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8th November 2009
One of the themes in the media during last week's World Series was the "core four" , the four players who linked the Yankees championships of the '90s to this year's team. Several of those players moved up the charts for playing time in the World Series and I thought it might be interesting to see whom they passed and who is still in the lead.
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5th November 2009
Wow...what a World Series!
Lots to talk about. Let's start with Andy Pettitte.
From the post-season leaders page, we can see some of Pettitte's all-time post-season rankings.
He's first in wins:
Wins
| Rank | Player | W | IP | ||
| 1. | Andy Pettitte | 18 | 249.0 | ||
| 2. | John Smoltz | 15 | 209.0 | ||
| 3. | Tom Glavine | 14 | 218.1 | ||
| 4. | Roger Clemens | 12 | 199.0 | ||
| 5. | Greg Maddux | 11 | 198.0 | ||
| Curt Schilling | 11 | 133.1 | |||
| 7. | Whitey Ford | 10 | 146.0 | ||
| Dave Stewart | 10 | 133.0 | |||
| David Wells | 10 | 125.0 | |||
| 10. | Catfish Hunter | 9 | 132.1 | ||
| Orlando Hernandez | 9 | 106.0 |
Those 18 wins came over 249 IP in 40 games and starts. So that's a little over one regular season's worth of starts, and he's managed 18 wins, which is very good. (Remember that in the post-season, you're facing all good teams, so he has no doormats with which to pad his win total. Winning at a rate of 15-16 games for a full-year equivalent is impressive.)
Pettitte is also up there in losses:
Losses
| Rank | Player | L | IP | ||
| 1. | Tom Glavine | 16 | 218.1 | ||
| 2. | Greg Maddux | 14 | 198.0 | ||
| 3. | Andy Pettitte | 9 | 249.0 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 9 | 121.0 | |||
| 5. | Roger Clemens | 8 | 199.0 | ||
| Whitey Ford | 8 | 146.0 | |||
| Mike Mussina | 8 | 139.2 | |||
| Jerry Reuss | 8 | 62.2 | |||
| 9. | Tim Wakefield | 7 | 72.0 | ||
| Charlie Leibrandt | 7 | 57.1 |
At 18-9, he's won twice as often as he's lost, which again is very good.
Check out the all-time leaders in games pitched:
Games Played
| Rank | Player | G | IP | ||
| 1. | Mariano Rivera | 88 | 133.1 | ||
| 2. | Jeff Nelson | 55 | 54.1 | ||
| 3. | Mike Stanton | 53 | 55.2 | ||
| 4. | Mike Timlin | 46 | 50.2 | ||
| 5. | John Smoltz | 41 | 209.0 | ||
| 6. | Andy Pettitte | 40 | 249.0 | ||
| 7. | Mark Wohlers | 39 | 38.1 | ||
| 8. | Paul Assenmacher | 36 | 20.0 | ||
| 9. | Tom Glavine | 35 | 218.1 | ||
| Roger Clemens | 35 | 199.0 | |||
| Greg Maddux | 35 | 198.0 |
This table summarizes the baseball playoffs nicely. In the Wild Card era, there are so many more games that all the records belong to modern guys, and over that same period, it's been pretty much all Braves, Yankees, and Red Sox.
Pettitte is number 1 in homers allowed:
Home Runs
| Rank | Player | HR | IP | ||
| 1. | Andy Pettitte | 29 | 249.0 | ||
| 2. | Tom Glavine | 21 | 218.1 | ||
| Catfish Hunter | 21 | 132.1 | |||
| 4. | Mike Mussina | 19 | 139.2 | ||
| 5. | John Smoltz | 17 | 209.0 | ||
| Roger Clemens | 17 | 199.0 | |||
| 7. | Jaret Wright | 16 | 56.0 | ||
| 8. | Randy Johnson | 15 | 121.0 | ||
| 9. | Greg Maddux | 14 | 198.0 | ||
| Charles Nagy | 14 | 84.2 |
However, 5 of the top 10 guys above actually allowed homers at a higher rate than Pettitte (including, obviously, Jaret Wright--wow!) Catfish Hunter sticks out as the only holdover from prior to the Wild Card era.
Anyway, the bottom line is that Pettitte has been very impressive. He's pitched in 8 World Series (including with Houston in 2005.) True, he's been lucky to be on such good teams, but A) he had a lot to do with them being so good and B) regardless of how he got the opportunities, he has done well with them.
It's interesting to debate his Hall of Fame credentials. His position as a top pitcher on 8 World Series teams goes a long way, in my opinion. He's got the 63rd-highest win total of all time, but only the 229th-highest loss total (translation: he's got a great winning percentage.) He has two 20-win seasons (actually 21 both times) and finished in the top 6 in Cy Young voting in 5 different seasons.
The marks against him are primarily these:
What do you think?
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4th November 2009
I'm getting geared up for tonight's game and was curious to see who the oldest Game 6 starters are in World Series history:
Cnt AgeY.D Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+------+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 40.167 Dennis Martinez 1995-10-28 WS 6 CLE @ATL L 0-1 GS-5 4.2 4 0 0 5 2 0 82 44 53 21 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 39.275 Early Wynn 1959-10-08 WS 6 CHW LAD L 3-9 GS-4 ,L 3.1 5 5 5 3 2 1 29 18 14 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 3 39.225 Pete Alexander 1926-10-09 WS 6 STL @NYY W 10-2 CG 9 ,W 9 8 2 2 2 6 0 67 38 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.00 4 38.159 Tommy John 1981-10-28 WS 6 NYY LAD L 2-9 GS-4 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 48 33 48 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.25 5 38.054 Randy Johnson 2001-11-03 WS 6 ARI NYY W 15-2 GS-7 ,W 7 6 2 2 2 7 0 104 66 62 29 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 6 37.200 Don Sutton 1982-10-19 WS 6 MIL @STL L 1-13 GS-5 ,L 4.1 7 7 5 0 2 2 67 45 27 21 20 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 10.38 7 37.168 Warren Spahn 1958-10-08 WS 6 MLN NYY L 3-4 GS-10 ,L 9.2 9 4 4 2 5 2 58 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.72 8 36.246 Dave Stewart 1993-10-23 WS 6 TOR PHI W 8-6 GS-6 6 4 4 4 4 2 1 120 68 46 28 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 9 36.182 Claude Passeau 1945-10-08 WS 6 CHC DET W 8-7 GS-7 6.2 5 3 3 6 2 0 48 32 26 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.05 10 35.309 Bob Shawkey 1926-10-09 WS 6 NYY STL L 2-10 GS-7 ,L 6.1 8 7 6 2 4 0 33 29 24 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.53
After tonight, Pedro Martinez is going to be #6 on this list and Andy Pettitte will be the new #8, slotting between Spahn and Stewart (who slide down one spot after Pedro goes in at #6.)
Among the top 10 games above, we don't see a lot of great performances. Only 3 of the starters went at least 7 innings and half the guys gave up at least 4 ER. The starters earned a cumulative 2-4 record and the teams went 4-6 in the 10 games. We know that after tonight, the top 10 record will still be 4-6, as the current #9 and #10 are 1 win and 1 loss, and the same game will slot on the new list with a win for one team and a loss for the other.
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3rd November 2009
It was noted by an Arkansan on SABR-L that Lee and Burnett were both from Arkansas and were born within a year of each other, Burnett from North Little Rock and Lee from Benton. This was the 38th time that the two WS starters from the same state in the Union. The most recent was Kevin Appier and Russ Ortiz, both from California, faced each other twice in the 2002 World Series.
Surprisingly, at least to me, no foreign country has boasted two native sons starting in a World Series game.
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3rd November 2009
Chase Utley did it again last night, hitting two homers in a World Series game.
Check out the most recent multi-homer games in the playoffs:
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 Chase Utley 2009-11-02 WS 5 PHI NYY W 8-6 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3rd 2B 2 Jayson Werth 2009-10-31 WS 3 PHI NYY L 5-8 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF 3 Chase Utley 2009-10-28 WS 1 PHI @NYY W 6-1 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2B 4 Jayson Werth 2009-10-21 NLCS 5 PHI LAD W 10-4 4 4 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF 5 Ryan Howard 2008-10-26 WS 4 PHI TBR W 10-2 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 6 Dustin Pedroia 2008-10-11 ALCS 2 BOS @TBR L 8-9 6 5 4 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 7 B.J. Upton 2008-10-06 ALDS 4 TBR @CHW W 6-2 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF 8 Pat Burrell 2008-10-05 NLDS 4 PHI @MIL W 6-2 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th LF 9 Mike Napoli 2008-10-05 ALDS 3 LAA @BOS W 5-4 6 5 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 10 Evan Longoria 2008-10-02 ALDS 1 TBR CHW W 6-4 4 3 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4th 3B 11 Carlos Beltran 2006-10-15 NLCS 4 NYM @STL W 12-5 5 3 4 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd CF 12 Magglio Ordonez 2006-10-14 ALCS 4 DET OAK W 6-3 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th RF 13 Carlos Delgado 2006-10-13 NLCS 2 NYM STL L 6-9 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 14 Milton Bradley 2006-10-11 ALCS 2 OAK DET L 5-8 5 5 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF 15 Frank Thomas 2006-10-03 ALDS 1 OAK @MIN W 3-2 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th DH 16 Manny Ramirez 2005-10-07 ALDS 3 BOS CHW L 3-5 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF 17 A.J. Pierzynski 2005-10-04 ALDS 1 CHW BOS W 14-2 4 3 4 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 18 Johnny Damon 2004-10-20 ALCS 7 BOS @NYY W 10-3 6 6 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1st CF 19 Hideki Matsui 2004-10-16 ALCS 3 NYY @BOS W 19-8 6 6 5 5 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF 20 Scott Rolen 2004-10-14 NLCS 2 STL HOU W 6-4 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 3B 21 Carlos Beltran 2004-10-11 NLDS 5 HOU @ATL W 12-3 5 5 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF 22 Shawn Green 2004-10-09 NLDS 3 LAD STL W 4-0 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B 23 Larry Walker 2004-10-05 NLDS 1 STL LAD W 8-3 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
Players for the Phillies have the last 5 such games, which is pretty amazing. They're players have done it a total of 6 times in the last 2 seasons. (Keep in mind I'm talking about a single player having at least 2 homers in a game, not the team hitting at least 2 homers, which of course happens quite frequently.)
This year, Chase Utley and Jayson Werth have joined this pretty exclusive club of players with at least 2 multi-homer playoff games.
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Babe Ruth 4 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 3 Ind. Games Bernie Williams 2 Ind. Games Jayson Werth 2 Ind. Games Chase Utley 2 Ind. Games Jim Thome 2 Ind. Games Duke Snider 2 Ind. Games Mickey Mantle 2 Ind. Games Jeff Kent 2 Ind. Games Eric Karros 2 Ind. Games Chipper Jones 2 Ind. Games Reggie Jackson 2 Ind. Games Troy Glaus 2 Ind. Games Lou Gehrig 2 Ind. Games Steve Garvey 2 Ind. Games George Brett 2 Ind. Games Carlos Beltran 2 Ind. Games Willie Aikens 2 Ind. Games
Those two guys are half of the total group to have at least 2 multi-homer playoff games in the same post-season:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Jayson Werth 2009 2 Ind. Games Chase Utley 2009 2 Ind. Games Troy Glaus 2002 2 Ind. Games Willie Aikens 1980 2 Ind. Games
Finally, here's a nice piece of playoff trivia. Can you recall the last guy to hit THREE homers in a single playoff game? I couldn't. It's been done a total of six times in history (by five different players)...how many of those guys can you name? The full list is after the jump.
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2nd November 2009
Last week I mentioned the 12 players who won the first game of more than one World Series. Here are the nine pitchers have won the final game of more than one World Series. Only Bob Gibson appears on both lists:
| Player | #Matching | |
|---|---|---|
| Allie Reynolds | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Vic Raschi | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Art Nehf | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Wilcy Moore | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Sandy Koufax | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Jimmy Key | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Catfish Hunter | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Lefty Gomez | 2 | Ind. Games |
| Bob Gibson | 2 | Ind. Games |
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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:
| Billy Martin | 5 |
| Chase Utley | 5 |
| Joe Gordon | 4 |
| Tony Lazzeri | 4 |
| Davey Lopes | 4 |
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
3rd Base: Gil McDougald , Scott Brosius 4
Center Field: Mickey Mantle 15
DH: Ryan Klesko 3
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1st November 2009
A-rod's home run was the most talked about play of tonight's game. However, Rodriguez also tied a World Series record by being hit by 2 pitches. Rodriguez should be happy he escaped with a win. All of the previous 5 players who suffered through this fate also had to deal with their team losing :
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 Jeff Bagwell 2005-10-22 WS 1 HOU @CHW L 3-5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th DH 2 Todd Pratt 2000-10-21 WS 1 NYM @NYY L 3-4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C 3 Frank Robinson 1961-10-08 WS 4 CIN NYY L 0-7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th RF 4 Yogi Berra 1953-10-02 WS 3 NYY @BRO L 2-3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th C 5 Max Carey 1925-10-07 WS 1 PIT WSH L 1-4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2nd CF
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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
Starting pitchers have dominated the first 2 games of this year's World Series. Cliff Lee, CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett and Pedro Martinez have all turned in impressive performances and have a combined game score of 273 . This total is the highest total game score for the first 2 games of the World Series since 1967. Overall, it is 12th among the best starting performances in the first 2 games of the World Series.
Here are the top 5:
1949: Yankees vs. Dodgers : 314
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Don Newcombe 1949-10-05 WS 1 BRO @NYY L 0-1 CG 9 ,L 8 5 1 1 0 11 1 79 29 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 2 Allie Reynolds 1949-10-05 WS 1 NYY BRO W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9 2 0 0 4 9 0 88 33 28 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 Vic Raschi 1949-10-06 WS 2 NYY BRO L 0-1 GS-8 ,L 8 6 1 1 1 4 0 69 29 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 4 Preacher Roe 1949-10-06 WS 2 BRO @NYY W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9 6 0 0 0 3 0 78 34 33 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
1905: Giants vs. Athletics: 296
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Eddie Plank 1905-10-09 WS 1 PHA NYG L 0-3 CG 9 ,L 9 10 3 3 2 5 0 58 39 35 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3.00 2 Christy Mathewson 1905-10-09 WS 1 NYG @PHA W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9 4 0 0 0 6 0 85 31 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3 Joe McGinnity 1905-10-10 WS 2 NYG PHA L 0-3 GS-8 ,L 8 5 3 0 0 2 0 68 30 29 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 Chief Bender 1905-10-10 WS 2 PHA @NYG W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9 4 0 0 3 9 0 85 34 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.00
1950: Phillies vs. Yankees: 295
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Jim Konstanty 1950-10-04 WS 1 PHI NYY L 0-1 GS-8 ,L 8 4 1 1 4 0 0 66 33 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 2 Vic Raschi 1950-10-04 WS 1 NYY @PHI W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9 2 0 0 1 5 0 87 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 Allie Reynolds 1950-10-05 WS 2 NYY @PHI W 2-1 CG 10 ,W 10 7 1 1 4 6 0 76 39 33 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.90 4 Robin Roberts 1950-10-05 WS 2 PHI NYY L 1-2 CG 10 ,L 10 10 2 2 3 5 1 66 43 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
1911: Athletics vs. Giants: 292
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Chief Bender 1911-10-14 WS 1 PHA @NYG L 1-2 CG 8 ,L 8 5 2 1 4 11 0 73 34 28 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.12 2 Christy Mathewson 1911-10-14 WS 1 NYG PHA W 2-1 CG 9 ,W 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 75 33 31 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 3 Eddie Plank 1911-10-16 WS 2 PHA NYG W 3-1 CG 9 ,W 9 5 1 1 0 8 0 81 31 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.00 4 Rube Marquard 1911-10-16 WS 2 NYG @PHA L 1-3 GS-7 ,L 7 4 3 2 0 4 1 63 26 25 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.57
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Paul Derringer 1939-10-04 WS 1 CIN @NYY L 1-2 CG 9 ,L 8.1 6 2 2 1 7 0 69 32 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.16 2 Red Ruffing 1939-10-04 WS 1 NYY CIN W 2-1 CG 9 ,W 9 4 1 1 1 4 0 78 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 3 Monte Pearson 1939-10-05 WS 2 NYY CIN W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 2 0 0 1 8 0 90 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 4 Bucky Walters 1939-10-05 WS 2 CIN @NYY L 0-4 CG 8 ,L 8 9 4 4 0 5 1 53 31 30 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
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Recently, there haven't been many back to back pitching duels to start the Series. Even the best recent performances include dominant games mixed in with some stinkers. Here are the top 5 since 1990:
2009: Phillies vs. Yankees: 273
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Cliff Lee 2009-10-28 WS 1 PHI @NYY W 6-1 CG 9 ,W 9 6 1 0 0 10 0 122 80 83 32 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 C.C. Sabathia 2009-10-28 WS 1 NYY PHI L 1-6 GS-7 ,L 7 4 2 2 3 6 2 113 70 64 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 3 Pedro Martinez 2009-10-29 WS 2 PHI @NYY L 1-3 GS-7 ,L 6 6 3 3 2 8 2 107 72 54 26 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 4 A.J. Burnett 2009-10-29 WS 2 NYY PHI W 3-1 GS-7 ,W 7 4 1 1 2 9 0 108 68 72 26 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29
2001: Diamondbacks vs. Yankees: 258
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Curt Schilling 2001-10-27 WS 1 ARI NYY W 9-1 GS-7 ,W 7 3 1 1 1 8 0 102 68 74 26 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 2 Mike Mussina 2001-10-27 WS 1 NYY @ARI L 1-9 GS-3 ,L 3 6 5 3 1 4 2 68 47 34 18 14 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 3 Randy Johnson 2001-10-28 WS 2 ARI NYY W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 1 11 0 110 76 91 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 Andy Pettitte 2001-10-28 WS 2 NYY @ARI L 0-4 GS-7 ,L 7 5 4 4 0 8 1 80 64 59 26 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.14
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Andy Pettitte 2000-10-21 WS 1 NYY NYM W 4-3 GS-7 6.2 8 3 3 1 4 0 96 66 49 28 25 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4.05 2 Al Leiter 2000-10-21 WS 1 NYM @NYY L 3-4 GS-7 7 5 2 2 3 7 0 126 76 63 28 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.57 3 Mike Hampton 2000-10-22 WS 2 NYM @NYY L 5-6 GS-6 ,L 6 8 4 4 5 4 1 124 65 39 31 25 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 4 Roger Clemens 2000-10-22 WS 2 NYY NYM W 6-5 GS-8 ,W 8 2 0 0 0 9 0 112 78 87 28 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Orel Hershiser 1995-10-21 WS 1 CLE @ATL L 2-3 GS-7 ,L 6 3 3 3 3 7 1 101 61 58 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 2 Greg Maddux 1995-10-21 WS 1 ATL CLE W 3-2 CG 9 ,W 9 2 2 0 0 4 0 95 63 83 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 Tom Glavine 1995-10-22 WS 2 ATL CLE W 4-3 GS-6 ,W 6 3 2 2 3 3 1 99 54 58 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 4 Dennis Martinez 1995-10-22 WS 2 CLE @ATL L 3-4 GS-6 ,L 5.2 8 4 4 3 3 1 98 57 37 28 23 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.35
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Greg Maddux 1999-10-23 WS 1 ATL NYY L 1-4 GS-7 ,L 7 5 4 2 3 5 0 57 29 24 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 2 Orlando Hernandez 1999-10-23 WS 1 NYY @ATL W 4-1 GS-7 ,W 7 1 1 1 2 10 1 79 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.29 3 Kevin Millwood 1999-10-24 WS 2 ATL NYY L 2-7 GS-2 ,L 2 8 5 4 2 2 0 22 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 4 David Cone 1999-10-24 WS 2 NYY @ATL W 7-2 GS-7 ,W 7 1 0 0 5 4 0 74 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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As you can imagine, the worst total ever consists of some pretty putrid performances:
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Jarrod Washburn 2002-10-19 WS 1 ANA SFG L 3-4 GS-6 ,L 5.2 6 4 4 2 5 3 106 63 44 25 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.35 2 Jason Schmidt 2002-10-19 WS 1 SFG @ANA W 4-3 GS-6 ,W 5.2 9 3 3 1 6 2 91 66 44 27 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.76 3 Kevin Appier 2002-10-20 WS 2 ANA SFG W 11-10 GS-2 2 5 5 5 2 2 3 48 28 26 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 4 Russ Ortiz 2002-10-20 WS 2 SFG @ANA L 10-11 GS-2 1.2 9 7 7 0 0 1 46 29 9 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 37.80
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