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World Series Starters from the Same State
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.
Full List after the jump
Here is the full list.
4 Comments | Posted in Postseason, Uncategorized
Multi-homer games in the post-season
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.
1 Comment | Posted in Game Finders, Postseason
CC Best Overall Stein Import At “Jack” Since Moose & Cat?
Using Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder, for the both the regular season and the post-season, I decided to look at starting pitchers employed by the Steinbrenner family to see which were the most "Jack Morris-like" in both the regular and post-season for the Yankees since 1973. (By, "Jack Morris-like" I mean going at least 7 innings in a start and allowing four earned runs or less while doing it.)
And, here's what I found...first...the regular season stats leaderboard:
From 1973 to 2009, Playing for Yanks, as SP, (requiring IP>=7 and ER<=4),
sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a regular season
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Catfish Hunter 1975 32 Ind. Games Doc Medich 1974 27 Ind. Games Tommy John 1979 27 Ind. Games Mel Stottlemyre 1973 25 Ind. Games Melido Perez 1992 25 Ind. Games Catfish Hunter 1976 25 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1978 25 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1985 24 Ind. Games C.C. Sabathia 2009 23 Ind. Games Ed Figueroa 1976 23 Ind. Games Ed Figueroa 1978 23 Ind. Games Pat Dobson 1974 23 Ind. Games Mike Mussina 2001 21 Ind. Games Doc Medich 1975 21 Ind. Games Tommy John 1980 21 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 1997 20 Ind. Games Mike Mussina 2003 20 Ind. Games Doc Medich 1973 20 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1979 20 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1983 20 Ind. Games
And, next...the post-season stats leaderboard:
From 1973 to 2009, Playing for Yanks, as SP, (requiring IP>=7 and ER<=4),
sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a post-season
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Orlando Hernandez 1999 4 Ind. Games David Wells 2003 3 Ind. Games David Wells 1998 3 Ind. Games C.C. Sabathia 2009 3 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 2003 3 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 1996 3 Ind. Games Orlando Hernandez 2000 3 Ind. Games Mike Torrez 1977 2 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 2000 2 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 2001 2 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 1998 2 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 1999 2 Ind. Games Mike Mussina 2001 2 Ind. Games Mike Mussina 2003 2 Ind. Games Jon Lieber 2004 2 Ind. Games Catfish Hunter 1976 2 Ind. Games Orlando Hernandez 1998 2 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1981 2 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1978 2 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 1977 2 Ind. Games David Cone 1995 2 Ind. Games David Cone 1999 2 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 2003 2 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 1999 2 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 2000 2 Ind. Games
There's a lot of imports on these lists - as far as the Yankees are concerned. Note: Catfish Hunter, Tommy John, Ed Figueroa, Mike Mussina, Orlando Hernandez, David Wells, Mike Torrez, David Cone and Roger Clemens...and...of course, there's CC Sabathia. (Note that Sabathia's post season numbers, here, are only through Game 4 of the 2009 World Series.)
So, is CC Sabathia the most "Jack Morris-like" pitcher...or, "ace"...that the Yankees have imported, overall, including both the regular season and post-season, since Mike Mussina and, before that, Catfish Hunter?
Looking at these leaderboards, what would you say?
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Winning It All
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 |
Generated 11/2/2009.
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Crowd watching “playograph” 1911 WS
Crowd watching "playograph" at Herald Bldg., World Series, 1911 (LOC) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Interest in the WS has always been high. The picture above is from the 1911 World Series. Gameday Circa 1911.
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WS Home Runs by Second Baseman
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
3 Comments | Posted in Event Finders, Home Runs, Leaders, Postseason
Winning Black and Blue
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
3 Comments | Posted in Game Finders, Postseason
World Series Games With At Least 6 HR
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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