Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:41:54 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=855#comment-5689 Look at Ed Figueroa (0-4 in 7 starts, 7.47 ERA) and Doyle Alexander (0-5 in 6 starts, 8.38 ERA) for crappy post-season records. Is there a way to use PI to find all pitchers with no wins and 5+ postseason starts? Look at Ed Figueroa (0-4 in 7 starts, 7.47 ERA) and Doyle Alexander (0-5 in 6 starts, 8.38 ERA) for crappy post-season records. Is there a way to use PI to find all pitchers with no wins and 5+ postseason starts?

]]> By: BunnyWrangler http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/855/comment-page-1#comment-5686 BunnyWrangler Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:43:18 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=855#comment-5686 Jaret Wright started six postseason games, so he's at a cool 66%. Jaret Wright started six postseason games, so he's at a cool 66%.

]]> By: fsteele http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/855/comment-page-1#comment-5685 fsteele Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:04 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=855#comment-5685 I saw this list, and I thought, "A lot of those guys have started a ton of postseason games." So I ran the control query against B-R ("Most postseason starts, career"), and Pettitte is Number 1 with 35. I'm not a subscriber (can we say that in here?), so I don't get the full list, but I do live in Atlanta, so I know Glavine is going to also have a lot of postseason starts, and it seems like Catfish Hunter, Jaret Wright, Ford, and Clemens would also have 10+ qualifying starts. Certainly, these are not generally guys I would have a problem giving the ball for Game 7 of a big series. It would be interesting to generate a list of "Bombs/Game Started, postseason", where you look at these bad games in comparison to overall starts. I saw this list, and I thought, "A lot of those guys have started a ton of postseason games."

So I ran the control query against B-R ("Most postseason starts, career"), and Pettitte is Number 1 with 35. I'm not a subscriber (can we say that in here?), so I don't get the full list, but I do live in Atlanta, so I know Glavine is going to also have a lot of postseason starts, and it seems like Catfish Hunter, Jaret Wright, Ford, and Clemens would also have 10+ qualifying starts. Certainly, these are not generally guys I would have a problem giving the ball for Game 7 of a big series.

It would be interesting to generate a list of "Bombs/Game Started, postseason", where you look at these bad games in comparison to overall starts.

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