16th November 2009
According to the PI Pitching Event Finder (using multiple searches) there have been only 2 games since 1954 which featured at least 6 bases loaded walks. One of them involved 6 bases loaded walks in the first 2 innings. The other included an inning that is hard to imagine.
April 22, 1959
Heading into 7th inning in their game against the A's, the White Sox only held a small 8-6 lead. However, they had no reason to worry. In the 7th the White Sox would score 11 runs on 1 hit. That inning would feature a single, two players reaching on errors (plus an additional error), a base-loaded hit batsman, and 10 walks; 8 of them with the bases loaded. Although their lone single made it into RF, Chicago's three outs never even made it past the pitcher. Here is the play by play:
| Top of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 8-6, Athletics' Tom Gorman facing 5-6-7 |
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Tom Gorman replaces Preston Ward (PH) pitching and batting 9th |
| t7 |
0 |
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2% |
84% |
8-6 |
CHW |
R. Boone |
T. Gorman |
Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Boone to 1B |
| t7 |
0 |
1-- |
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3% |
88% |
8-6 |
CHW |
A. Smith |
T. Gorman |
Reached on E5/Sacrifice Bunt; Boone to 2B |
| t7 |
0 |
12- |
RR |
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9% |
97% |
8-6 |
CHW |
J. Callison |
T. Gorman |
Single to RF (Line Drive); Boone Scores/unER; Smith Scores/Adv on E9/unER; Callison to 3B |
| t7 |
0 |
--3 |
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1% |
97% |
10-6 |
CHW |
L. Aparicio |
T. Gorman |
Walk |
| t7 |
0 |
1-3 |
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0% |
97% |
10-6 |
CHW |
B. Shaw |
T. Gorman |
Aparicio Steals 2B |
| t7 |
0 |
-23 |
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0% |
97% |
10-6 |
CHW |
B. Shaw |
T. Gorman |
Walk |
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Mark Freeman replaces Tom Gorman pitching and batting 9th; Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Sammy Esposito (3B) batting 1st |
| t7 |
0 |
123 |
R |
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1% |
99% |
10-6 |
CHW |
E. Torgeson |
T. Gorman |
Walk; Callison Scores; Aparicio to 3B; Shaw to 2B |
| t7 |
0 |
123 |
R |
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1% |
99% |
11-6 |
CHW |
N. Fox |
M. Freeman |
Walk; Aparicio Scores; Shaw to 3B; Torgeson to 2B |
| t7 |
0 |
123 |
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-0% |
99% |
12-6 |
CHW |
J. Landis |
M. Freeman |
Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm; Torgeson to 3B; Fox to 2B |
| t7 |
1 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
12-6 |
CHW |
S. Lollar |
M. Freeman |
Walk; Torgeson Scores/unER; Fox to 3B; Landis to 2B |
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George Brunet replaces Mark Freeman pitching and batting 9th |
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1 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
13-6 |
CHW |
R. Boone |
G. Brunet |
Walk; Fox Scores/unER; Landis to 3B; Lollar to 2B |
| t7 |
1 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
14-6 |
CHW |
A. Smith |
G. Brunet |
Walk; Landis Scores/unER; Lollar to 3B; Boone to 2B |
| t7 |
1 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
15-6 |
CHW |
J. Callison |
G. Brunet |
Hit By Pitch; Lollar Scores/unER; Boone to 3B; Smith to 2B |
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Lou Skizas pinch runs for Johnny Callison (LF) batting 7th |
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1 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
16-6 |
CHW |
L. Aparicio |
G. Brunet |
Walk; Boone Scores/unER; Smith to 3B; Skizas to 2B |
| t7 |
1 |
123 |
O |
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0% |
100% |
17-6 |
CHW |
B. Shaw |
G. Brunet |
Strikeout |
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Bubba Phillips pinch hits for Earl Torgeson batting 1st |
| t7 |
2 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
17-6 |
CHW |
B. Phillips |
G. Brunet |
Walk; Smith Scores/unER; Skizas to 3B; Aparicio to 2B |
| t7 |
2 |
123 |
R |
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0% |
100% |
18-6 |
CHW |
N. Fox |
G. Brunet |
Walk; Skizas Scores/unER; Aparicio to 3B; Phillips to 2B |
| t7 |
2 |
123 |
O |
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0% |
100% |
19-6 |
CHW |
J. Landis |
G. Brunet |
Groundout: P-1B |
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11 runs, 1 hit, 3 errors, 3 LOB. White Sox 19, Athletics 6. |
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2nd November 2009
Chase Utley's World Series Career has been relatively brief. Utley's 9 career World Series games tie him for 37th among second baseman. Yet, no second baseman has hit more World Series home runs. Utley's Game 4, 7th inning blast was his 5th, tying him with Billy Martin for most ever by a second baseman. It should be noted that it took Martin 27 games at second to reach that total. Here are the leaders:
If 5 home runs doesn't sound like enough to be the all-time leader in a category, check out the leaders at third base and shortstop. Here are the World Series Home Run leaders at the other positions:
Pitcher: Dave McNally , Bob Gibson 2
Catcher: Yogi Berra 9
1st Base: Lou Gehrig 10
Shortstop: Derek Jeter 3
3rd Base: Gil McDougald , Scott Brosius 4
Left Field: Babe Ruth 9
Center Field: Mickey Mantle 15
Right Field: Frank Robinson 8
DH: Ryan Klesko 3
Pinch hitter: Chuck Essegian , Bernie Carbo 2
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1st November 2009
The Yankees and Phillies combined to hit 6 home runs tonight. According to the PI Postseason Event Finder it was the 7th time that 2 teams have combined to hit at least 6 home runs in a World Series game. Here are the previous occasions: (The search was done from the pitcher's perspective)
7 Home Runs
Oct. 27, 1989 A's 13 Giants 7 (The game after the earthquake)
Car# G# Date Series G Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
623 1 1989-10-27 WS 3 Dave Stewart OAK @SFG Matt Williams ahead 2-0 b 2 --- 2 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
624 2 WS 3 Scott Garrelts SFG OAK Dave Henderson down 1-2 t 4 --- 0 2-0 3 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
625 3 WS 3 Scott Garrelts SFG OAK Tony Phillips down 1-3 t 4 --- 1 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
626 4 WS 3 Kelly Downs SFG OAK Jose Canseco down 3-4 t 5 12- 0 2-2 5 3 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Henderson Scores; Lansford Scores
627 5 WS 3 Kelly Downs SFG OAK Dave Henderson down 3-7 t 5 --- 1 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
628 6 WS 3 Jeff Brantley SFG OAK Carney Lansford down 3-8 t 6 --- 2 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
629 7 WS 3 Gene Nelson OAK @SFG Bill Bathe ahead 13-3 b 9 -23 1 1-0 2 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Oberkfell Scores; Manwaring Scores
6 Home Runs
Oct. 01 1932 - Yankees 7 Cubs 5
111 1 1932-10-01 WS 3 Charley Root CHC NYY Babe Ruth tied 0-0 t 1 12- 0 - 3 Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Combs Scores/unER; Sewell Scores
112 2 WS 3 Charley Root CHC NYY Lou Gehrig down 1-3 t 3 --- 0 - 1 Home Run (Deep RF)
113 3 WS 3 George Pipgras NYY @CHC Kiki Cuyler ahead 4-1 b 3 --- 1 - 1 Home Run (Deep RF)
114 4 WS 3 Charley Root CHC NYY Babe Ruth tied 4-4 t 5 --- 1 - 1 Home Run (Deep CF)
115 5 WS 3 Charley Root CHC NYY Lou Gehrig down 4-5 t 5 --- 1 - 1 Home Run (Deep RF)
116 6 WS 3 George Pipgras NYY @CHC Gabby Hartnett ahead 7-4 b 9 --- 0 - 1 Home Run (Deep LF)
Oct. 04, 1953 Yankees 11 Dodgers 7
250 1 1953-10-04 WS 5 Johnny Podres BRO NYY Gene Woodling tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep LF)
251 2 WS 5 Russ Meyer BRO NYY Mickey Mantle down 1-2 t 3 123 2 - 4 Home Run (Deep LF); Collins Scores/unER; Bauer Scores/unER; Berra Scores/unER; Mantle Scores/unER
252 3 WS 5 Russ Meyer BRO NYY Billy Martin down 2-6 t 7 -2- 1 - 2 Home Run (Deep LF); Berra Scores
253 4 WS 5 Jim McDonald NYY @BRO Billy Cox ahead 10-3 b 8 12- 2 - 3 Home Run (Deep LF); Campanella Scores; Furillo Scores
254 5 WS 5 Joe Black BRO NYY Gil McDougald down 6-10 t 9 --- 1 - 1 Home Run (Deep LF)
255 6 WS 5 Bob Kuzava NYY @BRO Jim Gilliam ahead 11-6 b 9 --- 0 - 1 Home Run (Deep LF)
Oct. 14, 1975 - Reds 6 Red Sox 5
485 1 1975-10-14 WS 3 Gary Nolan CIN BOS Carlton Fisk tied 0-0 t 2 --- 0 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Deep LF)
486 2 WS 3 Rick Wise BOS @CIN Johnny Bench ahead 1-0 b 4 -2- 2 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Deep LF); Perez Scores
487 3 WS 3 Rick Wise BOS @CIN Dave Concepcion down 1-2 b 5 --- 0 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
488 4 WS 3 Rick Wise BOS @CIN Cesar Geronimo down 1-3 b 5 --- 0 3-1 5 1 Home Run (Deep RF)
489 5 WS 3 Clay Carroll CIN BOS Bernie Carbo ahead 5-2 t 7 --- 2 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Deep LF)
490 6 WS 3 Rawly Eastwick CIN BOS Dwight Evans ahead 5-3 t 9 1-- 1 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Deep LF); Petrocelli Scores
Oct. 20, 2002 Angels 11 Giants 10
751 1 2002-10-20 WS 2 Kevin Appier ANA SFG Reggie Sanders ahead 5-0 t 2 1-3 1 0-2 3 3 Home Run; Bonds Scores; Snow Scores
752 2 WS 2 Kevin Appier ANA SFG David Bell ahead 5-3 t 2 --- 1 3-2 6 1 Home Run
753 3 WS 2 Russ Ortiz SFG @ANA Tim Salmon down 4-5 b 2 1-- 1 2-2 5 2 Home Run; Eckstein Scores
754 4 WS 2 Kevin Appier ANA SFG Jeff Kent ahead 7-4 t 3 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run
755 5 WS 2 Felix Rodriguez SFG @ANA Tim Salmon tied 9-9 b 8 1-- 2 0-0 1 2 Home Run (LF-CF); Eckstein Scores
756 6 WS 2 Troy Percival ANA SFG Barry Bonds ahead 11-9 t 9 --- 2 1-0 2 1 Home Run
Oct. 26, 2008 Phillies 10 Rays 2
808 1 2008-10-26 WS 4 Joe Blanton PHI TBR Carl Crawford ahead 2-0 t 4 --- 2 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
809 2 WS 4 Andy Sonnanstine TBR @PHI Ryan Howard down 1-2 b 4 12- 1 2-1 4 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); Rollins Scores/unER; Werth Scores
810 3 WS 4 Joe Blanton PHI TBR Eric Hinske ahead 5-1 t 5 --- 2 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
811 4 WS 4 Edwin Jackson TBR @PHI Joe Blanton down 2-5 b 5 --- 2 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
812 5 WS 4 Dan Wheeler TBR @PHI Jayson Werth down 2-6 b 8 -2- 1 3-2 7 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Rollins Scores
813 6 WS 4 Trever Miller TBR @PHI Ryan Howard down 2-8 b 8 1-- 1 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Utley Scores
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29th October 2009
The big news yesterday before Game 1 started was that the Yankees added Eric Hinske to their post-season roster. This gives Hinske the chance to take part in something extremely rare: making the last out in two consecutive World Series.
Using the post-season batting event finder, it's easy to create a list of the final play of every World Series. I'm putting the entire list after the jump if you want to see it. Hinske made the last out as a member of the Rays in 2008 and although I wouldn't bet on it, Hinske has at least an outside shot to do it again this season. After all, last year Hinske came in as a pinch-hitter against Brad Lidge and struck out, ending Game 5 and the World Series. The Yankees added Hinske to their roster to serve as a late-inning pinch-hitter, so who kn0ws--if the Phillies win the World Series again we may very well see Hinske make the last out.
Some notes about this list:
- Of the 102 World Series, ten of them ended with one or more runs scoring as a walk-off win. The other 92 ended in defeat for the team at bat.
- Only one player has ever ended two consecutive World Series: Boss Schmidt in 1907 and 1908, as the Tigers lost twice in a row to the Cubs.
- Amazingly, two players have both made the last out in one World Series and drove in the winning run in another: Edgar Renteria made the last out in 2004 and won it in 1997. Before that, Goose Goslin made the last out in 1925 and won it in 1935. Interestingly, Goslin had a much better year in 1925 than he did in 1935--but I bet he was happier at the end of 1935.
Anyway, I'll be watching to see if Hinske can do it too!
Here's the full list (after the jump):
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27th October 2009
Here are a few lists and links to get you prepared for Game 1 of the World Series:
Starting with a Blast
- Chase Utley's 1st inning home run off Scott Kazmir in Game 1 of last year's World Series was the first 1st inning home run by a visiting player in Game 1 of the World Series since Frank and Brooks Robinson did it in 1966. Utley and the Robinsons are joined by Mickey Mantle (1956) and Roger Maris (1960) as the only players to accomplish this feat.
- Home players have been much more successful with a total of 12 1st inning game 1 home runs. However, this is a somewhat "recent" development. When the Robinsons hit their home runs in '66, visiting players had a 4 to 1 edge in this category.
- Teams that hit game 1 first inning home-runs were 12-4 in those games also won the whole series 12 times. In fact, the last 8 teams to hit a game 1 1st inning home run have gone on to win the World Series.
Multiple Home Runs
In World Series history, 8 players have hit 2 home runs in a game 1. Their teams have combined for a 5-3 record. In all other WS games, there have been 38 multiple home run games. Those teams went 35-3. (34-3 if you don't double count the game in which Ruth and Gehrig both did it.) Here are the players who went yard twice in a game 1:
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Troy Glaus 2002-10-19 WS 1 ANA SFG L 3-4 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B
2 Greg Vaughn 1998-10-17 WS 1 SDP @NYY L 6-9 4 4 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd LF
3 Andruw Jones 1996-10-20 WS 1 ATL @NYY W 12-1 4 4 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th LF
4 Willie Aikens 1980-10-14 WS 1 KCR @PHI L 6-7 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
5 Davey Lopes 1978-10-10 WS 1 LAD NYY W 11-5 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
6 Gene Tenace 1972-10-14 WS 1 OAK @CIN W 3-2 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C
7 Ted Kluszewski 1959-10-01 WS 1 CHW LAD W 11-0 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
8 Joe Collins 1955-09-28 WS 1 NYY BRO W 6-5 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B
1-0 in Game 1:
The first game of the World Series has been won 1-0 of five occasions. Three of them occurred in consecutive years (1948-1950).:
Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
1 1986-10-18 WS 1 BOS @NYM W 1-0 36 31 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 12
2 1950-10-04 WS 1 NYY @PHI W 1-0 37 31 1 5 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 11
3 1949-10-05 WS 1 NYY BRO W 1-0 29 29 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9
4 1948-10-06 WS 1 BSN CLE W 1-0 29 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 11
5 1918-09-05 WS 1 BOS @CHC W 1-0 33 28 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 9
Trivia: Winning Game 1 More Than Once
12 pitchers have won game 1 of the World Series more than once. If you would like to test yourself, I have created this Sporcle quiz. Otherwise, you can click here for the information.
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25th October 2009
Mike Scioscia's decision to intentionally walk Alex Rodriguez with the bases empty has worked out well so far. However, it is interesting to note that historically this has been a pretty risky proposition. Prior to this year, a post-season bases-empty intentional-walk was successful in preventing a run in only four of the seven times it was tried. Including Arod's walks, there have now been 9 bases empty post-season IBB. Here they are with their results:
Mangers Who Looked Like Geniuses
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1978-10-07 NLCS 4 Greg Luzinski PHI @LAD Rick Rhoden tied 3-3 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Luzinski was singled to second, but stranded there. The Dodgers won in 10.
4 1 2003-10-03 NLDS 3 Barry Bonds SFG @FLA Ugueth Urbina tied 2-2 t 9 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Bonds was singled to third, but stranded there. The Marlins won in 11.
5 1 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 Barry Bonds SFG @FLA Carl Pavano tied 5-5 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Bonds was forced at second to end the inning. The Marlins scored 2 runs in their half of the 8th and won the game 7-6.
7 1 2006-10-19 NLCS 7 Albert Pujols STL @NYM Aaron Heilman tied 1-1 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Pujols was stranded at first. However,the Cardinals scored 2 in the 9th and won 3-1.
8 1 2009-10-19 ALCS 3 Alex Rodriguez NYY @LAA Brian Fuentes tied 4-4 t 9 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
A-rod was stranded at first. The Angels won in 11.
9 1 2009-10-22 ALCS 5 Alex Rodriguez NYY @LAA Brian Fuentes down 6-7 t 9 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
A-rod's IBB was followed by a BB and HBP. However, Nick Swisher popped up and the Angels won.
Managers Who Looked Foolish
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
2 1 2002-10-13 NLCS 4 Barry Bonds SFG STL Rick White tied 2-2 b 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Benito Santiago drove in Bonds with a 2 run homer. The Giants won 4-3.
3 1 2003-09-30 NLDS 1 Barry Bonds SFG FLA Chad Fox ahead 1-0 b 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Bonds stole second and scored on an Edgardo Alfonzo double. The Giants won 2-0
6 1 2006-10-06 ALDS 3 Frank Thomas OAK MIN Dennys Reyes ahead 4-2 b 7 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Thomas's IBB was followed by a BB,E3,BB,2B. The A's scored 4 runs in the inning and won 8-3.
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23rd October 2009
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Event Finder - All the "final" Plate Appearances in "Sudden Death" post-season games where the score was tied and the batter won the game...
Just nine times...but, oh, what a feeling it must have been for these nine men!
Edit/Add-On, 10/25/09, 11:37 am ET: alkeiper has a good point. Here are some more heroes to end a post-season "Sudden Death" game where their team was losing and the batter won the game...
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1992-10-14 NLCS 7 Francisco Cabrera ATL PIT Stan Belinda down 1-2 1B b 9 123 2 2-1 4 2 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (LD to Short LF); Justice & Bream Score
2 1 1995-10-08 ALDS 5 Edgar Martinez SEA NYY Jack McDowell down 4-5 2B b11 1-3 0 0-1 2 2 *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Line Drive); Cora Scores; Griffey Scores
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17th October 2009
Tonight (last night?), Alex Rodriguez's 11th inning round-tripper off of Brian Fuentes tied the game for the Yankees and extended the never-ending classic that is currently being played. A-rod became the 3rd player in postseason history to hit a game tying extra inning home run. Here are the previous 2:
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1986-10-15 NLCS 6 Billy Hatcher HOU NYM Jesse Orosco down 3-4 b14 --- 1 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Deep LF Line)
2 1 1995-10-03 ALDS 1 Albert Belle CLE BOS Rick Aguilera down 3-4 b11 --- 0 2-2 7 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
Aguilera played in both of those games. He wasn't secretly singed by the Angels, was he?
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15th October 2009
In the history of Major League Baseball there have been 245 postseason series completed. 27 of those series (see here, here and here) were won by the offense, with an exciting walk-off win. The remaining 218 (see here and here) were won with the pitcher on the mound. While the pitcher who has been in the middle of the celebration the most is obvious, the runner-ups are not:
Limiting this list a little further does turn up a bit of interesting trivia. Here are the pitchers who have ended more than 1 post-season series with a strike-out:
Notice something a little strange about this list? Mariano Rivera has finished off 12 post-season series, but only once with a strikeout. In fact (present and future) Hall of Fame closers Rivera, Gossage and Eckersley, who have combined to complete 21 series, combined to end a series with a strikeout as many times as starter Orel Hershiser did it by himself.
My thanks to Sean for providing me with the list of post season games ended on a play that was not a PA.
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12th October 2009
When Vladimir Guerrero drove in two runs with his ninth inning single last night, he became the 10th player in postseason history to come to bat with his team losing with 2 outs in the ninth and hand his team the lead:
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1941-10-05 WS 4 Charlie Keller NYY @BRO Hugh Casey down 3-4 2B t 9 12- 2 - 2 Double to RF; Henrich Scores/unER; DiMaggio Scores/unER
2 1 1947-10-03 WS 4 Cookie Lavagetto BRO NYY Bill Bevens down 1-2 2B b 9 12- 2 - 2 *ENDED GAME*:Double to RF; Gionfriddo Scores; Miksis Scores
3 1 1985-10-16 NLCS 6 Jack Clark STL @LAD Tom Niedenfuer down 4-5 HR t 9 -23 2 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); McGee Scores; Smith Scores
4 1 1985-10-20 WS 2 Terry Pendleton STL @KCR Charlie Leibrand down 1-2 2B t 9 123 2 2-1 4 3 Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Clark Scores; Landrum Scores; Cedeno Scores
5 1 1986-10-12 ALCS 5 Dave Henderson BOS @CAL Donnie Moore down 4-5 HR t 9 1-- 2 2-2 7 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gedman Scores
6 1 1988-10-04 NLCS 1 Gary Carter NYM @LAD Jay Howell down 1-2 2B t 9 12- 2 0-2 3 2 Double to CF (Line Drive); Strawberry Scores; McReynolds Scores
7 1 1988-10-15 WS 1 Kirk Gibson LAD OAK Dennis Eckersley down 3-4 HR b 9 -2- 2 3-2 7 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Davis Scores
8 1 1992-10-14 NLCS 7 Francisco Cabrera ATL PIT Stan Belinda down 1-2 1B b 9 123 2 2-1 4 2 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Justice Scores/unER; Bream Scores/unER; Berryhill to 2B
9 1 2005-10-17 NLCS 5 Albert Pujols STL @HOU Brad Lidge down 2-4 HR t 9 12- 2 0-1 2 3 Home Run (Deep LF); Eckstein Scores; Edmonds Scores
10 1 2009-10-11 ALDS 3 Vladimir Guerrero LAA @BOS Jonathan Papelbo down 5-6 1B t 9 123 2 0-0 1 2 Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Figgins Scores; Abreu Scores; Hunter to 2B
It has also be done once in extra innings by Ivan Rodriguez in Game 3 of the 2003 NLDS.
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2003-10-03 NLDS 3 Ivan Rodriguez FLA SFG Tim Worrell down 2-3 1B b11 123 2 1-2 5 2 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Line Drive); Gonzalez Scores/unER; Pierre Scores/unER; Castillo to 2B
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