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Watch Out Duke, He Comes A-Rod
Alex Rodriguez has struck out 3 times in both Games 1 and 2 of the 2009 World Series. Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder, here are the "leaders" for most games in the post-season where the games were 9 innings or less with 3+ whiffs in the contest:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Duke Snider 5 Ind. Games Ryan Howard 5 Ind. Games Reggie Sanders 4 Ind. Games Jim Edmonds 4 Ind. Games Willie Wilson 3 Ind. Games Dan Wilson 3 Ind. Games Chase Utley 3 Ind. Games Alfonso Soriano 3 Ind. Games John Shelby 3 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 3 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 3 Ind. Games David Ortiz 3 Ind. Games John Olerud 3 Ind. Games Willie McGee 3 Ind. Games Evan Longoria 3 Ind. Games Kenny Lofton 3 Ind. Games Reggie Jackson 3 Ind. Games Chone Figgins 3 Ind. Games
Then again, perhaps it will be Ryan Howard that A-Rod has to "chase" for this title?
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Most game scores over 80 in 2009
Check out this list of most game scores (regular season) of at least 80 during the 2009 season:
This is my second recent post involving the Game Score stat, so in case you're not familiar with it, you can read about how it's calculated right here.
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ C.C. Sabathia 2009 4 Ind. Games Tim Lincecum 2009 4 Ind. Games Roy Halladay 2009 4 Ind. Games Zack Greinke 2009 4 Ind. Games Joel Pineiro 2009 3 Ind. Games Jake Peavy 2009 3 Ind. Games Ricky Nolasco 2009 3 Ind. Games Jon Lester 2009 3 Ind. Games Cliff Lee 2009 3 Ind. Games Felix Hernandez 2009 3 Ind. Games Danny Haren 2009 3 Ind. Games Yovani Gallardo 2009 3 Ind. Games Chris Carpenter 2009 3 Ind. Games Matt Cain 2009 3 Ind. Games
Lots of expected names on that list although a few stick out. Ricky Nolasco finished the season with a 5.06 ERA but still managed 3 games with game scores of at least 80. Here are those 3 games:
Cnt Date 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 2009-07-05 FLA PIT W 5-0 GS-8 ,W 8 3 0 0 2 12 0 112 75 86 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2009-08-18 FLA @HOU W 6-2 CG 9 ,W 9 3 2 2 0 10 1 115 80 83 30 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 3 2009-09-30 FLA @ATL W 5-4 GS-8 ,W 7.2 4 2 0 2 16 0 123 83 81 29 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Indeed--all great games. The thing that must be remembered about the Game Score stat is that it favors high strikeout games as well as low-hit games.
Jake Peavy makes the list too, despite starting only 16 games this past season.
Joel Piniero's name isn't much of a surprise given the great season he had. Looking at his stats, the thing that sticks out from 2009 was his incredibly low walk rate. Among the 102 active pitchers with at least 1000 career IP, Piniero has the 21st best walk-rate. (Keep in mind that getting to 1000 IP means the pitcher must have at least a someone decent walk rate to start off with.)
But check this out...how many active pitchers have thrown at least 200 innings in a season while walking fewer than 1.2 batters per 9 innings? Would you believe just two?
Cnt Player Year IP BB/9 Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF HBP +----+-----------------+----+-----+-----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+---+ 1 Joel Pineiro 2009 214 1.14 30 STL NL 32 32 3 2 0 15 12 .556 0 218 94 83 27 105 3.49 119 11 865 8 2 Roy Halladay 2003 266 1.08 26 TOR AL 36 36 9 2 0 22 7 .759 0 253 111 96 32 204 3.25 145 26 1071 9
Pretty amazing, huh?
Here are the last 20 such seasons:
Cnt Player Year BB/9 IP Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF HBP +----+-----------------+----+-----+-----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+---+ 1 Joel Pineiro 2009 1.14 214 30 STL NL 32 32 3 2 0 15 12 .556 0 218 94 83 27 105 3.49 119 11 865 8 2 Brad Radke 2005 1.03 200.2 32 MIN AL 31 31 3 1 0 9 12 .429 0 214 98 90 23 117 4.04 110 33 831 7 3 Brad Radke 2004 1.07 219.2 31 MIN AL 34 34 1 1 0 11 8 .579 0 229 92 85 26 143 3.48 136 23 901 6 4 Roy Halladay 2003 1.08 266 26 TOR AL 36 36 9 2 0 22 7 .759 0 253 111 96 32 204 3.25 145 26 1071 9 5 David Wells 2003 0.85 213 40 NYY AL 31 30 4 1 0 15 7 .682 0 242 101 98 20 101 4.14 106 24 887 8 6 Brad Radke 2003 1.19 212.1 30 MIN AL 33 33 3 1 0 14 10 .583 0 242 111 106 28 120 4.49 101 32 888 5 7 Curt Schilling 2002 1.15 259.1 35 ARI NL 36 35 5 1 0 23 7 .767 0 218 95 93 33 316 3.23 142 29 1017 3 8 Brad Radke 2001 1.04 226 28 MIN AL 33 33 6 2 0 15 11 .577 0 235 105 99 26 137 3.94 116 24 919 10 9 Greg Maddux 2001 1.04 233 35 ATL NL 34 34 3 3 0 17 11 .607 0 220 86 79 27 173 3.05 146 20 927 7 10 Brian Anderson 1998 1.04 208 26 ARI NL 32 32 2 1 0 12 13 .480 0 221 100 100 24 95 4.33 97 39 845 4 11 Greg Maddux 1997 0.77 232.2 31 ATL NL 33 33 5 2 0 19 4 .826 0 200 58 57 20 177 2.20 189 9 893 6 12 Greg Maddux 1996 1.03 245 30 ATL NL 35 35 5 1 0 15 11 .577 0 225 85 74 28 172 2.72 162 11 978 3 13 Greg Maddux 1995 0.99 209.2 29 ATL NL 28 28 10 3 0 19 2 .905 0 147 39 38 23 181 1.63 262 8 785 4 14 Bob Tewksbury 1993 0.84 213.2 32 STL NL 32 32 2 0 0 17 10 .630 0 258 99 91 20 97 3.83 103 15 907 6 15 Bob Tewksbury 1992 0.77 233 31 STL NL 33 32 5 0 1 16 5 .762 0 217 63 56 20 91 2.16 157 15 915 3 16 Zane Smith 1991 1.14 228 30 PIT NL 35 35 6 3 0 16 10 .615 0 234 95 81 29 120 3.20 113 15 916 2 17 Greg Swindell 1991 1.17 238 26 CLE AL 33 33 7 0 0 9 16 .360 0 241 112 92 31 169 3.48 120 21 971 3 18 Jimmy Key 1989 1.13 216 28 TOR AL 33 33 5 1 0 13 14 .481 0 226 99 93 27 118 3.88 94 18 886 3 19 La Marr Hoyt 1985 0.86 210.1 30 SDP NL 31 31 8 3 0 16 8 .667 0 210 85 81 20 83 3.47 103 20 839 2 20 La Marr Hoyt 1983 1.07 260.2 28 CHW AL 36 36 11 1 0 24 10 .706 0 236 115 106 31 148 3.66 115 27 1034 1
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Bloops: The Hall of Fame on “Great Museums”
Here's a nice piece about the Hall of Fame as a museum:
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Starters Setting the Tone
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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Bloops: George F. Will’s Sports Machine
It's the sports trivia show for the real fan!
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Cliff Lee’s post-season game scores
Wow...what an inaugural post-season for Cliff Lee. He has already placed two starts in the top 80 of all-time post-season starts, as determined by game score. See the full list here.
If we look just in the latest high-offense era (i.e. the Steroids Era), Lee's two great games this playoff season rank in the top 23:
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 Roger Clemens 2000-10-14 ALCS 4 NYY @SEA W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9 1 0 0 2 15 0 138 87 98 30 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 Josh Beckett 2003-10-12 NLCS 5 FLA CHC W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 2 0 0 1 11 0 115 80 93 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 Kevin Brown 1998-09-29 NLDS 1 SDP @HOU W 2-1 GS-8 ,W 8 2 0 0 2 16 0 119 77 92 28 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 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 5 Randy Johnson 2001-10-16 NLCS 1 ARI ATL W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 1 11 0 125 87 91 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6 Livan Hernandez 1997-10-12 NLCS 5 FLA ATL W 2-1 CG 9 ,W 9 3 1 1 2 15 1 143 88 90 31 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 7 Curt Schilling 2001-10-09 NLDS 1 ARI STL W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 1 9 0 101 74 89 32 30 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8 Kevin Millwood 1999-10-06 NLDS 2 ATL HOU W 5-1 CG 9 ,W 9 1 1 1 0 8 1 89 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 9 Kevin Brown 1998-10-08 NLCS 2 SDP @ATL W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 3 11 0 122 78 89 32 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 10 Mike Hampton 2000-10-16 NLCS 5 NYM STL W 7-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 1 8 0 120 74 88 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11 Bobby Jones 2000-10-08 NLDS 4 NYM SFG W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 1 0 0 2 5 0 116 73 88 30 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 12 Mike Mussina 1997-10-15 ALCS 6 BAL CLE L 0-1 GS-8 8 1 0 0 2 10 0 107 73 88 27 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 13 Josh Beckett 2007-10-03 ALDS 1 BOS LAA W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 4 0 0 0 8 0 108 83 87 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 14 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 15 John Smoltz 1997-10-03 NLDS 3 ATL @HOU W 4-1 CG 9 ,W 9 3 1 1 1 11 1 103 76 87 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 16 Cliff Lee 2009-10-18 NLCS 3 PHI LAD W 11-0 GS-8 ,W 8 3 0 0 0 10 0 114 76 86 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 17 Cole Hamels 2008-10-01 NLDS 1 PHI MIL W 3-1 GS-8 ,W 8 2 0 0 1 9 0 101 67 86 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 18 Jason Schmidt 2003-09-30 NLDS 1 SFG FLA W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9 3 0 0 0 5 0 111 82 86 31 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 19 Curt Schilling 2001-10-19 NLCS 3 ARI @ATL W 5-1 CG 9 ,W 9 4 1 1 2 12 0 127 83 85 32 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.00 20 Denny Neagle 1997-10-11 NLCS 4 ATL @FLA W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 4 0 0 1 7 0 107 75 85 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 21 Tom Glavine 1995-10-28 WS 6 ATL CLE W 1-0 GS-8 ,W 8 1 0 0 3 8 0 109 67 85 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 22 Josh Beckett 2003-10-25 WS 6 FLA @NYY W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9 5 0 0 2 9 0 107 71 84 32 29 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 23 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 24 Pedro Martinez 1999-10-16 ALCS 3 BOS NYY W 13-1 GS-7 ,W 7 2 0 0 2 12 0 83 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 25 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
For a little perspective, from 1992 through yesterday, there have been 512 playoff games, meaning 1,024 starts by pitchers, and two out of Lee's three career playoff starts rank higher than 1,000 other starts. Incidentally, his 3rd start comes in at #55, so that's no slouch either. (That one was a 6-hit complete game with 1 earned run. He struck out only 5 guys, though.)
If the Phillies win the World Series again this year, I'd have to think that the Lee acquisition will go down as one of the best deadline deals in history. It's nice for Ruben Amaro Jr., too, as otherwise many people would claim that the 2009 Phillies were still Pat Gillick's team (which they largely are, but Amaro certainly deserves a lot of credit.)
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And Utley Makes Three
Last night, Chase Utley became just the 3rd National League batter, ever, to hit 2+ homeruns in Game 1 of a World Series as a visiting player. He joins Greg Vaughn and Andruw Jones. Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder, here's the list of all N.L. batters to hit 2+ homers in a post-season game as a visiting player:
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 2009-10-28 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 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 Aramis Ramirez 2003-10-11 NLCS 4 CHC @FLA W 8-3 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B 6 Chipper Jones 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 ATL @CHC W 6-4 5 3 2 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd LF 7 Rich Aurilia 2002-10-10 NLCS 2 SFG @STL W 4-1 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd SS 8 Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-10-05 NLDS 1 NYM @ARI W 8-4 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 9 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 10 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 11 Marquis Grissom 1995-10-04 NLDS 2 ATL @COL W 7-4 6 6 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF 12 Chipper Jones 1995-10-03 NLDS 1 ATL @COL W 5-4 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3rd 3B 13 Chris Sabo 1990-10-19 WS 3 CIN @OAK W 8-3 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 3B 14 Will Clark 1989-10-04 NLCS 1 SFG @CHC W 11-3 5 4 4 4 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B 15 Gary Carter 1986-10-22 WS 4 NYM @BOS W 6-2 4 4 2 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th C 16 Willie McGee 1982-10-15 WS 3 STL @MIL W 6-2 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th CF 17 Steve Garvey 1978-10-04 NLCS 1 LAD @PHI W 9-5 5 5 3 3 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 18 Johnny Bench 1976-10-21 WS 4 CIN @NYY W 7-2 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 19 Bob Robertson 1971-10-03 NLCS 2 PIT @SFG W 9-4 5 5 4 4 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B 20 Charlie Neal 1959-10-02 WS 2 LAD @CHW W 4-3 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 21 Bob Elliott 1948-10-10 WS 5 BSN @CLE W 11-5 5 4 3 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 3B Games found: 21.
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The Eric Hinske watch
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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Bloops: Worst WS Games Ever
Over at the Hardball Times, Chris Jaffe presented his list of the worst World Series games of all time. As he put it:
I went through Baseball-Reference's World Series gamelogs and chose the worst games to ever grace the game's biggest stage. Main criteria are a complete lack of drama (blowouts and games decided early), and poor play (pitchers unable to throw strikes, fielders unfamiliar with the proper operation of their gloves, hitters who can't drive in the runners).
And of course, throwing games is always good for #1 on a list like this.
Analysis: Phillies Have the Edge on Defense – NYTimes.com
Analysis: Phillies Have the Edge on Defense - Bats Blog - NYTimes.com
Watch Sean get killed for presenting the UZR's of the Yanks and Phillies first basemen.
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