6th October 2008
Reader kingturtle pointed out in the suggestions that Justin Morneau played all 163 of the Twins' games this year as the cleanup hitter. Here are the leaders since 1956, in terms of games played in one year at cleanup:
Year Games Link to Individual Games
-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------
Justin Morneau 2008 163 Ind. Games
Ron Santo 1963 162 Ind. Games
Eddie Murray 1984 162 Ind. Games
Cecil Fielder 1991 162 Ind. Games
Carlos Delgado 2000 162 Ind. Games
Rocky Colavito 1965 162 Ind. Games
Don Baylor 1979 162 Ind. Games
Joe Torre 1971 161 Ind. Games
Carlos Lee 2005 161 Ind. Games
Carlos Delgado 2003 161 Ind. Games
Rocky Colavito 1961 161 Ind. Games
Bobby Bonilla 1989 161 Ind. Games
Albert Belle 1997 161 Ind. Games
Albert Belle 1999 161 Ind. Games
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6th October 2008
If I'm using Play Index correctly, last night...er, make that early this morning...when the Red Sox lost, at Fenway, to the Angels in 12 innings, it was just the 10th time in baseball history that a team lost a home game in the post-season where they played 12 innings or more. The others:
Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs ERA
+----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+
1 2005-10-25 WS 3 HOU CHW L 5-7 14 14 7 7 9 11 2 237 149 6 0 64 53 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 8 4.50
2 1999-10-08 NLDS 3 HOU ATL L 3-5 12 12 5 5 5 18 1 197 129 0 0 51 46 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3.75
3 1998-10-07 ALCS 2 NYY CLE L 1-4 12 8 4 4 4 9 1 196 126 3 2 47 42 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.00
4 1996-10-05 ALDS 4 CLE BAL L 3-4 12 14 4 4 3 23 3 211 134 2 0 53 50 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.00
5 1988-10-09 NLCS 4 NYM LAD L 4-5 12 7 5 5 6 10 2 173 112 2 0 49 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 3.75
6 1986-10-15 NLCS 6 HOU NYM L 6-7 16 11 7 7 8 11 0 236 145 2 2 64 54 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 5 3.94
7 1973-10-14 WS 2 OAK NYM L 7-10 12 15 10 5 4 10 2 8 7 61 54 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.75
8 1973-10-09 NLCS 4 NYM CIN L 1-2 12 8 2 2 5 7 2 1 0 48 42 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1.50
9 1924-10-04 WS 1 WSH NYG L 3-4 12 14 4 3 6 12 2 51 43 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.25
Games found: 9.
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3rd October 2008
Here are the leaders for most consecutive games with a homer to start the post-season. So this doesn't count each series separately, but rather the first series that a given player played in each year.
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Juan Gonzalez 1996-10-01 1996-10-05 4 16 5 7 0 0 5 9 2 3 0 0 .438 .526 1.375 1.901 TEX
Jeffrey Leonard 1987-10-06 1987-10-10 4 13 5 7 0 0 4 5 1 2 0 0 .538 .625 1.462 2.087 SFG
Bengie Molina 2005-10-04 2005-10-07 3 11 4 5 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 .455 .500 1.273 1.773 LAA
Hank Aaron 1969-10-04 1969-10-06 3 14 3 5 2 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 .357 .357 1.143 1.500 ATL
Hank Bauer 1958-10-01 1958-10-04 3 13 4 7 0 0 3 7 2 0 0 0 .538 .538 1.231 1.769 NYY
Johnny Mize 1952-10-03 1952-10-05 3 9 3 4 1 0 3 5 1 1 0 0 .444 .500 1.556 2.056 NYY
Matt Holliday 2007-10-03 2007-10-04 2 9 2 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 COL
So Taguchi 2006-10-07 2006-10-13 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 STL
Javy Lopez 2002-10-02 2002-10-03 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 1.125 1.500 ATL
Troy Glaus 2002-10-01 2002-10-02 2 9 3 4 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 .444 .444 1.444 1.888 ANA
Derek Jeter 2002-10-01 2002-10-02 2 7 4 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 .714 .778 1.571 2.349 NYY
Jim Thome 1999-10-06 1999-10-07 2 7 3 2 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 .286 .375 1.143 1.518 CLE
Ken Caminiti 1999-10-05 1999-10-06 2 7 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 .571 .625 1.429 2.054 HOU
Shane Spencer 1998-09-30 1998-10-02 2 6 3 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 NYY
Derek Jeter 1997-09-30 1997-10-02 2 9 3 4 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 .444 .500 1.111 1.611 NYY
Brady Anderson 1996-10-01 1996-10-02 2 9 3 4 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .444 .400 1.111 1.511 BAL
Ken Griffey 1995-10-03 1995-10-04 2 11 4 5 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 .455 .417 1.273 1.690 SEA
Marquis Grissom 1995-10-03 1995-10-04 2 11 3 4 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 .364 .364 1.273 1.637 ATL
Ruben Sierra 1995-10-03 1995-10-04 2 12 2 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .833 1.083 NYY
Kevin Mitchell 1989-10-04 1989-10-05 2 9 4 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.222 1.778 SFG
Jose Canseco 1988-10-05 1988-10-06 2 8 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 OAK
Dan Ford 1979-10-03 1979-10-04 2 9 2 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 1.222 1.666 CAL
Davey Lopes 1978-10-04 1978-10-05 2 9 3 6 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.334 LAD
Joe Morgan 1972-10-07 1972-10-08 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 .375 .444 1.125 1.569 CIN
Harmon Killebrew 1970-10-03 1970-10-04 2 8 2 3 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 .375 .444 1.125 1.569 MIN
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Dusty Rhodes 1954-09-29 1954-09-30 2 3 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 NYG
Mickey Cochrane 1930-10-01 1930-10-02 2 6 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 PHA
Jimmie Foxx 1929-10-08 1929-10-09 2 9 3 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.333 1.889 PHA
Casey Stengel 1923-10-10 1923-10-12 2 6 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 .500 .625 1.500 2.125 NYG
Manny Ramirez has homered in the first two games this year (although he doesn't show up on the above list as of yet.) He has a chance to become just the 7th player to homer in his first 3 post-season games of a particular season if he goes deep again against the Cubs in Game 3 of the NLDS.
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2nd October 2008
Evan Longoria, in today's ALDS game between the Rays and Chisox had three hits - including two homers. Which player has the most post-season games in his career where he had three (or more) hits with two (or more) of them being for extra bases? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder, here's the leaders with such games:
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Reggie Jackson 6 Ind. Games
Bernie Williams 4 Ind. Games
Duke Snider 3 Ind. Games
Gary Sheffield 3 Ind. Games
Babe Ruth 3 Ind. Games
Alex Rodriguez 3 Ind. Games
Manny Ramirez 3 Ind. Games
Trot Nixon 3 Ind. Games
Fred McGriff 3 Ind. Games
Jeff Kent 3 Ind. Games
Andruw Jones 3 Ind. Games
Derek Jeter 3 Ind. Games
Billy Hatcher 3 Ind. Games
Steve Garvey 3 Ind. Games
Jack Barry 3 Ind. Games
Roberto Alomar 3 Ind. Games
I guess Reggie really wasn't kidding with that "Mr. October" thing?
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2nd October 2008
Evan Longoria already has 2 HR for the Rays today. Here are all the other players with 2 HR in their first post-season game (nobody as of this writing has ever had 3...):
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Todd Walker 2003-10-01 2003-10-01 1 5 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 2.000 2.800 BOS
Troy Glaus 2002-10-01 2002-10-01 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 ANA
Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-10-05 1999-10-05 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.600 2.000 NYM
B.J. Surhoff 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 BAL
Ken Griffey 1995-10-03 1995-10-03 1 5 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.800 2.400 SEA
Chipper Jones 1995-10-03 1995-10-03 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.600 2.000 ATL
Gary Gaetti 1987-10-07 1987-10-07 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 .667 .750 2.667 3.417 MIN
Ted Kluszewski 1959-10-01 1959-10-01 1 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 2.250 3.000 CHW
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