Bernie Rocktobered
Recent looks at some Yankees post-season history by myself and Andy K got me wondering about how many right-handed batters in Yankees history had more than one 3-hit post-season game in their career. Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Post-Season Game Finder, we know the answer:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Derek Jeter 10 Ind. Games Thurman Munson 6 Ind. Games Bobby Richardson 4 Ind. Games Joe DiMaggio 4 Ind. Games Scott Brosius 4 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 3 Ind. Games Tony Lazzeri 3 Ind. Games Bob Watson 2 Ind. Games Bill Skowron 2 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 2 Ind. Games Phil Rizzuto 2 Ind. Games Jake Powell 2 Ind. Games Bucky Dent 2 Ind. Games Hank Bauer 2 Ind. Games Dave Winfield 1 Ind. Games Snuffy Stirnweiss 1 Ind. Games Mike Stanley 1 Ind. Games Fred Stanley 1 Ind. Games Alfonso Soriano 1 Ind. Games Hank Severeid 1 Ind. Games Juan Rivera 1 Ind. Games Bob Meusel 1 Ind. Games Gil McDougald 1 Ind. Games Billy Martin 1 Ind. Games Phil Linz 1 Ind. Games Chuck Knoblauch 1 Ind. Games Charlie Hayes 1 Ind. Games Cecil Fielder 1 Ind. Games Joe Dugan 1 Ind. Games Frankie Crosetti 1 Ind. Games Pat Collins 1 Ind. Games Jerry Coleman 1 Ind. Games
Games found: 66.
Seeing Jeter there at the top with ten got me wondering where he ranked all-time, considering all players. Here’s that answer:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Bernie Williams 12 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 10 Ind. Games Reggie Jackson 9 Ind. Games Roberto Alomar 9 Ind. Games Andruw Jones 8 Ind. Games Kenny Lofton 7 Ind. Games Chipper Jones 7 Ind. Games Omar Vizquel 6 Ind. Games Pete Rose 6 Ind. Games Mickey Rivers 6 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 6 Ind. Games Thurman Munson 6 Ind. Games Tino Martinez 6 Ind. Games Marquis Grissom 6 Ind. Games Eddie Collins 6 Ind. Games Devon White 5 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 5 Ind. Games Brooks Robinson 5 Ind. Games Albert Pujols 5 Ind. Games Paul Molitor 5 Ind. Games Fred McGriff 5 Ind. Games Hideki Matsui 5 Ind. Games Carney Lansford 5 Ind. Games Rickey Henderson 5 Ind. Games Steve Garvey 5 Ind. Games Bert Campaneris 5 Ind. Games Lou Brock 5 Ind. Games George Brett 5 Ind. Games
Man, that’s a lot of big October baseball for Bernie Williams. The Yankees went 10-2 in those 12 games where Williams had 3+ hits. Not too shabby.
As always with these “most times in the post-season” issues, it’s useful to mention that the Yankees benefit from having tons of post-season appearances in an era when there are tons of post-season games. Never mind that the league championships are now 7 games instead of 5, there’s a whole extra layer of playoffs with the divisional round.
That being said, it’s the Yankees who have been to the post-season 12 straight times, with a 13th a strong possibility this year. Williams has delivered big time on many occasions, and often against some of the very best pitchers.
Notice who sticks out on your second list above? Eddie Collins. He’s the only one from truly a long time ago, and that’s damned impressive.
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